Living in the City

  It is a must that we curb our population growth Guesstimates peg that  Metro Manila's population has grown to almost 15million  today. In 1974 while doing my OJT at POPCOM, national rowth rate was 33% and Metro Manila's population at that time was 4 million.  Today it has bloated to almost 15 million after rate was said to have been  'reduced' to 32.1%. Not much improvement really. Metro Manila population has grown alarmingly fast.  We all know what this means. Living and  health  conditions deteriorate.  Poverty becomes the order of the day. If there are more than 15,000 individuals on a mere square kilometer, you can imagine  pollution, over crowding, resources dwindling and then disease not to mention managing flood disasters in the magnitude of Ondoy and Pepeng. Poor social and economic conditions prevail if not worsen. The Reproductive Health Bill has been approved.

"Charity degrades those who receive it, and hardens those who dispense it." "Money is not neutral; it changes everything, including the ability to neutrally judge what people will or will not do for you."

My art plan is to paint..and the journey begins with this  collage I did to remind myself  to pursue and realize my mantra  every step of the way.                            

"Daily patterns of creating, of working hard to  solve problems may lead overtime to breakthroughs for ourselves and others."

A Book About Wonderful and Amazingly Written Letters I found this link and it tells about a book about letters written from the heart. I specifically love this  one  written by a dying mother to her daughter. Check it out I guarantee that if you haven't written a snail mail in a long time, this will encourage you to write something again on paper and mail it through the Postal System.

And thank you 2013 for all the blessings ! May the Universe created by God continue to shower upon us  abundance in health, love for our fellow men and always the gift of giving! It is the year if the horse starting January 30! Good vibes rock!

Speedrun (Ep #3): Star Wars nice! i hope my son learns how to program a cartoon/video maker like this.. he can do a lot creative stuff with software such as the one used in creating this clip