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I'm back to Blogging!!!

2011-01-08T19:27:00.002Z

check this new blog site of mine.. I will move this blog site into this new blog site I will use for now..
http://divinekiilerich.posterous.com/ this is very accessible that I could blog anytime I want because it is one of my phone's applications.. So see you there.. =)

WTF is going on? Blog Ni Ella

2009-10-23T08:50:00.009Z

check this blog--> http://mabuhaygirl.multiply.com/journal/item/1104/WTF_is_going_on_Blog_Ni_Ella

Dear friends,

I’m asking your help to spread the word. Tulungan po ninyo akong ikalat ito. Beyond this, we should also demand action. I disabled a plugin so you can copy the photos of relief goods rotting in DSWD warehouses. You can link this post to your blogs, facebook, websites etc. You can also email the photos.

Philippine News (US based Philippine newspaper) will use this as its front page story this week. Every Filipino has the right to know where the tons of donations from the UN and other counties go. Kahit po nakakahiya sa mga nag-donate. Kung sa ganitong paraan, matutulungan natin ang mga nasalanta, then by all means, let’s do it.

For those who have the time, please try to volunteer sa DSWD warehouses. Getting in was not easy. A friend had to put in a word for us. Let’s see kung madali nang makapasok sa DSWD warehouse ang mga volunteers.

Please read on and good luck to us.

Ella

(This post was last edited Oct 22, 12:30 pm)

Kahapon, tinanong ng Philippine News si DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral:

Editor of Philippine News: Why are the relief goods in DSWD warehouses not moving?

DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral: Wala kasing volunteers.

This short interview was done over the phone. Philippine News wanted to hear her side pero ayaw niyang makipag-usap sa press. After four tries, pinasabi na lang niya ang maikling sagot na ito sa secretary niya - “Walang volunteers”.

I don’t want to accuse her of corruption but at the very least she is showing signs of being totally incompetent. We are in a state of calamity where every second counts. May namamatay araw-araw dahil sa sakit.

In my opinion, these deaths could have been prevented if Secretary Cabral had tried a little harder to do her job.

Deaths from Philippine storms nears 1,000
“Tropical Storm Ketsana left 420 dead and 37 missing when it flooded 80 percent of Manila on September 26, a disaster the government said affected 4.35 million people.

Some areas are still flooded three weeks later and 189,000 people remain in evacuation centres,

Typhoon Parma hit the northern Philippines on October 3 and lingered as a tropical storm for a week, triggering landslides that killed 438 people and leaving 51 missing mostly in mountain communities.

The government agency said Parma affected 4.16 million people, including more than 32,000 who remain at evacuation centres.”

During the first week after the storm, lumabas ang “bayanihan spirit” ng mga Pinoy. “Makatulong lang kahi’t konti,” katwiran nila.

kung walang volunteers, ano ‘to, komiks?

From Stella Arnaldo’s blog:

“At the offices of many civic groups and private organizations, hundreds of people showed up to volunteer in packing relief goods.
At the Tulong Bayan center at the Expo Centro in Cubao, Most of the volunteers were adolescents as young as 10 years old, along with their kuya or ate in high school and college.

They came in huge numbers, many of them barkadas, classmates or siblings, dressed just in their tees and shorts, wearing their Havaianas. All were just enthusiastic to do their share!

Photos by Leah Navarro

Even grade school kids can pitched in to help!

2009-10-15T09:16:00.010Z

Night of September 26, I was worried and prayed that my family would be safe from the typhoon that hit Philippines. When I woke up, I saw a lot of status messages from my friends in Denmark that they managed to talk to their family in the Philippines and that they were doing fine. I was worried the thought of my family and at that time, I wasn't hearing anything from them. My husband show me a message from my brother stating that they were in Evacuation Center. I can't help myself. Tears flowing endlessly in my face. I watched all the videos of Ondoy. My husband and my sister who's with me at that time try to calm me and all of my friends in Facebook. They kept on messaging me and trying to make me feel strong. I kept on calling and calling them. I've heard the story from my mom, on what they experienced. My mom had a trembling voice the first time we talked after the Ketsana. I felt in her voice how scared she was and how hard it was for them. Their house in Bulacan were flooded up to the roof. Mom managed to swim with the help of the neigbor who lend her a bucket. She can't swim. She told me that she don't want to go back in our house in Bulacan and that she have fear of typhoon now. All of the items or thing they have at home were soaked wet. They thought that those appliances will not work again. The television, radio and speaker did not work again. But good thing that the electric fan, gas stove, refrigerator and even the computer were back to normal, It worked again but they have it fixed.

