That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
A trash bin is not the most photogenic subject, errr...it's not photogenic at all. Please look beyond the bin to see the sky slowly creeping into the night.
In line with the recent typhoon that devastated the lower part of the Philippines I am appealing to all of you to donate whatever you can to help the victims.
Anyone interested to help, you may find below on how:
From Sec. Dinky Soliman of DSWD – Volunteers are needed at DSWD Cagayan de Oro (Masterson Rd, Upper Carmen) to repack and deliver relief goods.
Call +639066150095 and +63 8822 8588892
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To those who prefer to send donation through paypal, send it to the following:
Iligan Bloggers’ #oneforiligan campaign: Paypal ID: singcol.inquisitor@gmail.com
CDO Bloggers’ #HELPCDO drive: Paypal ID: francis.siason@gmail.com
You can also contact them through that emails
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Personally drop items to Xavier University main entrance. Volunteers are accepting in kind and cash at the gate.
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To those who are flood victims and who are in need of medical help, go to polymedic plaza because they offer it for free. except for the medicine
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You may go to Capitol University @ 9:30 am today, December 18,2011 to become a volunteer and help repack foods.
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San Antonio de Padua and Cathedral are accepting donations. Social workers are there to assist you.
Send cash through Bank account:
Xavier University
BPI CDO Divisoria Branch
BPI Account Number: 9331-0133-63
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Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental:
Panday Bulig Relief and Rehabilitaion Center
Tabang Mindanao Center
12th-22nd streets, Nazareth
9000 Cagayan de Oro City
T/F: +63 (88) 856 6413
E: pandaybulig@gmail.com
(look for Ms. Beryl Tranco)
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Iligan City:
Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
Northern Mindanao Sub-Region
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
9200 Iligan City
T/F: +63 223 5179
E: rmpnmr@gmail.com
W: www.rmp-nmr.org
(look for Ms. Ida Melody Bucog)
Dropping Center in Metro Manila:
c/o StartArt Project
10A Alabama st New Manila Quezon City
Mobile: +63926 7112450
email: info@startartprject.org or nikkiluna@startartproject.org
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Dropping Center in Metro Manila:
c/o StartArt Project
10A Alabama st New Manila
Quezon City
Mobile: +63926 7112450
email: info@startartprject.org or nikkiluna@startartproject.org
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For cash donations, please send to this account:
Bank Name and Address:
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Quezon Avenue branch, 9200 Iligan City, Philippines
Account number:
009359-1348-08
Swift Code:
BOPIPHMM
Account Name and Address:
RMP-NMR Inc.
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center for Interfaith Resources
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
Iligan City 9200, Philippines
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Donate via text:
Text REDAMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart)
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ANY Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop (Nationwide.)
Manila Donation Center
NN-SuperFerry corporate ticket outlets in
Robinson’s Ermita
Araneta Center Cubao
Victory Mall Caloocan
Pier 15
Pier 2
NN-ATS Express Center at Pier 2
Other Donation Centers or Account
I find cobblestones charming. It's like being in a different era altogether. It's like walking on paths that the famous people once throdded...
9 February 2011
Totally miss looking out our kitchen window with a view of a golden egg.
The train lines U2 (violet) and U3 (orange) intersects at the Volkstheater station. It is one of the cleanest stations in the city - the most picturesque too with displays of features from two of the cities' biggest museums which are nearby and some murals. One of the biggest is “Nature in the Making” (Das Werden der Natur) by Anton Lehmden.
A shopkeeper pays attention to a customer who had purchased bottles of wine. We were just passing by and I was actually at the other side of the street. The lights attracted me well and then I noticed the shelf of wine.
"If a single leaf meant love, we would share an ocean of leaves."
I'd be happy to know what this colorful stuff is/are. ^_^
In two months or so we'd be able to see these again....looking forward to some colors in the surrounding!
( Domgasse at night, the building where Mozart lived has been turned to a museum.)
Mozart experienced issues with his health throughout his life, suffering from smallpox, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, typhoid fever, rheumatism and gum disease. His final illness began when he visited Prague to supervise the performance of his new opera La clemenza di Tito in 1791. The visit was fairly successful from a professional standpoint, however, while in Prague Mozart began to feel ill. Early Mozart biographer Franz Niemetschek wrote, "...he was pale and expression was sad, although his good humour was often shown in merry jest with his friends.
