For the Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana Victims in the Philippines
Dear friends, colleagues and co-residents, Pardon for the cross-posting but I felt it necessary to extend this minute effort of reaching to your compassion and benevolence for the victims of Typhoon "Ondoy", code name Ketsana, which struck the capital of the Philippines, Metro Manila and its immediate tributary areas. On September 26, the calamity seem to have raided the city in great surprise, amidst weather agencies warning about its coming. Typhoon Ondoy claimed quiet a number of lives already and left those who survived the onslaught, stranded, homeless and no food and drinks. As of press time, the death toll hits 246.
For those who want to give money/goods donations, you may course it though the Filipino Association of Scholars in Tsukuba (FAST). They are collecting money and goods for donation, which will be forward to the RED CROSS.
PLEASE CONTACT:
Vallerie Ann Innis Samson
X-ray Laboratory
National Institute of Materials Science
1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan
Other related blog posts on the web :
- How to help Typhoon Ondoy victims
- Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) disaster relief efforts in San Francisco, CA
- Donating to Manila from abroad
- Ondoy Victims - Send Online and In-Kind Donations
- Some Photos taken during the height of the Typhoon
And if you visit YouTube, you would find lots of videos there to see how Typhoon Ondoy hit Metro Manila.
Thanks and be safe to all.
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dimaks blogs at skamid.com
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Photos from Yamanashi
Sharing some photos I took during our summer seminar in Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan on August 7-10, 2007.
Flower shots: (click to enlarge)
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A trip to Tohoku
All the way gloomy days during the 4th till the 6th of July were all worth it by threading the way to and around Tohoku, Japan. Tōhoku (東北), which literally means "East-North" is the northeastern region of Japan's Honshu (mainland) island. Tohoku is a host to many museums and temples and it has over a dozen of listed tourist attractions, ranging from parks to rivers and mountains.
The trip was organized by the International Students Center of the University of Tsukuba. It was a 3-days hop to the three (3) prefectures of Tohoku namely, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata.
The first prefecture we went to was Iwate. Take a peek at the photos I took. (1. Inside a restaurant 2. One of the temples in Chusonji compund 3. Miyazawa Kenji Museum)
Next destination was Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture. (1. Akiu Ootaki 2. Inside a museum 3. During the bay cruise)
And the last one was Yamagata prefecture. (1. Inside a museum 2. Yamagata ken souvenir shop 3. Cherry fuits)
Although the trip was a little bit tiresome by just sitting inside the bus, the tour guide's efforts were worth mentioning, trying to be awake and genki (energetic and lively) all the time while all of us are dead tired slumbering in our seats.
The full of memorable stories museums in Iwate, the wonderful splashing waters of the Ootaki in Miyagi, and the tasteful cherries in Yamagata, all made the 3 days trip worth treasuring.
For the rest of the photos in bigger resolution, you may view them in my Zooomr album.
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dimaks blogs at skamid.com
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