I am now calling all filipino's to plant trees, and teach our kids to put the trash in a trash bin. Let us be responsible in cleaning our surroundings. We have to act here is what we can do in Philippines.

Friends come and friends go

2009-09-18T08:29:00.003Z

I know that when friends come and go... I still not get used to being left behind by friends I treat so close to me. When I was young I always meet a friend whom I will consider my bestfriend... then after few years they move away... not because of me but because they need to move in another place. I thought that was all over now I still experience it. I have my best friend here. She was the first friend I had here in Denmark. Now she is going to move in another place not so close to me. It made me cry, I reminisced the past friendship I had. I am a very friendly person. I have a lot of friends, but I only choose one to be my bestfriend. I don't have luck in bestfriends, maybe because I'm destine to be friend with many and not be exclusive to just one person. All of us have a person where we can be who we are without hesitation, or pretentions. She is my person that I know I can go to anytime, I can confide anything to her. I will surely miss her so much. I can't stop crying the thought of her leaving me.

This picture was taken by my bestfriend Rechelle the first time we met.

I will always remember her. Sad that we will only meet once in a month in the future once they move in to a new house.

Tag Q & A from my friend Jenny

2009-09-17T07:54:00.003Z

Thanks jenny

1. What time did you get up this morning? I woke up 7am, preparing my daughter in vuggustue (nursery) funny to hear her sing danish kid song about sleeping bear

2. How do you like your steak? Can't recall

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Read after burning (starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney) I watched it with hubby

4. What is your favorite TV show? BBC full on food (everything about cooking) and Star Channel (everything about fashion and celebrities)

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Boracay (me and my hubby's favorite paradise

6. What did you have for breakfast? noodles

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Asian Cuisine except japanese sushi or raw meat

8. What foods do you like? deserts hahaha, fish, pork, vegetables

9. Favorite place to eat? Chinese restaurants in Copenhagen, Max's restaurant in Philippines

10. Favorite dressing? mayo an ketchup

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? not yet but soon i'll go to driving school

12. What are your favorite clothes? dress something girly girl =)

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Disney World in Paris, California, Rome, Italy

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire? Boracay

16. Favorite time of day? afternoon when the sun is up

17. Where were you born? Manila, Phil.

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Volleyball or billiards

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I don't have much blog friends yet

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? huh?

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? I don't know.

22. Bird watcher? Kind of.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? I'm a night person.

24. Do you have any pets? No

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I've made my danish blog. and post new 2 videos in my you tube channel

26. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher

27. What is your best childhood memory? playing street games with childhood friends

29. Are you married? YUP

30. Always wear your seat belt? not all the time but most of the time I do.

31. Been in a car accident? Yup but nothing serious, one car hit us on the side.

32. Any pet peeves? huh?.

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Ham and Cheese.

34. Favorite Flower? gumamela or hibiscus in danish ( it reminds me of my childhood so much)

35. Favorite ice cream? Cookies and cream

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chowking, kina take away in copenhagen

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None coz I didn't take any driving related test.

38. From whom did you get your last email? Facebook's Notification that I got a message.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? New Yorker

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? studying danish

41. Like your job? I don't have a job for now.

42. Broccoli? sure

43. What was your favorite vacation? Boracay get away... having a massage on the white sand, mmmm snorkeling with my family

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Hubby.

45. What are you listening to right now? watching oprah

46. What is your favorite color? for now violet but all time favorite is pink

47. How many tattoos do you have? None.

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Just 1

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 10:10am, Denmark's time.