Following his return to Vienna, Mozart's condition gradually worsened. For a while, he was still able to work and completed his Clarinet Concerto, worked toward the completion of the Requiem, and conducted the premiere performance of The Magic Flute on 30 September.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at 1:00 in the morning on 5 December, 1791. (wiki)
(Mozart's cloak and coat at the Mozart's house and his statue at the Burggarten)
Less than three weeks to go and it is officially winter, I'm taking all the time I can to enjoy autumn. :)
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For those who are regular readers of this blog, you know well that I keep a Drive By blog where photos taken in a moving vehicle are featured. For today's theme action shot I'm sharing this one, a tractor plowing out in the field - took this on our way back to Vienna from Prague from the outskirts of the city.
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We're school hunting! We went to the School Ship last Friday and despite the cold, we had fun going about and around the fanous ship docked at the Danube.
It's a state school so if my daughter gets admitted we would not worry much about tuition fees...in any case, I could join all the giveaways only to save up for her other expenses. ^_^So if you're up for it, join us in this 24-hour giveaway sponsored by the blogs listed below.
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Whenever I'm out it has been my hobby to shoot the fields, the cars, anything else outside the window...Utility poles for electricity, cable connection and telephones fascinate me as well as cars viewed from above to edit them later on for tilt-shifting.
Then while enjoying the view, don’t you get annoyed when you receive a sales call while you’re off traveling? It has happened to me one too many times. There was one time during one of our travels when I received a call from a telemarketer. I’d have to say that she didn’t even know half of what she was talking about, even if it was obvious that she was reading from a script. She sounded too mechanical. Besides, she wouldn’t let me speak and just babbled into the receiver.
I’ve never had any experience working for a call center, but I know that it shouldn’t be the case. Companies that are into b2b telemarketing should start bringing in third party groups that can provide them expert help in the telemarketing aspect. Telemarketers, in turn, must learn that there is art in listening as well as talking.
What's more annoying is they seem have a good reception while I struggle at some points during travel for phone signal. ^_^
What's more annoying is they seem have a good reception while I struggle at some points during travel for phone signal. ^_^
Taking today aside, we've had foggy days since the week started - weather getting down to -1° and some rains here and there. How is it on your part of the world? Here's hoping for a lovely weekend!
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See you in 6 months!
Vienna Stadium, Ernst-Happel Stadion
The Vienna Stadium is located at Vienna's 2nd District, directly accessible by the train line U2 - the connection was added in 2008 to accommodate football fans the world over for the UEFA. The cost of the additional train stations was €39,600,000. During the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, the Ernst Happel Stadium was the venue for the Final match and some other matches leading to it. The stadium can hold 53,000 people.
Speaking of football, football athlete and team gets the highest salary? Check it here.
What's in these bottles may look just so easy to make. but look at the extensive process that goes in making a bottle of beer.
Cherry trees dress up too! This season it's yellow. You've often seen this tree here in pink, in green....sometimes naked too. ^_^
Chain fence at the Josefstädterstrasse.....borders pedestrian from trams.
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(Belvedere Palace)
On May 15, 1955, the Austrian Independence Treaty was signed in Vienna at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) and the Austrian government. It re-established Austria as a sovereign state. It officially came into force on July 27, 1955.
Leopold Figl was an important figure in this treaty. Although he resigned as Chancellor on November 26, 1953, He remained in the government as foreign minister. His appearance on the balcony of the Belvedere Palace waving the signed paper and speaking the words Österreich ist frei! ("Austria is free!"), has become an icon in the Austrian national remembrance.
As a result of the treaty, the Allies left Austrian territory on October 25, 1955. October 26 was celebrated as a national holiday since then. It is sometimes thought to commemorate the withdrawal of Allied troops, but in fact celebrates Austria's Declaration of Neutrality, it was done by the Austrian Parliament to affirm the country permanently neutral. It was enacted today, 56 years ago as a constitutional act of parliament, as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Today, Google doodle honors Austria's National Holiday, already three years in a row. This year's image includes the colors of the Austrian flag scribbled as google and an Austrian snow-laden mountain behind. I can't tell which but it's surely one which skiers and snowboarders frequent. (Unterberg?)
Austria is a great place to visit, but any holiday can turn bad if you have suffered an accident abroad. If you want to discuss accidents abroad claims with a professional, then visit www.holidayclaims.com.
