in the first place, it was the concerned local Brunei residents who made the government to act helping save the trees. the voice of the people made themselves heard before the trees are gone, forever.
in Guindulman, it was different. after the trees fell, so were the reactions abound. the voices came, but the trees were long gone. aren't the local residents any caring and concerned? did someone try to stop the chainsaw and make a trip to the mayor's office? too bad if no one ever lifted a finger, even among those habal-habal operators and block-tienda owners, to impact a bit of awareness about the impending death of the magnificent trees. we have misplaced our courage. we root for a candidate to the last drop of our blood, as we've witnessed here at TB, yet not a single voice was heard to rally against the order while the trees were still standing.
i don't know.
but i know, most of our people have been always complacent and disconcertingly alien to our ecology. and, sadly, many have more to worry about than caring our environment; that the thud of a falling tree would only mean nothing but firewood and building materials. business as usual.
Sakto jod ka Glac.
Pagkahuman ug tumba sa kahoy ayha pa naminghoy.
Kalooy ni Poloy.
Pero sa sige pag putol ang Acacia,
ang mga habal-habal busy pa ug pamasahero.
ang mga vendors busy pa ug baligya ug snow bear ug juicy fruit.
ang uban nga dili busy, nanan-aw lang.
wala magpakabana kay walay koneksyon sa kagutom sa ilang tiyan ang acacia.
labi na sa mga pobre sa Guindulman.
Posible dihay milabay nga dato apan wala lang pod kay amigo or amiga ni Madam Mayor.
Or ang ubang dato daw wala lang. Zero social concern. Zero community participation.
In short, not to hide my feelings, walay Guindolmanon nga nagpakabana.
Kay kon naa pa, sa pagpuong pa lang sa mga sa sanga sa Acacia, diha na untay mipakgang.
Imagine, sa dili pa putlon ang punoan (which took about 25 minutes),
mag-pruning pa man sa mga sanga (which took about 25 mins to 1 hour per tree, depende sa gidaghanon sa sanga).
Mao nga nakaingon ko nga walay nagpakabana nga Guindulmanon.
During sa pagpamutol sa Acacia which possibly took a day, naglabay-labay lang sila tanan, SILENTLY.
Pagkaputol na ug pagkahipos sa tanan sagbot, ayha pa morag parrot nga pwerteng SABAA kon ngano giputol ila kahoy.
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