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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
How to Apply for Unionbank's EON Card
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hi.just wanna ask., bascally I have a plan in getting an EON card. what if I don't have an SSS number and TIN number? for I am just a student.. hope to hear from you soon.. tnx :)ReplyDelete
Hello Marian.ReplyDelete
I guess that not having being an SSS member is not a problem. They just use it as a way to verify your identity. If you don't have an SSS or GSIS account, then you can just use any government-issued ID when you are applying for an EON card.
I am not sure with TIN. The government collects taxes from what we earn from bank accounts. This is the reason why bank asks for our TIN. I suggest that you inquire at Unionbank regarding this issue.
Hope that helped you. Have a blessed day.
- Ainna FathiMarch 12, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Just wanted to share a letter that I sent to UnionBank Execs ---ReplyDelete
I am not a customer just yet. I wanted to be your customer as I have read very good reviews about UnionBank.
Unfortunately, the service I have received earlier this afternoon is not only unacceptable, it IS my WORST experience in Philippine Banking Customer Service. Because of this, I chose not to transact with you anymore and chose to NOT RECOMMEND you to any of my fellow freelancers.
I am a freelance outsource worker from oDesk. I am paid weekly through remittances from a company in the US and am considering to use UnionBank EON to accept my weekly salary. I submitted my application and thoroughly read your EON card policies and requirements. I was told to claim my card in the branch I chose. I picked UnionBank Richville, Alabang Branch as I am familiar with its location.
I was directed to be helped by CECIL R. MARCELO. I was greeted with an unfriendly face and a snobbish demeanor. Anyway, I presented 2 valid government issued IDs (requirements to claim the card per your directions online) and I filled out a form. When CECIL saw my permanent address in the application form- that is different from my address in my IDs, she rejected my application with an unfriendly tone after numerous questions about my work and why I needed the EON card.
I felt as if I am not qualified to use your bank's services because I am a freelance worker. What made it worse is, during the whole "transaction" she did not even smile.
To tell you honestly, I didn't expect that a reputable bank will be provide such poor customer service.
1. It did not necessarily specify on the site that you needed IDs that bear my permanent residence address/ address that will be placed in the application form2. It did not say on the site that applying for an EON card will also include an interview with a teller/customer service rep.
I could have taken things lightly if only I was greeted and informed by a friendly face and tone.
People I know will be informed of this unsatisfactory service that you provide.
Hi there,ReplyDelete
just want to ask what if I don't have a company id? all I have is sss number ,tin number a philhealth card. Will this suffice for application?
I believe that not having a company ID is not a big issue becase EON Card is just like any bank account. I suggest that you provide them with two government-issued IDs.
Also, please contact Unionbank and ask them about it.
May I know the total number of days it took for you to complete the process (from EON card application to verifying your paypal accounts)?i'm having challenges verifying my paypal account..thanksReplyDelete
Hi JosephReplyDelete
The processing time for my EON card application is three days from the day I submitted my application form and complete requirements to Unionbank.
When I linked my Paypal account to my EON account, I waited about 24 hours up to 48 hours. I can't recall the total processing time of account linking but I think that I didn't went beyond two days.
So, the total processing time is about 5 days.
What are the difficulties that you are encountering in verifying your Paypal account?
Cannot verify my rcbc mywallet on Paypal. they disabled entry from it and it can take 7-10 business days for them to enable it again (too long!). Looking for something that can get me through this verification at the soonest time.ReplyDelete
Then I suggest that you try Unionbank EON card.
Hope your problem gets solved the soonest time.
God bless.
thanks for the info. It is well written and easy to follow.ReplyDelete
You are welcome Burn. Thank you for visiting my blog.ReplyDelete
- daisyrieJune 4, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Hi, i just wanna ask if in applying for UnionBank EON card, is there any balance requirement in opening the account? except for the P350 fee that you have paid.ReplyDelete
ps. i really need your reply. Thank You!
Hello Daisyrie.ReplyDelete
The 350 pesos fee is the annual fee for maintaining your EON account. It has no maintaining balance thus it is OK even if your account has zero peso.
Be reminded, though, that you need to pay 350 pesos yearly so as to keep your EON account "alive".
Good afternoon po,i just want to ask how much po ang babayaran pag open ng account sa EON CARD? Need ko po kasi para maverify ung account ko sa paypal.Thanks poReplyDelete
Hello LhenReplyDelete
350 Pesos lang ang kailangan mong ilabas na pera para makapag-open ka ng EON account sa Unionbank.
- AnonymousJune 17, 2012 at 11:57 PM
I applied for eon card last wednesday, and i am planning to cancel the application. Is it possible? Would they require me to pay the 350 application fee? Thanks!
Dear AnonymousReplyDelete
Yes. You can cancel your application. You can call the UnionBank branch where you sent your application and tell them you want to cancel everything.
You don't need to pay 350 pesos because you cancelled your EON account application.
im jenny i dont have any id
i plan to get eon card.
what are the requirements beside from id?
Hi Jenny,ReplyDelete
ID is a requirement. I am not sure if Unionbank will allow you to obtain EON card if you don't have any ID.
I suggest that you go to a Unionbank branch and ask if they will allow you to apply even if you don't have ID.
Please read my blog post again to see the other requirements for EON Card.
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2012 at 12:15 PM
hi, i just want 2 have an eon card. I dont have any bank account. I have only TIN ID and philhealth id. I have sss number but no card yet. No company id too. Can i get one? coz i need it for business purposes. Tnx reply asap.ReplyDelete
Don't have other ID's that contains your photo? I believe that Unionbank needs ID with photo so as to connect your face with your name.
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2012 at 2:24 PM
I just wanna ask if i still need a proof of billing document coz it is stated in the requirements in their site. Did they ask you for that also? thanks..,JEROMEReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM
one of the requirements in their site is proof of billing,,Did they ask you for that? Because i dont have one..ReplyDelete
Hello JeromeReplyDelete
The Unionbank staff didn't ask me for the proof of billing. I think that they need this document so as to verify your address. I suggest that you bring other document that contains your address if you don't have any proof of billing.
sir ask ko lng po kung pwede ung student id?ReplyDelete
ung lng po kc ung valid id na meron ako?
need ko lng po tlg malaman para mag karoon ako ng oen card .. thanks
Government issued IDs are preferred pero kung 'yan lang ang ID na meron ka eh posible na tanggapin na din. Go to a nearest Unionbank branch and ask for info.
- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Good day! i want to open an eon too but i am not YET working, just a student. would that be a problem? Should I bring my mom/dad when I apply? lol Thanks!ReplyDelete
No need for you to bring your Mom and Dad. The only problem that you will encounter, I think is your TIN. Do you already have a TIN?
as a student, what are the requirements for applying EON..i dont have any TIN or SSS but i have a driver's license id..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2013 at 6:17 PM
i am only a student but i want to apply for a EON card and i have only 1 valid ID..will that suffice the requirement??ReplyDelete
I visited the UnionBank website at wala na sa requirements ang TIN at SSS.
Ok na yang Driverse License mo.
Yes. You 1 valid ID will suffice.
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2013 at 7:14 PM
I noticed na kahit student ang ifill out mo nagtatanong parin ng nature of employment at employment details.
Bakit and how should I go with that?
Lagay mo na lang sa "Nature of Work/Business" ay student. Ok na iyan. Basta lang magkaroon ng laman yung field.
- AnonymousJune 21, 2013 at 3:38 PM
disable po ako but i want aply eon card i work online so i need it.. avail it though i dont have any id's??ReplyDelete
You need to have valid IDs when applying for EON account. Unionbank will reject you application if you don't have any valid ID.
