living in a baCkpack (plus 8 luggages)

living in a baCkpack (plus 8 luggages) http://rv5167.multiply.com/ <a href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/blog_juice/index.php?url=rv5167.multiply.com%2F&cat=travel"><img src="http://www.text-link-ads.com/blog_juice/badges/juice_badge_0.0.png" alt="My Blog Juice' /" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.topblogs.com.ph/travel/"><img style="border: medium none ;" src="http://www.topblogs.com.ph/track_5258.gif" alt="Travel & Leisure - Top Blogs Philippines' /"></a>  <div id="cboxdiv" align="center"> <iframe src="http://www2.cbox.ws/box/?boxid=1807280&boxtag=bl02bw&sec=main" marginheight="2" marginwidth="2" allowtransparency="yes" name="cboxmain" style="border: 1px solid rgb(185, 200, 160);" id="cboxmain" frameborder="0" height="305" scrolling="auto" width="160"></iframe> <iframe src="http://www2.cbox.ws/box/?boxid=1807280&boxtag=bl02bw&sec=form" marginheight="2" marginwidth="2" allowtransparency="yes" name="cboxform" style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(185, 200, 160) rgb(185, 200, 160); border-width: 0px 1px 1px;" id="cboxform" frameborder="0" height="75" scrolling="no" width="160"></iframe> </div>  <div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-align: center;"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://maps.amung.us/flash/flashsrv.php?k=7xmlz95i&type=emb.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="wausitehash=7xmlz95i&map=natural&pin=target-blue&link=no" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="never" wmode="transparent" quality="high" height="230" width="420"> <div style="margin: -25px auto 0pt; width: 420px; position: relative; height: 25px;"><a href="http://whos.amung.us/maps/7xmlz95i/natural/target-blue"><img src="http://maps.amung.us/images/embblank.gif" border="0" height="25" width="420"></a></div><a href="http://maps.amung.us/">Get Your Own Real Time Visitor Map!</a></div>  <a href="http://whos.amung.us/show/93lv0e5k"><img alt="visitor stats" src="http://whos.amung.us/widget/93lv0e5k.png" border="0" height="29" width="81"></a>  "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." --Kahlil Gibran    <embed src="http://media.imeem.com/pl/eq0jUIZ2Yv/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" wmode="transparent" height="290" width="300">  <script src="http://shots.snap.com/ss/c263745e61a6fab7605d33851e500a0b/snap_shots.js" type="text/javascript"></script>             A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him. In this way, a true teacher regards himself as a student of his students. If you will teach your pupils with this attitude, you will benefit much from them. --Mahatma Gandhi <script type="text/javascript" src="http://feedjit.com/serve/?bc=FFFFFF&tc=494949&brd1=336699&lnk=494949&hc=336699&ww=250"></script><noscript><a href="http://feedjit.com/">Feedjit Live Blog Stats</a></noscript> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://feedjit.com/map/?bc=003366&tc=FFFF00&brd1=6699CC&lnk=FFFF00&hc=FFFFFF"></script><noscript><a href="http://feedjit.com/">Feedjit Live Blog Stats</a></noscript> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://real-time-referrers.com/r.js"></script>  <embed src="http://widget.meebo.com/mm.swf?dsuofgAIMk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="275" width="190"> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:50:53 -0000 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:55:19 -0000 living in a baCkpack (plus 8 luggages) http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/logo http://rv5167.multiply.com 100 100 2008 Palanca Awardees :: cOngrats. cOngrats. lifted from the blog of dean alfar. here goes. Word is slowly (verrrry slowly) getting around about this year's crop of winners of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Like last time, I'll be posting the names and works of the happy winners - assuming, of course, that you share your news with me. So this post starts empty, but may blossom into a small list of happy people within the next couple of weeks as the Sept 1 awards ceremony draws closer. Let me get things started (please note that this list is NOT official nor necessarily correct) - kudos to all the winners! Novel, Filipino Grand Prize - Norman Wilwayco Novel, English Grand Prize - Miguel Syjuco Short Story, English 1st - Ian Rosales Casocot 2nd - Tara FT Sering Short Story for Children, English 1st - Celestine Trinidad 2nd - no award given 3rd - Kate Aton-Osias Poetry, English 1st - Francis Macansantos 2nd - Mookie Katigbak 3rd - Marie La Viña Essay, English ... http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/159/2008_Palanca_Awardees_cOngrats._cOngrats. