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oooo nice muscles that match the nice smile ! :)

The,

You remember me? I am Airnel. the one who toured you in Manila. the younger one than noel. How are you now. I never thought you are now at the Ship. Good Luck!!

Hi Teh,

I am in Manila now, FINALLY. The doctors realeased me this morning after 3 ong days of tests, and more tests. At first they had sp many theories, kidney proble, diabetes, liver problem, Uric Acid, athritis etc ..etc.. That"s why I was kept there for so long. Finally today conclusive evidence came it that it is a nasty form of bacteria which entered my system on the first week of our trip. Somewhere in the Iloilo-Guimaras-Rapurapu area. I am out of the Cebu hospital but on my way to get confined in a Manila Hospital. They have not totally contained the infection yet. They will now try to culture the bacteria in my blo to be able to identify it. Oh well...more days in the hospital ahead of me.

It was great sailing with all of you. Thank you for everything, specially the lending of the camera. Can you please give me your real email address. Maraming salamat.

Mi casa su casa. Sail safe!

Boy

Hey Teh!

It was nice sailing with you guys at the Esperanza. Although I was aboard only from Legaspi to Dauin, I was able to get a good glimpse of the good work that you guys are doing. Good luck with your travels man... stay safe!

Regards,

Lester

you got a mohawk! it suits you.. :-) did it come with your birthday "bridge jump"? hope everything is fine in the pacific.

tc, abi

hi teh! whats up? how you doin there? do you still remember us? hope your doin good and enjoying your work there at the ship.. can you send me an email? if it is ok with you?

ola mr.rust buster :-) it's good that you're having fun on the ship even with all the maintenance work that you guys have to do! hehe.. is the crane still pink?!

i sent some photos to your email, btw.

Update: PETRON Oil Spill in Guimaras

To the crew of Esperanza,

It's been a month since you left the Philippines but the inspiration that was born out of the Ocean Defenders Ship Tour in my country is much alive. The support that Greenpeace and Esperanza offered to the island province of Guimaras during the Petron oil spill gave the much needed traction to elevate the issue to a national emergency. Up to now the office and I still get calls from supporters from all walks of life asking for updates, offering whatever they can. You inspired not only Filipinos but other nationalities as well. A few weeks ago, we received a mail from Czech Republic -- it was from Matyas, a five year old boy, who learned of what happened in Guimaras and offered to help.

But the fight for survival is still on-going. At the moment, people are being evacuated from the impacted areas due to high levels of volatile organic compounds such as benzene in the ambient air. Ground water is at risk for contamination. Studies are being conducted on the impacts of the spill and dispersants to local ecosystems. The shift from “Habagat” or south west winds to “Amihan” or north east winds, a few weeks from now, is a looming threat to areas that were not initially affected.

Greenpeace is now focused on highlighting the company's irresponsible lack of urgency in siphoning the remaining bunker fuel which continues to spill out from the sunken tanker. The way we see it, instead of expediting its retrieval, Petron is more bent on spending for an expensive PR blitz.

This morning, two months after the spill, Greenpeace volunteers returned soiled debris from Guimaras to the Petron HQ. A banner with the words “Petron, stop the spill now!” was also laid down at the courtyard. Activists then left black footprints leading to Petron’s door to signify the responsibility that the company is hiding from. (http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/news/greenpeace-returns-barrel-of-b).

I hope that efforts of Greenpeace volunteers and supporters along with the initiatives of other organizations, communities and individuals be a wake up call for Petron to immediately own up and pay up. Until then, the MT Solar 1 is still a ticking ecological time bomb.

Well, that’s all for now. I wish you a good voyage through out the rest of the tour and may you inspire more to be a voice in this fragile world of ours.

Padayon,
Abi
11 October 2006

Rick James b....!!!
Hahahaha can't believe i found your mug on the website! Classic.
Bro we're all missing you over here and i can't wait to have a surf with you again. Get that speech ready, you might have to practise in front of the crew a few times to get rid of the nerves. See you in a month or so.
Stay safe.
Big love
ATAMA (and Lisa of course)

hey! it's been a while. what's up? how you doin' guys there?! hope you're all fine. i have my new email add. hope to hear from you soon.

hey teh! i hope u remember me. it's me, mel. we met in dauin and ap island. i was the young journalist along with the sillimanian volunteers.