50. Coffee drinker? No.

I would like to tag anyone who read it. =)

Fashion doesn't need to cost

2009-09-17T07:27:00.006Z

I love fashion. I am dreaming of becoming a model.. But that would just remain a dream =)

I love to watch fashion shows in Fashion Television (STAR Channel)
As they say "Fashion can be bought but styles comes from within"
I agree with that. For me people can buy stuff that's "in" fashion but still they don't look stylish. It is really in you. There are some poeple that has eye in fashion. That when they see a clothes they know if it is stylish or not. They knew how to mix and match.

I just recently watch a fashion show of Gareth Pugh.

The designs were really crazy and very unique. For me it's very fun to watch his designs. But for me I think It's impossible to wear it in everyday life situations. I want designs that is possible for people to wear. But I have a big respect in all designers because of their effort and unique designs.

Michael Kors in other hand is my favorite designer. He's designs are very ellegant that every woman would wish to have (I do!) I wish I can purchase at least one of his items. If there's a fashion show that I would dream to watch. It's his fashion show. They are very very elegant. I wonder how much is the price of his items =)

For me fashion doesn't need to cost a lot. If we can't afford it, we can still be fashionable in our own way. Live with what we can afford. It still good to be fashionable if we don't worry about money we owe from buying stuffs that we can't afford. There are still fashionable items there that doesn't cost much or suited to our budget. If we have a good pay job, maybe once in a while we can spoil ourselves in buying expensive stuff that we can afford. But If you are going to do that make sure you buy stuff that you will surely keep for long or something that you really desire to have. That everytime you look at that item, it will bring you smile =)

check Michael Kors website: http://www.michaelkors.com/

United Bloggers Award

2009-09-11T08:14:00.004Z

We, bloggers come from different nationalities all over the world. It is such a wonder that we are united because of blogging. This tag is made to know the nationality you are proud to have. I am enjoining all the bloggers to join this tag. Let us see how long we can make this list.

Here are the rules:
1. Copy this entire post but appropriately acknowledge the tag giver.

2. Link your and your blog's name (that is, put your and your blog's name plus the URL) and add the nationality that you have e. g Filipino, Finnish, American, Canadian, etc.)

3. Tag as many bloggers as you can so we can generate a long list here.

4. Return here and give me a comment or a message to include you in the masterlist.

5. If you have multiple blogs, you may copy this tag in all your sites but please include only one blog of yours in each post.

6. Update your masterlist by coming back here.
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7. This tag will not only help us know the bloggers we keep in touch in the blogosphere but will also help build traffic to our sites.
MASTERLIST: (List down your nationality here. The first one has been done for you).

Filipino

1. Mel - My Daily Thoughts and Moods.
My Daily Thoughts and Moods

2. Jenjen - Me and My Shadow.

3. divine - divinekiilerich.

My busy brain

2009-09-10T13:17:00.009Z

I have some sleepless nights... thoughts running in my head... so busy
thinking.... and thinking..

When I have some ideas, or something i want or need to do, i have to do something to make it happen. I don't want my plans to be remain inside my brain. I need to do something about it because it will not go away =)

Before I moved to Denmark I am searching for some sites that will help me know more about Denmark and Filipino's in Denmark. I can't find one so I made one myself --> http://www.danishpinoy.aceboard.com/

When I thought of making a youtube videos i made it, i want it in 3 languages, well i did (www.youtube.com/danishpinay).

My parents are familiar with my attitude, that I will do what I want to do and they can't do anything to stop me from doing it. When I believe I can, I know I have to work hard to achieve it. There were also times where my friends will invite me to go out and I don't ask permission from them. I dressed and tell them where I am going. People around me knew me very well that I am strong driven type of person. When I want to do something I must make it happen. I thought of ideas that will enrich my danish skills so I've made my danish blog http://www.danishpinay.urbanblog.dk/

When I have some ideas of activities for my girlfriends. I put them in one group and spam them LOL with the activities I want to do with them. It's up to them If they will join or not =p

Embracing Denmark and it's culture without loosing my own

2009-09-08T18:33:00.006Z

Since I married a danish guy. I knew I have to embrace everything about him, including his home land. He experienced to live in the Philippines for almost 3 years. He learned a bit of my language (tagalog). He found out how filipino live, behave and what they do in everyday live. I thought before that we are going to stay in the Philippines for good. Then I gave birth we suddenly had to change plans. We moved to Denmark. My 2 months in Denmark was tough for me. There were times were I sat in the corner and cried because I miss my family and friends in the Philippines. I will always remember the day I said goodbye to them. I was afraid not knowing when to see them again. We moved in Denmark in the very worst season and it is something new to me. It was a cold winter season, which I was not used to when I was in the Philippines.

