I find it ridiculous that there is a PE subject Bird watching when I
was a freshman since a recurring question in my head is that “Is it
really possible that there are lots of species of birds in a school
campus enough to have a subject about it?” But the truth is revealed
after Prof. Benjamin Vallejo lectured us about bird watching. I’ve
learned that there are actually more than 50 species of birds that can
be seen in the campus for those who are keen and patient to look for
them. And it is not a simple hobby since habitual bird watching can give
you data if there are changes in the environment.
As an
activity, we are instructed to go outside, have some sunshine and look
for birds around the area. We random walked around the area and it was
so random we have no idea where to go. Since the sun is already high up
in the sky, it became harder for us to look since it required us to look
at the canopy of the trees which are very high. But luckily, we managed
to see a few species at the last minutes.
While doing the
activity, I remembered a story I’ve read before. It is about a young man
instructed to take a stroll in a palace while holding a teaspoon with
drops of oil. Since he was so focused on not letting the oil drop, he
was unable to see the different artifacts and rare objects in the
palace. While on the second trip, he immersed himself in the beauty of
the palace completely forgetting about the oil in the spoon. And from
this, we must learn to look at the wonders of the world and never
forgetting the oil on the spoon. At some point, we are like the young
man in the first trip. We are completely unaware of what is around us
and all we think about is the different tasks that we have. And the
moment we saw those wonderful things, we must not forget our
responsibilities and one of those is preserving those wonderful things
that we have. It is saddening to see that our society is only developing
infrastructures. I rarely or haven’t heard a news wherein a land is
reclaimed to be designated as a nature sanctuary. But it is the reality,
and the best thing that we can do is awareness to other people that our
environment is degrading to a point it will be hard to fix. Being alone
will hardly reach you anywhere but having more people know about the
problem and striving to fix it can definitely push some progress.
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