Remember I purchased the Accor Advantage plus with a free night? Well, I haven’t gotten around to claiming that free night yet and was planning on using it any weekend this March but found out earlier that there are no more Saturdays available for the complimentary night at Sofitel Manila! What’s more, I checked April, May, and June, looking for an available Saturday at the Sofitel Manila and was able to reserve for the 2nd Saturday of July! Whoa!!! That’s a long way off! Reminder to self to book early should we decide to continue membership for next year. So this is the loophole. Oh well, I should have known it was too good to be true (still not a bad deal if you ask me. I just have to be smarter when using it). So if I were you, better book now!

I thought I’d start the month of March with a bang – literally! It was a good thing I looked out the window last night and was able to capture the last minute of this:

Pyro musical competition happening at SM Mall of Asia. This is actually the 3rd Sunday running. There are still 2 more happening this coming Sunday (March 7, 2010) and the next (March 14, 2010). You can check out their website at http://pyrophilippines.com/. Excuse the quality of the vid. I think I’ve exhausted the zoom capability of the Canon Ixus 120. This also happens to be my first try at editing a video thanks to Windows Movie Maker. Haha! Let me know how I did! Pointers and suggestions most welcome!

Chile has just been recently struck by an earthquake and now Hawaii is bracing for a huge tsunami. In the Philippines we’re preparing ourselves for water shortage and rotational blackouts (already happening in some areas) in the coming months. We’ve been through 3 major storms in 2009 and the victims of the latest typhoon Ondoy haven’t even gotten up on their feet yet. I’m afraid. I’m very afraid. Afraid most of all for my daughter whose future is so uncertain. I am afraid of the kind of world I’m going to leave her with.

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