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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I am going to be a daddy!

I just got married a few months ago. Being married without a baby seems incomplete. It's like being in a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship playing house. We were planning to have a baby for months. And at last we were blessed.

I was on a graveyard shift which starts from 10 in the evening and ends 7 o'clock the succeeding day. I was tasked to wake up my wife since her work would start at seven. I was supposed to wake her up at four thirty in the morning. Before I got the chance to call her, I received a text message asking to call her immediately. It seems urgent. When I contacted her she said that she use the pregnancy test that I have purchased a few days back. One line means negative. Two lines means positive. And if there were no lines, that means the test was void.

She said that the test had the two lines but the second line seems faded. She seems a little doubtful but I could tell that she is really excited. We decided to meet after my shift to get a doctor's opinion. Even though we haven't confirmed that she was really pregnant, I had to tell someone. I was too excited to keep my happiness to myself. I told a few of my officemates about the good news. I called my parents and asked my dad a question that I have always to ask him. Are you ready to be a grandfather? They were both happy for me and like any parents, they both gave my advice.

My wife still went to work. She told me that she was disoriented and could not focus on the training that she was attending. She asked permission to go leave work early so that we may visit a doctor.

It was around twelve in the afternoon when we met somewhere near the clinic. We had lunch first before visiting the doctor. I was really sleepy then since I was up all night because of work. Good thing that the doctor did not have any clients during that time and we were accommodated immediately.

She asked a few question and had my wife examined. She was then asked to have another pregnancy test. We waited for the result to be ready. And the doctor said the words that we wanted to her. "Congratulations. It is positive!"

I was euphoric. I did not know where the energy came from, but all the sleepiness and the headache was washed away. And I couldn't help myself form grinning. We were supposed to come back after a few weeks to have the ultrasound and other test.

T minus 7 months and 3 weeks

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Global warming in the Philippines

Why should Filipinos worry about Global warming? One of the effects of Global warming is rapid melting of the Polar ice caps, glaciers and land based ice-sheet. If parts of Antarctica, Greenland or Greenland melt, sea level would rise and would affect millions of people living in low-lying areas.

The Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands. Some densely populated areas are at high risk to flooding. In the National Capital region alone several Cities are located near the coastlines. Malabon, Caloocan, Valenzuela and Navotas are frequently flooded. During the typhoon season, when rain is relentless, chances are high that these cities would be flooded.

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has conducted studies that Global warming and climate change could submerge and even wipe the whole of Cebu 2020. If these studies are accurate, then God Save Cebu. It’s not only Cebu is at stake. Sulu, Palawan, Zamboanga, Northern Samar, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Davao, Bohol and Camarines Sur are all at risk to a one-meter increase in Sea level and receding coastlines.

Just imagine if this were to come true. Crops would be lost. Millions of people would be relocated. There would definitely be food and water shortage. Price of basic goods would increase. Remember typhoon Ondoy? If this sea level increase were to happen, the devastation would be far greater.

Filipinos should take serious steps to mitigate Global warming. This coming May election, we should vote for a candidate who has solid plans to protect the environment and mitigate effects of Global warming. Drastic measures should be taken. Previous environmental laws should be revised to adapt to Climate change. And most importantly, effective implementation of Environmental laws should be done.












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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Manny Pacquiao is the king of the ring


Last Nov 15, Manny Pacquiao has won the light welterweight title for Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto. Yet again has proven his critiques wrong. His win against Miguel Cotto has put his name in history as the first boxer who won 7 titles in 7 different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao floored Miguel Cotto twice during the second and third round. The referee finally decided to end the bout a few seconds away before the end of 12th round. 


It was a great fight. After winning against Ricky Hatton in round 2 of their bout, I didn't think that it would take Pacquiao 12 rounds to win the fight. Even if the fight was not stopped, it was pretty clear that Pacquiao would win.


I was working the day of the match and was watching the fight using a cellphone that using Smart Communication's MYTV service. Even though the screen was so small, it was clear than Miguel Cotto really took a beating. He is really tough. I think would also admit that he had a hard time.


I think everyone is anticipating Pacquiao's next opponent. Everyone is hoping that it would be Floyd Mayweather Jr. I think who ever wins that match, will be the undisputed pound for pound boxer. I guess we will have to wait

Friday, November 13, 2009

Economy versus the environment


A country’s economy seems to be the biggest factor that is causing leaders to move on a slower pace. Developing countries such as China still relies on coal mining as a main source of energy. It is said that China is rapidly becoming the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitter due to their coal mines. In Copenhagen, the climate summit is mostly considered a failure due to several governments’ refusal to cooperate with other countries to come up with a solid plan to combat the increasing worldwide temperature.


In the Philippines, a huge percentage of the electricity is still from coal mining plants. As developing country, Philippines could not afford environment friendly source of power such as wind turbines or solar panels, and hydroelectric dams. Nuclear power plants are still out of the questions.