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2013 at 6:18 PM
just want to know if anybody here experienced problems in withdrawing their funds from eon card.i transferred funds from paypal and it's already completed.paypal sent me email saying i will receive the money on july 3(wed) and i went to a unionbank atm near us on july 5(fri) and the money is already there. i tried to withdraw then and my transaction was voided. i wasn't able to get my money so i tried to use it on mercury drug but when they swipe my card it is declined...ReplyDelete
I didn't experience the problem that you experienced. The best way that you can do is to go to a Unionbank Ph branch and ask them to fix your problem.
- AnonymousJuly 20, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Hi, I want to apply for EON card, but i don't have SSS/TIN/UMID number, and I'm not a student anymore, I just graduated and currently working online jobs, I need to withdraw my funds in paypal.. so what should i put in the application form?ReplyDelete
Just tell the Unionbank staff that you don't have the TIN yet. They might allow you to have an EON account even if you don't have TIN.
I applied earlier and chose the employed status, when I went to union bank mandaluyong branch earlier I was advised to present my company ID and barangay clearance. I can provide a baranggay clearance but I can't provide a company ID since I already resinged. The ID's I preseted are my philhealth ID and passport. so the big question is, how am I supposed to get my eon card?ReplyDelete
So I applied for an EON card earlier today, received a text message with the reference number and an email confirmation. after that I went directly to union bank shangrila-st.francis, the teller there told me to present a company ID and a baranggay clearance as a proof of residency in pasig. I presented my passport and philhealth ID.The bad thing is I dont have a company ID to present since I already resigned. So, how am I supposed to go with this?ReplyDelete
What you can do is tell the UnionBank staff that you just resigned from so you cannot submit any company ID.
Hi, can i edit my application form? Kase i put there wrong address or should i cancel nalang and apply again. Thanks..ReplyDelete
I had read on union bank website that valid id.s are are required including your proof of billing. But I do not have any proof of billing to show them. Can I still have eon card?ReplyDelete
Proof of billing is just used to proof of your home address. Maybe you can ask UnionBank about other documents that can replace the proof of billing.
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2014 at 11:31 PM
Hi ms charmprincess..it's been a year now na di ko nagamit yung eon card ko at wala na sya laman. i'm planning to close the account na. i'm wondering if they gonna charge me for the penalty fee of 200 pesos since no transaction for a year now (bale ika 13th month na this month na walang transaction). sisingil pa din ba ako ng penalty fee kahit ipaclose ko na sya? pwede lang ba tumawag sa unionbank para paclose yung account? i'll appreciate your response po. thank you.ReplyDelete
Charm PrincessReplyDelete
Hindi ko po alam kung anong penalty kapag matagal nang hindi ginagamit yung EON account.
Ang hula ko ay parang katulad din yan ng ibang ATM account. Kapag matagal nang walang laman ay nagko-close account. Isa pa ay kapag nag-expire na yung EON card ay posibleng mag-close na din yung account.
I suggest na tawagan mo muna yung UnionBank. Tanungin mo sila tungkol sa concern mo. Huwag kang magbigay ng identifying data kapag tumawag ka.
- AnonymousJune 1, 2015 at 8:34 AM
hello can i avail eon card even if iam still a student but i have an valid i.d to represent only proof of billing that i dont have can i still open an account?ReplyDelete
I think you can still apply for an EON card. Regarding to the proof of billing, maybe you can ask UninonBank if they allow other documents to prove your residence. Proof of billing is just use as proof of your residence.
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2015 at 3:13 PM
I'm a student and I went to unionbank and tried to ask to open an account for eon to verify my paypal and also I completed my requirements but the staff ask me a lot of question for what of purpose and what will I do in paypal and transaction. What will I say?
Just say that you need a Paypal Account because you need to purchase via the Internet.
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Going Out to Eat
Going out to eat at a restaurant can be difficult for any family, but especially for families of individuals with autism. This page was designed to provide you with tips and resources to help make dining out a successful and enjoyable experience for everyone!
What Would You Do?
Things to Do Before You Go Out to Eat
Tips for Dining Out
Autism Speaks Topic of the Week
Skills to Consider
Visual Supports
What Would You Do?
In 2012, an episode of ABC's What Would You Do? featured Lisa Goring, Autism Speaks Chief Program and Marketing Officer, and her son Andrew, then 15. During the segment, actors playing a family of four, including a boy with autism, were eating in a restaurant, as the cameras looked to capture the responses of fellow customers to behaviors displayed by the boy.
Things to Do Before You Go Out to Eat
One successful strategy when dealing with an unfamiliar routine is to prepare the individual ahead of time. Preparation can greatly reduce anxiety in unfamiliar environments and helps a person know what to expect.
Take time to plan and prepare for going out to eat by considering the following questions:
- Where are you going?
- Is it an over-stimulating environment?
- Has the individual been there before?
- How long will you have to wait for a seat?
- What time of day are you going?
- Can you make a reservation?
- What types of (favorite) foods do they serve?
- Can you print the menu out at home?
- Have you marked the event as special on the calendar?
Taking Your Autistic Child to a Restaurant: Tips on Dining Out for Families Living with Autism
Do you avoid eating out because you have a child with autism, and it's just too stressful to take him to a restaurant? In this article, SheKnows Parenting provides some tips to help you avoid some common headaches when dining out at a restaurant with an autistic child.
Autism Speaks Topic of the Week: Dining Out and Autism
In May of 2011, we asked the following question on our blog: The idea of dining out for a person with autism is often daunting. How do you prepare yourself or your child for going to a restaurant? Can you share some positive/negative dining experiences? What strategies do you employ to ensure the best experience possible for you and your family?
Here are some tips we received from families in the Autism Speaks community:
"My son is 16 and has PDD-NOS. We have always taken him and his 14 year old brother (who has ADHD) out to restaurants with few problems. Major chains have their menus on their websites, which helps to plan ahead."
"We've also found that sitting at booths with windows looking out helps!"
"A relationship with the wait staff really helps. At my son's favorite places, they know what he wants walking through the door. He is served promptly, with personalized attention and like anyone else, responds positively."
"Another "hint" for those of you with Teens on the spectrum. I use "dining out" as a tool for teaching my kiddos to advocate. Since mostly I and they want something customized from the regular menu, this teaches them that it is okay to ask for special stuff and how to do it politely as well as pay for it. I make my teens figure out tips at the end of the meals. :) Good stuff all around."
"Things I keep on hand to avoid meltdowns: 1. Bag of snack foods: carrots etc. 2. Fidget toys, 3. Visual cue cards."
Skills to Consider
This list of important skills to consider when going out to eat with your child with autism was compiled by Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism. *Note: You will need to tailor these based upon your child's abilities.
Waiting to order food
Waiting for food to arrive
Waiting after for everyone else to finish eating
Ordering Food
Making a food choice
Ordering a meal
Speaking at an appropriate volume
Appropriate language to order food
Sitting Appropriately
In the absence of non contextual vocalizations
In the absence of any inappropriate body movements
Sitting in an upright position
Keeping hands down
Eating Appropriately/Table Manners
Pace of eating
Using utensils
Using a napkin
Chewing with mouth closed
Social Skills
Having a conversation at the dinner table
Using excuse me, please, and thank you
Commenting on food choice
Accepting a denied request if food choice is unavailable
Other Skills
Using a public restroom
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Pictello is a simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books. Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-to-speech using high-quality voices. Pictello is developed for all ages and skill levels, so it is easy to use and requires no reading skills to locate and read stories. Pictello offers an easy visual story creation wizard so everyone can use pictures and sound to share important moments in their lives. Pictello is a universal app and can, without extra costs, be used on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad!
