𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆

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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓔𝔂𝓪,

𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺, “𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘!” 🤎🧸🫰🏻
~ hi, ,chicher eya! how are ‘u? i hope ‘𝐔’ still remember me! 💌

: i just wanna share, i really miss my chicher so much… “𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑖 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠.” i miss my 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐲𝐚 so much. 🎀🌷

now it’s vacation, and i’m busy every day: playing, running, drawing, and eating snacks. but even with all of that, i still like 𝙎𝒄𝙝𝒐𝙤𝒍 ✏️📚 m𝑜r𝑒, because that’s where my teacher is, and that’s where I feel 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓. ✨

so today, on your birthday, chicher, my wish for you is to be even prettier and to become the ‘𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇!’ 🌏 and me? i want to be a 𝑼𝙣𝒊𝙘𝒐𝙧𝒏 🦄, so i can fly around and bring you flowers every day, Chicher.

we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!!”

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓪𝓷𝓭𝔂,

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 “𝐊𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍” po! ✨🌈⛅️
~ last night, chicher, i had a dream about you! 💭 in my dream you were laughing and clapping, and your eyes were like 𝑺𝙝𝒊𝙣𝒚 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒. 🌟i felt so happy when i woke up, so i wanted to tell you.

in the dream, you were walking around the classroom, giving us 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔. you sat beside me and said “𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑚𝑜 ‘𝑦𝑎𝑛!” and i felt 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄 💪🏻. you also gave me a high five and i laughed so loud. then, chicher, you told us stories 📖 and everyone was listening, but i was 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈~ at your ‘starry eyes’ that made me strong. 👀💛

“𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟.”

we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!!”

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓑𝓪𝓳𝓸𝓿,

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 “𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘!” 💄💋✨
~ ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜, chicher! remember me? it’s me, your little class buddy! 👧🏼♥️

i wrote this 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 💌 because i really remembered your birthday. (𝑷𝙍𝑶𝙈𝑰𝙎𝑬!) i put a big mark on our calendar so i will not forget. i even told my mama to remind me, haha.

: i just want to say, chicher. because of you,, i 𝐓𝐫𝐲 more 🧩. i 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 my friends 🧸. i am not scared to try 𝐍𝐞𝐰 things 🌈. you make school fun and funny and i really love it, chicher!

also you taught me to mix 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 🐬 and 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 ⭐️ to make 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 🍀 so i painted our plant and it looks so happy. ^^

because of that i made a paper cake 🎂 for you with lots of sticker sprinkles. it will not melt. please, keep a slice on your desk.

we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!!”

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮,

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 “𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝑖𝑠 𝐃𝐀𝐘” po! 🧁🌷🩷ˎˊ˗
~ chicher… we miss you so much! it’s been days since we played together, and today is your 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚. even if you can’t see us, we wanted to send you a big warm hug in this letter so you’ll feel us close. 💌✨

you know, chicher, it hasn’t been boring at home because you taught me how to 𝒎𝙞𝒙 c𝐨l𝐨r𝐬, so i painted the sky with 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 💜 and 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 💛. you showed us how to share, so i gave my 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐍 🖍️ today to my friend. you also helped me say “𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑦” when something is hard, so i raised my hand all by myself today. we laugh more, try harder, and help each other because of you.

that’s why i made a 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 🥕🍰 for you, chicher, but it’s on paper. this is all i can do for now, next time i’ll bring a 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 👀 big chocolate for you. 🍫

we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!! ^^

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓪,

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 “𝐊𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍” po! 🍰💛🌼ˎˊ˗
~ 𝒔𝒖𝑹𝒑𝒓𝒊𝑺𝒆𝑬𝒆, chicher! 🎉✨ we miss ‘u so much!

we made a little gift for you, so you won’t forget us. we drew a big 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝑺𝑼𝑵 🌞, added 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐇e𝐚r𝐑T𝐬 ❤️🧡💚🩵💜, and hid a tiny secret inside. (𝑠ℎℎ… 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡!)

next week we will give you a candy too, and you can choose the flavor ’u want! (𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 🍓, 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 🍊, or 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒐 🥭). then, we’ll hide the candy in a little box and practice our biggest claps: 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐩-𝐜𝐋𝐚𝐏-𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑷! we’ll also rehearse a short song and make a tiny paper crown ’👑’ for you, chicher!

