An Environmental Convert Story

Here's a story which would hopefully inspire people out there who think that nothing should be done to help our environment (or perhaps are to lazy to actually do anything).

A year ago, I picked up an idea from one of my professors on how to have your own compost pit at home. It's really simple: all you need is a pail, a balde, some soil (depends on how much biodegradable waste you have), and perhaps a small shovel. Put some soil in the, enough to cover the bottom. Then throw in your waste; place them in such a way as to cover the soil. After this, sprinkle some soil over the waste. Repeat the process until the pail is full. At this point, it would be advisable to have a second pail as your next compost pit. Eventually, you will be using the soil (with the decomposted waste) as the soil you will use to cover your new waste.

Now, to the story of the convert. Before, I was the only one at home who put my biodegradable watse into the compost pit. About 2 weeks ago, I convinced my mother, and eventualy my entire household, to place any biodergadable waste into the compost pit. And as it turns out, they were impressed with the results. The amount of grabage we throw has been significantly reduced, and my mother has noticed it. Now, we not only recycle our plastics and papers, we even compost our own waste. The soil that will be produced by the pit can be used to beef up other plants, or can be used as healthy soil for new plants.

Now, I hope this will inspire the lazy and the skeptical to do your part to save the environment.

Weather, weather lang...

I finally found time (after months and months of hopelessly trying to write) to update my blog. This entry will deal with my thoughts on a host of topics and ideas, current events and subjects.

Election 2010

It seems like the race for the presidency will be a multi-candidate race, with the opposition having multiple candidates with the likes of Erap, Villar, Noynoy, Bro. Eddie, and possibly Jamby and Chiz. We may once again see the opposition vote being split by the multiple candidates, which would then give an advantage to the admiistration candidate, who will mostly have Teodoro as its standard bearer. Of course, we have Bayani Fernando and Jun Ebdane from the admin who also want to jump into the fray, and this can also disrupt the admin machinery. I think the opposition should unite under 1 candidate to improve its chances against the Lakas-Kampi machinery. Although surveys point to opposition candidates in the lead, the nationwide scope of the admin party could eventually deliver in May 2010.

Registration Ends on Oct 31

Registration for new voters ended last Oct 31, with long lines and angry crowds being shown on the news. The angry registrants were blaming the COMELEC for the slow and long process. However, I think the COMELEC is not to blame. Registration has been going on for months, with numerous infomercials and ads informing the public about the registration and its impending end. Those people should have gone to register early if they didn't want to wait in long lines under the sun. COMELEC has done its part; we as citizens should be more responsible and have registerd early.

Prize freeze on Oil

Oil companies and transport groups have called on Malacanan to lift EO 839, which imposed a price freeze on oil products. They have threatened strikes and supply shortages. They're just worried about losing their billions in profits. Malacanan should keep the price freeze until the areas badly affected by the recent calamities have fully recovered.

More to follow..(hopefully soon)