Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Crocodile seen in Cainta floodwaters
Link
I thought when I first saw a post in FB somewhere about crocodiles being seen that it was another kind of crocodile..you know, mga "buaya" (crocs, and not the shoes either) in the you-know-where, doing you-know-what.
I thought when I first saw a post in FB somewhere about crocodiles being seen that it was another kind of crocodile..you know, mga "buaya" (crocs, and not the shoes either) in the you-know-where, doing you-know-what.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Free PAL airlift of donations for Ondoy victims. Philippine Airlines will airlift for free all relief donations intended for victims of typhoon Ondoy. All provincial PAL stations will load on flights bound for Manila any bulk cargo box containing donations addressed to reputable, non-profit, charitable organizations in Manila. To maximize the cargo load of the aircraft, PAL station heads will be verifying and limiting the contents of the donation boxes to items of value and use, and exclude such donations as expired food and medicines, water, rice (due to weight considerations) and unusable stuff. Complete information of the consignee organization must be supplied with the cargo box/container inscribed with "care of the PAL Foundation". Individual donations for private or personal families will not be accommodated. Meanwhile, PAL passengers whose flights were affected by typhoon Ondoy will not be charged any penalties when rebooking for the next available flights. PAL ticket holders with confirmed bookings from September 26 to October 4, 2009 will have all penalties waived when rebooking. - Taken from the PAL website, dated September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System
http://www.sahana.kahelos.org/
I think this is going to be useful for relief and disaster coordinating agencies. Reposted this from Ellafitz's site.
Spread the word please!
Maybe this will help and improve the way we handle and respond to disasters in the future, but for now, its there..and it's free :-)
Let's use it!
I think this is going to be useful for relief and disaster coordinating agencies. Reposted this from Ellafitz's site.
Spread the word please!
Maybe this will help and improve the way we handle and respond to disasters in the future, but for now, its there..and it's free :-)
Let's use it!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Inuyasha - The Final Act
| Start: | Oct 10, '09 8:00p |
| End: | Mar 31, '10 |
I mean, for whose who missed Inuyasha, here is the continuation from where the first InuYasha TV anime series left off as InuYasha and Kagome along with comrades Shippo, a fox demon; Miroku, a cursed monk; and Sango, a demon-slayer, continue their battle against the minions of demonic villain Naraku for the mighty Jewel of Four Souls.
Shown on Animax Asia.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Home for the Holidays 2009-10
| Start: | Dec 27, '09 3:00p |
| End: | Jan 10, '10 |
| Location: | Manila, Cebu, Philippines |
Just bought my PAL ticket today. Of course, the after-New-Year days means I have to do my work back home and maybe also get to visit my suki na dentist :-)
Here's hoping for the best!
Monday, September 21, 2009
THE PHILIPPINE KOMIKS AND CARTOONS coffee table book, a glimpse
http://hugzone.multiply.com/photos/album/270/THE_PHILIPPINE_KOMIKS_AND_CARTOONS_coffee_table_book_a_glimpse
Hot off the presses!
Only 1,500 copies, and if you reserve and get it now, you will have 20% off discount of the list price :-)
Thursday, September 17, 2009
APPEAL FOR DONATIONS: MEDICAL-DENTAL MISSION
http://chitoirigo.multiply.com/journal/item/102/APPEAL_FOR_DONATIONS_MEDICAL-DENTAL_MISSION
I would like to share with you this write-up on their appeal for help on a worthy cause.
Please visit the above link for further details on how you may best help or donate to the medical-dental mission.
I would like to share with you this write-up on their appeal for help on a worthy cause.
Please visit the above link for further details on how you may best help or donate to the medical-dental mission.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tales of Singapore: "I don't understand"
Once in a while, I remember incidents I came across in my last visit to Singapore during the Christmas season.
I was lucky enough that Helene welcomed me to her home and hearth (and dining table let's not forget!).
I got to partake all of those delicious dishes she dishes out, met her fun family, played with their beloved frisky doggie.
I also made contact with new friends in Multiply (hello to Pat and Jan) and had a reunion of sorts with old friends from my hometown (hello to Lani, Santi and their family, and also to Lando and his family).
I want to recount some of the happy memories which come to the forefront of my mind when I think of Singapore.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
In the Yuletide season of 2008, I was sitting at Helene's breakfast table with veritable feast of Singapore goodies laid out on it. In the midst of the golden toasted bread piled high, nestling with fruits and other typical breakfast items, my first introduction to "Kaya" happened.
I wasn't adventurous to sample it without asking first what were the components inside the jar sitting innocently in front of my eyes. I naturally turned to Helene's brood who were with me at the dining area.
Helene's children are well-behaved and a bit reserved. Or maybe they were wary because I was a newbie in their home who had a voracious appetite..but that is another story. Haha.
