Ketsana at Vietnam, 23 Dead

HANOI, Vietnam – Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.

Ketsana left more than 200 dead across the northern Philippines as a weaker tropical storm.

After gathering strength over the South China Sea, the typhoon made landfall in midafternoon, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Danang, according to the National Weather Center.

Two people in Quang Nam province were killed by falling trees, and another died when struck by a power line, said Nguyen Minh Tuan, a provincial disaster official.

"The rivers are rising and many homes are flooded, and several mountainous districts have been isolated by mudslides," Tuan said.

Quang Nam is the home of the ancient city of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Another three died in Thua Thien Hue province, disaster official Le Minh said. A man was killed by a falling tree, a woman died in floodwaters and a 3-year-old drowned in a flooded home.

As the storm moved inland towards Laos, nine people died in Kon Tum province in the Central Highlands, including a family of five whose house was buried in a mudslide, disaster official Nguyen Van Vy said.

Deaths were also reported in Danang and the province of Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai.

Authorities evacuated 170,000 people from six central provinces as the typhoon approached and heavy winds began lashing Vietnam's central coast in the morning, officials said.

Rains and heavy winds began lashing the Vietnam coast Tuesday morning, knocking out electricity in some places.

"There's a blackout across our entire province," said Truong Ngoc Nhi, vice governor of Quang Ngai province, south of Danang. "Many streets are strewn with fallen trees and utility poles. It looks like a battlefield."

Vietnam Airlines canceled all flights to the tourist destinations of Danang and Hue.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_typhoon

Help out?

Here is a comprehensive list for those interested in volunteering or reaching out to help from their own homes..(also applicable for those not allowed to leave their homes). :)

MALLS AND COMMERCIAL OUTLETS

Aranaz Stores (Rockwell & Greenbelt) – accepting donations of any kind for Payatas communities

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (all branches) – canned goods, water, clothes, blankets, towels, medicine, and emergency supplies (no cash)

LUCA stores (Rockwell, Shangri-la, Eastwood, or GA Towers) - Send your old clothes & donations (no cash pls)

Mail & More, FedEx & Air21 outlets – now accepting donations. For locations, pls call +6328794789 or log to www.mailandmore.com.ph

McDonald’s (all branches in MM) – accepting donations as of Sept. 28, 12NN

MOONSHINE boutique (Rockwell) - accepting relief goods to help Ondoy victims in Marikina and Cainta.

Papemelroti stores (91 Roces Ave. / Ali Mall Cubao / SM City North EDSA / SM Fairview / SM Megamall / Glorietta 3 in Makati / SM Centerpoint / SM Southmall) – accepting relief goods (canned goods / milk / bottled water / clothes – NO CASH pls.)

PowerPlant Mall – accepting donations for ABS-CBN Foundation. Drop-off at Admin Office, P1 level.

7-Eleven (all branches) – serve as drop-off points for relief supplies such as ready-to-eat goods, mats, mosquito nets and water jugs.

Starbucks – accepting blankets, rice, instant noodles and bottled water. These items will be delivered to Ateneo de Manila University.

Team Manila stores in Trinoma, Mall of Asia, Jupiter Bel-Air and Rockwell shall be accepting relief goods (Canned Goods, Ready-to-drink Milk,Bottled Water and Clothes) for distribution by Veritas.

GOVERNMENT/RELIEF AGENCIES/ OTHERS

AKBAYAN - taking donations, call 433-69-33/433-68-31 to donate or volunteer.

BAYAN MUNA – bring donations to 45 K-7th St.. Bgy. West Kamias, QC. Tel 921-3473

Move for Chiz – asking for volunteers at Bay Park Tent, along Roxas Blvd., beside Max Restaurant and Diamond Hotel in Manila, or at Gilas Minipark at Unang Hakbang St., Gilas Q.C.

Worldvision Foundation – accepting donations/volunteers to pack relief goods in QC. For $ donations, BPI: USD acct #4254-0050-08

Philippine National Red Cross – visit their site HERE for various ways to donate.

Sen. Kiko Pangilinan is accepting donations @ AGS Bldg Annex, 446 EDSA Guadalupe Viejo. Contact Vina Vargas at +632917-8081247

WITHIN METRO MANILA

Cavite

NCST (Dasmarinas Cavite) – Volunteers/donations welcome. Call (046)416-6278 Ms. Angie

Makati

Assumption College (San Lorenzo Village) – Please drop donations off at the AC guardhouse.

