I admit it. This picture was taken a few years ago, but I think I still look vaguely like that. Depends on the day (and the time of day). And today, just before I uploaded this picture, an Indonesian English student told me how much she liked my nose. I heard that a lot in Indonesia. Apparently, a large nose like mine is a good …
Read the full story »Day 41 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Walk Around Magallanes
Wednesday December 18, 2013
Day 42 Typhoon Yolanda
Not proofed
– Went for a walk to the area around Mark’s house with my camera; I walked as far as Edwin’s house and then stopped and turned around; that was long enough
– – took some great pictures of the new houses that had been built; crazy patchwork houses;
– – climbed up on top of that four-story house again and …
Day 40 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Bike Ride to Tanauan
Tuesday December 17, 2013
Day 41 Typhoon Yolanda
– Got on my bike and set off with my camera; intended to go to the coast road on the way out to the MacArthur memorial; on the way, I ran into the firefighters and Amy; I stopped and hung out for a little while as they did their work; the main site was a grassy, swampy, marshy, muddy …
Day 39 Super Typhoon Yolanda – A Day with Firefighters for Christ
Monday December 16, 2013
Day 40 Typhoon Yolanda
– Day 2 with the American firefighters; a strange day, perhaps; started out with a drive to the sports center where we just had to stand around for quite a long time at a press conference; felt like the Americans were being shown off to the press like prize show ponies; eventually escaped and drove back to the fire …
Day 38 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Mass Grave at Basper
It’s Sunday, the worst day of the week by far. I say that because they take this “day of rest” thing seriously in the Philippines, and it is the one day of the week when I always have trouble finding food and water and other things. Stores and restaurants are closed, and after the typhoon, it will be even worse.It was raining quite heavily in …
Photo Post – Basper Mass Grave in Tacloban
Many mass graves were dug in and around the Tacloban area in order to deal with the thousands of victims of super typhoon Yolanda on November 8, 2013. These particular mass graves were dug inside a public cemetery at Basper about 12 kilometers north of Tacloban City itself. I did not know what to expect when I visited this place, but I admit I was …
Day 37 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Mass Grave at Basper, a Concert, and Mosquito Torment
The very first thing I did this morning (after taking a bucket bath, shaving, and battling mosquitoes) was to remove the back cover from my broken Kindle. The battery finally went dead, so I couldn’t use it to listen to music anymore. And I don’t want to throw the entire Kindle away as it is. If, by some miracle, someone were to fix it, they …
Day 36 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Odd Encounters in Seawall
It’s already the 13th of December, perilously close to Christmas. I was thinking that since it is so close, I might as well stay here in Tacloban for Christmas. In a strange twist, the typhoon has meant that I now know more people in the city of Tacloban than in most places on the planet. I already have two invitations to spend Christmas with families. …
Day 35 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Bike Ride and Taking Photos
12:30 p.m.The day began with another flurry of text messages. People here seem to have a routine of greeting the new day by texting a good morning message to everyone on their contact list. So I got a few of those. And then I got a bunch from this odd duck Joevelyn and then some from May and then from a mystery number. I have …