Saturday‚ September 26‚ it is way beyond words what Metro Manila has gone through in the hands of the recent storm‚ Ketsana. With the unusual amount of rain that Ketsana brought‚ it flooded where it never flooded before. Water seeped into houses and in a matter of minutes‚ reached 30 feet. The speed of the flood took everyone by surprise. People have gone to their rooftops or their neighbor’s roofs to save themselves. Rich or poor‚ everyone was caught off guard and no one was spared in this massive
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I’m not sure what to do anymore‚ Abigail asked me to come with her to Boston. We do not have that much money and I’m really apprehensive people will come looking for us. Abby told me that everything will be alright‚ but we have already broken into Reverend Parris house none of this seems morally right. She threatened me saying if I leave or tell anyone she will kill me. We had been planning on leaving for about a week. She came up to me after one of the hangings and told me that we need to
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Prior to the Manila Film Center‚ the Philippines did not have an official national film archive which is why on January 1981‚ then first lady Imelda Marcos spearheaded the building of the first Manila Center. Under the supervision of Mrs. Betty Benitez-the spouse of the then Deputy MHS Minister Jose Conrado Beneitez organized a group to pursue the project. Mr. Ramon M. Ignacio‚ Senior Technology Officer at the Technology Resource Center conceptualized the project and its various components. He likewise
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home from visiting my family‚ it began to rain. It was just me and the boys and they had finally settled down from fighting sleep and I entered into a place of worship and dialogue with God. He began to take me back to the moment when I wanted to mend the broken pieces of my life and fill the voids with a relationship with my father so bad‚ that I came so close to meeting him but God blocked it. I began to reminisce back on the moment I visited Texas for the first time in my adult life (and probably
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things going to Manila. We’re actually going there because we have a three days Educational trip or should I say we’re going to attend a seminar at UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES– Diliman Quezon City. We as the participant will draw a total of 125 including 6 ISU faculty members and 119 student ofISU-Ilagan‚ with the travel agency Great Wall of China-Tuguegarao City. Around six o’clock in the evening we boarded at the Ballesteros Bus Line Corp. That was my first time to have a trip with my classmates‚
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Slip or Trip Case Number: 010147858 Reporting Officer: Deputy Blank On August 13‚ 2013‚ at approximately 1:37 A.M.‚ Sparks police department received a call that an accidental death has occurred. Queenie Volupides‚ the wife of the deceased Arthur Volupides‚ claims that her husband slipped and fell on the stairs while he was coming down to the kitchen for another alcoholic beverage. She says that she wasn’t home when the incident occurred. She states that she was at a country club that was hosting
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History Manila Grand Opera Hotel The Manila Grand Opera House was built in the mid-19th century as the H.T. Hashim’s National Cycle Track‚ a circular wooden structure with a nipa roof. 1890‚ the name was changed to the Teatro Nacional (National Theater)‚ where the Russian Circus and some American theater companies performed. The name was subsequently changed to the Manila Grand Opera House after an extensive expansion of the original theater and its conversion to an opera house in time for the
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when we arrived in UP so we didn’t had a chance to attend the earlier seminars plus we weren’t able to start the on-going seminar of Ms. Tessa Yuvienco about eKindling. We were in the UP Film Institute. Ms. Yuviengco’s talk about the eKindling touched my heart and made me want to take part‚ as an IT student in helping unfortunate children gets a chance to access the internet and learn more about the ICT. I’m thinking of being a volunteer in her group. Also‚ the two hosts are very entertaining and
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are going on a mission trip again next summer!” As soon as my friend Sam informed me of the upcoming mission trip to Illinois‚ my heart immediately started to race with excitement. Millions of questions raced through my head: where was the trip‚ when was the trip‚ how many days‚ who was going? Despite all the questions‚ I knew I had to go‚ and even as I began typing the text message to my mother that would inform her of the upcoming trip‚ I thought about how different my easy excitement was from
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Entering into the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere opened my eyes to see things in a plethora of ways and has changed my attitude on life. I learned a lot about myself‚ God‚ and others as a result from this missions trip and I saw myself grow in many different aspects too. I came to realize in Haiti‚ how important it is to work well with others‚ and that I am able to convey this action smoothly. Working with others is such an important skill to have as working with people is a proficiency
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