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Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By lastleaf | Views [710] | Comments [2]
The heat above my head has seeped into the center of my skull. And, I was like a child hiding behind my shoulder-tall friend as we were walking on the crowded street of Cadiz City in Negros Occidental, Philippines. Not because of the heat – no.... Read more >
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Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By cmvillaverde | Views [556] | Scholarship Entry
Standing in the middle of my house in Manila, I felt my compulsion to go. To Just go. I was hungry. For food. For adventure. For experience. I step out. I am on a plane ride to the south of Manila, to Bicol, where the coconut trees grow. The towering ... Read more >
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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By godante | Photo Gallery
My travel to the beautiful island of Cebu province called camotes
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Wed, 3 Apr 2013 | By godante | Views [319] | Scholarship Entry
“ISDA! ISDA!”, Shouts a man in the distance. I was still meters away from the marketplace yet I can hear him shout with such vigor, though his yells were loud it is filled with such a friendly approach “ISDA kayo diyan bagong huli.” he shouted once again.... Read more >
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Tue, 2 Apr 2013 | By jctayag | Views [373] | Scholarship Entry
"Take the stairs. It's good for you." ~~~ The giants that once roamed this land were certainly a healthy people. From the viewpoint, massive stairs of green, carved along the mountains, surrounded the valley below. Pictures hardly did justice to sights ... Read more >
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By lastleaf | Views [597] | Scholarship Entry
Smelling the salty, freeing sensation, hair blown feeling by the sea gives reprieve to the loneliness of impending separation from a dear friend. It was on a sunny day, a day where you can feel the heat biting your skin, when she said she’s leaving. The ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By jonggailim | Views [469] | Scholarship Entry
“Now you’re ready to get married, Inday”, she smiles toothily at me. Her brown hands inspect the malunggay leaves I had carefully handpicked, searching for stray inedible branches. She had skillfully picked through her bunch, no sooner building a mountain ... Read more >
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By travelerandstoryteller | Views [440] | Scholarship Entry
Citrus (lemon) thorn, bamboo sticks, charcoal and an ice cream container: these are treasures to Whang-od, the last traditional tattoo (mambabatok) artist in the Philippines who passionately tries to make the tradition of tattooing in the Philippines ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By wonder_icee | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry
The truth behind OFW's I've been in the Philippine Embassy yesterday to get my new passport. I've met a girl who'd just escape from her employer. Let's just call her in a name "Becky". She's wearing a helper uniform, I asked her,why you're here? I ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 | By grobie0801 | Views [424] | Scholarship Entry
After the workout, too tired to even put back the treadmill in place, I decided to head inside for a shower but on my way, I again saw Mang^ Temmy, now with an assistant, working on our roof. They were painting the undercover white. I couldn’t help but ... Read more >
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Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By shantini | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
It was our debut trip to Manila and as always, mom’s over-bearing streak of paranoia of making sure we ‘hang on tight to your wallets and passports, always be vigilant’ amongst others were somehow the last words we would hear before leaving on our adventures.... Read more >
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Thu, 28 Feb 2013 | By jahleelmilalai | Photo Gallery
It was summer of 2012 when my friends and I decided to spend the weekend in Camotes Island, Cebu, Philippines. We had so much fun, as you can see! :)
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Sun, 17 Feb 2013 | By danyisstoked | Views [423] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I could taste salt in my mouth and down my throat. My eyes are red and sore, moist completely evaporated from them, Scaly patches slowly forming on my skin where they itch and burn. Still, I lay chest up on my long board—a best friend I never knew until ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 Feb 2013 | By zhang | Views [331] | Scholarship Entry
God gave us life to explore and to see the beauty on earth. In every society there is rich,poor,good and bad people. Some people are rich because they were borne to be but some borne to be poor but because of there dreams they became rich. What will you ... Read more >
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Tue, 5 Feb 2013 | By olivasronan82 | Views [283]
The paco Church is one of the most visited spot in the philippines so far.this is whre the remains of the famous GOMBURZA martyrs beeing burried after their execution during the spanish occupation in the philippines. they are beeing accused of treason ... Read more >
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