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Last Philippine day in NorthRhine Wesphalia, one the project director of Evonik who built a huge coal generated  power plants presented their project. Aware of the environmentall-unfriendliness of this projects, I asked what has been done to reduce the emissions? He told me that they are using modern filters to lessen the ashes and carbon dioxide emitted in the air.  The effect could not be seen soon, hopefully he is telling the truth.

kini okay Bay?

Welcome to the University of Wuppertal
Founded in 1972, the University of Wuppertal (UW) is still young. Its twin goals are academic excellence in its individual disciplines and the consistent development of the interface between these disciplines and the world of practical experience – in a word, the transfer of knowledge and technological know-how.

With a combination of disciplines that is somewhat unconventional for a German university, UW offers interesting possibilities – for example in subject combinations for teaching degrees, in interdisciplinary cooperations between the Faculties of Engineering and Economics, or in the field of Safety Engineering, where UW's degree program is unique in Germany.

The university's reputation as a force in business and industry goes beyond its role in regional economics. Its business startup and marketing program provides young entrepreneurs with a first class springboard that once again in 2007 – as in 2005 – won Wuppertal number one position in the German university rankings. ( mao kini ang iningles sa German)
statistics:
total number of students 14,134
employess  1224 278 Professors)
Research assistants  683
Student fee per semester 500 Euro
Website www.uni-wuppertal.de





This is how a classroom looks like, comparable to Audio-Visual room

Lay,

Dili magsilbi kanang kaon nga walay pogong pogong kay maka daot ug aesthetic. Bog-at sa lawas kon baga na ang bil-bil.

Tess

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I´m reading again  The third man of Graham Greene

Jesus’ Family Tree   

Jesus’ family tree may not seem interesting except to historians, but it is miraculous. Jesus’ ancestors included Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and King David. Jacob knew, almost 1800 years before, that the Messiah would descend from his family. Think today about God’s careful planning, over centuries, for Jesus’ arrival in our world.

Doy Loy,

Gasahan ka sa Kahitas-an ug maayong panglawas sakop ang imong pamilya. That I know, please try to finish it to the end, it has abundant graces especially a special indulgence, include also  sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the Pope's intentions.


Manay

Inday Mari, kinahanglan gwapa ug smart, kay unsa-on man kon dili makalingaw ika-istorya?

Ondoy Felix,

Miss nako ang simbang gabi. Last 2006, I went home to Bohol just to fulfill this 9 dawn masses. It was a fulfilling Christmas. Now I got  a novena  to Baby infant Jesus and went to mass to commomerate my early dawn masses.
If anyone is interested with the Baby Jesus novena write your request tewilms@aol.com

Manay Tess

I expected some details in your reply, like which University are you attending/projects you are initiating,what are these charities and the 3 organizations you have found.
Are you a Bol-anon? These are  important to me to feel the sincerity of your mission and postings.
take care,
Manay Tess

This is a very touching article.   There are German doctors who spends 4-6 weeks of medical missions in some rural areas in third world countries.  There is a British surgeon who spends 3 months in Africa, working on club-footed kids.  He brings some donations and his skills to help them walk like any normal kids. Bless them, bless them.
Hinaut pa nga makalahutay si Dra Jack Uy

Ondoy Oliver, life is too short so you make the most of it.  If Balong likes to make this game, why not? This Tubag Bohol is our virtual bonding.  Unsa man nakakita kana ug alalay?  Anus-a man ka molosot sa Bohol?
Take care both of you, and good luck for this pakulo ni Balong.

Manay

What are the qualifications Bay?

My daughter Mayumi got this information from a Filipina scientist Dr Hontiveros Primavera while was making an apprenticeship in Marine Institute of Netherlands (2007) , she introduced herself as half Boholana, ( I taught them to emphasize their heritage). This certification is audited from time to time.Hopefully our tourism in Bohol, in terms of sustainable development is doable.

God Waits Patiently   

Like the second son in today’s Gospel, we may be reluctant and even resentful about obedience at times. But God waits, knowing that we just need a little time. Is there anything you know you should be doing, but you have been putting it off? Maybe it’s time to say “yes” to God.

Oscar Glovasa is from Antiquera.

I saw him as a guest in Wowowee year 2006 ( uso pa kadtong Bum Tarat-tarat).  There was a bisayan fan who grabbed his arm and ask for some financial help, he replied that it is not money that always counts but friendship. The way he replied without being irritated and his honest response impressed me.

WWW.MNNETHERLANDS.COM

This is very interesting to know what our kababayans are doing there. You might find friends and relatives. Holland is very liberal towards foreigners. Miss Holland 2006, parents  hails from Leyte.

I will try to search more on this because there was an article about environmental assessment in German language, this was  year ago. My daughter who is now finishing her MarineCoastal engineering  ( TU Berlin) reported it to me, will check the veracity.

Manay

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I always stand to be corrected Ondoy Bolingotoy.
ISO 14001 is the international specification for an environmental management system (EMS). It specifies requirements for establishing an environmental policy, determining environmental aspects and impacts of products/activities/services, planning environmental objectives and measurable targets, implementation and operation of programs to meet objectives and targets, checking and corrective action (Wikipedia)
If you have more details about this, fine and thank you.

Bogg Castro grew up in Butuan City I was told by Dr Jose " Pempe" Castro, who is a gynecologist in New York (Tabajan, Guindulman)

The Kingdom Will Triumph   

In the Gospel, Jesus’ authority is questioned. Until its fulfillment at the end of time, the Kingdom of God will be challenged. Like Jesus, we will have times of trouble and opposition. How do you feel challenged to live your values in today’s world?

You mean to say you are a blue-blooded Bol-anon Count Calle!

per email of Sir Rizal Victoria, member Knights of Rizal (Heidelberg Chapter & personal friend of Sir Hans Schoof)

Montano, Ayalas toast Bohol heritage


By Pablo Tariman
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:39:00 12/15/2008
Filed Under: Arts (general), Culture (general)


THREE years ago in Bohol, actor Cesar Montano showed me the interiors of the
Baclayon town church, built in 1727 by the Jesuits using coral-stone blocks
from the sea and egg white and plaster to glue the blocks together.

With it gilded altars, Baroque and Classical inner façade and its retablos
highlighted by images of saints, I told the award-winning actor, “What a
beautiful venue for concert!” Later, I would test the acoustics and found it
excellent.

Earlier, I learned that film scorer Nonong Buencamino recorded the choir
music used in the Marilou Diaz-Abaya film “Muro-Ami” in this church and the
award-winning film was actually shot on Bohol Bay.

Later, Montano also told me about the church’s historic pipe organ, which
was installed in the choir loft in 1824 and years later found itself in a
state of disrepair.

Experts say the Baclayon pipe organ has the character of Spanish Baroque
organs and its parts could mimic the sound of birds through the little
pajarillo pipes. It can also enhance melodies with the tinkling of the
cascabeles, an ornamental stop with bells on a wheel drum and campanillas.

Through the assistance of Patricia Zobel de Ayala and the Ayala Foundation
Inc., the organ’s pipes, wind chests, manual keyboard, pedal and other
accessories were repaired extensively and restored to their original form.

Saturday morning last week, I saw Montano at the Tagbilaran airport and told
him about the Baclayon concert, which would officially herald the coming to
life of the newly restored Baclayon pipe organ.

In the evening, I found myself on the church choir loft with Montano and
wife Sunshine Cruz, watching a concert featuring composer-conductor
Cristobal Halffter and pianist Maria Manuela Caro on the pipe organ.

In the audience were Jaime Augusto Zobel, Sofia Zobel, Patricia Zobel and
Bea Zobel Jr., who is behind a renewed restoration program involving Bohol’s
cultural heritage.

So fragile

Pianist Maria Manuela Caro opened the concert with Antonio de Cabezon’s
(1510-1566) Tiento del Primer Tono, followed by a Handel largo solo arranged
by AR Parsons.

As the first two numbers unfolded, one realized the musical instrument was
so fragile. It needed a focused assistant to keep it in tune and go through
its complicated parts, like its ornamental stop and its tambor (big wood
pipes) used to create rumbling sound similar to a drum.

Bach’s Aria and the 7th Variation of the Goldberg Variation had a fairly
good reading, and I suppose this piece is better off played on the piano to
preserve its original nuances.

One got to finally hear the uses of the big wood pipes and the reed stops
with Juan Bautista Cabanilles’s “Batalla Imperial.”

The piece is a musical replica of a military battle and was properly the
most virtuosic piece played on the program.

