I'm leaving for the beach in a few minutes. My family and I were there yesterday, too. I took this photo just before we headed home. What the photo doesn't show is the plastic that litters the sand. It is so heartbreaking. For many hours, it was just my family there and the resort staff--a lot of them. But they were all sitting idly around the bar, chatting away. It's one thing to have all the plastic wash up on shore and another to do nothing about it. I was quite unwell yesterday, battling a terrible cough, but the sea air helped a lot so today I feel better. When I get there, I will take a walk and pick up any plastic I see along the way. Each time we come to this place, the first thing we do is ask to turn off or at least turn down the music. Why drown out the sound of the waves, the breeze, all the wonderful sounds of nature we no longer hear in the city? Even if the waiters look at me like I'm a bitch from hell, I ask to turn the music down anyway. Even if they don't know it, I'm doing them a favor by giving them some health-giving quiet for a change. We all have a long way to go towards respecting nature and behaving responsibly around her. Be the change!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Respect it
I'm leaving for the beach in a few minutes. My family and I were there yesterday, too. I took this photo just before we headed home. What the photo doesn't show is the plastic that litters the sand. It is so heartbreaking. For many hours, it was just my family there and the resort staff--a lot of them. But they were all sitting idly around the bar, chatting away. It's one thing to have all the plastic wash up on shore and another to do nothing about it. I was quite unwell yesterday, battling a terrible cough, but the sea air helped a lot so today I feel better. When I get there, I will take a walk and pick up any plastic I see along the way. Each time we come to this place, the first thing we do is ask to turn off or at least turn down the music. Why drown out the sound of the waves, the breeze, all the wonderful sounds of nature we no longer hear in the city? Even if the waiters look at me like I'm a bitch from hell, I ask to turn the music down anyway. Even if they don't know it, I'm doing them a favor by giving them some health-giving quiet for a change. We all have a long way to go towards respecting nature and behaving responsibly around her. Be the change!
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Hi Panjee,
I know how you feel. Last time I went to a beach, I ended up picking up trash lying around, while residents there act like trash on the sand is the most natural thing.
Brought my sister's kids to Manila Ocean Park last saturday, and much to our dismay, plastic and all sorts of trash are floating around the marine education and conservation oceanarium. My 5-year old nephew after seeing all these, said that when he grows up, he wants to be a diver so he can "pick up the trash in the water". May PAGASA.
Thanks for breathing space, Panj.
Hey Grace,
So sad, no? We just have to keep doing and making sure the next generation does better para tuluy-tuloy ang PAGASA. Thanks, too, for checking in. See you soon!
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