I understand that the Philippines could not afford this type of power source but at least we should take care of our Air, land and water pollution. There are too many smoke belchers. A lot of people are burning their garbage instead of throwing them. Waste segregation is still not existent in the Philippines. Large mass of water are polluted with plastic bags, piece of paper, Styrofoam, and body waste.


We should do small steps to help the environment. More Trash Cans should be designated to minimize littering. Government agencies should work together in catching smoke belchers, litterers, illegal loggers and those who abuse the environment. Smoking should be banned on all public places. And we should be more serious with the control of Population. Water supply should be solely controlled by the government. Water shouldn’t be use for business. It is the government’s responsibility to provide adequate water supply to its people. Log ban laws must be revised and should be implemented more effectively.


There are a lot of places in Philippines overflowing with nature’s beauty. Why not make it a business to develop and maintain those places to acquire revenue from tourism?


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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

While


Why don’t you stay for a while and witness my becoming
Deceit me with your unclean hands as you wash away my blood
Why don’t you stay for a while? Are you not entertained?
The very pleasure of seeing me in misery is the only thing I could offer
For my world is too small and my insignificance to conquer
It is the irony of my existence
Why don’t you stay for a while and embrace fruit of your lies
Little do you know it is only glass. It shatters and brings me pain
Why don’t you stay for a while and witness your creation?
Watch and taste the tears falling from my chest.
I let myself feel the love in every touch of your hand.
It feels so good I can taste it. It feels so good it made me blind.
It feels so good it takes me away then I burn

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Typhoon Ondoy and peping's death toll rises

Typhoon Ondoy and Peping is a wake call up for all Filipinos. No one was spared from nature’s wrath. Nature does not care about the amount of money a person has on their bank account. Nor does it care about a person social status.  Everyone is equal in Nature's eye.

This is one of the reasons why everyone should act against Global warming. One of its effects, climate change, is causing too much destruction to the country. Crops were ruined, material properties were destroyed and most importantly Lives were lost.

As of this day, death toll has raised t 669. 462 people were injured while 87 still remains unaccounted for/. Typhoon Pepeng (international codename Parma) has claimed 332 lives. On Oct 3 alone, Pepeng killed 92 people while on Oct 8 and 9, 2009 death toll has risen to 251 deaths.

My wife was working on a mall in Quezon City during the typhoon. There was so much precipitation that the daily routes that she takes from our home to her office were already severely flooded.  The amount of rain that fell on that day was highest recorded in more than 40 years. Flood water has even reached the basement of the mall where my wife works at.

How did she go home you may ask? A good thing one of her officemates resides near us and was driving a sports utility vehicle and was kind enough to drop her in our house. Is there a lesson to be learned from all of these? Yes there is. The Philippines was caught off guard.  The government lacks the necessary equipment to effectively rescue does people who were stranded. We should move now against global warming before we loose the chance the to do anything  that would make a difference to our planet

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Upcoming Movie: Legion






Release Date: Friday – January 22, 2010
Starring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Durand, Kate Walsh, Lucas Black, Willa Holla

Mankind’s last hope lies on a group of strangers and the Archangel Michael. In this movie, God has lost all his hope on human race and has decided to start fresh by wiping the human race’s existences. According to movie, when God first lost his faith on humanity he send a flood. This time around, he will send a group of Angels bring forth the Apocalypse.  Paul Bettany (Played Silas in Da Vinci code and Peter Colt in Wimbledon) plays the role of Archangel Michael. He choose to side with the humans and save its savior. There is only one catch. The savior hasn’t been yet.
Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson and Lucas will play the role of the people the will help the Archangel Michael. Adrianne Palicki would play the role of Charlie, the savior’s mother. This is Sony and Screen Gems Film seems something worth watching.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

It's getting hot in here!

That's right! The sun is burning hotter and it's washing away my summer spirit. Haven't you noticed? The temperature here in the Philippines has risen up to 35 degrees Celsius in the last few days. That's a record high. It's climate change brought by Global warming.

Why should we care about Global warming you may ask? But most importantly what is Global warming? Global Warming is the increase in the planet's temperature which is caused by the increase in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Why is this bad? Simple. The more the temperature rises, the frequency of hurricanes, floods, droughts and forest fires increases as well. 19 out of the 20 warmest years have been recorded since 1980. And in last eight years, the top three hottest years has occurred. Imagine how hot will it be in the next eight years. Imagine the effect of this phenomenon. Imagine would happen if this continuous.

It's too late to point the finger on who’s the biggest contributor of the carbon dioxide emission or whose not doing their part to solve this crisis. We have to get along. We have to start moving. We have to start the change. Let's save our planet! Let's save our life source!

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Vampire Diaries

First there was Twilight and then there was True Blood and now a new vampire series has emerged. There is a lot of Buzz about this new show called Vampire Diaries. I haven't read the books, but from what I have seen in forums and other sources, the TV series differs a lot from the book.

Since I haven’t read the book my expectations are quite low but I have to say that there is something missing from the series. I guess it’s too early to give up on the series. I just have to watch the next few episodes and try to read the books to make a better idea of the story line.

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