The evening was highlighted with Halffter playing Christmas carols from
different countries. He concluded with a contemporary piece that ended with
the use of the organ’s pajarillo pipes echoing the sound of birds, and we
thought that was the most charming and compelling number from the concert.

The significance of this concert is that the Zobel family helped bring back
to life the remaining musical symbol of the town’s cultural heritage while
also assisting the town embark on a massive restoration campaign to preserve
its historical, cultural and natural sites, including local traditions in
craftsmanship.

Late in the night after the concert, Lani Schoof (wife of Hans Schoof, owner
of Baclayon’s Peacock Garden Resort and Spa) treated Montano and company to
a late-night cap.

Schoof, who is German but very Boholano (and Filipino) at heart, earlier
showed us his Rizal collections in his cigar room, including furniture from
Heidelberg where Rizal stayed in Germany.

It was an uncanny coincidence Montano had played Rizal in Abaya’s “Rizal.”

Montano remarked before the night cap ended: “It would be nice to hear
Cecile Licad play in Bohol next year after this historic pipe organ concert
in our historic town.”

Ondoy,

Morag ang listahan gihimo sa mga Guindulmanon nga ana-a sa Manila. Ajaw na lang ko kwentaha kay ako jack of trades master of none. I have been survivng all the years, and I achieved nothing. I´m trying to concentrate more on NGO work, this is really challenging.  Tiguwang nako pero tag-sa ra magtinarong. I consider myself as a hyperactive oldtimer.

Manay

Nanganak ko nga buwanon, mao tingali karon ang akong utok morag lost control, ha ha ha.

Manay

Saan ka naka base Inday?

Manay Tess

Belle, ambot kon unsa ka kusog ang censorship diha labi na sa USA, dinhi daghang mga professional journalists nga feature pirmi ang mga relevant news. For example Bohol is the only place in Asia which qualified for ISO 9000, this is some norm given by Greenpeace for a well intact environment.  There are concerned groups who monitor the human rights violations in our country which is based in Krefeld.  There is also a group who monitors the bank account of Ate in Munich, at marami pang iba.

Manay

Ondoy Rald,

Kini ngalistahan gihatag nako per email gikan kay Bernaldez nga presidenta sa GAMMA. I know there are lots of people worth mentioning inclucing yourself.  Si Fr Real, Sir Alay ug ako silingan mi sa Bulawan.

Manay

December 12th, 2008, the day you will witness the full moon to be the biggest and brightest this 2008. This is because the moon will be closer to earth than usual. It will be 221,559 miles (356,566 kilometers) away from the earth, the closest distance since March 1993.

We call this event perigee - that's the closest distance a body gets to Earth during its elliptical orbit around our planet. When it is at its farthest, the moon is considered to be at apogee. [see image below]



By the way, this year's apogee will be on December 26, when the moon will be 252,650 miles (406,601 kilometers) from Earth.

So watch out for the full moon tomorrow. It'll be 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger -- the best time for skywatchers to enjoy the night! Best time to watch? The closest closest approach around 9:45 p.m. UT.

If you want to know when the next perigee be, here is a moon calculator (Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator) that will display the date, time, and distance of lunar perigees and apogees for a given year.

Watch the video from National Geographic. Also, visit National Geographic for some moon facts and the effects of the perigee on Earth's tides. ( Sorry for the late postings)

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To confirm MSdBinsi´s postings, in the Federal state of Bremen,  the police force are extra alert on this days because they have observed that people behave queerly and crime is high.

Thanks Macky for your postings, now I am sure to tell about this area. A seaweed fisherman or farmer earns 20,000 Phil pesos per harvest.

There are training centers in the mountains of Afgahnistan and Pakistan. Some of the recruits who are apprehended or get caught are Filipinos who made their jihad and never returns. This is documented.

Mga higala,

I was thinking of something to share with you about typical Christmas in Germany. Most pics are from Google. The cities I have chosen are really attractions during the Christmas seasons. I will try to make some photos myself during daytime so you could see it more closer. I want to share things for other TB members. Thanks for the reply, it gives me an assurance that this topic is appreciated.
Wishing you all a blessed week.

Manay Tess

There was a documentary film shown in German television about seaweed farming in Bohol. The sea is facing Cebu, ( it was quite sometime hence I can´t remember the exact location).
This project was assisted by Siliman University, San Carlos University and a Canadian institution. The seawater needs a consistent temperature and a certain degree of salinity.
I was interested because this projects could be given German assistance if it could generate income for the locals.

