Prisoners in China

25 Pinays who are supposed to work in China are now in jail. According to the news, an African men whom they don’t know personally approach them while they were still in the airport here in the Philippines asking them if they can help them  bring some of their baggage since they already reached the allowed maximum weight of baggage per passenger.  These African men promised them to pay $300 if they will bring the bag with them but upon arrival at the airport in China, the Pinays were arrested for Drug trafficking. The sad part is, the African men were not with them since they told them that they will take the next flight going to China and told them that they will call as soon as they get there. They were just helping and now, they’re the one who are in prison and waiting for what punishment they will give to them.

 

I know it’s really natural for us Filipino to be helpful with others, but what if these things will happen to us? The lesson here is, it’s okay to be kind and helpful with others but we should also be aware that there are some people who’s trying to win your trust and won’t do good on you. I hope that the Philippine Consulate General in China will help these women since the reason why they’re going in China is to work for their family here in Philippines and not to sell drugs. Should they have known about these earlier, maybe they will never help those foreign men. Let’s pray for them and I hope that they will be free soon.

What’s Happening Now?!

I woke up this morning feeling deppressed. Why? Because I heard from the news that the price of petroleum gas increased again by P0.50! OH MEN!!!! If I remember it right,  the increase started since the last week of February up to now. And it’s the 7th time na nag increase. If you’re going to sum it up, nasa P3.50 na ang itinaas. Am I going to use a bicycle now? Oh my gulay!! Kahit gulay ang mahal na din. And just this morning I bought a milk for our daughter, I asked the store clerk if the milk already increased, good thing because according to her there’s no memo yet about the price increase for the milk but not until May. Hay! Taas ng taas ng presyo ng bilihin pero hindi naman nagtataas ng sweldo.

Longest Line

I was tagged by Rachel to do this. Sorry, it was kinda late.
Here’s how it goes…

You must have played the game the longest line at some point in your life. How about if we play the cyber edition of this game? Are you with me? Let’s start.

Rule: Copy the entire list and add your name below the person who tagged you. Then tag at least 5 friends (But you can tag as many as you like) and visit their blog to let them know you tagged them.

Abie - Journey to Life
Abie- MyPlanetPurple
Bela
Kaptyurb by Howell
Vannie
Vannie2
Aggie
Apols
Apple
Thea
Jacqui
Jane
Jody
Joy
Kelly
Mich
Peachy
Vien
Nick
Meeya
Meeya’s Memes
Meeya’s Parties
Munchkin Mommy
Mapped Memories
Cafe Munchkin
Heart of Rachel
Antipatika *Here’s your spot!*

 And now I’m tagging Kotsengkuba, Andrew, Bless, Kengkay, Mspinkbiik…

Philippine Women’s University Interior Design Exhibit

Philippine Women’s University Interior Design Students were having their Graduation Exhibit at Tiendesitas in Pasig City. The exhibit will last for two weeks. It started last April 1, 2008 and will be there until April 15, 2008.

If you have time please visit the site. You can look for my sister Ms. Diane Marie Contreras, an Interior Design Student and one of the exhibitor. She can assist you while you’re there.

Here’s a sample of her work

Modern Gothic Style Bedroom

The Exhibitors