atty yei is a happy name!

Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 1976 – 10 October 2009) was an Irish pop singer, songwriter and actor, who, with Ronan Keating, was one of two lead singers of the pop group Boyzone.

Gately’s body was discovered on 10 October 2009 in the apartment which he owned with Cowles near Port d’Andratx on the western tip of Majorca in Spain. Spanish police were alerted at 1:45 pm. It was reported that he had “gone out for drinks, returned to his accommodation and fallen asleep, but never woke up.  He was found squatting in an awkward way on a sofa, dressed in his pyjamas.

Police said they had no reason to believe the death was related to abuse of substances such as drugs or alcohol and no suicide note or signs of violence were located on the corpse.

Gately’s bandmates flew out to Majorca on 11 October 2009.^[23][30] Louis Walsh is expected to join them soon. The surviving members of Boyzone, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating and Shane Lynch, issued a joint statement:

We are completely devastated by the loss of our friend and brother, Stephen. We have shared such wonderful times together over the years and were all looking forward to sharing many more. Stephen was a beautiful person in both body and spirit. He lit up our lives and those of the many friends he had all over the world. Our love and sympathy go out to Andrew and Stephen’s family. We love you and will miss you forever, ‘Steo’.

An investigation into the circumstances of Gately’s death was underway, with police concentrating on a night out he had with Cowles.A post-mortem and toxicology tests took place on 13 October and this examination showed that Gately died of natural causes due to pulmonary oedema^. On 16 October, his body will be brought from Majorca to Dublin where his funeral will take place at the Church of St Laurence O’Toole the following day.

rest in peace Stephen!

news source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gately

remembering lola sinte…..

today, october 3, ang 12th death anniversary ni lola sinte, ang mother ng aking mudra. we had a simple dinner at kwentuhan ng mga moments namin with her. hay 12 years na pala yun. nakakamiss talaga sya but i know she’s in a better place now. i miss you gwahmah!

i hate you ondoy!

monday, september 28, lumabas ako ng bahay para pumasok sa opisina at isang depressing na sight ang tumamban sa akin. ang bayan ng sta maria——grabe ang pinsala dahil sa bagyong ondoy.maraming mga daan ang may tubig baha pa at yung wala nang tubig ay puro naman putik. maraming gumuhong pader, marami ding mga establishments ang sarado dahil pinasok ng tubig ang kanilang mga tindahan at ang kanilang mga paninda ay nabasa at nasira. may mga sasakyan na tinangay ng malakas na tubig, mga bahay na nawasak, mga daan na nabitak, mga tulay na halos magiba, ang palengke ng sta maria na parang nalunod dahil sa taas ng tubig baha, mga ospital na pinasok ng tubig, hay hay talaga.

karamihan sa mga biktima ng bagyo ay nasa covered basketball court sa likod ng munisipyo ng sta maria at marami rin ang nagtiis na lang na pansamantalang tumigil sa kalsadang malapit sa itaas ng sta maria bridge. i hope bukod sa local government ng sta maria ay may iba pang magbigay ng tulong sa kanila. sana hindi naman sa NCR lang ang focus ng relief operations ng channel 2 at channel 7, sana naman ay tulungan din nila ang mga kababayan ko sa sta maria.

(mga larawan ay mula sa facebook)

Pinas, nasa state of calamity!

Nung byernes ay may-i-declare si panggulong GMA na ang pinas ay nasa state of calamity na at go signal na rin ito para magamit ang lahat ng available na  government resources sa pagtulong para sa mga biktima ng bagyong ondoy. i hope lang may natira pa sa resources na yan ha at hindi naubos sa mga travel ek ek at expensive dinner ng panggulo. nakakatawa lang kasi nung padating na ang bagyong pepeng eh nag-announce sa tv si presidentiable gilbert teodoro at GMA na inutos na daw ang paglilikas sa mga pamilyang nasa pasig at cainta para safe sila pagdating ni pepeng. eh di ba yung majority ng mga taga cainta at pasig eh nasa evacuation centers na. sino ang ililikas nila? flood waters? anu va!????

ang damage to property ng bagyong ondoy was so far pegged at 5.5 billion pesoses kaya ang haba na naman ng pila ng mga tao sa GSIS kiosk at PAG-IBIG Fund offices para mag-avail ng calamity loan. pero since loan yun, poproblemahin pa rin ng mga pinoy ang pagbabayad nito. wala kayang tulong na hindi utang? wala bang contingency funds na pwedeng makuhanan ng cash gift or anumang pwedeng ibigay para matulungan silang makabangon mula sa trahedya?

pero kilala namang survivor ang mga pinoy. at kahit pa nga mahirap at masakit, hindi susuko ang pinoy. and with God’s help, we will definitely survive this tragedy and wish ko lang na sana after this struggle, we come out stronger and wiser.

pahabol na birthday greetings!

happy birthday (relatives at friends)

abi natividad, joy laud at jared joaquin (october 1)

chico bermejo at laiza joaquin (october 2)

atty. ernie espino at honey espino-mendoza (october 3)