They smile affably and they speak with quiet, almost hushed voices - with a touch or more of the Singaporean accent.
Most of the time I have to pause and think about what they are saying. Sometimes a translator is needed
On my part, I have a tendency to speak very quickly, with my words tripping over themselves. Sometimes people also ask me to repeat my words as I almost babble when I am enthusiastic - especially when I am in front of unfamiliar, scrumptious food.
I was almost famished, but mentally prepared, I pointed to the jar and asked Sky what it was.
Surely ingredients would not be so hard to translate, right?
Unless it was something I had not come across before in the Philippines.
Sky answered in his soft voice, and for the life of me I couldn't make out what he was saying!
Was he quoting a list of ingredients, or how to make whatever it was or warning me off from eating it?
After he spoke the second time, I was still having question marks floating lazily above my head and all over the dining room.
"Uhmm....hmm... I..don't..understand...."
I turned expectantly to River who was on the sofa near the table. She smiled winsomely. Then muttered softly, shrugged and said something to both Sky and me.
Feeling like a Jurassic-era cavewoman, struggling to unravel the endless mystery of a simple wheel, I sadly told her, "Sorry River, I don't understand."
My stomach then growled menacingly. Embarrassed, I grabbed a piece of bread, opened the jar and spread a little bit of the Kaya on it.
I took a tentative bite.
Wowza!! Mmmm...Delicious!!
I scooped out more and liberally spread the Kaya, then munched happily on my masterpiece. I was all agog to find out what I was gorging on...and I would ask Helene as soon as she made her appearance!
When Helene burst in from the kitchen, another piece of toast was already dangling haphazardly from a corner of my mouth.
I waved excitedly at her and with a muffled voice asked her, "Wazz-iz-this? Tesh-tesh-underfool! Hmm...whats-it-made-out-of??"
Helene looked at me curiously as I continued nibbling on the toast with feverish zeal.
She cocked her head...and furrowing her brow she answered seriously.
"Eh? Cat, I don't understand you."
I snorted and almost choked on my Kaya-toast.
Now, that was unexpected!
Kaya is a coconut jam made from coconut milk, chicken or duck eggs and flavored with the pandan leaf, with sugar as sweetener. Kaya is sweet and creamy, available as a golden brown or green colored spread depending on the amount of pandan and extent of carameralization of the sugar.
* picture taken from http://anton.blogs.com/awesome/2006/10/my_kaya_addicti.html
I was lucky enough that Helene welcomed me to her home and hearth (and dining table let's not forget!).
I got to partake all of those delicious dishes she dishes out, met her fun family, played with their beloved frisky doggie.
I also made contact with new friends in Multiply (hello to Pat and Jan) and had a reunion of sorts with old friends from my hometown (hello to Lani, Santi and their family, and also to Lando and his family).
I want to recount some of the happy memories which come to the forefront of my mind when I think of Singapore.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
In the Yuletide season of 2008, I was sitting at Helene's breakfast table with veritable feast of Singapore goodies laid out on it. In the midst of the golden toasted bread piled high, nestling with fruits and other typical breakfast items, my first introduction to "Kaya" happened.
I wasn't adventurous to sample it without asking first what were the components inside the jar sitting innocently in front of my eyes. I naturally turned to Helene's brood who were with me at the dining area.
Helene's children are well-behaved and a bit reserved. Or maybe they were wary because I was a newbie in their home who had a voracious appetite..but that is another story. Haha.
They smile affably and they speak with quiet, almost hushed voices - with a touch or more of the Singaporean accent.
Most of the time I have to pause and think about what they are saying. Sometimes a translator is needed
On my part, I have a tendency to speak very quickly, with my words tripping over themselves. Sometimes people also ask me to repeat my words as I almost babble when I am enthusiastic - especially when I am in front of unfamiliar, scrumptious food.
I was almost famished, but mentally prepared, I pointed to the jar and asked Sky what it was.
Surely ingredients would not be so hard to translate, right?
Unless it was something I had not come across before in the Philippines.
Sky answered in his soft voice, and for the life of me I couldn't make out what he was saying!
Was he quoting a list of ingredients, or how to make whatever it was or warning me off from eating it?
After he spoke the second time, I was still having question marks floating lazily above my head and all over the dining room.
"Uhmm....hmm... I..don't..understand...."
I turned expectantly to River who was on the sofa near the table. She smiled winsomely. Then muttered softly, shrugged and said something to both Sky and me.
Feeling like a Jurassic-era cavewoman, struggling to unravel the endless mystery of a simple wheel, I sadly told her, "Sorry River, I don't understand."
My stomach then growled menacingly. Embarrassed, I grabbed a piece of bread, opened the jar and spread a little bit of the Kaya on it.
I took a tentative bite.
