RECYCLED FLOWERS? Bulatlat.com interviewed five-year old Mark day after All Saints' Day. Mark and his mother sell this pot of flowers at P50, which is quite steep considering that some of the flowers were quite obviously recycled from the ones left by the previous day’s visitors.

MAKING A LIVING ON THE DEAD. Tony Aquino has been tending memorial lots in Loyola Memorial Park in Parañaque for 30 years now. He earns P1,200 per grave and boasts of handling more than 50 graves. He is able to get his fees from erring customers every Nov. 1 when they come to visit their dead family members.

FINDER’S KEEPER. Jonas, 15, goes around the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina looking for things that junkshops would be willing to buy. Sometimes, he finds treasures for himself such as this yoyo.

TIME OUT. These ice cream and taho (a soya concoction favored by children) vendors take a break and compare sales. Both agree that profit this year is much lower than previous years. Nowadays, those who come to the park bring baon (packed meals) with them, they said.

WHATUWANT? This old lady sells everything – from candles, novena prayers and fruits to cardboard pieces to sit on. She is rummaging through her wares for the fan that a woman wants to buy.

CHILD LABOR. P100 bucks per graveyard stone that he retouches. This is how much Elton, 12, earns. All he needs is a pint of black paint for the lettering, sandpaper to smooth out the edges of the letters, and water to clean the marble slab.  By 9:30 a.m., Elton already has P300 in his pocket and a burger given by an old woman customer.  It is a once a year employment though. The rest of the year, he helps his uncle sell cigarettes.