Camp Kabataan's Preparations for LEVEL UP SYC 2010 (Working on A Wednesday)

I'm still dreaming at around 10:30 yesterday morning when I overheard two young people talking to my father and asking for me. Turns out that these two are my pals from JIVE Youth. A hypnopedic like me gets easily distracted. I woke up and told my father that I'll be meeting them in a while.

My two pals asked me for directions on how to go to SBC-Masinag. They have a rehearsal for the LEVEL UP Summer Youth Camp 2010. I ended up not taking a bath, not eating breakfast and accompanying them to SBC-Masinag.

I wasn't supposed to be here in Masinag, Antipolo City because I have to follow-up JIVE Youth's participants for the Summer Youth Camp in Makati. Camp Kabataan's Drama Team wasn't the only one here. The Registration, Production and other organizers are also here.

I must say, Camp Kabataan's volunteers are doing are really great job in preparing for our organizations' yearly highlight. The Drama Team is already in the perfecting stages of their rehearsals. I wasn't allowed to peek but I did anyway.

Campers, Counsleors, Pastors and Volunteers, Level Up Summer Youth Camp 2010 will make you nostalgic of the '90s. that's all I can say.

The Production Team is also finishing the decorations and other stuff for the stage, and the whole venue. They are also doing a really great job. If I may say so, LEVEL UP SYC 2010 is the most beautiful, action-packed and wonderful Youth Camp of Camp Kabataan.

SBC-Masinag's office became the extension of my home office for yesterday. Thank you Pastor Alvin. Thank you also to Pastor Jeff for letting me use his laptop to finish this post.

Join Camp Kabataan's LEVEL UP Summer Youth Camp 2010 and have good, exciting, fun!

See you there and to Camp Kabataan's volunteers, Kudos to you all!

SBC-Makati AM/PM Service & JYC Line-Up for March 28, 2010 and Other Announcements

Singers, here is the line-up of songs for SBC Makati's AM/PM Service:

Pick It Up (Planetshakers)

Open The Eyes of My Heart

Siyasatin Mo (Ted Amper)

We Belong To You Alone

We're singing Filipino songs for March 28. JYC Line-Up is as follows:

Pumarito Ka (Ted Amper)

Kasama Natin Ang Diyos

Mahal na Mahal Kita

Siyasatin Mo (Ted Amper)

Call time for March 28 is 9AM/2PM for SBC-Makati's AM Service and Youth respectively. please be guided accordingly.

Tremors on A Thursday

This afternoon, at around 1:30 PM, Philippine Time, two consecutive earthquakes shook Makati City and other parts of the National Capital Region. As of this posting, the epicenter of the quake is still unknown. Ate Sarj told me that the stronger quake is 5.9 magnitude in the Richter scale.

Around 12:30 PM, I just left a local high school to visit and congratulate one of my very good friends on his graduation this coming Tuesday. I was actually lost and was helplessly asking for directions on how to get to my school. You see, my first class is at 12:45 and it's a major one and I was desperate to get to school. I tried hailing cabs but after a dozen passed by and they all have passengers, I decided to take the jeepneys.

At around 1:20 PM, I finally arrived at Magallanes and rode another jeep to our school. By 1:25 PM, I'm already inside the college premises. I finished encoding my Law Communication 1 homework early this morning, around 2 Am for that matter, but am unable to have it printed. I went to the school's IT Resources Group to have it printed after paying at the Accounting Department. After I opened the file (my homework), I noticed that the text on the computer screen were moving. Atty. Cuevas required us to be creative when it comes to homework, but I clearly remember that I did not put animations on my word processed HW. It will also be useless if printed.

That's when I realized that the ground is shaking. It felt normal at first but the tremors grew stronger. One of the ITRG staff also noticed that an earthquake is ongoing and alerted everyone. The Director of ITRG panicked and told his staff to save all data, and get out of the building.

I went to class after that and was marked absent. It's already 1:37 and LAWCOM1 is from 12:45-2:15 only. My blockmates would've sang 'Happy Birthday To You' to one of our blockmates but Atty. Cuevas told us to get out of the building at that moment.

I still managed to drop a letter to one of my professor's pigeon-hole box. My excuse letter for the Youth Camp. Our Program Director told me to get down now and I did.

