So what's this I heard from the grapevine about many donations to the flash flood victim in Philippines? Celebrities selling their best celebrity dress and gowns and the "proceeds" go to the victims!!! Really? From what I heard too that they - the victims of the flood only received party clothes. Oh my! That's old news already. Maybe they don't have CASH that's why. To generate cash or fund nowadays is really not that easy. Hindi na kayo natuto. Remember the victims of the Mount Pinatubo eruption? Not all of them received the donation. They lost their land and employment, the lahar and hot lava flowed almost halfway Luzon and hot grey ashes were scattered by wind even up to the area of Makati. That's how devastating that super-strength calamity of volcanic disaster. The sky went dark instantly in just a matter of hours. Daytime became dark as night and the ashed fell on the roof, on the road and God knows what else the long time effect of extreme force of nature. I know that too many suffered from asthma ailment and skin diseases, worst scenario? Lung cancer! Imagine all the ashes that fell on our roof top that fatal day? Well the roof top almost gave up and the replacement of such galvanized iron is costly. We live thousand miles away from the disaster area and you wonder how it affected the millions of people living near that volcano. Months had passed by and when we traveled to that area near that zone is somewhat hard to picture because the dry lahar and ashes were still evident. The volcanic dust being swept away everytime the wind blows and every time the vehicles passed through that highway from Bulacan, to Pampanga. Incredible! Hmm...now the flash flood and tsunami affecting almost every part of the country Philippines is worth thinking that no matter where you are nobody's safe that's why it's always this motto that we have to be reminded of BE PREPARED!

Be thankful that we have a better weather in this part of the world. When you've got nothing to donate because you are poor you only have a way to help by praying for them. Pray that they can pass the trials and tribulations that you may pass in your own way as people tend to scrutinize others for not helping. Then you were able to help yet that kind of help is not enough because they want something even more or they expect more than what you have. What they need to do? They should have a "Calamity fund" designed or dedicated for such cause. And if I were you better visit your local Church and donate there and they know where to bring the donations. At least you know where a building is located and whoever in that building will not hide. You know what I mean? Most of all be careful about scams.