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Visual Supports
Using visual supports during a meal has many benefits. It can reduce anxiety and makes the activity less overwhelming. Visual supports provide a visual representation of what is going to happen throughout an activity, breaking it down into steps that can be understood by the person.
An example of a visual schedule that can be used for an eating out activity- Display steps in a restaurant routine:
- Waiting to be seated
- Ordering my food
- Waiting for my food to arrive
- Getting ready to leave the restaurant
Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorders
A tool kit from the Autism Treatment Network that introduces parents, caregivers, and professionals to visual supports and provides instruction on how to use them in everyday activities, schedules and tasks. The tool kit provides actual visual supports for parents to print, cut out and use, along with links to resources that provide more detailed information for those who want to go further. Anyone can download the Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder Tool Kit.
Visual Supports Apps
Model Me Kids: Going Places
Model Me Going Places™ is a great visual teaching tool for helping your child learn to navigate challenging locations in the community. Each location contains a photo slide show of children modeling appropriate behavior. 6 locations: Hairdresser, Mall, Doctor, Playground, Grocery Store and Restaurant.
Cost: Free
First Then Visual Schedule
First-Then visual schedule application is designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support. For individuals with communication needs, developmental delays, Autism or those who benefit from a structured environment; visual schedules serve to increase independence and lower anxiety during transitions through different activities.
Cost: $9.99
Do you have any other tips for families, or would you like to share your dining out experiences with us? We would love to hear from you! Email us at email@example.com.


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"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman
There is nothing more frustrating than listening to people haggle over different definitions of what constitutes "work." Catty conversations about who's working harder, who's working smarter, or who's not working at all are more about judging others than solving inefficiencies.
I'd like to steer us away from this all-or-nothing dialogue ("I work all the time and you never work") to a more robust conversation about what work really is. And, in the process, help us appreciate not only our own unique working style, but also the working style of people around us.
As my thinking has developed over the years, and after perusing many, many personality tests, we can boil it all down to four basic working styles: Doing, Leading, Loving, and Learning.
The best teams have a balance of all four styles. And the best organizations have many well-balanced teams who are confident in their working style and understand the necessity of divergent types of work.
So, what's your style?
Doers execute. They come alive when tasks are complete, lists are checked, or projects are tackled. They typically have intense focus and are detailed in their efforts.
Doers are usually so focused, however, they may forget to look up and communicate what they're doing. Doers also tend to dive into work with little forethought. They believe that everyone should "Ready, Fire, Aim" and tend to devalue the important work of planning.
Leaders create the vision and inspire others to believe in it. You can't help but listen to, admire, and follow the Leaders. Without Leaders, we would be spinning in a hamster wheel with no real vision.
But leaders can be detached from others, not completely understanding all that goes into executing their vision. Because they're out in front, they sometimes forget to check in with the people following them.
Lovers are relationship-builders. Believing that we're stronger together, they thrive in harmony and work hard to manage relationships and build consensus.
People strong in the Loving working style are sensitive and empathic. They have an unconscious finger on the pulse of every other person on the team. If you want to know how others on your team are really feeling, ask the Lover.
But Lovers can suck at follow through and more detail-oriented work. Left to their own devices, they can out-empathize anyone and make people feel great, but not provide "tangible" work.
Learners are the researchers. These engineer types love learning and meticulously understanding the nuances of a problem.
They are deliberate, disciplined, and tend to think more strategically than most people.
Without others, however, Learners wouldn't get much done. In order to execute their best-laid plans, they need a team ready to act. Their strategy is only as good as the problems they actually solve--not in theory, but in reality.
Theologian Howard Thurman says, "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
So, let's get over the notion that all work looks one way. It does not. You need many people doing many things to accomplish many goals.
Everyone has unique strengths that become super-charged once they're aligned with other people's strengths. Rather than critique someone who you believe "isn't working," make sure you're living out your unique contribution in a powerful and sustainable way.


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Sunday, April 27, 2014 will be emotional for Cal Berkeley alums, fans, and anyone who knew the late Cal quarterback, Joe Roth. "Don't Quit: The Joe Roth Story" will debut at the Newport Beach Film Festival at the Regency Lido Theatre. It is a film filled with hope and inspiration, directed by Cal alums Bob Rider and Phil Schaaf. The Newport Beach Film Festival has been the launching pad for many successful documentaries. I helped Gregg Schwenk, co-executive director, resurrect the festival some years ago. Gregg and Todd Quartararo have done a brilliant job turning it into a showcase for the best in new feature, documentary, and short films.
Joe Roth came to the Cal Football program in 1975. Blue-eyed and blonde, with a great smile and natural people skills, he seemed the natural replacement for his predecessor, quarterback Steve Bartkowski who was the first overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft. Coach Mike White had assembled as gifted a roster, especially on offense, as any college program in the country. Mike is charismatic and warm, a one of a kind raconteur, and has a brilliant offensive mind. He assembled an epic group of coaches. Paul Hackett, Offensive Coordinator, went on to be Head Coach of the University of Pittsburgh and USC. Walt Harris also was Head Coach at Pittsburgh, and later Stanford University. Both went on to hold assistant positions in the NFL. Al Saunders went on to be Head Coach of the San Diego Chargers. Roger Theder has coached generations of quarterbacks.
In Joe's first season, he led Cal to a co-Pac 8 Championship. The offense led the nation and was perfectly balanced between the running and passing game, to the exact yard. Imagine a team with Chuck Muncie as the running back, Wesley Walker as a WR, Steve Rivera as the other WR, and Ted Albrecht anchoring the line. Cal Berkeley was a football juggernaut, all while Joe Roth battled with black mole cancer, otherwise known as malignant melanoma, the most deadly of skin cancers. It recurred during the 1976 season, but Joe didn't talk about it and gamely carried on.
Most draft prognosticators projected Joe as the very first pick in the 1977 NFL Draft. He threw with laser like accuracy and had great field command. He travelled in January of 1977 to the Tokyo Bowl All-Star game, but the cancer had progressed. He actually flew back to Hawaii to the Hula Bowl Game, but clearly couldn't play. I still cherish a photograph of Joe, Mike White, and I sitting on the beach in Hawaii. Joe looked healthy, but the cancer continued to progress. He never complained, he continued to inspire everyone around him. In February of 1977, he passed-away. The Cal community was overcome by grief.
Directors Rider and Schaaf have assembled a "who's who" of Cal football and NFL and college coaches to speak to his amazing values and character. Had it not been for the quality of that Cal team, I might never have succeeded in representing athletes. My former clients: Ted Albrecht, Eric Anderson, Steve Bartkowski, Fred Besana, Jim Breech, Steve Rivera, Duane Williams, and many others pay tribute to how unique Joe was. Steve Bartkowski said of the film "It's every bit as great as 'Brian's Song' to me".
In an era where parents and fans are often discouraged by the off-the-field behavior of collegiate and professional athletes, Joe Roth's story of courage and determination speaks strongly to the incredible power of positive role-modelling. "Don't Quit: The Joe Roth Story" reminds us of this remarkable athlete and reaffirms the power of character and values.


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Sleeping Dragons Series
Ophelia Bell
Publication date: October 2017
Genres: Adult, Paranormal Romance
Erika's spent her entire post-graduate career searching for it. The elusive dragon stronghold her archaeologist professors scoffed at as being only a myth. Now she has the perfect team and has led them into the deepest reaches of the Sumatran jungle. At the edge of the discovery of the century, she's finally about to prove to everyone how wrong they were.
