When I heard that we will be planting mangroves, I was excited. Not just excited, I am very, very, very excited. I never experienced mangrove planting before and I want to know how to plant those water plants. Until today, I have experienced it.
As I walk to the muddy field, I feel like I am stepping on various combinations of dirt, water and animal solid excretion (to those who can't decode what it is, you and I know it as shit), which is really fun. Ah, I can still feel the mixture on my toes. While walking, I discovered live organisms living under the mud as I step on the mud. Boy, this place is wonderful!
The planting part is something I really look forward too. According to scientist, if you sing to your plant or talk to it, it will grow better, thus, I did it. Talk to them that you will grow into a tall and strong mangrove. After that, I sang Ben by Michael Jackson. You might call it crazy or stupid or idiotic, but I want it that way. Hope my mangroves will grow into strong trees.
The cleaning part is the worst. Seriously, I have experienced scratching for a long period of time! Boy, even though the mud mixture is good, it has a lot of side effects to the human foot or leg. It took me about an hour for the itching sensation to be removed!
Even though this is part of La Salle’s Campaign of 1,000,000 trees program, I feel like I must do it for the sake of Mother Earth. You see, we did a lot to destroy Mother Earth and we didn’t do anything to help her recuperate from what we did to her. We keep on destroying and destroying her. Hope by my mangroves that I planted; hope the Earth will be better for the better future and to the next generation.
As I walk to the muddy field, I feel like I am stepping on various combinations of dirt, water and animal solid excretion (to those who can't decode what it is, you and I know it as shit), which is really fun. Ah, I can still feel the mixture on my toes. While walking, I discovered live organisms living under the mud as I step on the mud. Boy, this place is wonderful!
The planting part is something I really look forward too. According to scientist, if you sing to your plant or talk to it, it will grow better, thus, I did it. Talk to them that you will grow into a tall and strong mangrove. After that, I sang Ben by Michael Jackson. You might call it crazy or stupid or idiotic, but I want it that way. Hope my mangroves will grow into strong trees.
The cleaning part is the worst. Seriously, I have experienced scratching for a long period of time! Boy, even though the mud mixture is good, it has a lot of side effects to the human foot or leg. It took me about an hour for the itching sensation to be removed!
Even though this is part of La Salle’s Campaign of 1,000,000 trees program, I feel like I must do it for the sake of Mother Earth. You see, we did a lot to destroy Mother Earth and we didn’t do anything to help her recuperate from what we did to her. We keep on destroying and destroying her. Hope by my mangroves that I planted; hope the Earth will be better for the better future and to the next generation.