Welcome the Year of the Pig
It's a few days before the new year ushers in. According to the Chinese calendar, 2007 is the year of the pig.
The news last night was very disturbing. Three successive fire incidents happened. One of them was due to firecracker explosion. Tsk, tsk. Filipinos never learned. Yearly, so many lives are lost, fingers were cut, properties burned into ashes because of those stupid firecrackers.
I am never fond of firecrackers ever since I was a kid. I keep wondering, what satisfaction do Filipinos get from burning hard earned money for a few minutes of loud popping noise during New Year's Eve?
There are certainly other ways of creating noise to welcome the New Year. I hope Filipinos would realize this.
Ituloy angsulong ng pag-gamit ng mga kaldero at timba para mag-ingay sa Bagong Taon!