Tweet Hi again, thought I’d make a quick post to update everyone on some of the things going on over here! For the most part, on weekdays, we’ve just been going to work at the college and coming back to the dorms afterwards to relax. Work has been good; I’ve personally been doing a lot [...]
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Tweet Hi everyone. I’m back with another entry. As you may have guessed, we’ve been doing a lot of fun activities here in Daet in the meantime. The week after my last post was actually the week of Daet’s annual Pinyasan Festival! It showcases the Formosa variety of the Queen pineapple and the town held [...]
Tweet I cannot believe it, but yes it has already been a month since I have been in the Philippines. It has been an amazing, fun, busy month. I have been to so many places around the Philippines, met so many wonderful people, and have taken almost 2000 photos. This weekend I will be uploading [...]
Tweet Early last week, the TCinGC Philippines team was lucky enough to visit an world renown wakeboarding center. Here’s some footage of the pros that we will no doubt become, once we visit again and try it out ourselves! I can\'t wait to try out wakeboarding like these kids!
Tweet So, in the two weeks since my last blog post, a lot has happened. We started to work, which thus far has been doing a lot of research into what the college is looking for by talking to Gerry, the Computer Science Dean, along with different teachers, students, and the registrar’s and accounting offices. [...]
Tweet We thought we share with you the most annoying thing we have seen here on TV. Usually while we are eating in the canteen of the OLLCF, the TV is on. So far we love all the shows and ads that have played on TV. Even though they are mostly not in English, they [...]
Tweet Hey everyone! On Thursday, only 36 hours after leaving my house, I arrived successfully in Manila. While the plane rides and layovers were indeed long, I did get to see the Hollywood sign and eat some Mexican food while I was in LA… but had to carry around my luggage around Hollywood Boulevard since [...]
Tweet For some reason, embedding the video is not working. Hence the link! —–> LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUN WE’RE HAVING
Tweet We have all arrived in Daet, Philipines, after a 20+ hours plane trip to Manila and 18 hours bus ride from Manila to Daet. We are staying at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital dormitory, and right now go to Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation (OLLCF) for meals. Starting tomorrow, this is also the [...]
Tweet Welcome to Technology Consulting in the Global Community Summer 2010! This year 8 students from both Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh and Qatar campuses will be working in various positions in Cook Islands and Philippines. Jeremy Cohen, David Bunker, Rohan Kalra, and Rohit Bothra arrived last week at Cook Islands. This year they will be working [...]
