Posted under: Journal with 768 words9 Notes
To the people who have been worrying about me, I am okay. Though I am spared from the harm caused by tropical storm Sendong, many people have not been spared.
I am knocking on your hearts’ door to please donate for the victims of the storm.
This is an exact copy of a blogpost from Iligan Bloggers Society (Iliganbloggers.com):
Donate $1 for the ILIGAN FLOOD VICTIMS OF TYPHOON SENDONG
Maayong Iligan in this season of giving.
Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc. is humbly requesting your generous help for the victims Bagyong Sendong of Iligan City.
Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc. is accepting donations in kind for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in the city. We encourage the following items for donations: canned goods, noodles, bath and laundry soaps, toothpaste, rice, used clothings, slippers, and cash donations.
DROP OFF POINTS: St. Michaels’ Cathedral, DXIC Radio Staion, City Hall, Rizal Park, and Calda Pizza Iligan City Branch will be the drop off point for the donations in-kind of cash. Please do not hesitate to ask to verify for you to extend your help to the victims of Typhoon Sendong.
For drop-off points in NCR, please refer to this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1usa6L3YVHucPYfDG7uoVv0zGZ1iM68dLaXo0rl-hEtw&pli=1
Paypal Donations: http://bit.ly/oneforiligan-donate
BDO Account: Revilla N. Carbonell-Noel – 109451077611
You may refer to this link for further information about the cash donations:
Those who have donated are listed in this link:
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You can contact the following point persons for your donations and other inquiries.
ILIGAN BLOGGERS SOCIETY, INC.
SITE: http://iliganbloggers.com
EMAIL: iliganbloggers@gmail.com
FB Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/iliganbloggers
LISA (LAI) MARIE MIRASOL | Pinay Travelista, @pinaytravelista
(IBS, Inc. Web Content Manager)
http://www.pinaytravelista.com/ 09062558863; (+63) 222-2117ALEXANDER SINGCOL | iligan Inquisitor, @lexuzinquisitor
(IBS, Inc Board of Trustee Member)
http://theiliganinquisitor.blogspot.com/ 09053117925, (+63) 8360272REVILLA CARBONELL-NOEL | Adventures in Life
(IBS, Inc Board of Trustee Member)
092193209944, 09427009788For more Updates on Iligan City status after Typhoon Sendong:
DXIC: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rmn-dxic-iliganFB Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/iliganbloggers
Your Donations will be read and shown at: www.iliganbloggers.com
Daghang Salamat.
I hope you guys would be able to donate even just a small amount. It will be of great help to the people in need. As a part of the Iligan Bloggers Society, I am assuring you all that the donations will go to the flood and storm victims 100%. I have donated myself. I hope you would as well.
To those who have families in Iligan City, here are the list of the flood victims:
List of Deaths (Iligan)
http://bit.ly/sBip0yList of Missing Persons (Iligan)
http://bit.ly/t4HTMPMissing Person Inquiry Form (Iligan)
http://bit.ly/tzOVUvList of Survivors, Admitted, Out-Patient, Found Persons (Iligan)
http://bit.ly/rtOO9r
To those who have helped, thank you so much. If you haven’t yet, please do. Thank you.
Posted on: Friday, 16-12-2011 at 12:28
Posted under: Fashion with 313 words24 Notes
Lol at my post title. I can’t think of a better one! 
When I arrived home, a package of my purchase from Wholesale-dress is lying on the sofa. I was really ecstatic to see it. I hopped to the sofa and opened it eagerly. Thus, I tried it on immediately.
I was happy to see the panda long-sleeved shirt. The cloth used was really two-thumbs up. You cannot really tell the quality of the cloth through the picture. But when you get to touch it, you can really tell that the quality is really great.
Hype this on lookbook please?
The panda printed on the shirt is actually another cloth. It is like the material of the usual felt paper we used on our scrapbooks. I don’t know what the exact name of the cloth really is. All I know is it is too cute.
The holiday break has just started. Well, I am so happy to take the two weeks off. However, I will still be studying coz exams await me next year.
Here’s something from our batch (4Vidas) year-end party. I love the photos. Find me? hahah Toodles.
