I visited a relative's house this afternoon in Masambong, Quezon City to bring some food. Their family is a victim of the typhoon Ondoy. Their 2-storey house's first floor was submerged in water last Sept. 26.
Although it was raining since the night before, water did not rise significantly until 9 in the morning since they are on an elevated area in their community. They begun to be alarmed when water started to reach their gate and eventually their apartment unit.
They began moving some appliances to the second floor with priority on the electronics. But the increase in water level was very sudden that it reached knee level by 3pm INSIDE their house!. It's good that there were two men in the household.
They can't do anything about their car parked in the garage but watch it slowly go under the flood.
The rain was not stopping and the water reached it's peak by 10pm almost reaching the first floor's ceiling. The rest of the story will be told through the pictures they managed to take and share:
Thank God, it did not reach second floor where they were already planning to move to the neighbor's rooftop just in case. They were able to bring up some emergency food as well.
The water has subsided the next day but left a total mess of the house. Cabinets and some electronics like stereos and cellphones they were not able to bring up were destroyed. Some wallet, watches, and jewelries were gone with the flood.
They have been cleaning the house of mud and dirt since Sunday and our other relatives bring them food food daily as well since their stove and kitchen appliances were rendered useless. The repair is another headache.
It would certainly take a while before everything goes back to normal and the destroyed appliances replaced.
Related Stories:
- "A Day After the Storm Ondoy"
- Emergency Hotlines and Relief Operations
- Emergency Food in Times of Calamities
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Philippine capital Metro Manila and nearby provinces have been hit hard by tropical storm Ondoy (Kestana) yesterday. It has endured rains in less than 24hrs equivalent to more than a month's.
With government efforts for relief oprations, here are key numbers to contact for information, rescue operations, relief services, and donations for your guidance
Rescue Operations
please call emergency nos: +632-9125668, +632-9111406, +632-9122665, +632-9115061)
On a related article: Prepare emergency food in your homes in times of calamities.
This update as of 10am Sept 27, 2009
In the spirit of care and sharing, let us help one another.
Let this also be a reminder to all of nature's power and the consequences of pollution and irresponsibility in taking care of our environment.
The first monitor I bought with my own money back in college was an AOC monitor. I hand-picked the brand to be part of a PC package. I have handed it down to a relative and until now, it's still working fine!
Ten years later, Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC) once again launches a special LCD monitor series that endorses green technology through power-saving features - the AOC 36 series.
Biggest screen AOC 2436VW can save the owner up to 50% of the energy used - hence they also call it the Green Monitor. It is a wall mountable 24" LCD Widescreen HD Monitor. It has both analog D-sub and DVI-D inputs. It claims to have a super-fast response time as well. PRODUCT DETAILS
• 23.6” Widescreen
• 1920 x 1080 maximum resolution
• Response Time: 5ms (GTG)
• High Brightness 300cd/m²
• Dynamic Contrast Ratio 60000:1
• Analogue and Digital inputs
• Shell Texture
Ula Landrillo, Product Manager of Glee Electronics"When switched to Power Saving mode, the monitor only uses 50% of the power, this without affecting image quality and saving up to 104,000W per year. Up to 75% of the energy used in a typical LCD monitor can be saved while using the 936Sw compared to CRT monitors. Meanwhile, AOC’s market leading i-Bright technology reduces backlight CCFL for lower power consumption and less mercury substance"
It also has a USB port (sounds like Mac) and touch keys on the right hand side of the panel(not as touch screen though). I am excited to try a product test of my first monitor love. :)
Other models of the AOC Green monitor 36 series are 936Sw and 2236Vw, at 19" and 22" screen sizes, respectively.
The second WordCamp in the Philippines is happpening tomorrow, Sept 19, 2009 at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City, Philippines. More than a hundred participants are expected to the attend.
WordCamp PH is the annual conference of Wordpress content management system (CMS) users. Held for the second year in the Philippines, one of its objectives is to encourage more usage and deployment of WordPress.
"Apart from the fact that it is feature-packed, highly customizable and flexible, WordPress is open source, and therefore has a large community dedicated to advancing its development."
This event would be a good venue for WP enthusiasts to come together and share insights. Let me share with you some of the preparations held arlier in the day for tomorrow's WordCamp 2009 Philippines.