Theresien gelb or Ocker, the Riesenrad, Mozart, Beethovan, Strauß, Stephansdom, Schönbrunn, Praterstern, Danube - some of the words that come to mind when one mentions Vienna.
When I was new to blogging, I frequently joined City Daily Photos theme days held every 1st day of the month. The first theme I joined goes 'When people think of my City, they think of...'
I am republishing this piece from January 2008...it was intended for February 1 of the same year.
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'When people think of my City, they think of...'
One; the famous Waltz, Blue Danube by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II. The song originally has an accompanying lyrics but through the years, the instrumental (particularly the orchestral version) gained fame and is the most commonly used nowadays.
To hear the song please click here.
The lyrics of the song pertain to the Donau or Danube which is the longest river in the European Union that passes through several Central and Eastern European Capitals, one of which is Vienna. Part of the song lyrics goes:
Donau so blau, so schön und blau,durch Tal und Au wogst ruhig du hin,dich grüßt unser Wien, dein silbernes Band.knüpft Land an Land und fröhliche Herzen schlagen an deinem schönen Strand.
When translated:
Danube so blue, so bright and blue,through vale and field you flow so calm,our Vienna greets you, you silver stream through all the lands you merry the heart with your beautiful shores.
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Nine years into this beautiful city, today marks that ninth year. I was an eager 22-year-old full of positivity and excitement then. When I came, I asked hubby to "create" a website for me to showcase my photography. I intended to continue my craft - then, I left my precious Canon T60 back home knowing that I could get another camera --- it was when digital cameras were getting themselves known.
(Oct 2002)
So this is one of my first photos around the city taken with an Olympus c100. :D Taken at the Gloriette. In nine years, hubby upgraded our gears and external hard disks to accomodate all the photos I'm taking.
Here are some of the thousands of photos, some that I've already featured.
Here are some of the thousands of photos, some that I've already featured.
The Vienna Opera House taken from the Albertina's Mezzanine. October 2010
Back of the Schönbrunn Palace on an almost spring day. February 2011.
An odd winter afternoon at the Praterstern station with a view of the Riesenrad. January 2011.
Schönbrunn Gardens in Autumn. October 2010.
Summer at the Kunsthistorisches Museum/Art History Museum. July 2008
Almost Spring at the Danube River with my kids. March 2011
Mozart's Statue at the Burggarten. May 2011.
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Before I forget, people also think of Vienna sausage immediately when they hear 'Vienna.' It has been a common joke between my friends and I...'Hey bring me some vienna sausage when you come home.' Or 'How much does a can of vienna sausage cost there?' And many more. We don't have the canned sausages around but here are the sausages and cold cuts that we often buy. ^_^
(Bicycle lane by the Danube River)
The weather may not be as cold as it should be, ranging from 15° to 23° but it can never fool the trees...They will turn yellow, orange and brown as October comes...
Summer came late this year, naturally Autumn would too and perhaps winter will follow suit. :( That's how much irregular climate change has been through the years and we never got the Danube to freeze for longer days as before. Probably around 5 days to a week of enjoying ice skating on it...
This was taken last year...during the Long Nights at the Museum...the building is the Albertina which holds a large collection of Dürer, Picasso and Kokoschka among other important artists.
We missed this year's Long Nights at the Museum for being in Prague on the night of October 1, the event's annual schedule. We had planned to visit other museums this year, the Chocolate Factory (not Charlie's) was on top of our list.
Well, we can still visit but we have to pay the full entrance fee unlike during the Long Nights, you pay once for all the museums that you visit.
Believe it or not, it was past 12 but the lights are still on.
There are a very few festivals that I attend, mainly for the reasons why they're celebrated. One would be the Donauinselfest which is celebrated annually - in June and we have unfortunately for the past three years been absent despite hubby having done videos or illustrations for the organizers. For now, I can't find my photos so I would instead show you another fest, much smaller...that of the SPÖ. SPÖ or the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs/The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the major parties in Austria, as the name describes -it is socialist and through the years has brought the country into a flourishing state that it has now...well, I think it was better before they entered the EU...(that's just my opinion).
Anyway, now and then they would organize family gatherings, youth activities around the city. For this one there were horses, rides for the kids, jump castles, grill stations and free balloons.
Sorry, I think this photos are 2-3 years old...I just dug my archives hihi.
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