KIDS TURF

I have always been a lover of  log furniture. This started when  my parents brought us to our small log house in our farm in Bukidnon.  We spent our summer at our log house away from the hustle and bustle of city life.   That was in the late 70's...now our farm was turned into a pineapple plantation of Del Monte Philippines. My parents leased it to DMPI in 1985. What was left with our log house were reclaimed wood dining table , chairs and double-deck bed. Other furniture were either given to our tenant or were sold . I hope to  build my own log house someday.

It is true that most of adults know very little about world-wide web. Most kids end up teaching their parents on how to configure, upload, download , covert files and install programs. Sad to say I am one of them...

The latest that my son taught me is how to download videos from youtube . He created first my " you tube" upload my videos and start downloading videos from you tube.Wow! It took him  less than an hour to download 10 videos.  Now I am on the process of uploading my blog contest videos and my travel videos.    Our next session would be  "  How to convert videos to MP3 format".

Entry foe Wordfilled Wednesday  and Wordful Wednesday.

My kids are now back to school after a week of class  suspension due to the flash flood that hit our city.  As what I have posted last week, we were not able to save all our things. Only the washing machine and over toaster survived.  Our LED TV, computers , furniture and other home appliances were damaged. It doesn't matter to us if we lost our everything.. what's important is that we survived that killer flood and that we have a  house provided by my in-laws as our temporary shelter. While some are crowding in evacuation center  sick and hungry, we are  healthy and comfortable in one of the rooms of my husband's ancestral home.

My son as one of the volunteers of Operations Blessings. Drinking Water was the immediate needs of the flood victims. Thanks to OB for being there  as early as 9am  on December 17,2012.

My entry for Blog Photo Challenge 366 and Blue Monday.

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The shocking calamity that hit my Cagayan de Oro city recently has claimed many lives and properties. The images that the typhoon left us were horrible. I’ve seen houses and vehicles , big and small, overturned by Typhoon Sendong. I’m just thankful to God that my family was spared from the awful experience although I can’t help but be sad to see our properties destroyed. 

I can not dare to explain in detail what transpired on that bleak dawn of December 17,2012 because it still breaks my heart. Last week with my family we went to our house . I can not help but Thank God for sparing our lives. The whole family slept over at our mom's house with the tragedy struck. The original plan was I and my mom will stay home while my hubby and my sister will sleep at my grandma’s house since she was not feeling well that day. I just don't know why suddenly my mom decided to go to Villa Ernesto Gusa . My mom called my dad who was at Divisoria that time to go back to Balulang and fetch us . It was already 10 pm when we went out from our subdivision. We never expect that 2 hours after a flash flood would hit our place and claimed 10 lives in the neighbourhood. We greatly thank God that our housemaid was able to escaped out from the rushing and rising water through the sunroof in my room. She almost gave up because the water was almost at the ceiling and it was pitch black. Then she cried to God for help and miraculously the light of her soaked cellphone came out. She saw the sunroof and effortlessly was able to open the roof. In split –second she was able to escape death. There are lots stories of survival I have heard and I realized it was God who saved those people.

All I can say is that the Kagay-anons never expected this to happen. Really, no one knows what tomorrow may bring. Our lives are in the hands of God. We can only do so much to secure ourselves, our property, and our future. With the damage that the typhoon has brought my city, and as we move towards rebuilding our homes. I realized that real treasures are stored in heaven and that we must be ready always to meet our creator.

Thank God some of our appliance-s retrieved after the flash flood were repaired. Our washing, microwave oven and computer CPU are now working. We regret we were not able to mount at the wall our LED TV, it could have been saved. Anyway, we are staying at my mother-in-law right now, so we still enjoy watching our favorite TV shows. Thanks to Mommylo ( as we fondly call my mother-in-law) for willingly and joyfully let us stay in her big house together with my two brothers and his family. God will surely bless you mommylo for your kind and gracious heart.

NO CLASS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD