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Recommended Reading For All Filipinos Here And Abroad
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-I have been reading essays published in the Philippines Daily Inquirer’s Youngblood section in several occasions. Plenty of the articles are good essays contributed from different types of writers who expressed their feelings and ideas on what they were thinking of in various issues affecting the everyday lives of the Filipino generations.
Some essays are stimulating, others are thought-provoking and still others are spiced with humors and some are sentimental.However, in any essay, there’s always this prevailing emotion and passion that touches the reader’s soul. This is regardless of the kind of essay that a young writer has set forth.
Moreover, there’s one of a rare kind of essay entitled “Race and Destination”(PDI’s Youngblood section, June 4,2008 issue) written by Ms. Betheena C. Dizon,23 years old, a third year student of San Beda College of Law. I say “rare”, for the reason that this writer has a deep perception and has a profound observation in the attitudes, characters, idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of the Filipinos.
I was deeply touched and captivated by the way she expressed her thoughts, ideas and feelings in the English Language, which others have a hard time doing and conveying it in this medium. The touching message in her piece is clearly understandable to the readers if they will focus their minds in reading her dissertation.
Her essay is one of a kind that every Filipino here and abroad should read to get a glimpse and a perception of his/her race and distinct identity. Most particularly a serious reading piece for Filipinos who have tried to forget his/her being a Filipino by trying to change his origin, figure and complexion. This is by undergoing cosmetic surgery like facelifting or noselifting or any means or medium to achieve such changes. To adopt a new culture and try to acclimate himself/herself to the surroundings of a new place in a foreign land where they have chosen to work and live.
I hope that there are still other Filipino writers, young and old, out there who will be writing essays and continue submitting them to PDI’s Youngblood and Highblood sections (the latter needs to be revived). Pieces that are full of dreams, inspiration, passion, fervour and aspirations.
Thru Modern Science and Advanced Technology the emergence of computer-internet connections responsible in the creation of websites and internet links are now the trend and passion of the day. Almost all newspapers-local, regional, national and foreign-have now online editions in the cyberspace. Daily and weekly issues of online newspapers are now accessible in the globalscale.Thus searching for any popular newspaper is no longer a problem despite the distant. It is just waiting under one’s fingertips to click in any chosen website.
Searching for any type of article will now be easy for the readers as long as he/she is interested to go online. This is especially true even if a certain newspaper, broadsheet or tabloid, is not available in his place or
country.
With the expressiveness and articulateness of Ms. Dizon as a gifted writer, it would be much better for her to continue writing essays and other articles of various issues and topics. Like a painter and other artist, it is only by producing more works that a writer’s life existence will become meaningfully productive, useful and recognizable to the society. Thus providing inspiration and conviction to other aspiring writers and artists to also reach their goal.
Another essay that is worth and a must for reading to all Filipinos-here and abroad-is entitled “Filipinos Abroad: An Article Worth Reading”. This article which appears in the Philippine Times-Australia online edition (dated March 10, 2008-www.philippinetimes.au.com) is written by Krisanne Alcantara, 21 years old, a journalism student at the University of Sydney.She won the Myer and AKF journalism scholarship and is currently an intern at the Philippines Daily Inquirer. May the likes of Ms. Betheena C. Dizon and Krisanne Alcantara will continue to thrive in our country.
(copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)

Compressed Natural Gas: An Alternative Fuel
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

It’s good that Metro Manila bus operators are now realizing the economic hardships all Filipinos have experienced by asking the government to start opening access to Malampaya gas field in Palawan and make compressed natural gas more available to the public transport sector. The request can even include the private sector for their private vehicles and cars (People Journal’s “Start Change To CNG, Govt. Urged” by J.V. Antiporda, July 22, 2008, page 2).However, the operators access to CNG, must also cover all the provinces in the country. Like Metro Manila bus operators, provincial bus operators also want to shift to Compressed Natural Gas since they also feel the heavy burden of costly diesel fuel and gasoline.
Since there’s only one field of CNG operated by Shell Philippines today, our government agencies in-charged in providing and tapping renewable energy, must conduct a nationwide survey in all areas of the archipelago where possible deposits of natural gas can be found.
Once an acquaintance has disclosed that there’s a place somewhere in Davao or Cotabato where water from the spring has a fire.Surprisingly, according to him, it will not burn a hand. Does this indicate that the water there comes from a geothermal source or that there’s a great possibility of a natural gas deposits in the area? Our geologists and experts should go there and examine this rare kind of water source.
The government should not be contended with just one source. There are hundreds and thousands of private and passenger vehicles operators in the country who would be in great demand of compressed natural gas supply as they would like to follow suit.
Akin to the desire of the Metro Manila operators for government financial assistance in the conversion of their motor vehicles to fit for the CNG fuel, the current administration, the next and the future administrations, must continually adopt this program by providing zero interest loans to all passenger bus owners throughout the country.
Furthermore, our CNG should remain pure. Adulterating it with pollutant crude oil, like the kerosene that we are buying at gas stations would defeat our purpose in reducing pollution in our already polluted environment
like Metro Manila and other big metropolitan cities.
During the past decades, pure unadulterated, very cheap natural gas placed in tin cans and used in house lamps for lighting the whole night, does not produce soots.Curiously,if a person would insert his finger inside his nose the following day, an infinitesimal soot if ever there is, is almost invisible. This is the kind of a natural gas placed in tin cans that I used to buy, when my mother or uncle would let me do an errand as a kid. In contrast, if you used the current kerosene at gas station to fuel your lamps to light your house during the night, you will see a different result. Inserting your finger inside your nose the following day, you will see some soots
sticking to your finger..
On the other hand, is the natural gas I knew in the past decades, similar as to the compressed natural gas of the present? If the past very cheap natural gas is the same in quality and content with the current compressed natural gas, then it should be kept as is. Companies that mined it should not dare to taint it with pollutant element or substance like crude oil. In the continually indefinite use of CNG, producers must give priority to the reduction of our environmental pollution which is now in its worst condition by indefinitely maintaining a supply of pure unadulterated natural gas to all CNG-fueled vehicles. This measure will also serve as a contributory step in the gradual healing of our deteriorating ecology and for the health betterment of the Filipino people.
We are also hopeful that all nations of the world will follow suit in the use of CNG as alternative fuel and other alternative fuels that scientists and experts in other countries have discovered to be indigenous in their respective areas. This is in order to achieve our global objective of greatly reducing the volume of heavy pollution which has some adverse effect to our health and wellness, and which likewise, resulted to a global warming badly affecting our weather.(Copyright 2008 by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)