AEMS Compass Team at D'Leonor Inland Resort & Adventure Park for Jollibee's Olympics

The venue for Jollibee's Olympics was held at D'Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park. It proved to be a fantastic and a welcome new experience for the Compass Team, it being the first time they were able to visit the place. A new resort in Davao City that will you the thrill and fun that can surely suffice your adrenaline cravings. D’ Leonor Inland Resort and Wave pool offers exciting amenities such as their clubhouse, food court, park, badminton and basketball court, a 600 steps walk section, zip line, surf package, hanging bridge, trekking section and a mini zoo. The newly constructed wave pool is the main  attraction of the resort and it is a great place to have that dip and plunge you want. Their Raging river section is a must-try since you’ll truly enjoy the wrath of waves in this part of the pool. They also have Jacuzzi and pool slides that will unquestionably hype you further. 

D’ Leonor is an impeccable choice for corporate parties and family picnic because of its bigger space compared to other Davao water parks. The place is not as crowded as the other resorts thus you can have that exclusive-feel you need for your party activities. Also witness the resort’s ploy and entertaining events that add amusement on your visit.The resort is located at Communal, Purok 5, Cabantian, Davao City, just a 15-30 min. drive from the city. Rates and fees of the resort are quite expensive but reasonable. Entrance fee is just Php50 and wavepool usage is charged Php250. Additional fees are also collected if you prefer to enjoy their other facilities. D’ Leonor Inland Resort and Wavepool is surely another attraction to hit in your next planned getaway. The AEMS Compass East Team  will be back at the resort this Friday, 25 October 2013 for the continuation of Jollibee's Olympics. 

Jollibee Sportsfest at D'Leonor Inland Resort and Water Adventure Park, Davao City

Jollibee is the largest fast food chain in the Philippines, operating a nationwide network of over 750 stores. A dominant market leader in the Philippines, Jollibee enjoys the lion’s share of the local market that is more than all the other multinational brands combined. The company has also embarked on an aggressive international expansion plan in the USA, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei, firmly establishing itself as a growing international QSR player.

A company that values family:

Jollibee was founded by Tony Tan and his family with its humble beginnings as an Ice Cream Parlor which later grew into an emerging global brand. At the heart of its success is a family-oriented approach to personnel management, making Jollibee one of the most admired employers in the region with an Employer of the Year Award from the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, Best Employer in the Philippines Award from Hewitt Associated and a Top 20 Employer in Asia citation from the Asian Wall Street Journal.

Today, Jollibee will have its Sportsfest for its employees at D'Leonor Hotel in Cabantian, Davao City. The event will be participated by the management and staff of Jollibee from its different fast food chains in Davao City, Tagum City, Panabo City and Digos City.

Asia's Emergency Medical Services Institute, Inc. will deploy its MFR's from Compass Emergency Assistance Service Team,Inc. for said event which will start from 8:00 am and finish at 6:00 p.m.

Trick or Treat!!!

Majority of the Filipino population observe All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day which falls on November 1 and 2 respectively. Filipinos remember their dead, clean the graves, and decorate them with flowers. 

While the purpose is somber, the effect is a picnic, full of merrymaking and laughter. Everyone goes to the cemetery, and some even stay overnight. 

Asia's EMS Institute, Inc. will deploy its medical service team - Compass EAST at Toril Memorial Park to give medical assistance and consultations to the public who will be visiting their departed loved ones. At the same token, we will also have our offline survey for MY World. United Nations Global Survey for a Better World. 

In addition, below are some Halloween Safety Tips for kids:

- Trick or treat in a group or with an adult. 

- Walk, don’t run, and stay on sidewalks. 

- Look both ways before crossing streets and only cross the street at corners. 

- Wear reflective clothing. 

- Be sure your costume is not too long. You don’t want to trip or fall. 

- Shoes should fit comfortably (even if they don’t match your costume). 

- Consider using face paint instead of a mask. 

- Be sure your parents always know where you are going to trick or treat.

- Stay in familiar neighborhoods. 

- Do not ride a bicycle. 

- Keep away from candles and open fires. 

- Carry a flashlight. 

- Never take candy from strangers. 

