Just got home from Church. I wanna greet everyone a happy, happy new year! Let's welcome 2012 with smiles in our hearts and just pure good vibes. Cheers, mates!
- Paolo Sacop

Googled fashion trend for men this 2012.. pwede, pwede na.

I've been to Divisoria, Recto, Quiapo, walang nangyari sakin. Inabot na ako ng 12 midnight sa Sta. Mesa and nothing happened to me. Bakit sa sarili ko pang lugar?! Kung mangyayari talaga, mangyayari. Nholdap kasi ako last night. I don't know what to do. I was helpless and don't know how to handle the situation. I was actually with my mate, Rodney when it happened, but he was in front of me (mga 6 feet layo nya sakin) because the way we're passing through was too narrow, hindi kami kasya, and I was already sleepy and tired because we went to Mega that night. Then suddenly I bumped into two teenagers. Yung isa, agad pumunta sa likod ko. Yung isa nasa harap, may hawak na itak/jungle bolo! Rodney didn't notice immediately the commotion happening at his back because he's already far from me. Nung nakita nya na, he don't know what to do also and froze to where he was standing. Sabe pa nung may hawak ng jungle bolo sa kanya, "Pag lumapit ka, todas to.!" Imba. Sukol na ako. I was already panicking, shaking, and starting to get dizzy. I gave them my wallet and my phone.

We asked for help after what happened but those useless traffic enforcers didn't mind us. We went to the nearest baranggay post but no one was there and their office was locked. We also went to the nearest police station which is far, far way from where the incident happeneed, wala namang ginawang aksyon! Kaya hindi umuunlad ang Pateros, eh...

Ang ending... My dad and I, together with my brother, went to the police station in Comembo to blotter what had happened to me. Sa boundary ng Makati-Pateros kasi nangyari yun at papuntang Makati tumakbo yung mga bullshit na holdaper. They showed me photos of people who had records in their station. Sabe ko sa isip ko, "Yes! namukhaan ko pa yun, eh!" But when I opened the photo album and browsed through it...Fuckshit bat sila magkakamukha!

>Fast forward...hindi ko na nabawi ang dapat bawiin. hindi ko rin nabasag yung mukha na dapat basagin. -__-

Buti na lang:

• 1. 100 na lang laman nung wallet ko since galing kaming Mega (We watched Segunda Mano and I bought some personal stuffs.)
• 2. Cheap lang yung natangay nilang cellphone. :P
• 3. Buo pa ako. They didn't hurt us since they immediately ran away after getting my things. (thank you ha!)
• 4. Rodney was there. At least, there's someone who supported and comforted me after the incident. lol.

I learned my lesson. Wag na ulit dadaan sa alanganing lugar. On the lighter note, I'm so looking forward for my next phone! hahaha. Thank you sa mga pulis-makati! They helped us in everything they can.

Bullshit!

I met with my barkada/ tropa/ lunch mates way back in high school last week at Anne's home, (which only happens once in a blue moon). Cecille taught us a new game which is Bullshit! Actually, I just realized that this is the same with the card game me and cousins used play at home which we call Bluff. I think her friends just changed the name into Bullshit! just to make it more exciting. It is really exciting because it's a game of acting, lying, and pretending that you're telling the truth. I'm no good at lying but I know how to play safe. It took them long before they had the chance to punish me with powder. (Oh yeah, powder. It felt so cloudy to have so much powder all over your face.) Look at us...

Anne

Daniel

Kyle

Cecille

Ako!

we ate Jugno's 20 inch pizaa + roasted chickens from Andok's. We also baked cookies and Anne made graham balls.

Also, I just realized that this is the first for me to meet Ralph (the one with glasses), once again, since our high school graduation.

We we're able to catch up with each other. Edcel introduced me a to new site. lol. Kyle and Anne gave me gifts which i didn't expect at all! It was truly a day to remember. A day filled with food, laughter, and joy! Hope to see you guys, soon!

Thank you @cecillereyesss and Anne Natividad for the photos! :)

Keepin' It Cool By The Pool

After a month of preparation, discussions, and arguments... natuloy din! I was very excited for this because it took us so looong for us to push this through and this has been our very first barkada outing, though there were lots of hindrances: like limited resources, typhoon Sendong was fast approaching, mga prof na makulit;  ang daming kontra, bad omens, super strict and overly protective parents, (which I truly understand why they're acting like that.).

Anyhow, we had more than 12 hours of fun and happiness. We sang and over-used the videoke machine. + We swam and played games in and out of the pool. Sulit na sulit ang 500 bucks! Next time sa CamSur at Bora naman, mates! HAHAHA. Thank you!

