Standing in a 200 meter long check in line…awesome.

Best Mango Ice Cream EVER! *Haha!* seriously, this is SO good!

These are preserved Male butterflies according to our tour guide.

Turned into a Butterfly! *Haha!* Our very “creative” tour guide took this.

And I haven’t sleep all night

And all I do was look at your picture.

I tried to read a book

But my mind thought is all about you.

I guess I should try to get some sleep

Be off to work tonight.

Somehow I wish I would forget

You. You perfect piece of crap.

1…2…3…

   ——close my eyes—-

               4…5…6…

I wish you gone..

Get out of my mind…

Mactan Island, Philippines

these kids were definitely a highlight of the trip. they’d always climb over the wall behind the place we were staying and socialize with us, ask us questions and for “remembrances”. I’ve been reminiscing about the Philippines and my time spent there a lot recently, can’t wait until I have the opportunity to return.

I’ve been researching the different colleges in the Philippines for the past hour + half, since that’s where I’m gonna move/attend college there in less than three years. So my three choices of colleges are La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music, or Ateneo Graduate School of Business. My career is still uncertain though, from piano, photography, business management, or something in fine arts. Hm.

Quiapo Church, Manila

Quiapo Church, Manila

April 2011

Weaved hat

Photo location unknown

So This is what you can expect from being in any of the local cities on Cebu Island.
 Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines.They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II.

 

A shit load of little markets and food carts. Their food is amazing.

 
One giant ass mall. There’s actually a lot of malls.
A lot of malls with a lot of poor people. ._. 

Nat King Cole was the first international artist to perform at Araneta Coliseum in Manila. There he sang a OPM love standard, “Dahil Sa Iyo” to a very appreciative audience.

Standing in a 200 meter long check in line…awesome.

REPUBLIQ 1st Anniversary Ball

The 1Meal Program was created in Iloilo as a way for the private sector to get involved with the improvement of the Public School system in the province.

There are 1100 Elementary Public Schools in Iloilo province, and they are not in the best condition.

How does one achieve academic epic-ness when one must worry about

their next meal,

or where they will get the money for tuition fees, books and other school materials

and even the sanitary conditions of their school…
But the 1Meal Program hopes to change all that!
Join us! 
Every time you have 1 Meal at a participating restaurant you have the chance to give a child 1 Opportunity at a better future!
Check us out on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/1Meal

reminiscing sunset in Pililia 

Mikko Eating Balut. Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines. May 2011.

BORACAY, I WILL SEE YOU VERY SOOOOON! :D

Happy belated independence day :D

 

Philippine national hero Jose Rizal wrote to the women of Malolos once, expressing his admiration for their courage in standing up to authorities for their right to education. I’ve never read that letter — I suppose the nuns and priests running the Catholic schools I studied at would not have thought it A Good Thing for us to be something other than Maria Clara types — till I saw Red’s article today at the Filipino Freethinkers site which had the full text of Rizal’s letter.

An excerpt:

An excerpt:

No longer does the Filipina stand with her head bowed nor does she spend her time on her knees, because she is quickened by hope in the future; no longer will the mother contribute to keeping her daughter in darkness and bring her up in contempt and moral annihilation. And no longer will the science of all sciences consist in blind submission to any unjust order, or in extreme complacency, nor will a courteous smile be deemed the only weapon against insult or humble tears the ineffable panacea for all tribulations, You know that the will of God is different from that of the priest; that religiousness does not consist of long periods spent on your knees, nor in endless prayers, big rosarios, and grimy scapularies, but in a spotless conduct, firm intention and upright judgment. You also know that prudence does not consist in blindly obeying any whim of the little tin god, but in obeying only that which is reasonable and just, because blind obedience is itself the cause and origin of those whims, and those guilty of it are really to be blamed. The official or friar can no longer assert that they alone are responsible for their unjust orders, because God gave, each individual reason and a will of his or her own to distinguish the just from the unjust; all were born without shackles and free, and nobody has a right to subjugate the will and the spirit of another. And, why should you submit to another your thoughts, seeing that thought is noble and free?

I always knew Maria Clara was a crock. 

[Read the full article at The Entropy Blog]

REPUBLIQ 1st Anniversary Ball

23rd of June, 9PM

ATTIRE: Gods & Goddesses (White & Striking Gold)

STRICTLY BY INVITATION