October 08, 2004

one figure

one figure...



it takes just one figure to remind the government of the severity of poverty that ails this country.



15.1%...



The Social Weather Survey for the Third Quarter of 2004 found a near-record-high 15.1% of household heads reporting that their families had experienced hunger, without having anything to eat, at least once in the last 3 months -- the second-highest national proportion since SWS began surveying it in 1998, after the record 16.1% in March 2001. (source: http://www.sws.org.ph)



the moment it was released, media scrambled to give this number a human face: vagrants that litter the city street, footages of families cooking and sharing food gathered from garbages...



government scrambled, too, to patch up the problem: food coupons for those with nothing to eat...



the solution is not lasting, but this is what gives meaning to all that i believe in: research... so we may see, feel, and understand the social conditions.



one figure...



enough numbers. how about showbiz?



my personal favorite starstruck ultimate survivor Jenelyn Mercado showed me what it really means to be a public figure -- nothing can stay private. eventually people will find out about her past, and she made a very wise move to tell the people about it way ahead of everyone else.



here's to you. *raise mug of coffee* you're a true survivor.

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