But when the seven intrepid explorers pass through the doors, they're barely prepared for the conflict of lust versus logic they're faced with on the inside. Ages-old magic lingers in the stronghold, dictating that they perform a ritual to awaken the long-slumbering beasts within. And beasts that beautiful only awaken to one thing: the unbridled release of their fated mates in the throes of ecstasy.
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BY HELEN ALTONN AND TINA SHELTON FOR UH – A University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine program for high risk pregnant women has far surpassed expectations—delivering healthy babies and saving high costs of premature, low weight infants.
Perinatal Addiction Treatment of Hawai'i – known as PATH—"is not really a drug treatment program," said State Rep. Marilyn Lee. "It's a place women come and they get pretty comprehensive services…They learn being a good mother is a good thing and, in the process, they're able many times to get off drugs and deliver a healthy baby."
The Women's Legislative Caucus supported PATH's beginning as a pilot project in a small house in Kaimuki in April 2007 and has dedicated its 2011 legislative package to Dr. Tricia Wright, the founder. "It has been so successful and had such good outcomes, we wanted to honor her in some way," Lee said.
Wright also was honored with an invitation in November to appear as a perinatal expert on the Dr.Phil television show, which aired Feb.2. "It was amazing, surreal almost," she said.
The legislative package includes a bill, HB 129, to appropriate money for continued operation of the clinic, which has served 180 prenatal and postpartum women and had 120 births. "
"It's saving money in the long run," Lee said. "High risk mothers who deliver high risk babies are a huge cost factor in the state."
The cost to care for one premature infant for one year—an average of $200,000—would pay for the cost of the clinic for a year, said Wright, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and PATH medical director.
"Ideally, I would like a fully staffed medical home for these women and children with a family practice doctor or pediatrician," she said. But the program is struggling financially and with funding cuts, she said, "I'm afraid we re going to lose some staff because of their worries about wanting more stability."
Wright said she was "completely astonished" by the Women's Legislative Caucus recognition. "It is quite an amazing award. Just looking at women who have won it before, I didn't feel like I was the same caliber."
Women receiving PATH's services feel differently: Shaunte Rivera, 27, of Kapolei, said she doesn't know what would have happened to her without the clinic's help. After losing custody of four children because of a crystal methamphetamine addiction, she delivered her fifth baby "clean and sober" at the PATH Clinic.
Renee Schuetter, Executive Director of the PATH Clinic, said it receives more referrals each year of women who are at extremely high risk for unhealthy births. These women have four to five times greater than average risk for premature births and a low birth weight child because of such factors as substance abuse, high rates of smoking, poverty, homelessness, medical or psychiatric illness.
However, birth outcomes "are amazingly average," Schuetter said. "That is a huge success."
The clinic expects to have 60 births this year, with seven already in January, she said… "We're seeing 23 pregnant women now… There are times when we think, 'Oh oh, are we over our heads?' But things work themselves out."
Schuetter said the program does "an incredible amount with very little money," providing comprehensive prenatal, delivery and postpartum care and social services, transportation assistance to and from the clinic for appointments and classes, and motivational incentives, such as yoga and acupuncture.
Although it isn't a drug treatment program, 80 percent of women who receive PATH Clinic services abstain from illegal substances during their pregnancy, which allows them "to prepare themselves to parent their new babies," Schuetter said.
The clinic also has a smoking cessation program funded by the Hawai'i Tobacco Trust Fund that is available to all women of childbearing age on O'ahu. The comprehensive program reduces the number of pregnant women who smoke during pregnancy and helps them develop coping skills to remain non-smokers during the stressful months after the baby is born, Schuetter said.
The clinic provides a great deal of breastfeeding support to women because it helps to prevent tobacco and other substance use relapse, she said. The clinic improved its parenting program last year by adding a family advocate, funded by the Keith and Judy Swayne Foundation, to work individually with women and their partners to be ready to care for their babies, she said. The Atherton Foundation is funding the part-time position this year.
Drs. Gwendolyn (Wendy) Jones and Alexis Apalsca, pediatric residents, received an American Academy of Pediatrics award for their "Baby Steps" program, a series of interactive group classes to increase understanding of infant development and enhance parenting skills. (However, they're not able to see patients without faculty supervision).
PATH is administered through UCERA (University Clinical, Education and Research Associates), a nonprofit faculty practice organization that supports the medical school's clinical, academic and research functions. Up to now, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (as part of its community outreach using Tobacco Settlement Special Funds) has provided all medical services at PATH; other costs are covered with small grants from a variety of community organizations and foundations "and we're blessed with many incredible volunteers," Schuetter said.
Former PATH client Rivera, a staunch PATH advocate, explained that she ran away from home at age 12, began hanging around with older people and became addicted to drugs. She was in and out of the juvenile detention home, a foster home, prison and drug treatment programs.
She said a friend told her about the PATH Clinic and Catholic Charities' Mary Jane Home for pregnant women when she was expecting her fifth child. She decided if she didn't stay clean she "was going to end up dead," so she sought their help.
"My life right now is surrounded by education and my family—just good vibes," said Rivera, who takes care of her infant, now two, and is going to school to become a certified nurses assistant. She earned a general education diploma while at the Mary Jane House.
"I pretty much owe them (PATH and Mary Jane Home) everything," she said. "Without their services, I don't know where I'd be."


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This is J.B. Lightfoots's Translation from the Greek, with minor translation editing by B. Thiel, Ph.D. (B. Thiel translations based on the text in The Martrydom of Polycarp. In: Holmes M. The Apostolic Fathers--Greek Text and English Translations, 3rd printing 2004, pp 222-249).
Polycarp was believed to have been martryed in or around 156 A.D. Papirius of Smyrna probably co-wrote and/or approved the letter through 22:1.
The Martrydom of Polycarp
1:0 The church of God which sojourns at Smyrna to the Church of God which sojourns in Philomelium and to all the brotherhoods of the holy and universal Church sojourning in every place; mercy and peace and love from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be multiplied.
1:1 We write unto you, brethren, an account of what befell those that suffered martyrdom and especially the blessed Polycarp, who stayed the persecution, having as it were set his seal upon it by his martyrdom. For nearly all the foregoing events came to pass that the Lord might show us once more an example of martyrdom which is conformable to the Gospel
1:2 For he lingered that he might be delivered up, even as the Lord did, to the end that we too might be imitators of him, not lookingonly to that which concerneth ourselves, but also to that which concerneth our neighbors. For it is the office of true and steadfast love, not only to desire that oneself be saved, but all the brethren also.
2:1 Blessed therefore and noble are all the martyrdoms which have taken place according to the will of God (for it behoveth us to be very scrupulous and to assign to God the power over all things).
2:2 For who could fail to admire their nobleness and patient endurance and loyalty to the Master? seeing that when they were so torn by lashes that the mechanism of their flesh was visible even as far as the inward veins and arteries, they endured patiently, so that the very bystanders had pity and wept; while they themselves reached such a pitch of bravery that none of them uttered a cry or a groan, thus showing to us all that at that hour the martyrs of Christ being tortured were absent from the flesh, or rather that the Lord was standing by and conversing with them.
2:3 And giving heed unto the grace of Christ they despised the tortures of this world, purchasing at the cost of one hour a release from eternal punishment. And they found the fire of their inhuman torturers cold: for they set before their eyes the escape from the eternal fire which is never quenched; while with the eyes of their heart they gazed upon the good things which are reserved for those that endure patiently, things which neither ear hath heard nor eye hath seen, neither have they entered into the heart of man, but were shown by the Lord to them, for they were no longer men but angels already.
2:4 And in like manner also those that were condemned to the wild beasts endured fearful punishments, being made to lie on sharp shells and buffeted with other forms of manifold tortures, that the devil might, if possible, by the persistence of the punishment bring them to a denial; for he tried many wiles against them.
