Thursday, March 8, 2007

Something for Nothing

Yesterday, I was doing some fetching errands to buy some fresh fish on the market. Although I was busy I accepted the task since my brothers already did their fair shares of work. As I walk along the alley, I saw the open field of grass being burned down and you can see and smell the smoke that the fire creates. Add the stench of burned garbage since some of the people there are throwing their garbage for a “free” disposal. I quickly move away since it is really that foul.

I arrived at the market and to be greeted by a pile of garbage near the meat section, Talk about unsanitary… this people have been penalized for such actions already yet here they are again. I guess they are now buying the patrols for a good price. But it’s not my business so I move to the fish section inside the market and thank god that it is clean “in a market sense”. After buying the overpriced fish, which I still bought that made my mom scold me for buying it, I wanted to take another route to avoid the grass field but I got curious as to what is now happening there. A few minutes of walking, I reached the grass field which is now totally burned down. The wind was strong and it carried both debris and smell towards north away from me. You can see some half burned garbage and some melted plastic, also and unfortunately some cooked birds. I asked one of the folks why the grass field was burned down and they said a building will be constructed there.

*Sigh, another progress another scar on Nature…


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