Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August This Year Was Not-so Good

I was not optimistic as this month started in, but I was not pessimistic either. It is my birthday month, and I didn't expect something cool to happen, nor did I think worst thing might come.

I started this month not-so good, actually. It's about my brother. I promised myself that I'm not gonna talk to him anymore. He's been a headache, not just to my parents, but to me as well. So far, it's still the same. And, I've been doing good, holding on to my promise. Luckily, I'm not in the mood to talk about the issue. My birthday came, and it was just the same. And, I thought the rest of the month is still gonna be the same, not just for me, but for the entire country.

Eleventh of this month, a provincial bus fell off the cliff and 40 of its passenger died on the spot. Its cause? Human error! The driver is now being sued.

Ten days later, last year's Philippine representative for Miss International found dead after her AUV suffered from head-on collision with, another, provincial bus!

The worst happened on the 23rd. Yeah, it's the hostage drama that was in the news world wide! Still in the process of investigations, both by the Philippine and Chinese authorities. Currently, people and officials are still pointing fingers as to who is accountable for this.

It sucks that the relationship between Filipinos and Chinese has to be affected by this incident. There are reports that there are some Filipino workers in Hongkong were terminated by their bosses because of what happened here last week.

Those were just the unusual news in a country. Often bad news, such as fire, flood and dengue are always in the news here. I don't know what to expect in this coming month, I just hope that the ruined relationship between Philippines and Chinese community will be over.

Good thing, somehow, there was a good news. Somewhat, a neutralizer to the Filipinos. It was when our candidate for the Miss Universe got the 4th Place in the said pageant. Many were not satisfied, she could have gotten the crown if she given the best answer in the Q&A portion, many thought. I admit I was not satisfied too, I was disappointed right after hearing her answer, but overcome it easily. When she called as the 4th-runner up, it didn't hurt that much. I thought of others that did not make it to the top 15. Nice job to Miss Philippines :)


Prayers for the souls of those who died in the vehicular accident, especially for the former beauty titlist, also for those who killed in the tragic hostage crisis. Justice for them.