1st Entry-Chicken-a-la-carte???

This is an award winning short film by Ferdinand Dimadura which talks about hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. This short film is posted on Youtube which received more than 230,000 hits and more than 400 comments. Out of these 400 over comments, many commented that they were very touched by the video and they actually teared as they were watching it. Many even said that they will never waste food again.

This is very remarkable as this video is filmed in an impoverished area in Philippines, and most of the people who commented on the video are not even from Philippines. They have never experienced such poverty and hunger, and yet they were so moved by what they saw in this six minutes video that they would want to make a commitment or rather a change in their lives(not to waste food anymore). This confirms the belief of the social constructionist who holds the perspective that, "Most of what we know and believe about the world comes to us through communication rather than through direct experience". The communication here does not simply refer to face to face communication, it also refer to communication through telephone, mass media.etc.

If what we know comes only through a direct experience such as a face to face conversation, then our awareness of the world around us will be too limited. For many of us that has never experienced extreme poverty and hunger, we will never fully understand how horrible it is to have to eat from leftovers.

I believed that many of us must have heard or been told by someone that we should not waste food, but how many of us actually listened to that comment? If such comment to persuade us not to waste food carry enough impact, then there will not be incidents such as 6.7 million tonnes of food that is thrown away by households in UK each year. But look at these people featured in the video, though they are eating from leftovers, they were still so happy and thankful that they even give thanks to their god before their meals. How can anyone not be moved at the sight of this?

While it is important for us to keep on progressing in this fast paced world and learn how to express our individual self, let us not be overly individualistic that we forgot to be concerned about the less fortunate ones in our society.