3:1 But thanks be to God; for He truly prevailed against all. For the right noble Germanicus encouraged their timorousness through the constancy which was in him; and he fought with the wild beasts in a signal way. For when the proconsul wished to prevail upon him and bade him have pity on his youth, he used violence and dragged the wild beast towards him, desiring the more speedily to obtain a release from their unrighteous and lawless life.
3:2 So after this all the multitude, marvelling at the bravery of the God-beloved and God-fearing people of the Christians, raised a cry, 'Away with the atheists; let search be made for Polycarp.'
4:1 But one man, Quintus by name, a Phrygian newly arrived from Phrygia, when he saw the wild beasts, turned coward. He it was who had forced himself and some others to come forward of their own free will. This man the proconsul by much entreaty persuaded to swear the oath and to offer incense. For this cause therefore, brethren, we praise not those who deliver themselves up, since the Gospel doth not so teach us.
5:1 Now the glorious Polycarp at the first, when he heard it, so far from being dismayed, was desirous of remaining in town; but the greater part persuaded him to withdraw. So he withdrew to a farm not far distant from the city; and there he stayed with a few companions, doing nothing else night and day but praying for all men and for the churches throughout the world; for this was his constant habit.
5:2 And while praying he falleth into a trance three days before his apprehension; and he saw his pillow burning with fire. And he turned and said unto those that were with him: 'It must needs be that I shall be burned alive.'
6:1 And as those that were in search of him persisted, he departed to another farm; and forthwith they that were in search of him came up; and not finding him, they seized two slave lads, one of whom confessed under torture;
6:2 for it was impossible for him to lie concealed, seeing that the very persons who betrayed him were people of his own household. And the captain of the police, who chanced to have the very name, being called Herod, was eager to bring him into the stadium, that he himself might fulfill his appointed lot, being made a partaker with Christ, while they--his betrayers--underwent the punishment of Judas himself.
7:1 So taking the lad with them, on the preparation {day} about the supper hour, the police and horsemen went forth with their accustomed arms, hastening as against a robber. And coming up in a body late in the evening, they found the man himself in bed in an upper chamber in a certain cottage; and though he might have departed thence to another place, he would not, saying, The will of God be done.
7:2 So when he heard that they were come, he went down and conversed with them, the bystanders marvelling at his age and his constancy, and wondering how there should be so much eagerness for the apprehension of an old man like him. Thereupon forthwith he gave orders that a table should be spread for them to eat and drink at that hour, as much as they desired. And he persuaded them to grant him an hour that he might pray unmolested;
7:3 and on their consenting, he stood up and prayed, being so full of the grace of God, that for two hours he could not hold his peace, and those that heard were amazed, and many repented that they had come against such a venerable old man.
8:1 But when at length he brought his prayer to an end, after remembering all who at any time had come in his way, small and great, high and low, and all the universal Church throughout the world, the hour of departure being come, they seated him on a doney and brought him into the city, it being a high Sabbath.
8:2 And he was met by Herod the captain of police and his father Nicetes, who also removed him to their carriage and tried to prevail upon him, seating themselves by his side and saying, 'Why what harm is there in saying, Caesar is Lord, and offering incense', with more to this effect, 'and saving thyself?' But he at first gave them no answer. When however they persisted, he said, 'I am not going to do what you counsel me.'
8:3 Then they, failing to persuade him, uttered threatening words and made him dismount with speed, so that he bruised his shin, as he got down from the carriage. And without even turning round, he went on his way promptly and with speed, as if nothing had happened to him, being taken to the stadium; there being such a tumult in the stadium that no man's voice could be so much as heard.
9:1 But as Polycarp entered into the stadium, a voice came to him from heaven; 'Be strong, Polycarp, and play the man.' And no one saw the speaker, but those of our people who were present heard the voice. And at length, when he was brought up, there was a great tumult, for they heard that Polycarp had been apprehended.
9:2 When then he was brought before him, the proconsul enquired whether he were the man. And on his confessing that he was, he tried to persuade him to a denial saying, 'Have respect to thine age,' and other things in accordance therewith, as it is their wont to say; 'Swear by the genius of Caesar; repent and say, Away with the atheists.' Then Polycarp with solemn countenance looked upon the whole multitude of lawless heathen that were in the stadium, and waved his hand to them; and groaning and looking up to heaven he said, 'Away with the atheists.'
9:3 But when the magistrate pressed him hard and said, 'Swear the oath, and I will release You; revile the Christ,' Polycarp said, 'Fourscore and six years have I been His servant, and He hath done me no wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King who saved me?'
10:1 But on his persisting again and saying, 'Swear by the genius of Caesar,' he answered, 'If thou supposest vainly that I will swear by the genius of Caesar, as thou sayest, and feignest that thou art ignorant who I am, hear thou plainly, I am a Christian. But if thou wouldest learn the doctrine of Christianity, assign a day and give me a hearing.'
10:2 The proconsul said; 'Prevail upon the people.' But Polycarp said; 'As for thyself, I should have held You worthy of discourse; for we have been taught to render, as is meet, to princes and authorities appointed by God such honor as does us no harm; but as for these, I do not hold them worthy, that I should defend myself before them.'
11:1 Whereupon the proconsul said; 'I have wild beasts here and I will throw You to them, except thou repent' But he said, 'Call for them: for the repentance from better to worse is a change not permitted to us; but it is a noble thing to change from untowardness to righteousness'
11:2 Then he said to him again, 'I will cause You to be consumed by fire, if thou despisest the wild beasts, unless thou repent.' But Polycarp said; 'You threatenest that fire which burneth for a season and after a little while is quenched: for thou art ignorant of the fire of the future judgment and eternal punishment, which is reserved for the ungodly. But why delayest thou? Come, do what thou wilt.'
12:1 Saying these things and more besides, he was inspired with courage and joy, and his countenance was filled with grace, so that not only did it not drop in dismay at the things which were said to him, but on the contrary the proconsul was astounded and sent his own herald to proclaim three times in the midst of the stadium, 'Polycarp hath confessed himself to be a Christian.'
12:2 When this was proclaimed by the herald, the whole multitude both of Gentiles and of Jews who dwelt in Smyrna cried out with ungovernable wrath and with a loud shout, 'This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, the puller down of our gods, who teaches numbers not to sacrifice nor worship.' Saying these things, they shouted aloud and asked the Asiarch Philip to let a lion loose upon Polycarp. But he said that it was not lawful for him, since he had brought the sports to a close.
12:3 Then they thought fit to shout out with one accord that Polycarp should be burned alive. For it must needs be that the matter of the vision should be fulfilled, which was shown him concerning his pillow, when he saw it on fire while praying, and turning round he said prophetically to the faithful who were with him, 'I must needs be burned alive.'
13:1 These things then happened with so great speed, quicker than words could tell, the crowds forthwith collecting from the workshops and baths timber and sticks, and the Jews more especially assisting in this with zeal, as is their wont.
13:2 But when the pile was made ready, divesting himself of all his upper garments and loosing his girdle, he endeavored also to take off his shoes, though not in the habit of doing this before, because all the faithful at all times vied eagerly who should soonest touch his flesh. For he had been treated with all honor for his holy life even before his gray hairs came.
13:3 Forthwith then the instruments that were prepared for the pile were placed about him; and as they were going likewise to nail him to the stake, he said; 'Leave me as I am; for He that hath granted me to endure the fire will grant me also to remain at the pile unmoved, even without the security which you seek from the nails.'