In this photo: Rodney, Rc, @weconquer
Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre

In this photo: Rc, Arvin, @weconquer, Jenwel, Rodney
Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre

In this photo: Rodney, me, Rc, Shara, Kuya Wilmar, Sushmita, and Queeny
Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre

with best friend
Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre

In this photo: Inside the girls' room, Aica, Sush, Shara, and Quenny

With Cj

This videoke machine made our day!

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The new Concert Queen. The new Rap Empress. It's you already! 

Kalokohan. We played Pinoy-Henyo for a while. Rc was the first and last contestant, lol. He wasn't able to answer it, as a result, he was thrown into the pool. Kalokohan.

Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre

Sabog na ako dito. I felt so groggy because it was almost 1am when we reached Pasig.
Photo taken by Sushmita Mitre 

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” - Tennessee Williams

A Very Merry Christmas To Everyone!

UH...OH

I just got home from Anne's place. We made and ate cookies and graham balls + we bought roasted chicken from Andok's + 20 inch pizza from Jugno's (In all fairness, Jugno's pizzas were good). We played card games after watching Insidious na nkkgulat lng....I think I have to make a separate post about it 'cause I should be preparing for the Simbang Gabi by now. Bye!

UH... OH! Did a movie marathon last night. Watched Scary Movie 1, 2, 3, and  got this from 4. LOL.

Do your part.

Watched the news and saw that the situation in Mindanao right now is really depressing. Millions of properties and lives were lost and devastated by this tragedy. A lot of people are now homeless. They need us and we can do something about it! So I searched for ways on how we can help our kababayans. I found this and thought that I might as well spread the word. Do your part. Anything would do and would make a big difference. 

If you'd like to volunteer, the Department of Social Welfare and Development could use your help through its various offices and departments.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

National Resource Operations Center (NROC)

 Chapel Road, Pasay City (Back of Air Transportation Office)

Contact: Francia Fabian - 09189302356

DSWD - Cagayan de Oro

 Masterson  Road, Upper Carmen

Contact: Manny Borreos – 09066150095 or 8588892 or tweet @DSWDserve.

If you'd like to donate cash or drinking water, canned goods, old clothes or anything that can be of use, you can drop it off at the offices of the following organizations or get in touch with them and ask how you can help:

DSWD - National Resource Operations Center

 Chapel Rd. Pasay City (Back of Air Transportation Office) 

Contact: Francia Fabian at 09189302356

DSWD Field Office - National Capital Region

San Rafael St., Legarda, Manila

Contact: Jam at 7348639

DSWD Field Office IV-A

 Alabang-Zapote Road, Alabang, Muntinlupa City 1770 

Tel. No.: 8074140, Fax No.: 807-1518 

Contact: Gina Laranan at 09108860826

DSWD Field Office IV-B

 1680 F. T. Benitez St., Malate Manila

Contact: Shiela Tapia at 5252445

Rock Ed Iligan

Rock Ed Iligan is currently running a soup kitchen in Iligan. Donate any amount so they can continue to serve hot meals for homeless families in the neighborhood through BPI Loyola account number 3080007344. Tweet@rockedradio or @RockEdIligan for help.

Red Cross

For cash and check donations via bank deposit, it should be payable to The Philippine Red Cross. To view the banks and the respective bank account numbers you can deposit your donation to, visitwww.redcross.org.ph/donatenow

Via Globe: Text RED (AMOUNT) to 2899. You may transfer 5, 25, 50, 100, 300 and 500

Via Smart: Text RED (AMOUNT) to 4143. Valid donation amounts at 10, 25, 50 and 100

Via Globe G-Cash: Text DONATE (AMOUNT) 4-digit M-PIN REDCROSS to 2882

Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro 

The university is accepting donations at the Helpdesk set up at the University's front gate or at the Relief Center at the Satellite Canteen near the College of Agriculture building (beside the gymnasium).

Personnel and student volunteers are being deployed to buy, pack and deliver relief goods all over the City, under the direction of the University Chaplain, Fr. Eric Garcia Velandria S.J.

Cash donations through Xavier University can be also be deposited at this account:

Account Name: Xavier University
Account Number: 9331013363
Bank: Bank of the Philippine Islands, Cagayan de Oro - Divisoria Branch

Those who wish to receive receipts for their donations, may email finance@xu.edu.ph with the details of their donation (donor's name, receiving branch, date, amount) for proper acknowledgment. 