- Be cautious of animals. 

- Let parents check your treats before you eat them. 

- Never eat unwrapped candy, opened candy or fruit given to you on Halloween.

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National Risk Reduction Management Council Update on Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake (Sagbayan,Bohol) as of October 19,2013

To date, 183 individuals are reported dead, 583 injured and 13 missing

Total cost of assistance amounted to Php 12,544,697.15

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bodies and NGO partners all over the world to launch MY World, which is the United Nations Survey for a Better World. MY World asks citizens everywhere about the issues that make the most difference to their lives.

As the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) continue to mobilize global action on fighting poverty and enhancing livelihoods, efforts are also underway to include citizens’ voices in the global debate for the development agenda after the MDGs target date of 2015.

MY World is anonymous and asks participants only for their gender,age and country, to allow for disaggregation of data. The data will be presented global leaders and will paint an accurate global picture of the top six issues that impact people’s lives the most.

The survey is currently available online in the seven UN official languages – English, Spanish, Korean,French, Arabic, Russian and Chinese–with more to come. Voters can take the survey via phone, (through SMS and calling toll‐free phone numbers), and in paper form through a network of grassroots organizations, faith‐based communities, youth groups, private sector bodies and NGO partners around the world.

MY World aims to be a simple entry point for ordinary citizens to engage in the post‐2015 development process while also introducing voters to the World We Want web platform‐ a joint initiative between the UN and Civil Society where citizens and stakeholders are participating in a more extensive and interactive post‐2015 debate. Results from MY World will be submitted to the Secretary‐General’s High‐level Panel on the Post‐2015 Development Agenda during their meetings in Monrovia, Jakarta and New York. It is intended that findings from the global survey will be considered by the panel before presenting their final report to the UN Secretary‐General.

In the run up to 2015, MY World will continue gathering people’s voices and results will be shared with the Secretary‐General and other global leaders. This initiative is coordinated by UNDP, the United Nations Millennium Campaign, ODI and the Web Foundation – with the support of partners across the world.

The United Nations and partners invite citizens everywhere to take the survey, and join the post‐2015 process to define the world we want after 2015.

The United Nations and partners want to hear from YOU! MY World is a global survey asking you to choose your priorities for a better world. Results will be shared with world leaders in setting the next global development agenda. Tell us about the world you want, because your voice matters.



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CEBU, BOHOL UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY AFTER M 7.2 EARTHQUAKE HIT CENTRAL VISAYAS

Damaged cars lie under a rubble outside the GMC Plaza Building in Cebu, central Philippines Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings, cracked roads and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church Tuesday morning, killing at least 20 people across the central region. AP/Chester Baldicantos

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Rescuers recover an unidentified man under the rubbles at a fish port in Pasil, Cebu, central Philippines Tuesday Oct. 15, 2013. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the central Philippines Tuesday morning, collapsing roofs and buildings, cracking walls and roads and killing at least 20 people. AP/Chester Baldicantos

The quake was recorded from two to five kilometers southeast of Carmen town at 8:12 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and the United States Geological Service reported.

Phivolcs said the earthquake had a depth of 33 kilometers.
The tremor lasted for a minute and triggered a blackout.
Several aftershocks were felt.
According to initial reports, some houses and buildings were damaged.
The earthquake was felt in parts of Visayas and Mindanao:
Intensity VI – Hinigaran, Negros Occidental
Intensity V- Iloilo, City
Intensity IV – Masbate City
Intensity III – Davao City

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WHY PATIENCE PAYS OFF

For the majority of us, patience does not come easily. And when it does come, it’s often fleeting. The rest of the time, we rush, we interrupt, we get exasperated when people squeeze ahead of us in line, we charge things now rather than paying cash later, we curse drivers who impede our progress in the fast lane. I have read some posts of my friends on on FB expressing their frustrations time and again on things that did not happen as they planned.

In 1968, a Stanford University researcher presented each member of a group of preschool children with a single marshmallow. He wanted to see which of them could resist eating it long enough to earn a second treat. Follow-up studies found the children who demonstrated sufficient patience to win the prize experienced greater success later in life. They were more likely than the impatient kids to earn good salaries and less likely to suffer from addictions of all kinds. The researchers’ conclusion: Those blessed with an ability to defer gratification enjoy greater life chances as the result.

