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Sept 26, 2009 Wrath of Typhoon ONDOY .

The RAINFALL that they experienced in 6 hrs was equivalent to 30 days of rainfall. This broke the record rainfall dated 1967 .
Hurricane Katrina rainfall = 380mm in Louisiana. Typhoon Ondoy rainfall = 410mm in Manila

We offer our prayers to those who are affected by the typhoon. To all our kababayans in Abroad you can send your help or donations to : BDO acct # 56300-020111 ACCOUNT NAME : ABSCBN FOUNDATION Your cash donations will go a long way.

If u have family in the US that want to help relief in the Phil donate thru the American Red Cross. Call 800-435-7669

Re-Tweets in Twitterworld and postings in FB kept everyone updated of the flood and help other people who were stranded and needs to be rescued. Rubber boats were few and rescue operations were very slow and other people can’t be reached by the rescuers. I hope the government would be prepared next time.

Mother Teresa said she could just be one single drop of water. But if we all contributed one single drop each, we could make a whole ocean. Let’s unite to extend a helping hand!

A re-post from other blogs to help our dear kababayans in PInas:
LOCATION BREAKDOWN OF HOW AND WHERE YOU CAN DONATE FOR VICTIMS OF TYPHOON ONDOY.

for those in qc:

- please bring packed/cooked food to 12 Denmark, Loyola Grand Villas, QC, and help @patriciahizon whose group was the only one helping the victims in tumana today.

- @jiggycruz is mobilizing the youth who want to help, to volunteer, just go to Balay Expo Center in Cubao, Edsa cor McArthur, 8AM onwards.

- for those who want to volunteer for sagip kapamilya: call 4132667/4160387, or go to #13 examiner st., west triangle, QC.

for those in manila:

- DLSU along taft avenue will be accepting any and all kinds of donations starting 830AM.

for those in pasig:

- according to @margaga, poveda school (beside galleria) opens 9AM tomorrow and is open to all volunteers and any kind of donations.

- according to @angel21kawaii, CFC Center in Ortigas is receiving donations in cash or in kind. Call (02)7270682-87 or 09195359036.

for those in makati:

- you can drop off your donations at the following stores in rockwell powerplant mall: aranaz, luca, greyone social.

for those in taguig or fort area:

- you can drop off your donations in embassy superclub in the fort.

for those in pasay city:

- @elizabacud shares that Manila Doctors College will also be accepting donations. Bring anything that can help at Speech Lab., Macapagal Blvd, PasayCity

for those in san juan area:

- according to @dakilangkulot, you can drop off your goods at xavier school, volunteers will sort and bring to ateneo. this is till12nn.

for those in the south:

- you can drop donations at the ATC concierge, call 8422782 or 7721860

- you can help pack donations 10AM at st. james church, ayala alabang village

for pets in need of aid:

- @kimmydeleon is announcing that PARC is open for animals. Click this site for info of PAWS for helping from the flood. for the official website of paws, click here

for anyone abroad who wants to donate:

- you can donate through the paypal account link on this site.

- you can also call 1-800-5272820 or visit the abs-cbn foundation website.

I would also like to repost another summary from the pinoy chuva”’s blog.

WAYS HOW YOU CAN HELP VICTIMS OF TYPHOON ONDOY.

things you may want to donate:

1) Bottled Water
2) Instant Noodles (preferrably in bowl packaging like Nissin or Lucky Me)
3) Ready-to-eat Canned Goods w/ pull tab cover (no can opener available in relief centers)
4) Bread or Biscuits
5) Coffee or Juice
6) Multivitamins (preferrably 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:

1) Help in the typhoon relief effort by calling ABS-CBN Foundation USA toll-free 1-800-527-2820
2) American Red Cross call 1-800-435-7669

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 the philippine daily inquirer office or mcdonalds branches:

Go to: 1098 Chino Roces Ave. cor. Mascardo and Yague Streets, Makati City or to any of its classified ads branches and to any Mcdonald’s Branch within Metro Manila
Hotline: 8978808 loc.260 and look for Megi Garcia

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.

other sites you can drop off donations:

1) Visit any Petron or 2GO Branches to drop off your donations.

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

Luzon Relief
Go to: Renaissance Fitness Center, 2F, Bramante Bldg., Renaissance Towers, Ortigas, Meralco Ave., Pasig City
Hotline: 0929-8713488
Operations: 9am to 7pm Daily
Open to volunteers/goods donation

9) Brainbeam Events
Go to: 2F MB Aguirre Cornerhouse Bldg 15, President Ave. cor Elizalde St. BF Pque. Across old Caltex
Goods donation

you can donate using your cellphone:

You can also send donations to the Philippine National Red Cross using your mobile phone: text RED AMOUNT and send to 2899 (GLOBE/TM) and 4483 (SMART/ TNT). Globe is accepting P300 txt donatio

Thanks Ching for sending me the secret recipe for the yummy chocolate cupcakes

Mommy, Daddy and Sean love you very much…mwah!

