EVERYONE knows about the 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan. I'm not really good with words but I want to help people. since I'm from the Philippines, I'll also post ways you can donate via Philippines!

So, let's help Japan!

Non-Believers Giving Aid

Non-Believers Giving Aid and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science are collecting donations to aid the people  natural disaster. Every cent and penny of money donated via Non-Believers Giving Aid will be forwarded to the International Red Cross – and if you are in the UK and you complete the Gift Aid Declaration along with your donation, we will pass that on in its entirety too.

Click here to donate to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science!

Bank Deposit through NHN JAPAN

The charity site lists the account number you can send your donation to.

Mitsui Sumitomo Bank (SWIFT: SMBCJPJT) [You need this SWIFT code to send money from overseas.]
Shibuya Ekimae Branch (No.234)
Account Number: 3483718
Account Holder: NHN JAPAN　 (NHN JAPAN = エヌエイチエヌジャ� ��ン）

All the proceeds will go to people in the affected areas via Japanese Red Cross, local governments, and social welfare corporations.

(translations from here.)

Donation via Mobile

US
Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10

PH via SMS
Text RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart)

PH via G-Cash
Text DONATE<space>AMOUNT<space>4- digit M-PIN<space>REDCROSS to 2882

Paypal Donations

• via US - Minimum of $25 USD
• via PH (peso and dollar account)

Other Ways:

• GlobalGiving Project - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund
• Donate via Google Checkout
• Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: 7 Simple Ways to Help
• Donate via RedCross Canada

I'll add more later! :)

Dear NoLimitHost,

Now that I'm finally done with my move and my entire domain is about 96% working by now, I'm writing this open letter for your hosting company. And yes, I'm name mentioning here.

I would like to let you know how disappointed I was with your hosting. Your services has been really really bad. I've been having a lot of problems with your hosting since last year. For one, I'm often getting hacked. And I clearly do not know why. Thankfully, though the hacking did a SERIOUS amount of damage to my files, it didn't reach my databases. If not, I would've been raging in your nearly non-existing customer support and/or spamming your blogs and sites already. Aside from that, my sites were always down. And by down, I mean they do not load at all. for a number of times, for hours at random days. This has been happening since the first few months I've been hosted in your servers, but I've been very patient (and also lazy to find a new host and transfer my files, because it's a lot of work and time consuming). But in the end, I reached by limit and finally gave up. So I have decided to move on with another hosting company.

I do not care if you read or respond to this or not. I just wanted all my readers to read it to let them know that it is wise not to get hosted by your company.

Angry customer,
Euri

Whenever I wake up, I'm forced to see reality. And each time, the pain carves deep into my soul. It makes me want to go back to sleep and just forget everything. Living inside your dreams is better. You can choose which life you wanted to live and who you wanted to live with. Unlike in reality where all you can do is accept it, just vent away your frustrations and move on.

But after having long repeated arguments with myself that actually last a second in reality, I still choose to wake up each time. I still try hard to pull myself up the bed each morning to look at the sun out my window that doesn't really mean anything to me, feel the warm sun, get blinded by the light, and irritated by the hot weather. It's like hating vegetables, yet you still eat it because your mom says so – that sort of feeling.

I don't know why I do this. Maybe, for self-satisfaction. I probably wanted to prove to myself that I can stand on my own feet no matter how painful life can be. And you know, at the end of each day, I only end up saying one phrase over and over... Life, fuck you.

About 4 months ago, I've posted an announcement that my friends from Light Crystal Publishing House was holding a short story contest for their first year anniversary. Of course, I've also joined the said contest. A few months later, sometime around the end of November, I received a message via Facebook that the short story I've submitted was picked and will be included in the soon to be published book. And of course, I tweeted this. And just a few days ago, I received the official email, stating the same message from LCPH.

Official email:

I wasn't really expecting my short story to be included so I was really surprised. For one, LCPH is a Christian owned publishing house and my short story is, well, uhm, not so Christianly. And it isn't your typical love story either. But I meant for the story to turn out like that. Another thing is my ability to write. I used to write fan fictions and I also used to role-play, but I'm not really good at writing, except for maybe, poems. You can't really call fan fictions literary works. Though, when I submitted this, I thought it's worth a try and joining would be fun. So submitted my own short story, anyway. And I'm glad I did. :)

Here's the last picture we took of our dad. We had lunch (if you still consider a meal at 3pm, a lunch) at President Restaurant that day with our cousin, Allan, and her daughter, Jenny. He doesn't have a lot of pictures because he hates getting his pictures taken.

(Allan, Jenny, mom and dad)

My dad's actual birthday is yesterday. I just didn't have time to post this, so I'm posting it now.