“A Glass of Cold Water”

Everybody calls me young, beautiful, wonderful. Am I? Look at my hair, my lips, my red

rosy cheeks and a pair of blinkering eyes.
I remember, somebody says that I look like my mother that I look like my mother. But
that when she was young.
Now, I am much lovelier than she is. I’m a mortal Venus. Oops! What time is it? I must
get ready for the party!
Beep-beep…!A-huh! Here they are! Yes, I’m coming!
"Child, are you still there?"
"Hmp! That’s my mama"
"Child, are you still there? Will you please get me a glass of cold water?"
"Mama, I’m in a hurry!"
"Please child, try to get me a glass of cold water."
"Mama, please, try to get it on your own."
"Please child, try to get me a glass of cold water!"
At the party, I danced and danced the whole night.
You see, I can’t leave the party at once. I have to danced with everybody who proposed
to me. At last, the party is over. I’m very tired. Very, very tired.
So, I went home to tell mama what happened.
"Mama, I’m home! It’s very quiet. "Mama, I’m home!" Nobody answers.
Where is she? I look for her in the sala, but she’s not there. Where is she? A-huh! In the
kitchen!
I saw my mama, lying down on the floor, dead. With a glass on her hand. I remember,
she tried to get it.
Oh, God, just for the glass of cold water! Mama! Mama! Oh, Mama!

Submitted by: Fiona L. Sedullo

 Si Dr. Jack Kevorkian(1928 -
2011), isang tagapagtaguyod ng
eutanasya. January 15, 2011

Ang eutanasya (Ingles: euthanasia) ay ang pagpapatiwakal ng isang indibidwal

na nagnanais ng wakasan ang sariling buhay sa tulong ng ibang tao. Ito ay maaaring
makatulong sa isang indibidwal na wala ng pisikal na kapasidad na isagawa ang
pagpapakamatay dahil sa matinding karamdaman. Ang karaniwang tumutulong sa
pagsasagawa ng isang eutanasya ay isang miyembro ng pamilya o doktor(kung ito ay
legal sa isang bansa). Ang eutanasya ay isang moral at pampolitikang isyu sa
maraming bansa, tulad ng kinasangkutang iskandalo ng doktor na si Dr. Jack
Kevorkian, isang doktor na tagapagtaguyod ng karapatan ng mga taong nagnanais
magpakamatay sa pamamagitan ng eutanasya. Dahil sa pagsasagawa ni Dr. Kevorkian
ng eutanasya sa ilang pasyente, siya ay nahatulang mabilanggo sa kulungan. Ang ilang
bansa na may batas na pumapayag sa eutanasya ang Switzerland kung saan ang
klinikang Dignitas sa bansang ito ang dinadayo ng mga indibidwal mula sa ibang bansa
na nagnanais magpakamatay sa pamamagitan ng eutanasya.