AKO mismo is about YOU…

… making a stand and taking real action for the causes you believe in.

Causes that you yourself can truly pursue to make a real, positive difference to your fellow countryman, to your country.

It is for you who still dare to hope that life for millions doesn’t have to be a hopeless battle against problems like poverty, illiteracy, unemployment.

It is for you who believe that not enough is being done about our country’s problems. And that to do right things, you’ll do them yourself.

It is a movement where you can show your patriotism and compassion, and make these traits infectious.

It’s about action that eradicates hopelessness in every Filipino.

How hard will this be to accomplish? Well that will be entirely up to you.
In AKO MISMO you get to choose the cause you wish to pursue. No cause is too small as long as it is a noble one. All we ask is that you make a pledge to do it.

You yourself can pledge anything: from teaching English to your yaya’s kid, to making sure that your barangay is dengue-free.

Or make a pledge to do your part in ending corruption, prostitution, illegal drugs or the inhumane treatment of animals. The choice is yours.

No matter how small, as long as you pledge that you yourself will take action, it’s sure to make a big difference.

Giving more hope for Filipinos to stop merely surviving, and start living. And it starts with you.

MISMO yan.

Click here to register and make your pledge.

Have you ever asked yourself about it?

People these days are much busier with their own lives, thinking and doing everything they want in life. For others, it’s what that makes them happy. But what happiness really means to you?

Is it from the extravagant gifts you receive? Is it the luxury cars and houses you own? It is the non-stop leisure and caprices that always takes most of your time? Does money means your life?

Money. Well, the world cannot go round without money, right?
Everyone needs money. Most of the material things cost money. You can eat because you can buy from the money you have. You worked hard, even risked your life – may it be good or bad – just to give your loved ones a better life. Well, good for you. Maybe. But on the other hand, have you ever asked yourself what they really need from you? Have you? Do you take time with them, walk with them to a park or pay a visit to the church together? Have you ever give them simple gifts such as picked flowers, greeting cards or just a simple note saying how much they’re important to you? Do you take time to talk with them?

These things just need a little effort, isn’t it? What really matters most is, how much busier your days or weeks are, you still remember them. By just telling and showing how much you love them won’t take or cost you neither a lot nor material things. It is the real meaning of happiness. Making others happy.

Come to think of it, if you always got the habit of making others happy, by seeing them being glad, you –yourself would already feel happy. Vice versa, other people would also give back the happiness to you and they’re also became happy. It’s just a give-and-take situation.

Living your life to the fullest doesn’t always mean material things. You can always find happiness in the simplest things that’s just always around you that you sometimes tend to ignore or overlook.

Most important thing is pray, it can serve as our shield from harms. By means of praying, you can also thank God for everything you have – and never forget to thank Him for it. Yes, we always try to get things we want, but did we really thank God for everything He has given us? Did we ever thank Him for the life He has given us?

Life is short but life is beautiful. No matter how many trials that come into your life, always takes on the brighter side. Never let these problems turn you down. Always look forward, let others into your life. Happiness comes from the good heart and we earned it since our childhood. We sometimes just don’t know how to show it. Ask God for help.
Time may past. You can never be sure how long you will be in this world. What’s the most important is, you made your life sensible by sharing warm smiles, thoughts and ideas that makes life really worth living

It was one lovely morning. The sound of the chirping birds had awakened her. She rose up from her bed and stared herself at the mirror.

“Today’s my sixteenth birthday,” she smiled at the thought upon writing in her diary. She dated it November 11, 1990. “I feel I have a better day ahead of me.”

She placed her diary on the bedside table after that and excitedly rushed into the bathroom to take a shower. Though it’s her special day today, she still has a class.

After she took a bath, wore her uniform and fixed herself, she goes to the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen, she smells the delicious aroma of the meal on the dining table. It was like there is a feast.

“Oh, how thoughtful my Mom is!” she exclaimed while she put her school bag on the other chair.

As she was about to sit, she hadn’t seen her Mom this morning yet, as well as her Dad, her little sister and her younger brother.

“Oh, well. Maybe Dad has already gone to his work. My little sister maybe goes to her schooling and my brother? I bet he’s still sleeping. Mom’s surely went to market today to prepare some good food for my birthday,” she said to herself then she started eating.

Right after that, she brushed her teeth.

After a few minutes, as she approached her school bag which she didn’t find it there.

“Odd. I’m sure I’d put it there earlier… Oh, maybe someone’s playing tricks on me. Maybe it’s my younger brother!”

So she decided to go to her brother’s room, but didn’t see him there. She thought that her brother’s hiding somewhere and put some little play on her. She still has thirty minutes to look for him and ask if he knows something about her losing school bag. She knew she can’t go to school without it.

She looked around the house, even in the bathroom, thinking she might find him or her bag from there.

She stared at her wristwatch. “Only fifteen minutes. I got to find that damn bag or I’ll be late! The school bus will be here any minute from now.”

She went to her room next and saw her diary fell on the floor. She grabbed it to put it back to the table when she noticed something strange from the diary.

It was as if it had gone through a lot of years. She has just bought it a month earlier. And just as earlier this morning, she saw it looking neat. She opened it and astounded by what she saw. The pages really look old like a decade has passed now.

“This can’t be!”

She felt disoriented from what’s happening around her. Hoping to get some fresh air, she goes out of the house.

There she was standing in front of their house when suddenly a young man in a bicycle came to her sight. It was the newspaper delivery boy.

She knew the young man for he was the one who always deliver the broadsheet to them.

She greeted him by waving her hands. But when the boy looks at her, fears written all over his face and hastily goes off and not looking back, to her dismay. The boy didn’t even notice a bundle of newspaper that fell on the ground. She realizes that he’s not the one who used to deliver the papers to them though. But why the sudden rush?

Trying to ignore the mixed thoughts that coming out from her mind, she picked up the broadsheet and decided to get inside the house.

As she enters, she notices the sudden darkness inside. Strange again, it was still broad daylight but why the dimness? She looked outside and found that it was bright outside and she saw tall grasses covering around their house! How could she get out and get in their house without even noticing them?

Confused on what going on around her, she goes off to her bedroom while still holding the bundle of newspaper. She felt tired and fell her body on to the bed and take a look at the broadsheet. While reading, something from what she saw on the newspaper’s front page strucked her.

She took her diary and opened it, which was dated: November 11, 1990. But why the newspaper has the date November 11, 2001? It is just a typographical error?

“No, this can’t be!” she unbelievably said as she fell out of consciousness.

On the other hand, a young man in bicycle came home when his grandmother notices him sweating and faint.

The boy tells his grandmother what he just saw when he passed by along the road where a huge white house lies.

“Oh, so you see Maria?”

“Maria?”

“Maria and her family have been dead for 11 years now. They were murdered on Maria’s birthday and the case has not been resolved yet until now. Some say that yearly, she’s been appearing around their house. And you saw her today because it’s her birthday!”

“How frightening is that!”

“Son, you shouldn’t be frightened. Let’s just pray for Maria and her family’s souls, for them to be at peace.”