-Ernest Hemingway
SWITCH
March 29, 2009This is darn amazing. We can actually act together to serve a good purpose. I was walking in Makati and i felt like i was not in the city, not the busy city i’ve always known, at least on that hour…
“Support for Earth Hour has “exploded” both in New Zealand and globally, says conservation group WWF.
New Zealand will lead the way tonight as, time zone by time zone, the world “powers down” in support of the climate change event.
WWF hopes this second Earth Hour can become the biggest global voluntary action the world has seen, involving up to a billion people across the globe.
“There’s no better place for Earth Hour 2009 to start than New Zealand ,” said WWF New Zealand project director Dairne Poole.
Thousands of homes and businesses throughout the country are joining in the initiative, by turning off lights and non-essential appliances between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
Seven times more municipalities globally have signed on since last year’s Earth Hour, which drew participation from 400 cities after Sydney, Australia, held a solo event in 2007.
By plunging cities and towns into darkness, Earth Hour illustrated the power of collective action to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, said New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority chief executive Mike Underhill.
Events are being held throughout the country as part of Earth Hour. They include a free concert in Christchurch’s Cathedral Square and an informal celebration with candles in Queenstown.
Some councils will be handing out energy-efficient lightbulbs.
New Zealand’s 26-member winter team at Antarctica’s Scott Base will even be doing their bit, shutting down to minimum safety lighting and switching off all unnecessary appliances and computers.
Across the rest of the world, lights will be dimmed on great monuments such as Egypt’s Pyramids, the Acropolis in Athens, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Chicago’s Sears Tower.
In all, 84 countries are taking part.
Earth Hour comes as United States president Barack Obama calls for a politically viable new global climate deal that avoids the fate of the Kyoto Protocol , which failed to win US domestic support.
Negotiations are planned on a new global warming treaty in Denmark this December. The Kyoto Protocol is set to expire in 2012.” - Yahoo News
I miss you iPh
March 24, 2009Like it’s been years since i last posted a blog here.
Can hardly find time…too much clutter occupying my bemused mind.
Time freaking thesis…
Arranging the newly found apartment…
Meeting new people…
Answering phone calls and text messages, my number seemed to be a hotline…
This idiopathic scoliosis that came out of nowhere…(that worries me big time)
The line-up of summer vacation plans with friends…
The pile of books that are waiting for me to browse…
I wish i could stay up 24/7.
I love LIFE.
Please Don’t Stop the Music
March 10, 2009I’ve been hearing too much music, in fact, I think i’m already breathing too much music. That most of the time, it alters my mood, makes me sad, lonely, depressed.
Yet, I can’t seem to let it go, because, on the other hand, it makes me glad, happy, crazy.
I’ve been a rocker these past few days. It changed me. Too much change that many people noticed. It seemed that it was a wrong maneuver ,as observed by some. Yet I’ve learned to live on the other side, and I learned life.
It’s like I’m having a Long Island Iced Tea, in which all the spirits are there all in - altogether.
Right now, I don’t wanna press the stop or even the pause button, because at the moment, I’m too submerged at the overflowing rhythm.
Stardust
March 9, 2009I wish i was a star. 
Always gleaming across the darkness.
Always has this fascination from all because of her mystique.
Almost immortal.
Always watching the world and its people live and go by.
Witnessing failures, betrayals, heartaches…nevertheless experiencing them.
I envy her.
But if i were a star…
I’d be wishing I was human.
Enjoying the thrill of the rollercoaster ride of life.
Experiencing the fragileness of their hearts, breakable, yet keep getting stronger everytime they break.
I’d be envying them, because I would see success, friendships, love…without ever experiencing them.
But then, I’d be just a star…
Whom everyone seems to be throwing their dreams and aspirations to.
Always just watching…
we’re human after all
March 6, 2009We call it human nature. It’s kinda being masochist. We find it whenever we lost that certain feeling. Because without the complications, life is pointless and uninteresting. We hate the humdrums, so we seek for the hurdles to come to our lives, to teach us, to make us strong, and to make that outer layer of our hearts thick by covering it with scars on top of each other.
If someone didn’t remind you, would you ever feel the way you feel?