Last June-July4, 2009 we visited my family and friends and had a short vacation in the Philippines. I was so happy seeing them again. I was surprised how my nephews and niece grew up so fast. I remember changing their diapers before when they were babies. When I bid them goodbye tears are gone as we used to have the first time I left them. I was sad leaving them again but then no more tears in our eyes. It is more of smiles in our face because at least we had the time that we shared again, memories that I will bring with me in Denmark.

Now I have been in Denmark for 1 year and nine months. I must say that I can converse and understand danish now, but still not that fluent. I am sure it will come, maybe after 5 years =)
I can also feel hot now when it's just 15-17 degrees. I remember in my Psychology class before how a newborn baby adjust when they just came out from their mother's womb. It's like me, my womb was Philippines and my outside world is Denmark. I learned how to adjust, accept the changes around me.

I may be staying in Denmark for quite some time, til when i'm not sure. I will and always will love the country where I came from.

If you are new in Denmark here is a very helpful site for you: http://www.nyidanmark.dk/

My daughter Charlotte

2009-09-06T14:57:00.001Z

I don't have a kid yet when I created this blog. The post here was our 1st yr wedding anniversary, this is the time where we decided to have a kid. December of 2006 I first found out that I am pregnant. It was exciting experience for me. I wasn't expecting that I am going to be pregnant immediately. We were blessed with a baby girl named Charlotte. We like the name that start in letter "Ch". We were thinking of names Chennette, Charlene or Charlotte. Then my hubby said that Charlotte is also a danish name. So we decided to name her Charlotte. She is now 2 years old. She is so cute. She inherit my forehead, my chin, hair colour and she's female too. But the rest of her feature are from her dad. She's a very sweet girl. She speaks 3 languages, tagalog, danish and english. I talk to her in tagalog, her dad and people around us speaks to her danish, english from some cartoon movies we had and we used to talk in english too. I know in the future she will speak more danish than tagalog, but i'm hoping she won't forget tagalog. I will try to be consistent to her with tagalog language. I'm happy that she is not confuse with the languages she use.

a moment is the answer to all of lifes mysteries!

2009-09-06T14:52:00.000Z

I didn't notice that I created 2 blogs before this one and the other one was www.morenangdivine.blogspot.com <-- the 1st blog i created

www.sweet_divine.blogspot.com <-- here is the 2nd one

www.pinoyindenmark.blog.com <--- 3rd and the latest blog I created....

I feel like blogging again because one of my friend Jenny invited me to.

Boracay

2006-12-13T07:39:00.000Z

Me chatting with some kids @ Bora

It's our 1st year anniversary as husband and wife. We planned to make this day so special, then we decided to go to one of the most popular beach and that is Boracay. That was November 19, 2006. I filed 2 unpaid offs, we were so happy when it was approved. We had four days there and we enjoyed it so much. The water was clear and you can see the fish under the water as if it's playing with you. I learned finally how to swim heh. I like water and I guess it is because I am born under the sign of Aquarius. I chatted with some kids there at Bora as what I usually do. I remember before when we went to Puerto Galera and felt pitty with the two kids both boys I chatted and played with. I found out that those two kids in Puerto Galera are not studying they are selling some Puerto Galera shirts at noon and at night they sell those braces with different light colors. Good thing with the 2 girls I chatted with in Bora they do study. I love kids so much, I always enjoy chatting with them and play with them. I like the way they answer to you questions or their views about life. It so innocent and fun. I remember the Grosby show heh it's really fun.