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Remembering Childhood

August 12, 2010 By Feyma 28 Comments
A small fishing boat on the beach in Samal

A few days ago I went to Samal with my oldest son Chris and my nephew Deo. I went there to get some pictures of a real estate property that I am working on. Someone from the States wanted to see some photos of the place.  After we went to the area that was of interest, the 3 of us then went to the beachfront property of my friend because I want also to take some more photos there. As we were getting to the beach, I saw some people on a boat, not too far away. They were fishing, I also saw some people who were swimming on the beach and other people sitting in the cottage. As we approached the cottage I could see 4 kids sitting there. Ages … [Read more...]

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I am Denguephobic

July 23, 2010 By MindanaoBob 131 Comments
Mesh wire with big holes

I'm not sure if there is such a word as "denguephobic" but if there is not there should be.  I'm sure that most of you know what I mean when I use the "word" - I have a fear of dengue. Dengue Fever is a tropical disease that is caused by mosquito bites.  It takes a bite from a certain kind of mosquito, and those mosquitoes only bite during the day, so at night you should be safe.  There are four different strains of "regular dengue" fever, and there is another very serious dengue called hemorrhagic dengue, which is the most deadly.  If you get hemorrhagic dengue, it is very likely that you will die, and not a pretty death.  The other four … [Read more...]

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Accepted! …conditionally.

February 17, 2010 By Jawz 26 Comments
accepted

So, On Feb. the 6th, I took my entrance exam at Ateneo de Davao University. The days before that, I had been reading up on some algebra basics in a math book I had brought (as well as going to the doctor for sinus problems and digestion problems). Unfortunately, none of what I read was on the exam. The exam had 4 different parts. The first part was about 70 questions of abstract logic. Most were easy, but I had to think on some with numbers. The exam had time limits to each part, so I never got to finish that section. I think I only finished about 40 or 50 questions. The next one was english. I finished the whole thing, and had doubted I'd do … [Read more...]

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Feelin’ Antsy

February 3, 2010 By Jawz 14 Comments
roxas

Well, I ain't really feelin' that antsy, but, it was just a play on words (and a non-play) for two topics amongst the various topic of this blog: 1. Exam Me and my girlfriend went to Ateneo de Davao University to get me registered up. I am going to be taking the entrance exam on Feb 6th; this coming weekend. I'm feelin' a lil' 'antsy' (aka nervous), just a bit, about it. Since I went through honors English in high school, enjoy biological sciences (made average through those courses), and my friends claim I am good at using reasoning, I think the most parts of the test will be a breeze. English, science, and abstract logic I will slay you. … [Read more...]

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My New Life

January 20, 2010 By Jawz 85 Comments
lukjonbob

Leaving the country to live somewhere else isn’t the usual request in the mind of the typical 18 year old South Carolinian. My decision to leave the USA to live in Davao, Philippines has many reasons behind it. My interests are far from the average get-away-from-parents-and-party-in-college kind of attitude. I guess a main reason to this is how I grew up. Being the outcast (and bully victim) a few years in school, being born shy, and living out in the countryside didn’t give me a pleasing social life. I had a few friends, and there was a private Christian school/church that I made good friends at as well (later) though. But, at a young age … [Read more...]

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Things that worry me about living in the Philippines

January 18, 2010 By MindanaoBob 43 Comments
Am I doing the right thing for the kids?

As much as I love the Philippines, and I enjoy living here, the place is certainly not perfect.  After all, there is no place on the face of this earth that is perfect, much less the Philippines.  To be honest, there are things that worry me about living here. These things that worry me are not things that I lay awake in bed at night thinking about, nor do I think about them each and every day.  But, at times I do wonder to myself if I am doing the right thing by living here.  It's important to note, though, that no matter where in the world we live, we have things that we worry about, or consider if we are doing the right thing, so this … [Read more...]

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Panacan Boys School

January 1, 2010 By John 5 Comments
PC270007

Well, Christmas has come and gone, and for most of you, your tables heaved with too much food and drink and you would have been surrounded by family and friends, same for me too. But we were all not that lucky, and here in the Philippines many people have nothing at Christmas, just like the rest of the year round, and that breaks my heart. So this year the organization I help run called The Friends Of Mindanao, based here in Davao City, helped a boys school in nearby Panacan to make the residents feel a little better about Christmas. Dennis, who now runs it and lives it , had to forgo his family Christmas as the boys needed to be looked … [Read more...]

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The Philippines needs a Hero

October 30, 2009 By MindanaoBob 31 Comments

Again, this week, I am sharing my Friday column from SunStar Davao Newspaper.  I hope you enjoy the article. Every country needs heroes.  Every group of  people needs heroes of it's own.  It's something in the human spirit, having heroes helps us do better ourselves.  Somehow we want to emulate the person who has achieved hero status. Politicians, these days, don't make for good heroes, they are too divisive.  Half the people revere a certain politician, the other half hate him.  It is very rare in this age that there is a politician that is looked up to by a big enough percentage of the populace that they could be considered a hero.  … [Read more...]

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Educational Experience

October 12, 2009 By Tommy 28 Comments

An experience indeed. . What I am clamoring about is the educational process as observed by a foreigner here in the Philippines. You would expect a high school student to be held accountable for their attendance, grades, behavior, and ability to achieve academic excellence by their own actions however I have observed the schooling we have provided for our teens living here in Tagum, and it just drives home the point, we're not in Kansas! And in the school system's defense, not all students have the means and ability to go to their assigned classes and participate due to family hardship etc.  But is that fair to the remaining students that … [Read more...]

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What is a C.A.T.?

September 24, 2009 By Feyma 15 Comments

For high school in the Philippines almost all students will go through the CAT before graduating. You would probably wonder what is a CAT? CAT means Citizen Army Training. Just like the military. We have to go through the drill and formation. For most of the schools here private or public it's really mandatory for a senior student to have the CAT. In my school, being just girls exclusively and not many senior students, that's why the junior students were called to filled in. With the CAT it also had a band that played while we were in the formation. Our CAT uniform was really like the military, and we had a rifle too. Were using the fatigue and … [Read more...]

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