There were two quakes. the second was the aftershock. It's considerably weaker in intensity than the previous one. All students, faculty and staff gathered at teh parking lot to wait. It took almost ten minutes for all students, faculty and staff to vacate the building. It's no longer a drill, it's for real! Thanks to Ate Janelle for the idea. We've been conducting earthquake drills in the past months but I don't know why it took ten minutes for all the people to vacate the college.

Also, the fire alarms were not pulled on all floors. i think the only alarm i heard was from the second floor. After that, the building administration department and staff checked the building for damages and the building was later declared safe. I was hoping for the suspension of classes but I was disappointed. Classes resumed minutes later. We had World Literature then and discussed Luisa Valenzuela's Vision from the Corner of One Eye and Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale heart.

Praise God that no one was hurt and we're still alive. Glory to God and Hallelujah!

LEVEL UP! Summer Youth Camp 2010 Post #2

In a nutshell:

LEVEL UP! Summer Youth Camp 2010
April 6-9, 2010 (Tuesday-Friday)
Camp Fee P450 (transpo, accommodations, food, training materials)

Camp Orientation: April 4, 2010 @ the JIVE Youth Center, 3/F Kalayaan Market Bldg., Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City

Deadline for registration: March 28, 2010 (flexible 'to, we need your confirmation on this date. You need to register to reserve your slot. Payments can be made on or before April 4, 2010.)



It's summer once again and I invite all the youth in NCR, Philippines to join CampKabataan's Summer Youth Camp 2010 entitled LEVEL UP! This will be held on April 6-9, (Tuesday-Friday) 2010 at the Mt. Peniel Campsite, O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac.

Camp fee is only 450PhP inclusive of the round-trip transportation (Air-conditioned bus), meals from Tuesday evening to Friday morning, accommodations, training materials and insurance (which we hope you don't get to use because we'd be very sad if you do).

If you are interested to join and be a delegate, please sign-up at our Sunday Youth programs (3-6PM) at the JIVE Youth Center, located at the 3/F of the Kalayaan Market Bldg., 9642 Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

BTW, deadline for registration is on March 28, 2010 the Sunday before the Camp Orientation. We are setting a deadline for the registration process to be organized. Efficiency purposes also. (For extreme cases, this is flexible. We can arrange something for you. Contact me ahead of time.)

For more inquiries, please feel free to contact me at 09159037243/09227997328, or comment on this post. I will be posting updates on the next days to come.

Thank you so much and see you there!

LEVEL Up! Summer Youth Camp 2010 Logo

Here's SYC 2010's logo. LEVEL UP!

JIVE Youth Programs Every Sunday

I, once again invite the youth of Makati City and nearby cities to attend our weekly Youth programs at the JYC (JIVE Youth Center) every Sunday 3:30-6PM.

JIVE Youth Center is located at the third (3rd) floor of the Kalayaan Market bldg., Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

JIVE Youth is an organization of teenagers and young professionals whose aims include reaching the youth of Makati, using their gifts in serving one another and having good, holistic fun.

This year, we are re-launching our weekly meetings. We'll keep you posted on the schedule.

Activities at our Sunday Youth programs include a mini-concert, icebreakers and sports activities, fellowship, and a lecture regarding various topics that the youth can relate to. refreshments are often served at the end of the program along with fellowship.

See you there!

Home Alone

I will be home alone for a whole week and I will have yet another taste of being independent. I woke up with a 500 PhP bill on my sidetable and a text message saying that my father's in the province.

My father's having a vacation at my aunt's house and will be back next week. It's not because we're driving each other crazy (at times yes XD) but it's good for him to have a vacation from time to time. He's already a senior citizen and he needs rest. My fridge is fully stocked with foods from our event yesterday, "It's Showtime" so I don't have to worry about getting hungry. the problem is, we don't have any more gas (LPG. LPG in the Philippines costs about 12-15 USD and if I buy gas, I will have no more money for the rest of the week.

I know it's hard to maintain a big home. I'm living in our house for the past 18 years. So, for the next days, I will be cleaning the house, the dishes, feed the cat, the fishes and the doves (Yes, we have doves), and do some maintenance work.

So help me God.

