Bad news for people who love bad news
On August 11, a Petron tanker carrying two million liters of oil sank off Guimaras Strait. Guimaras is an island located in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines between Panay and Negros. Its shorelines are teeming with diverse marine life and mangroves and coral reefs.
DENR is asking Petron to buy a bioreactor that produces microbes to hasten the breakdown of the sludge that has spread over 200 kilometers of shoreline. Read more here. Click here to sign a petition.
This breaks my heart. As late as August 25, the tanker was still in the waters and the remaining oil in the tanker hadn't been siphoned off. There are so many disheartening things in this article.
Guimaras is beautiful. Isla Pulang Pasayan is famous for its exotic marine life - live shrimp that look like they've been cooked because of their reddish color. There are tons of islets and caves and coves. Some of the beaches aren't affected yet and I just hope people do what they're supposed to.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
18 minutes until Sex and the City reruns
Waaah! I'm 26 and feeling it. I must say, though: This is the best birthday I've had since last year. I got a lot of presents. Two pairs of shoes! Whoa, Imelda. And even though it would have been nice to be handed a bunch of red balloons by a guy in a limo like Carrie in one of last week's reruns, I'm content with getting a Hello Kitty helium balloon that is still floating around in my living room this very moment. There are so many things I have to be thankful for this year. And even though I hate to admit it, it's really nice to feel special. My friend let me drive her car around the parking lot (my very first time behind the wheel) until I got dizzy. Another friend filled an empty bottle of amaretto with messages on little post-its that she collected from everyone. We went out for a scrumptious Thai dinner and I didn't have to pay.
In the back of my mind there are a lot of things that I want and a lot of things in my 25 before 25 list that I still haven't accomplished, but as I was blowing out the candle on my mango-flavored birthday cake, I couldn't think of anything that I wanted for myself. So I just thanked God for a wonderful year and for so many bright faces around me.
Waaah! I'm 26 and feeling it. I must say, though: This is the best birthday I've had since last year. I got a lot of presents. Two pairs of shoes! Whoa, Imelda. And even though it would have been nice to be handed a bunch of red balloons by a guy in a limo like Carrie in one of last week's reruns, I'm content with getting a Hello Kitty helium balloon that is still floating around in my living room this very moment. There are so many things I have to be thankful for this year. And even though I hate to admit it, it's really nice to feel special. My friend let me drive her car around the parking lot (my very first time behind the wheel) until I got dizzy. Another friend filled an empty bottle of amaretto with messages on little post-its that she collected from everyone. We went out for a scrumptious Thai dinner and I didn't have to pay.
In the back of my mind there are a lot of things that I want and a lot of things in my 25 before 25 list that I still haven't accomplished, but as I was blowing out the candle on my mango-flavored birthday cake, I couldn't think of anything that I wanted for myself. So I just thanked God for a wonderful year and for so many bright faces around me.
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