Binalot (Greenbelt 1) – call Tetchie Bundalian at +632922-8573277

Whitespace (2314 Chino Roces Ave Ext) – Makati drop-off for relief goods

Mandaluyong/San Juan

CFC Center Ortigas (right side, immediately after you come down EDSA flyover) – open for donations in cash or kind. Call +632-7270682 to 87 or text +632922-2542819

La Salle Greenhills – drop off your donations (clothes, food, etc) at Gate 2 on Monday, Sept. 28, or volunteer from 9am to receive, sort, repack the donations.

Xavier School – canned goods, bread, noodles. Please bring to Multipurpose Center (MPC). Accepted till Monday, Sept. 28.

ICA Greenhills - accepting donations and open to volunteers too

Manila

Caritas Manila Office (Jesus St., Pandacan Manila near Nagtahan Bridge) - call +632-5639298, +632-5639308

MINISTOP IBARRA (Espana cor. Blumentritt, Sampaloc Manila) – Food (non-perishable goods only) Clothing, Medicines, Beds, Pillows, Blankets, Emergency Supplies

Muntinlupa

Hillsborough Village Chapel – Water, blankets, shoes, and clothes. These will go to families whose houses were washed out in the nearby sitios.

Paranaque

Alabang Town Center Concierge – acts as drop-off point for donations

Operation Rainbow (Zac Faelnar Camara) at Ayala Alabang Village - needs Canned Goods, Ready-To-Eat Food, Bottled Water, Ready-To-Drink Milk/ Juice, Clothing, Blankets, contact (+632-4687991)

Playschool International (47 Ghana St., Better Living Subd., Paranaque) - open to receive donations (NO CASH, PLS) for relief goods. Please feel free to send your donations there. Teachers/staff will coordinate sending these to the centers.

Pasig

Miriam Quiambao – drop off point: One Orchard Road Building in Eastwood, or message http://www.twitter.com/miriamq for more details.

Relief Efforts for Pasig at Valle Verde 1 Village Park – contact +632916-4945000, +632917-5273616

Donations and manpower needed at Megatent, Meralco Avenue, Ortigas beside Renaissance Towers. it will be open 24 hours til Friday

RENAISSANCE FITNESS CENTER (2nd Floor, Bramante Building, Renaissance Towers Ortigas, Meralco Avenue) – Donations can be brought starting Monday, Sept. 28/9am – 7pm. Contact Person: Warren Habaluyas (+632929-8713488) or email at luzonrelief@gmail.com

RFM Gym (Pioneer) – donations are being requested by GAWAD KALINGA. Call/text +63917-8888109 /+63917-8888304

Quezon City

ABS-CBN through Banco de Oro account number 56300-20111; account name: ABS-CBN Foundation Incorporation (NOTE: This account # needs verification because on the ABS-CBN Foundation website, the account # is 5630060113)

Ateneo de Manila University – cooked or ready-to-eat food, clothes, medicine, blankets, water. Donations may be dropped off at the MVP, University Dorm, or Cervini lobbies.

Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health - accepting donations of medicines. A center in Pasig has more than 1,000 evacuees, mostly kids suffering from colds and fever. Call Louie Montalbo: (0918) 936-2095.

Bantayog ng mga Bayani, Quezon Ave. corner EDSA, QC - drop-off center for donations

Citizens Disaster Response Center (CDRC) – Relief goods for typhoon victims being accepted at 72-A Times St., West Triangle, QC. Tel (+632-9299820/22)

CONTEND-UP, UP Diliman Faculty Center -drop-off point for donations

Erica Paredes (Katipunan), +63917-4741930 – they need bread, packed juice, sandwich filling (tuna, chicken, anything) You can help her make them, deliver the sandwiches to her house, or help her distribute! Call for more details.

Kabataan Partylist, 118-B Scout Rallos, QC) – drop-off point for donations

KADAMAY (Urban Poor Group) – accepts donations of relief goods at 12-A Kasiyahan St, Bgy Holy Spirit, Commonwealth, QC Tel 427-4315

Manor Superclub (Eastwood City) – will accept goods and other emergency items starting Sunday, Sept. 27, at 10 am.

National City United Church, Times St., Q.C. -drop-off pt for donations

NoyMar Relief Operations – contact Clare Amador (+63928 520 5508) or Jana Vicente (+63928 520 5499). Drop-off for relief donations is at Balay Expo Center across Farmers Market Cubao. 8am – 9pm throughout the week until further notice. Donate drinking water, old medicines, clothing, blankets, canned goods, noodles. Volunteer to man stations and repack food.

