Sociology.

--Sorry, walang maipost e. HAHA. Kahit wrong grammar, wag mo nalang basahin! Hehe :p

The trip on the Bilibid adventure was a blast. Of course, coming from a Catholic University, we can’t really deny the fact that some of us or somehow majority of us have the first time to have an encounter with a inmate inside the Bilibid in Muntinlupa. The activity in the Bilibid goes well as I have first pictured it in my mind. At first, I don’t have any idea how it will be and what will I do, but when you are already there, it seems that you are at home because they are not like other prisoners, they are not like the prisoners that we see on television. In fact, they can actually go out on their cell unlike other prisons in other Bilibid. The Bulibid in Munitinlupa , as I have understand, have the, Maximum Security, where in inmates who have big penalty of imprison or sentenced to death located and there is the Medium Security, where in if the inmates case in Maximum Security somehow decrease, they will be send to Medium Security. And of course there is other prisoners who will and can, for their attitude, go out of the jail there is the Minimum Security where inmates wear brown shirt and they can roam all over the Bilibid without any guard because they are really that safe, the guards trust them enough.

I, myself enjoyed the trip, I’ve learned to explore and I actually learned a lot. I’ve found out that I can socialize with some people that seem not so friendly at the television.

In the bilibid there is like their “clubhouse” where we stay the whole afternoon, the activity start and close with a prayer. It was actually fun because the inmates have the chance to show us their hidden talents, some sing, dance, jam and as return some students from the 6 sections have their own performances too. After the back to back jam of the students with the inmates, of course everyone is hungry so we, students bring out the packed lunch of us and our inmates. While eating, we have given a chance to have a one on one talk with a respective inmate. We have the chance to asks questions which naturally, they would answer.

The inmate that accidentally partnered with me originally comes from Mindanao, I definitely wondered why he is in jail in Muntinlupa and I have known that people who have big cases must be brought to big prisons like that in Muntinlupa. He first was put in the Maximum Security and was sentenced to be in jail forever but the case decrease or left behind so he was put into the Medium Security. He was in the Maximum Security for 10 years, and he said that the life there was really harsh compared with that in Medium Security. He said that in Maximum Security you cal surely see inmates hurting each other, the brutal way. Then he was put into Medium Security and was there for 1year and he can say that it was much more free life in there than that in Maximum Security. He also states that it the Medium Security, they have churches for Catholics, Born Again and all religions. He just keeps himself busy in their church instead of thinking about his beloved wife and four children, he also tell me that they have communication, through texts which cost 3pesos in there and call, which cost 30pesos per minute. How do they get the money? He said that he is having the privilege to have money sometimes weekly but sometimes none. Being a preacher in their church, they also preach their good news in other inmates; they are like teaching them that is why they are given some money for that.
In regards to those prisoners who have not yet finished with their studies, they can study in there of free. The University of Perpetual Help- Delta (Las Pinas) extension is there to help the students have the knowledge and they can finish their schooling so that their time will be useful. They have Elementary, High school, College education. With this education, they can go out of the jail, knowledgeable and can immediately work outside the prison.
Again, during the encounter with the inmates, they seem happy and glad that there are some people who care about them. We have to admit it; many prisoners are forgotten by their loved ones. Sadly, when they are there in the jail, eating foods that are not super cooked, with no tastes at all, fighting with other inmates, sleeping in a small cell with 70+ persons in it their loved one is out there, eating foods that are cooked well, can live peacefully with their children and can sleep well with the kids.
Worst case of being forgotten is that, when you still care and you still think that you’re someone out there is not shame that you are her lawfully wedded husband and that still waits for you, then suddenly ‘you’ are just the one who is thinking of it. In the other side, she has already forgotten you because it is her humiliation that you are her wife.

Harsh Reality but true, people absolutely do not want this to happen so how to prevent this, we must also prevent doing bad or unnecessary things that the government would hate us, we must stay only in His’ side, the Lord’s side and not on the other side. We must first realize what will be the consequences before we do things that we know that won’t help us at all. We must commit to things that won’t cause or bring us to danger. We must know who will be our friends and what will they bring to us. We must care about other people and not hurt them. We must love each other and not kill each other. We must realize that we are in one world, with only one father. So why kill one another, like brothers and sisters, we should learn and practice the four-letter-word instead. Love, love do makes the world go round. See, it is not hate; Killing is an effect of hating a person. Hate does not bring good to us creatures, it always not. So live and LET live. Love and just LET LOVE.