FYI: The writer of this blog has his two other blogs LetsGoSago.net and NomnomClub.com hosted in Wordpress. :)
Event Program is as follows:8:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM Welcome Remarks
Backgrounder: Mindanao Bloggers CommunityBlogie Robillo 9:30 AM Meet the WordPress Family Beau Lebens 10:30 AM WordPress in the Wild Markku Seguerra 11:15 AM Citizen Journalism in the Context of the 2010 Elections Danilo Arao 11:45 AM A quick look into the Mozilla community through the lens of localization Seth Bindernagel 12:25 PM Lunch 1:30 PM The Editorial Voice and Taste in Writing Tech Jeff Villafranca 2:30 PM Vlogging Mythbusters Coy Caballes 3:15 PM Advanced WP: Portfolio & Directory Sites Gail Villanueva 4:15 PM WP: The Ultimate Content Management System Karla Redor 5:15 PM Q&A with WP Experts
For more details and the event program, pls check main site Wordcamp.ph. See you in tomorrow's WordCamp PH 2009. Pls use #wordcampph for your tweets and plurks. :)
The Christmas season is really around the corner! You would observe shopping malls' sale left and right. It seems that they are getting rid of their old stocks to refurbish for the Christmas season.
On of which is the upcoming SM Mall of Asia sale on September 18 to 20 and extended to Sept 21. Up to 70% off with a chance to win any one of the (6) Devant 37" Deluxe Seires LCD TV for every P500 purchase.
Get positively wiped out watching Whiteout (or White Out for SEO purposes) :) - an action-thriller suspense movie situated in Antartica.
Aside from a shooting spree at the very start, the film developed albeit slowly giving the viewers enough tour of the majestic ice land in the southern part of our globe. It also established major characters of the film especially Kate Bekinsale who starred as US Marshall Carrie Stetko.
It all begun when Stetko and Dr. John Fury (Tom Skerritt) found a deadman on ice to which the cause of death posed a lot of question. It was also Antartica's first homicide.The most isolated landmass on Earth
90° S. latitude, zero E. longitude
Six million square miles of ice
Six months of darkness
Temperatures at minus-120 degrees
Winds at 100 miles per hour
And in the quest to answer this question, they found unexpected answers which led to more mystery, discoveries and eventually, betrayal.
All this amidst, Stetko's haunting past and a seemingly developing relationship with Gabriel Macht (Robert Pryce).
White
It was a refreshing action-thriller movie set in Antartica. Something different for a change. It also tried to show how it is to live life surrounded by ice as paralleled to US Marchall Stetko's personal sentiments.
Black
I believe the Kate Beckinsale hot shower scene (and the moments before it) was a good 5 minutes for the male audience, but I think was not necessary for the movie nor the story. It was an obvious attempt to leverage on Kate Bekinsale's physical attributes to boost ticket sales.
Equals...
Based from a book, I believe nonetheless that Whiteout was able to maintain a fairly good balance of story, thrill, and action all throughout the movie.
I give Whiteout 3.5 out of 5 stars and recommend you to watch it for the above-mentioned reasons. Just watch out for some bloody and finger-amputating scenes you might have to bear with (and of course, the bonus shower scene for the guys).
A Dominic Sena film, Whiteout is presented by Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Dark Castle Entertainment.
Globe and Modu is ready to locally launch Modu's flagship product, the customizable and modular modu phone never before seen in the Philippines and soon to be available only from Globe through its exclusive local distributor Lynk Communications.
Globe Telecom has sealed its partnership with Modu Ltd., with the shared mission of introducing breakthrough mobile products to the Philippine market.
Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest L. Cu welcomes the partnership as marketing coup, as well as a key strategic move.“Modu for its part has shown an astute understanding of what makes our customers tick; the modu™ phone, with its unique approach to personalization, is proof positive. ”
The modu phone is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records™ as the lightest fully-functional phone in the world, weighing in at only 1.5 oz., yet fully loaded with a music player, mass storage device and 2 GB internal memory. Being among the first countries to launch this novel phone, the big news behind the modu™ phone is its incredible potential for personalization through interchangeable modu™ jackets.
Modu was founded in 2007 by Dov Moran, inventor of the USB Flash Drive (DiskonKey™) and other groundbreaking personal storage solutions. The company is headquartered in Israel with offices in Croatia and South Korea.
*In photo, Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest L. Cu and modu founder and CEO Dov Moran show off the world’s lightest phone, exclusively available from Globe. *Most parts of this article is from the press release
Gadget aficionados can look forward to exciting new offers from Globe and Modu.
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III announced early this morning his presidential bid for Philippine elections come 2010.
Using the sign "Laban" (fight) which symbolizes his political party's main thrust and the hand-gesture popularized by his late parents Ninoy Aquino and Corazon Aquino, Noynoy Aquino stood tall as he officially declared his candidacy.
A date chosen carefully, 09-09-09 is also the 40th day after Cory Aquino's death.
News Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090909-224337/Noynoy-Aquino-to-run-for-president-in-2010 Photos from Noynoy.ph and Noynoy Aquino Facebook
It was not confirmed however, if Mar Roxas would be his running mate as vice-president. Rumors are going around that other aspirants are also possible like Jejomar Binay, current Makati City mayor.