Wowza!! Mmmm...Delicious!!
I scooped out more and liberally spread the Kaya, then munched happily on my masterpiece. I was all agog to find out what I was gorging on...and I would ask Helene as soon as she made her appearance!
When Helene burst in from the kitchen, another piece of toast was already dangling haphazardly from a corner of my mouth.
I waved excitedly at her and with a muffled voice asked her, "Wazz-iz-this? Tesh-tesh-underfool! Hmm...whats-it-made-out-of??"
Helene looked at me curiously as I continued nibbling on the toast with feverish zeal.
She cocked her head...and furrowing her brow she answered seriously.
"Eh? Cat, I don't understand you."
I snorted and almost choked on my Kaya-toast.
Now, that was unexpected!
Kaya is a coconut jam made from coconut milk, chicken or duck eggs and flavored with the pandan leaf, with sugar as sweetener. Kaya is sweet and creamy, available as a golden brown or green colored spread depending on the amount of pandan and extent of carameralization of the sugar.
* picture taken from http://anton.blogs.com/awesome/2006/10/my_kaya_addicti.html
Monday, September 14, 2009
Breathe! Left, Right, Left, Right!
The nose has a left and a right side; we use both to inhale and exhale. Actually, they are different; you would be able to feel the difference.
The right side represents the sun, left side of course, represents the moon.
During a headache, try to close your right nose and use your left nose to breathe.
In about 5 minutes, your headache will go away.
If you feel tired, just do the reverse, close your left nose and breathe through your right nose. After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed.
Right side belongs to "hot", so it gets heated up easily, left side belongs to "cold".
Most females breathe with their left noses, so they get "cooled off" faster. Most of the guys breathe with their right noses, they get worked up.
Do you notice the moment we wake up, which side breathes faster? Left, or right?
If left is faster, you will feel tired. So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly.
This can be taught to kids, but it is more effective when practiced by adults.
My friend used to have bad headaches and was always visiting the doctor. There was this period when he suffered headache literally every night, unable to study.
He took painkillers, it did not work.
He decided to try out the breathing therapy here: closed his right nose and breathed through his left nose.
In less than a week, his headaches were gone! He continued the exercise for one month.
This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that he has experienced.
So, why not give it a try?
(Found this in my Inbox and was amused at the picture, because it actually had the round things circling and the lines moving...and I haven't tried verifying the headache thingie coz I don't have a headache now.)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
NHK WORLD
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/info/wallpaper/index.html
Where I get my monthly wallpapers...
Where I get my monthly wallpapers...
Friday, September 4, 2009
General Santos TUNA FESTIVAL
| Start: | Sep 1, '09 |
| End: | Sep 5, '09 |
The festival includes a parade of fishing floats, best-dressed tuna competition (hmm..gives me ideas) and of course, sashimi night...to name a few...
I still remember that wonderful package of the freshest tuna that I brought back home to Cebu with me, which we promptly sashimi'd or put into a clear soup with fresh sili leaves...*sigh* Since I usually traveled Cebu-Gen.San-Davao-Cebu, it was a lucky event that I went home directly to Cebu from that time, and hence I was able to bring that wonderful treasure.
Yummmm!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Calling a storm "Labuyo"? I found it amusing considering its going to be wet and NOT hot and spicy (as in "siling labuyo"). But then again, typhoons are bound to give grief, just like eating too much pepper. Tropical cyclone "Labuyo" (international codename: Damrey) intensified into a storm Thursday morning, and may enhance the southwest monsoon that will bring rains to southern Luzon and Visayas, weather forecasters said.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Low Fares, Cebu to Davao (promo ends Sept 4, 2009)
I feel like a travel agent (I am not one though I like sharing travel news), but maybe some of you would be interested -
CEBU to DAVAO
PHP1,088
One Way Economy Class Fare
PHP 4,888
One Way Business Class Fare
Selling and Ticketing: 28 August 2009 - 04 September 2009
Travel Period (Outbound): 01 September 2009 - 15 October 2009
Experience the comfort and safety of your flight, and ride
with PAL's young fleet of Airbus 330/343
Check out: www.philippineairlines.com
- Non-refundable
- Rebooking is allowed at PHP 600 per sector
- Buy up is allowed
- Round-Trip airfare is also available
- Economy Class: no Miles and sector count towards Elite tier status qualification
- Business Class: will earn Miles and sector count towards Elite tier status qualification
- Economy Class tickets cannot be used in conjunction with an UpgradeTravel Certificate (UTC) or Service Class Upgrade AwardRedemption
- Exclusive of Aviation Security Fee (ASF)
- Travel Conditions apply
CALL PAL Reservations at: (632) 855-8888,
or (6332) 340-0191- Cebu, (82) 2264604 - Davao
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