Fruit Stall Summary & Reaction by JB Macogue

FRUIT STALL
By Merlinda Bobis

SUMMARY
I am forty. Divorce. No children. I won a fruit stall in King Cross. And I am Filipina, but this is my secret…Melons have their secret, too.

REACTION
The truth can set us free. Like a woman in the story, her life seems misarable and always struggling in the dark because of her secret. She never felt the freedom to get along with other races in a foreign land due to her insecurities. People like her never prove enough confidence to show up to the world that being a Filipina is something you have to be proud of! It is not something to be ashame of because of the foreign impression that we, Filipina are cheap and easy to get. Let’s not degrade ourselves instead we must prove them wrong and that is a challenge to all of us.

Set an example of a female president like we have in our country, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may be one of the evidence that Filipina are powerful. We possessed the characteristic of powerful women who can stand out in the battle of intellect and other aspects of our human life. We never use our courage to fight for what we believe is right. The best thing is that we, Filipinas are faithful servant of our Mother Church. We are the most powerful prayer warriors in times of calamities, difficulties, and struggles we encountered in our lives. We never get tired of fighting the battles of what we so-called LIFE because we knows best how to LOVE.
That’s the Power of a Woman.