14:1 So they did not nail him, but tied him. Then he, placing his hands behind him and being bound to the stake, like a noble ram out of a great flock for an offering, a burnt sacrifice made ready and acceptable to God, looking up to heaven said; 'O Lord God Almighty, the Father of Your beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, through whom we have received the knowledge of You, the God of angels and powers and of all creation and of the whole race of the righteous, who live in Your presence;
14:2 I bless You for that You hast granted me this day and hour, that I might receive a portion amongst the number of martyrs in the cup of Christ unto resurrection of eternal life, both of soul and of body, in the incorruptibility of the Holy Spirit. May I be received among these in Your presence this day, as a rich and acceptable sacrifice, as You didst prepare and reveal it beforehand, and hast accomplished it, You that art the faithful and true God.
14:3 For this cause, yea and for all things, I praise You, I bless You, I glorify You, through the eternal and heavenly High-priest, Jesus Christ, Your beloved Son, through whom with Him and the Holy Spirit be glory both now [and ever] and for the ages to come. Amen.'
15:1 When he had offered up the Amen and finished his prayer, the firemen lighted the fire. And, a mighty flame flashing forth, we to whom it was given to see, saw a marvel, yea and we were preserved that we might relate to the rest what happened.
15:2 The fire, making the appearance of a vault, like the sail of a vessel filled by the wind, made a wall round about the body of the martyr; and it was there in the midst, not like flesh burning, but like [a loaf in the oven or like] gold and silver refined in a furnace. For we perceived such a fragrant smell, as if it were the wafted odor of frankincense or some other precious spice.
16:1 So at length the lawless men, seeing that his body could not be consumed by the fire, ordered an executioner to go up to him and stab him with a dagger. And when he had done this, there came forth [a dove and] a quantity of blood, so that it extinguished the fire; and all the multitude marvelled that there should be so great a difference between the unbelievers and the elect.
16:2 In the number of these was this man, the glorious martyr Polycarp, who was found an apostolic and prophetic teacher in our own time, a bishop of the holy Church which is in Smyrna. For every word which he uttered from his mouth was accomplished and will be accomplished.
17:1 But the jealous and envious Evil One, the adversary of the family of the righteous, having seen the greatness of his martyrdom and his blameless life from the beginning, and how he was crowned with the crown of immortality and had won a reward which none could gainsay, managed that not even his poor body should be taken away by us, although many desired to do this and to touch his holy flesh.
17:2 So he put forward Nicetes, the father of Herod and brother of Alce, to plead with the magistrate not to give up his body, 'lest,' so it was said, 'they should abandon the crucified one and begin to worship this man'--this being done at the instigation and urgent entreaty of the Jews, who also watched when we were about to take it from the fire, not knowing that it will be impossible for us either to forsake at any time the Christ who suffered for the salvation of the whole world of those that are saved--suffered though faultless for sinners--nor to worship any other.
17:3 For Him, being the Son of God, we adore, but the martyrs as disciples and imitators of the Lord we cherish as they deserve for their matchless affection towards their own King and Teacher. May it be our lot also to be found partakers and fellow-disciples with them.
18:1 The centurion therefore, seeing the opposition raised on the part of the Jews, set him in the midst and burnt him after their custom.
18:2 And so we afterwards took up his bones which are more valuable than precious stones and finer than refined gold, and laid them in a suitable place;
18:3 where the Lord will permit us to gather ourselves together, as we are able, in gladness and joy, and to celebrate the birth-day of his martyrdom for the commemoration of those that have already fought in the contest, and for the training and preparation of those that shall do so hereafter.
19:1 So it befell the blessed Polycarp, who having with those from Philadelphia suffered martyrdom in Smyrna--twelve in all--is especially remembered more than the others by all men, so that he is talked of even by the heathen in every place: for he showed himself not only a notable teacher, but also a distinguished martyr, whose martyrdom all desire to imitate, seeing that it was after the pattern of the Gospel of Christ.
19:2 Having by his endurance overcome the unrighteous ruler in the conflict and so received the crown of immortality, he rejoiceth in company with the Apostles and all righteous men, and glorifieth the Almighty God and Father, and blesseth our Lord Jesus Christ, the savior of our souls and helmsman of our bodies and shepherd of the universal Church which is throughout the world.
20:1 You indeed required that the things which happened should be shown unto you at greater length: but we for the present have certified you as it were in a summary through our brother Marcianus. When then you have informed yourselves of these things, send the letter about likewise to the brethren which are farther off, that they also may glorify the Lord, who maketh election from His own servants.
20:2 Now unto Him that is able to bring us all by His grace and bounty unto His eternal kingdom, through His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, be glory, honor, power, and greatness for ever. Salute all the saints. They that are with us salute you, and Euarestus, who wrote the letter, with his whole house.
21:1 Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first part of the month Xanthicus, on the seventh before the calends of March, on a great Sabbath, at the eighth hour. He was apprehended by Herodes, when Philip of Tralles was high priest, in the proconsulship of Statius Quadratus, but in the reign of the Eternal King Jesus Christ. To whom be the glory, honor, greatness, and eternal throne, from generation to generation. Amen.
22:1 We bid you God speed, brethren, while you walk by the word of Jesus Christ which is according to the Gospel; with whom be glory to God for the salvation of His holy elect; even as the blessed Polycarp suffered martyrdom, in whose footsteps may it be our lot to be found in the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The above is the apparently end of the original letter. The following sections, which do not agree with each other, are probably later additions.
22:2 This account Gaius copied from the papers of Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp. The same also lived with Irenaeus.
22:3 And I Socrates wrote it down in Corinth from the copy of Gaius. Grace be with all men.
22:4 And I Pionius again wrote it down from the aforementioned copy, having searched it out (for the blessed Polycarp showed me in a revelation, as I will declare in the sequel), gathering it together when it was now well nigh worn out by age, that the Lord Jesus Christ may gather me also with His elect into His heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
{*** The following are the three proceeding paragraphs as found in the Moscow MS. ***}
22:2 This account Gaius copied from the papers of Irenaeus. The same lived with Irenaeus who had been a disciple of the holy Polycarp. For this Irenaeus, being in Rome at the time of the martyrdom of the bishop Polycarp, instructed many; and many most excellent and orthodox treatises by him are in circulation. In these he makes mention of Polycarp, saying that he was taught by him. And he ably refuted every heresy, and handed down the catholic rule of the Church just as he had received it from the saint. He mentions this fact also, that when Marcion, after whom the Marcionites are called, met the holy Polycarp on one occasion, and said 'Recognize us, Polycarp,' he said in reply to Marcion, 'Yes indeed, I recognize the firstborn of Satan.' The following statement also is made in the writings of Irenaeus, that on the very day and hour when Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna Irenaeus being in the city of the Romans heard a voice as of a trumpet saying, ' Polycarp is martyred.'
22:3 From these papers of Irenaeus then, as has been stated already, Gaius made a copy, and from the copy of Gaius Isocrates made another in Corinth.
22:4 And I Pionius again wrote it down from the copy of Isocrates, having searched for it in obedience to a revelation of the holy Polycarp, gathering it together, when it was well nigh worn out by age, that the Lord Jesus Christ may gather me also with His elect into His heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory with the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
Note for 7:1: J.B. Lightfoot used the expression Friday, which is not a literal translation from the Greek. The Greek term used is πᾳρᾳσκευἡ (Holmes, p. 230), which is the same word used in the New Testament for the preparation of a Sabbath, hence I used preparation instead.
Also note that since the Greek term for day, ἡμέρᾳ, is not in the original Greek, those who wrote this letter apparently presumed that those who would receive it would understand that they were referring to the day of Sabbath preparation, the day commonly now called Friday. This is of importance as Smyrna, was a Greek, not a Jewish, city.
