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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By themessenger | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
It was one of those days wherein you could feel the rays of the sun seeping through your skin – it was a perfect day to be in a water park. From a distance, you'd think that the queue resembled something like a pack of canned sardines. Who's to blame ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By superaine | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
There are two sides to this island, I local I just met tells me. I’m in a place called Boracay-a destination plastered on travel magazines and visited year-round by tourists from the world over. “Take a stroll on the finest white sand beach,” says ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By virtualteacher | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
Among the many legends I have heard nothing captured my attention than the story of the star-crossed lovers. Maybe because I’m a hopeless romantic. Perhaps watching too much romantic movies and believing the “happily ever after” ending? But this ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mimilleguzman | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
Have you ever gone to a place you immediately deem beautiful, not for its structures, but for its people? This was what I immediately felt upon visiting the Aeta tribe in Botolan, Zambales. In true Narnia-fashion, one cannot easily find magical places ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By simplejoys | Views [368] | Scholarship Entry
We weren’t prepared for Batanes. We read reviews about these islands scattered at the northernmost part of the Philippines, and we knew that there would be mountains and hills and sharp cliffs. People have called Basco, Sabtang and Itbayat, the three ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By weeziemase | Views [1277] | Scholarship Entry
This is the best beer I have ever had in my life. I am sipping a cold bottle of San Miguel as I look out over Main Crater Lake on the summit of Taal Volcano at sunset. It doesn’t matter that every muscle in my body hurts from clinging onto a donkey or ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ninjaninelu | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
Chinese New Year is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines. Having Chinese a keen interest on Chinese culture, I took advantage of this break and dragged my boyfriend to Binondo, Manila, arguably the most popular Chinatown in the country. Apparently, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By philippines | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry
This city is hard to fall in love with. A damp evening changed this unexpectedly. I wasn’t prepared for much excitement. Manila let me down twice already - a giant creature on a dingy shore. My passion to Asian cities suffered. I walked down down the ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kneecoalyou | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
All it took was one push. One push to convince me that life was meant to be explored – not feared. One of the most vivid memories growing up happened 8 years ago at a clubhouse in one of the most visited tourist spots in the Philippines - Palawan. I had ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mahalel | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
“The fee is two thousand pesos,” the 75-year old commander said. I managed to hide my shock through a smile. The amount was ten times the usual rate. But I was not in a usual place. I was inside the training camp of a Muslim rebel group trying to get ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By emmapocock | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry
The bustling town is hushed by the weight of today’s three hour trek to visit the hanging coffins. As small motors and bikes fly across the busy roads in a bizarre mishmash of colours, I am quiet and still. Half-deafened by contemplation, knowing that ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By menshoff | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry
Having been born beneath the huge mountains of Kyrgyzstan, it is hard to be impressed by natural phenomena. And yet, when I first beheld the Pacific Ocean from the El Nido beach in the Philippines, I was speechless. After an hour in a light jet from Manila ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By annaarcale | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
I was finally home, and I was blissfully lost. Like most palengkes, the market of Agoo was a crush of bodies moving to a song I had never learned. Unfortunately, deciphering foot traffic in a Philippine market was proving as foreign to me as the hanging ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By wandering_tulip | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
I finally made it to Sagada! It lies on a small valley at 5,000 feet above sea level and is part of the Cordillera Mountain range in northern Luzon. To get here, we embarked on a roadtrip without a plan. We passed by Lagawe, Banaue and Bontoc before heading ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By saltwaterstranger | Views [372] | Scholarship Entry
I looked into a bucket and saw at least 20 fish. They were juveniles, each one no bigger than two fingers put together. There were wrasses, a variety of clownfish—this is where the aquarium fish in Manila come from. In case you don’t know, the Philippines ... Read more >
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