jennytuazon.com

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Grief-stricken weekend | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/grief-stricken-weekend.html

Eleventh of March 2011, I woke up self-contented and strong. I went to work ignoring the gloomy weather that day, told myself that the weather will change later in the afternoon. Then around two o'clock in the afternoon, I came across a tweet that changed everything. I tweeted it. It got more than a hundred retweets in just a few seconds. Because of that, I progressively reduced my whole life into my work's twitter account. And Facebook extending our thoughts to the Japanese people. Sunday came. I we...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Bearing witness to Typhoon Hagupit, part 2 | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2014/12/bearing-witness-to-typhoon-hagupit-part.html

Bearing witness to Typhoon Hagupit, part 2. Ravaged houses, fallen trees, ruined farmlands, and scattered debris on the roads welcomed us when we arrived in Dolores, a third class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, after typhoon Hagupit made its first and direct hit in the coastal town. Typhoon Hagupit certainly was the most powerful storm to hit our country this year. It's odd that it came during the UN climate talks in Lima, Peru just like when Typhoon Haiyan and Typhoon Bopha also hit ...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Water Patrol | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/10/water-patrol.html

8220;In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference”. It started sometime in 2007 when a broad study of surface, ground, and drinking water sources in the Philippines was carried out by Greenpeace,. With a strong message asking " is our water safe? After launching the Project: Clean Water. Caused by chemical pollution. It has long been due that we individuals abandon th...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

manual for outliving civilization | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/manual-for-outliving-civilization.html

Manual for outliving civilization. Humanity is in overshoot. Every day, without much comment from our 'news' media, we degrade the carrying capacity of the planet, add more humans, and extend ourselves farther out over the edge of the sustainability cliff, with nothing below to stop our fall. Below to stop our fall. McBay: In the Wake - manual for outliving civilization. On World Oceans Day, I look back, celebrate. Bad news: Philippine seas in peril. Gotta give Google Plus a chance. Yesterday, Google Pag...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Blog Action Day 2014: A sustainable future is for all | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-action-day-2014-sustainable-future.html

Blog Action Day 2014: A sustainable future is for all. With all the injustices happening everywhere in our planet today, I cannot help but wonder what a sustainable future will really look like or if my 2 nephews, ages 5 and 8, will ever get to experience it in their lifetime. Fundamental rights apply to all. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security. Inequality as seen in the context of access to fundamental rights deprived to everyone by the environmental crisis we face reveals to us that th...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

To my mentors, thank you | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/to-my-mentors-thank-you.html

To my mentors, thank you. I have never admired Matt Damon so much until I saw this clip:. Damon is so right when he said " a teacher wants to teach. I should know. Back in high school and college, I have this tendency to observe instructors before I finally get myself to really. To their students' lives. I am one of those students. I have been fortunate to know and be one of the students of these great mentors. Some may not remember me anymore, a few may still know me. Bad news: Philippine seas in peril.

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

inevitable torment | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/10/inevitable-torment.html

Have you ever been in love? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life. You give them a piece of you. It gets inside you. It eats you out. Neil Gaiman from The Sandman. Can't we skip it? Can we deny it? April 9, 2011 at...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Remember Japan... | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2012/03/remember-japan.html

Keep Southeast Asia nuclear-free. A year ago this day, a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck off the coast of north-east Japan that caused catastrophic meltdowns at a nuclear plant. We witnessed the disaster video after video, heartbreaking photos and stories telling us how the Japanese people cope with the natural force that destroyed the region. No one can ever forget or can even dare to forget the endless tragic stories brought by that series of disasters. For Southeast Asia, this ...

riversidethoughts.blogspot.com

Bearing witness to Typhoon Hagupit, part 1 | riverside thoughts

http://riversidethoughts.blogspot.com/2014/12/bearing-witness-to-typhoon-hagupit.html

Bearing witness to Typhoon Hagupit, part 1. Trees violently swaying, residents moving to evacuation sites, and empty grade school classrooms greeted us when our team arrived in Laiya. We visited evacuation centers to check how people are doing and supplied them with some solar power kits for lighting. Here's a quick summary of how we responded during the typhoon, in pictures:. On World Oceans Day, I look back, celebrate. Bad news: Philippine seas in peril. Gotta give Google Plus a chance. Today, youth ar...