A Day in the Wild

Jian has always been tugging on us to go to the parks. Unlike kids of his age, he seems to enjoy the beauty (and heat!) of nature instead of the comfort being offered by the malls. Lucky for us, because these parks does not actually ask for a lot for entrance fees. It also is a great way of distressing from the daily hustle and bustle thing we called “work”. I thought that last saturday was not going to be different from all the other saturdays that we had. I normally wake up late and asks the same question, “Where are we gonna buy our groceries?”. Nagulat ako, kasi Jian replied “Ano kaya kung magpunta naman tayo sa park, antagal ko na kayang hindi nakakapunta sa park?”. Gusto kong sumagot na walang groceries sa park. I tried to convince him that it was not the right time to go there as the sun is about to shine its brightest and I don’t want us to be toasted and all. But then, pinanigan ng ama, kaya ayun natuloy din kami. . Add to this the fact that Apple, my cousin who stays with us, haven’t been to the Wildlife before. We boarded a public utility jeepney off to the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife at around 10amWe were greeted by the scorching heat of the sun when we arrived in Wildlife at around 11am. Walkathon na syempre ang drama naming lahat. They don’t seem to care about the heat (buti na lang we were able to apply sunblock lotions before we went out!).

Being in this park, makes memories come back.
Hah, this park seems to hold a special place in my heart. It was saddening to see that over the years, deterioration seems to take over the place.
The animals looked malnourished,and a lot of the structure which houses animals are dilapidated. Even the main administration building does not look properly taken cared off.

It is no longer possible to fish on the lagoon, nor to go boating. There was a nice part of the park which remains to be close and no one can answer how commoners can get there. I know that this park is a sanctuary for strayed wild animals but it appears that the whole place needs a lot of finances for make over. This reminds me the reason why even people from Class C & D crowds prefer to go to the mall even if its more costly.

On a lighter note, it is nice to see that the cleanliness of the park was maintained well enough. The flowering plants seems to be happy as shown in the abundance of the buds. Oh and I almost forgot to say, that we were not alone on that day. There are actually a lot of families and groups of young students on the park on that scorching saturday afternoon.

All in all, that day in the Wild was not a bad experience at all. As the pictures implied, we have a nice time under the heat of the sun.

I just wish that our government could do something about the “dying parks” so that the next generation Filipinos could still savor the beauty of the wild without having to pay much.