THE PHILIPPINES NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Over the weekend, Tropical Storm Ketsana (Philippine name Typhoon Ondoy) ravaged most of the island of Luzon, leaving catastrophe in its wake. The latest reports say that at least 100 people were left dead, and countless thousands are displaced and/or missing. The Typhoon wreaked havoc over the nation's capital, Manila, and the nearby provinces, leaving a total of over Php109 Million (US$2,290,000) in damages.

I live in the Las Piñas City area, which is south of the more affected areas, and, thankfully, we got nothing more than the streets being turned into ankle-high rivers. D: Sadly, up north in Manila, Quezon City, and Rizal Province, things are much, much worse. The record-breaking rainfall Typhoon Ondoy caused brought floodwaters that reached more than 2 meters high in some areas. High tide didn't help. :/

Even De La Salle University wasn't spared. It's usually only the Taft Avenue area that gets flooded, in front of the school, but the waters even reached inside the university, leaving students and personnel trapped over the weekend. I personally know a few people who lost all their possessions to the raging waters, and I'm glad they're safe now. Photos of the school:

• These are supposed to be benches, not boats. :/
• My beloved SJ Hall, wet.
• I LOL'D. The sign is the epitome of CAPTAIN OBVIOUS.

My mom and siblings are fine, in Mauban, Quezon, even if the Typhoon made landfall just a couple hundred kilometers north of them (Infanta). It was a good thing they lived right next to the more or less elevated highway. Things don't seem well for my relatives who lived nearer the sea, though. I still haven't heard from them.

Here's a partial breakdown of casualties as of 6AM this morning. Data taken from GMANews.tv, who took this from the National Disaster Coordinating Council:

86 dead
• National Capital Region - 7 (3 in Muntinlupa, 2 in NIA Road, QC, 1 Marikina City, 1 in Brgy. Bato, San Juan)
• Cordillera Administrative Region - 1 (Kabugao, Apayao)
• Region III - 22 (10 in Bulacan and 12 in Arayat, Pampanga)
• Region IV-A - 56 (1 in Calaca, Batangas, 1 in Calauag Quezon; 23 in Tanay, Rizal; 10 in Angono; 5 in Baras; 3 in Montalban; 2 in Cavite; 5 in Laguna; and 1 in Theresa and 5 military personnel)

32 missing
• 1 in Kabayan, Benguet
• 20 in Tanay, Rizal
• 9 in Infante, Pangasinan
• 2 in Arayat, Pampanga

• Affected Population: 86, 313 families / 435, 646 people

• Partial total of Evacuees: 23, 126 families / 115,898 people in 204 evacuation centers

Cost of damage: Total P60.5M (infrastructure - P41M; schools P19. M and
agriculture - P0.212 M)

Have some photos of the more affected areas (which I snagged from GMANews.tv; they own the photos, not me):





For more info, please check the following:
• CNN: Dozens dead as flooding engulfs Manila
• iReport.com: Typhoon Ondoy
• iReport.com: Philippines flooding
• Inquirer.net: P109-M worth of infrastructure, crops damaged
• Inquirer.net: Gov’t overwhelmed by ‘Ondoy’—execs
• GMANews.tv: 'Ondoy' deaths now 100 says NDCC, toll expected to climb

For a list of ways you can help if you're based in the Philippines:
• Inquirer.net: How to help ‘Ondoy’ victims
• GMANews.tv: List of verified relief centers for 'Ondoy' victims
• GMANews.tv: List of addresses of flood-stranded people needing rescue (with interactive map)

For international help:
• Donate to the Philippine National Red Cross
• TXTPower.org PayPal (proceeds will be forwarded to the Philippine National Red Cross)

Guys, I know you can help, even just by showing support for this movement. This is one of the biggest calamities to hit the Philippines in recent history, so I hope you can take a little time off your busy day to maybe offer a prayer or two to the victims. Now that you're at it, and if you have the funds, why not donate to the Red Cross? :3

Thanks, all. ♥ Signing out 'til Wednesday, when school resumes.

ETA: Copypasta if you want to help spread the word. :) THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS REMAINED SILENT FOR TOO LONG, PPL:

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Anybody got any more GIFs to share? XD I capped and gif-fed these, so take if you want BUT DO NOT HOTLINK, I REPEAT, DO NOT HOTLINK. OR I KILL YOU (see icon).