Seaweed farm in Lembongan Bali, Indonesia.

ps
An expensive facial cream La Mer, contains seaweeds which was proven to be good to make your skin supple.

Channuka Markt Berlin


40 meters Christmas tree in Dortmund


Christmas Markt in Hannover

The Church as the Body of Christ 


Abraham Lincoln loved the Bible. He read it throughout his life and quoted it often. Lincoln was a firm believer in Jesus. But he had little use for the church. Many people today have the same attitude. They believe that they should have a relationship with Jesus but think that they would be hampered by belonging to a church. This is not what we find when we read what St. Paul and early Christian writers wrote about the Church. Early Christians could not think about Jesus except in terms of their relationship with the Church.

The word church means the convocation of all those who are gathered together in assembly to form the People of God. The Church has been called into being by God who dwells within it, rules over it, and directs it. Paul describes the Church by calling it the Body of Christ.

As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts, of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:12).

As the Body of Christ, members are bound together in a communion of life and virtue over which Christ rules. Through the Church a new creation emerges, a new humanity in Christ.

Incorporated into Christ

Believers become members of the Church through faith and baptism. Through Baptism believers are incorporated into Christ. “For all of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ.” (Galatians 3: 27). United in Christ through the gift of the Holy Spirit all believers were “…baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12: 13).

Living in the Spirit Christians became

“a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)

In the later letter to the Ephesians, the Church is vividly described as the bride of Christ who

loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 5: 25 â€" 28).

Early Christians were taught a new way of life in which through the Church they entered into the mystery of dying and rising in Christ. With their fellow Christians they are to live as if they are dead to sin and living for God in Christ (Romans 6:11).

Messianic Age Is Here!   

Today is “joy” Sunday; we light the pink candle in the Advent wreath; we sing songs of joy. This week, remember that Jesus has won the victory; we have nothing to fear.

I also lost my savings here in Germany. The bank I went to,   invested heavily to Lehmann Bros.

Hala gajud Belle!  You postings always bouys me up. 
Nagsobo gajud ko kay kining si Inday Teody gasabot mi nga iyang 13 year daughter akong iparis sa akong 15 year old son. She is a nice and witty Bol-anon. I just get a call that her husband would like to have her burial with in the family this coming 22 December.

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Ces Paez who hails from Cebu said that there are lots of cooperatives in Bohol and he mentioned that there is also a burial plan which is financially easy for Bolanons, the coffin is as low as 1,500. I was so eager to know more because I want a kind of health insurance for everyone. Sigi pako ug research kay morag adunay pa-agi. Basin makakita kita ug kandidato nga maka-masa. Hinaut pa kay dool na pud ang eleksyon.

Dia gihapon Fonz, naningkamot nga ang mga anak makalahotay sa pag eskwela. Unsa man ang imong lutoon karong pasko?  Ako maghulat kon unsay kasabotan sa mga bata.  Kamusta sa imong pamilya labi na sa imong Guindulmanon nga asawa.
Manay

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I was pleasantly surprised with your picture Lay!  You look fantastic, you are like wine getting mellow!

Manay

Attention Al Qaeda training centers, somewhere in the hills of Pakistan, Afgahnistan or Luneta, pangoli namo, ihunong na ang terror.

Korek, Lay, walay nadato niani. Pangutan-a ang mga chicks ni Erap.

Sigi Lay, paumha kining imong mga story telling-a-lie,  makalana gajud ka ug potot!

Manay

You can not manipulate a person for your own selfish interest, of course it is wrong!

Lay,

Salisdi na palihug ang imong avatar kay gusto naho nga makita ang imong matam-is nga pahijom.

Manay

Ako natwao sa tuig 1951, okay? Sigi ko ug tina sa akong buhok, ug ako naningkamot nga perme ang akong kabug-aton. Nagtoon pud ko ug breakdance kay dili naman uso ang twist, cha-cha ug mambo.

Manay

Our Lady of Guadalupe

The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the sixteenth century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story.
A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old widower and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning, December 9, 1531, he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady.

He was walking by a hill called Tepeyac when he heard beautiful music like the warbling of birds. A radiant cloud appeared and within it a young Native American maiden dressed like an Aztec princess. The lady spoke to him in his own language and sent him to the bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan named Juan de Zumarraga. The bishop was to build a chapel in the place where the lady appeared.

