Our Country's Pressing Problems

          Time: 8:03pm.

        Here I am patiently waiting for typhoon Yolanda to come. It was announced that this typhoon would be really dangerous. Classes in all levels are currently cancelled because of the typhoon. It's really frightening to hear people discuss this nation's problem. Imagine the blowing of the wind would be around 80-100+ mph. That's really strong, you know. This typhoon will first hit the Eastern Visayas. People are currently buying food for storage. At least we we're warned this time. I think this typhoon would be the first super typhoon I would ever experience since most typhoons usually happen in Luzon or in other parts of the country.

          I'm not really concerned with what is happening right now 'cause it's not that bad yet. I am more concerned of the condition in Bohol. I mean, they just recently suffered an earthquake with 7.2 magnitude, then this is happening. Most of them had lost their houses because of the quake. Now what bothers me is that where do they stay? I mean, most houses there are already destroyed. Hopefully their evacuation center is still standing strong.

          In Mindanao, there is still a war ongoing. When will that end? When will we ever try to lower our pride and find peace among our fellow countrymen? Why couldn't we accept differences and learn to adapt from it? Do people really need to die in order for this to happen? Do innocent people really have to be killed during this war? Why can't we unite ourselves and make peace? For goodness sake, we are living in the same country, and yet there's a war going on between us! Are we really that blind to see the wrongness of this situation?

         What the hell is happening to the Philippines? Is this a lesson we should really focus on? A lot of people are already aware that this country right now is not doing the right things--even in the government. There are a lot of corrupt leaders lurking around the corner and yet they couldn't still be found and fired? I mean we really need to pull this shit together. Why is it taking to long for the judicial court to prove that those people really are corrupt? I heard there are more billionaires here in this country than in Malaysia. Why not put those money to good use? Why are you so selfish? To think that it is our money at made you rich in the first place. Is it so hard to spend that much money for the development of our country? If we didn't have corrupt leaders since the dawn of time, maybe we would be part of the 1st world countries! Can't you see how amazing that would be if all people here would enjoy their country even more than they could possibly imagine? I don't know when this will end, but hopefully it would be sooner than later.

           P R A Y. A valuable action. P R A Y E R. A lifetime of miracles. That's the only hope we have for our country. We can never prevent any natural disasters from happening, but with prayers, we can ask God for sparing us for whatever may come and hope that it would not be that disastrous. We can also pray that corrupt leaders' conscience would stir up eventually and turn themselves in. Pray that this country would be better. Pray for the people who are greatly affected by any calamities. Pray that the Lord will not leave us during this struggle for survival. Pray for the people in Mindanao who are currently in this war. Pray for peace and humility.

Pray for the Philippines.