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:55:19 -0000 today::CNN coverage on Qantas Emergency Landing in Manila A Qantas flight is forced to make an emergency http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/148/todayCNN_coverage_on_Qantas_Emergency_Landing_in_Manila Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:50 -0000 Qantas Jet emergency landing today in Manila amateur video: See what it was like during the emergency landing after a Qantas Airline flight lost cabin pressure and was forced to land in Manila International Airport where official discovered a big hole in the plane. Flight QF 30, from London to Melbourne, had just made a stopover in Hong Kong. Passengers who talked to the media at the airport described hearing an explosion, and then oxygen masks were released. "One hour into the flight there was a big bang, then the plane started going down," passenger Marina Scaffidi, 39, from Melbourne, told The Associated Press by phone from Manila airport. "There was wind swirling around the plane and some condensation." She said the hole extended from the cargo hold into the passenger cabin. "No one was very hysterical," she said. June Kane of Melbourne described how parts of the plane's interior broke apart in the depressurized cabin. "There was a terrific boom and bits of wood and debris just flew forward into first (class... http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/147/Qantas_Jet_emergency_landing_today_in_Manila Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:04:55 -0000 suddenly, i'm all over the place, er, wOrld. and pls. don't effing hate me for being famous...hahaha <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#6"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/4/photos/242/500x500/6/9JJxfkxV4tz1YzIMNM78SQ.jpg?et=oqMIrfsvdsj1bSzDildxmA&nmid=107180737"></a> Universal Studios, CA <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#7"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/2/photos/242/500x500/7/vkoXZ6r-Wvpx5m9-BJmRKw.jpg?et=vp0Mn0gmaCe%2CnZMnMI0uYw&nmid=107180737"></a> HARVARD YARD, Massachusetts <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#3"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/242/500x500/3/U1L3V-gG-5ScBQA6lY7Jeg.jpg?et=wvIvU6SjE0RdfdoSgMvZ5w&nmid=107180737"></a> Rodeo Drive Launching, HOLLYWOOD with my no. 1 fan <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#5"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/242/500x500/5/hy50etcN30lXj5HyVYXojQ.jpg?et=5HKNobBymD6dOtifvoNInA&nmid=107180737"></a> LONDON with SOLID RV FANS club president emerita <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#2"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/242/500x500/2/KuE9VAZoYKz9xwLGJBMTeA.jpg?et=sp1qIRAeHjRQe%2BeQVRbEYg&nmid=107180737"></a> Notting Hill <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_world.#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/242/500x500/1/G-jOKeJTL-iBTTSM9nSPOQ.jpg?et=wUtBsc2nWo%2CkAkYM%2BnR%2CTA&nmid=107180737"></a> backroom: Museum of Modern Art, NYC credits: Bryan Baclayon for the "beyond-the-box-over-the-top" (pun intended) idea :D tee-hee! http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/242/suddenly_im_all_over_the_place_er_wOrld. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:34:59 -0000 'Confessional' wins big in Asian-Arab film festival lifted from: Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:49:00 07/20/2008 MANILA, Philippines—Another Filipino film scored a major victory in the international festival circuit. Only weeks after Jim Libiran’s “Tribu” won the Youth Jury Prize in the recently concluded Paris Cinema International Film Festival, Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto’s “Confessional” bagged the Best Film plum in the First Features section of the 10th Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema Saturday in New Delhi, India. Tarog and Antipuesto received $5,000 and an additional Osian’s Originating Film Development fund worth $20,000 that will bankroll their next feature film. Bayani San Diego Jr. and Gerry Plaza more on the link http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/155/Confessional_wins_big_in_Asian-Arab_film_festival Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:27:21 -0000 santol swallow alert :: santol seeds have a sharp edge that can cut thru the intestinal wall We had a patient who presented as appendicitis but on opening up what greeted us was a lot of pus, not coming from the appendix, but from a gaping hole in the large intestine. I had posted a nice picture of said intestine here... lifted from doki ness' site. more on the link~ http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/154/santol_swallow_alert_santol_seeds_have_a_sharp_edge_that_can_cut_thru_the_intestinal_wall Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48:00 -0000 of last trip and (the feel of) wind on your face <img style="width: 224px;height: 178px;" class="alignleft" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1167/1292404390_1974caf190.jpg?v=0" border="0">There is something about last trips that you particularly like. So you begin to recall the most recent one and dig the burrows of memory and found for yourself images that are hard to make out. It’s been a while since you’ve taken the ride and really, really found the joy of doing it.  