After a long period of blog vacation....finally, a new post.. Sorry peeps, honestly im lacking time of writing my thoughts on this blog in the past months; , Its 4:36AM on my PC's clock...yes....and don't get shocked, im writing this post in my office.... cyberslacking at the highest level...haha. My body is tired after attending a Christmas party at siemens and yet my mind is still awake.
Few days left before the year 2009 bids farewell to us! And nope, this is not my year ender.... hope i could write it before new year's day. 2010.... twenty ten... two-o-one-one.... times flies really fast. A new decade is about to uncover. What's in store for me for the next decade.....
**** ONE THING IS FOR SURE, I HAVE A FAITHFUL GOD! MY DESTINY IS IN HIS HANDS!
I never thought that the devastation brought by the Typhoon Ketsama (ONDOY) in Mega Manila last Saturday was worse than expected. The flood caused by Typhoon Ketsama was the worst flood in the Philippines in more than almost 4 decades. In just 6 hours, the infamous storm dumped a month's worth of rain all over Mega manila. Infact, rainfall brought by Ketsama to the Philippines (410mm) was way too far compared to the rainfall brought by Hurricane Katrina (a Category 5 Hurricane) to Louisina USA years ago ( equivalent to 380mm).Photos and stories about the historic flood are flooding the internet. It will really break your heart. Thanks to the help of technology today, internet users are so vigilant in posting updates via twitter and facebook about people who are in need and affected by the flood.ONLINE BAYANIHAN!. I would like to express my deepest gratitude in behalf of the Filipino people to the following international artists and celbrities around the world for expressing their sympaties over the victims of the flood: @ramielmalubay (American Idol) Finalist , @Jonathan Foreman and @Switchfoot Band,@Josh Groban, @Ashton Kutcher, @Paulo Coelho, @Alyssa milano, @megan fox, @paris hilton and many more. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
TO ALL THE READERS OF THIS BLOG: YOU CAN HELP THE PHILIPPINE FLOOD VICTIMS
DONATION AREAS:
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS
Monetary Donations
1. CASH or CHECK
Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up.
2. BANK DEPOSIT
Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross
METROBANK
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 151-3-041-63122-8
Dollar Acct.: 151-2-151-00218-2
Type of Acct. : SAVINGS
Swift Code: MBTC PH MM BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 4991-0010-99
Type of Account: CURRENT
BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
UN Branch
Dollar Acct.: 8114-0030-94
Type of Account: SAVINGS
Swift Code: BOPI PH MM
For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.
Credit Card
Please fax the following info to +632.404.09.79 and +632.527.0575:
Name of card member, billing address, contact nos. (phone & mobile), credit card no., expiration date, CCV2/ CVC2 (last three digits at the back of the credit card), billing address, amount to be donated.
For online donations you may also visit our website at www.redcross.org.ph .
In-Kind Donations
LOCAL
Please send in-kind local donations to The Philippine National Red Cross – National Headquarters in Manila. We could also arrange for donation pick-up.
INTERNATIONAL
Send a letter of intent to donate to the PNRC
A letter of acceptance from PNRC shall be sent back to the donor
Immediately after shipping the goods, please send the (a) original Deed of Donation, (b) copy of packing list and (c) original Airway Bill for air shipments or Bill of Lading for sea shipments to The Philippine National Red Cross–National Headquarters c/o Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila 2803, Philippines.
The PNRC does not accept rotten, damaged, expired or decayed goods. Though we appreciate your generosity, the PNRC also discourages donations of old clothes as we have more than enough to go around.
SMS and G-CASH (Globe)
SMS
text REDAMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart)
G-CASH
text DONATEAMOUNT4-digit M-PINREDCROSS to 2882
Most urgent needs
Food items: Rice, noodles, canned goods, sugar, iodized salt, cooking oil, monggo beans and potable water
Medicines: Paracetamol, antibiotics, analgesic, oral rehydration salts, multivitamins and medications to treat diarrheal diseases
Non-food items: Bath soaps, face towels, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, water containers, water purification tablets, plastic sheetings, and Laundry soap
Rehabilitation Programs: Shelter materials for house repair
Call Hotline 143 or 527.0000
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area,
Manila 2803, Philippines
Things you may want to donate:
1) Bottled Water
2) Instant Noodles (preferably in bowl packaging like Nissin or Lucky Me)
3) Canned Goods w/ pull tab cover (no can opener available in relief centers)
4) Bread or Biscuits
5) Coffee or Juice
6) Multivitamins (preferably Vitamin C)
7) Medicines (Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Loperamide) Blankets
9) Old but wearable clothes
10) Slippers/ Flip flops
11) Some organizations will accept cash donations.
