Sunday, May 01, 2005
one week in coron, palawan
It was exactly a week yesterday since I first set foot in palawan. it has been great thus far. Work hasn't been really heavy. I love doing this. I miss doing NGO work.
Last Saturday (our first day here), we arrived at around 5am and around an hour after, we were informed that we were going to be guests in ELAC's radio program and the topics for discussion were human rights and the bill of rights. Oh my goodness! I always made jokes about wanting to be in show business, but heaven forbid, not this way!
Anyhow, we weren't really prepared, but what the hell, the show must go on. (showbiz ito!)
Did paralegal training last Tuesday before a community of IPs (indigenous peoples) here in coron. Went kinda well… I did a lecture on the fisheries code. Didn't get to answer most of the questions. Thank God, my boss was there to answer the people's queries.
About the place, it's a typical town in the province. (never mind the place where we're staying, you wouldn't want to know about it. haha!) Kinda boring place, no night life, except for the beer houses around. Haha! However, they say that there are a lot of noce dive sites here where japanese wrecks can be found. I have yet to find this out, although this is not really my cup of tea (or coffee… hehe!)
Oh, it's really hot here! I have endless trips to the sari sari store to get softdrinks. Well, I hope the following weeks would be more exciting. We're off to tara island early tomorrow (4am) to do communtiy work. It's gonna be a 4 hour boat ride. From where I see it, seems like immersion part 2. Oh well…
Last Saturday (our first day here), we arrived at around 5am and around an hour after, we were informed that we were going to be guests in ELAC's radio program and the topics for discussion were human rights and the bill of rights. Oh my goodness! I always made jokes about wanting to be in show business, but heaven forbid, not this way!
Anyhow, we weren't really prepared, but what the hell, the show must go on. (showbiz ito!)
Did paralegal training last Tuesday before a community of IPs (indigenous peoples) here in coron. Went kinda well… I did a lecture on the fisheries code. Didn't get to answer most of the questions. Thank God, my boss was there to answer the people's queries.
About the place, it's a typical town in the province. (never mind the place where we're staying, you wouldn't want to know about it. haha!) Kinda boring place, no night life, except for the beer houses around. Haha! However, they say that there are a lot of noce dive sites here where japanese wrecks can be found. I have yet to find this out, although this is not really my cup of tea (or coffee… hehe!)
Oh, it's really hot here! I have endless trips to the sari sari store to get softdrinks. Well, I hope the following weeks would be more exciting. We're off to tara island early tomorrow (4am) to do communtiy work. It's gonna be a 4 hour boat ride. From where I see it, seems like immersion part 2. Oh well…
# posted by ryan quan @ 9:27 PM 
