I have long been wanting to visit Vigan and walk on its cobble streets. When oh when?
White Beach by marin.tomic on Flickr.
“The homework revolution has also spread north to Toronto, which in 2008 banned homework for kindergartners and for older children on school holidays, and to the Philippines, where the education department recently opposed weekend assignments so that students can “enjoy their childhood.””- In Homework Revolt, More Schools Districts Cutting Back - NYTimes.com
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P1060609 on Flickr.
Corn left to dry on the side of the road. The bags on the side are how they’re brought out from the fields and then packed at nightfall. If they haven’t dried, they’re brought out again into the tropical heat.
Manila at Night on Flickr.
LETS REMINISCE OUR CORON PALAWAN DAYS!
Palm Trees & Blue Skies
Palawan, Philippines
06/16:Please forget to fall down
Rizal once had a run-in with a Chinese merchant and vowed never to buy anything from the Chinese again.
According to Ocampo, Rizal was once involved in a lawsuit with a Chinese sari-sari store owner in 1895. It aggravated him so much that he told his mother he would never buy anything from the Chinese again. Interestingly enough, Rizal was also part Chinese.
Rizal had another unfortunate run-in with the sari-sari store owner at the Dapitan Stocking Market of 1896. When a priest decreed that women should attend mass in shoes and stockings, women came in men’s socks instead—bought for three reales a pair, presumably from the Chinese merchant. Rizal also wanted to cash in on the demand, and once he had his own stocks to sell (two dozens sent by his sister), the trend ended. The merchant had sold most of his while Rizal had, as Ocampo put it, nearly 10 years worth left.
*I chose this photo because it’s not so common for us to see Rizal smiling. Hooray to spot.ph for making this list in celebration with Rizal’s 150th birthday which fortunately will be celebrated on June 20th- my birthday. :)
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