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Mahirap sila titigan,masakit sa mata (It is hard to look at them, its painful in the eyes). These are the words of Joey Velasco in his documentary, Kambas ng Lipunan (Canvas of the Society). Words that described on what he felt when he saw the children that he used as models for his painting, Table of Hope. It was inspired by da Vincis Last Supper, but instead of the regular faces of the apostles, he used children with different stories and personalities. The documentary was filled with stories that personally touched my heart. It was like Im with Joey Velasco, traveling to find out where these children are now and what happened to them. In my perspective, I really dont have any connections with these children but somehow I felt that they needed me. Their eyes were able to express how much pain they feel that time. I was one of those passerbies who think that their situation was normal. Ako pala ay nasanay na sa kanilang kahirapan (I got used to their poor situation). A mixture of pain and guilt is what I felt after seeing the documentary. The children represents not just the rotten society itself but the reality that many us today tend to become snob and selfish. We are blind and we never tried to connect with them. Children represent innocence, joy and life. But on what Ive seen, it was like almost the opposite. Their innocence was being abused. One girl that caught my attention; she became pregnant at such a young age. Early pregnancy was never new to me. Yet still I felt like, questioning her, why did you let it happen? I can never ask nor get an answer from her. I will never know what really happened to her. Whenever I see children I always think about the joy they have. But in the documentary, though some of them smiled, you can actually feel that the joy that supposed to be with them had vanished. How can one possibly feel happy if in reality you already have burdens