Our Lady of Pentecost Parish (12 F. Dela Rosa corner C. Salvador Sts., Loyola Heights, Quezon City) – call +632-4342397, +632-9290665

Philippine Army Gym (inside Fort Bonifacio) or GHQ Gym (Camp Aguinaldo) - now distributing donations for Ondoy Victims.

Radio Veritas (Veritas Tower West Ave. cor EDSA) – call +632-9257931 to 40

Tulong Bayan, Cubao – needs clothes, salt and cooking oil in sachets: 0908-6579998, 0939-3633436, 9137122

UP College of Arts and Letters (Diliman) – Hotline: 09296454102 (Prof. Roselle Pineda). Look for: Guard on Duty (in UP CAL). Operations: 24 hours until Wednesday, Sept. 30, tentatively. Donate medicines, clothes, blankets, food to be distributed by Citizens’ Disaster Response Center.

UP College of Law – Kindly drop off goods at Student Lounge or contact Dean’s Office

UPD- University Student Council, Vinzons Hall, UP Diliman, Q.C. -drop-off pt for donations

Taguig

Enderun Colleges (The Fort) – needs volunteers to chop, cook and pack food. They are on 24-hour duty.

PROVINCIAL

Bacolod

CAFE BREIZH – drop off center for donations. Text 09193651101 for details.

ONLINE DONATIONS OR VIA MOBILE

Ayala Foundation USA – click on their DONATION PAGE. Look for the link “partners’ profile and projects“, look for “Browse Organizations” dropdown menu and choose PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS.

MyAyala.com site for Jesuits (from Fr. Johnny Go) – You can use your CREDIT CARD and donate ONLINE. Go to www.myayala.com/sjph/. On the line “I would like to donate to:”, write “xs4ondoy“.

Red Cross Load Donations – Right now the easiest way to make donations from the seat of your chair is via mobile phone load. The Red Cross Rescue and Relief Operations. To donate, text RED and send to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart). You can donate 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 300 pesos. (Update as of 9/28/09: Globe has waived transaction fee for donations to Red Cross)

TxtPower – now accepts donations via SmartMoney 5577514418667103, GCash 09179751092 and Paypal.

Via www.philippineaid.com – some of the people behind this site are blogger friends. Donations are via Paypal or credit card. The ChipIn widget visible on the site tracks all donations.

Worldvision Foundation – For $ donations, BPI: USD acct #4254-0050-08

IN THE USA

New York

Ondoy New York Disaster Relief drop off center - @ Pandayan Center, 406 W 40th St. Between 9th and 10th Aves.
For more updates, please click here.

Let us continue to pray for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy.

source: http://www.frannywanny.com/2009/09/public-advisory-typhoon-ondoy-ketsana.html

Help

Donation for Ondoy Victims

Want to help out Ondoy victims but can't get out of your homes? Here's an easy way. I already did. :)

Donate via Gcash, SmartMoney and PayPal.

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Classes Resume Thursday + Donation Drive

UST Advisory:
Classes in all levels in UST will still be suspended until Wednesday, September 30, 2009. However Faculty members are encouraged to provide academic work through online mode to the students. Also, University officials and deans are enjoined to make sure that facilities are ready for use when classes resume on Thursday, October 1. This is official. s262 Please pass!

http://ustcsc0910.multiply.com/journal/item/114/UST_Advisory_re_SUSPENSION_OF_CLASSES_UNTIL_WEDNESDAY

CSC Advisory:

In response to the increasing number of typhoon victims who need help, the Central Student Council thru its Committee on Community Development and in coordination with the local student councils, will be having a donation drive starting September 30, 2009

You may donate foods (e.g. canned, biscuits, noodles, usable clothes and cash.

These donations will be first given to our Thomasian victims, any residual donation will be forwarded to Sagip Kapamilya ABS-CBN foundation.

Please repost. Please pass.

http://ustcsc0910.multiply.com/journal/item/113

Ondoy i

:(

Dear God,

At first I thought of how lucky I am that my house is located on a high area. As in, unaffected by flood. The only problem I had today was finding a way to evade the flood blocking our main road as you can see in the pictures. It wasn't a problem because there was an alternative road. It's really deep, approximately 5 feet. I don't know why there's a truck in the middle though. Maybe the driver thought the flood's shallow for the truck.. But hell. A TRUCK stuck in flood is wow for me. I've never seen something like that before.

