Regarding the tragic event that just occurred
September 28, 2009 by Chrisangelo · Leave a Comment
In basketball games, teamwork and great leadership most of the time will prevail over a very tough opponent. No matter how good the opponent may be or how tough the challenges they’ll present you, your team will always come out on top if you learn to trust one another. In most parts in this tragic event that hit us, I guess it’s also safe to say that what we have when all’s all is gone, much like basketball, is one another.
I am very happy to see people in the news, whom despite having some rough times on their own, managed to help their neighbors, especially the old ones who’s struggling for survival. I’m happy to see people interacting, people who’ve sent their own donations whether it may be in the form of cash, food, clothes, medicine or other necessities. My hat is off to everyone who even in the tiniest things have shown sincerity in helping out our fellow Filipinos in this tragic event that just occurred.
With that being said, my heart goes out to all the people who’ve lost their love ones, who lost their houses, who lost everything. I have a friend here who just had his house flooded up to the second floor and my God, I’ve never seen a place so devastated before. While I was helping them fix their house yesterday, I can’t help but think about how lucky we were who wasn’t affected by the storm one single bit. I then made a vow to myself to give out and help, even in the littlest things possible.
And you, if you’re reading this, that means you still have the means to help. I encourage you to help out. Think for one second of how lucky you are and then decide if you want to do help or not. Lots of people are still in need. Lots of organizations are still looking for volunteers and donation. That’s why here I am, encouraging you, that if you aren’t that affected by the Typhoon, to help out.
Here are the hotlines of Government, NGOs and other business groups where you can find the information on how to interact and help out. (From Inquirer)
Rescue Operations
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) (+632-9125668, +632-9111406, +632-9115061, +632-9122665) Help hotlines: (+65 734-2118, 734-2120) ndcchelpdesk@gmail.com
Philippine Coast Guard (+632-5276136)
Air Force (+63908-1126976, +632-8535023)
Metro Manila Development Authority (136)
Marikina City Rescue (+632-6462436, +632-6462423, +632920-9072902) Pasig Rescue Emergency Number (+632-6310099)
Quezon City Rescue (161)
San Juan City Hall Command Post (+632-4681697)
Bureau of Fire Protection Region III (Central Luzon) Hotline: (+63245-9634376)
Senator Dick Gordon (+639178997898, +63938-444BOYS, +632-9342118, +632-4338528)
Senator Manny Villar (+639174226800. +639172414864, +639276751981)
Philippine National Red Cross (143, +632-5270000)
Philippine National Red Cross Rizal Chapter operations center hotline: (+632-6350922, +632-6347824)
Rubber boat and chopper requests
NCRPO (+632-8383203, +632-8383354)
Private citizens who would like to lend their motor boats for rescue please call emergency nos: +632-9125668, +632-9111406, +632-9122665, +632-9115061)
You can also text (+632917-4226800 or +632927-6751981) for rescue dump trucks.
For those who are able to lend 4×4 trucks for rescue: Please send truck to Greenhills Shopping Center Unimart Grocery to await deployment, Tel No. (+632920-9072902).
Petron & San Miguel Corporation are lending choppers for rescue operations, call/text: (+632917-8140655) ask for Lydia Ragasa
Power supply concerns
Meralco (+63917-5592824, 16211, +63920-9292824) If you want service cut off to your area to prevent fires and electrocution.
Donations of heavy duty flashlights needed for rescue operations in Cainta, Rizal area. Contact Cielo at (+632918-8824356)
E-Donations
SMS: text RED to 2899 (Globe) and 4483 (Smart)
G-Cash: text DONATEAMOUNT4-digit M-PINREDCROSS to 2882
TXTPOWER.org: Paypal, Smart Money (5577-5144-1866-7103), G-Cash (0917-9751092)
Cellphone services
FINDERSERVICE. For Smart, text wis to 386.
FINDERSERVICE. For Globe, text find to 7000.
Maps
A group composed of Serge Gregorio and Franklin Naval has put up an interactive rescue map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&
Again me and the rest of Hoops.blink.ph crew wish you guys the best.
HooPh Twitter Action
July 14, 2009 by .:. · Leave a Comment
Hoops.blink.ph now on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter. Aside from subscribing to our feed via RSS or the via the Feedblitz (see above), following us on Twitter is another way of getting the latest posts & tweets from HooPh.
Inserting Twitter commercial… Twitter is good, you know. Twitter. We can tweet all day, everyday, you know. It’s a refreshing way to get your daily basketball bits. It makes your basketball mind healthy and strong, just like Manny. Oh, now you know. Try it now.
We got tiny little “twit this” button every after post, if you feel like tweeting our posts. Try it now.
Hoops Bounce!
The redesign of our site is almost over. We’ll continue to improve this here and there.
Quick X and Os…
- Featured articles at frontpage.
- Recent articles and recent comments are now seen in the left side bar.
- Feedblitz sign-up is still on. It’s at top. Please subscribe to get the ball buzz.
- Also, you can see and subscribe to latest comments and posts via the buttons at top/header.
- We’re gonna be using Google Search as the search tool exclusively. See at top right.
- If you have time, please sign up for those cute little comment gravatars. It’s easy to get one and you can use this on other blogs.
- Slowly, we’ll be filling up the site with other sports articles.
- We are still accepting 1 to 2 writers/contributors. Please contact us.
- You may now click the authors link, to get more posts from the author. Sample: CHRISANGELO
- Pilipinas Polls is at bottom of the page. Cast your vote.
- FYI, we’ll still improve the video feature and the bottom part of the page.
- Support our sponsors please as they make this blog go.
- And, please don’t tell ESPN, we’re modeling our site after theirs.
- Finally, we have FREEBIES to share. (Thanks NIKE PHILIPPINES and OGILVY for the free stuff!). Click HERE to learn how to get the NIKE Items.
Your inputs are welcome…
Chris Speaks: Will the first impression last?
October 6, 2008 by Chrisangelo · 16 Comments
Yay! New layout! Do you guys love it? Let’s hear it from you. I created a chatbox of sorts in Chatango for all you Hoopsters. There you can chat with some of our readers, writers and whoever enters the room. lol. You can also leave comments there, both positive and negative. Anyway, visit the chatterbox here. remember.. Hoopsblink.chatango.com ok?
Moving on, PBA started last weekend what can you say about the rookie class this year huh? Let me break down the stats of the impressive rookies for you…
Technical Time-Out!
Hey, please bear with the expected site errors here & there the next few days, as we have upgraded our site to the latest WP engine (after 2 years!) and about to reboot our site to a new layout.
As it is, the entries are still readable and you can still throw your comments using our new layout.
Keep it here. It will get better.
Related poll… (August 16, 2008)
Would you like this website, Hoops.Blink.Ph, to migrate to a new look and its own domain name?
* Yes, I’d love to. (58%)
* No, the site is fine. (28%)
* Is “I DON’T CARE” an option? (14%)
Total Votes: 88
On the Philippine Blog Awards
September 22, 2008 by Chrisangelo · 3 Comments
First up, I would like to congratulate my fellow writers and the people behind Blink. Despite not winning the PBA Finals, making it to the finals is already one hell of a feat. To the people who nominated us and our readers who never ceased to support us thank you!
Second, I would like to extend my hand to The Bull Runner team, who won both awards under the category of sports. You guys rock ass! I visited your site last night and you definitely deserved the award. To all the other finalists, better luck next time guys. See you at the awards night next year.
Your HooPh Basketball Site Is A PBA Finalist
September 19, 2008 by .:. · 5 Comments
First, the nomination. = Happy.
Now, HooPh made the finals of the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) Sports Blog Category. = Happier.
If ever we win? = Happierer.
The complete finalist list are the following:
Big Lakers Fan
Bleachers’ Brew
HooPh - Philippine Hoops Blog
Lakers Today
Sports and Tech sa Pilipinas
The Bull Runner
Victorious One
To the one two three who nominated us, salamat. To the PBA organizers, thanks for the finals inclusion. Just like in the playing hoops, regardless of the wins & the losses, may the Awards Night itself be an overwhelming victory for us all, the Philippine blogging folks.
Cheers!
(We tried 2x to secure one slot but to no avail. I guess we’ll do it again and hope the 3rd time is a charm.)
Hoops Philippines, Nominated at PBA
August 26, 2008 by .:. · 4 Comments
Hey, just like to make a shout-out that your blog Hoops Philippines (or as we try to call this, HooPh) is nominated over at PBA.
Not this PBA.
But this PBA.
The category is under the SPORTS division. [A blog that reports and discusses events and issues about Sports. It could be about boxing (both pro and non-pro) or it could be about marathon running. More often the distinction here is that this blog covers competitive sports.] Read more
Philippine Hoops Blog is now MAD!
It’s official, Philippine Hoops Blog is now MAD!
Philippines freshest blog/ad/indie publishers network, the Mad Crowd Media, plans to throw an alley oop to Hoops.Blink.Ph.
Mad Crowd’s Game Plan…
Mad Crowd Media’s mission is to support its growing network of independent publishers by bringing them closer to marketers who want to take part in their ongoing conversations. We help marketers find the right contexts and audiences for their brands amongst a sea of incredibly loyal readership and high doses of quality, sticky content.
Only select few out of thousands and thousands were enlisted by MCM. So, we are proud (and lucky) to be part of the blog orgy. Last time we were a blog network member, the project went kaput. This time, from bits and pieces we got, people directing the plays are serious about this. This is positive news to all of us. If ever MCM slamdunks some paid ads for us, readers will get more/better contents (and possibly higher paycheck for our writers!!! apply now!).
Interested Philippine Hoops Blog advertisers, contact the Mad Crowd Media, or heck, contact us.
On another note…
We have installed 2 more anti spam plugins to combat the avalanche of spam our site is getting. One is the captcha and the other one is IP bocking thing. It blocks known IP addresses of spammers. This is on top of the Akismet anti-spam built-in. Also, one neat comment feature add-on, the author’s comment is now highlighted so you can follow author’s views.
More hooping baby!
July 2007 - Best month ever for Hoops Blog
August 26, 2007 by .:. · Leave a Comment
Prepared early July. Remained un-posted ’til now. This entry is to auto-post today, Sunday. Assuming that there is no new entry…
Idle in this site? It’s time for chest thumping, body slamming, roof-raising, ego-boosting - post.
What happened last July… Read more
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