daylights

My country recently experienced one of the most chaotic natural disaster through that Typhoon Ondoy.  Long story short, a lot of people couldn’t get home because they no longer have a home.  A lot of people died and flood, even 5 days later, are present.

A lot of relief operations are happening, one of the strongest is my school.  It’s very heartwarming to see all those people using their precious time in volunteering.  Instead of simply studying or catching up with school requirements, they went and volunteered in relief operations.  The work is very tiring but they do it nevertheless.  A true act of family in the Filipino community.

But, why does it take tragedies to happen before we realize that we are all in this together?  Why does it take a lot of lives, destruction before we begin to realize that we should work together in order to make a change?  Multiplication of loaves can happen in this era where internet is the main source of communication, where we hardly acknowledge our neighbors, where capitalism is everpresent, where greed and money becomes the center of our lives.

Why is it that evil has to happen for good to occur?

Considering though, there wouldn’t be good, a definition of “good” if there is not evil to counter it.  Philosophically thinking, evil is the absence of good, hence it only exist when there is no good.   Hence, evil is not needed for good to exist because it’s definition relies on good and the definition of good does not rely on evil.

Coming back to my main point.  The development of our country can happen if we put our mind to it.  We shouldn’t simply develop our country because something bad happened to it and we need to mend it, but we should make it better even when it is mended.

soundtrack of my life

…just following the trend, it’s a little old, but I decided to do it now, just to see..

With thousands of songs in my playlist, the result might be silly. 

Opening Credits: So Long Astoria - The Ataris

First Day at School: Reinventing Your Exit - Underoath

Falling in Love: Look What You’ve Done - Jet

Breaking Up: Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Prom: The Rescue - American Hi-Fi

Mental Breakdown: 47 - Sunny Day Real Estate

Flashbacks: I’m With You - Avril Lavigne

Getting Back Together: So Damn Lucky  - Dave Matthews Band

Wedding Scene: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (what?)

Final Battle: As Lovers Go - Dashboard Confessional

Death Scene: Time is Running Out - Mae (wow, this fits.)

Funeral Song: Bound to Happen -The Spill Canvas

End Credits: The Unwinding Cable Car - Anberlin

Finale: Glad - Tyler Hilton

******

If my life was a movie, I wouldn’t want to live with this soundtrack, it doesn’t makes sense, it makes fun of my existence.

We just got back from our family vacation, we went to Cagayan de Oro/Camiguin.  It was incredible, I love this country.

profoundly foresaken

The Philippines is indeed foresaken, but she is beautiful.

I pity what has come to be of my country, but I love this place, but I can't do anything, or won't.

Why?

I'm not really sure, but I also ask, why is the Philippines neglected?  We actually live in paradise if we think about it.  We have all sorts of tropical fruits, the weather is acceptable, and the nature is damn serene.  Ken of F4 went to Batanes and opted to buy a land, which is actually next to impossible, unless local citizens there stretch their rules a little.  When I went to Batanes, I said I would marry an Ivatan in order for me to buy a land there.  They said that they only sell their lands to Ivatans.  The reason: they don't want their beauty to be destroyed by human beings, the ultimate destruction earth faces.  Indeed, Batanes is the most beautiful place I've been to in the Philippines, but so are other provinces.  In Donsol, Sorsogon, I was able to swim with and touch a whale shark.  Amazing creatures.  In Palawan, I was able to eat lunch with Komodo Dragons walking around your feet.  In Bohol, I was able to eat on a floating boat across a majestic river.  In Cebu, I managed to dive with Nemo.  Even in Batangas, I was welcomed by a school of Jack; hundreds of Jacks swimming around me when I was just floating. 

Isn't it funny, we live in absolute paradise yet when it comes down to it, our ultimate goal is to leave this country?  When hundreds of foreigners come here and create resorts because for them, this place is magical?

In a previous entry I mentioned wanting to live in Tuscany, I still do.  It is because Tuscany reminds me of Batanes and in Tuscany, the probability of me having a house there is better than the probability of me having a house in Batanes.  In Tuscany, I must have money, in Batanes, I must be Ivatan.