Waking up everyday to the stench and depressing situation and still able to smile at the world means something... makes you realize how lucky you are indeed... and the next time you feel like the world is unfair... think of these children and the lives they live everyday...
Had a chance to visit Payatas and Smokey Mountain with some bloggers that i really admire (Sidney, Dennis, Dodong, and Liza) and it's so sad to see how some of our fellow countrymen live...
Payatas is called the "Lupang Pangako" or the Promised Land but it is manila's dumpsite and is one of the cheap source of livelihood for one of the largest and poorest informal settlers in this jungle city
Smokey mountain is a large landfill in manila with over 2 million tons of waste, where people still live and earn their keep by picking garbage.. adults and children alike...
the way they live and the state they live in will make you cringe and cry not because of the stench and dirt but because of sadness... no one should live like this
I never intended to post street children and the depressing lives that some of our people live, but I also have to show you the other side of Manila, the site where others would prefer to look the other way...
But such is life... and i can only hope that posting these pictures here can help them... to let the people know how miserable and sad their life is...
And with hope that people not only see depression but hope especially with the coming elections... and i am begging my countrymen to please vote wisely...
it was journey that is sad and depressing...
they say that once in your life you'll encounter a place or people that will make an impact in your mind and can alter the way you see life...
