4th video from the Philippines – Cebu was lots of great times!
Uplifting singing from Filipino kids
The kids in this squatter community really love to sing! Apparently they heard We Are the World all the time on the radio after it was revived for Haiti earthquake relief.
My masochistic tendencies and jellyfish fantasies
After 4 days, it’s almost completely gone. Guess it wasn’t a bad sting – just hurt like hell for a few hours and then slowly went away.
Traveling through the center of the Philippines
The Visaya region of the Philippines treated me really well. Glad that I could finally get the video of it all put together. Hope you enjoy! ^_^
Matangtubig squatter community in Manila (photo album)
Yesterday I went with some Catholic nuns to a squatter village in the center of Quezon City, Metro Manila. It’s not the worst that I’ve seen, and the kids were all full of joy and laughter, but they have lots of problems. The nuns there have had a constant presence in the community for over [...]
Photos from the Visayas region: Dumaguete, Siquijor, Cebu City (photo album)
Wanna know what I’m doing in photo form? Feel free to browse photos at your leisure. I’ll add more information about them later. These pictures were taken in Dumaguete, Siquijor Island, and Cebu City. These are all areas in the Visayas region of the Philippines – an area that is very proud of their local [...]
First photos in Manila (photo album)
Wanna know what I’m doing in photo form? Feel free to browse photos at your leisure. I’ll add more information about them later. From Manila, posted by Philip Cotsford on 8/22/2010 (63 items) Last sunset in Japan Just before leaving Snack on the plane – for Men! My host’s apartment is pretty close to the [...]
Sayonara Japan! (photo album)
Wanna know what I’m doing in photo form? Feel free to browse photos at your leisure. I’ll add more information about them later. From Sayonara Japan!, posted by Philip Cotsford on 8/22/2010 (14 items) Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! Sayonara Japan! [...]
Innovative charity work across the Philippines
Gawad Kalinga is an organization started about 7 years ago. They started out focused on building projects and are most well known for that, but recently they’re moving more into Social Entrepreneurship. I visited a site in Bulacan where they plan on setting up a sort of showcase site for entrepreneurs and their products who [...]