Level Up SYC 2010 Camp Counselors' Orientation and Training

With the month of March nearing its end, our great wait for Camp Kabataan's Summer Youth Camp 2010 entitled "LEVEL UP' intensifies. We still have a lot of preparations to do before we get to the event so everyone, hold your water! XD

Anyway, Summer Youth Camp 2010 Counselor's Orientation will be held this Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the SBC-Masinag Auditorium from 9 AM-12 NN.

For those counselors coming from Makati (JIVE Youth), we will meet at the Youth Center at 8 AM. Fare will be provided.

For JIVE Youth, we are in dire need of counselors (male and female) that will head our small groups when we get to camp.

Also, deadline for camp registration is on March 28, 2010 (Sunday) so sign-up right now! We are not promising any sponsorships but we are praying with faith that God will provide.

You can register by attending our Youth programs every Sunday, 3PM at the JYC (JIVE Youth Center) located at the 3rd Floor of the Kalayaan Market Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City. Look for Kuya Paul or contact him at 09325474646.

Camp Orientation is on Sunday, April 4, 2010, 3-6PM.

For more information regarding Camp Kabataan's LEVEL UP: Summer Youth Camp 2010, feel free to comment on this post, contact me at 09159037243 or 09227997328 or attend our Youth programs held every Sunday.

See you there!

JYC Songs Line-Up for March 21, 2010

Singers, here is the line-up of songs for our program on JIVE Youth this March 21: For more info, please contact Ate Sarj.

War Song

Indescribable (Chris Tomlin)

Friend Of God

You Are God Alone

Please be guided accordingly.

My favorite fragment

Here is one of my favorite fragment:

A great euphonious in every box

JYC Line-UP for March 14, 2010 (Revised)

JYC Singers, here is the line-up of songs for our Youth Program on Sunday, March 14, 2010 according to Ate Sarj. Rehearsal will be on Sunday, March 14, 9AM & 2PM

Opening Song: Pick It Up

P&W:

All Day
Open The Eyes of My Heart
Always

Special Number: You're My Bestfriend (Ted Amper)

Line-up has been revised. When God Ran by Benny Hester will be sung next Sunday, March 21. Please be guided accordingly.

It's Showtime Preparations

This afternoon, the APPROJ2 class of BM71 continued our preparations for "It's Showtime! An Inter-School Talent Showdown". It's Showtime will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010 at the APC Auditorium from 2:30-6:00 PM. Tickets are still available at the Auditorium lobby at the day of the event for PhP20.

It's Showtime is a part of APC's College Week 2010 with the theme: "Colors of Excellence".

Asia Pacific College will formally launch the official colors of the 4 schools:

SoAB (School of Accountancy and Business)
SoMA (School of Multimedia Arts)
SoCSIT (School of Computer Science and Information Technology)
SoE (School of Engineering)

Anyway, the props, decors and other things needed for It's Showtime were finished and will be ready for Monday's event. Also, the members of the class who will be presenting an intermission number rehearsed today.

The five committees of the class, Program, Logistics, Finance, Documentation, Marketing, worked very hard as a team to put on a very entertaining show on March 15. We hope our efforts will

It's Showtime is the Mid-Term project of the Applied Projects 2 (APPROJ2) BM71 class.

JYC Line-UP for March 14, 2010 (Revised)

JYC Singers, here is the line-up of songs for our Youth Program on Sunday, March 14, 2010 according to Ate Sarj. Rehearsal will be on Sunday, March 14, 9AM & 2PM

Opening Song: Pick It Up

P&W:

All Day
Open The Eyes of My Heart
Always

Special Number: You're My Bestfriend (Ted Amper)

Line-up has been revised. When God Ran by Benny Hester will be sung next Sunday, March 21. Please be guided accordingly.

It's Showtime preparations

This afternoon, the APPROJ2 class of BM71 continued our preparations for "It's Showtime! An Inter-School Talent Showdown". It's Showtime will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010 at the APC Auditorium from 2:30-6:00 PM. Tickets are still available at the Auditorium lobby at the day of the event for PhP20.

It's Showtime is a part of APC's College Week 2010 with the theme: "Colors of Excellence".

