It was supposed to be a two day vacation.

Vacation according to www.wikipedia.org is: a general leave of absence or vacation from a regular occupation for rest or recreation.

But I could not help but write this piece after seeing my hide away slowly being destroyed by heartless monsters digging up black gold.

I call it far far away land, just like in the movie Shrek, It was supposed to be a fantastic place were you can relax, unwind, enjoy and refresh.

We visited far far away land a few years back, can’t remember if Nica was already around.

It still is a good place to visit for now, but I fear in the next few years it will be destroyed by the monsters and their master who mine black gold.

The asphalt has turned into ruff road which is very uncomfortable if your ridding in a car or a jeepney.

The green and yellow color which dominated the horizon when I went here a few years back has now turned into a brownish color.

Our destination for the day was in a middle of the green field.

The green fields bare fruits of yellow and are considered treasure by people in far far away.

It brings food to the table, send their children to school, buy them new cloths and pay for other obligations.

I said I would just enjoy my stay in far far away. But I could not help but notice the  monsters who are harvesting black gold and is slowly destroying this quite and peaceful land.

I came close to several of this monsters who had big backs to carry black gold, big black shoes so they won’t slip when they climb the mountain, a big head with four large eye’s so it can see better. It also fart black smoke with a foul smell.

I though a PSP, a toothache, a nap and Nica would occupy my two day stay in far far away.

But the monsters were creeping around.

I first heard about his heartless monsters from a group of environmentalist who climb up Sagrada in Sta Cruz Zambales to protest their mining activities.

Exhausted with the day’s activity of playing PSP, sleeping in a duyan, walking up and down the pilapil, playing with Nica and eating, we retire in house nearby.

I manage to get a signal under a mango tree but was frustrated because of the slow connection and decided to just sleep it out.

A “Tuko” keep us company inside the room, it was annoying to be exact but I manage to sleep anyway.

A loud rumbling noise kept waking me up. I decided to look were the noise was coming from and saw monsters line up just across the street heading up the mountain.

Ang dami nila promise.

Helpless I decided to go back to sleep only to be awaken again by ducks, yes ducks. They were being taken out of their cage and led into the field to eat.

After coffee and cleaning up the car full of dust and mud we headed out the field for breakfast. Our menu: adobong native na manok.

Looking out the field I saw several people harvesting. My ‘pag ka chismoso’ got the best out of me and decided to go chat with them.

People here in far far away are friendly, jolly and very accommodating.

I ask them what they think about the monsters, most of them said that far far away land has been disturbed, some said that the master of the monsters provide jobs for some the people in far far away.

But all of them agreed that if the monsters don’t stop mining, far far away will be ruined in fact they said that a stream somewhere north of far far away has been polluted, they can no longer take a bath because the water had foul smell and they get itchy when they bath there.

They said that the stream was being used to clean and somewhat process the black gold.

I asked if the pine trees were still alive up in the mountains but they said most of it is gone already.

Luckily some parts of the river channel have not yet been discovered by the monsters.

It was clean, cold and refreshing.

The mountain has turned into a mud like color, part of far far away land is dying. If we do not the stop this monsters and their master, far far away land will be gone.

The monsters are like a disease slowly spreading in far far away. If the disease is not given attention, it will not take long before far far away will be ruined.

Stop the mining, stop killing far far away land.