2010 is indeed a very new year for me. I’ve been living for almost half of my life now but I have never known or experience those things that happened this year before. There were a lot of earthquakes, fire accidents, plane crashes, different illnesses; the supply of electricity is decreasing and we also experience drought.

Here in the Philippines, we are now experiencing extreme heat that surely causing a lot of trouble and problems throughout the country. We call this the El Niño Phenomenon, wherein extreme heat is experienced all over the country. This results to low water supply, grains drying because of the heat, the spread of diseases, dying of animals especially the fishes in the fish pens because of the high water temperature and a lot more. I almost thought that maybe the end of humanity is near. The effect of global warming is felt not only here in the Philippines but also around the world.

Many local organizations here in our country are conducting many activities that will help us to minimize the effect of El Niño.  There are television shows that promote conservation and preservation of water and electricity and ways on how to cure diseases caused by heat. It is very important for all of us to know what has been happening to our mother earth in order to make solutions to every problem that she will encounter. Remember that this is our home, and there is nowhere to go to except here on earth.