Books with Love ♥

Books! I love lavishing my daughter with books and that's something I would love other children to have as well! I'm aware that many parents especially here in our barrio doesn't fully understand the value of reading because they themselves wouldn't even bother to open a book, there's the TV, there's the internet who needs books nowadays? I want to break this cycle even in the smallest possible scale. Here in our third world nation, libraries outside school are rarities if they exist, most are just decrepit rooms wherein books means encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks and bible story series. Reading is magic, it widens our horizons, it captivates imagination! Imagination is a beautiful beautiful thing, for me it's almost synonymous with genius. It is one thing I would like to impart on my child and other children. And this is only the beginning... I want to turn it into my advocacy... decent libraries for every town!

So here's what I have to do first.
1. Do legwork, discuss it with government agencies or NGO's
2. Solicit donations.
3. Set distribution date, venue, and other additional activities.
4. Send invites, ads, coordinate with barangay officials and other agencies. 

Best of luck to me. I hope the passion will keep burning in my heart!♥

Community service is not just for law-breakers

Excited for my CWTS2 course this term! Strange but of all the courses I've taken this is the one I'm looking forward the most. Mind you, I'm such a beggar-snob or an anti-beggar,the better term I suppose. Perhaps because I have something in mind that I believe would truly help other human beings. Because I'm far from the metro I decided to so the self-initiated track, I'm leaning towards a teaching mission but the whole details I haven't decided or worked on yet.

Nevertheless, I know that this is not a completely selfless endeavor I'm going to tread. I'm aware that percentage of the excitement I'm feeling is based on my egoistic needs to feel significant, to feel useful, to make a difference. This doesn't make it less worthy. In fact, I believe egotism moves history forward.