WW: Funny Photos for Wednesday
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on November 18th, 2009
A little sense of humor please, got these photos from an email and since it made me smile today, I hope it will give you a “little gas” too. To those whose photos were displayed here, please understand that being a public figure lands you directly at the tip of an animators’ pen.




Filipinos Seeking the Greener Pasture
If you’re not yet an OFW today, are you already thinking or having plans already of working abroad?
Two weeks back, a good friend of mine migrated together with her family to Canada. She’s a marketing specialist here in the Philippines and is getting a salary far better than mine but still decided to seek for a greener pasture in a cold country. She was offered four times higher or more than what she was getting in her previous job.
Yesterday, another frined, the one who influenced me into teaching and is now a SPED teacher, was telling me his daughter is urging him to reside in Canda as she already got her permanent residency status. My friend has somewhat decided to pursue his teaching career there instead of practicing it here. Undoubtedly, SPED teachers abroad are like nurses who are highly paid and in-demand.
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White Christmas for a Marikenya
Because of the terrible heat and the busyness of the season, I feel drained. Physically and otherwise, I feel the need for a vacation, or better yet, a cold vacation.
I am now a fan of the popular Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) of ABS-CBN Channel 2 which air from Mondays to Saturdays. There was a time that one of the housemates from the PBB house from the Philippines, Caty, swithed house with a PBB housemate from Finland. Before the day Cathy was supposed to return to the Philippines, the housemates were startled when snows began falling down. I’m not sure whether PBB just set up the snow rain but nevertheless, even if I was just watching from the television, I can feel the exitement of actually joining a snowfight or making a snowman or toboganing.
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Marikina’s Version of the ‘old COD’ through the Animated Christmas Display
Posted by mhel in about marikina on November 13th, 2009
The Marikina city governemnt is really making big-time efforts in making its citizenry feel the spirit of Christmas despite the losses and pains from the flooding caused by typhoon Ondoy.
Two days ago, the animated christmas show placed on the Marikina city hall, already opened. The show mimic the popular COD department store animated display in Cubao way back in the 80s. Marikina’s own version feature animated doll show with the theme “Rising from the Mud.” It shows the struggles of Marikenyos from the typhoon Ondoy flooding and the efforts of Marikina for recovery and since its a christmas show, it narrates the story of the birth of Christ.

Update on CENTEX “MCF Scholarship Program”
Posted by mhel in about marikina, education, general, health and fitness on November 6th, 2009
In the last weeks, there were questions regarding the scholarship program managed by the Center for Excellence (CENTEX) which offers free training courses for Marikina residents.
For those who are interested in the free training, please be informed that the remaining available courses for enrollment last September of 2009 are cancelled. Unfortunately, the schooll where CENTEX send its students was affected also by typhoon Ondoy and its classrooms, equipment, etc. were flooded. This means that the regular vocational-technical courses may resume next year, probably in February.
At the same time, the training on animation will not push through also as TESDA will not provide vouchers anymore to support the scholars. This is a sad news as CENTEX has prepared for the new batches of animation students months back.
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The Water Crisis
While watching the news the other day (thank God we were able to finally watch the television after weeks of darkness brought by Ondoy), an environmental expert said not because there were floods, we won’t have problems with water.
I believe that we should seriously think about and act on the issue of potable drinking water shortage in the future. Philippines was ranked as among the top wasters of water.
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