Thoughts of an idealistic Development Studies undergrad

Rice shortage crisis, NBN-ZTE controversy, Sumilao land case, extra-judicial killings, political killings, Spratly's dealings, 4 Trillion peso debt, greedy government officials with their own agendas, fertilizer fund scam, convicted plunderer getting pardon, convicted plunderer on-stage an anti-corruption rally, convicted plunderer having a realistic chance of running again as president; motions for impeachment, coup de etat attempts, mutineer getting elected as a senator, actors as politicians; food prices rising, fastfood items cost rising, oil prices rising, transportation fare rising, electricity costs rising, +20% of the population living under $1 a day; overcrowded classrooms, lack of public school teachers, inadequate school supplies, inaccurate textbooks, 67 of 100 primary school students graduate, of that 45 finish high school, 26 enter and 7 students finish college; OVERPOPULATION, overflowing landfills, overfishing, massive deforestation, deadly air pollution, pollution of water sources, disease outbreaks, climate change impacts; Bishops meddling in politics, use of the mass as a political tool, church refusal on population control issue; distrust on the police, police abusing their power, a legal Communist party, a legal communist party with an armed insurgent group, an insurgent problem as old as my dad, unending military conflict in the south; a generally apathetic youth, concerned only in finding a nice job, preferably overseas...
























The Philippines is going to hell before I even graduate...