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Hello World...Meet Kali Acosta-Barrios!

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HELP BRING TARA HOME!

reposted from Malaine Mejias:

My ROTC buddy, and—for many of the people reading this—fellow Atenean Antonia Marina “Tara” Bosch Santelices has been confined in Medical City since 6 August 2008. She has lain unconscious for five months after being shot in the forehead during a jeepney hold-up the morning of her birthday. She has recovered from her comatose state and has long been transferred from ICU. She can breathe 100% on her own, no longer requiring the aid of a respirator.

Her family longs to take her back home. The promise of home care has been the topic of my conversations with her family since last year. Unfortunately, the hospital will not release her until all the bills have been paid. To date, the hospital expenses have amounted to 1.8 million pesos (PhP 1.8 M). And there’s a separate bill for the cost of medicines and the doctors’ fees.

Many kind souls have donated money. Others have organized fund-raising events. Many more have spread the word through blogs, e-mail, text messages, petitions, AM radio and even the most widely read newspapers.

Yet more money is needed.

And prayers are not enough. Concrete action is needed for the prayers to bear fruit.

What can we do?

1) Donate. Any amount will do. Send the money to Tara’s mother, Anne Santelices, through BDO SA 2140-06220-1.

2) Organize fund-raising events or find ways your organization/ business can raise funds through its current projects. If you’re a student group organizing a benefit concert/fun run/play/any kind of event and you want the money to go to a good cause, why not this? If you’re running a business and you want to engage in corporate social responsibility, why not partner up with the Santelices family? I can put you in touch with them, just contact me. :-)

3) Spread the word and tell everyone else to spread the word. Maybe you really do want to help but unfortunately, you don’t have the money, the time and/or opportunities to organize fund-raising projects. What you can do is help spread the word. Share Tara’s story and her family’s need for financial help. Talk to your parents, your siblings, your barkada, your block mates, your org mates, your teachers, your students, everyone you know. Just keep spreading the word and it’s bound to reach people who can actually donate or organize fund-raisers.

I’ve learned that as an individual acting alone, there really isn’t much I can do, no matter how hard I wish, no matter how hard I try. It is only by reaching out to a larger community that I can actually hope to achieve something.

Thank you for reading this. If anything, I hope you can at least forward this message or link back to this post. Let’s help bring Tara home!

CannaSutra (Amber Lover)

CannaSutra (Amber Lover)

Caress my lips
and let your fire glide
upon my will

Pull me closer to your hips
Forget the light outside
and conquer me

I can taste the heavens
in your touch...
This fever of a dream...

Mi lagrimas...

Lucid lover flow
to my direction.
Drown my fears

Amber dreamin'
Spinning...spinning...
Let the fire's tongue
glide...

I can taste the heavens
in your touch...
This fever of a dream.

Mi lagrimas...

The Secret Litany

The Secret Litany

 

                        It is that first drop

                                    Of rain

                                    That kisses my skin

                                    Making me steam…

                                    Hear me scream

                                    Thy name from within.

                                    Boasting wind

                                    That blows from sea,

                                    Setting me free…

                                    Your deep, eager fingers

                                    I fervently dream.

 

                        Showers of fire

                                    From thy ardent lips

                                    Run me over…

                                    Shivers down my hips.

                                    Kisses wild I give

                                    Upon thy tips

                                    Crystalline…

                                    And what famished,

                                    Fervid licks.

 

                        And thoughts of you begin

                                    To precipitate

                                    Ever so slowly,

                                    Unabashedly flowing…

                                    Conjuring the mad

                                    Blue moons of the restless,

                                    Roused in the secret litany.

 

YVA

1:29AM

07 Aug 2008

Mt. Makiling 

Love In The Nodes of the Moon

Love In The Nodes of the Moon

Beams of light

Flicker in dim fractions

Upon my wall,

Seeking to be heard.

Inebriated episodes,

Indiscriminate thoughts,

All daydreams

Waiting…

To manifest.

I hold on to the

Lone weeping pillow

Keeping me company.

Flashes…

Haunt me.

Dialogues in the language

Of the spheres.

In vivid color,

The warmest embrace,

Lips locking in

A secret grace,

Arms entwined,

Legs in splendid union.

Souls bereft of power

Giving in to

The deepest moans

Orchestrated.

By the moon,

I give in…

All in,

To every touch.

Your warmth fuels me.

It need not be spoken,

Your words

Sigh holy fire

Through your skin…

And your kiss eternal…

A declaration most

Fearless…unrepentant…

And your mask

Silenced.

YVA

5:26AM

22 May 2008

Nova