Tsunami: When the Sea Becomes a Monster

MOD Vol. 37 Nos. 1740 and 1741, February 25 and March 4, 2005

On the left cover: Raquel Denise “Kelly” Misa

On the right cover: Romina “Mina” Zamora

As a consequence of the megathrust Magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the west coast of Northern Sumatra some 225 kilometers south-southeast of Banda Aceh, in Indonesia, last December 26, 2004, a giant tsunami was generated that reached as far away as the eastern coast of Africa. The Philippines, though in a lesser scale, was not apart from such disaster. What can we really do? Read on.

“LORD, the seas raise, the seas raise their voice. The seas raise up their pounding waves. The sound of the water is loud; the ocean waves are powerful, but the LORD above is much greater.” – Psalms 93:3-4, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

August 30




AUGUST 30

(Lingguhang) Darna Komiks Taon 9 Blg 384, Agosto 30, 1976
Tampok sa harapang pabalat sina Vilma Santos at Romeo Enriquez,
At sa likurang pabalat ang Smolbateribols ni Larry Alcala.

Agosto 30 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 30, 1896, naganap ang Battle of Pinaglabanan, kung saan ang mga kulang sa sandatang mga Katipunero sa pamumuno ni Gat Andres Bonifacio ay magiting na nakipaglaban sa mga sundalong Kastila sa isang pook sa San Juan (na noon ay bahagi ng lalawigan ng Rizal). Noong 1973, isang bantayog ang itinayo upang alalahanin ang mga nagbuwis ng buhay sa naturang pook na “Pinaglabanan.”

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          Ang Mutual Defense Pact sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at America ay nagkaroon ng bisa noong Agosto 30, 1951. Layon ng kasunduang ito na magkaroon ng kapayapaan sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa at upang ipagsanggalang ang kapakanan ng bawat isa laban sa pagsalakay ng ibang bansa.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 30:

1850 – Marcelo Hilario del Pilar, leading propagandist during the Spanish colonization, editor of La Solidaridad, journalist, poet and writer in Tagalog and Spanish – in Cupang, Bulacan, Bulacan (d. July 4, 1896).

1886 – Rosauro Almario, writer, newspaper, politician and founder of the Aklatang Bayan – in Tondo, Manila (d. March 11, 1933).

1954 – Edgardo “Edgar” Mortiz, singer and actor, in Quezon City.

Edgar Mortiz (kasama si Vilma Santos)
sa taklob-pahina na Pilipino Reporter (Pebrero 8, 1974)

1980 – Antoinette Taus (full name Antoinette Cherish Flores Taus), actress, singer and commercial model – in Angeles, Pampanga.

Antoinette Taus (with Dingdong Dantes)

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (March 2, 1999)

1982 – Gionna Jimenez Cabrera, model, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2005 and Miss Photogenic (2005 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant) – in Manila.

1985 – Kelly Misa (full name Raquel Denise Galvez Misa), model, beauty columnist and television host – in Manila.

Kelly Misa

on the cover of MOD (February 25, 2005) and Mobile Philippines (March-April 2007)


The T-1000 “Liquid Metal Terminator”
(portrayed by Robert Patrick),
in the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
(August 30, 1991).

Picture Trivia

          Robert Patrick played the role of FBI agent John Doggett in the TV series The X-Files. In the episode titled “Salvage” (January 14, 2001), he mentioned “You only see metal men in movies.” This can be alluded to Patrick portraying the role of the T-1000, the extremely difficult to destroy liquid metal terminator, in the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

          Incidentally, when the production of Terminator 2 was announced in 1984, the estimated budget was 12 million dollars. The production cost, however, reached 102 million dollars, the first film to exceed a 100-million-dollar budget.

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February 22

 

FEBRUARY 22

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 44, February 22, 2005

On the cover: Kelly Misa

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

The Kessler Twins, Alice and Ellen

on the cover of Life (February 22, 1963)

 

Events that happened on February 22

1942 – U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) ordered Gen. Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines as American defenses collapsed.

1945 – Luis Taruc, Cato Alejandrino and other Huk leaders were arrested by the U.S. counter-intelligence group for espousing communist beliefs.

1986 – Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and AFP Vice Chief of Staff Fidel V. Ramos, mutinied against Pres. Ferdinand Marcos that led to the EDSA Revolt.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on February 22:

1847 – Pedro Cui, philanthropist and founder of the Hospicio de San Jose in Guibuangan, Barili, Cebu – in Cebu. (d. June 5, 1926)

1898 – Lazaro Francisco, Tagalog novelist, short story writer, and founder of the Kapatiran ng mga Alagad sa Wikang Pilipino (KAWIKA) – in Orani, Bataan. (d. June 17, 1980)

1927 – Florencio Campomanes, political scientist, chess player and tournament organizer, and FIDE president (1982-1995) – in Manila. (d. May 3, 2010)

1971 – Lea Salonga (full name Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga), singer, actress and first Asian to sing in the Broadway musical Les Miserables – in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Lea Salonga
on the covers of the Mr. & Ms. (December 19, 2000) and MOD (June 2013).



Henry Fonda and his Daughter Jane of the cover
of Life (February 22, 1960

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Henry Fonda (1905-1982) and his daughter Jane, both excellent and renowned Hollywood actors, had appeared together in only one film? This is On Golden Pond (1980), under the direction of Mark Rydell from the story written by Ernest Thompson, where they also portrayed father and daughter. It was in this film that Henry Fonda won his only Academy Best Actor Award (although many critics agree that he should have won in earlier films. He is on record the oldest person to win the Academy Best Actor Award. It was also in this film that Katharine Hepburn won her fourth Academy Best Actress Award.

          Jane fonda, on the other hand, won two Academy Best Actress Award ahead of his father: In 1971 for the film Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home.

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