The importance of feeding the mind

Feeding the body is important. But equally important is feeding the mind as well.

All living creatures need to feed their bodies. But only humans have a need to feed their minds as well.

And the food that minds need are values, science based knowledge and culture.

Values which are based on truth separate us from animals. Science based knowledge allow us to develop and explore the limits of our human potential and culture is the heritage of our achievements.

pagkuha ng bango sa halaman

Ang pagkuha ng bango ng mga bulaklak at ibang mga halaman ay matagal ng gawain ng mga tao sa iba't ibang parte ng mundo.

Naisip ko lang, kung nagagawa ito noon kahit walang mga makabagong kasangkapan, siguro naman ay hindi gaanong kumplikado ang proseso para dito.

Dahil may nakuhanan ako ng mga natuyong bulaklak na ginamit sa simbahan, sinubukan kong kunin ang nalalabing bango ng mga ito at natuwa naman ako sa naging resulta nito.

Maraming posibleng pakinabang ang maaring ibunga ng experiment na ito. Ngunit kailangan pa ng patuloy na experimento. Halimbawa ay ang paggawa ng natural na pabango na walang halong artipisyal na bango. Maaari din siguro kunin ang katas ng halaman na nakatataboy ng insekto at maaari din magbenta ng solusyon upang ang mga tao na mismo ang gumawa ng sarili nilang pabango sa mga halaman na alam nila.

Pero saka na ang pangarap. Sa ngayon ay madami pang eksperimento na dapat gawin.

The only news that matters

There are good news and there are bad news and the task of media is to just deliver these news as objectively to the public as much as possible.

Nowadays however, I find the news to be mostly depressing and bad that I have almost dropped my habit of avidly reading newspapers. The situation is made worse by the obvious bias of many media members who seemed to have thrown away all notion of objectivity and fairness.

But I do not blame the media for the bad news or their depressing biased reports. At most they can only be biased or even out rightly fake. Still, it is the people who make the news and write history.

My point is that we can not really expect good news from a bad, even criminal government and if we want good news, we will have to write it and it will be about how we fight back and defend our rights and freedoms until we get back our government.

Cleaning up the Pasig

I appreciate the many and great efforts done to clean up the Pasig River. However, I am aware that much work still has to be done to bring it back closer to its once pristine and life (and livelihood) giving state.

In the past, people were said to be able to drink its water or use it for household cleaning purposes. But to do that now is tantamount to suicide.

While those who are involved in cleaning up the Pasig River deserve to be commended, I believe that this task should also involve the communities and people that the river passes through.

A way to encourage people involvement in cleaning up the river is by giving them a stake in its rehabilitation and this can be done by encouraging barangays to identify possible income generating projects that can be done along the river's banks.

Some ideas:
- open air Sunday market
- putting up a barangay kapihan for promenaders
- growing aquarium plants and some high value horticultural plants
- organize history/tourist trip by the river
- raising colorful aquarium fishes
- create a park with mechanical water features to serve as venue for functions

These are just some ideas, but there could be more ideas people living by the river can think of.