Pinoy Dog-Lover

We’re still pretty busy catching up with work backlog and fixing up the damages to our home by the flood, but all is well and thank goodness no one in the family (human and dog) got hurt. Anyway, I’ll be posting an Ondoy-related (Ketsana-related) entry as soon as I get some free time. For now, here’s a press release for the World Animal Day 2009 celebrations this coming Saturday:

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), in cooperation with SM Mall of Asia and Alpo Chop House, celebrates World Animal Day with an exciting event for all animal lovers on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall.

Start the morning with a special mass and pet blessing at 11am featuring the 92AD choir.

Browse through the booths of different organizations championing animal rights in the Philippines.

Aside from PAWS, participating groups include Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF), Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA), Earth Island Institute Philippines (EII-Phils), Feathered Friends Foundation (FFF), Network for Animals (NFA), Palawan Animal Welfare Association (PAWA), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines).

There will also be a display of YOCard’s “Visuals with Vision” entries with amateur graphic designers doing their own interpretation of the themes “Saving the Seas” for the Haribon Foundation and “Adoption of Stray Animals” for PAWS.

Then, starting at 2pm, you and your fur babies can strike a pose in the pet photo area, have our face painter turn you into a dalmatian or a pug, explore the newest pet portal on the net, Mypetchannel.tv and work on animal-themed projects in the arts & crafts booth.

And at 3pm, animal-loving celebrities and bands come together to raise funds for the PAWS Shelter which has been turned into an evacuation center for the animals displaced by typhoon “Ondoy.”

Jam with international star Sam Bradley together with True Faith, Rachel Alejandro, Gian Magdangal, Joey Ayala, Jan Nieto, Aliya Parcs, Harry Santos, Camerawalls, Reklamo and more as they sing for the animals.

Donations in cash or in kind (canned pet food, roofed cages, dog shampoo, old blankets and medicine) will be accepted at the PAWS Booth from 11am – 8pm.

So come and spend a meaningful weekend with your four-legged love ones only at the WORLD ANIMAL DAY Celebration at SM Mall of Asia.

This event is made possible through the generous help of Alpo Chop House, McDonald’s, Frontline Plus, Magnolia Healthtea, Magnolia Fruitdrink, Magnolia Purewater, By Nature Handmade Soaps, Human Nature, Yes Movement, The Picture Company, Krispy Kreme, Mypetchannel.tv and the Philippine Star Pet Life Section.

Marc and I might be going with Shantee and Kubrick. See you there!!!!

In order for me to easily access new updates, I’m subscribed to a number of news sites. I check these as soon as I get online. Imagine my surprise when I saw this disturbing story from the Mail Online:

Gang of children – some as young as TEN – caught slowly roasting puppies over bonfire

According to the story, the adorable puppies in the photo above were almost burned alive by a gang of children as young as 10 to 12 years old. (more…)

Been so busy with work I haven’t really gotten the time to sit down and blog about this

This coming October 26 (that’s on Sunday!), Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) will be having its annual grand Halloween fund-raising event at Eastwood Central Plaza on at 3pm. Registration starts at 130pm, program starts at 3pm. There will be a P250 registration fee which will go to the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center.

With all the Halloween hoo-la-ba-loo happening here at our house (my family and I are preparing decors for our village’s Halloween Trick or Treat event this coming Saturday), I just hope I find the time to create a Halloween costume for Shantee. She just LOVES dressing up!

Here’s the complete press release… (more…)

Yesterday, I finally got my movie fix—I haven’t been out of the house for more than a month because of my work load. So, after my torture, Marc (my husband) and I decided to dine and relax at Eastwood City Walk since it’s the closest to our house. That’s when I found out about a pet blessing to be held on Sunday, 430pm at Eastwood City.

In celebration of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, there will be a parade of the saint’s image together with pet owners and their beloved animals. A mass will follow, then the pet blessing. Marc and I are planning to bring Sheero along, since she’s the only dog we have who can manage to stay well-behaved at events where there are a lot of people—she’s a real “party animal!” Besides, she likes going there

Hopefully by Sunday, Sheero will become a bona fide Roman Catholic hehehe.

See you there!

Anybody who blogs about pets out there? Here’s a chance for us dog-lovers (ok fine, “animal-lovers”) to meet and greet!

SM Hypermarket invites you to the biggest blogger party and announcement of winners of the SM Hypermarket Blog Writing Contest (you have until August 21 to join!).

What: SM Hypermarket Invites Bloggers to Party!
When: August 23, 2007, Thursday, 7:30 pm
Who: bloggers of any size, age, status or whatever
How: Just leave a comment on my blog or any of the coordinators blogs
Why: Party and awarding ceremonies for the winner of the SM Hypermarket blog writing contest and, of course, to meet many, many new friends!
Where: Taste Asia (beside SM Hypermarket), SM Mall of Asia

If you’re interested, you can leave a comment on this post or send me an email so you can be added to the guest list!

Oh, and yeah, each blogger is entitled to bring one non-blogger human guest