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As the saying goes, There's always light at the end of the tunnel . For those who knows someone or is actually a victim of Typhoon Ondoy, join the latest contest from Real Living and who knows?! you might actually win an entire home makeover!!! Click for more details Good Luck!!!!

There's still a lot of help needed by the victims of Typhoons Ondoy (and Pepeng). This time, my favorite doughnut store is stepping up by organizing an Ondoy Fund Raising activity tomorrow, October 11, 2009 . It's so easy to participate: Simply purchase an Original Glazed Doughnut (or a box would be great too!) and Krispy Kreme will donate the entire sales generated from this to the Philippine National Red Cross - Rizal Chapter and ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya . Let's go spread more sweetness around and most especially to those who needs it the most.

..and I always believe that there's always a light at the end of the dark tunnel... To all travel bugs with passports that were damaged by Typhoon Ondoy, here's a piece of good news. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has issued guidelines for the renewal of lost or damaged passports by victims of Typhoon Ondoy. To assist applicants document their lost or damaged passports due to typhoon Ondoy, the DFA has especially prepared an Affidavit of Loss or Damage which wil be available free of charge to the applicant at the Office of Consular Affairs’ (OCA) Information Counter. For lost passports, the following are the requirements for their replacement: 1. Birth Certificate issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) 2. ID or other supporting documents indicating the date and place of birth of the applicant 3. Three (3) passport size picture with royal blue background 4. Duly accomplished Application Form (may be downloaded at www.dfa.gov.ph) For damaged passports, the follo...

It was a couple of minutes past 9PM when Paul and I took a very short drive to Xavier School to drop off two plastic containers of crispy chicken nuggets and a cooler filled with C2 Lemon and some Mineral Water. I also brought a bag of crackers and candies for the victims. It wasn't much really...I was disappointed that I wasn't able to buy much since most of the supermarkets are out of canned goods. Still, we wanted to help in any way we can and so we thought of bringing cooked food and some drinks for the hardworking volunteers. After a series of text messages sent back and forth between myself and fellow bloggers Jane and Christa , Paul and I finally arrived at the Angelo King Multi-Purpose Hall of Xavier School. After dropping off our items, we stood around and surveyed the area while watching the busy volunteers sorting, packing, boxing and sealing boxes which will be dispatched to 5 key areas namely: San Juan, Malabon, Quezon City, Marikina / Rizal and Manila. A couple ...

September 26 morning began with non-stop rains and moderate gust of wind. We were hesitant whether or not we should push through with the Candy Fair at the Megatent in Pasig. Setting up was a bit stressful as we had to wait in line in order to bring our items out safely. Luckily, at exactly 11AM our booth was ready to open. Little by little, Candy girls arrived but unlike last year, they came in trickles. Still we kept our optimism up and still put on a huge grin on our faces as we welcomed them to our booth. At around 12 noon, my mom has received an SMS from our friend who lives a couple of houses away from ours. He was looking for someone with a tug boat because water is starting to rise inside his home and it has already filled up their basement. I felt a huge lump on my throat, the only person left at home was our dad, Scottie and a helper and almost every road leading towards home was flooded. We were told that the San Juan creek has overflowed causing the great flood along Wils...