Sunday, August 19, 2007



Hail thee, hail thee, classes are suspended-- alas, we are saved from the fiery furnace of the killer QT week. Thank you, Egay. As always, storms have been my loyal friends amidst the destruction they bring to both people's property and lives. Basically, they save us from the evil realm of wicked schoolworks-- at least, to students who were driven crazy by school-related facets-- and are open enough to friendship vows made along the way. If I could hug Egay, I would but of course, I would be sucked up into a funnel and fly crazily like ingredients in a blender. A mere thank you is enough, I suppose.

Yet, I still feel a twinge of gratefulness because of the fact that supertyphoon Egay did not hit us right smack Manila. If so, we would have been trapped in the middle of destruction and once again, lives (thousands of them) could be wiped out in a flash. Not to mention, livelihood of people will be affected as well. If economy is now poor, the destruction could have dragged us all even deeper. A merciful act indeed.

But if you are some newspaper enthusiast (like me!!) there is definitely more to Egay being now 150 km northeast of the bordering north islands of the Philippines. True enough, massive raindrops and endless of them-- for about three consecutive days-- brought about severe water supply and flood to cities which obviously have very clogged canals. Now and then, the issue about clogged drainage or canals have not been, by any degree, trivial because they are urgent matters to be given immediate attention by the local government in equal participation of the people. Well, who could have thought that the issue was much much more severe? In reality, we give a damn in making our country's beauty flourish even more without actually trying to pull up all negativity which have been deeply sucked up by gravity-- thinking that they would all zap away once we get all good things straight. Buzz! Wrong. The more we delay these basic problems, the more they have the tendency to be grow into a fountain of teething troubles. Until, some time in the near future, we have nothing else to do but regret the mere ignorance we put on these "light" issues and wish that, in a way or another, we worked together to revive the city once again. But who could blame us? Right now, we are having good times with everyone and trying to put off our duties thinking that there will be some other good time to do it-- just not now. See, the basic concept of time management reflects even from the fundamental negligence of school work-- Uh-oh, I am prone to this. Sunken misconceptions have brought our conscience into a critical level wherein bad things win over good.

If you ask me, these are just mere words coming from who else but one of the thousands-- no, millions-- of teenagers in the world: ME. True enough, I do not have the capacity to command all people to work and clean the canals because for one, I do not know how to go about the process either. Here is when, I think, those whom we look up to and dub as "professionals" should use their capabilities the most. Because right now, there are hardly enough good, gifted people to sustain our country's basic needs. Those who lead us live a life directed (if not, related) to wrong directions because they succumb to human's worldly desires. They, who are gifted, give a sh*t of themselves, humiliating themselves in public not knowing that their wrong conducts do them demerits. Sad to say, because of poverty, people have learned to look up to the wrong people. We are blinded by too many issues which up to now have no exact solution. And those who really have something good to offer are not being welcomed by the government-- it's always the basic principles that these people lack. Frankly, they are too ecstatic about getting into the government and lead the people because of nothing else but money. And when they lose, they christen their opponents as cheaters. But heck, who said that leading the country would require to have a good position in the government? Because of people's incorrect thinking, this misconception has lead to the absence of the true characteristics of leaders.

We are a poor country, a poor nation.. would we still want to be in the hands of poor leaders? By "poor leaders" I mean those who do not live up to their duties; those who after elections do nothing but doze off to sleep in their comfortable seats; and simply those who easily succumb to all human desires. If you come to think of it, almost all serving in the local government have sumptuous meals everyday; live in a great, big mansion; and basically, have luxurious SUV's. I cannot help but think about how they come to live so comfortably when almost 81% of Filipinos sleep with hungry stomachs and sleep on elsewhere. Nomads, Filipino edition indeed.

Yes I am partly feeling anger towards how our government has come to be. I know that they have their capabilities but they sure do not use them the way they should. Well before the start of elections they give people the promise of fulfilling this and that but in the end, they do almost nothing at all. I pity us Filipinos. I hope that one day we'd wake up, soaked in the rain and freed from all our worldly desires. I hope that one day we wake up thinking of our function as citizens of our country and that one day we cut all strings attached to issues which pull us down deep, deep underground.