After the Japan Disaster/Nach dem Japandisaster: Deutschenliste und Krisenvorsorge Philippinen

Mitteilung der Deutschen Botschaft in Manila/Philippinen:

Krisenvorsorge - Anmeldung ab sofort im Internet!

Die bisherige Deutschenliste wurde bereits 2009 abgeschafft. Ihre Daten, die auf der manuell gefuehrten Krisenvorsorgeliste registriert wurden, koennen leider nicht mehr uebernommen werden.

Die Aufnahme in die Krisenvorsorgeliste erfolgt nur noch passwortgeschuetzt im on-line Verfahren.

Die elektronische Registrierung ersetzt die bisher manuell gefuehrte Krisenvorsorgeliste der Botschaft/und-oder des naechsten Generalkonsulats. Es wird gebeten, Ihre Daten bald ueber das Internet einzugeben, auch wenn Sie bisher schon registriert waren. Sie werden ausserdem kuenftig automatisch in regelmaessigen Abstaenden aufgefordert werden, Ihre Angaben zu bestaetigen bzw. zu aktualisieren. Damit sollen Vollstaendigkeit und Aktualitaet der Registrierungen im Sinne einer wirksamen Krisenvorsorge und -bewaeltigung sichergestellt werden. Bitte beantworten Sie daher die Ihnen automatisch zugehenden Anforderungen deshalb in Ihrem eigenen Interess

Sollten Sie bei der Online-Registrierung auf Schwierigkeiten stossen, senden Sie bitte eine E-Mail (rk-101@auswaertiges-amt-de) mit einer kurzen Erlaeuterung oder rufen Sie an (fuer die Philippinen): 02 - 702 3044.

Giacomo Meyerbeer - One of My Favourite Classic Music Composers

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Meyerbeer seems to be forgotten up to now because many attempts to restore his compositions have been without success. It's really a great pity!

Conquer Compostella Valley in Mindanao

Compostela Valley is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao - also one of my favourite spots while travelling in Mindanao. The province, called COMVAL for short, used to be part of Davao del Norte, until it was made independent in 1998. The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the south west lies the Davao Gulf.

Compostela Valley is subdivided into 11 municipalities namely Compostela, Laak (San Vicente), Mabini (Dona Alicia), Maco, Maragusan, Mawab, Monkayo, Montevista, New Bataan and Pantukan.

The capital town of Nabunturan is only a two-hours drive from Davao City. There are also several privately owned airstrips in the province, mostly owned by multinational companies.

Come and conquer COMVAL!

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(My deepest gratitude to Miss Fe Fuentes Maestre, PGO Comval Province!) 

Franz Lehar - A Master of (Light) Classical Music

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Bulawan Festival

Jean Sibelius - A Classical Music Composer

His music lets you relax. Believe me... .

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Are You Lonely Today? A Typical Expat Question!

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I Decided to Be Happy as Expat in The Philippines!

Yes, I did so! You know, why? The world is full of bad news  and all of us are very easy to be influenced by "negative people" in our surroundings. Yes, also among us expatriates... .

Sometimes I really get tired, because even I can feel how these people fritter away my energy, strengths and good mood while chatting away my time.

Okay, let's swing ourselves into the saddle and let's explore the positive flanks and directions in our daily (expat-)life. A couple of days ago a good friend of mine from a Western country texted me: "Write with an open mind about what you see and hear, smell and touch. It could be an inspiration. Life is so beautiful for us to keep on going - also here in the Philippines!"

Honestly, this guy is true. There is no paradise on earth. Each nation in the world has its positive and negative sites. But, I decided to stay here in the Philippines with my family, and, I decided to be happy, to be glad, to be content, to be fortunate, to be fitting... . One thing, I learned here is this: "If we like to be happy,we must open our eyes and find people in our surroundings, which have the special talent for listening. We have to find people who will walk the first miles with us then steadfastly believe that we can walk alone after a while. I found such people here. Many, many!!! don't get me wrong: I Never forgot my home country. But now, I am living here in the Philippines.

Being happy means also to find the courage, that we can have it.  Ask yourself, what's your emotional dependence. When we are emotionally dependent, we look to others for happiness, our "self"-concept, and our emotional well-being. We give up what we want and need out of fear of rejection, abandonment or confrontation.

No, also in the Philippines isn't everything right and correct. I observe that our expectations can kill us emotionally because we suffer under the tyranny of them. We are losing our happiness. Culture Shock, here, there and every where!

But I decided to overcome the shock. I am glad, I was able to do so. I am happy now. A happy expatriate - living in the Philippines for good!

Rats, rats - and more rats!

I wrote already about it several days ago:

http://www.germaninthephilippines.tropicalpenpals.com

Regarding to MindaNews more provinces in  Eastern  Mindanao and many parts of the Philippines have been reported attacked by swarms  of field rats , in an infestation that an official blamed on climate change and human interference in Nature's food chain.

After farmers in eight barangays in the northern hinterlands of Davao City whose farms were devastated appealed for help, reports indicated that areas in South Cotabato, North Cotabato and Sarangani areas were also attacked by rats.

My friend and City Agriculture Officer Leo Avila III said that rats attaked provinces in the Visayas and in the rice-producing areas in Central Luzon too. I learned from Leo Avila, he would also ask the Provincial Agriculture Office in Davao del Norte to confirm reports of rat infestation in its northwestern town of Talaingod which shares boundary with Davao City's rat-infested northern barnagys.

Taking necessary measures to lessen the rat infestation in rice and corn-producing areas in the provinces and put-up systems  of preventing future occurrences seem to be essential and inevitable.

Johannes Brahms - another German Classical Composer

 - and a child of Romanticism.

He remains also as one of my favourite composers. His compositions have been become a world power - equal to Beethoven and Wagner.

Brahms in the Philippines? Classic music under palms? Sure, why not...!

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