tHe tHiNkiNg uRcHiN suPpoRts Earth Hour 2009

On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 in the evening (local time), everyone is encouraged to participate on the first international election between the Earth and global warming, through the Earth Hour.

Let's all grab this opportunity to take part in this international movement and cast our vote for the Earth by switching our lights off for an entire hour (that's only sixty minutes or three thousand six hundred seconds). Leaving your lights on means a vote for global warming. The goal for this year is to gather one (1) billion votes for the Earth, which will be presented to the world leaders in the upcoming Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The official goverment policies to take action agaisnt global warming and the subsequent climate change that will be determined from this meeting will replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Earth Hour was initiated last 2007 in Sydney, and was participated by 2.2 million homes and businesses. A year later, in 2008, it had grown up into a global sustainability movement with up to 50 million people switching their lights off.

This year, Earth Hour 2009 is being taken to a new level, where every individuals, encompassing all races, from different countries, are encouraged to VOTE EARTH. Every one is being called up to take a stand and control over the future of our planet.

Let's all vote because every vote counts.

Again, VOTE EARTH by simply switching your lights off for one hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM local time, taking part in the global movement -- the Earth Hour.

Make a single flick at that switch, that's just it!

tagged: current moment

weeeee! so here's my first post with respect to the tagging mania that seems to plague the blogosphere. reckon this is one way to build links. this one's from a friend, braggies.

So the basic premise is this: all answers should “at the current moment.”


1. Where is your cellphone --- in my pocket, right side.
2. Your hair --- black, brushed down on my forehead..
3. Your father --- probably on duty, i'm not used to know about his itinerary.. *smirks*
4. Your favorite thing --- ballpen.. just can't leave without it.
5. Your dream last night --- none, can't remember what my last dream was
6. Your favorite drink --- milk.. thick, creamy, milk!
7. Your dream goal --- to become an internationally renowned research scientist and to own a hacienda
8. The room you are in --- office, doin overtime. sharks, this is la perruque!
9. Your fear --- closed spaces, to die in vain, earth's eventual death (?)
10. Where do you want to be in 6 years --- in a hardcore research institution..
11. Muffins --- anyhting will do..
12. One of your wish list items --- to be able to attend graduate school at UP MSI or abroad (lols)
13. Where you grew up --- gensan. been here all my life..
14. The last thing you did --- turned off my pc.
15. What are you wearing --- shirt i bought during training at Silliman University Marine Lab
16. Your TV --- just a plain Sony CRT TV.
17. Your pet --- don't have one..
18. Your computer --- to wit.
19. Your life --- just the way i want it..
20. Your mood --- depends.
21. Missing someone --- hardly...
22. Your car --- i commute.
23. Favorite store --- nothing in particular, perhaps dunkin donuts. i just love to slack there..
24. Your summer --- will be diving for sure, or do things of that sort.. either here in Sarangani Bay, or hopefully at Lanao del Sur (pag natuloy ako sa raket ko dun.. bwahehehehe)
25. Your favorite color --- blue, black, white
26. When was the last time you laughed --- earlier today, when our lab analyst said she's been tired and stressed about her being beautiful after i praised her about her beautiful curly hair.
27. When was the last time you cried --- can hardly remember...but i'm a cry baby, that's for sure..
28. Last person who emailed you --- Ate Bhebz, a friend who's a graduate student at UP MSI, sent me a new research article.
29. Your favorite food --- spaghetti, carbonara, lasagna, pizza.. tomato and cheese based dishes.. i eat anything though.. *winks*
30. A place you would rather be right now --- atop a cliff, by the beach.. enjoying the moonlight, twinkling with the stars, feeling the breeze sweep through my body.. ahhhhh.. solitary bliss!

guess this ends here. i really don't know who to tag. i'm sorry enhenyero.. *laughs*

on blogging and environmental advocacy..

so my blog's pretty technical now.. dealing with all the things about my field, on environmental conservation and protection, focusing on the marine environment.

hell, yes, to a tolerable extent (hopefully), it's pretty boring.

i just can't help it. my personal thoughts are more often than not full of anxiety, of problems, of stressors, and of all the craps a self-confessed non-conformist, radical, and rebellious cynic can ever think of. i am helping myself in this aspect though. focusing on happy thoughts, making myself a blessing to every life i have touched, i am, and will be touching.

and so instead of writing about the rather appalling and vexatious thoughts i have, i promised myself to write about what I know about my field of work, and be an advocate of change, of sustainable development, of saving the last frontier -- the ocean.

so i am saying sorry for everyone who might want to learn more about me through my posts -- through what i write. i may fail you in this aspect, but surely, as you read through, you may be able to see glimpses of my true self (identity crisis on the loose? maybe, maybe not). i may be evasive on this part but will promise to write about my thoughts and views on life and living once in a while..

so for now, do bear with me. I'm in the mood of being self-righteous these days. so i might as well write about saving, protecting, and conserving our environment while i still have the fire..

so for every one of you who gets the chance to read (let's play pretend here that you all are hell lot), do pass the learning and wisdom (that, i can't promise i can impart but will really try. will really, really try) forward and let's hold hands, brace ourselves, and be with me as i go along with this advocacy.