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January 6, 2004 - Meet "survivor dog." Of the 7 puppies who have come to live with us in the last few months, he is the only one still alive.
Below, Aliw, proves there is no chore she cannot do. She is the youngest daughter, so if anyone needs anything done - no shampoo, no cooking oil, dog is in the house, pig is smelly, phone is ringing, tree needs trimming - it is Aliw who does it. She is quite a kid.
A neat quote from the book "Coming Home: Women, Migration and Reintegration" - "males are usually exempted from household |
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responsibilities at an early age. In Philippine society, daughters are given family responsibility early in life...daughters are more likely to send money back home than sons...women's perceived greater responsibily in remitting money. Training girls to be responsible while letting go of young boys to do what they want makes it difficult for boys to face responsibilities in their adult life."
Aughh! I can believe that! |
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My Christmas Break: I enjoy looking though the pirated VCD rental stores. There are usually some interesting films that I can enjoy for 10 pesos ($.20). I like to visit with my students around town. It is fun to talk to them. A few 6th graders visited me and we watched a movie together. I have been enjoying blogs by Filipinos, my favorite is "a sassy lawyer in philippine suburbia". I don't know enough to comment on politics here, but she does and its very entertaining. There some neat blogs at www.philippineblogawards.com.. |
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January 11, 2004 - "Give love for Christmas Day..." is what these children are singing. I had never heard that song before, it was really nice.
I learn from my students all the time and thought you might like to also. Here are a few letters about how we spend Christmas and New Year's here in Carigara:
Catherine Garrido - Grade 6
Grace Recamadas - Grade 6
Genesis Pernis - Grade 6
Alexandra Camille Montesclaros - Grade 4 |
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To your right is the 5th graders in their presentation for the Christmas program.
December was harvest time for my host father. He harvested 600 cavans of palay (unpolished rice). 1 cavan = 44 kilos. His yield was 85 cavans of palay per hectare.
It is difficult to be a farmer. He has 7 hectars, which is a lot of land. 11% of the harvest goes to the harvest workers. 6% goes to the person who owns the threshing machine (separates the grains). 100 pesos ($2) is paid to the planters per day during planting season. |
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He sells palay for 325 pesos/cavan. That's 7.8 pesos/kilo of palay. Polished white rice is sold for around 20 pesos/kilo in the markets. ($.16/pound) To polish rice costs .7 pesos/kilo. Our family will eat about 12 cavans/year. That's 88 kilos of rice per person/per year! The price is low because there is rice from Taiwan that is cheap.
To the left - my favorite picture of the year. |
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