Eventually the bishop told Juan Diego to have the lady give him a sign. About this same time Juan Diego’s uncle became seriously ill. This led poor Diego to try to avoid the lady. The lady found Diego, nevertheless, assured him that his uncle would recover and provided roses for Juan to carry to the bishop in his cape or tilma.

When Juan Diego opened his tilma in the bishop’s presence, the roses fell to the ground and the bishop sank to his knees. On Juan Diego’s tilma appeared an image of Mary as she had appeared at the hill of Tepeyac. It was December 12, 1531.

Comment:

Mary's appearance to Juan Diego as one of his people is a powerful reminder that Mary and the God who sent her accept all peoples. In the context of the sometimes rude and cruel treatment of the Indians by the Spaniards, the apparition was a rebuke to the Spaniards and an event of vast significance for Native Americans. While a number of them had converted before this incident, they now came in droves. According to a contemporary chronicler, nine million Indians became Catholic in a very short time. In these days when we hear so much about God's preferential option for the poor, Our Lady of Guadalupe cries out to us that God's love for and identification with the poor is an age-old truth that stems from the Gospel itself.

Quote:
Mary to Juan Diego: “My dearest son, I am the eternal Virgin Mary, Mother of the true God, Author of Life, Creator of all and Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth...and it is my desire that a church be built here in this place for me, where, as your most merciful Mother and that of all your people, I may show my loving clemency and the compassion that I bear to the Indians, and to those who love and seek me...” (from an ancient chronicle).

Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke in Juan's native language (not spanish).

Do not be troubled or weighed down with grief.
Do not fear any illness or vexation, anxiety or pain.
Am I not here who am your Mother?
Are you not under my shadow and protection?
Am I not the Fountain of Life?
Are you not in the folds of my mantle?
In the crossing of my arms?
Is there anything else you need?
(words spoken to St. Juan Diego on December 12, 1531)

Who Is Jesus’ Elijah?   

John the Baptist was the “Elijah” who was to be the Messiah’s herald. We can fulfill the role of Elijah today by showing Jesus to those around us. We are the “salt” that makes people thirsty for Jesus. We show God’s light to those in darkness. Ask God to show you some concrete ways you can “be Elijah.”

Have a blessed weekend!
Manay

Mabuhay ka Ondoy Felix!

You are not far from being a mango magnate.

Manay tess

Strange, not really.  Europe is liberal ( mostly). Homosexuals can adopt a child. A lesbian could buy from sperm bank, have her choice and fertilize it with her own egg. After nine months ahe got a baby of her own, father unknown! This holds true for Ricky Martin. He gave her sperm to a surrogate mother, and now he got twins.

We Are Being Watched! 

John the Baptist was criticized for being too ascetic; Jesus for not being austere enough. We members of the Kingdom are being watched by those who have not yet come to faith. How do we convince others that the Kingdom is real? By loving them as Jesus has loved us.

I was thinking the whole day about this young boy, he was full of faith and sweet innocence. Why can´t we be like him?

Manay

We are sad to annouce the demise of our beloved member Teodorita Barong Reisinger who hails from Dela Paz, Cortes. I could hardly believe this, just to think we had lots of fun last 20 September 2008, our Filipiniana evening. She was happy to get a bouquet from me, it was her birthday, too.
Inday Teody, rest in peace!

Manay Tess

Bright lagika Lay, ba!  Admire gajud ko nimo!

Manay

Didith Reyes is one,  among the girlfriends of Erap ( Perla Bautista, Nora Aunor etc). During her prime years she sang a song with passion that a part of her blouse show her nipples. It was the first nipplegate affair in Pinas.
Kining si Janet Jackson, sundog lang nila ni Justine Timberlake.
Glamour is not forever.

I presented my mother in-law with Amarylis flowers. She  is so happy and she can still smell the odor, it made ma happy too,  because that means her sense of smell still functions. ( She is suffering from Parkinson´s disease).

Maglinya sa una ang mga Maranaw, mamaligya ug sunglasses, tawas, fake jewelries at iba pa. Asa na man sila karon?

Chocolate hills as background brings a feeling of longingness to be in Bohol.

