Japanese coffee shop Omotesando Koffee To Open in The Philippines This August

Hooray! Heads-up, my fellow coffee-lovers: Japanese coffee shop Omotesando Koffee is officially opening its first Metro Manila branch in Power Plant Mall, Makati City, tentatively slated for an August 2021 launch.

And they'll be hiring not only one but six (6) Pinoy Baristas according to the Instagram post of David Omg.

I am so excited! I couldn't wait for August to come by!

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HENRY SY JR. HEARTFELT EULOGY FOR HIS DAUGHTER

Jan Catherine Sy, daughter of SM Prime chairman Henry "Big Boy" Sy. Jr. and granddaughter of late tycoon Henry Sy, passed away on Thursday night, March 18, 2021.

She was a lifelong equestrian, assistant VP and project director for SMDC, a faithful Christian, a granddaughter, and a daughter.

In eulogy for daughter, Henry Sy Jr. describes Jan Catherine's spirited life.

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 (𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮) 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭.

𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘛 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬.

𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩:

1. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯;

2. 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴: 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘺;

3. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘦: 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰.

𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘌𝘈 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤.

𝘉𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴."

𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱.

𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 – 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘮.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵... 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘮 (𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱).

𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 29 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥.

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘌𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 2:8-9) 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴... 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴. (𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 19:30)

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵.

𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦.” (𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 11:25-26)

𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥. (𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 10:27-30) 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵.

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴

𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘉𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚𝘌𝘋 𝘉𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘕𝘈𝘔𝘌! (𝘑𝘰𝘣 1:21

May Jan Catherine Sy's ❤️ beautiful soul rest in peace with the Lord. 🙏🙏🙏

NCR RESIDENTS: Hanggang Saan Nga Ba Makakagala?

Ban on cross-border travel was approved by President Duterte earlier today upon the IATF recommendations to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 to other parts of the country, only essential travel into and out of the subject area shall be allowed. It will be implemented from March 22 to April 4, 2021.

The newly placed restrictions places NCR, CAVITE, LAGUNA, RIZAL AND BULACAN UNDER ONE BUBBLE. 

That means people in NCR can only go as far as Laguna in the South and Bulacan in the North because they belong to one bubble. 

An individual who is blocked at a border, can present proof of residence to pass through.

Non-essential travels are prohibited so stay home, stay safe, always wash your hands and wear face mask and face shield even at home. Pray Psalm 91🙏

How to install your RFID

The guys at Easytrip suggest that you put your RFID on your headlight or windshield. Kindly make sure that you clean the part where you’re going to stick the RFID first with soap and water then pat it dry.

Any contaminants might mess up your installation or the RFID sticker itself. A relative had it installed at one of their installation sites and they put it on his windshield because it is much closer to the RFID reader in their toll booths.

Follow the instructions that came with your RFID, stick it yourself, and you’re done!

You can also watch the instructional video prepared by Easytrip.

SMC'S Autosweep RFID Stations Sites

Here’s a list of SMC’s Autosweep RFID Stations and Toll Plazas as of October 23, 2020:

Skyway/NAIAX:

