Sta. Rita Aplaya logos, seated beside teary parents while holding rolled diplomas on their left hand and medals/plaque of certificates on the right may have prickled the softer side of Barangay Chieftain of Sta. Rita Aplaya Olivia Perez Perez to cry while delivering her message to 21 of her graduates during the 6th Batch commencement exercises May 7, 2009.Sentimental about the occasion, the chieftain recalls her ordeal with fate at age 16 being a domestic helper in Manila to support a family of nine (9) while her mom succumbs in bed with multiple organ failure due to kidney and heart diseases before death. With only a father to look after them, she delivered her family from poverty, studying at 8AM to 4:30PM and working as a housemaid on hours necessitated by her lords.
She narrated how good her employers were by permitting her to study during lull hours and pay extra to send to brothers and sisters in Batangas for food and basic needs. She went through hardships and tears of blood scarcely to finish highschool after which accounted every bit of her success to hard labor and perseverance. "Lucky are you who have been given this chance to study for free, subsidized by your government and First Gas!, many will slay to take your place in earning a skill, I can't help but cry, for the joy of seeing you all succeed. I know how hard it was to sustain training but everything will be rewarded as I was during my younger days. All you have to do is look back at your parents, brothers, sisters, husband and wives, for inspiration then dream on!" Brgy. Captain Perez reciprocated in hypothesis.
"No one has the right to take these good things away from you! I am very proud to support you. If I can, I will see to it that these kinds of programs become a regular annual Barangay practice so that many will be benefited by the skills you are able to use to alleviate miserable lives to better! We just have to be creative and resourceful to succeed. Use you talents. Don't ever stop. This is your time to grow!" The humble chieftain exclaimed in tears.
"No one has the right to take these good things away from you! I am very proud to support you. If I can, I will see to it that these kinds of programs become a regular annual Barangay practice so that many will be benefited by the skills you are able to use to alleviate miserable lives to better! We just have to be creative and resourceful to succeed. Use you talents. Don't ever stop. This is your time to grow!" The humble chieftain exclaimed in tears.
Barangay Captain Perez earned her post through planting good will on her constituents. Every little service she hands round becomes her trophy in fame and admiration. From rugs to riches she became in Sta. Rita Aplaya, this is how the students recall their benefactor on interviews after the affair.
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