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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Since I live in the Philippines as an expat, I observed innumerable religion directions. Tune in your cable TV and experience almost 15 different channels (and directions) only here in Davao City.
Religion - the belief in supernatural power, which governs universe; religion - the recognition of God as an object of worship; religion - the [...]
Friday, January 25, 2008
Regular readers of this blog and, of course, my friends know, that I enjoy living in the Philippines as an expat since nine years without any regrets. From time to time I meet other expats - not only from my home country Germany. Last week I had a talk with an American friend, who “tries” [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I must confess, that I am an admirer of Jose Rizal since long time. I learned a lot of him during my time in Berlin together with my mentor Father Gene Bacareza.
One of the German scholars and scientists whom Rizal befriended was Dr. Alexander Schadenberg, who became his very personal friend. Schadenberg took great interest [...]
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Discussions about Philippine tourism, democracy and the image of this wonderful country are again heating up. For me, it’s not new. As I stated in one comment of Bob’s write ups: I remember all those things already from the 1980s and 1990s. And how was Bob’s very true answer: “We might not see any changes [...]
Sunday, January 20, 2008
“The dawn is not far. Spain opens the east for her beloved Philippines, and times are changing, and I am positive that more are being done than we imagine.” - Dr. Jose Rizal, Philippines.
To be honest, I really got surprised at the first time to learn and know everything about Jose Rizal and his relations [...]
Friday, January 18, 2008
I will never forget my first column in a Mindanao daily in January 2003 about loneliness or better explained as solitariness. While being a columnist of “Tinig ng Bayan” (The Voice of the Nation) at the end of the 1980s I remember Cristina Lising-Geronga, during that time Taiwan coordinator for that magazine for Filipinos abroad. [...]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Davao City is also carrying the name Durian City. Durian, the “queen of fruits” - smells like hell and tastes like heaven. Is that really so? The question of the week: “Do you like Durian?” No matter, where you are living in the Philippines, do you enjoy the taste of heaven or don’t you?
How about [...]
Monday, January 14, 2008
Permanent readers of this blog may observed my serial “Philippine-German Relations” since a couple of month. I was inspired to write about it because of my mentor Professor Dr. Hermogenes E. Bacareza, former Philippine Chaplain of the Philippine Community in Berlin /Germany. “Father Gene”, born in Maribojoc, Bohol, is an internationally known scholar, author, linguist, [...]
Saturday, January 12, 2008
We are in conflict with ourselves many times during our life. In our home country or here as expat in the Philippines. Our future gives cause for concern; the past holds us captured, therefore many times we miss the future.
The grief and sorrow asked the hope, “How are you?” The hope answered, “I am a [...]
Friday, January 11, 2008
One thing Germans and Filipinos have very much in common: they love music and dance. Regarding music I was many times amazed being on air with my radio show “Classics at Night” for more then three years. The feedback of Filipino listeners between 12 (!) and 79 (!) was absolutely incredible. Also the knowledge about [...]