Note for 19:2: This statement was not made by Polycarp personally and appears to be poetic, as literally it could be in conflict with what Polycarp taught in 14:2. It is also possible that this verse is a later edition to the text.
Furthermore, Polycrates of Ephesus in the late second century wrote and told the Roman Bishop Victor:
And Polycarp in Smyrna, who was a bishop and martyr; and Thraseas, bishop and martyr from Eumenia, who fell asleep in Smyrna. Why need I mention the bishop and martyr Sagaris who fell asleep in Laodicea, or the blessed Papirius, or Melito, the Eunuch who lived altogether in the Holy Spirit, and who lies in Sardis, awaiting the episcopate from heaven, when he shall rise from the dead? (Eusebius. Church History, Book V, Chapter 24. Translated by Arthur Cushman McGiffert. Excerpted from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series Two, Volume 1. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. American Edition, 1890. Online Edition Copyright © 2004 by K. Knight).
Hence it was the position of the true Church in Asia Minor that Polycarp was actually still in his grave, awaiting to arise like other saints were.
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The B652 utilizes a two-way design that features a 6-1/2″ polypropylene cone woofer and a 5/8″ polycarbonate ferrofluid cooled dome tweeter. The speaker is reported to accurately reproduce audio from 70 through 20,000 Hz but if one hunts down a frequency response graph you'll notice the response is anything but flat. Especially with the bleed over of the woofer into 10K and higher frequencies. But that doesn't mean it sounds bad, just isn't 'accurate'. At 8 Ohms it should pair well with any stereo or home theater amplifier or receiver. The box is a closed design, no port. So they bass produced should be clean, punchy and fast. Though only going down to 70Hz means that it won't shake the rump. You'll do well to pair the B652 with a sub-woofer if you are looking for more bass. Amplifier or receiver will need to put out at least 40W and max out at 75W. Most consumer level amplifier should be well within that range. With a 87 dB sensitivity rating, you'll probably get a better sound and stage if you pair with an amplifier that is closer to the higher Wattage rating. Should keep highs from thinning out and lows from disappearing.
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She sat in the Starbucks cafe, sipping her coffee and staring out of the window. The blood-stained knife lay next to her handbag, covered with her blue silk scarf. Divya picked up the scarf and dabbed her left wrist. The silk felt cool against her skin. The blood kept coming. As she applied more pressure, the scarf fell out of her hand. The last thing she saw was the world map mural on the opposite wall.
"Where's India?" she thought as her head hit the table. Her arm knocked her mocha onto the floor. A river of blood ran through dark chocolate syrup and coffee. Divya's world went black.
Divya blinked.
A horn blared. A goods carrier was parked on the footpath outside D-Mart. The stretcher dipped as the ambulance driver adjusted it. Divya's arm scraped against the pavers. Droplets of blood fell against the gold- and rust-colored tiles, but the rains washed them away.
A horn blared again. Divya lifted her head. The truck's bumper read, "mera bharat mahaan."
"My India may be great, but I'm not doing so good," she thought as she passed out.
Divya blinked.
"These wounds look self-inflicted," said the nurse pointing to the bandage on Divya's left wrist. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"
Divya blinked.
The harsh hospital light blinded her. Divya opened her eyes more cautiously, trying to take in her surroundings. Her head ached; her left wrist stung. Scratches covered her right arm.
"I must have hit my arm when I fainted," she thought. The last few hours blurred in a whirlwind. She reached for her glasses, but even the exertion of that small shift shot sharp pains up her right arm. Her fingers fumbled on the temples.
"Here, let me get those for you, dear" offered the nurse.
"I can manage," insisted Divya. She winced as she raised her glasses to her face. The room came into focus.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"Hiranandani Hospital."
Divya nodded. A gentle rain danced across the window. She sank into the hard, thin bed. At least the pillows were soft.
"Is it about a boyfriend, dear?"
"No, ma'am."
"A half-boyfriend then? I hear the girls have those now."
Divya hated this line of questioning. Why did it always have to be about a boy?
"No, ma'am. There's no boy. Thank you for asking. I'd rather not talk about it."
The nurse shook her head. "Well, dear, sometimes a boy's absence can cause just as much trouble as his presence."
Divya laughed. "Well, I can't argue with that." She yawned. "I am feeling a bit tired, though."
The nurse nodded. "Well, dear, if you don't want to tell an auntie, perhaps you will tell this app." The nurse handed Divya an iPad with an online questionnaire. Divya placed it on her bedside table.
"Maybe later," she yawned.
"As you wish," said the nurse. She fluttered from the room and shut the door.
Divya closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Her dreams were filled with sunlight…designer clothes…the world's largest Apple store…real hamburgers…the Burj Khalifa…all her Dubai dreams come true.
Bang! The hospital room door flew open.
Divya shot straight up in bed.
"DIV-vooOOO!" A blood-curdling scream filled the room, the hallway—probably even the reception area downstairs.
Divya's groggy eyes had barely refocused when she found herself suffocated by six meters of silk and buried under enough gold to make Bappi Lahiri blush. When Divya finally managed to free herself, all she could say was, "Maa, maa, I'm fine. I'm fine! Really!"
"My little goddess. What have you done!" Divya's mother examined the bandage on her daughter's wrist and wept. Her tears seeped through the gauze. She said a prayer to Laxmi and began to wail.
The nurse flew into the room. "Ma'am, please. Calm, calm. We have other patients."
Divya's mother ignored her pleas. She shrieked, "I demand to know why my daughter wasn't taken to Lilavati Hospital. If it's good enough for Amitabh Bachchan, then it's good enough for my Divya. We stay in Bandra. Why wasn't she taken there?"
"She was found at the Powai Starbucks, ma'am. Hiranandani is the closest hospital. If they had taken her to Lilavati, she would have died." The nurse flittered out of the hospital room; the door shut behind her.
"Hiranandani Gardens is hardly slumming it, maa," Divya tried to calm her mother. Outside Divya's window, tall, Renaissance-inspired buildings dominated the skyline. A slice of Italy in India. Hiranandani—even the name sparkled—was a master planned community set amidst the urban sprawl of Mumbai. The rains had cleansed the grime; the buildings gleamed. In stark contrast, crowded around the edge of this expat paradise, bright blue tarps and tin roofs buckled under the weight of heavy monsoon rains.
Divya's father appeared behind her mother. He cleared his throat and addressed Divya's mother, "Is she fine?"
"Yes, she's fine," her mother replied and stepped aside.
Divya smiled cautiously at her father. His nostrils flared; his mouth thinned. He unbuttoned his suit jacket. Divya could usually smile her way out of trouble with him. She widened her smile. Her father's eyes narrowed.
Divya felt the full force of her father's rage on her left cheek. She touched his imprint with a mirror image of her own. Her delicate face flushed with embarrassment; her father's with anger.
"How could you bring such…sharam…such…shame…on us like this? I had to leave work early. Now, everyone will know. Log kya kahenge?"
Divya strained to avoid rolling her eyes—a move that experience told her would have resulted in another slap. "Great," thought Divya. "I try to kill myself, and my father asks what will people think." She smiled weakly again. Silence was safer than speech.
The nurse drifted back into the room with a serving tray. She laid the tray on the table next to Divya's bed and fluttered back out in silence.
Divya tasted the food. The chapati were chewy, and the dal was watery. The chai was a powdered mix—sickly sweet. The powder left a dry residue in her mouth. She tossed the chapati back onto the plate.
"Eat," insisted her mother, pushing the plate toward her.
Divya picked up a spoonful of dal, tipped it, and watched as it slipped off the spoon like snot. Divya's eyes sent a silent plea. Divya pushed the plate away.
