Living in the City

A poem.. Ang kalimitan kaganapan sa mundo ay pera-pera lang. Konti na lang siguro Ang di nasisislaw sa pera sa panahon ngayon. Kasi mahirap walang pera. Di mo mababayaran utang mo. Di ka makakain ng tama at husto. Di ka makabibili ng gamot mo. Wala kang pera sa bangko. Mababa tingin sayo ng tao, kahit malapit sa buhay mo. Kailan ba ako nagluho? Di ko matandaan. Basta at may pera sila inaalala. Tulad ng nanay ko Di ko masyado pino-problema pera. Sana lang kung walang kailangan bayaran. Okey lang kahit walang personal assets, Pero pano pag dumating na si kamatayan. Ma-momoroblema pa sila. Paano ka ipalilibing? Walang ipon. Mangungutang pa sila? Ah sa SSS may 20,000 yata dun. Arkila na lang ng ataol. Pa-cremate para di pa magastos. Bahala na siguro sila. Patay ka na. Di ka na dapat mag problema.

Son in halloween costume

  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.