A joke has it that aside from Armageddon, no other event in the world displays signs of such magnitudes as the Election Period.  Lights go up in the dimmest places, flags flutter in the streets, mountain paths are straightened, and even the poor have more than enough to eat. All this for a price: each beneficiary bears the Stamp of the Beast... or Beasts, in this case.

And from this great soul, a lesson is wrought:
No battle is won, unless it is fought!

Last February 18, 2010, 31 years after its first National Convention, PAWD or the Philippine Association of Water Districts then took a quantum stride towards an even more efficient information drive through the integration of the most potent and yet untapped driving force in the country's economy: the youth.

The prologue of the yet unpublished novel by Charles Misthaven. The novel documents the daily life of a typical high school youth, much like us, and shows the darker side of life's adventures.

A poem from the ending of the play "Prologue" by Charles Misthaven.

A joyful smile, a mischievous glance… a warm touch, words that tug at the heartstrings. Bittersweet farewells and heart-rending goodbyes… what other emotion could turn round life’s kaleidoscope as well as the famed bane of all earthly ills?