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  1. Life in the Philippines... What is it like? Well, I'm going to be using this topic to share some of my views, observations and experiences of living in the Philippines. No country is perfect, including the Philippines - but this country does have many, many great things going for it. And the imperfections? Well, I guess I can always do what 10 million Filipinos have themselves done and pack up my bags and leave for good! I'll try to keep my own writings on the topic as balanced as possible but, like the news on TV, when someone rides a bus and they have a smooth journey, it doesn't actually make for a very interesting news storey. It goes without saying that my views and observations will be totally biased and even my experiences will be reported from the standpoint of a middle-aged, white (ex-pat Brit,) single, divorced two times foreigner living in the country as a guest. They couldn't be any other way. But having said that, I am a pretty open-minded kind of person and if anyone has got any contrary views, observations or experiences to report, I will be very happy to hear them! I have also started an album on the Art Forums > Gallery for a collection of photos that relate to this topic. Again, these will inevitably be of things that happen to interest me personally - as a white (ex-pat Brit,) single, divorced two times foreigner living in the country as a guest. The photos can be found at: Art Gallery > Members Albums > Photography > Life (and death) in the Philippines By the way, if any ordinary member would like to post a reply to this topic (or any other, outside of "Members and Guests Advertisements and Links,") they need only send me a pm or an e-mail and I will be very happy to upgrade their membership to "Special Member" status - which will allow them to post in any of these forums (except, of course, Latest Developments at artfreaks.com)
  2. Chemistry Periodic Table Find chemical element facts at: http://www.chemicool.com Chemicool.com offers chemistry forum, tools and more. The Periodic Table, devised in 1869 by Dmitry I. Mendeleyev is a way of presenting all the elements so as to show their similarities and differences. The elements are arranged in increasing order of atomic number(Z) as you go from left to right across the table. The horizontal rows are called periods and the vertical rows, groups. A noble gas is found at the right hand side of each period. There is a progression from metals to non-metals across each period. Elements found in groups (e.g. alkali, halogens) have a similar electronic configuration. The number of electrons in outer shell is the same as the number of the group (e.g. lithium 2
  3. From the album: Dogs

    This dog has no idea how close she just came to being sold by her previous owner - and spending the rest of her life on a short piece of chain, or in a cage the size of a rabbit hutch...
  4. From the album: Dogs

    He he! Shoubi nicely settled into her new (permanent) home!
  5. From the album: My early attempts at pastel painting

    One hundred percent "askal" (mongrel - lit. "street dog"!) This is my good friend Scruffy, one of the dogs on a farm where I sometimes stay in Mindanao, in the Southern part of the Philippines. Scruffy askal he may well be, but he's such a lovely dog! Having spent 99.9 percent of his life tied up on a short piece of string, he was made-up with me taking him for walks all around the rice fields! (Hence the look of sheer anticipation on his face in this painting; which was based on one of my photographs.) Rembrandt, Schmincke and Unison pastels on Dominion St. Armand 100% flax, hand-made watercolor paper. 29" x 21" (73cm x 53cm) To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com

    © &copy Vic Rolfe

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    braced

    Excellent! Lovely view. Nice foreground. Beautifully framed. Subtle (early morning?) colors. Superb photography... I love it!
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    NLEX

    Nice view! I can almost smell the fresh country air! I must admit, though... I am not a great fan of the tilted horizon technique - but then again, I'm just an old-fashioned fogie, so don't let that put you off!!
  8. smb

    baguio...

    Is this the Kennon Road? (I don't even know if that is the right spelling?) But I do remember being terrified, sitting in the back seat of a bus one time when I went to Baguio... Every time we went round one of those hairpin bends, my ass was literally hanging over a several hundred meters shear drop into the valley below!
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    foot trail

    Wow! Nice place! I like the tricycle! I also love the countryside - especially in the Philippines. By the way, I like your idea of taking a photo whilst walking... Very innovative; I'd never have thought of that!
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    foot trail

    Wow! Nice photo! I like this... Excellent composition. And it's a static scene but it has movement - since, (presumably?) the photograph was taken from a moving car or other vehicle?
  11. One of the Aurora Tanker Ships oil product tankers. seen in batangas Bay, Philippines - August, 2005
  12. The Hi Kawa Maru; moored at at Yama-no Shita Ganpeki, in the Port of Yokoham, Japan - March, 2006
  13. The Hi Kawa Maru; moored at at Yama-no Shita Ganpeki, in the Port of Yokoham, Japan - March, 2006
  14. The Hi Kawa Maru; moored at at Yama-no Shita Ganpeki, in the Port of Yokoham, Japan - March, 2006
  15. One of the small NTT-WEM cable ships berthed alongside the NTT-WEM cable depot at Nishidomari-machi in Nagasaki, Japan. Photo taken some time in the summer of 2005
  16. The Canadian ice-breaker and research vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier - berthed in the Port of Victoria, B.C. - January, 2007 Photo taken from on board the Global marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Venture, berthed at the Ogden Point passenger ship terminal
  17. The Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Mercury in heavy weather and rough seas off the South coast of Japan, near Tokyo Bay. Photo taken during march, 2005
  18. The Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Mercury in heavy weather and rough seas off the South coast of Japan, near Tokyo Bay. Photo taken during march, 2005
  19. The Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Mercury in heavy weather and rough seas off the South coast of Japan, near Tokyo Bay. Photo taken during march, 2005
  20. The Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Mercury in heavy weather and rough seas off the South coast of Japan, near Tokyo Bay. Photo taken during march, 2005
  21. The Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Wave Mercury in heavy weather and rough and stormy seas off the South coast of Japan, near Tokyo Bay. Photo taken during march, 2005
  22. smb

    Fishpond

    Some fish pond!!!!!!! It looks more like Laguna de Bay!!!
  23. This one is for the boys... (Courtesy of my good friend, JGC...) Five Rules For A Happy Life 1. It's important to have a woman who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up and has a job. 2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh. 3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust and who doesn't lie to you. 4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed and who likes to be with you. AND... 5. It's very, very important that these four women don't know each other.
  24. From the album: Dogs

    Shoubi, my neighbor's dog, in the Philippines. Shoubi has more-or-less taken up residency with me - since she grew too big for the cage that her owners were trying to keep her in...
  25. From the album: Dogs

    Shoubi, my neighbor's dog, in the Philippines. Shoubi has more-or-less taken up residency with me - since she grew too big for the cage that her owners were trying to keep her in...
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