Posted on: Friday, at 12:07
Posted under: Etc with 346 words3 Notes
All of us have different outlooks in life. We pray for something better to happen to our lives. We are all eager to know what awaits us in the days to come. By this eagerness, we tend to look for ways to predict the future. No matter how unpredictable the future of a certain person may be, people still find ways to further predict future.
One of many ways is the Tarot reading. This is a kind of card reading that is used by Tarot readers to predict future of the person who wants to know about it. No matter how the world has turned to the knowledge era, many people still refer to go to tarot readers.
Did you know that there is now an online psychic reading available? Yes, you’ve read right. There is now psychic readings in the world wide web. What a way to know the future than have it readily available to you online? Yay! Perfect!
Wondering how do they read your future online? I’ve heard, they chat with clients first to be able to know them a little better. This is done before the actual consultation. You need to register for free, then you will be able to chat with the psychics unlimitedly. When you finally have given the information they needed, they will be able to have the actual consultation. The payment is via credit card.
With everything bouncing into the online scene, it has gotten better too. We don’t have to pile up in the lines to be able to get our future readings. You just need to sit back, relax, and do everything in a single click. What a comfortable life!
We have different outlooks of the future. It depends upon our culture, tradition, and religion. What might apply to one person may not apply to others.
photo: Google.
Posted on: Wednesday, 14-12-2011 at 15:54
Posted under: Hijab,Islam,Religion with 1852 words10 Notes
Several people have asked me the same question over the years. I started wearing the hijab when I was a little girl, four years old to be precise. Earlier this evening, I opened my formspring account and got surprised that two questions are about my hijab. I am happy that someone really took time to ask. I was about to answer it in formspring but then I decided to make a blogpost out of it since it will be a long discussion.
WARNING: This will be a boring post for those who are not open-minded enough to handle the things that I will say.
This is actually a good step to explain to all the non-Muslims here in the Philippines the perception of hijab and why one should wear it. With the majority of the country’s population being Christian, I think they should also get the point why a Muslimah wears a hijab. I have gone to Manila where people stared at me for wearing a hijab roaming around Mall of Asia with my mom.
I came from Tawi-Tawi where wearing a hijab is just an ordinary thing. Most of the girls I know wear hijab either because their parents told them so or because they wanted to wear it. I have friends who do not wear it at all too.
I used to wear it half-way. haha. What I meant was that, I used to wear it not fully-covered. Yes, my dad used to push me to wear the hijab when I was in elementary and high school level. I used to not understand the essence of wearing the hijab. I used to rebel from wearing the hijab. But, all of those were just a thing from the past. I am thankful that my father forced me to wear the hijab. If not, I won’t be able to wear it for almost 16 years.
Actually, prior to my father forcing me to wear the hijab, I used to admire people wearing hijab when I was four. I imitate them by wearing the hijab too. Until my father decided that I should not take it off. It was a good thing. You see, parents know better. They have known the cruelty of the world before we do. That’s why we should abide by the things they say. As what is stated in the Qur’an, our paradise lies in the feet of our mother (three times more important), and father.
So, why do I wear hijab? Why do Muslim girls wear and must wear the hijab?
Let me start with why Muslim girls should wear a hijab. It is one of the compulsory things to do for women in Islam. As far as I know, even other religions does so. A Christian and Jewish woman in the past can never go to church without a headscarf on.
Many call it oppression of women. I beg to disagree. Hijab, more than anything in the world, gives me a source of security. Wearing a hijab avoids temptations that could result into unwanted things. As a woman, we are more vulnerable. Once the glass is broken, we can never patch it all up to the original form. Prevention is better than cure. Hijab is a prevention.
I wouldn’t want to just state my opinions without proof. That is why I have looked for some explanations in the web for this as well. All of which are taken from the Holy Qur’an. So, forgive me if I bore you.
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Here’s a further explanation from www.muhajabah.com
So, what do the Quran and Sunna say about hijab? There are two ayat of the Quran that deal with hijab. These are Surah an-Nur ayah 31 and Surah al-Ahzab ayah 59. Let’s look at what these ayat say, and how the Prophet (sAas) has explained them.