Hey Calle, pag-dungan na lang mo ug outing apil pictures dinhi sa Tubag Bohol, okay? lol.
Manay

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Ricky is emancipated, raising kids without a woman.

I will always identify P Lacson  with the kuratong-baleleng case. If this man aspires to be a president, and wins,  ambot dili na tingali ko mobalik sa Pinas .

There is nothing wrong in celebrating Christmas in its holy sense. What went wrong is that it is highly commercialzed and we are  becoming a hedonistic society.

Manay

Ondoy Mike,

I  would like to comment that there are very environmentally conscious tourists also. This is referring to the guests and visitors of the Bituon Beach resort in Basdio, Guindulman who are mostly Germans. They had been regular visitors because of the intact marine life in this area.
If this is a pilot project, then it must be emulated to other places so as to protect marine life in our diving resorts/areas.

Manay

patan-awa ko palihug sa imong foto renegade aron makit-an kon sexy ba gajud!

Manay

Inday Angie,

Resourceful is very intriguing, what are your means/ways  of resourcefulness? Can it be a guarranty of satisfaction?  Tubaga dajon hija mia!

Manay Tess

pataud tauri, unsa man nga pila na intawon ka tuig nag-yaya kini!
Sakto si Mari an eyesore to the public!
Why don´t we make a petition and submit our signatures to the public adiministrator? They should be aware that we are concerned  to our capital city.

Pools of Water in the Wilderness   
Isaiah’s prophesy of the coming Kingdom promises flowing waters in the dry desert, enough for everyone to drink. Picture the Holy Land or any desert today, and see Isaiah’s beautiful prophesy coming true. Rivers flow, fountains spout, trees grow. In what ways are you “thirsty and dry” today? Ask Jesus to give you his “living water” to satisfy your thirst.

Ambot Inday Grace kay ang picture ako rang kihulam sa Bohol Chronicle.  Attention TB members in Tagbi, palihug litratohi aron ma-klaro namo dinhi.  Morag walay bentana, ambot ngano nga wala man bisay gamay nga aesthetic features.

Ondoy Calle,

Mahal sa Miravilla, sakop pa kana sa Booy, silingan mi!

Manay

Ondoy Gener,

Ibig mong sabihin yung katulad ni J Lopez?

Manay

but what does a great butt do if the face looks like a horse?

PETA has been demanding  for ages to stop bull fighting in Spain, but to no avail.

Bitaw Belle,  I can´t  imagine the intensity of this kiss!

courtesy of boholchronicle

This will not enhance the city of Tagbilaran. It is a lousy building & whoever design this one should be hanged!

sharo unsa man kini nga kissing morag ga-suyop ug kohol.

Kamunggay is a proven leafy vegetable that could lower cholesterol level.  We are abundant with humble but highly nutritious plants like saluyot, talbos kamote, and bago.

Ang nakakuyaw karon, balita nga ang pulis sa Pinas mahilig mag-shabu!  Drug tests must be implemented to make sure that they are not a bunch of crazy cowboys.

Weary and Burdened?
   

Are you weary and carrying heavy burdens, especially at this time of year? How can you take Jesus’ “yoke” and find rest? Our duties and problems become “light and easy” as Jesus helps us carry the load.

Leipzig, Vienna,Gluehwine revelers, Essen

Friends are angels, who put you up during days of adversity and bleak moments ( best tagay partners).

Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral

Medieval Christmas Market at the Chocolate Museum
9th Cologne Medieval Christmas Market at the Chocolate Museum


www.medieval-christmas-market.com
The Medieval Christmas Market in front of the Chocolate Museum on the banks of the river Rhine has become a highlight on the Cologne Christmas Market scene over the last four years. Hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over Europe and the enormous media response are proving that this market is a special event with its own special atmosphere.

Leaving behind the hectic times we will carry you off into the thrilling world of the picturesque Middle Ages. Medieval craftsmen will be working on their typical products while telling some ancient tales. The air will be full of fine scents: oriental spices, freshly homemade bread, roasted mocca, tasty grilled wild boar and a lot of more exo xotic treats with only the best ingredients. Jugglers, jesters and medieval musicians will create a jolly atmosphere. A daily changing authentic cultural programme with multiple attractions beginning every hour will enchant young and old.