Asia Pacific College will formally launch the official colors of the 4 schools:

SoAB (School of Accountancy and Business)
SoMA (School of Multimedia Arts)
SoCSIT (School of Computer Science and Information Technology)
SoE (School of Engineering)

Anyway, the props, decors and other things needed for It's Showtime were finished and will be ready for Monday's event. Also, the members of the class who will be presenting an intermission number rehearsed today.

The five committees of the class, Program, Logistics, Finance, Documentation, Marketing, worked very hard as a team to put on a very entertaining show on March 15. We hope our efforts will

It's Showtime is the Mid-Term project of the Applied Projects 2 (APPROJ2) BM71 class.

SYC 2009 Snapshots

Here are some of the pictures from last year's Summer Youth Camp.
Theme is Call of Duty-World At War. Was held April 2009 at the Mt. Peniel Campsite.

3rd Term AY 2009-2010 Mid-Term Schedules

Here is BM71's schedule of Mid-Term exams and defenses:

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Law Communications 1 (Obligations only)
World Literature (poems - short story (The Pomegranate by Yasunari kawabata)

Friday, March 12, 2010

Human Resources Management (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5 & 7)
Applied Projects 2 defense (all committees)
Electronic Commerce defense (Groups 4-6)

Good luck and God bless us!

JIVE Youth's Line-up for March 14, 2010

Singers, here is the line-up of songs for our Youth Program on Sunday, March 14, 2010 according to Ate Sarj. Rehearsal is on Thursday, March 11.

Opening Song: Pick It Up

P&W:

All Day
Open The Eyes of My Heart
When God Ran (Benny Hester)

Special Number: You're My Bestfriend (Ted Amper)

LEVEL UP! Summer Youth Camp 2010

It's summer once again and I invite all the youth in NCR, Philippines to join CampKabataan's Summer Youth Camp 2010 entitled LEVEL UP! This will be held on April 6-9, (Tuesday-Friday) 2010 at the Mt. Peniel Campsite, O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac.

Camp fee is only 450PhP inclusive of the round-trip transportation (Air-con bus), meals from Tuesday evening to friday morning, accommodations, training materials and insurance (which we hope you don't get to use because we'd be very sad).

If you are interested to join, please sign-up at our Sunday Youth programs (3-6PM) at JIVE Youth Center, located at the 3/F of the Kalayaan Market Bldg., 9642 Kalayaan Avenue, Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City.

BTW, deadline for registration is on March 28, 2010 the Sunday before the Camp Orientation. We are setting a deadline fo the registration process to be organized. Efficiency purposes also.

For more inquiries, please feel free to contact me at 09159037243/09227997328, or comment on this post. I will be posting updates on the next weeks to come.

See you there!

I Will Get There

Just this afternoon, while in my class, our college's guidance counselor came and asked me to see him at the Guidance Office. I was wondering what it was. The latest violation I had was September of 2008 when I went to school without my ID card.

I met with him later and asked about the 4 absences I had in one of my subjects. 5 is the maximum number of absences one is allowed for this term. I said, in my defense, and in a good manner that I only have 3. My professor in that boring, blasted subject, who I may add teaches like high school, miscounted my absences as 4. I told that professor that it was only 3 and I showed proof---the activity that professor gave us that day.

Now this Guidance Counselor of ours asked me what do I want in life. I replied, "We all crave for success." This GC of ours has been acting as if he is better than me since the first term.. I have respect for authority but there are just certain times when you want to contradict them---that's called rebellion. They have to do their job, I understand that, but I think his approach in dealing with me is a little bit out-of-line.

For the record, I am aware, I understand and I know the repercussions of having excessive absences. I need not be reminded. It is my responsibility to go to class. I am not one of those students who go to school to just to fail their subjects, chat with friends and don't care about learning. I study smart. And yes, I will graduate college and be a successful person in my field.

It will take time, but I will get there.

Earthquake in Chile

The world hasn't recovered yet from the 'shock' given by the earthquake in Haiti last january and just last Saturday, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile literally shook numerous lives. The earthquake in Chile which some say is the strongest in 5 years and is one of the strongest recorded quakes in history tore, tumbled and destroyed various houses, buildings and other infrastructures. The quake also sent a tsunami racing almost halfway around the world. The quake also shortened the days on earth by 1.26 milliseconds. The Chilean earthquake was so destructive that President Michelle Bachelet declared not a State of Emergency, unlike President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, but a "State of Catastrophe".

