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Our organization, the University of the Philippines Linux Users’ Group, had a precinct mapping party for the upcoming May 10 elections last May 3, 2010 at the UP Computer Center. Those who were not able to make it to the venue mapped simultaneously with us in remote locations.

The goal of the mapping party was to map as many unmapped polling precincts (for the May 10 elections) to help our kababayans in finding their precincts in the upcoming elections.

Anyone may help in this Find Your Precinct initiative by Google.

Tropical Storm Ondoy (typhoon) (internationally known as Ketsana) has hit Metro Manila today, September 26, 2009. The typhoon brought almost a month-worth of rainfall in Metro Manila for a duration of six hours – the highest recorded rainfall in the area in 42 years. It brought streets of Metro Manila underwater – mostly in waist-deep flood but it was reported to have reached up to five meters in some areas.

VOLUNTEERS: Sagip Kapamilya Foundation warehouse is bloated! Sagip Kapamilya needs volunteers to pack and send relief goods. You may go to 13 Examiner St, West Triangle, Quezon City or Scout Bayoran St (near Scout Bayoran St corner Tomas Morato Avenue beside Alex III restaurant), Quezon City. You may also volunteer for Kapuso Foundation. Just go to GMA7 near GMA-Kamuning MRT Station. Just ask the guard where the Kapuso Foundation is.

Emergency Hotlines

• Disaster Emergency Hotlines: 911-1873, 912-5296, 912-2665
• Bureau of Fire Protection (NCR): 7295166, 4106254, 4138859, 4071230
• Makati City Rescue: 186, 8958243
• Marikina City Rescue: 6462436
• Brgy San Antonio, Pasig Rescue: 6310099
• Quezon City Rescue: 161
• Disaster Management Office: 5270000 loc 134
• Philippine National Red Cross: 09209527268, 5270000, 143, 9111876
• National Disaster Coordinating Council: 912-5668. 9111406, 9122665, 9115061,
  9111873, 9111906, 9120984, 9122665, 9123046, 9125296, 9125668
• Citizens Disaster Response Center: 9299820, 9299822
• PAGASA: 433-8526
• ABS-CBN Bagyong Ondoy Hotline: 4163641
• Manny Villar Hotline: 09172414864, 09276751981, 09174226800
• Dick Gordon Hotline: 09178997898, 0938444BOYS – please text FULL ADDRESS
• Meralco: 09175592824, 09209292824

Services

• Petron and San Miguel Helicopter Request: 09178140655
• Rubberboat requests: 838-3203, 838-3354
• Dumptruck requests: 09174226800, 09276751981
• Nissan and Honda Free Towing requests: 09228504452, 0922445-2242, 09228997959

Donations

Donations for the victimes of Tropical Storm Ondoy are very welcome. You can donate thru the channels listed below. You may comment on the comments are if you know other channels.

Relief Goods

• Philippine Airlines Foundation: Reputable, nonprofit, charitable organizations may send their relief goods to provincial PAL stations.
• Citizens Disaster Response Center: Relief goods can be dropped off at 72-A Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City
• Sagip Kapamilya Foundation: Relief goods can be dropped of at 13 Examiner St., West Triangle, Quezon City or Scout Bayoran cor Tomas Morato, Quezon City
• Tulong Kabataan: Relief goods can be dropped off at Kabataan Partylist Headquarters, 118-B Scout Rallos, Kamuning, Quezon City
• Bayanihan Filipino Community Center (for people in NY): send your donations at Bayanihan Filipino Community Center, 40-21 69th St, Woodside NY 11377
• GMA Kapuso Foundation: 982-7777 loc. 9904
• UP Diliman Sagip Isko: Relief goods can be dropped of at the Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman Campus, QC

Financial Support

• Philippine National Red Cross: Text RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart)
• TXTPower (for people abroad): You can donate thru PayPal.
• TXTPower thru Smart Money: send funds to 5577-5144-1866-7103
• TXTPower thru GCash: send GCash to 0917-9751092
• GMA Kapuso Foundation: 982-7777 loc. 9904

Advisories

• Classes in colleges and Universities are suspended until Friday, October 2, 2009 in places under the state of calamity.
• Classes in all levels in Marikina are suspended until Friday, October 2, 2009.
• Classes in elementary and highschool in Metro Manila and Rizal are suspended until tomorrow, September 30, 2009.
• MRT and LRT, 24 hours operation today September 26, 2009..
• Meralco will also shut down power in certain parts of Metro Manila, as per advisory below.
  

  ANCALERT: Meralco will shut down power in parts of Metro Manila to protect residents from possible electrification as floods submerge homes.

• UP Diliman Advisory Chancellor Cao sent a memo to all deans stating that stranded faculty, staff and students in their respective colleges can stay for the night.
• Marinduque, Camarines Norte , Bataan and Metro Manila were already placed on state of calamity. Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Isabela, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, Bataan and Metro Manila.

More updates soon.

