Monday, October 22, 2007



Back to the fresh cut of current events talk for the past couple of days: Makati Blast killed 9 people and injured many.

I know it has captured numerous crowds and instilled to everyone a considerable amount of fear-- including me. What is ironic (and practically, what bothers me the most) is the fact that officials and Glorietta personel have been repeatedly saying, (not in the exact same way, but the same idea) not to worry about a thing because people in their mall are completely safe. Safe, eh? Are they trying to pound a certain statement of sarcasm? Are they specifically trying to hide their flaws? Or are they plainly trying to act stupidly towards the scenario? Tell me, are majority still capable of remaining calm and courageous after the disastrous event that just recently took place? I mean, consider all that has happened! Even though I was not there, the almost whole day feature of the tragedy on flash reports (on tv), which include interviews from the primary sources drew a vivid picture of what really happened and how catastrophic it seemed. The nightmare had just been transformed into a reality. I, myself, was left in shock moments after realizing that it was indeed true.

Frankly saying, I was expecting more than nine people to die, bearing in mind that Glorietta is one of the crowded malls in the metro. But thankfully, it wasn't as evilishly suicidal as I expected. More so, almost a hundred people suffered injuries from the said incident. God forbid that death tolls would rise. I hope that it will halt in just a flat nine.

This is what troubles me the most about our country. Everyone of us, citizens, know that we are a poor country but what are we actually doing? We are hammering down our economy thinking less about the good things we could have done if we managed to obliterate our selfish acts. Now what do we want the other countries to think of us? What do want the future generation to experience? Do we want to be inagurated as the INCONSIDERATE FILIPINOS of the 21st Century? How absurd is our level of thinking? We have been offered good education but what do we do about it? Are we wrongly brought up learning how to be ungrateful about our blessings? And yes, what about our religion? As to the fact that majority of us are Catholics, why does it seem as if we do not even have our God? Why do we just turn to him in times of need?

Having been able to witness such a shattering event left a mark in my total well-being. I do not just feel disappointed about what happened, but pitiful at the extent of how cruel people can be. I feel shameful about us, Filipinos, who do not know anything else but satisfying our self-seeking desires. Truthfully, we have grown into some uncontrollable region of 75% evil and 25% good. But I know, somewhere out there, despite our evil intensions, our selfish deeds, our inconsiderate thinking, and destructive ideas, there is still at least a pint of good efforts inserted in our deepest selves-- if only we give time for ourselves to figure them out, maybe it can grow into something magnificent.

As how the old saying goes, "past is past" but we should connote the wrong mindset that when we say past is past, there is nothing we can do. Think about it.. maybe there is some inner calling within each and everyone of us, all we need is a moment of silence and minute of prayer.