Now is a Good Time...

...for a bookdrive.

end of the school year na. clear your shelves for the summer. kung di ka naman bumagsak, di mo na yan kailangan. i-donate mo na. go.

pwedeng ihatid sa Saguijo. pwedeng mag email sa books@rockedphilippines.org para ipasundo.

anytime is good time to give books to students who can't afford it.

PS: kung gusto nyo mag rally, mag rally kayo. kung ayaw nyo --wag. pero mag donate pa rin kayo ng libro, maski ano pa desisyon nyo tungkol sa mga politiko.


Text by: Gang Badoy

Rock Ed Concert and Rockregalo!

Oct 15-16, 2006 -- TUMAYO TAYO!
UN Anti-Poverty Rock Ed Concert
Marikina Freedom Park
Concert starts at 4pm

Featuring: Radioactive Sago Project, UpdharmaDown, Juan Pablo Dream, Giniling Festival, Paramita, BrownMan Revival, and many many many more.

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Dec 2, 2006 -- ROCKREGALO LAUNCH!

Free Concert/Christmas Gift Drive
Eastwood Main Circle
Concert Starts at 730pm

Featuring: Radioactive Sago Project, UpdharmaDown, JuanPabloDream, Giniling Festival, Outerhope, Paramita, Drip, and the list is growing... abangan...nag te-text pa kami ng mga mababait na bandang tutugtog nang pro-bono... hehehehe


Dec 8, 2006 ROCKREGALO @Gweilo's Makati
Featuring Radioactive Sago Project and more... (abangan)

Dec 9, 2006 ROCKREGALO @Aruba Metrowalk
Featuring 6CycleMind, ProteinShake, Paraluman and CallaLily

Dec 10, 2006 ROCK THE RILES 2006!
Performances @ 8 MRT Stations
Rock Ed Artists Gathering for Human Rights!

Dec 15, 2006 ROCKREGALO @Bagaberde, Pasig
Featuring Itchyworms, Salindiwa, Bagetsafonik, and more

Dec 16, 2006 ROCKREGALO @Aruba, Tomas Morato
JuanPablo Dream and more.... (abangan)

Dec 22, 2006 ROCKREGALO @BlueWave
Chicosci and more.....(abangan, inaayos pa...)

Help Bislig!

(entry taken from Joey's blog)

October 3, 2006. Bislig, Surigao del Sur. a massive fire ate up approximately 3000 households in the public market area of the seaside city of Bislig Surigao del Sur. Many of the affected are small scale merchants who live on the stores surrounding the public market, and fishermen who rely heavily on the public market for deals. This is the biggest fire in the history of the town, rendering around 15000 people homeless and with little supply of food. The town is still in shock. As of this writing, rescue and relief operations are being done to find the bodies of those trapped in the fire. The town depends on the public market for their daily supply of food, and with the market now gone, they will need every help they can get. Bislig is five hours away from Davao and Butuan.

Help can be of any form: clothes, food, utensils, medicines, cash etc. for those who can give please send your donations to Rockedphilippines and we will make sure these will reach the proper authorities in Bislig. Let us know how we can reach you for pick up of goods thru our email rockedphilippines@yahoo.com. For those who are giving cash donations you may send it to the rocked bank account: Bank of the Philippine Islands Loyola Katipunan QC Branch. bank account name: ROCK ED PROJECT . bank account # : 3080-0073-44. please send us an email with the details of your donation (amount, deposit number, date and time) so that we can give you back confirmations.

video footages by joe climaco found here: video1 video2 video3 video4 video5 video6

Rock Ed Book Bigayan

Rock Ed Philippines is accepting donations consisting of grade school and high school textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, Philippine literature, picture books and other educational materials. You may bring your old books, materials, etc. to Rock Ed events, listed here.

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Again, Rock Ed Philippines is now on SMS!

Type KEYWORD and send to 2948 for GLOBE and SUN CELLULAR subscribers, and 3940 for SMART subscribers

ROCKEDPHIL About Rock Ed
ROCKEDPHIL D For Donations to Rock Ed
ROCKEDPHIL E Weekly Rock Ed Events
ROCKEDPHIL REG How to Register to Rock Ed Philippines TxtDomain
ROCKEDPHIL V How to Volunteer

Thanks Tricia M. Fernandez of Megamobile!

Rockin' On

Finally, I get to go back and show support to Rock Ed Philippines! After quite a long hiatus, I'm back! Enjoy talaga!



White bands. Symbols of support for the goals of Rock Ed. Wear the white band now. Available at all events and gigs where Rock Ed Philippines is present. To learn more about Rock Ed Philippines, how to volunteer, event skeds, and whatnot, visit their website at RockEdPhilippines.org. Or you can also text the keyword ROCKEDPHIL and send it to these numbers: 2948 for Globe and Sun Cellular subscribers, or 3940 for Smart subscribers.

It's about time. And as the first picture says, "No more excuses, Philippines!"

Pictures by yours truly. Captured using my (sister's) Sony Cybershot DSC-S40 at Dish ABS-CBN, ELJCC Building, QC, on September 7, 2006.

Lit

I will never settle for a few
when most are within reach.
I have no interest in ‘okay.’

I will never confuse a fad
for commitment.
I will frustrate the cynics.

I have been stubborn when necessary.
I have been easy when offered collaboration.

I have lit fires.

I am a Rock Ed volunteer.

Lit: a Rock Ed Volunteer Manifesto by Gang Badoy.
Picture taken by Mike Campillanes, December 2005.

Wear the white band. No More Excuses, Philippines. End Poverty Now.

No More Excuses, Philippines!

Our country is in a dire situation right now. Oil prices have gone nowhere but up, the cost of living is becoming too expensive to be afforded by our fellow countrymen. Salaries stay almost the same, we have so much problems with traffic, garbage, crime, graft - you name it, we've got it.

What can we do? Do we need new projects?

I say (and a lot of other people say this too), we don't need new projects. What we need are new ways to implement existing projects. It's there already - from traffic rerouting to garbage segregation - the works. Basically our main problem is discipline (or, shall I say, the lack of it). If all people were disciplined enough to keep their candy wrappers in their pockets and wait till they get to a proper trash bin to throw it out, then our streets would be a lot cleaner. If our drivers were disciplined enough to follow the traffic rules and regulations, then our roads would be a lot less congested, and fewer accidents would occur.

The thing is, we always tend to put the blame on a lot of factors - the MMDA is not doing its job properly, we don't have good roads, garbage collection is almost nonexistent, we're not getting support from the government, much-needed funds for country-wide development projects are being used for country clubs and mansions of the corrupt officials, etc., etc. The question that arises now here is, SO WHAT? Should we worry about who to blame for everything, or should we worry about what we can do to help lessen these problems?

We should not be so hasty as to assigning a scapegoat for our problems. All of us - myself included - are guilty as to why we are all suffering. We are all guilty for our lack of self-discipline. No more excuses, Philippines! It's time to stop quacking, get off our asses, and start actually doing something to lessen these problems, one small step at a time. Believe me, big accomplishments start with small steps.

Join Rock Ed Philippines and start making those small steps.