Musings in Manila

Completely random thoughts my first day back in Manila: 

*“You’ve been all around the world,” said the woman who inspected my passport in Birmingham. It reminded me of how blessed I am–God has given me some awesome travel opportunities these past few years.

*I’m frustrated with what is happening to my country.  To quote a radio show host, “The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

*I was able to upgrade to business class due to all the frequent flyer miles I’ve earned.  You have your own personal little movie screen in business class, so I took advantage of it.  Here’s what I watched:

Taken
Very nice action flick.
Yes Man
Carpe diem to the extreme.  Funny.
Slumdog Millionare
A great story and a fascinating look at life in India’s slums.

*I’m inspired by the number of my old college friends who are involved in some form of ministry.  It’s just amazing to see what God has done in their lives.  I hope some of the students we reach will follow this same path.

*I stayed in the gym while I was in the States, but my diet was pretty awful.  My weight really hasn’t changed much, but I am ready for a well-deserved fat report. 

*I went grocery shopping today.  Someone was wearing a t-shirt with this written on the front: don’t worry, may mas panget sayo (translation: don’t worry, there’s someone out there uglier than you).  I laughed.

*Being an uncle rocks.

Most Teen Pregnancies in the UK end in Abortion

Disturbing news from the UK:

Most pregnancies among girls under 18 ended in abortion last year. 

Out of around 40,000 pregnancies more than 20,000 were terminated – the first time more had chosen this option than become mothers.

The figure is higher than 2007, when it just hit 50 per cent, and consistent with a steady upwards trend since the Government started its controversial Teenage Pregnancy Strategy in 1999.

Figures out on May 21 will also show that for the first time the number of abortions performed on women living in England and Wales topped 200,000.

The teenage pregnancy strategy, which has cost taxpayers more than £300million, was meant to halve the number of conceptions among girls under 18 in England between 1998 and 2010.

Excerpt and image from Daily Mail


Read the whole article and you’ll see this has come after an aggressive government campaign to promote contraception use among teens.  Think about it . . .