Photos and videos

• Bagyong Ondoy @ Katipunan Avenue (1, 2) – YouTube
• Flood photos in Katipunan Avenue, Rosa Alvero St and Park 9 Alley – Picasa
• Bagyong Ondoy @ Park 9 Alley (1, 2) – YouTube
• Bagyong Ondoy @ Rosa Alvero (1, 2) – YouTube
• Flood in Las Pinas

If you want to share your photos, just comment below and I’ll put your photos.

This Saturday, September 19, 2009, will be Smart Bro’s B Free Day! The event will be held at the Mega Tent, Meralco Avenue, Ortigas.

Smart Bro will be giving away 10,000 limited edition UAAP & NCAA plug-its (USB 3G modem) at a first come first serve basis. They’re also raffling off free laptops. Free food will also be served. There will also be free rides, free booths and a lot of other freebies. The best thing about this is that admission is free!!

The event is exclusive to college students of the following UAAP and NCAA participating schools:

• Adamson University
• Angeles University Foundation
• Arellano University
• Ateneo de Manila University
• Colegio de San Juan de Letran
• College of Saint Benilde
• De La Salle University
• Emilio Aguinaldo College
• Far Eastern University
• Jose Rizal University
• Mapua Institute of Technology
• National University
• San Beda College
• San Sebastian College – Recoletos
• University of Perpetual Help – Dalta System
• University of Santos Tomas
• University of the East
• University of the Philippines

Don’t forget to wear your school’s color. Validated school ID for the current term is also required. To register for the event, sign up for an access pass.

For more information, visit the B Free Day website.

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Are you interested to Free and Open Source Software?

Come and join the Philippine Team of Software Freedom Day  this Saturday, September 19, 2009! This year’s SFD will be hosted by the University of Santo Tomas’ Computer Science Society & Society of Information Technology Enthusiasts.

Registration is free! You may support the event by buying SFD merchandise. Please visit the Software Freedom Day ’09 page for more information.

Exactly one week ago, bloggers from all over the Philippines gathered at the University of the Philippines Diliman for iBlog5: the 5th Philippine Bloggers Summit.

iBlog is an annual gathering of bloggers to discuss state of blogging in the country and other sorts of stuff. There are also lots of informative talks, both for new and old bloggers.

This year’s iBlog is more successful in terms of attendance. I met a lot of new bloggers but unfortunately I was not able to remember all of their names and URLs.

That’s it. My very short and boring iBlog post.

Yey, today is the University of the Philippines’ birthday. UP is now officially a hundred years old!

The day was filled with lots of activities. From a flag-raising activity to Oblation Run. Unfortunately, I was not lucky enough to grab one of the 200 tickets in store for the College of Engineering for the night event at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The only activity I have witnessed today was the Oblation Run. (more…)

Yesterday was the first ever Bloggers Summit in the Philippines, the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 1 held at 4th Floor NCCC Mall, Davao organized by the Usual Suspects. Thank you very much for that, it was very very very successful. Thank you for the prizes, I got an IBM Notebook and a web hosting plan.

I arrived the mall at about 10:30pm. I went directly to the 4th Floor, checked the summit area and saw a lot of adults there. I was already in front of the registration desk, still feeling the anxiety (takot na hindi makarelate). I heard the voice of kuya Migs from outside and they were about to sing the National Anthem. I backed out on my first attempt, went back down. (more…)

Yes, I’m attending the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit.

Earlier this month, I posted that I can’t attend the summit. But now, I’ve decided to cancel my e-competition registration at GenSan just to attend the summit.

Kuya Abe Olandres of Yugatech will be there. I’m a regular reader of his blog and I’m looking forward on seeing him in person.

I’ve already posted the required post for registration on my old blog, right here.

That’s all for now and see you guys!

Tomorrow’s gonna be our Science Camp 2007, and we’re pretty busy right now. I’ve been very busy making our subcamp’s ID.

Our subcamp is Sazeroc Anemos, our element is wind, color is white (dirty white or cream).

So I’ve got a sample of our IDs, this one is mine.

Here’s a brief fictional history of Sazerac Anemos:

In the beginning, Gaea was mother to all the elements but the air. The earth had its trees. The sea had its creatures. But everything though was dull! Still. Lifeless. Dead.

There was nothing between them. So, Gaea thought to herself, “Such pitiful childrem I have. Great though they are but meek do they become for they live only by themselves and by themselves alone.” At this, Mother Earth knelt and and wept, “What greatness do I, the sea, behold the mountains I cannot move, when shores I cannot embrace?” “What greatness do I, the earth, behold when my trees cannot dance, when my eagles cannot soar?”

At that, Gaea bore another child. She beholds, “Here is your brother, ANEMOS — humble, gentle, and kind. It is he who will kindle the waves of your waters, it is he who will stir your trees in joy. It is he who will lift your eagles high. It is he who will be my blood, the current through which your brotherhoos will be enkindled.”

Anemos asked, “What greatness do I have when I am in no one’s sight, when I cannot even be seen?” Gaea replied, “You, my child, have the grace to touch lives. You will roam the earth, bridging every gap, fondling every soul. You will not be seen but you will be felt. You are an invisible force, an unseen power, a rousing influence. You are SAZERAC ANEMOS!

Pacquiao won against Barrera. No knockouts, full 12 rounds. For more info, see my previous post.