Human Destroying Wildlife

From Genesis 2:15 "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."

I was watching a documentary of National Geographic Channel featuring the polar bears and how there numbers are dwindling. How this species are slowly being eliminated due to global warming, making the polar ice melt at a very disturbing pace. They can't hunt their meal which are the seals because the ice that they used to walk on to hunt are now disappearing making movement for the polar bears very difficult. The result of this is that they weigh less than what is normal making it difficult for them to conceive cubs and what is worse a lot of them die due to hunger. Some of them are now hunting for food other than the seals and sometimes those who do ends up dead after being shot for encroaching on human settlements. I can't blame them for encroaching for these animals are hungry and they also have young ones to feed. It is not far from human behavior that we would go to great extent so as not to see our children die of hunger.

They are the ones suffering for what humans are doing. We, the human race, are the ones to blame for what is happening to the world now. These species who are living with us on this planet are not guilty of any wrongdoing whatsoever that resulted to this global warming that the Earth is experiencing now. Whatever backlash MAN receives from these wrongdoing, MAN rightly deserves them.

NPE: No Permanent Enemies

The photo on the left, taken from the Philippine Daily Inquirer website, illustrates the saying that in politics there are no permanent enemies only permanent interest.

Why do I say so? Well look closely at the photo. From left-right: Convicted plunderer former President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada Jr., former Vice-President Teofisto Guigona, former President Corazon Aquino and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.

If you must know, Guigona was the one who initiated the impeachment of Erap. Cory was one of the leaders of Edsa Dos asking for Erap to step down which he did. Now look at them aren't they all look cozy with each others company?

These kind of people are the ones making the Filipinos loose faith in the country's future. What kind of leaders has this country have left? Where in the world can you find a convicted but recently pardoned plunderer out partying and showing no remorse for his action. Before he was pardoned he was as meek as a lamb but now he is out, he is back to being a bully. Poor Philippines for having a stupid sitting President. In what she sees as one way of holding on to power, the President quickly pardoned her predecessor, who was convicted of plunder that took six years to prosecute, in the guise of national healing.

If she would step down as the opposition are calling for her resignation, who would lead this impoverish country? Those bozos on the picture? If you think this country is in deep trouble now, think again.

We Should Have Gone to Med School

These was the sentiments shared by my college buddies who are now proud parents during our last monthly meet at Jack's Loft in Eastwood City. I had no idea that going for your child's check-up would cost around 500 pesos exclusive of vaccination or any prescription that may come out of it. Imagine if each doctor would at least have 10 patients a day that would be 5,000 pesos and that covers only the consultation fees.

So I can't imagine why are best doctors are trying their luck in the US or UK as nurses, when they can earn as much as 5,000 pesos a day. They are complaining that the pay in the Philippines is not that good compared with first world countries. Now I wonder how they answered the question when these doctors were still kids when asked why they wanted to be a doctor. Was their answer even remotely related to the financial rewards one gets for being a doctor? Or was it they wanted to be doctors to help cure the sick?

Maybe along the way helping cure the sick became second to earning mucho dinero for these doctors.

I saw on one TV show doctors who have to walk several kilometers just to reach the indigenous tribes of the Philippines who they know can't pay them much and still care for them. These people can only pay them with some of their harvest like fruits and vegetables and yet these doctors would go to these far-flung areas just to fulfill their oath.