Moalboal.... was breath-taking, extremely hot and was the perfect place to recover from the last 6 weeks of erm, chaos. I said to myself I wouldn't blog on the little details from A-Z on my every day life in Cebu but this one time, I will. We got up at stupid o clock for a trip to South Terminal. This hasn't been the first time. We had our bags ready and were ready to go, as usual for the past few weeks, me and the UK counterpart waited for the Filipino to g...

Since I was told to turn my suggestion into something productive, I wrote a letter that is to be sent to Department of Education in the Philippines (I have copied and pasted it for you to read whether it  gets accepted or not so you can see what I've been up to). THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT: Changing Deaf Filipinos Lives [Note: The Butterfly Project is set up to Change Deaf Filipinos Lives. The Butterfly is reflected as the Deaf individual since butterflies are Dea...

In the last few entries, I mentioned what I had seen whilst I've been here in Cebu but what I hasn't said is the possibilities to why it is the way it is. Deaf Filipinos do not have the same academic achievement as their hearing counterparts and they highly depend on vocational subjects through education. There is also the case of teachers. It is "They don't know how to educate the Deaf" VS attitude. The question is why and how would you change it? (If you have ...

I remember when I was younger, I would play on Sims with a friend on her computer. We would create families, homes, create a whole neighbourhood with a click of a mouse. So, you would go from a blank map, and expand it with the budget you have. Except, we found ways to cheat the game and, the slow development of Simcity was made within an hour. The services in Education, Health and Safety was even included for the imaginary citizens.  If only we hasn't cheated ...

In the Philippines.... 1. They love their sugar. During my first week I tried Bikotso. A snack that was waiting to be eaten. Its bread with butter and sugar. Not only bread do they use but in their main meals. One evening I had Ticino, which is pork using sugar giving it a ham like glaze. Delicious. My favourite meal so far. 2. They have a snack called Suman. You'd often find them wrapped in the shapes of hearts. Its simply sticky rice steamed with banana lea...