Caring for the marine life
It was a special Saturday today. It's the International Coastal Cleanup Day and our company participated in this event. Volunteers will remove trash and debris from Manila Bay. We started very early (at least for me) in the morning. We have to be there at 645 for the Manila Dragon team's instructions and will start with the clean up at 715am. It was hard for me to get up that morning since I slept 230am and considering I also didn't had enough sleep the night before. What really made me get up is the fact that I wanted to do something special, change the way I start my Saturdays (and end my Fridays) and make a sacrifice. And so I got up, made sure to have something before I leave, small piece of bread, and drove out. I got there just on-time. I saw my office friends, Roald, Ryan and Dianne waving at me from the bay's side. It's a bonus for me that these guys are volunteers also. Made the event more fun. Instructions were told, registered, got my free t-shirt, gave us tools and sacks, off we walked towards one side of the bay.
As expected, there were many trash, different kinds. But I'm not going to go to those details, I know it's gross as it is. We were so lucky the weather was awesome! After days of raining, the sun finally came out, right timing. I can't imagine what we could do if its raining. It wasn't that long when we started and then one by one, groups of people began to flock around and join us in our area. First, the men in uniform - the sea marine officials. They were carrying nets. This is very helpful in getting floating trash especially the styrofoams. And then, several groups of students from different schools, different communities from different cities...it was a party! At 9am, we got tired, walked back to our tent, drank water, sat at the bay, saw old friends, relaxed, and I guess, reflected silently without being noticed. Small good deeds we don't even notice will go a long way. Sure, its a great way to start my weekend right!
posted by Leng @ 11:02 AM
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