For babies/toddlers
12) Diapers
13) Milk/ Infant Formula
For USA Residents:
Help in the typhoon relief effort by calling ABS-CBN Foundation USA toll-free 1-800-527-2820
For those near ABS-CBN:
Help pack relief goods at Sagip Kapamilya at #13 Examiner St. They are also looking for people willing to go to provinces and distribute the goods.
For those near a La Salle School:
(OPLAN: Sagip Metro) DLSZ (Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa) and LSGH (Greenhills) are now accepting relief goods and looking for volunteers from 8am to 6pm. DLSU- Manila (Taft Avenue) will accept relief goods as early as 8:00 A.M. at South Gate
For those near Ateneo De Manila: Go To: Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City
Manuel V. Pangilinan Building Center for Student Leadership Lobby
University Dorm Cervini Hall Hotlines: 09089977166, 09178952792, 4266001 local 5050 Operations: 24-hours operations for the entire week.
For those near a Petron Station or 2Go Branches:
Visit any Petron or 2GO Branches to drop off your donations.
Other Ways You Can Help:
1) Visit a branch of the Philippine National Red Cross and volunteer. You can also send donations using your mobile phone: text RED AMOUNT and send to2899 (GLOBE/TM) and 4483 (SMART/ TNT). Globe is accepting P300 txt donation.
2) Visit Citizens Disaster Response Center (CDRC)
Go To: 72-A Times St., West Triangle Homes , QC Hotlines: 9299820, 9299822 Operations: 8 a.m. onwards.
3)Radio Veritas Go To: Veritas Tower , West Ave. cor EDSA Look For: Karla Turingan Hotlines: 9257931 to 39, 0918VERITAS Operations: 24-hours, tentatively until Tuesday.
4) Victory Fellowship- Fort Bonifacio Go to: Victory Fellowship, Every Nation Building , across from Market-Market, Fort Bonifacio Look for: Pastor Bernard Marquez Hotlines: 813-FORT, 8171212 Operations: Tentatively until 5pm may may extend hours. Entire week until Friday. Website: www.twitter.com/VictoryFort
5) Tulong Bayan Go to: Balay Expo Center, EDSA cor. Gen McArthur, Araneta Center or visit WhiteSpace 2314 Pasong Tamo Ext. beside Faith Christian School Hotline: 0917-5273906 Operations: Come as early as 8:00 a.m.
Open to volunteers/ cash and goods donation
6) World Vision Philippines
Go to: Quezon Avenue (near Delta Theatre)
Open to volunteers/ cash and goods donation
7) Corporate Network for Disaster Response
How to: Donate cash through BPI Ayala-Paseo Branch with account number 0031 0654 02
8) ALABANG NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER
DON MANOLO BLVD, ALABANG HILLS VILLAGE
ALABANG MUNTINLUPA CITY
Telephone numbers: 809-1542 to 43
Contact person: Ms. Eloise Santos/ Ms. Jane Martinez.
Metro Manila and its surban areas were caught unprepared by Typhoon Ondoy. Although Ondoy is just a tropical storm with a wind strength of 75 kph(with an international name of Ketsana) and is not powerful enough to uproot trees compared to Storm Milenyo who strucked Metro Manila 3 years ago, it brought gazillions of liters of water from the Pacific to Metro Manila. Rain never stopped since last night. Slex was closed to motorist, flood in Muntinlupa-San Pedro Boundary is neck deep.The whole municipality of Cainta Rizal, is 100% flooded according to news. People are stuck on the roofs of their houses. Even the house of my relatives in Sta Mesa is flooded; Im praying that they are all safe.I hope people in China and Taiwan will read this blogpost so that they can prepare now as Ondoy is approaching to their countries. JESUS help us! And oh, i just read the news that the whole Metro Manila is under the state of calamity.
Leshana Tova Tikoseiv Veseichoseim Le'Alter LeChaim Tovim U'Leshalom ("May you immediately be inscribed and sealed for a Good Year and for a Good and Peaceful Life")
Rosh Hashanah (which means head of the year) is a Jewish Holiday commonly referred as the the Jewish New Year. Jews will celebrate the the first day of year 5770 starting at the sunset of September 18, 2009 (today).
Rosh Hashanah is described as "the day of judgment" (Yom ha-Din) and "the day of remembrance" (Yom ha-Zikkaron). Some midrashic descriptions depict God as sitting upon a throne, while books containing the deeds of all humanity are opened for review, and each person passing in front of Him for evaluation of his or her deeds.