: 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓?
“hihi…i used my 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 crayon 🖍️⭐️, drew the sun, and asked my classmates to add hearts. then i folded it like a secret present. easy, right, chicher?” 🏰🌈

that’s all, we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!! ^^

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓷𝓷,

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 “𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘” po! 🧁🌸🩷ˎˊ˗
~ hi, chicher. i heard from my mommy that today is your B𝐈R𝐓H𝐃A𝐘. 🎊 i just want to say we are so happy for you and 𝐖𝐄 ‘💗’ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 very much! 🏰🎀

last time, you make 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 so much fun. 🎨🌈 thank you, chicher, for making every 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 🖍️✨ full of joy and courage. because of that, we will give you the 𝙎𝒉𝙞𝒏𝙞𝒆𝙨𝒕 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥!! 🖼️⭐️ and a silly drawing to show how much we appreciate you. this is our 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 for our fabulous chicher~ 🎁🌷

we ‘🫶🏻’ you so much!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!! ^^

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『𝓐 𝓓𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼』~ 💌

𝘐𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳.

“𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔.” 🌷✨

𝙐𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙬𝙖, 𝙃𝙪𝙠𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖! ✊

This first of May, we commemorate Labor Day, which started the first ever celebrated Labor Day in the Philippines in 1903, where a global action involving 150 countries standing in solidarity with workers' movements paved the way for a militant change for the workers' union. This is the time when workers collectively fight for fair wages, humane working conditions, and respect for basic rights.

Historically, through militant unionism, victories such as the 8-hour workday, wage increases, and other benefits are now recognized as rights and made possible by consistent protests and asserting militancy. In the face of contractualization, red-tagging, fascism, and US imperialist intervention comes the clear call for the stop of imperialist war that brings women, children, workers, and peasants to bear the burden.

Labor Day is not merely a celebration, but rather, an important reminder to keep being militant amidst the struggle of letting the working classes lead the country's means of production.

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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓚𝓱𝓻𝔂𝓼𝓼,

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 “𝐊𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍” po! 🧁🌸🩷ˎˊ˗
~ we’re so happy today, chicher, because it’s your “𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐳!” 🎀✨ even if we’re not beside you. we still want to 𝑆h𝑜u𝑡 our greetings!! 🎶📣

sometimes we say, “𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒!” because we enjoy listening to you. you make our class feel 𝒇𝒖𝒏 🎭 and 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 🎨, and we like how you cheer for us when we try.

𝙜𝒖𝙚𝒔𝙨 𝙬𝒉𝙖𝒕… we even talk about how 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐋 👩🏼‍🏫⭐️ you are. one day, we’ll buy you a “𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒌𝒆,” chicher. we promise!

last na… we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!! ^^

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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『Dear...
“𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓥𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮,

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 po! 🍕🍟🧡ˎˊ˗
~ you know what, chicher? “𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬” are super fun because of sweets like 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 🍰, 𝑖c𝑒 𝑐r𝑒a𝑚 🍦, and 𝑐a𝑛d𝑖e𝑠 🍬. but today feels extra special because it is 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺! ⭐️

we like how you make our class feel light and happy, almost like we are enjoying 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 together. 🍭✨ “𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦.” that makes us proud and excited to learn more.

we hope your birthday feels sweet with cake, candies, and smiles all around. 🏰🌈☁️

we ‘🫶🏻’ you, chicher!!

𝐁𝐘𝐄-𝐁𝐘𝐄!!! ^^

From: 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑬𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒚』
~ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝑲𝑰𝑫𝑶 ୧⍤⃝💐
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