I have to thank you, people.

On the 2nd of December, the President of the Philippines
will bestow the Bagong Bayani awards to 12 FILIPINOS
Around the world for their efforts and achievements in their
respective endeavors. I will be there, at the presidential
palace, having been selected as the awardee for the
category on Culture and Arts.

I feel honored to be receiving this distinction. And in so
receiving, I sincerely feel a need to share with you the
honor. DeviantArt, having been my art community for a long
time now, has effectively given me so much in many ways - a
forum for critique and recognition; a fountain of moral
support and inspiration; a source of technical knowhow,
artistic insights, and skills enhancement; and a venue for
giving back.

I am privileged to belong with you.

Thank you very much.

The Bagong Bayani Awards (BBA) is a national search for the country’s outstanding and exemplary Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as our “modern-day heroes”. The awards seek to recognize and pay tribute to OFWs for their significant efforts in fostering goodwill among peoples of the world, enhancing and promoting the image of the Filipino as a competent, responsible and dignified worker, and for greatly contributing to the socio-economic development of their communities and our country as a whole.



Gerico A. Canlapan