Noynoy is expected to be largely supported by those tired of the current government and his sisters especially celebrity Kris Aquino. Questions about Noynoy Aquino's girlfriend is also floating around as a prospective future first lady.
Noynoy Aquino is also expected to face other possible presidential aspirants including Estrada, Escudero, De Castro, and Villar.
It happens on Friday, October 23, 7:30 PM, in PETA Theater along Eymard Drive and E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in Quezon City. Serving as the sequel to last year's show, "you can expect nothing but top-notch magic and mentalism from your heroes of Mind and Magic, Kel and Jay, as well as an unprecedented showdown featuring two of the country’s top ventriloquists, the Philippine’s Premiere Ventriloquist, Ony Carcamo and the Ventrillusionist, Wanlu." - http://mistervader.blogspot.com/ Also performing are top comedians Richie Fernandez and Mike Unson. Special performances include the Route 196 favorite Project 2, and the Grin Department. Tickets are available at P200 (balcony) and P300 (orchestra) each on the venue itself. Proceeds of the show will be given to the Real Life Foundation. This event is made possible by Outcomm and Sheero Media. For inquiries and ticket reservations, call or text 09175126883. Remember, Bound & Gagged on Oct 23!
Kel and company hit it big at last year’s “Laughs And Gasps” as they combined magic, comedy and awesomeness. And now, once again, the “Penn and Teller of the Philippines,” Kel and Jay, are back with “Bound And Gagged.”
Behold and get amazed as they feature amazing acts combining Kel and Jay’s style paying homages to their greatest influences Penn and Teller, Houdini, Copperfield, and Osterlind,among others.
Take a peek on one of thier acts on national TV last November in “Unang Hirit”!
Not too long ago, Globe Tatoo is equivalent to Globe Broadband branded as 'hip.' Now, Globe Telecoms rebranded it to cover a myriad of services central to the new Globe Tattoo sim.
In a recent bloggers' launch at M Cafe and Handle Bar in Makati, Globe introduced the Globe Tattoo Sims, Youniverse, ImmortalTXT, and Surf All Day services.
Globe Tattoo Sims
It brought the modern, hip, and rebellious designs of the Globe Tatoo broadband to the Globe Tatoo sim cards. It also promised the fusion of 1 SIM for the mobile phone and internet, aside from fututre new services, and access pass to exclusive discounts and invites. All this at P40. Check details here.
ImmortalTxt 
The new ImmortalTxt boasts of the 'no expiry' text.
Finally, the major telecoms heeded the 'no expiry' cry of the public. For P10, both postpaid and prepaid sunscribers could have 50 texts to Globe/TM and 10 texts to other networks that never expire*.
You still have to register though, text IMMORTAL10 to 8888. There's a minor catch as well, you'd have to maintain a P1 balance. Chekc details here.
*Subject to SIM validity.
*Promo period from August 30 - October 30, 2009. Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 4462, Series of 2009.
Surf All Day (For Mobile Social Networks)
For P20, one can surf different social networking sites the while day with the Surf All Day plan. Get unlimited access to Friendster, Facebook, Wikipedia, Plurk!, andPing.fm.
Upon going to the following sites:
* Friendster: http://m.friendster.com
* Facebook: http://m.facebook.com
* Plurk: http://m.plurk.com
* Wikipedia: http://en.mobile.wikipedia.org
User will be directed to a page where you will be given the option to choose between the regular browsing rate of P0.15 per kb or P5 for 15 minutes or the Globe Surf All Day Plan. To choose the latter, simply click on the Surf All Day P20 link to register and wait for the SMS confirmation of your subscription. Check details here.
** I wonder why there's no links for Twitter and Multiply though; perhaps in the near future.
Youniverse Mashboard
One could visit the mashboard-looking Globe website at http://tattoo.globe.com.ph/ This is where information about all the abovementuoned services can be found as well. It looks to target netizens and social network addicts over its mashboard interface.
However, as its waiver says, it's still in its alpha version, hence not all features are functioning as I've observed the 'Youniverse' to be rather too slow even for my broadband connection. It surely has a lot of room to improve upon, function-wise.
Above is the TVC of the Globe Youniverse and Immortal TXT campaign recently launched on national television. Good for them, the two naked bodies kissing passed the censorship for public TV broadcast. :)
The Dare
And finally, the 'dare'. Globe organizers dared teh crowd to get a real tatoo on the spot and get a chance to take home an HP Mini laptop.
I surely badly needed one but my kelloid-prone skin certainly can't have one. Anyhow, I'll just get that HP mini through other means besides a Globe Tatoo Youniverse gathering :)
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