Thinking in the park

見晴公園, located not far from my kousen, but only until last weekend, i finally went to Her. It is just a park, full of trees, and just trees. Of course, there are paths for us to walk around, and some places for us to rest in the middle of green. Overall, it is just a ordinary park, with the amazed green, filled up your eyesight.


Imagine you walk in the green, without thinking the direction, but just walk and walk, yet you come back to your starting point in the end. Well, I did that that day. Just following the path in front of me, with my own pace, very slow pace indeed. What was i thinking along the walking then? Please forgive me for thinking about our country again. This time, i thought about the park in Malaysia.

Well, almost every residence area has a park. And sure there are trees in those parks too. Take KLCC as an example, many trees in the city park, right? But then, when i was walking that day, i had a question in my mind: When a park is built, do they replant the trees? What i mean is, the trees which we see today, were they taken from other places and replanted in the park? I'm not sure about it, that's why I can't be so sure about this. Yet, i think they are replanted trees. So, what's wrong with replanted trees?

Malaysia is well-known for her natural beauty. Every year, lots of tourists come to enjoy the beauty of Mother nature of Malaysia. Make yourself proud with it! Ok, what i am trying to say is, we can do better with the trees around us. Not cutting down them, not taking them to another place to be replanted, but just keep down and make it a natural park for everyone of us. Yes, we do have National Parks. However, how many people have a chance to go there? From what i saw last time, most of the tourists in the National Park were foreigners. Where are we, when many from overseas saying that they will come again to this beautiful green land?

Why can't we keep an area to be a green park, when we are buiding houses for residence area or other uses? Isn't it better than redesigning and rebuilding a leisure park? From that, we can easily get ourselves into the green, and at the same time buiding up a greenness city! That is what the government always wishes to accomplish, isn't it? So, may be we should learn from Japan, the ways they stay harmony with the nature.

"Today an estimated 59% of Malaysia remains forested. The rapid expansion of the timber industry, particularly after the 1960s, has brought about a serious erosion problem in the country's forest resources. However, in line with the Government's commitment to protect the environment and the ecological system, forestry resources are being managed on a sustainable basis and accordingly the rate of tree felling has been on the decline." - Wikipedia.org

We can, and should do better with the priceless assets that we have. It is not a job for government only, but everyone of us should take our own part in it. Don't underestimate one effort, it may change it all. At least, it will help our children.

There is only one Malaysia, one Earth.