I still remember the time when I was still a little boy. My grandparent used to manage a band. During that time, music sound systems were not yet  available. The bands were really the ones  playing in some dance nights or fiestas in every city, municipality and barangay. That’s why my grandparent’s house had a little stage inside our house. Almost all band instruments, big speakers and classic music amplifiers were somewhere in the area as well. I’m not sure now if there was a summit 2ba-221 that time but what I’m proud of is that people would always say that my grandparent’s band plays like what they would hear the long playing records since CDs were not yet present during that time.

It is sad to hear that after a month of “Typhoon Sendong,” what are left are a thousand lives in Visayas and Mindanao especially in Cagayan de Oro because of the flash floods that affecteda lot of lives. Thousand of Families lost their houses and still hundreds are still missing. Families are still in grief and many are still living in tents and temporary shelters. More and more people have lost their mind because of the tragedy.

So to those who are just are preparing valentines day gifts for girlfriend and planning expensive dates, why not extend these first to those who still need help. Maybe the best gift of love is what you can give these victims.

As technologies keep on advancing. new gadgets and electronics are launched almost every month. Likewise, developers keep on introducing and adding new features from their previous gadgets developed just like Apple who keeps on introducing new generations of their products. As they keep on upgrading, new accessories are also introduced. As in the previous  iPhone, iPad and Ipod accessories these are not used anymore as people have upgraded to new generations.

I wonder who will be the top grosser in this year 2011’s Metro Manila Film Festival. Since this is the most awaited film festival in the country where all of the film producers and outfits who are  joining have spent so much effort and money to make their film the best. No foreign films are shown during this week festival that the local film makers hopefully will also gain. That make them to make more great movies not just to read eyelash growth products review to ensure their investment will be worthy of returns.

Tropical storm Sendong caused our president to declare provinces affected under the state of calamity. Flash floods brought about by heavy rains swept away entire communities in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro. The Storm also affected some parts of Visayas and Palawan which brought a total death toll to almost a thousand according to the country’s disaster management chief .

Although the president promised to provide cash assistance and housing to affected victims of the calamity, they may not have guaranteed acceptance life insurance of their own and this is not the time to blame anybody but hopefully justice will also be imposed to those who would neglect their duties.

Almost every month there are new cell phone models coming out in the market. Although latest models came up with high prices but sometimes you will be surprised to find that other models come cheap. That’s why it is better to choose and compare first before doing the actual purchase. If you are planning to go cell phone shopping, take the time to compare features and then decide what ever brand you will prefer, may it be an Apple, Nokia, Samsung or htc buy. Always do some research first if that kind of cell phone model really fits what you need.

We always blame climate change whenever there are abnormalities in our weather.  Yet it seems that we are not doing anything to protect our mother nature. Like what happened in the past days. There would be times when the sun would really shine in the morning and then suddenly, the rain would pour during the afternoon. It’s been happening this month of December. The El Ninos and La Nina phenomena are present almost every year. If we can’t start doing something now to minimize climate change, what will happen in the future? We will be needing boot dryers during the summer season and we can’t use our jacket during the rainy season.

We noticed an increase of delivery trucks hi jacking case in the past months in the metro. These are not just a simple case of car napping but even a large truck hi jacking also happen. That’s why it must be required to truck owners to install  truck gps tracking device at least to monitor the truck if it is carrying some goods. At least this will monitor any unusual  road activity of their truck as well make it easy to locate their trucks in times of hi jacking.

When I was a small child, my parents and grandparents told me to hang socks in the Christmas tree or any place in the house every December believing that Santa Claus was really true, and in the morning of 25^th of December we used to feel very happy that we’d already have something inside of it and have a big box of toys. I’m sure many parents and grand parents still do the same until now.

While I don’t do that anymore due to my religious belief now, I still see the essence of rewarding, now that I have become a parent. My wife and I always make it a point to reward our son through simple things like a happy meal he wants, every time he does something good like making it good school and having good grades. One day, I know he will get the essence of rewarding and he will collect all his many memories of happy thoughts that can fill in stainless steel barrels.

I am sure people are now pondering on what gift to someone they love. As what other people said, scary moments have already passed so let’s welcome a time of giving. For me if you a have plan of giving away some things which sometimes are much more expensive, my suggestion is to at least give a kilo of rice and  can food. We can also give noodles and give it to those who really need at least a food for a day. Politicians out there with their names printed in acid t-shirts or plastics of goods with also their names.