Wednesday, August 11, 2010

When a tree prays....

When a tree prays..

Oh! Why am i so lonely
where is everybody,
where are all my ancestors?
Who cut them down?
Oh!Please let us live too,
we are also part of this beautiful world,
it don't belongs solely to you humans
we have the right too,
we have been here for millions of year,
long before you came,
so please give us some space,
let us live and be part of your world too,
cut us but do it sustainably
and we will give back to you many benefits,
timber that you wanted most,
wildlife that you cherish so much,
clean water and oxygen that we can't live without,
biodiversity that you will treasure most later on,
so please..... please..let us live.

Thomas Lee quotes


a single tree left on a plantation on the way to the Bakun Dam.


The yet to be filled 205m high,2,400mw Bakun Dam build during a financial turmoil
through 2 change of national leadership and escalating cost
that will flood an area the size of Singapore.



Thestar on Bakun

Where's the power going?


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11 comments:

  1. klANAAugust 11, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    ~pokok tu sekali pdgn macam rupa org. best lah bace rintihan sajak tu, menyentuh perasaan..suara alam yg minta manusia simpati pdnya..

    ~luasnya kaw tadahan air bakun ya..bagaimana nasib flora n fauna nya nanti..

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  2. Kamsiah yusoffAugust 12, 2010 at 8:32 AM

    pokok tu mcm di trim...mcm bonsai..unik dan cantik...sayangnya jika kawasan nan menghijau tu dikorbankan walaupun atas nama pembangunan..

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  3. JaerragusAugust 12, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    Why can't they find somewhere more "lifeless" or less "lifefull"....

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  4. Thomas LeeAugust 13, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    Pokok itu semulajadi and we humans are very greedy,want to grab everything for ourself,
    look at our rivers now,it's full of rubbish and viruses that we can't even go for a swim anymore.

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  5. gbeejippAugust 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    great post. and I like the poem. It tells a lot.

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  6. papabearAugust 13, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    for the sake of progress... hu hu...

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  7. Thomas LeeAugust 16, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    JIPP and Papabear,
    It took so long to build and now no one wants the power but Sabah badly needs it,so why don't sent it there.

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  8. ~ ( LayDee_N ) ~August 16, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    hmm.. I hrp i tak kene kat bakun kalau i dapat SESCO nnt. :( smacam jer ngeri. ngeee..

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  9. khengsiongAugust 17, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    I suspect it will be another white elephant...

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  10. Thomas LeeAugust 17, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    LayDee_N,
    You're in luck,Bakun is under Sarawak Hidro not Sarawak Energy or Sesco.

    khengsiong,
    The power is supposed to be send to peninsular but because those in control of it couldn't have a firm say, undersea cables costing billions can't be lay otherwise it will be a bigger blunder.

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  11. Nava KMay 4, 2013 at 11:29 PM

    That is nature, shown again in a natural form. I can understand the cry to leave nature alone to be admired and for the breath of fresh air.

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