The climate of New York City is broadly representative of the humid continental type, which prevails in the northeastern United States, but its diversity is not usually encountered within an area of comparable size. Masses of cold, dry air frequently arrive from the northern interior of the continent. Wheew, this is what you wont ever experience in my country.

New York boasts the most extensive and one of the oldest transportation infrastructures in the country. Engineering difficulties because of the terrain of the state and the unique issues of the city brought on by urban crowding have had to be overcome since the state was young. Population expansion of the state generally followed the path of the early waterways, first the Hudson River and then the Erie Canal. But of course, I won’t and should not forget for my accomodation. I have to look for quality New York Hotels

Take a look in these New York Hotels

The image above is the interior design in The Barclay New York Hotels

The Hilton New York Hotel

The Doral Court New York Hotel (alley view)

This year’s Mr. and Ms. Intramurals 2007 will be held in UIC Auditorium this coming August 31, 2007 Friday. Wow and that is three nights from now. The theme falls under Filipiniana since the month of August is the official Buwan ng Wika. In this coronation night, the candidates will showcase a different but very wonderful dresses and culture of Filipinos. They have to carry out the smiles of true Filipinos. This theme is infact wholy different from the previous and prominent beauty pageants that you’ll ever witness. Folks, culture of the Filipinos will be showcased this coming coronation night. This is indeed a challenge for the organizers to prove especially to young audiences (the students) that we have to revive the Filipiniana days and its worth the time to witness the said event.

Well, good luck for all the candidates especially the candidates of the ITE Program! God bless!

This year’s Intramurals in UIC is fast approaching - really fast because it will be on Monday of next week, Sept.3.  I’ll be having three events this year and these include chess, dramatic dialogue and folkdance. I just don’t know why Mr. Barrios chose me to join dramatic dialogue-lolz! I have no idea but I’ll just accept the challenge..Remember, I love to take risk and conquer my limitations…Geez, once in a lifetime "pakaulaw"…lolz!

This day is a very "werrrlah" day. We are bombarded with a lot of tasks and document submission to meet. Our seemingly unending document revision in Systems Analysis and Design, a business concept for our Technopreneurship subject, a brain stirring math problems in Probability and Statistics, and not to mention our exams this week. Geez, whatta busy schedule. I have no choice but to get in the flow and be efficient with the responsibilities assigned to me. I just hope and pray that I’ll continue to be of good health so that I’ll remain physically capable to do all of these challenges thrown to me.

Well  the best of luck and may God bless the Seniors for our endeavors, the ITE Program for this upcoming Intramurals—go for the GOLD!!!

I really need Your help today.  Sometimes it seems like the world around me is filled with fear, loss, pain, anger, and confusion.  And when I look inside me, I see more fear, loss, pain, anger, and confusion.

I know You’ve saved me from so much in the past, and I know You’re still the most important thing in my life.  But I’m having a hard time holding onto You now, and believing that You can ever keep me safe and heal this broken place.  So I’m asking for Your help today.

It’s never really been easy being me, and it’s a lot harder now.  I’ve been working on living the way You want me to, and learning to treat people including myself with love and respect.

But now big parts of my life have been washed away, and it almost feels like part of my soul has been washed away too.  Sometimes I don’t even understand the way I feel, or the way the people around me are acting.  I’m exhausted.  My nerves are raw.  How can I use Your love and Your principles to get through all this and come out stronger and better?
 
I know from past experience that You often heal me by helping me find and use the strengths you’ve already given me¾strengths that I sometimes forget to use.  Then, little by little, things get better.  I get better.  So today I’m going to ask You to show me these and other strengths inside me, and to help me remember them and use them all day:

·        Trusting You:  When I trust You trust You no matter what my fear gets smaller, and I get calmer.  I know You’re taking care of me, and You’ll keep taking care of me in ways I don’t yet understand.  I start to see things more clearly, and I make better choices.

·        Accepting Your Will:  When I try to accept Your will even though I’m hurting and I don’t know what you want for me then the fear starts to disappear.  I can feel safe, even if there’s danger around me.  I can face whatever happens and do whatever You want me to do, whether You want me to stay or go, speak or be silent, take a stand or simply watch things happen.  I just need to keep trying to do what you want.

·        Healing the Wounds:  I know I’ve been hurt by this experience, even though sometimes I just feel numb.  I also know there are old wounds deep inside me that make it harder to handle what’s going on now.  I’m willing to let You heal all these wounds, no matter what I have to do.  Sometimes the best way to heal is just to feel whatever I feel, even if I don’t like it.  Sometimes I have to ask for help and let people help me.  Sometimes I can heal by speaking my truth, sometimes by letting go of guilt or resentment, and almost always by trying to do things the way You want me to, even though it’s still hard.

·        Choosing to Love:  I ask You to help me choose to love myself and others, with all our flaws and mistakes.  I don’t have to fix other people or take away their pain.  I just have to love them and be a respectful witness to their pain, so they’re not going through it alone.  Love isn’t an emotion;  it’s a decision.  Whenever I’m making that decision, it’s easier to heal, and harder to cause problems for myself or anyone else.

·        Understanding:  Please help me keep an open mind, be honest with myself, and see everyone including myself with compassion.  Help me remember that the painful and sometimes irrational things we’re thinking and feeling right now are normal reactions to a very painful situation the kind of situation that human beings just aren’t built to understand.  Help me take the time to understand people before I react to them.

·        Vigilance:  Please help me be vigilant, so that I can tell whether a person, situation, or action is likely to help me heal or cause more problems.

·        Discipline:  Please give me the discipline to make choices that will help me heal and avoid choices that will cause more problems.

·        Grace:  If I do start to make unwise choices, please help me catch my balance and set things right before my words or actions can lead to any problems.

·        Responsibility:  Please give me the courage to take responsibility for my mistakes and their consequences, and to make amends for any harm I’ve done, whenever I can do this without causing more harm.  Please also help me take responsibility for being part of my own healing for asking for the help I need, and accepting it.

·        Forgiveness:  Please teach me to forgive myself and others for the harm we’ve done, no matter how large or small our mistakes, and no matter how old or new the wounds are.  Help me understand that forgiveness doesn’t give me or anyone else permission to keep on doing harm;  it just means I don’t have to carry the past around any more.

·       Community:  Please help me reach out to others, to help them and accept the help that they have to offer.  I know my healing will be deeper and more complete if I do it in community with others.  We may feel like we’re broken, but together we’re whole.  And in the love I give to others, I’ll find the love I need from You.

I thank You for giving me these strengths, and for helping me find them and use them today.  With your help I will survive this, and I will grow much stronger and closer to You.

Source: (Pam Woll, September, 2005)