Too bad, Chile was visited by the racers of The Amazing Race 16. Such a beautiful country. I commend Phil Keoghan and CBS for acknowledging the disaster that took place there just as they did when a tsunami devastated Sri Lanka and other countries a few seasons ago. Kudos to Keoghan and company!

I was talking to my Sunday School Superintendent last Sunday, February 28 about the quake which my father told me about. He heard it from the radio. I was telling Ma'am Glo that Tsunami Alert Level 2 was lifted in Hawaii, other Pacific islands and the Philippines. We prayed that the quake will not send a tsunami and guess what? It didn't. In the Philippines and other Pacific islands, for that matter.

As I was reading some articles on the Web about the quake, I've come across this story about the Desarmes family living in Haiti when the quake last January transpired, moved to Chile just to be shaken once again by the 8.8 magnitude quake. Here's the link to the story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_chile_earthquake_twice_cursed

I will leave you with fact that natural calamities are uncertain when they will come but we can do something. We can prepare for it.

Christians, let us pray that no more catastrophes will happen. Also, let us donate to the Red Cross.

Have a great and safe day everyone.

Let's Get Desperate! The Desperate Housewives Season 6 Spoilers

Salut! For tody, I decided to post spoilers of one of my favorite TV Shows, The Desperate Housewives. If you do not wish to view the spoilers for Season 6, please read my other posts.

The Desperate Housewives Season 6 will have 23 episodes. Last Sunday's episode, "The Chase" is a crazy one! Here are other spoilers for the future episodes of The DH:

Episode 6.17 / "Chromolume No. 7" / MARCH 14, 2010

- A Russian gold digger lands her eye on one of the young men on Wisteria Lane and wants to marry him, much to dismay of his family. She'll be around for 2-3 episodes and her victim is Preston. Lynette discovers Preston wants to give her an expensive ring and tries to switch rings.

- Gaby gets a modeling job for Ana in NY to get her away from Danny. He follows her, Angie follows him. Somehow, the group ends up where Angie's mother lives and Ana/Gaby tells Angie's mother's neighbor where she lives. This neighbor informs Patrick Logan.

- Gaby also meets some ex-colleagues from the catwalk, but they aren't too pleased to see her.

- Angie tells Danny who his biological father is, probably Patrick Logan. The environmental awareness was just a red herring and won't be of much important to the final episodes.

- We meet Angie's mother.

- Not sure whether it's in this episode or the next, but Mrs. McCluskey finds out she has lung cancer (just like Kathryn Joosten last year) and at the end of the episode, Roy proposes. They drive of to get married, along with Susan and Mike(?).

- Originally, Julie Benz was to written out of the show last episode, but her contract has been extended for multiple episodes, no word yet on whether she'll 'survive' the season finale.

Episode 6.18 / "My Two Young Men" / MARCH 21, 2010

- John Barrowman joins the cast as Patrick Logan, the man Angie's running from. He'll be the bad guy for the final 5 episodes.

- Patrick Logan comes to Wisteria Lane.

- Angie's mother reappears.

- Lynette becomes suspicious of Preston's fiancé.

- Katherine reveals her secret (relationship with Robin) to the other housewives.

6.19 / APRIL 18, 2010

6.20 / APRIL 25, 2010

6.21 / MAY 2, 2010

6.22 / MAY 9, 2010

6.23 / SEASON FINALE / MAY 16, 2010

Travel Plans

Just this morning, my Auntie Nancy and Mommy Dely arrived. More of a stop-over because they will be heading out to Antipolo City to attend to some business. It has been a while since they've visited us. Mommy will be going back to Vancouver on the 15th. Before that, we will be visiting some of relatives in Sto. Rosario, Macabebe, Pampanga. Maybe next week. I know we have relatives in Pampanga. My father's from Macabebe. We may very well visit Dang Sion in La Loma if I get their address.

BTW, SBC-Makati is planning for a Missions Trip for Cambodia in OCtober/November 2011 and China in 2012. I hope that will materialize.

No classes tomorrow but I've got s lot to do. Have a great day everyone!