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)

(source:Spiritual Inspiration)

Something New!

Introducing: Facebook's New Timeline

My New Timeline

At first, nahilo ako with its new look, pero sanayan lang naman yan! It looked cooler dahil may cover photo ng nalalaman ang fb, and you can also control the posts you want to hide or to feature. nagmukha nga lng blogsite...Nothing's constant except change daw, so I tried it. Anyhow, here's what my new timeline looked like.

Confessions of a Shopping Idiot

I admit it; I’m no good at shopping. I’m a stupid, impulsive-buyer. I often wreck my savings.

I usually go shopping alone when I need to buy something for my friends or for someone who’s special to me. Most likely, birthday nila, or pang-christmas gift, or I just want to thank that person. And because I’m on the stage of my life, where many of my friends and high school batch mates had celebrated their debut last year and this year, and many more will be having their party next year, my trips to the malls became and might become more often...

You know, it’s hard to buy something for someone when you haven’t seen them or talked with each other for a very long time. Ano na ba malay mo s mga trip nya sa buhay this past few weeks? Kaya yun, feeling ko epic fail lagi ang mga gifts ko for them. I end up hoping that they’d just appreciate me and my efforts for at least, having something for them. Another factor could be my lack of time to shop and to think of what could be the best gift for them. Quizzes, exams, assignments, projects, graded recitations, thesis, accounting, law, and many more things are buzzing my mind everyday; as a result, I just get things, without thinking of how much it is and without thinking if the recipient would gladly like it. I guess, shopping is not really for me. I still need a buddy when going to the mall, or someone who has an amazing sense of taste, someone who knows which malls are having sales at the very moment, someone who could give me his/her opinion and can be true to me that I’m so lame for getting this or that...

BUT, hey! For the first time, my most recent Christmas-shopping trip was kind of successful. I bought something for my parents and for some of my friends. It took me like almost 3 hours to finally choose for each of them. I had time because we were dismissed at school earlier than what I’ve expected, actually, it was our last class for this year (Hoooray!). Although, I still have regrets because after buying that certain thing, I’d surely see something better. Yeah, lots of “should have’s” and “should have not’s.”

Thought’s that I should be doing:

Whether it’s expensive or not, whether it’s a louis vuitton bag or just any ordinary bag made from China, whether it’s black or white, what will matter is if it came from your heart. It is because at the end of the day, what’s important is the love that you’ve given. Price is nothing compared to a memory that will last forever in the mind and heart of your loved ones and of your friends.

Friends: Never asks for anything to eat or drink 
Homies: Help themselves and are the reason why I have no food 
Friends: Would bail you out of jail 
Homies: would be sitting next to you sayin' "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!! Lets do it again!" 
Friends: Won't laugh at you. 
Homies: Will embarrass your Ass when everyone is around! 
Friends: Has never seen you cry
Homies: Won't tell everyone else you cried...just laugh about it with you in privately when your not still down.
Friends: Asks you to write down your number.
Homies: Have you on speed dial 
Friends: Borrows your stuff for a few days then gives it back.
Homies: Loses your shit and tells you, "My bad...here's a tissue." 
Friends: Only knows a few things about you
Homies: Could write a very embarrassing biography on your life story...
Friends: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing
Homies: Will kick the ASS of the enitre crowd that left you. 
Friends: Would knock on your front door 
Homies: Walk right in and say "I'M HOME" 
Friends: Know some of your embarrassing moments...
Homies: Are next to you making them! 
Friends: You have to tell them not to tell anyone
Homies: They already know not to tell... 
Friends: Are only through highschool 
Homies: They are for life 
Friends: Will be there to take your drink away from you when they think you've had enough
Homies: Will look at you stumbling all over the place & say "Bitch drink the rest of that you know we don't waste good shit!" 
Friends: Will leave you in a ditch 
Homies: Will drag you out of the ditch and laugh at your ASS later! 
Friends: Would ignore this letter 
Homies: Will send this this back to the person who sent it to u! 

whatup homie? howz it going!

I got this from Urbandictionary. Thanks!

Note to thyself

We're on the last two weeks before we have our break. Things are not going well for me in school; I messed up my quizzes, and I'm having a hard time to understand our lessons in law and accounting. Perhaps, I'm no good in time management. I spend a lot of time doings things that i shouldn't be doing at all. My focus is nowhere to be found. I usually end up reading other materials or books instead of making myself busy with my acads. I know my priorities and I know what I want. I need MOTIVATION, or perhaps...INSPIRATION? Alam ko gasgas na to, but I have to remind myself to study, study, and study, "Mag-aaral na talaga ako." Tapos.

Adios mi amigos! I promise to publish more posts sa Christmas Vacation! 

Way Back Into Love

[Verse 1]

I’ve been living with a shadow overhead,

I’ve been sleeping with a cloud above my bed,

I’ve been lonely for so long,

Trapped in the past,

I just can’t seem to move on!

I’ve been hiding all my hopes and dreams away,

Just in case I ever need them again someday,

I’ve been setting aside time,

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind!

[Chorus]

All I want to do is find a way back into love.

I can’t make it through without a way back into love.

Oooooh.

[Verse 2]

I’ve been watching but the stars refuse to shine,

I’ve been searching but i just don’t see the signs,

I know that it’s out there,

There’s got to be something for my soul somewhere!

I’ve been looking for someone to shed some light,

Not somebody just to get me through the night,

I could use some direction,

And I’m open to your suggestions.

[Chorus]

All I want to do is find a way back into love.

I can’t make it through without a way back into love.

And if I open my heart again,

I guess I’m hoping you’ll be there for me in the end!

Oooooooh, Ooooooh, Ooooooh.

[Middle-eight]

(Drew Barrymore)

There are moments when I don’t know if it’s real

Or if anybody feels the way I feel

I need inspiration

Not just another negotiation

[Chorus]

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love,

I can’t make it through without a way back into love,

And if I open my heart to you,

I’m hoping you’ll show me what to do,

And if you help me to start again,

You know that I’ll be there for you in the end!

Oooooooh. Oooooooh. Ooooooooh. Oooooooh. Ooooooh Ooooooooh. Ooooooooh.

Every time I listen to this song, all I can hear is her voice. Then, I imagine her singing Drew's part, and me, singing Hugh Grant's part. Please, let me find my way back into love.


cheesy? haha.

Literariness #1

I am Nature's Greatest Miracle
By Og Mandino


Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my mind, my heart, my eyes, my hands, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that comes tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. All men are my brothers yet I am different from each. I am a unique creature.


Although, I am of the animal kingdom, animal rewards alone will not satisfy me. Within me burns a flame which has been passed from generations uncounted and its heat is a constant irritation to my spirit to become better than I am, and I will. I will fan this flame of dissatisfaction and proclaim my uniqueness to the world.


I am a unique creature of nature. I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, I am valuable. I am the end-product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, I am better equipped in both mind and body that all the emperors and wise men who preceded me.


But my skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential.


Nevermore will I be satisfied with yesterday's accomplishments, nor will I indulge anymore, in self-praise for deed which in reality are too small to even acknowledge. I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?


I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.


I have been given eyes to se and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived.


No beast, no plant, no wind, no rock, no lake had the same beginning as I, for I was conceived in love and brought forth with a purpose.


And nature knows not defeat. Eventually, she emerges victorious and so will I, and with each victory the next struggle becomes less difficult.


I will win for I am unique. I am nature's greatest miracle.

---My fave speech made by one of my fave writers. I always use this every time I join contests when I was in high school.