Franci the dog needs a home :)

Franci the viral mall dog still needs a forever home

by Immae Lachica  from CDN Digital | October 28,2019 - 10:10 AM

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/266686/franci-the-viral-mall-dog-still-needs-a-forever-home 

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Remember the aspin named Franci who touched everyone’s heart with the bond she has with a mall guard?

Read: Meet the mall guard in Cebu with a dog best friend

Well, Franci up to now is still looking for a forever home.

Gretel Eleazar, the founder of Saving Strays Cebu, tells CDN Digital that even though Franci is a well-loved dog in the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City, she still needs to be safe from all the vehicles and to feel the comfort of a home.

“I’m still looking for an adopter for Franci. I am planning to tap one of Cebu’s elites who just recently adopted three of our rescue dogs, but still working on it.  That’s why I am keeping my doors open to whoever would want to adopt Franci,” says Eleazar.

She also adds that Danillo Reyeg, the mall guard, still feeds Franci outside the mall he works for but can not take Franci home with him in Lapu-Lapu City because he has a dog at home.

Read: A newfound bond between a stray dog and a mall guard

“He is willing but he can’t do it anytime soon because he has another adopted dog at home who was just released from the hospital,” says Eleazar.

Now, Eleazar is hoping to get a message or a call saying that they too will love to take Franci in as the new member of their family.

“I just want Franci to have a home because she keeps on roaming around the area where trucks and jeepneys pass by. Franci deserves to be safe in a home,” says Eleazar.

If you would like to take this lovely aspin Franci home, you can contact Eleazar through their Facebook page Saving Strays Cebu.

A lovely dog like Franci deserves to have a home. /elb

Tobey Maguire and Alden Richards--separated at birth??

From my watching of cable reruns of "Spiderman" that American actor Tobey Maguire starred in and from seeing almost daily on my TV the Filipino actor Alden Richards, I sensed that they were like twins! Well, I put together their Googled photos, and I conclude that they were, indeed, separated at birth heheh :) (In photo, Tobey at left, and Alden at right.) 

Orphaned baby needs immediate help

See link below for the news about the nine-month-old baby who lost his parents in an accident in the Philippines, a few days ago. Those who want to help with the baby's needs can contact Richelle Peña Robosa, mobile number (Philippines) +63 9503633376; or, visit the pedia ward of the Mother Seton Hospital in Naga City, Bicol province, Philippines.

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/993914/infant-who-lost-parents-to-car-crash-in-need-of-breast-milk-clothes-diapers#ixzz5GbEp1gGv

Sick couple needs immediate help

From http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/953491/kin-of-ailing-elderly-couple-appeal-for-help

Kin of ailing elderly couple appeal for help

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:02 AM December 19, 2017

Instead of spending the holidays at home, retired University of the Philippines employees Jesus Cabudoy and his wife, Salvacion, are confined in the hospital. The couple were recently admitted to the National Kidney Transplant Institute in Quezon City for different reasons.

Jesus, 79, suffered a massive stroke on Dec. 9 and remains in the intensive care unit after undergoing brain surgery and dialysis.

Three days later, 70-year-old Salvacion was also admitted to the hospital for dengue fever. Their mounting hospital bills and other medical expenses have taken their toll on the family’s finances.
Still, their children hope to bring them home for Christmas, especially since Jesus is turning 80 on Jan. 1.

The Cabudoy siblings are asking for prayers and financial aid.

Donations may be coursed through the bank account of the couple’s son, Jake Cabudoy, at BPI Family Savings Bank (savings account # 0069192092) or through Gofundme (https://www.gofundme.com/mangjessmedicalfund) and Paypal (https://paypal.me/pools/c/802ebaxC5l).

Women (and men) celebrate!!!

I wish women (and men) worldwide a beautiful and meaningful celebration of the 2017 "International Women's Day" :)

#WomenForChange

Merry Christmas 2016 to all!!!

here's my Merry Christmas tree with a matching short song ("ang Pasko ay sumapit--Christmas has come")

Being fair

TV host (female) says as parting shot on her show this morning that she gives kudos, in view of the upcoming Father's Day celebration, to mothers who give happiness to their husbands because they take care of the husbands, cook for them, and give them children. 

The remarks of the TV host (who is relatively newly married and recently gave birth to their first born) left me fidgety. I myself am not married and has no kids, but with the host's remarks, I felt for the married women who do not cook or cannot cook (because they lack cooking skills or they lack time to cook, etc.); I felt for the married women (and their husbands) who do not have children because of various reasons, such as they simply do not want to have kids or they cannot bear kids. The TV host's remarks seem to say that these women (those who cannot cook or have not given given birth) do not make their husbands happy. The remarks are uncalled for, disrespectful, and discriminatory.

Women are not required nor should be required to be the ones doing the cooking and other household work. Nor should they be the ones required to just be the ones doing these chores. They are called "household work," not "women's work." The men must do their share of the household work. Especially for married couples, household work should be a joint undertaking, and they should also do joint parenting if they have a kid. That is gender equality.

Society should not also impose that married couples should have kids. Society should not automatically think that married couples who do not have kids are not happy. Society should not immediately judge that a man is not happy if his wife has not given birth. If a married couple does not have a kid, they should be respected for that--whether it is a decision they had to make or for medical reasons. Couples get so much pressure from a society that always asks when they are going to have a child, or why they do not have a child. 

It is in the same vein when society pressures single men and women by always asking when they are getting married, or why they are not married. Cannot single men and women be just as they are--single--whether as a result of a decision made or of circumstance? They certainly do not deserve to be questioned or pressured on their status, much more if the ones asking are themselves having troubled marriages or even separated.  Hahah!  And society must also remember that marriage--if a person does decide to get married or eventually is led by circumstance to marriage--can always come at any age. (Not having kids at a certain "later" age for women should not also be made an issue as this can also be a result of a decision made by the person. And, besides, a childless couple can always decide to adopt. There are many orphans out there who yearn to and deserve to have their own families.)