It falls in the month of Tishrei, which is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. The reason for this is because the Hebrew calendar begins with the month of Nissan (when it's believed the Jews were freed from slavery in Egypt) but the month of Tishrei is believed to be the month in which God created the world. Hence, another way to think about Rosh HaShanah is as the birthday of the world.
Rosh HaShanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei. Jewish tradition teaches that during the High Holy Days God decides who will live and who will die during the coming year. As a result, during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur (and in the days leading up to them) Jews embark upon the serious task of examining their lives and repenting for any wrongs they have committed during the previous year. This process of repentance is called teshuvah. Jews are encouraged to make amends with anyone they have wronged and to make plans for improving during the coming year. In this way, Rosh HaShanah is all about making peace in the community and striving to be a better person.
Ang bilis no? its already 2008…. i could still remember December 31, 1999…. everybody had a small fear inside their hearts that time as the year 2000 approaches, remember the Y2K bug? the panic buyings due to the preparation of Y2K….hahaha.
I used to jot down on my planner my goals and my gameplans every start of the year. this year is different, until now this year’s plans and goals of mine are still on my mind. Lazy boy. Ok, for you guys , i’ll write a glimpse of my goals on this entry for the year 2008::
1. Attend hillsong live recording this coming march…..dream on doy….dream on 2. Attend the opening ceremony of Beijing olympics…..comments anyone? 3. Visit mickey, minnie and their friends with my barkada in hong kong disney land…..rodel…ahemmmmm!!!! 4. have my own business ( im saving na my money for this goal….. i do have 175 pesos and fifty cents in my coin bank….applause applause) 5. zzzzz…. yan na lang muna, isusulat ko na lang sa planner ko sa saturday, hehehe
by rhe way, most of my goals last year were granted by God, a new job, i got not one not two but three cellphones!!!! (yun nga lang hindi mga latest, Thank You Lord still). Lord, pwede ba iphone this year? I know you can provide me one, but that is according to Your will hehehe.God is good! yeah, God is great. God even let me experience how to become a winner on a TV Quiz show ( 1 vs 100 ) and He also gave me a chance to meet Switch Foot. 2007 was really a blast! Awesome year. I’ve met lots of new friends, like the people from red box and eco, reeya and switchfoot street team, 100 voice cantata choir people, enrico and donna of 1 vs 100, new people from ANLCC, red box ojts CJ and Jon, and many more. Beautiful people.
The start of the year has a lot of surprises also; up to now, i cant believe that Tito Andrew is in heaven, now he’s having a” pure and real” worship with GOD. To Maam Pearl, be strong, God is great! He knows what is best to all of us. to be continued na lang….. i have to go. By the way watch out for September 24 this year…i know something is gonna happen on that day…..basta
FYI folks, nothing happened to my 2008 goals.... but God did some things to me that were truly overwhelming.... and nothing happened on the 24th of September 2008.
March 1, 2009. An extraordinary Sunday that I will never forget. I was able to conquer Mt. Pinatubo. Our group departed Manila at around 2 AM and arrived at the starting point ,Pinatubo Spa Town at Brgy.Juliana Capas Tarlac. The trek adventure to Pinatubo is consisted of two phases, 1st: going to the mountain ridge base via 4x4 vehicle drive ( 40 minutes using the sky way, and an hour using the old way). Second: the 3 hours trek to the crater lake. Must haves: lots of water, energy drinks, choco bars, first aid kit, sun screens, ipods, good trekking sandals, swim wear,if you're planning to go swimming in the lake. Trek package cost P1,500 ( 4x4 vehicle, driver, trek guide and lunch meal included). The views going to volcano's caldera were truly captivating, amazing, and breathtaking. Lots of streams, rocks of different colors,valleys of lahar deposits as high as 10 storey buildings, unusual sights to see. It was like walking in lahar wall street....hahaha. If you're lucky enough, you could see native aborigines (Aetas).
Toshi Fujita
Wendy Fujita with Lahar Deposit BackdropMara Garcia
The water was too cold....it was like swimming in a pool of needles.
The depth of this lake is unknown, only professional swimmers are allowed to swim in the lake. The taste of the water is a little bit salty, because of the traces of sulfur chloride. I am really really proud that I was able to swim in this lake. An experience that I will never forget. Photos from our trek in Mt.Pinatubo. Trekkers: Terry Cablay, Mara Garcia, Me (Laudemer Beltran), Toshi Fujita, Wendy Fujita, Malou Manzanida.
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