Our Country Needs a Break

Next to summer vacation, Filipinos looks forward to Christmas vacation as a way to spend quality time with their families and loved ones.

I am sure a lot of travel plans have been worked out already not just orlando vacation rentals but trips to the nearby island resorts for some R and R.

If however, there is not even an iota of possibility that these kinds of fun vacations are possible for most of us, then let me just say we need a different kind of vacation, a break perhaps, from all these sufferings we have been through, we have witnessed the past few weeks.

I am sure after being battered, devastated, villages and homes buried, flooded and all else that will make  this nation and its people  even more vulnerable has happened, we really need a breather from all of this.

I feel the suffering of my fellow Filipinos and I really pray hard that we will be able to surpass all these things that has happened.

I do not even want to think about the effects in the days to come considering those that were badly hit are agricultural lands.

I hope and pray that this break we need is not too much to ask, oh deal Lord.

Here by the way, as of this writing, is the latest report from ABS-CBN with a situation report from NDCC.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 11th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI | Comments (0)

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Typhoon Pepeng/Parma Caused Massive Flooding

We have been too focused on the ill-effects and devastation of Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana effects that the devastation of Pepeng/Parma which pounded Northern Luzon for more than a week was not given due noticed until the devastation was widespread.

Massive flooding in so many places which not just affected crops but homes and businesses as well. There have also been a lot of casualties caused by landslides.

Sigh.

It would have been great if the government can provide mobile homes to our affected countrymen as temporary shelters but as it is, rescue boats, rubber boats are not even available to be used.

I sincerely hope rescue efforts will continue so help those who were affected.

I sincerely hope and pray that relief goods would reach the right people too.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 11th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,introspection | Comments (1)

Krispy Kreme Ondoy Fund Raising

All proceeds from the sale of every Original Glazed doughnuts TODAY, October 11, 2009, will go to Krispy Kreme’s fund in cooperation with Philippine National Red Cross Rizal Chapter and ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya for those who were affected by typhoon Ondoy.

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Visit the following stores on October 11 to join the fund raising: Bonifacio High Street, SM Megamall, Greenhills Drive-Thru, TriNoma, SM MOA Main and Drive-Thru, Robinson’s Galleria, Gateway Ground Floor and 4th Floor, Glorietta 4, Annex SM North EDSA and SM Fairview Annex.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 10th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Plateful of Fun,Purse Strings | Comments (0)

Jesus Calms the Storm

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We need assurance that our country will be safe as we brace ourselves with Supertyphoon Parma which is considered a category 5.

We have been through a lot last weekend and the days after the typhoon and now this new threat.

I tried to pacify my nervous feelings by reading on the Word and I turned the Bible to the time when Jesus calmed the storm:

Jesus Calms the Storm

Yes, we pray that we will be delivered from this ordeal. God help this country.

UPDATE 8:20am: Parma has changed course and is not directly affecting MegaManila although the northern pat of the country is experiencing rains.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 2nd 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,introspection,Pages,Through the Lens | Comments (7)

Parma is Here

The country experienced one of the worst floods. It was so sudden that almost everyone was caught unaware.

We were so close to being affected by flood waters and we are thankful that prayers worked wonders. Now we pray even harder not only for our family but for others as well.

Our neighbors were not spared from the flood waters. As of today we can still see a lot of debris scattered on the streets because garbage trucks haven’t been  where we are the past week. Mattresses, wooden cabinets, books, electrical appliances like television, microwave ovens and even tv stands can be seen on the road.

Now as our country is being battered by yet another (category 5) supertyphoon, we can’t say we are ready for another round of rains.

God bless this country.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 2nd 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI | Comments (0)

Supertyphoon Parma aka Pepeng: Signal No 4?

With hundreds of lives lost during the typhoon Ondoy or typhoon Ketsana, perhaps some people are now thinking if they were able to get life insurance for their lost loved ones, everything would have been easier to deal with.

Not that I am saying what happened was easy but it could have made dealing with issues easier.

Anyway, if you are interested to find term life insurance go here.

And now  we brace ourselves for another round of last week’s rains. Sigh.

God be with us.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 2nd 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI | Comments (0)

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