Malaybalayan's Elderly Bues and Blows Christmas and New Year's wishes

Just arrived from another city and at 2:00 A.M. found herself in the Plaza of Malaybalay City. Take note in this city, your only transportation beyond 9:00 p.m. is a "motorela" (motorcycle with a passenger's cart attached to it).  The first thing that greeted her was not the motorela but a smell so horrible, terrible, rancid and "other negative superlatives" about smell. Of the most decipherable smells is stench of urine "spread", fertilized", "watered" by human beings - let us just say, males and females -. Nearby is the "tableau" of the city's forefathers made of stone so they could not smell the unholy breath of air that surrounded it.  In addition, there were drunk everywhere - male and female - also around the plaza. The so-called ladies were shouting while the males went on about drinking. This sight is not unusual nowadays for now it seems convenience stores have spaces in front of its establishment where those who could buy liquor could avail of the free "lounge". Malaybalay, our beloved Malaybalay, what has become of you. Not only have you become a city and left the pioneers longing for the usual scenario "everybody knows everybody" but now true to its name: Malaybalay City, it has become dirty, unsafe and painful to live in. Who is to be blamed? Who can do something about all these? Will we just remain passive for as long as we are not yet attacked? Will we just say it is part of being a city so we have Gaisano, Jollibee, soon Chowking so what do you expect? Yet we call Malaybalay, "city within a forest . . . "

Malaybalayan's elderly blue: Malaybalay is "going to the dogs" sooner or later . . . Malaybalay City is in Mindanao, Bukidnon Philippines but can be a microcosm of what usually happens when a municipality becomes a town then a city.

Malaybalayan's elderly blow: A Christmas and New Year wish: Malaybalay is the place where we are born so we have to do our share. My first attempt is to blog not to destroy by birthplace but to admit something bad is happening to my land of birth. Who else is going to say something is wrong with Malaybalay if not those who were born here; saw it rise and fall. Let us not just wish but walk our talk.. We will not point fingers as to why this is happening. Let us begin right in our homes. Malaybalay is better than this.

Malaybalay, Malaybayan is offeringyou to God for cleansing . . .this Christmas and New Year 2012!!!