Standing up for Planet Earth

This is the same old story about people trying to save this precious planet. Actually, we are living on a puny, little speck of dust in the wide array of galaxies on the highway of eternity.

By right, we should be worried about the soil beneath our feet. Unfortunately, most of us couldn't care less. It's a crying shame. Crying because lots of people are going to suffer before the dust is settled.

Shame because we should know better. We are living in the Age of Information Overload and yet we are only concerned, among others, about the next blockbuster that's going to hit the nearest cinema near us.

I could say "well you guys deserve it when the roof comes crashing down on your heads" or "watch out for that nasty tornado that's gonna wake you up anytime soon" but that would be infantile.

Face it, this is the only planet you will have first hand experience of because very, very few of us are cut out to be astronauts. We don't have the pleasure of using US$19 million toilets in outer space.

The ground is our final resting place and the starry skies for many of us are the roofs above our heads.

Now we have to make the decision. This is your time, this is your planet. You either take care of it or it takes matters into its own hands.

From the weather reports that have been coming in daily, Mother Nature is not smiling at us anymore. I dare say she's more than peeved with her little tenants.

Now she's practically telling us, "you take care of your own mess!" That's partly why we are having those horrible cyclones, hurricanes and earthquakes.

By the way, did I tell you that the hurricane season has just started. From the indications, it going to be a whopper.

If you think that's funny, think again. If you think you are safe in some million-dollar resort, take out your science books and browse through them again. You are in for some ride, that is, if you survive.

Ciao! Be seeing you.