Dare to Blog

I keep asking my friend
To help me know about your name.
He keep telling me
Knowing about it is wasn’t just a game.

I find some other way to know about it,
Though I don’t know exactly how to do it.
I keep on hoping that you’ll notice me,
But never those times you gave your attention to me.

When I was at 1st year
I started courting you.
Sending you letter,
Though you didn’t reply me too.

All I wanted that moment,
Is you notice me.
Then, here it comes,
God granted it to me.

But the sad thing about it,
Your Mom confronted my granny.
Telling her that I have to stop courting you.
Though its against my HEART but still I follow,
‘Cause I wanted her to know,
That I’m sincere about you.

Years had passed,
Still my LOVE for you is pure.
Decade had gone through,
Still your in my HEART.

Been to relationships for many times,
But never my HEART dare to forget you.
I don’t know why as it keep telling me
That it was not a lie.

I know that through that time I became so shy,
I never dare in person just to say “Hi”.
All I do is let you know what I feel,
But never I dare taking the deal.

Until such time you busted me up,
I can’t remember anymore for how many times,
But here I am again,
Begging to “WIN YOUR HEART”.
Hoping that one day,
God will permit to design your “ONLY HEART”

Dedicated to my longtime crush… Ever since way back elementary.

by: WILSTOP

As I continue to surf the net I happened to read this News. I feature it here in my blog for you to know about it too 'cause this might be one of the best way to help those people who are being affected. Here is the Article.

Typhoon Wipha has hit China's densely populated eastern coast but will probably miss the country's financial hub, Shanghai, officials say.

Shanghai's flood prevention bureau said Wipha would probably pass 100km (60 miles) to the south-west of the city on Wednesday evening local time.

It has been downgraded to a tropical storm but could still cause major damage in the area near Shanghai.

One man died after stepping into water touched by electrical wire.

More than two million people were evacuated from Shanghai and the nearby provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang before the storm landed.

Extensive flooding

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Shanghai says the authorities have warned Wipha could still bring extensive flooding, high winds and heavy rains to China's biggest city and surrounding areas.

The typhoon - with winds of up to 45 metres (150ft) per second - made landfall at 0230 on Wednesday (1830 GMT Tuesday) but was losing force as it travelled north along the coast.

Two FIFA Women's World Cup matches, originally scheduled for Wednesday in Shanghai and Hangzhou, have been postponed to Thursday, the Xinhua news agency reported.

President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao demanded provinces safeguard the lives of residents, in a statement posted on the Chinese government website.

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Central Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Tuesday as schools were shut and transport links cancelled, amid warnings the storm could be the strongest to hit the region in a decade.

The province of Zhejiang south of Shanghai bore the initial brunt of Wipha.

State media reported that 40,000 boats and ships were ordered back to port.

Wipha - a woman's name in Thai - grazed northern Taiwan on Tuesday, prompting the closure of schools, offices and financial markets.

One man was reported killed and another seriously hurt when scaffolding collapsed at a building site in the capital, Taipei.

The deadliest storm to hit the coast of China in recent years was Typhoon Winnie in 1997, which killed 236 people.

The first captive-bred Philippine Eagle produced for the 2005-06 breeding season is stable, six days after it hatched at the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Baguio District, Davao City.

The hatchling, a product of the natural pairing of eagles Tsai and Princess Maasim , is the 19 th Philippine Eagle bred in captivity by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF.) It hatched around noon of November 25 weighing 158.5 grams.

PEF Conservation Breeding staff headed by Deputy Director Domingo Tadena were elated that the new chick needed no assistance getting out of its shell, but kept the chick under intensive monitoring during the critical first few days of its life.

First born in new incubation and rearing facility

The eagle chick is the first to hatch in the Elias Lopez Facility for Incubation and Rearing at the Center, inaugurated in June this year in preparation for the onset of the breeding season in July. The facility was built to support the growing number of Philippine Eagles that the PEF produces.

"Breeding and rearing techniques have greatly improved since Pag-asa was born 13 years ago, and we anticipate more eagles as we progress with our research," PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvador said.

The new annex is designed to accommodate the expected increase in egg production with the approaching sexual maturity of the first generation of captive-bred eagles the PEF has produced. The rescue of eagles who are too injured or unfit for life in the wild has also brought additional breeding stock to the Center. The Elias Lopez Facility also features an intensive care area for the rearing of young eagles during the crucial first month.

Conservation breeding of the extremely rare eagle species began as far back as the 1970s, when indiscriminate logging and rampant hunting rapidly depleted the eagle population. Quick population-replacement solutions like captive breeding were most needed, even as work for the long-term protection of the eagles and their habitat were also implemented.

Godparents needed

As with eagles born before it, the newborn chick will be made available for adoption and naming under the PEF's popular Adopt-an-Eagle program. The program started when the first captive-bred eagle Pag-asa was born in 1992 with as many as six organizations offering to help in raising Pag-asa by shouldering expenses for his food and care.

To date, PEF seeks assistance in the rearing of 17 of the 33 eagles in the Philippine Eagle Center. For more information on adopting an eagle, the Philippine Eagle Foundation may be reached through the following phone numbers: Manila: 02 8140418 (Tanya), Davao: 082 2243022, or through info@philippineeagle.org .

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