In an attempt to hit something hard and to start building images around it, you try to shape and reshape the shadows and nameless faces in a half-empty slow-moving ride home and probably put backstories into each of them. But in the end, it’s the wind on your face that grabs notice.     It’s a moonlit night and you are clinging by the rear entrance with your foot slightly above the running board; the position affords you the view of the mountain’s silhouette ahead as the jeep ascends toward the town at the foot of Mt. Cuernos de Negros. The wind is already balmy at this time of day. And the stillness of the landscape, like after the rain, heightened what you want. So... http://rv5167.multiply.com/journal/item/125/of_last_trip_and_the_feel_of_wind_on_your_face Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:20:47 -0000 Foreign programmers: RP film scene exciting MANILA, Philippines—Foreign festival programmers, who are in Manila for the 4th Cinemalaya Film Festival, told Inquirer Entertainment that Philippine cinema looks “exciting, energetic.” Ansgar Vogt recounted that, while screening DVDs for the Berlin International Film Festival in 2005, he noticed there were three Filipino movies on his to-watch list: Auraeus Solito’s “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” and “Tuli” and Raya Martin’s “The Island at the End of the World.” “As part of my job, I watch at least 1,000 films a year,” Vogt explained. “That these three films stood out could only mean that there must be something going on in the Philippines.” His theory was “confirmed” when he set foot in Manila last year for Cinemanila, an international film festival. “I was amazed. The local scene was thrilling, energetic, different. [I found] a broad spectrum of films.” Raymond Phathanavirangoon of the Toronto Film Fest agreed: “I was impressed by this year’s Cinemalaya entries. Ev... http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/153/Foreign_programmers_RP_film_scene_exciting Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:35:24 -0000 Here now:: James Taylor - Fire and Rain (Beacon Theatre) origin of the song lifted from wikipedia: Taylor has related different versions of what the song is about. In a BBC interview he stated that the song chronicled his experiences in mental institutions and the suicide of a friend. More recently, on the VH1 series Story Tellers, Taylor said that the song was, indeed, about Suzanne Schnerr, a friend of his who died suddenly while he was away from home. According to that account, he had been in a deep depression after the failure of his new band "Flying Machine" to coalesce (the lyric includes a reference to "sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground"; the reference is to the name of the band rather than a fatal plane crash, as was long rumored). As he was wondering what to do with himself, he received word of Schnerr's death, and the song explains that her death was a check for his own worries, a way of realizing the transience of life and his need to get back to his old friends. In other interviews Taylor has also indica... http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/146/Here_now_James_Taylor_-_Fire_and_Rain_Beacon_Theatre Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:02:02 -0000 Fire & Rain :: Al Jarreau :-) http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/145/Fire_Rain_Al_Jarreau_ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:58:17 -0000 one of my effing favorite song of all time: Fire & Rain (Baby Face revival) Released: 2007 http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/144/one_of_my_effing_favorite_song_of_all_time_Fire_Rain_Baby_Face_revival Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:46 -0000 The MOST Hilarious TVC I've found this week!!! By golly!! ROFL.!!! http://rv5167.multiply.com/video/item/143/The_MOST_Hilarious_TVC_Ive_found_this_week Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:57:31 -0000 running naked This room is precisely where I run naked every morning. And before the attic room is ready at month's end, here's how things seem to be in the basement. And a little inventory of assets and liabilities. bwahahaha :D <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/241/running_naked_underground#12"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/241/500x500/12/2662495303_7d1ed61539.jpg?et=gXBKWm6vsqgcJLNaLjF5OQ&nmid=105412231"></a> Lacoste (orig.) shirt from UK (ukay-ukay in Lahug) at Php30.00; nylon cowboy hat from Lee Plaza at Php29.00; Old Navy and Hollister fisherman and painter's cap from MEPZ Factory Overrun at Php50.00 a piece. Not that I'm selling all these :D <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/241/running_naked_underground#7"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/241/500x500/7/2662473229_ce545ef497.jpg?et=Gcd1rAQirFqvq5Y3H98twA&nmid=105412231"></a> two-week's worth of boxers; all from Surplus Shop at SM (Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Gap and Old Navy A STEAL at Php199.00 and below) <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/241/running_naked_underground#3"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/241/500x500/3/2662440683_afb4370af9.jpg?et=%2BRjb49FCfNXF7ABj1QY1fA&nmid=105412231"></a> water is second skin; all-for-swimming drawer <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/241/running_naked_underground#6"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/241/500x500/6/2662468711_c9805785a2.jpg?et=wHbzJQD9Fpa6WlDBD%2CkdzQ&nmid=105412231"></a> After my resignation from my previous job (strictly barong-or-long-sleeve-and-tie dress code) I handed my colleagues all my neckties but two--metallic deep blue and maroon--just in case an event calls for one. Sure enough, I used one during a coat and tie affair at a local hotel. Saves me the headache of looking for the perfect ti... http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/241/running_naked_ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:06:19 -0000 Stanford U :: Education faculty to make articles available to all In a move designed to broaden access to faculty research and scholarship, the School of Education at Stanford recently adopted a policy requiring its faculty members to make their scholarly articles available for free to the public. The school's faculty unanimously approved the new "open access" policy in June, becoming the first education school in the nation to enact a mandatory policy. An estimated 30 universities around the world have adopted similar plans. click the link for more~ http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/151/Stanford_U_Education_faculty_to_make_articles_available_to_all Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:32:13 -0000 UP Visayas Writers' Workshop University of the Philippines Visayas Creative Writing Workshop :: UP VisWrite UP Tacloban College <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#32"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/239/500x500/32/DSC01130.JPG?et=Pq57T6j0fudW7F0iXsVvIA&nmid=104878120"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/14/photos/239/500x500/1/DSC01040.JPG?et=qdaNJIYcci%2BXg2ocobfwTQ&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#33"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/239/500x500/33/DSC01123.JPG?et=hV58G7KBZX6x5ejOLO2Dfw&nmid=104878120"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/UP_Visayas_Writers_Workshop#44"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/20/photos/239/500x500/44/2652351963_ea51fca762.jpg?et=947yZYN%2C7hdgmctCNUTO5A&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#52"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/4/photos/239/500x500/52/2653238678_88240dd2e6.jpg?et=7hHbcZfFbtWTpfEMqoIU9A&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#49"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/4/photos/239/500x500/49/2652423303_70fa6fb6b4.jpg?et=L4BDl%2Bbsq7RAHOWEGCmcSA&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#45"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/4/photos/239/500x500/45/2652363877_7212197619.jpg?et=DMl1Q%2B47DoLhZ7apqoLVFA&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#43"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/239/500x500/43/DSC01047.JPG?et=EnWZyY7F3uMKnnvdnWgKZw&nmid=104878120"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#10"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/239/500x500/10/DSC01189.JPG?et=12qPBB2pVQPK4KC3akGNkw&nmid=104795933"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/University_of_the_Philippines_Visayas_Creative_Writing_Workshop#12"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/239/500x500/12/DSC01184.JPG?et=PzXl8%2CbBa4JPKwahixhWag&nmid=104795933"></a> http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/239/UP_Visayas_Writers_Workshop Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:21:14 -0000 getting into the swing of things <img style="width: 524px;height: 319px;" class="alignleft" src="http://www.sivacracy.net/archives/sam_asian_hair_101006.gif" border="0">Noam Chamsky Lambert R.C. Gardner Richard Schmidt Stephen Krashen Michael Long L.S. Vygotsky   interaction hypothesis scaffolding accommodation theory     Insofar as namedropping and metalanguage is concerned (hypothetically during highbrow conversation with linguists), it isn’t my wont to add more if only to stretch the growing list and alien terminolgies above. Not yet. Not just yet. I only have four months to dig more into these mounds and mounds of linguistic theories and terminologies and bury myself in this beautiful rut. At least today, I’m finally getting into the swing of things. Speech acts or critical period