Greatly Sweet: Placing The Filipino Heart in Rebisco Biscuit :)

    I was walking in front of the TV when the screen glared with an old man having intentional tremors, which at first seemed to be an old man suffering from Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative neuromuscular disease caused by a decrease in the production of dopamine in the basal ganglia, caught my interest. That’s why I stopped walking for a while, and let myself be amazed with the commercial which seldom do happens. 

   The commercial took like more or less two minutes. It started with the scenario of an old man having difficulty reaching the rebisco biscuit placed on the table because of bradykinesia (slow movement) and intentional tremors (the tremor that gets stronger when a person is more likely to get what he desires to do).

   At the other end of the room, there was his granddaughter playing. Eagerly, the granddaughter picked the rebisco biscuit faster than how the old man hardly tried to get it. 

   And, as how our old folks act towards the younger generation, the old man just let his granddaughter grab the rebisco biscuit from the table. I could feel the old man’s intense desire to have a bite of the rebisco biscuit though. Why would he allow himself strive with such difficulty of reaching the rebisco biscuit at the first place? (I already handled a patient with parkinson’s so I know how hard the disease is specially when it comes to movement).

   There, the old man faced the window letting the frustration just go with a breath. But then, with a surprise, the granddaughter teared the wrapper of the rebisco biscuit and gently offered it to the old man. The old man gave the sweet smile and took the most delicious bite on the rebisco biscuit from the granddaughter’s little hands.

  That is the sweetest Pinoy commercial that has touched my stone-densed heart. 

  It basically emphasizes the need for the younger generation to give the essence of caring to our old folks. Of letting them feel that they are given importance despite of the frustration and the feeling of insufficiency they do often experience. 

  Thumbs up for the makers of this commercial! ^_^