12.29.2013

12.27.2013

Merry Christmas from the Tahanan Sta. Luisa girls! <3


www.facebook.com/tahananstaluisainc


cure for the curious


our new baby









Hope you all had a great Christmas. 

And have an awesome New Year!

Let's rock 2014 <3




9.23.2013

celebrities visit Tahanan Sta. Luisa



*for inquiries, email us at tsl@hope.org.ph

Tuesday Vargas

Enchong Dee (2013)


Enchong Dee (2012)


Erich Gonzales


Gee Canlas

Iza Calzado



9.12.2013

when a man loves a woman (he makes poems)



white smoke is clouding my judgement
i loved the reason for this torment
a love that comes in a blue moon
vanished in the sparkles of high noon
budding flowers blocked by mist
offered to those whom we miss
colors of the flower turns in the fade
but the feelings in it will never fade
stop and turn feel the winds of change
ripples of our decision feel so strange
we defied gravity now we were falling apart
but here in my heart you'll always be a part.




<published with permission. thanks,  jake>

lol pic of the week



9.06.2013

pusang gala (repost)





there's this white and orange stray cat that the narrator named Cat.  she's not too loud, but not too quiet as well.  she doesn't crave for attention - in fact, she doesn't want it.   but when you're alone, the cat knows it and sits quietly with you like she can feel your pain. 

you can leave her for a long time but she won't complain.  by nature, cats are very independent.  she likes being cuddled.  she likes tuna.  she likes everything warm and fuzzy.  and she sleeps all day.

Cat owns no one no one owns her as well.  she is for anyone who needs her.

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being a stray cat, she wanders around all the time, encountering different kinds of people.  at times, cruel people hurt her, throwing boiling water on her.  it hurts the cat for a very long time, but it doesn't stop her.  she's a stray cat, she's a fighter.

she is just a typical cat who lives in a city where everyone is out on his own.  but the cat knows everyone needed someone sometimes.  so she's just there -- out there -- letting people use her for comfort (or torture).

no matter how many times she gets kicked or thrown at, she never loses her faith in people.  she knows there is good side in everyone.

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the world sometimes can be so mean to the cat but she won't stop wandering until some good samaritan's going to pick her up, take good care of her and give her home.



kung ikaw ay masaya, mag-compile ka =)



time to make volume number 2 =)


My Soundtrack to Falling in Love (Volume 1) 


---o0o---

famous last words:



theme number 7: mascobado





previous ones:











“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”

  *Harvey Fierstein

 
 

our Project at Global Giving goes LIVE!




We are very excited to announce the launch of the Annual Tahanan Sta Luisa Online Fundraising Appeal!!


How can you help to spread the word?

and email out to your networks

2.  If you are not friends with Tahanan Sta Luisa already, make sure you ‘like’ our page! www.facebook.com/tahananstaluisainc  and SHARE our Appeal with as many of your friends as possible!

We are all positive and praying for the success of this activity!  =)

For inquiries /questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us on tsl@hope.org.ph



cine europa!


9.02.2013

Unang Araw (First Day)

*written on the first day of working alone


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Reality has finally sunk in.  I will no longer see Monique when I open the office door.  I won't get to hear "Hi, Ms. Pachingo!" anymore.

This is the first day Monique is no loner volunteering for TSL.

---o0o---

I was also a new employee when she arrived at Tahanan.  Days, weeks, months have passed and I have gotten so used to asking her stuff about anything and everything.  We have bonded so well - she even called me her Filipina sister =)

We laughed a lot - shared a lot - and worked together for TSL a lot (wink wink)  ;)


---o0o---

I cannot believe time flies so fast - she has to go and start a new adventure on the other side of Asia. But we are all happy for her and her new job.  

We are forever grateful for everything she has done to us, to the girls of Tahana Sta. Luisa, and to the organization itself.


Maraming, maraming salamat, Monique!  



8.27.2013

Global Giving Open Challenge




LOL pic of the week

facebook photo comment FTW

tara.