Where is my Application Folder?

Greetings,
I need somebody help here!!! I accidentally deleted my "Application" folder and emptied the trash. All my softwares are now gone and i can't open any of my previous softwares now (TextEdit/iTunes etc etc etc). The worst thing is that i can't even open the "System Preference" now. Is it possible for me to retrieve/recover my Application folder? What should i do now? re-install mac OSX? format it?
Any advice and help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1.2 GHz PowerPC

No, don't use Panther wait until you have the OS Tiger disk. I noticed everytime when i reboot/restart my Mac, a blinking "Globe" icon appears followed by a "question mark/two face" (switching) icon, what does it mean? I don't remember i have these icon popping up until recently.You will need System Preferences to change this. It is because you have Network designated as the "startup Disk". All you have to do is choose your Mac OS X volume in Startup Disk instead of Network. Until you have that sorted you can start to Startup Manager by using option-startup.
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