Happy Easter! Frohe Ostern!

 

Happy Easter to all of you and thanks a lot for always visiting this blog. God bless!

Ein gesegnetes und frohes Osterfest Ihnen allen, meine lieben Leser!

MALIGAYANG PAGKAMULING NABUHAY NI KRISTO!

Off to The Adventure Caraga

The capital is Butuan City. Languages speaken: Surigaonon, Cebuano, Butuanon, Manobo and others.

Caraga is an administrative region of the Philippines, on the northeastern portion of Mindanao. It is indeed the newest region in the Philippines, and called Region XIII. It is bounded on the north by the Bohol Sea; on the south by the provinces of Davao, Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental of Region XI; on the west by Bukidnon (also one of my favourite Mindanao areas!) and Misamis Oriental of Region X; and on the east by the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean. 

When in Mindanao, please drop by Caraga. You will enjoy as well as I did.

Designer Silverio Anglacer From Davao City

We met some day in the past somehow (?) in Facebook - Silverio, the great Davao designer and me.

Last week we found time to meet each other personally, and yes, I got a lot of questions for him.

I learned a lot from Silverio Anglacer... .

He is not very interested in politics (no wonder, why?), but is depended on a very good environment around him, which not only means intact nature, but also family and friends.

"I can only exist in a healthy environment and keep myself being creative in my doings as designer!"

A little mixed and conflicting atmosphere remained, when I asked him about media and religion. I must confessed, we experienced the same opinion, when it comes to Philippine TV. And, praying the whole day and night might be good. Living a Christian life with all its consequences might be much better,

Silverio, an amazing personality, someone between being very talkative and in his very own style silent and lonely. A typical artist, who started designing and drawing some time at the age of 5, 6 or so  in the 1980s together (or because of ) with the unique and amazing support of his both parents.

Silverio, a pet loving designer, who decided to live and stay in the Philippines, although having had the chance to stay some time abroad.

"I became a fashion designer because of my passion since childhood! I always liked to draw and have been interesting in any kinds of make ups - even for my mother!"

Silverio, a really unique fashion designer, who has no favourite colours.

"Look at the birds! And, I think, each colour works for each person. It's just a matter how to post them!"

Silverio has many idols: Valentino, Jil Santer, and the German Karl Lagerfeld.

Silverio loves any kinds of sea foods and think, that social networking in general (like Facebook) can be very important for business and very rare relation- and friendships.

I enjoyed talking with Silverio very much. 

Silverio Anglacer, a Davao based and Davao loving fashion designer with an incredible source of ideas - not only for the high society - but also "for you and me".

Newly Graduates in The Philippines

Congratulations and Salute to all new gratitudes in the Philippines!

(Personal: on this photo at the right is my niece Neneng Balcom, now being a civil engineer and having a job already...!)

But reality looks very different:

PNA Manila reports, that the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz commented its tripartite partners - including labors and employers - for joining hands to provide over 30,000 job opportunities during the job and livelihood fairs that will be conducted in the National Capital Region and in 15 other regions in celebration of Labor Day on May 1.

The labor and employment chief said that Labor Day, in honor of the nation's workers, will be celebrated on May 1 on the theme "Matuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran Para sa Lahat"!

"The job and livelihood fairs show our renewed national commitment to the righteous governance,anti-corruption, and anti-poverty focus of the Aquino III administration!" Baldoz said.

A lot of DOLE jobs fairs will provide many more opportunities to graduates and job seekers, i.e. in Cordillera Administration Region - SM Baguio, SM Naga City Region 6 (Western Visayas), and SM Davao, Gaisano Mall for Region XI, such to mention a few. Get more information from your local DOLE office.

Guiseppe Verdi: Fly my thought on golden wings!

If you are classical music lover, you know what I am talking about, if I mention "Aida" or "La Traviata"... .

Check out more here:

http://www.klausdoringclassicalmusic.webs.com 

Philippine Barangay Power (II)

Barangay Captain of Buhangin, Davao City and very good friend of mine 


James 'Jimmy' Salvador


during my last interview with him. 


Among other things he explained to me his efforts to get more scholarships for poor families, so that their children will be able to continue going to school and study for a better future. 

Kudos to you, Jimmy and THANK YOU!

Death toll in diarrhea outbreak in Palawan hits 23

If you stay in Palawan or you plan to travel there, please take care!

Check out this:

Death toll in diarrhea outbreak in Palawan hits 23 - Regions - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

Designer Silverio Anglacer

To be featured soon here on this website.

Check it out!

Davao Region Athletic Association

The Davao Region Athletic Association (DAVRAA) meet took off on April 9, 2011 at New Bataan Sport Complex with delegates coming from all neighbouring provinces.

(Thanks a lot A. Dayao, DS Comval for the information!)

Goethe Institute Turns 50 - Goethe Institut wird 50! (Part II)

The Goethe-Institut Manila 50th Anniversary celebration meant everything: meet people, meet good old friends - but the most important thing: learn more about Philippine-German relations. Goethe and Rizal, and much more.

The round table discussion on the roles of international institutions and art communities moderated by Jay Cruz was very interesting indeed. The part "Music of Rizal" after the opening speeches of the German Ambassador and the director of the Goethe Institut was really touching. Sometime later followed documentary film screenings such as "As told By Butterflies" by Nawruz Paguidopon, or "Entablado" by EJ Mijares.

Another unique part was the presentation of commemorative stamps. I would like to thank the Director of the Goethe-Institut in the Philippines, Mr. Richard Kuenzel for his friendly and immediate permission to publish some parts of his second speech:

"Please allow me to touch a very precious chapter of this year's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in the Philippines. As you all know, this is also the year of the 150th anniversary of the National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal. The Postmaster of our host country as well as the National Historic Commission encouraged us to have a commemorative stamp printed which underlines the very special relationship between Dr. Rizal and Germany. Not only studied dr. Rizal in Heidelberg ophtalmology and has his most important work "Noli me tangere" printed 1887 in Berlin. Not only was the last remaining copy of the film "Noli me tangere' (1961, Gerardo de Leon) restored 1996 in the Federal Film Archive in Koblenz/Germany and was passed to the late President Cory Aquino, and not only put in the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Goethe-Institut all efforts into restoring the two manuscripts "Noli me tangere" and "El Filibusterismo" - resting in the national Library - by experts and trainers from Germany, but beyond these facts Dr. Rizal did open his heart to very important facets of life in Germany at the end of the 19th century, and by doing so established the actual first substantial cultural relations between our two countries. 

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To conclude the presentation of the stamps commemorating the very tender personal relationship to germany, in which Rizal compared the feeling of exotism with a friend, I should like to draw your extension on Rizal's last poem which he wrote in the night before his execution. Hidden in a kerosine lamp, he gave the paper to his sister Trinidad, the last person to visit him in the cell. "There is something in it," he whispered. - MI ULTIMO ADIOS was soon after translated into German by Pastor Karl Ullmer in 1897. "Last farewell" - "Letztes Lebewohl"."