Come and feel the cosy atmosphere - try the very special "lovers drink" (spiced hot red wine), the hot mixture served in old stone jugs or the freshly brewed black SÃœNNER-Beer from a traditional cologne Brewery. Don't miss the opportunity to visit the famous Chocolate Museum and the Choco-Shop inside!

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Mr Bean is always on a business trip in Cologne during these period. I wonder which merchandise is he selling.

The Aachen Market has become famous far beyond the boundaries of the Aachen region. This is due to its pleasant and familiar atmosphere. People come to the Christmas Market in order to meet their families, friends, acquaintances and colleagues. This happens during the lunch break or after work, during the week or at the weekend. The carousel is a must for the children as is the mulled wine for the adults. Potato fritters are eaten at all times of the day. Naturally you will find a large variety of Printen and other Christmas cakes and biscuits, "Domino Stones", gingerbread, "Spekulatius" and marzipan bread. These are distributed all over the world by Aachen bakeries. However in the Aachen Christmas Market they come oven fresh and taste particularly delicious.

The organisers of the Christmas Market are proud to boast approx. 1.5 million visitors every year. Amongst them you can find guests from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom

 For many of us the most romantic season of the year begins in November, when Christmas markets open in many countries. It is the most sensuous time of year, characterized by candle light and the aroma of traditional Christmas bakery, ice-flowers at our windows, mysterious Christmas stories, a clinking frost, and romantic evenings in front of a cosy fireplace. Lebkuchen and Printen gingerbreads, German Stollen, Spekulatius almond biscuits, Zimtsterne cinnamon cookies, Glühwein, and mulled apple cider are seasonal delights, and they are available at Christmas Markets.

Most people visit Christmas markets with family, friends, and colleagues. Single people may even meet that special someone they have been hoping to spend the holidays with. Some of us will be happy to enjoy a glass of mulled Glühwein, review the most precious moments of the past year before our mind's eye, and look forward to a well-deserved respite over the coming holidays. Visiting one or more Christmas markets is a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit.

This page offers you a selection of beautiful, traditional, romantic, popular, and unusual Christmas markets throughout Germany, Europe, and the World. Dresden's Striezelmarkt, the oldest German Christmas market, and Nuremberg Christkindlesmarket are always worth a visit, and there are many other fine Christmas markets waiting to be discovered. Our website christmas-markets-germany.de offers you more than 1798 events of Advent, including 1127 highlight with impressive fotos.

syemfre, kitang mga taga-este, pirmi mag-hiusa! Tagay!

Kinsa man ang tag TB, atimana si Oliver aron dili mag-inusara. Ipakita ang best of Bohol, mobo ra ang 2 ka semana. Kon si Ondoy Oliver wala pay Scuba divers license, he can start one, Bohol is a diver´s paradise. You can visit other tourist spots in-between. Please visit www.bituon.com, the German diver instructor is fluent in english. You can visit Anda with its underveloped beauty spots. The church is rich in culture (wall paintings). There is a cave stalactites in Guindulman, water falls in Candijay.  I want to promote the East side of Bohol!  Panglao is nice but this area is still unexploited, that means very, very nice and far from the crowd.

Good luck to you, Ondoy Oliver. ( this tip costs you nothing)

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. The town is near to the Austro-German border, and his father, Alois, worked as a customs officer on the border crossing. His mother, Klara, had previously given birth to two other children by Alois, (Gustav and Ida) but they both died in their infancy.  Adolf attended school from the age of six and the family lived in various villages around the town of Linz, east of Braunau.

Dr Jose Rizal is a fine youngman. Alay is correct to say  that Adolf never got an inch of Dr Rizal´s intelligence.

The Healing of Our Spirits   

The Kingdom of God means restoration: The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame leap. True healing begins internally, with the healing of the spirit. In what ways has Jesus healed your inner soul so that your outer life has been less “paralyzed?”

The Butuan Global Foundation got plenty of projects. I want to learn a lot from them and apply it to Bohol. They have the advantage because they are long established in the USA with high profile and excellence in their fields. Most of them are dedicated. There are seminars and trainings about professional NGO works which is not accesible in Europe particularly Germany. Their donations are tax deductibles,  that we don´t have  here.
They are very articulate and prolific in writing letters for fund applications, grants and fundings for NGO foundations.  Waa jud mi ni-ini sa Germany.  Ang ako,   igo lang ko mag admin sa website ug mag-layout sa Newsletter for them. All of my articles are edited by Butuanons. but the finals lies on me.  We have a Libertad Cleanest Barangay contest which will end this coming April-May 2009, sponsored by the Butuan Global Foundation Europe chapter.