hypothesis, anyone? And I have an Old English text translation homework due tomorrow. Dang! I lurvee  grad school! Tsk.     http://rv5167.multiply.com/journal/item/124/getting_into_the_swing_of_things Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:26:08 -0000 FASTfacts: Loboc "Get that engagement ring and pop that question on a moonlit night! And if the answer is "NO!" then by all means, leave her in the middle of the raft and let her find her way back." Stories abound (of epic proportion; or not really) about Loboc town. Here's a little dose <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/236/FASTFACTS_Loboc_Tarsier_and_what-not#9"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/1/photos/236/500x500/9/loboc%20sing.jpg?et=JrBIezNK5VIoZF6KKqpLtQ&nmid=104232642"></a> No 1: Music Capital Loboc is not tagged as "the music capital of Bohol or perhaps of the South"for nothing. Story has it that you can always find a musical instrument in each house and each Lobocanon can sing (and by golly, can sing it well baby) as well as play at least one music instrument. Loboc is the home of Bohol's Pastores (pastores is a full-production performance of daygon or caroling at Christmastime) No 2: World Class All The Loboc Children's Choir, bagging national and international choir championships, now has a concert hall of their own. It's near the floating resto terminal. This is courtesy of a Filipino company taking that big PIE SHARE in snack food category in China ... http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/236/FASTfacts_Loboc Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:10:33 -0000 Cebu stopover Low Depression was brewing somewhere so boat trips back to Duma were cancelled. Had to spend an extra night and had to drag ourselves out of bed as early as 4AM to catch the Liloan-bound Ceres Bus. Keeping an open mind for the lurve of adventure~ <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Cebu_stopover#2"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/235/500x500/2/basilica%20stairs.jpg?et=tJ%2CPydptd9zlUrrU5DVo1g&nmid=104223962"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Cebu_stopover#9"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/235/500x500/9/bb.jpg?et=LjdngviAsfKe%2BjUfLNaT4Q&nmid=104223962"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Cebu_stopover#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/235/500x500/1/basilica.jpg?et=T1jU4nCD8hidhBhcfPuBeg&nmid=104223962"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Cebu_stopover#6"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/235/500x500/6/guitar.pink.jpg?et=PZpD6JyQtwbghoqF1onClw&nmid=104223962"></a> http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/235/Cebu_stopover Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:03:06 -0000 playing tourist in my own hometown 4-day Bohol backpacklife; facilitating the overseas programme of the school <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#8"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/8/2636685408_e9a4ed7b0c.jpg?et=IMIrgEwxGKJ1fw1jP4U29w&nmid=104105413"></a> Villa Amorita infinity pool; Alona Beach, Panglao Island <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#6"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/6/2636663880_420c8ca6af.jpg?et=ygTfORf9iQMLSFW%2CLHF4nw&nmid=104105413"></a> Pablo Neruda and the beach life~ <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#11"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/234/500x500/11/2636705928_14106dc7e0.jpg?et=qJjSg0j9FJCe28%2B%2BArncsA&nmid=104105413"></a> Hogwartz-Bohol Campus <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#13"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/13/2636718242_69349f4226.jpg?et=dXvNh4hI1rg1OZv4lRdtBA&nmid=104105413"></a> Human Sacrifice ME!!! <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#9"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/9/2636694400_94991afdc5.jpg?et=t1Y%2Bj10O83WtLIOl0sJ2CQ&nmid=104105413"></a> chocolaty Loboc River <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#18"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/234/500x500/18/bohol%20881.jpg?et=3KCCjMrmuDMkpRmra6yRzA&nmid=104105413"></a> Bohol Prawn Farm at Island City Mall <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/1/2635849019_3474dcf6c9.jpg?et=0hkmk9CRdpazqtqwCUPKvQ&nmid=104105413"></a> Balicasag Island <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#12"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/12/2636714940_613e5843cb.jpg?et=9uTiD323MoWmwwtAt1mLDQ&nmid=104105413"></a> Loboc Hanging Bridge <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#2"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/234/500x500/2/2635861135_7ac13625a2.jpg?et=srnrhhGKbwfNLD9ATTaJpQ&nmid=104105413"></a> Baclayon Church; the same view from the window 400 or so years ago <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/tourist_in_my_birthplace#7"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/234/500x500/7/2636667656_4f5da46b98.jpg?et=7VkhtKuatP4vrgfV0%2BsdEw&nmid=104105413"></a> yacht anchors at Balicasag. ASTIG! day 01: Dao Diamond Bed and Breakfast. day 02: Touristy Belt Island Tour; Sandugo Marker, Chocolate Hills, Man-made Forest, Loboc Hanging Bridge, Loboc Floating Restaurant and Piony-Phil. Python day 03: wave watching!!!! ONLY TWO DOLPHINS SHOWED UP!!! puch*!! but Balicasag skin diving pretty much pulled out the disappointment day 04: Life's a Beach! http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/234/playing_tourist_in_my_own_hometown Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:21:36 -0000 Interview with Nobel Laureate in Literature Doris Lessing No relations with Gary Lesing :D Seriously now. Interview with the 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature Doris Lessing at her home in London, 14 April 2007. The interviewer is Professor John Mullan. Doris Lessing talks about the inspiration for her first book, 'The Grass is Singing', the autobiographical nature of her 'Children of Violence' sequence of novels (10:29), 'The Golden Notebook' (12:23) and how it became a cult book (21:30), and why she took a foray into science fiction writing with her 'Canopus in Argos' series of novels (22:50). She also talks about the two novels she published under the pseudonym Jane Somers (26:45), why her autobiographies go no further than 1962 (36:55), and being an earth mother in the 1960s (37:20). Finally, she discusses her latest novel, 'Alfred and Emily', which explores the life of her parents and the horrors of war (44:30). Credits: Ladda Productions AB http://rv5167.multiply.com/links/item/150/Interview_with_Nobel_Laureate_in_Literature_Doris_Lessing Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:28:52 -0000 effing PRIMARY TEXT <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGL00goKCtgAAAQMSSc1"><img style="width: 223px;height: 172px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGL00goKCtgAAAQMSSc1/mban1702l.jpg?et=K7g7jKCbTZB3zXagMn8KHw&nmid=0" border="0"></a>If these authors (of primary text) intend to make readers feel stupid, then today, they have succeeded. I have reread it for the effing nth time and yet, there's nothing close to epiphany or gist or a popping yellow bulb above my head to say the least. Puch*! Makes me want to shake the ivory towers and see it crumble brick by brick!   Theories. Effing theories! ........... Primary sources have been described as those sources closest to the origin of the information or idea under study.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a> Primary sources have been said to provide researchers with "direct, unmediated information about the object of study."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a> They may contain original research or new information not previously published elsewhere.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a> They have been distinguished from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondary sources">secondary sources</a>, which often cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a> They serve as an original source of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information" title="Information">information</a> or new ideas about the topic. Primary and secondary, however, are relative terms, and any given sourc... http://rv5167.multiply.com/journal/item/123/effing_PRIMARY_TEXT Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:46:31 -0000 myDuma happy mondays happy mOndays faculty get-together slash dinner at Coco Amigos along Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City. The six of us collectively known as the United Colors of Benetton School of Education-Institute of U.N and Peace Studies hahaha:: countries represented: Australia, South Korea and The Philippines. yay! hahaha <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/233/Happy_Mondays_Faculty_Get-together#3"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/5/photos/233/500x500/3/2603619803_c26c46b112.jpg?et=tPdgUDyn0aK4Ix8FrvzsOg&nmid=102466507"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/233/Happy_Mondays_Faculty_Get-together#8"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/233/500x500/8/2604459892_affd0cc254.jpg?et=v845qOxTa282EL0v0UXZ2g&nmid=102466507"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/233/Happy_Mondays_Faculty_Get-together#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/233/500x500/1/2603610359_859f133bfe.jpg?et=AoiRD9zj%2BC0UCU0KUBTnrA&nmid=102466507"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/233/Happy_Mondays_Faculty_Get-together#14"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/8/photos/233/500x500/14/2604496450_d06b9987cc.jpg?et=x%2BhnGl%2C6K9kh7ZcuO2To2A&nmid=102466507"></a> http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/233/myDuma_happy_mondays_ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:14:58 -0000 laundromat trip to the self-service laundromat & aftermath of typhoon frank <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/231/aftermath_of_typhoon_frank#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/231/500x500/1/2604365872_db13f8018f.jpg?et=HsJdrnoD2NPbWGztaOBA1w&nmid=102412614"></a> the laundry basket is filled with the week's worth of washing and spinning; the whole chapter (for reporting) needs some tweaking; power interruption the whole weekend, the whole of negros. nothing much to do except escape to some place saner than this. <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/231/aftermath_of_typhoon_frank#6"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/3/photos/231/500x500/6/2603584149_7a36a571c7.jpg?et=bIbnb36jqET00prxY4uo%2Cg&nmid=102412614"></a> the university library opens at 1:30pm on Sundays. so i have to kill time in some place with a/c (in spite of brownout). <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/231/aftermath_of_typhoon_frank#2"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/231/500x500/2/2604372604_cf9620be0d.jpg?et=bs9PvI%2BlDmiUj7azJg%2B%2BgQ&nmid=102412614"></a> and here too. meet my friday night buddies. back of the house DROP AND HANG <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/231/friday_night_buddies_aftermath_of_typhoon_frank#3"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/11/photos/231/500x500/3/2603561499_a601142d78.jpg?et=IYjLkCRlZT9PMObJd4NvHw&nmid=102412614"></a> NO SWEAT! phewww. life has never been this easy~ http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/231/laundromat Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:59:02 -0000 stormy day at uni. & dr. law's bicycle <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/229/stormy_day_at_uni.#1"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/6/photos/229/500x500/1/2596873585_765d97dd66.jpg?et=UiYy09pXP1xI%2BzLj19z%2Bpw&nmid=102067046"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/229/stormy_day_at_uni.#3"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/229/500x500/3/2587515554_e3f048845f.jpg?et=ZEFZjDjsL%2BVp1HYaTqU5wg&nmid=102067046"></a> Classes were not cancelled due to Typhoon Frank (international codename Fengshen) but due to faculty and staff retreat. Negros Oriental--placed under storm signal no. 1--had scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. first photo credits: stalker N.V. DeCastro. http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/229/stormy_day_at_uni._dr._laws_bicycle Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:16:16 -0000 world beat music get-together nights at school feat. Asyano-- a World Music band THU :: Cultural Exchange through Music with Tribu Asyano <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/228/get-together_nights_at_school_feat._Asyano--_a_World_Music_band#5"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/9/photos/228/500x500/5/2597632104_2103800d79.jpg?et=0ArF6g2Z%2B3ID8iKU%2BJ%2CRjg&nmid=102062286"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/228/get-together_nights_at_school_feat._Asyano--_a_World_Music_band#14"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/7/photos/228/500x500/14/2597685446_be0bd362d2.jpg?et=vxxPlofFyNO1k6vmwXFVgg&nmid=102062286"></a> <a href="http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/228/get-together_nights_at_school_feat._Asyano--_a_World_Music_band#7"><img border="0" src="http://images.rv5167.multiply.com/image/10/photos/228/500x500/7/2597646564_13dd6523a2.jpg?et=kBl0OZ1AC3PtQqEi81gdew&nmid=102062286"></a> world beat (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, esp. of Western rock and pop. Also called world music. [Origin: 1985–90] Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. http://rv5167.multiply.com/photos/album/228/world_beat_music Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:41:07 -0000 warm bed; cold morning <img style="width: 181px; height: 124px; " class="alignleft" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/bwyse03257/Drops-Of-Rain-On-My-Window.jpg" border="0">Strangely enough, the pillowcases aren’t drawn out from their innards when I wake up this morning. This is probably the soundest sleep I’ve had in years. Not that I snored but it seems to me that I wake up with a body rhythm so good I can rise up and run naked in the rain this early. The impending storm brewing up somewhere makes this town unusually foggy at the tail’s end of summer. The sound of pelting rain, the balmy air and the smell of fresh linens keep me comfortably curled up in bed.  The warm shower and folders of required readings can wait by midday. It’s this kinship to water, rain and mountain that draws me closer to the depth and layer after layer of secrets of the other hometown in my head.   http://rv5167.multiply.com/journal/item/122/warm_bed_cold_morning Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:54:57 -0000