Open 24/7

1. C5 Customer Service Center Southbound

2. Old NAIAX Drive-Thru Westbound

Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

3. C5 Toll Plaza Northbound

4. Petron Dasmariñas

5. Petron Valle Verde

6. Shell Magallanes

Open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

7. Bicutan Toll Plaza Northbound

8. Nichols Toll Plaza Southbound

9. Skyway Runway Toll Plaza Northbound

10. Sucat Southbound Exit 

Open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

11. NAIAX Main Toll Plaza A & B

SLEX

Open 24/7

12. Southwoods Toll Plaza Northbound

13. After Calamba Entry Toll Gate

14. Eton Toll Plaza Northbound

Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

15. Ayala Greenfield Customer Service Center

16. Southwoods Customer Service Center Northbound

17. Sta. Rosa Customer Service Center Northbound

18. Sta. Rosa Customer Service Center Southbound

19. Cabuyao Toll Plaza Southbound

20. Susana Heights Toll Plaza Southbound

21. Mamplasan Toll Plaza Northbound

22. Mamplasan Toll Plaza Southbound

23. Filinvest Toll Plaza

24. Calamba Customer Service Center Northbound (After Toll Gate)

25. Petron Evia

26. Petron San Pedro Southbound

27. Shell Mamplasan Northbound

28. Shell Putatan Southbound

29. Caltex MCX

30. TOTAL SLEX Northbound

31. Southwoods Mall Terminal 1

Open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

32. Sta. Rosa Toll Plaza Southbound

33. Cabuyao Toll Plaza Northbound

Open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

34. Alabang Entry Toll Gate Southbound

35. Petron Silangan (KM.44) Southbound

STAR

Open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

36. Sto. Tomas Drive-Thru Northbound

37. Lipa Drive-Thru Southbound

38. Batangas Drive-Thru Southbound

Open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

39. STAR Toll Lipa Customer Service Center (Tambo Exit)

40. Petron Lipa Northbound

41. Petron Malvar Southbound

42. Petron Ibaan (KM. 86) Northbound

TPLEX

Open 24/7

43. TPLEX Tarlac Main Office Northbound

Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

44. Petron Pura Northbound

45. Petron Pura Southbound

Open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

46. Tarlac Toll Plaza

47. Victoria Toll Plaza

48. Pura Toll Plaza

49. Carmen Toll Plaza

50. Urdaneta Toll Plaza

51. Rosario Toll Plaza

EASYTRIP RFID INSTALLATION SITES

Easytrip RFID installation sites to accommodate the rising number of motorists has opened installation sites to make it easier for motorists to get their free RFID stickers. 

The Easytrip System covers the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), the Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx), the C5 Southlink, and the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX).

North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) & SCTEX

PETRON Marilao Northbound | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. PETRON Balagtas Southbound | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. SHELL Balagtas Southbound | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. NLEX Drive and Dine | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. PETRON Lakeshore | 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Balintawak Customer Service Center | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Balintawak AOVP (After Toll Plaza) | 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Bocaue AOVP (After Toll Plaza) | 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. San Fernando Customer Service Center | 6:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Tabang Customer Service Center | 6:30 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Mindanao Customer Service Center | 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Tarlac Toll Plaza | 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Lane Selling: Balintawak Karuhatan Mindanao Bocaue Barrier Angeles Balagtas

Manila Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX)

Kawit Toll Plaza (Manila bound) | 6:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Longos Bacoor CIC Office Northbound CIC Office Southbound

C5 Link Expressway

C5 Link Customer Service Center | 8:30 A.M - 5:30 P.M.

Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX)

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Santa Rosa Toll Plaza CALAX Customer Service Center Mamplasan Entry

I was saddened when I saw this statement below:  Under the first phase of the government's Toll Collection Interoperability Project, Autosweep tags will be readable at the Easytrip System, while the second phase will allow Easytrip RFID tags to be readable at the Autosweep System.

So, while waiting for the full implementation of the readable system, a car owner must secure both kinds of RFID stickers to avoid penalty just in case the car owner has future plans to visit Baguio or Tagaytay. Sigh.

FREE RFID STICKERS AT THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION SITES

RFID Absolute implementation will be on November 30, 2020.

After that date any motorists whose car is without the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)stickers will be apprehended and will be issued a citation ticket.

RFIDs came about after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) ordered tollways to adopt a cashless payment system to minimize human contact that could spread the coronavirus.

Though tollway operators offers fast and free RFID Installation a motorist must still secure two (2) different RFID Stickers as of press time.

- Autosweep RFID can only be used at SMC Tollways — the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx), Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx), and STAR Tollway

- Easytrip RFID can only be used at MPTC Tollways at North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), Cavite Expressway (Cavitex), Harbour Link, and Cala Expressway.

MPTC, SMC Tollways long-term objective are to make their RFID stickers compatible

Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. and San Miguel Corp. Tollways

As of now, MPTC’s RFID is not compatible with the roads run by the SMC.

This means motorists who want to use roads run by both MPTC and SMC Tollways need to have two RFIDs — Easytrip for MPTC and Autosweep for SMC.

The good news is that both companies have agreed to achieve the interoperability of their RFIDs.

Compatibility of RFIDs is important to frequent travelers — like cargo movers, public transport operators, and businesspeople using tollways managed by both MPTC and SMC Tollways.

For example, motorists traveling up north to the Ilocos Region and the Cordillera might have a problem with their RFIDs: NLEx and SCTEx are run by MPTC while TPLEx is run by SMC Tollways.

The same scenario occurs down south: SLEx and Naia Expressway are run by SMC Tollways, but several adjacent expressways like Cavitex and CALA Expressways are under the jurisdiction of MPTC.

Please expect an all-RFID toll collection system in all expressways in the country by November 30, 2020 to comply with the orders from the Department of Transportation (DOTr).