Updated: Please Help the People of Aklan =(

Updates:

Thanks to those who sent help. We were able to gather 40 boxes of clothes, food and medicine. Maraming-maraming salamat po. Also, a lot of the people in our community are also doing their best to gather relief for the people of Panay Islands (Antique, Capiz and IloIlo).

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On the morning of my birthday last Monday I received bad news that my aunt’s house in Aklan was destroyed by the typhoon Frank. Water rose up to the roof. Saturday afternoon they had to transfer to my Tita Baby’s elevated house while holding on to a water hose. Water level rose up to six feet high, people where on top of roofs for their safety. My kababayan’s are located in Brgy. Cerrudo, Banga, Aklan which is only walking distance from Aklan River which overflowed during the typhoon.

There have been much coverage of the destruction of typhoon Frank in Iloilo but not much on Aklan. Aklan was badly damaged too. People have completely lost their homes. Help from the governemnt have been slow. There are no banks, groceries, water, electricity, communication, hospitals.

On behalf of the people of Banga, Aklan. I am appealing for donations. My uncle (Ciril Rentillo) has a trucking service that will transfer the goods directly from Manila to people of Banga, Aklan. The incumbment Vice-Mayor of Banga, Aklan, Melanio Rentillo is my uncle so if you have any relatives in the area that you have tried to contact with no success we maybe of help in trying to locate them. My contact information is indicated below.

I’m appealing for donations of:

• - old clothes, specially kid’s/baby clothes
• - canned goods,
• - shoes, slippers
• - noodles
• - medicines
• - blankets
• - rice
• - water
• - sleeping mats (banig)

You can also drop off your donations to my unit in:

If you’re in Muntinlupa/Ortigas/Mandaluyong area, you could contact me to pick up your donations:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Desiree R. Mendoza

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Here is a documentation of the what happened in Aklan

http://kyrienne.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/aklan-and-typhoon-frank-2/

Typhoon Frank’s DestructionThese pictures are courtesy of Nester Anne Andrade-Templonuevo through http://lcn516.multiply.com/photos/album/2/

Photo Cortesy of Marco_Agt

Filed under: C'est La Vie , aklan, banga, cerrudo, donation, donations, flood, frank, rentillo, typhoon, victims

Thank You, Adieu. George Carlin

1937-2008

Comedian and counter-culture hero. Best known for the saying the “7 words” you can’t say on TV/Radio.

There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven you can’t say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993 to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separated from a group that large. “All of you words over here, you seven….baaaad words.” That’s what they told us, right? …You know the seven, don’t ya? That you can’t say on TV? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits. 

Filed under: Work , cuss, george carlin, life, Work

The End of an Era, YSL 1936-2008

Agence France-Presse

Yves Saint Laurent

RIP
1936-2008

The man who forever changed the silhouette of 21st century fashion passed away in his Paris home. Designer extraordinaire, modernist, businessman and visionary. WWD has a comprehensive coverage about Yves’ life and work.

Filed under: Uncategorized , Yves Saint Laurent