Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

The PNP siege in Iloilo the other day, the Commission on Human Rights said it looked like a godforsaken place. 2007, the country will become a “godforsaken place” again as we are sieged by the brutality of the national elections: police will be on high alert, kidnap for ransom cases will go up (allegedly to raise funds for political campaigns), the killings possibly linked directly to the coming elections have already started, the media saturated environment will reek with twice more propaganda.

There are excavations along the road right in front of our house, construction works for water and drainage. This huge bulldozer outside looks and sounds like an elephant, or more appropriately, a t-rex. My mother is very excited today because she has spoken to the construction people outside, so she is getting lots of soil from the roadworks. It is good soil and she will be using it for the garden.

Hopefully, the excavations will be cleaned up after the work. It is not uncommon that the public works people leave such things unattended for weeks, months or even years. After all, this is a godforsaken country. Anyway, we could plant fruits and vegetables in the excavations.

PS. Turns out the soil isn’t suitable for plants…

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