From decisions made in haste to words spoken without reflection, impatience can cause a vast amount of pain, waste, damage and conflict (Zamboanga City comes to mind).

Even if we are not born with a great deal of patience, it’s a virtue that even the most agitated among us can develop, one that we can hone with focus and practice. Former Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani advocates "PAUSE MUNA, PEACE MUNA". When we are in a situation we cannot control and is filled with conflicting emotions, then its best to pause and KEEP STILL...

I have learned over the years that they key to developing the virtue of patience lies in finding new ways of perceiving your predicament. Here are a few ways you might do that :

1. Changing your perception of things, changes your experience.

Most impatience begins as a preverbal feeling of discomfort. Your face gets hot, or your stomach feels weird. Then negative thoughts begin rolling in like storm clouds — frustrating thoughts about how something or somebody should be moving faster or doing something differently. Our thoughts can cause problems for us. Our conscious mind is searching for an object to blame for our initial discomfort, but this only makes matters worse, because it’s like “pouring kerosene on a fire to put it out."

Interpreting challenging circumstances as novel opportunities doesn’t always come naturally, of course. To make it easier, this is what I do which could also work for you....

a. Bypass blame - Rather than faulting anyone in particular for the fact that you have to wait or adjust your plans, try entertaining the notion that the delay just is. Who knows, it may even turn out to be to your advantage. If not for the wait, perhaps you might have encountered a bigger problem — or accident — instead.

b. Be thankful for small blessings - This is what I always tell my friends.If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, and you have a cell phone that allows you to call and explain your delay to whoever is waiting for you, that’s a blessing. And once you make that call, you’re free to begin embracing more blessings, like the opportunity to listen to some great music while actively strengthening your patience muscles. See if you can sit in traffic without wishing ill upon a single driver, even if several of them manage to get their cars into the moving lane before you do. Try radiating goodwill instead.

Write your own history: Keep in mind that you are always authoring your own experience. Eventually, the irritating circumstances you are dealing with will be over, and you’ll be left with the choices you made in the interim.

2. Expand Your Empathy

Look at situations differently and learn to see the complexity of a situation. This means understanding that human beings live complicated lives in a complex universe, all the variables of which we can’t possibly know or appreciate in the moment. Just remembering this fact may allow us to amplify our sense of empathy with others, and thus to soften a little.

For example, if you’re in a movie-ticket line that’s not moving, you might start feeling testy. But if you are willing to see the complexity of the situation, you might reflect on the fact that even a movie theater has a number of intricate moving parts. Everyone who works there has navigated traffic, weather, relationships, possible health challenges and who knows what else to get to work that day. It’s entirely possible that one or more people scheduled that day did not make it, which could slow down the line or — in the event the remaining workers had to deal with an unexpected problem or distraction — stop it altogether.

Seen in this light, you might appreciate that everyone is doing the best that he or she can under the circumstances. You might also perceive that this holdup is probably an exception to the rule: The fact that things generally work as well as they do is something of a minor miracle.

3. Develop Tolerance from Positivity

It’s easier to have patience when we’re awash in good feelings. One good example is when we’re newly in love, for example, it seems like nothing can disturb our sense of well-being. Late busses, long waits for restaurant tables, canceled flights — we take them all in stride. When we are feeling generally happy, our ability to comfortably tolerate annoyances skyrockets. From this positivity, we develop tolerance. This does not involve gritting our teeth and bearing reality. On the contrary, it involves actively noticing and cultivating positive feelings. Come up with "cheerfulness practices"... mine is saying "thank you" to God and my angels the moment I open my eyes in the morning. I express my gratitude for everything, be it big or small. Yours can be listening to your favorite song, reflecting on the beauty of nature, reading a verse in the bible to start your day... all these can do a lot to lengthen your proverbial fuse.

There will always be things that push us to impatience. But practicing with little annoyances,can build a greater capacity for humor and perspective overall. So when the truly big challenges come along, there’s grace. Waiting for you.