Wednesday, January 19, 2005
blogger
ang astig ng blogger. when you go to someone's blog, this button appears at the top, saying "NEXT BLOG." human beings are so quirky. i came across this blog whose owner seems to know everything about pop culture. she posted pics from the recent golden globes and commented about what everyone was wearing. there was this other blog about a german living in calif so all his posts were in german. but here's the winnner: a blog dedicated to different hairstyles. shit! panalo!
because i know you won't read this...
why is it that for all the shit i do, i've done and will forever do, you're still here?
so for lack of something witty to say, thank you, dear friend. thank you.
so for lack of something witty to say, thank you, dear friend. thank you.
Saturday, January 01, 2005
tsunamis
I felt such a huge pang of guilt today after watching how the other countries "celebrated" their new year. The ones that were affected by the tsunamis (and even the ones that weren't) all held solemn vigils or had a day of mourning. While us? We chose to celebrate the new year the way we always do: light up the firewroks and scream our heads off. Head off to the Fort, Makati, Eastwood, Roxas and countdown until the new year. Join GMA 7's Jive to '05 or attend the one in Makati. We are a tactless nation, aren't we?
But somehow after i felt that pang of guilt, it suddenly hit me.
Maybe it wasn't because we Filipinos are insensitive (I, for one, refuse to believe that) or that we didn't care about the rest of the world, or South Asia for that matter. Maybe the fireworks last night were a sigh of relief. A sigh of relief for our country who only a month ago was itself ravaged by typhoons. A sigh of relief that, hey, finally, a natural calamity did not strike us. I’m not saying that our nation is gloating over our fellow Asian neighbors, I’m just saying what would have happened if we were hit? Geez, we are a nation surrounded by islands and water, go figure.
Based on my experience volunteering for the typhoon victims, God, we barely had enough to provide for those victims. Despite the continuous flow of donations and the way everyone worked tirelessly day and night, they still were not enough to provide for the victims and the missing. What more if the killer tsunamis hit us?
What would have happened if we were hit? Would we have to keep crying for the dead, the missing—all of our kababayans and the tourists? Although it would have been an effective way to control the population… Kidding aside though, if we were hit, will this never end?
I think it's not that we Filipinos did NOT care about what was happening to the rest of the world. I believe that for all the fireworks, all the explosions, all the smoke last night was one collective sigh of relief for our nation.
Now if someone can find a way to get me to Banda Aceh or Phuket, shet, I would really love to help.
But somehow after i felt that pang of guilt, it suddenly hit me.
Maybe it wasn't because we Filipinos are insensitive (I, for one, refuse to believe that) or that we didn't care about the rest of the world, or South Asia for that matter. Maybe the fireworks last night were a sigh of relief. A sigh of relief for our country who only a month ago was itself ravaged by typhoons. A sigh of relief that, hey, finally, a natural calamity did not strike us. I’m not saying that our nation is gloating over our fellow Asian neighbors, I’m just saying what would have happened if we were hit? Geez, we are a nation surrounded by islands and water, go figure.
Based on my experience volunteering for the typhoon victims, God, we barely had enough to provide for those victims. Despite the continuous flow of donations and the way everyone worked tirelessly day and night, they still were not enough to provide for the victims and the missing. What more if the killer tsunamis hit us?
What would have happened if we were hit? Would we have to keep crying for the dead, the missing—all of our kababayans and the tourists? Although it would have been an effective way to control the population… Kidding aside though, if we were hit, will this never end?
I think it's not that we Filipinos did NOT care about what was happening to the rest of the world. I believe that for all the fireworks, all the explosions, all the smoke last night was one collective sigh of relief for our nation.
Now if someone can find a way to get me to Banda Aceh or Phuket, shet, I would really love to help.
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