Sometimes I don't understand why our government, or at least, this local government we have now, seem to be angry against parks or trees or anything green. I remember during the term of Mayor Atienza when they bulldozed a park and built a parking area for buses! This time, the QC government wants to sell all the greenery from the Wildlife Park to the Manila Seedling area to the Veterans Memorial Hospital, all those are the last remaining expanses of greenery QC has, and transform it into something like the Fort. The Fort is not green at all. Have you actually seen the place? Yeah, it's sosy and cool to be there but it's all cement and there are no freakin' trees! There are some trees but they look like they're choking on the pollution. All the cool Serendra ads saying, oohhh, we're so cool here with trees and you can go jogging around BGC is all bull really. I actually pity the people who run around BHS. They're gonna die of asthma or some form of pulmonary disease inhaling all the fumes from those cars!
I feel sad because that scenario is going to happen here in QC, in a place very near my home. Maybe some people want it to look upscale like the Fort but don't be fooled by all those seemingly cool buildings. It still pales in comparison to how green, let's say, KLCC Park is in Kuala Lumpur or even Singapore for that matter.
At least leave the Ninoy Aquino Wildlife Park and the Manila Seedling Foundation land from it. Of course, the deal may be done, even as I'm writing. And we wonder why we our city looks like Venice after a downpour - we want to turn every green space into cement and steel!
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