Glacier, your posting is accurate and I agree with you.

What I know is , Judy Araneta his mother, is ready to spend all the family´s fortune to support Mar Roxas´s presidential candidacy.  Araneta Coliseum and the adjascent 6 hectares of this prime land belongs to the Araneta family.

Mar Araneta Roxas has an excellent educational background and  he favored  to abolish the capital punishment  which made him a favorite in Europe.

An intricate pre-nuptial agreement makes the marriage plans with K Sanchez in limbo.

Kwartahan naman si Roxas daan, mao ang iyang interes nga mangorakot less possible. He might gave our country a new promising future.

This is for Eli Bitancor alias Alayman, he is an enigma for me.

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Inday Gelyan ikaw palihug ang sunod!

Mangotana ko, pila kini ka km gikan sa Basdio, Guindulman?

Manay Tess

Naka sulay namo ug quickie 5 minutes, try the song of Miguel Bose, La Mer!

From CNN online news
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Gunmen armed with automatic weapons and grenades fired on Philippine police officers who were tailing them, leaving at least 16 people dead in a fierce shootout in a Manila suburb on Saturday.

Officers were following suspected members of a robbery gang when the gunmen sensed the surveillance and opened fire, triggering the gunfight late Friday near a residential subdivision in suburban Paranaque city, metropolitan Manila police chief Leopoldo Bataoil said.

He said the gunmen, some armed with M-16 rifles fitted with grenade launchers, thought they had been cornered and fired at everyone in sight.

"When they found out they were being trailed ... they went berserk," he said. "They fired all around, including at a flammable tanker beside a warehouse."

Among those killed were people nearby, including a man and his 7-year-old daughter who were sitting inside their car, were also killed.

Authorities earlier had received a tip that the group was planning to rob the warehouse, and police deployed dozens of police around the area to apprehend the suspects, according to Bataoil.

He said at least three of the gunmen were able to escape in a car they commandeered after firing a grenade at a gatehouse at the entrance to the community, wounding two guards.

Three police officers were also wounded, he said.

Bataoil said investigators believe the assailants belonged to a violent gang whose members have posed as police officers, adding that two of the slain gunmen were found wearing police-style bulletproof vests.

The group has been blamed for the killing of bank teller and two guards of an armored truck that was picking up money from a bank on the University of the Philippines campus last month.

Bataoil said he has ordered an investigation into the deaths of the civilians, particularly the man and his daughter.

Gener,

After losing my husband,I got a partner for 25 years who looked for a younger woman.  After 4 years I realized I´m happy being solo.  I am so pre-occupied with different organizations, I can´t imagine a man waiting for his food to be done or household chores.
I take time now and enjoy this freedom lost.
You are right, you could be happy for whatever choice you made.
Manay

John the Baptist’s Warning   

Time is getting short. We need to wake up, repent, and “bear good fruit.” This week, think about John’s warning and how it might apply to the specifics of your day-to-day life.

wa na magamit kay, aduna nay mas bag-o. Kon mopalit ka ug bag-o nga mother board gamay ra ang deperensya , busa palit na lang ug kompleto. I am asking you kon mapahimuslan pa diha, basin ako na lang ipa-balikbayan box diha nimo, kon mo-utingkay ka aron magamit sa ato.

Your growing beared looks great! Keep it going! Maka-macho jud diay ang bungot.

Manay

There are large farms, cattles and sheeps. I got well-to do classmates (noong aalaw) from Ateneo de Davao. Agricultural area is big, mao tingali nga menos ang gutom.

mahimo ug hulogan? he he he

Calle, I will inform some Pinay friends with German husbands.

Manay

In-ani ang German nga tiklado, busa kon maantigo ka ug kuri kuri sa daan nga tower, aduna koy normal nga teklado ug karaan nga monitor sa Booy, atong idonate sa Bulawan Elementary School. Atong sulayan?

I wish the people in some remote areas be computer literate.

Manay Tess

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Remember Consing Jusay, the wife of Romy?  I told her to learn to write me an email, she was so nervous.  Nagtumba mi ug usa ka par Tanduay/Coke, na-bright siya. she learn it in 15 minutes!lol