Tuesday, August 22, 2006
ye, ye, pics.. later...
i gotta write this one down first. i told my friend kat once that my country is a geographically screwed one. we have a lot of places below sea level. we are on a plate that makes us prone to earthquake (except palawan, i heard).. we are on the ring of fire, which means we got lots of volcanoes that can erupt anytime soon (if armageddon comes, well, i guess you could say we get wiped off first). we get the regular typhoons that always devastate some province (or even a city). we are near the deepest trench.
not only that, my country also sucks military-ily (ye, i made up my own word). but you get it right, i mean, if war should break out, we will easily lose if it were in terms of weaponry, war technology, and all that. we DO have the survival skills of a cockroach (uh. ye), but nowadays, it's not about manpower anymore.. just a flick of a button...
with regards to that, i feel a sense of doom when i hear about north korea firing its missles somewhere near japan. not only because i luuuv japan, but IF korea does fire those weapons and hit the waters near japan, guess which country ALSO gets affected? ye, the philippines is just right below japan. so, heck, i'm happy to let japan do the complaining.
in other aspect, i don't even understand how we can compete with china (CHINA!!!). even while i was in the philippines, lots of dispute was made over spratlys island, rumored to be one that's rich in oil. china with 1 billion people. china with a long history (past and present) on armies and war. i mean, when i left, the last thing i saw in the newspaper is when we were retiring the last of our five (FIVE!!!!) F-5 jet fighters. here's more sad news: "The subsonic Augusta AS-211 jet trainer and light attack aircraft will temporarily perform external defense duties, the PAF said. It has 18 of these aircraft, though only six are serviceable". SIX?!?! interested in reading more? go here.
so, ye, you get the idea. we screwed a'ight.
i leave my reader(s) with a pic of our volcano.
a thing of beauty. supposedly the only volcano in the world with the perfect cone shape.
but not for long, i'm sorry to predict. it's gonna blow, pretty soon, experts say. that's bad news for the leyte folks (those living near the volcano).
um. i should end this on a good note. um, we have nice people? we're pretty known for our hospitality and overall friendliness but our govt sucks BIG TIME though.. wait.. am i a good testament to that comment? me, nice? ok, shut up you.
.. um, what else... oh, we have fantastic beaches!!! (in fact, the world's center for marine dioversity! but, er, also the most threatened... the recent oil spill incident in guimaras island is definitely NOT helping...)
... we really are a beautiful country (always a delight to visit the provinces)... and...
did i mention we have nice people?
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