Surah an-Nur ayah 31 says:
Wa qul li al-mu’minat yaghdudna min absarihinna wa yahfazna furujahunna wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa maa zahara min haa wal-yadribna bi khumurihinna ala juyubihinna; wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa li bu’ulatihinna aw aba’ihinna aw aba’i bu’ulatihinna aw abna’ihinna aw abna’i bu’ulatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw bani ikhwanihinna aw bani akhawatihinna aw nisa’ihinna aw maa malakat aymanu hunna aw at-tabi’ina ghayri ulu’l-irbat min ar-rijal aw at-tifl alladhina lam yazharu ala awrat an-nisa wa laa yadribna bi arjulihinna li yu’lama maa yukhfina min zenatahinna. Wa tubu ilaAllahi jami’an, ayyuha al-mu’minun la’allakum tuflihun
And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it, and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful
Surah al-Ahzab ayah 59 says:
Ya ayyuha an-Nabiyy qul li azwajika wa banatika wa nisa al-mu’minin yudnina alayhinna min jalabib hinna; dhalika adna an yu’rafna fa laa yu’dhayn. Wa kana Allahu Ghafur Rahim
O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful to draw their outergarments (jilbabs) close around themselves; that is better that they will be recognized and not annoyed. And God is ever Forgiving, Gentle.
Together, these two ayat lay out seven commandments for Muslim sisters:
- “to lower their gazes”
- “to guard their private parts”
- “not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it”
- “to extend their headcoverings to cover their bosoms”
- “not to display their beauty except to their husbands or their fathers…”
- “not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide”
- “to draw their outergarments close around themselves”
It can be seen that three of these commandments relate to behavior. These are:
- lowering the gaze
- guarding the private parts
- not striking the feet on the ground so as to give knowledge of what is hidden
- Lowering the gaze means not looking at what is forbidden to be seen of others. Guarding the private parts means that only the husband is allowed to see or touch them. Not giving knowledge of what is hidden means not posturing or strutting around so as to jangle hidden jewelry or make men think about hidden body parts. All of these are part of what Allah SWT has commanded in regard to hijab.
The other four commandments relate to dress, and can really be expressed as three rules:
- not displaying the beauty beyond “what is apparent of it” except to the people listed in 24:31
- extending the headcovering to cover the bosom
- drawing the outergarment close around
What exactly is the meaning of each of these rules? For this, we need to look to the Sunna, because the Sunna shows us how the Prophet (sAas) explained the Quran.
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Here’s a radio interview of a hijabi (Dr. Ambreen Nazir Juvale) talking about why a Muslimah should wear Hijab:
Ambreen talked about hijab in an splendid way. I adored her in this interview.
Here’s what other hijabis have to say with the hijab:
I know there actually a lot of Muslimahs who do not wear hijab yet. I am not saying that they are bad. We all have battles to fight in this complicated world. One of the battles is living like a true Muslim. Somehow, I pray to Allah that they actually gain guts to wear the hijab out of their own will. No one should really get pushed to wearing the hijab. We should wear it out of our own will. Because if we did, we will have a better foundation than being pushed to wear the hijab. The intention of wearing the hijab is the most important element to embrace it.
I am not saying that I am a better person than anybody else because I wear the hijab. I commit mistakes too. Hence, I repented and I am moving forward to start anew. I had several battles myself. I thank Allah SWT for always being by my side whenever I needed IMAN and courage.
Again, hijab is never an oppression. As far as I know, it is a freedom of speech. With hijab, I am able to communicate things I want to say. I am happy with the hijab. Alhamdulillah, I hope many Muslimahs will wear the hijab. It is for our own well-being. Preserving ourselves here in earth for the beauty of paradise is important. Unless, we want to look all used-up and weary by reaching there. Worst, we won’t be able to even step into paradise.
PS: To all non-Muslims (this goes to Muslims too) reading this, please understand that this is a religion stuff. I don’t want hate speech against my religion in my blog. So, if you have bad things in mind, refrain. It is better to stay pure than produce hate.
Posted on: Wednesday, at 13:01
Posted under: Etc with 128 words1 Note
Ever wondered where our top-thinkers and influences studied? Ever thought of following their footsteps? I bet you would want to know where do the world’s most admired people went during their college days.
Read the infographics to know more.
I bet some of you want to go to some of the aforementioned colleges already. Me too! I am inspired by these people so much.