Iligan Bloggers Society

The bloggers group is asking for cash donations, canned goods, noodles, bath and laundry soaps, toothpaste, rice, used clothings, slippers.

For Iligan-based donors, the drop-off points are: St. Michael's Cathedral, DXIC Radio Staion, City Hall, Rizal Park, and Calda Pizza Iligan City Branch.

For Cebu-based donors, the drop-off point is Seawalk Trading, A.S. Fortuna Street, Mandaue City, Cebu.

For Manila-based donors, the drop-off points are:

3553 Durango Street, Palanan, Makati City care of Migz at 09065777812 or 09227130006;

6-D Cypress Gardens Condominium, 112 VA Rufino Street, Makati City care of Meikah Delid;

Berkeley Residences, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City care of Jamie Steffani Mijares at 09157744244; and

Madison Square Condominium, Taft Avenue, Manila care of Roden Lim at 09228446777

The bloggers' society also accepts donations through PayPal.com through the PayPal accountsingcol.inquisitor@gmail.com or through the Union Bank account of Revilla N. Carbonell-Noel with account number 109451077611.

GMA Kapuso Foundation

Material donations may be delivered to the GMA Kapuso Foundation office at the GMA Kapuso Center on GMA Network Drive, Diliman, Quezon City, Mondays to Fridays from 9a.m. to 6p.m. Aside from old clothes, food items and medicines, the group also accepts hygiene products, mats, blankets, medical equipments, toys as well as other things that are helpful to its beneficiaries.

For cash and check donations via bank deposit, it can be dropped off at the same office indicated above or deposited to one of many bank accounts used by the organization. To view the banks and the respective bank account numbers you can deposit your donation to, visit www.kapusofoundation/donate

La Salle Green Hills

Donations in cash and kind can be received at Gate 2 of La Salle Green Hills at 343 Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550. You may also call any of the following telephone numbers for further inquiries:

Aluimni Office - 7212729, 7227750, 7254720
GS Principal - 7212482
HS Principal - 7218914
Buildings and Grounds Office - 7218904 (Telefax)
La Sallian Mission Office - 7265851 (Telefax)

De La Salle Alumni Association (DLSAA)-Manila, Taft Avenue

Accepting donations until the 20th.  For DLSAA cash and check donors, you are encouraged to donate to La Salle Academy. Please fax your Deposit Slips together with your name and contact info (mobile number/ email) to 5240503 or scan and email your deposit slip at bingcapuno@yahoo.com for proper acknowledgement and accounting.

Center for Social Action (CSA) of De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde

Collecting monetary donations through I-Pledge. Just fill-out an I-pledge form and/or give your cash donations to the accounting office on Monday, December 19, 2011. The CSA office is located at the 3rd floor, Br. Cordero building, Taft campus.

De La Salle Zobel

The school's Relief Goods Drop Off Center in Ayala Alabang is now accepting donations in cash or kind for the victims of the recent flood in Iligan City. Donations made will be shared with the people of Iligan, especially the poor and the Lasallian family members who were badly affected by the flood. Donations can be brought to the school at Gate 7.

The following members of the DLSZ community are in charge of the Relief Goods Drop Off Center:

Miss Evangeline "Vangie" de Peralta (Lasallian Formation and Mission Department Director) 09175638870 (office cellular number)
Mr. Jayjay Jacinto (Social Action Office Head) 09178597602 (office cellular number)
Mr. Dennis Patiño (Administrative Services Department Director) 09175564155 (office cellular number)
Mr. Ton Francisco (Parent Volunteer for Logistics and Transportation) at tonfrancisco2000@yahoo.com

De La Salle Canlubang

The school's Lasallian Mission Office is accepting cash donations for the victims of the flash floods in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Check donations are accepted as well. All donations will be coordinated with the Lasallian Mission Office of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School.  

De La Salle Health Sciences Campus, Dasmarinas, Cavite

Receiving donations through the offices of Lasallian Mission & Linkages, Lasallian Formation & Social Action and the DLSUMC hospital.

De La Salle Lipa 
The drop-off point for the donations through the school is the HLS lobby until December 22. 

La Salle Academy, Iligan City 
Accepting donations in kind and in cash. Cash or check donations may be deposited to:

Account Name: La Salle Academy
Account Number: 0820016221030
Bank: Development Bank of the Philippines

Kindly make a digital copy (or digital photo) of the deposit slip and email this digital file to Bro. Raffy Reyes (president of LSA) raffyreyes1018@gmail.com AND Bro. Dennis Magbanua (president of DLSZ)brodennis@gmail.com for proper documentation and accounting.

The Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

Accepting donations at the Situation Awareness Center, CRS AFP, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Contact: Lt. Col. Rolando Rodil, Operations Officer at 9126615 or 09172471252

Smart Communications

Smart Money users can instantly transfer funds through their mobile phones to the official Baha Fund account number 5577513068221104. Donors may also deposit their monetary contribution to the same Smart Money account number through any Banco De Oro branch nationwide. 

TV5 Kapatid

TV5 Kapatid Foundation is accepting monetary donations for the victims of Sendong through the following bank accounts.

Banco De Oro Savings Account No. 005310410164 and
Bank of the Philippine Islands Savings Account No. 1443053332

Donations in kind like food, clothing, utensils, blankets, mats, water containers, and medicines may be sent to News5 Aksyon Center, TV5 in San Bartlolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. For inquiries, please call News5 Aksyon Center hotline - 9386393

Cebuana Lhuillier
Cebuana Lhuillier is now accepting donations at any of its 1,500 Cebuana Lhuillier pawnshops nationwide.

ABS-CBN Foundation
ABS-CBN Foundation's Sagip Kapamilya is accepting in-kind donations which can be dropped off at
ABS-CBN Foundation Inc., Mother Ignacia corner Eugenio Lopez Streets, Diliman, Quezon City.

ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro and ABS-CBN Davao are also accepting donations for relief operations at: 

ABS-CBN Cagayan De Oro
Barangay Bulua, Cagayan De Oro City

ABS-CBN Davao
Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City

For monetary donations via bank deposit, it should be payable to ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya. To view the banks and the respective bank account numbers you can deposit your donation to, go to ANC's Facebook page. 

Enderun
The Enderun Community Drive is now accepting donations of the victims of typhooon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. Items that will be accepted by the Enderun Community Drive are bottled water, ready-to-eat food (i.e crackers, biscuits, cookies, packaged buns/cakes), juices, milk, canned goods (i.e. tuna, corned beef, sardines, vienna sausage, etc), medicines (i.e. colds, fever, cough). Blankets and clothing donations (i.e. footwear, underwear) will also be accepted.

Please send all your donations to Enderun Colleges, McKinley Hill, Taguig City.

Ateneo De Manila  

The Ateneo de Manila University through the DReaM Team (Disaster Response and Management Team) responds to calls for assistance from various communities in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan affected by the flashfloods brought on by Typhoon Sendong. Donations in cash or check are preferred.

Various ways of making a monetary donation through Ateneo de Manila, even for those in the United States, can be found at Ateneo de Manila University's Facebook page. 

For inquiries, please contact the Ateneo DReaM Team at 9219724 or email ateneodreamteam@lists.ateneo.edu.

Gawad Kalinga

Gawad Kalinga's Operation Walang Iwanan Mindanao is asking for volunteers and donations in cash or kind.

In-kind donations can be sent to the following :

Cagayan de Oro
Corpus Christi School, Tomasaco Street, Cagayan de Oro
Contact: Harvey Maraguinot at 09178888427

Iligan
GK Missionville, Purok 3, Canaway, Tibanga, Iligan City
Contact: Judi Bentoy at 09178888745

Bukidnon
Chardy's Bukidnon.
Contact: Harvey Maraguinot at 09178888427

Cash donations can also be made through bank deposit through Gawad Kalinga's BPI EDSA Greenhills bank accounts:

Philippine Peso Current Account Number: 3101097756

US$ Savings Account Account Number: 3104016234
Swift code: BOPIPHMM

LBC

LBC will ship your donations for free to the hardest hit cities and provinces. Just drop off your donations at the LBC branch nearest to you. Bottled water, food, clothes, blankets, etc. are most welcome.

University of Santo Tomas 
The University of Santo Tomas is accepting donations through its student council offices. For inquiries, contact Bro. Carlo Rey Canto at 09163611936 or Bro. Christian Dale Dakila at 09276016286.

7-11
7-11 is currently accepting cash donations for victims of typhoon Sendong. No service fees will be deducted & donors will be provided an official receipt.

OneMeralco Foundation 
OneMeralco Foundation is accepting cash & in-kind donations at the ground floor of the Lopez Building, Meralco Center, Ortigas. Call 6328301 and look for Joy.

Air 21 and Mail and More
All Air 21 and Mail and More branches are accepting donations for Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.

Team Manila
Team Manila stores are accepting old clothes and other relief goods for Sendong's victims

(source: topgear)