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Girls are like
apples on trees. The best
ones are at the top of the tree.
The boys don’t want to reach for
the good ones because they are afraid
of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they
just get the rotten apples from the ground
that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples
at the top think something is wrong with
them, when in reality, they’re amazing.
They just have to wait for the right
boy to come along, the one
who’s brave enough
to climb
all the way
to the top
of the tree.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours asthe farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel

Twenty typhoons annually visit the country bringing heavy rainfall that causes flooding, landslides and mudslides. These in turn destroy valuable agricultural land and settlements, and claim many lives every year.

Other hazards such as El Nino aggravate the extent of these damages, which sum up to an annual loss of 0.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Eastern Visayas, mainly consisting of the islands of Leyte, Samar and Biliran, is one of the most disaster prone regions in the Philippines, experiencing some of the worst typhoons ever recorded in Philippine history, killing over a thousand people through a mudslide in Feb., 2006, and over 6,000 people due to typhoons back in 1990-1991.

Disaster preparedness is one of the weaknesses of the region and for the most part, it is still seen as emergency management. The government and the local people are neither sufficiently prepared nor well equipped to implement preventive measures and

Unless You Change Your Self-Portrait, Your Life Will Never Change!
by Bo Sanchez

            I was only a kid then.
 
But to this day, I can never forget our old electric fan.

          If you’re my age, you’ve probably seen those monsters: An electric fan made of pure 100% steel and heavy as a boat.  And with blades that could chop your head off.

One day, we switched it on, and the blades made so much noise, you’d think there was an army helicopter right inside our home. 

That was when my cousin Chuck dropped by and volunteered to fix it.  He was known in the family as a “jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none” kind of guy.  We should have focused on the “master-of-none” part.  Because after he “fixed” it, the noise was totally gone—but so was all signs of life.  Our fan was now dead.  “Chuck, you killed it!” we told him.  “Well at least, it’s

I am an avid fan of Arnel Pineda. He sings from the heart with power and enthusiasm. I am very proud of him. I am amazed to know that he invades Oprah after Charice. Truly, Pinoys are world class super talented and gifted human beings in the face of the planet earth.

After Charice, Arnel Pineda invades ‘Oprah’
by ABS CBN News

MANILA – After Charice, it was Arnel Pineda’s turn to impress Oprah Winfrey, one of the world’s most powerful women today.

Pineda and the rest of the members of the American rock band “Journey” recently guested on Oprah to promote the group’s latest album, “Revelation.”

During the show, Journey’s Filipino front man could not believe that he was being interviewed by no less than Winfrey herself.

Fantastic Pinoy Invades Oprah Winfrey

“I’m facing you (Winfrey)

After typhoon “Ondoy” hits Philippines, another tragedy took place in Samoa, a massive tsunami kills a lot of people and destroyed the place. Read the full article below:

Tsunami in South Pacific islands kills nearly 100
By KENI LESA and FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press Writers

APIA, Samoa – A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise.

The same day, western Indonesia was rocked by a strong underwater temblor, briefly triggering a tsunami alert for countries along the Indian Ocean and sending panicked residents out of their houses. The alert was later canceled.

Survivors of the South Pacific islands tsunami fled the fast-churning water for higher ground and remained huddled there hours after the quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn Tuesday.

The quake

Our beloved country Philippines is in need of your help due to Typhoon “Ondoy” tragedy. Right now, many Filipino people were experiencing difficulties in their lives. You can help us by prayers, financial donations, moral support, etc…

Below is an article of my dear friend Bo Sanchez:

Help Flood Victims
by Bo Sanchez

This will be short.

I’m sending out an appeal to the world.

As I write this article, thousands of people are still trapped in the floodwaters of typhoon Ondoy—or in relocation sites that have no food and drinking water.

Just in case you don’t know anything about what’s happening in Metro Manila and Rizal province, here are photos of the storm: http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/ondoy

My friend, Sonia Lozada, is owner of Trinity restaurants. Since yesterday, her five restaurants have been cooking like crazy and sending packs of cooked food to devastated areas.

Sonia was right about cooked food. Because if you’re

by James Parmis

It’s been 4 years now since my dad was missing last 27th of September 2005. Until now, my family still do not know whether he’s dead or alive. My last conversation with my dad over the phone happened last 4 years ago. He just disappeared without any traced at all.

Today, 27th of September 2009 is the fourth year anniversary of my missing dad. I am hoping that my family will be able to know whether he’s still alive or dead already.

I can still recall the happiest moment together with my dad. When I was a kid around 3 to 6 years old, my dad would always brought me to any place where he conducted his business all over the Philippines. My mom called me, “Dad’s Pet.”

My dad was a businessman. He was trained to do business with a generous filipino-chinese family

Ondoy’s flood worst in history PAGASA
By RIO ROSE RIBAYA

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services, Administration (PAGASA) said Saturday that the unexpected flood in Metro Manila was the worst one ever recorded in history. While Dr. Nathaniel Cruz, PAGASA director, said that yesterday’s flood was the worst in history, he added that the amount of rainfall dumped yesterday is expected to surpass the 1967 record and this month’s average.

philippine storm ondoy

Citing PAGASA records, Cruz said that a total 341.3 mm amount of rainfall had been dumped in Quezon City from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. last Saturday, just six hours following the actual landfall of Tropical Storm “Ondoy” in Central and Southern Luzon provinces. The 24-hour amount of rainfall is expected to overtake the 344 mm level recorded on a 24-hour period on June

Pregnant Woman Got Pregnant Twice in 3 Weeks - Believe it or not?

This woman got pregnant again twice in three weeks time.  But they are not twins. This situation is an extremely rare case where an expectant woman conceives another child.

Doctors called it “Superfetation.”

Superfetation means the formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. It occurs when eggs from two separate menstrual cycles are released, as opposed to normal dizygotic twins where multiple ova are expelled in a single cycle.

Although common in animals, it is rare in humans, but can result in a twin or multiple pregnancy where the fetuses display a marked difference in gestational development.

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