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BOHOL PHILIPPINES

noreply@blogger.com (andre3209) — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:09:00 +0000

This summer, take your family to Bohol, Philippines and experience a once in a lifetime trip on the island, as you try native food served with great smiles. Here are some important spots you must go in your visit to Bohol.

Blood Compact Site (Tagbilaran City) - The spot where the “Sandugo” took place; a blood compact between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of Spain and Rajah Sikatuna of Bohol. The blood compact is considered as the First Treaty of Friendship between two different races, religions, culture and civilization. A treaty based on respect and equality! A place where you can immerse yourself in history!

Baclayon Church (Baclayon) – The oldest stone church in Bohol; in fact, one of the oldest in the Philippines, second to that of the San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila. A 21 meter high belfry lies adjacent to the church and a museum displays religious artifacts.
Bohol Python - Prony, the longest python in Bohol that is 23 feet long with an estimated weight of 300 kilos.
Loboc Church - known as the second oldest church in Bohol with the biggest convent. Convent is now a museum.
Loboc-Loay River Cruise (Loboc) – A cool and relaxing river cruise while dining on Boholano food and other native delicacies.
Tarsier Encounter (Loboc) – Observe the smallest primate in the world, the Tarsier, in its caged sanctuary.
Man Made Forest (Bilar) – Traverse the “Tina-i sa Manok” trail and pass by the Mahogany Forest on your way to Carmen and the Chocolate Hills!
Chocolate Hills (Carmen) – View one of the world’s wonders; 1,268 hills which, during the dry season, turns into brown and thus called the chocolate hills.
Pursuit dolphins and watch them as they frolic in the blue expanse of the Bohol Sea guided by former hunters turned tour guides on board hunting boats now refitted for the comfort of tourists! Spot the Risso’s dolphin, the playful spinner dolphin, the bottlenose dolphin, the spotted dolphin and the Fraser’s dolphin.

Shopping! you may indulge in shopping for souvenirs and local delicacies at different “pasalubong” areas.

SUMMER SUN

noreply@blogger.com (andre3209) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:03:00 +0000

It was Sunday morning, I could hear my son calling me for breakfast. I was lazy in bed, i wanted to spoil myself to sleep and I don't want to get up so i tried to close my eyes again and put a pillow on my head. It was still 6:30am and I was sweating, feeling hot, i took off my shirt. I finally got up and pulled the curtains on my window. The sun was so bright that I could barely open my eyes and look outside. And I remember, it's already summer! Here comes the summer sun! Shinning so bright, it's like calling me up to go to the beach and feel its warmth. Hhhmmm, I miss the smell of see breeze and suntan lotion on my skin. This is my favorite time of the year, the best time to enjoy the beach and meet new people. Here comes summer, here comes the sun!

BAD BEHAVIOR

noreply@blogger.com (andre3209) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:31:00 +0000

Behavior is the result of a personal decision about how to respond and act. It is influenced by beliefs on how we should be or do to reach and maintain our social or familial position. Our personality is determined by genes, environment and family values, the way a person was brought up, the place he occupies in the family, the example of parents and self-image. We behave according to the self-image that we have formed about us. In order to understand the bad behavior of a child, we should know what we could aspire of him. And in order to modify behavior, it is necessary to help him change his attitudes and beliefs. Self-confidence is the motor of behavior. It is related with self-knowledge. What the child thinks and feels for himself reveals his behavior. Women plays a great role in terms of behavior. In the family, it is the mother who disciplines the children in a softer way. This according to many affects ones behavior in the society.

An Introduction to Modern Politics

noreply@blogger.com (andre3209) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:21:00 +0000

Politics resembled nothing so much as the "good old days" of the pre-martial law period--wide-open, sometimes irresponsible, but undeniably free. Pre-martial law politics, however, essentially were a distraction from the nation's serious problems. The parties were completely non-ideological.

It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy. No political institution is of greater importance than the institution of property. Property is the right vested on the individual or a group of people to enjoy the benefits of an object be it material or intellectual. A right is a power enforced by public trust. Sometimes it happens that the exercise of a right is opposed to public trust.