It's my day off and I was supposed to share something funny or happy about my current life in Manila City but two days ago something happened in our city-Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao. If you've been watching news all over the country, you will know that our city is experiencing great loss of living and life. I can't say much though since I wasn't there to witness the incident of what we call-nature's wrath-unstoppable FLOOD.

Read news here:
Storm death toll tops 650 in Philippines; hundreds missing
Floods ravage Mindanao, hundreds dead


Our family was one of those hundreds of people who experienced that. We lost everything my brother worked for-fancy stuff and all. Nothing is saved. I even cried when I heard the news. After my sister told me they're all safe, I was at peace. Then my niece talked to me and told me about what happened to the laptop. Needless to say, I was really sad. But still I am thankful that everyone is safe and fortunate enough compared to the other victims who lost not only their houses and living but also love ones :( I prayed for all the victims of that calamity :(


Now that you know, you would realized that we lost our laptop (everything) too and that would mean-no more blogging for a long time which saddens me more :( Internet has always been my life since I was seventeen and I just can't imagine my life without it :( I will miss everyone for sure. I might ask my friend to take care of this account when I get back home. He told me he visits each of your account every time, so, for that I am happy :) It was a simple gesture and a little hassling but he's happy to do it-I know, lol. Like he have a choice =p


For now, all I can do is to pray for the rest and safety of everyone who are still missing. Let's all be hopeful despite of the fact that it was really one awful disaster, let's just learn from it-if we don't, calamity like this will keep on happening. This is a wake up call, don't ignore! Let's all take care of all the living things around us especially our mother nature, respect it and protect it. :)


Be safe everyone :)






Edit:


Any donations in cash or in kind are welcome, just send them at:


Xavier University
Corrales Avenue
9000 Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines


Cash donations can be deposited at this account:


Account Name: Xavier University
Account No.: 9331-0133-63
Bank: Bank of the Philippine Islands
            Cagayan de Oro, Divisoria Branch


Or you can donate online thru:
http://www.redcross.org.ph/donate




For more information on how to help, just visit:
http://tabangsendong.xu.edu.ph

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I was with Janine today but I took lots of photos than her. haha! Oh! also, Rhams, Aiko, Princess, Dawn, and Esthel are with us but we parted ways just before I started taking pictures. ^_^

JANINE..

Today, Mai, Rhamzky, and I went to the City Health Office to renew our City Health Card which is one of our requirements in OJT. :)

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A follow up post to these: On The Way To School and On The Way To SM Mall, Cagayan de Oro City

As requested by: Michael Westside "I got a request, dear Mai, how about some pictures of your city. Perhaps some pictures from high places, so that you can see what the city looks like and then some pics inside the city. Perhaps some cool stores we don't have here in the west, or what your market looks like, how everyday grocery stores is like. Stuff like that."

I'm not really sure if I'm posting the right thing here. ^_^ 

So, here it goes Michael Westside, this is what our city looks like. This isn't the whole thing yet. I wasn't able to take a pictures around and inside the market, so, maybe after midterm exam or whenever I have time, for sure I will look into it. For the mean time, here's the scenery inside Limketkai Center.

Limketkai Center | Limketkai Mall (LKKS) is located in Cagayan de Oro City in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines and one of the largest mall in Northern Mindanao since 1995. The entire center is over 25-hectares in area and is home to the largest and most modern shopping-center complex in Northern Mindanao. Located in the business district of Cagayan de Oro and 11 km away from the airport, Limketkai Mall offers a wide range over 300 diversified tenants of internationally and nationally recognized stores, local boutiques, specialty shops, fast-food chains and fine-dining restaurants. The shopping center sports two large department stores and boasts a variety of facilities that include four movie theaters, kids’ play areas and day-care centers, spas and clinics, sports shops, four function rooms, and a huge atrium with 3,000-capacity atrium hall for local and international concerts and events. Outside the mall is the Rosario Arcade, a hang out area that houses bars,pizza places, coffee shops, and fine-dining restaurants; featuring Italian, Chinese, Thai and American cuisines all in one place. Chill, wine and dine at some of the finest restaurants in the Rosario strip and groove with the tune of live music from their nightly live bands.premier modern shopping facility.

Robinsons CDO, which is the 1st Robinsons Mall in Mindanao, is situated in the Limketkai Center. Also situated is the first Starbucks,McDonalds and Jollibee branch in the city, and all of Mindanao. 

source: wikipedia

INSIDE LIMKETKAI MALL 

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This is an update to this post In The Name Of Love. As promised, here's a video made in an instant by Atoy A Martinez ^__^ (it took me a while to update, so sorry ^_^ )

On Site Video 
@KORESCO HOTEL CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY^_^

A video presented just before the celebration ended. It was impressive (for me ha) to think that they made this video while the ceremony was going on. It must be so difficult and they must be so good to do that.

But anyway, the thing is, it came off like.."we wanted more" -bitin ng video! hehe

Finally, the pics from FOTO LOCO CDO ^__^

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