Having been born, raised, educated, worked and lived in this city all my thirty-something years of my life, I came to regard this beloved city of mine as my only home on this planet.
Though much younger than the many who likewise have spent their whole lives in this city, I have seen Naga transform itself from a sleepy little cub to what is now a fast-growing tiger cradled at the center of this rich Bicol Peninsula.
But just like any child, its growth must be enriched not only by its parents but also by its grandparents, uncles and aunts, siblings, cousins, neighbors, playmates, schoolmates and many other persons that come its way. The city, if it must be raised to become just like an ideal person every one wants to share his life with, must in the same way, be shaped into a dream city we all want to live in.
The responsibility in building the city into one that is all good for learning, earning and simply living must lie not only upon the hands of our mayor, the sanggunian and other officials but also with us all who have been born in it, raised in it, live in it and plan to raise their family in it.
Naga City is our beautiful, little planet. We must all care for it.
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