I got a surprise gift (iPhone3GS)  from daddyiou. He told me that he wants to upgrade his iPhone and I said yes, little did I know that it was for me.

He ordered it from Australia and it’s already officially (legally) unlocked by Apple. So thankful that Daddy God gave me a husband so loving, caring and thoughtful. And most of all very loyal and honest.

I remembered my 1st iPhone was given as a surprise gift for our 5th anniversary two years ago and now this one nearly on our seventh.

My little boy is hooked to some game applications like Balloonimals, Flight Control and Pocket God.

And what’s in my phone? I have the builtin compass, 1Password, Airphones, Amazon.com,Ambiance,Autostitch (love this), bargainbin, Bump (for sharing with friends, literally just bump 2 iphones and there voila!), cartoon wars, chef, color splash, Cro-mag, Cyber Toy, Discovery, Doodle Fight, Ebay, Enigmo, Evernote, Facebook, Fairies Lite, FedEx Mobile,Fieldrunners, Genius, GLoball, Google, Grocery iQ,Habit Factor, Health Coach, I Dig It, iDisk, iFitness (hubs using this too), Jelly Car (my little boy’s fave too), Kindle, Mover+, MX Mayhem, NYTimes, Parapanic, Postman, PTO, Quizzing (for the kids), Ranch rush, Ressurection, Roadee, Sally’s Salon, Shazam, Sheep…Free, Skype, SpongeBob, touchPhysics, Turbo Subs, Tweetdeck, Twitterific,WhiteNoise,Wifi tark, YM,Zoo Sounds, 100 Pushups, Spider, TUAW and Things.

Now what more could I ask? hehehe…

Little did I know that I got hooked with farming earlier than expected already (yes! we are not that old yet!) They are game applications in Facebook: the Farmville and Farmtown. Enjoying the plowing, planting seeds and harvesting. Not only fruits and vegetables but lots of animals too to harvest milk, shear fur from sheep and collect eggs. My kids, they also enjoy harvesting in my farm. Liking more FB than FS:)

“Qatar bagged yet another global first with the largest parade of Karwa buses, organised by Mowasalat, the public transport company, rolling into the Guinness World Records yesterday.
A 4.8km-long convoy of 325 Karwa school buses travelled a stretch of 5km on the Shahaniya-Dukhan highway, some 56km from Doha, breaking the existing record of 119 buses, created in Germany in January this year.”

Fr. Gulf Times

Latest Update: Saturday22/8/2009August, 2009, 12:59 AM Doha Time

To know the timings in malls and other establishments in Qatar here’s a link to it.

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/666887

I’ve never forgotten that lesson in my life.

Life is a mirror. If I smile at the mirror, the mirror will smile back at me. If I frown, the mirror will frown back. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be very worried if I smile at the mirror and the mirror frowns back. Heebeejeebies.

The universe operates like a giant mirror. What I give, I receive. Most of what happens to me is simply a reflection of what I’ve been giving to the universe.

People ask me why my life is so profoundly blessed. One reason is because I’ve been giving.

Above are another excerpts from Bro. Bo Sanchez. You can read the whole story here: http://bosanchez.ph/want-more-miracles-be-generous/

Allow me to post another again from my readings. Since I subscribed to receive Bro Bo’s  blog update I can’t contain it to my self only but too happy to share his soulfood. The writings in italics are my contribution to the continuous generosity of good people here on earth.

Giving for me is reminding me that I’m so blessed that’s why I can share some of my blessings to others especially to those who are in need.

The feeling of happiness is unequaled if you’re generous to others. And we want our kids to do the same and continue what we have started from the past until the present time.

The surge of joy to see that we make other people happy by sending their kids to school especially in college amidst all the global crisis. That indeed poverty is not a hindrance to attain success. How I wish that in every Filipino who goes out of the country to earn a living in abroad can extend more help to send kids to school. And I believe that what you have  shared to others bounces back to you in hundred-folds.

I grew up learning from my parents from the examples that they had showed to us that sharing and sending some of our cousins to school is the best gift that they can give to them. And so when it’s my time to help a kid from my hubby’s province I never hesitated to offer a helping hand. And it started to one kid in elementary and I told myself how about one also from our town. Glad to say that she’s now in college and nearly she’ll be finished after 2 more years.

And as to my hubby, I’m very blessed that he’s molded and raised of being generous to others. Being good is deeply imprinted in his mind and in his heart.

Reaching out to my old and dear friends in times of their shortcomings even it’s not that huge huge amount of money  and in any other ways to comfort them I think I have made my contribution. How about you? What have you done lately to help?

I prepared a small party for them with our friends/ neighbor kids. we had balloons, cakes, nacho chips, chocolates, marshmallows, chicken nuggets and hotdogs.

He kept on saying that he has grown a little bit taller and bigger. And when daddy N arrived he hugged him very tight. He’s one happy boy:)

He waited for his uncle and aunt to come at night and their presence made him more happy. He always looks forward to seeing them during weekends.

We wish you great health son and more happiness. You’re doing great in the school and we are proud of you son. You are a good person and you are a mother’s pride:)

Sean’s bday pictures here.