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This is all for now. ;)

OMG YOU GUYS.

THEY'RE CALLING OFF CLASSES UNTIL THE 15TH BECAUSE THERE'S A CONFIRMED CASE OF AH1N1 (Swine Flu) HERE IN LA SALLE. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FREAKIN FUCK. Apologies for the cursing.

SERIOUSLY, YOU GUYS. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO UNTIL THEN. REALLY. I live in a room that measures 6 by 4 feet in the most rural part of Las Piñas city, with NO internet, NO TV, NO ENTERTAINMENT AT ALL. O GOD. I ENDURED MONTH UPON MONTH OF BOREDOM THANKS TO SUMMER AND NOW I GET TEN MORE DAYS JUST BECAUSE ONE FUCKER FAILED TO BE QUARANTINED?

AND IT'S A FOREIGN STUDENT. GAH. ONE MORE REASON TO BE MAD: I MEAN LA SALLE KNOWS ITS FILTHY RICH STUDENTS ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

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This is all. See you all on the 15th. >.>

And if this is all a freakin' joke, I'M KILLING THE STUDENT COUNCIL. But it freakin' sounds serious since the Director of Student Publications says so, too. :/ Hmm.

ETA: Okay, it's really real. There's a letter from the University President and all. D: On the bright side, all TLS deadlines are moved a week, and all the staff are right in the middle of the action. Or, rather, inaction: there isn't any panic. AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE BEING IN THE MEDIA: I GET TO PRODUCE HYPE, HYSTERIA, AND PANIC! WAHAHAHAHAHA. Seriously.

ALSO, DO YOU KNOW WHO BROUGHT THE SWINE FLU IN? A KOREAN. A KOREAN! JUST ONE MORE REASON TO AAAGJKLH;sdkljhk ;asdfj. *stabs* UPDATE: IT WAS THREE PEOPLE. TWO JAPANESE. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. But the other one, I'm hoping, was Korean, so my hate would be fueled even more.

X-posted from my Multiply. :) Enjoy. XP

So I've been stalking around some of the more popular GMA7 blogsites, and I stumbled upon this, the blog for the upcoming reality series, Survivor Philippines. Since it's GMA7, it's guaranteed to be a hit (sorry for all the non-Kapuso out there: I'm telling the truth), but the potential contestants seem to be a little gramatically challenged. XP

Here are some excerpts from blog comments, errors and all:

Well, I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. XD There are waaaay more on the site itself. Check it out for a few laughs. ^^

Of course, a lot of those who attempted to use (or abuse) English did write commendably. Praise them for not making us more of an international laughingstock. Still, laughing at others' mistakes is more fun. XD

Hi, guys! Are there any Cardcaptor Sakura fans still out there, if so, please join learntheclow if you find Clow Card fortune telling fascinating. :) I'm looking your way, Idge, so there. XD

Also, I've just joined an online contest at http://moonlitunderground.org that I'd like to share to you guys. Just go over to http://moonlitunderground.org/contest/#comments to join! The details are all there, and it's quite easy to do. ^^

That's all for now. :)

How would I write a warning label? Well, first, it would have two sides. The first one would read:
Warning: The other side of this Warning Label is false.
And the other side would read:
Warning: The other side of this Warning Label is true.

OMGWTFFALLACY? XD This is one of my favorite Philosophical conundrums. XD


((Man, do I love Writer's Block! XD))

A public transit nightmare, eh? Well, I don't think I can call it a nightmare, nor was it a totally bad experience for me, but it definitely stupid and wrong. XD

Well, it was very simple, really. I rode the bus home from school, and it was really, really late. Sort of around 8:00pm, when I was supposed to be home by 5. Anyway, I was quite drowsy by the time, and with the really cool airconditioning, I fell asleep.

By the time I woke up, I had missed my stop by three kilometers or so, and when I got down, it was just my luck that it started to rain. Rain cats-and-dogs, mind you. I had no extra cash left to take a bus or jeepney back to the street where I was supposed to get off, so I had to walk in the rain home. T_T

XD

((Hey, if any of you LJ friends out there are wondering what this post is about, it's for the LiveJournal Writer's Block contest. ^^))