Divya's mother crinkled her nose. "For an allegedly first-class hospital, Hiranandani has third-class food," sniffed her mother. "I'll speak to the nurse about this poor quality. Maybe she can arrange a nice omelette instead. Or maybe I can bring some pakoras and my home-brewed chai?"
"Nothing beats your cooking, maa. Please bring some food from home."
"Of course, beti. "
The nurse shifted back into the room. Divya's mother spoke in her most imperious tone, "Take this food. We will provide it for her instead. Home cooked is best."
"Yes, ma'am," replied the nurse as she moved about the room checking equipment and making notes. She took Divya's pulse and blood pressure. "This bandage is wet. What happened?" No one answered. The nurse gently unrolled the fabric and replaced it with a dry one.
Divya's father moved over to the window. The rain fell diagonally across the windowpane. Droplets would connect, disconnect, and reconnect as part of a synchronized dance to a music only they could hear. The rhythm calmed him.
The nurse finished her bandaging. Divya's mother sat on the bed next to her; they held hands.
"Why, beti? Tell me. You were so looking forward to the job at the Emirati Times. An editor at a real newspaper. Kya hua?"
"What happened was that the Mumbai Muckraker sandbagged the Dubai job, maa."
"Sandbagged. Finished."
"Finished. Someone at the Muckraker knows someone at the Times. They made a phone call. The offer's been withdrawn," Divya explained.
"But, I don't understand. Why? How did they even know you were going to Dubai?"
"Probably because I told them."
"Divya! How could you be so stupid!" shouted her father.
"I am not stupid!" bellowed Divya. Her father's eyes widened. Divya realized she was about to incur his wrath again, yet she failed to notice the moisture on his cheeks. She took a breath and calmed her tone. "When I gave my notice, they asked. I told them. What was I supposed to do? Lie?"
"Yes," came her father's simple reply. He pulled the blinds closed, shutting out the world. "This would not have happened if you had just settled on a boy instead of pursuing these absurd career ambitions."
Divya gaped at her father. The gulf between them grew. The Arabian Sea suddenly seemed like an ocean, and Divya yearned to cross it. But, how? Now that the job offer was withdrawn?
"Your father is right, beti. You have always looked outside India and yourself for happiness. It's time you focused on what's inside, not outside. Your heart, beti, take care of your heart." Her mother tapped Divya's chest. "Here. Focus here."
Divya's chest tightened. "But, maa, writing, food, they are my heart. I can't breathe without them. With the Dubai job, I would have combined both my loves. No more Bollywood scandals to cover. The Times job was about food. Restaurants and reviews. Local flavor and cuisine. My passion. Besides, Dubai is everything Mumbai isn't: clean, organized, modern. An NRI paradise. And, it's close enough that you and papa could visit." She added hastily, "Occasionally."
Her mother squeezed Divya's hand.
The nurse removed the tray from Divya's bedside table.
"Visiting hours are over, ma'am. You can return at dinner time."
Divya's mother rose from the bed and motioned for her husband to join her. She kissed Divya on the forehead.
"We'll see you at dinner, beti," she chimed and left.
The nurse hovered about the room. She shifted toward Divya's bed and raised her left arm to adjust the IV drip. Divya noticed a semicolon etched on the nurse's wrist.
"What's that?" asked Divya.
"A semicolon, dear. I thought you were an editor? Surely, you know what a semicolon is."
"Ah, you heard everything, I suppose. Well, yes, I am an editor, but that doesn't explain why you have a semicolon on your wrist. You're obviously not one. So, why?"
"To remind me that my story isn't over."
"I don't understand. What story?"
"My life story, dear." The nurse sat on the bed next to her. "You see, dear, when I was your age, there was a boy." She checked Divya's bandage. "Ahmed," she sighed. "Such a beautiful boy, but he was deemed 'not suitable.' My father forbade me to see him."
She paused.
"I thought my life was over, so I tried to end it."
The rain began pounding the window.
"Of course, a few years later, I married a wonderful man, and we had two beautiful daughters. Happily ever after. Just like in the movies." She smiled.
"But, I still don't understand. Why the semicolon?"
"Well, ever since I had my daughters, I have talked to them and other young girls about my story; no man is worth taking your life. A few months ago, I saw this YouTube video about the Project Semicolon initiative:
The nurse pulled her phone out of her pocket and went to a bookmarked page. She handed the phone to Divya. Divya sat in stunned silence. "Punctuation really does save lives!" she thought and laughed.
"What's so funny?"
"I used to joke with my boss about how important editors are. She used to say, 'One day that serial comma will save a life.' I guess she was right. Punctuation matters."
"Well, I don't know about that, but I liked the idea, so I did the same." She offered her wrist to Divya for closer examination.
"Besides, all the kids think I'm cool now," she joked.
Divya traced the outline of the semicolon. "Did it hurt?"
"Not more than slashing my wrists."
"You slashed your wrists?"
"Over a boy?"
"I'm so sorry." Divya finally understood.
"It's not your fault, beti. I made a choice. I chose to die. But, it seems God had other plans for me. Today, I choose to live. I choose to be happy in my life."
Divya shook her head.
"I didn't have a choice. You saw my parents' reaction to losing the job. Suicide was my only choice."
"What I saw were the tears in your father's eyes because he almost lost you. You always have a choice, beti. Choose to be happy."
"I'm tired." Divya yawned, hoping the nurse would take the hint.
"Rest, beti." And, with that, the nurse left the room. Divya never saw her again.
A couple weeks later, Divya watched as pigeons fluttered to their nests high atop the buildings of Hiranandani Gardens. As Navratri ended, the rains eased. Clouds cleared; patches of sunlight dappled through the trees. Yet, a gloom still hung over the city. One more good downpour was left before the monsoon disappeared until next year. Durga puja seemed an ideal time for a new beginning.
Divya walked into the tattoo parlor with more confidence than she felt. The guy who greeted her was a walking billboard for his trade with a full sleeve of tattoos on each arm. From his elbow to his wrist in one-inch high Devanagari script was written what Divya guessed was his name: Sameer.
"Um…hi. I want a tattoo."
"First time, ma'am?" Sameer was cleaning his instruments.
"Have a seat. I will be right with you."
Sameer finished cleaning his instruments and turned to Divya. "Tell me."
"I want a semicolon tattoo. You know, the punctuation mark."
"Yes, ma'am. I know what a semicolon is." He pointed to his right bicep.
Divya wondered if he had one for the same reason she wanted hers.
"Where do you want it?" he asked.
Divya looked down. The scar was still visible on her left wrist. She pointed to the spot. "Can you do it here?"
"Yes, ma'am. What color? Saffron color, green color?"
Divya thought back to her favorite blue silk scarf. "Blue color, please, and can you make sure that you cover this scar completely?"
"Yes, ma'am."
Sameer etched the lines and filled in the semicolon with brilliant indigo blue. With each line, Divya focused on the pain. With the pain, she felt relief for the pain in her soul. As Sameer filled each line, fear emptied from within Divya and was replaced by faith. For the first time, she had faith that the clouds would clear from her brain. That just as monsoon ended, so too would her pain.
Sameer finished the tattoo and checked his work. He asked, "Why a semicolon?"
Divya replied, "The end of my story is not yet written";
This story was inspired by the Write India campaign sponsored by the Times of India. The first two lines are the preface written by Chetan Bhagat.
Project Semicolon is a faith-based initiative started in the U.S. by Amy Bleuel. You can follow the project on Facebook and Twitter.
The app mentioned in the story is inspired by Lantern, an app currently being tested at two colleges in Hyderabad.