But then my Mom's friend texted.. saying that THEIR WHOLE FIRST FLOOR is.. underwater. It's a problem because the water level's already creeping up their stairs. It worries Mom so much because there's a paralyzed patient there and she's too heavy to be carried. I texted some friends and they all have the same problem. This is not good.

I wish they could leave the place, I'd offer them a place to stay-- yeah, my house. I wish they all lived in an area like mine. I wish the drainage system there suddenly got thirsty and drank all the flood. I wish they'd keep safe. Especially that some of them live near the river. I wish there are lots of helicopters to evacuate the people stuck. I wish they'd take out their boats, life jackets, etc. I wish it isn't too dark tonight so that they'd be safe. I wish, for unselfish reasons..

.. that the rain would stop.

God, I am really beginning to think that the end of the world is near. I am also under the impression that Mother Nature is pissed off. What can we do to appease Mother Nature? What can we do to appease You..

Somehow, I doubt that You punish. I absolutely agree with Sookie Stackhouse when she said: God doesn't punish, He forgives..

I know You will keep them safe. I know You will. I know in my heart that You're just there. Please help them..

I bought..

4-1 Bleaching cream and BB Ecorre from Girl Power Store. :) No feedback for this yet but I recommend the shop. Ms. Monique (the seller) is really kind and patient. My transaction with the shop was a breeze. I read good comments and reviews from people who've tried these two products. I got really curious so I ordered the two items. I will use these for some days. And yeah, I shall post my feedback. Mom will use the bleaching cream, I hope she'll like it.


As for eRAse, I bought this months ago and I haven't finished the bottle. I'll say it's effective, peeling and all. It worked on my scar and some marks. I'm going to keep this because it works on me. Sometimes I use it as spot treatment for emerging pimples, it's good.

Honestly I don't have patience for such because I'm not the religious beauty stuff user type. For instance, I bought a moisturizer but I can't get myself to apply it on my face every night. I'm so inconsistent when it comes to using these.. but I do make it a point to wash my face before sleep.. Wouldn't want all that dirt and bacteria sleeping on my face. The horror.

Anyway, I ordered Passion Berries Emu Oil and Cyleina Black Pearl Soap from Ms. Hannah. I can't wait to get them on Saturday. xD

$$$

I'm annoyed.

When will people pay me back? That's thousands of money. Ugh.

Fuck.

It's 10:00 AM now. I should be generating energy to be used in school because I am really really bored. Sugar level dangerously low..

Low enough to push me back to bed and lower my eyelids. *Blink*

Dear Doggie,

How many times do we have to tell you that school things such as books and readings aren't for your sleeping pleasure?

You may have witnessed me fall asleep on my book several times but my dear doggie, it doesn't mean that you have to imitate what human students like me do. Please Chai. Di unan ang libro ni Mark Derren. 0_o Grrrrr I'm gonna bite you. XD

Ugh. I'm going to be your human elevator later because you're such a baby when it comes to going up the stairs. Lazy crybaby dog.

Please ask Mark Derren to brush your hair. Gad. You're starting to look like the living room rug. Puhlease. :|

Signed,
Yer Human Elevator

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Wow. It's paying P70 more for unlimited calls, 5 days. Ouch. Too pricey for me. XD

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Light and Microbes

Bioluminescent bacteria :)

Elections

Just saw this from a Plurk friend. Ramon Bautista is amusing. xD I didn't register though. I seriously do not know who to vote. Maybe the Makati dude?

LOL

Even vampires use Yahoo! Messenger. ;) LOL

Now Watching: The Vampire Diaries

Almost forgot about this. Good thing Barbie mentioned this. So, True Blood on break. The Vampire Diaries for now. Let's see how it's gonna give justice to the book.. Kidding. True Blood's from a book too, you know. Differences, modifications are inevitable. I like how Eric Northman turned out on tv.. Hihi. Can't wait for some scenes. The season's about to end while The Vampire Diaries is just starting..

I'm a TruBlood O negative drinker through and through. xD

500 Days of Summer

I put you on my list. Fo sho. :D

Glee is so cute. xD

It's so cute. This show is something fun and light. xD A must-watch if you want to sit back and relax. Highly recommended for stressed people who don't find musical stuff annoying. Hehe. xD It's like, Rent turned younger. Into a series. xD

Do not pay your taxes.. :P

Thanks to Benj for sharing the links.

Keane + Lily Allen = <3

Love this. Grrr! :D Keane + Lily Allen = <3

Mama Mia!

Mom has a way of lying about her age. :3