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Urban Sketchers in the Philippines
Untitled Poem by LPH Past midnight and time to go to bed, The climate is cool with the sun stealing away the striking colours of brightness, Dreams are sketches of the day replayed in penciled-in...
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An Expiry Date
You will find that with a lot of Filipinos, especially those who have been educated in the liberal universities in Manila, that the narrative they continue to spin, involves one of victimhood and...
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More Fun in the Philippines
The Department of Tourism has come up with a fantastic way to kick off 2012 – It’s More Fun in the Philippines! Creative juices have been flowing everywhere and these by Roland Benson are some of the...
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Playing House: It’s More Fun in the PH
Along a stretch of shoreline in Sagnay, Camarines Sur live some very fortunate children who most likely have fathers who are fishermen. We arrived as the sky was dusking, still bright enough to play...
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UGU the Potter: from Numbers to Clay
Few of us make our dreams come true because few of us dare to take the road less travelled by. And the truth is, most people who do take the plunge and leave all for a chance to reach their golden ring...
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And then there was Dumaguete
It was our last day in Siquijor and we really didn’t want to leave. We had finally found the best beaches and were sad that our tickets t0 and accommodation at Dumaguete had been paid for so we really...
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Electric Tricycles in Our Streets
With 3.5 million diesel spewing tricycles in the Philippines- imagine all the noise and air pollution they generate. Let’s help get those e-trikes spearheaded by the Asian Development Bank out there so...
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Travel theme: Multiples (Ilocos Norte Itinerary)
I love shooting things in multiples, especially vegetables, fruits and flowers because of their riot of colors. Sadly, I didn’t get much chance to do that on this trip. Thankfully, my sister-in-law...
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Why do the Poor deserve our Compassion?
Solomon makes it very plain that hard work is not a guarantee for prosperity. “There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.” – Proverbs 13:23 And in Deuteronomy...
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A Long Walk & A Meal Together
After taking a long walk on the “green corridor” of Singapore (the land that used to belong to Malaysia where the trains would roll in from Johor Bahru to the CBD each day), I was inspired to write...
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