Igor's posts with tag: palawan
The PAARL (Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians) National Summer Conference Fellowship Dinner in Palawan was Hawaiian Luau-themed. So they asked me to bring my poi. Of course I flub my entry into a fountain with a tangle. O_o;; Thanks to Des for the vid. 24-04-08_1919.3gp (3.7 MB)
|  | Did some poi and fire-breathing, have to get the vid from Des. Lotsa games. Bunny and Ion of UP Main Lib, Tin and I got "drafted" for the Limbo Rock. I paired up with SLIS alumna Vivian Soriente of DLSU. She was my student in one of my MLS IT subjects many years back during my first teaching stint. For some unknown reason we were flexible enough to tie another pair for the win. O_o;; The years haven't been kind on our spines. Our backs still hurt. |
| | Baker's Hill, a popular souvenir and pasyalan place in Palawan with lots of fiberglass statues. Bought trinkets for my mom and sister. Des and Tin bought pearls here, which I know nothing about. O_o;; May South Sea, Cultured, etc. They all look the same to me. :D I used the pink bedsheets for backdrops. |
| | Pics of conference sessions. "Information Literacy and Life-long Learning Initiatives: Librarians in the Frontline'' by Ma'am Fe Angela Verzosa, "New Information Networks: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarians 2.0" by Robert Romero, and "Information Commons: Creating New Library Spaces, enhancing access to digital sources and deskless reference model'' by Ma'am Sonia Gementiza. Also a pic with Robert and with Ma'am Marietta Molina of CEU, she knows my mom and dad way back during their CEU days. |
| | Tin, Des and I met up with Ma'am Vyva Aguirre for dinner the night before the conference. Ma'am Vyva was in town for a PGLL (Philippine Group of Law Librarians) conference. We made our way to the Badjao Seafront, a restaurant with seafood specialties. If you haven't noticed by now, yes, the UPSLIS faculty members love to eat... Just check my albums... :D I'm not much of a seafood guy but Badjao Seafront, an out of the way place surrounded by mangroves, was okay for me. The place was packed that night. By this time it dawned on us that we would be encountering a lot of people who were in Palawan for the Palarong Pambansa. No wonder we were greeted by a military band when we landed at the airport, seems there were athletes for the games on the plane we were on. |
| | We stayed at the conference site itself, the St. Ezekiel Moreno Spirituality and Development Center, run by the Recoletos sisters. Nice and cozy place. Aircon rooms, nice greens and flowers. Breathable air. :D (Remember that when you graduate and start picking seminars to attend). Took time to take pics of stuff... And... Yes... Some mix-ups occurred. Some boys were given odd numbered rooms, some girls were given even numbered rooms. My roomate Ion, Rye's boyfriend, and I were given room 111... As it turns out odd numbered rooms had pink stuff, even numbered rooms were blue. So we were assigned a PINK room! O_o;; Nanghihina kami... Pero okay lang. Since it's a Catholic place, strict time sked was observed... Prayers before meals, meditative silence, return your plates to the kitchen... A welcome change for me... Hi to Bunny of UP Main Lib, our mealmate. :D |
| | From the airport we took a van. One of the things we noticed in Palawan was that there were no taxis. Tour vans and tricycles are the main mode of transport. The ride to Sabang was bumpy. We had a stopover at the viewdeck first (pic 2), then the information office (pic 3 and 4) to get the permit to visit the Underground River. You have to take a motorized boat ride to the cave. Lots of ambulant (nope, they don't sells stuff) dogs on the beach pa rin. Bayawaks line the trail to the cave where you'll ride a smaller paddled boat. Life vests necessary for all boat rides, btw. Hard to take pics inside the cave, I needed to focus on the light source held by Tin, who was seated up front. The caves, carved inside mountains, were both fascinating and scary. The lamp Tin held was the only light source, if it goes out we would have been stuck in total darkness. The guides on the cave boats knew the route like the back of their hands. This, plus the eats at Tribe, made this trip all worthwhile. Kahit di ko na puntahan yung iba e solb na ako. :D |
| | Straight from the airport at around 9:30am, Tin, Des and I went straight to the Underground River in Sabang. We knew we'd have very little time to see the sights so we made use of our early arrival and booked a Topstar Tours van for the hour and a half bumpy ride. We arrived around noon so we were hungry. We made our way to Tribe, a restaurant on the shore before the boat ride to the Underground River. We met George, the 6-month old monkey. He likes me but hates Des and girls in general, he scratches their hands when they try to pet him. He took a liking to my beads and DSLR and started chewing on both of them when I got too near. Des hates the fact that the strap around his waist is too tight. Lots of healthy dogs on the beach, too. These guys were accustomed to people already and were quite docile. We ordered the house specialties: Stingray in Coconut Milk, Adobong Wild Boar and Crabs. Heaven! Drop by this place if you're in Palawan! It took us an hour and a half and we still weren't able to finish it. Which probably explains the fat dogs sauntering up to us asking for handouts. O_o;; |
| | Just arrived from my trip to Puerto Princesa, Palawan with Des and Tin. We attended the Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL) National Summer Conference on Finding the Library's Place in the 2.0 Environment. The conference was from April 23 to 25, but we got in a day early to take in the sights (see next albums). First pic is arrival. Had a very very bad headache due to lack of sleep since I had apprehensions for this, my first plane ride, so I only took a few pics. The others are for the trip home with Robert Romero, another UPSLIS Alum who was one of the speakers. The guy in the cap and green shirt is a line cutter. Stupid asshole. Makapal talaga ang mukha. Pinaparingan na nga naming lahat sa linya e sumingit talaga. The sky pics are above cloud photos through the PAL plane window when I was able to get a window seat on the way home. The popping of the ears every so often from 9,000 to 33,000 feet was more bearable on the way home. It was grueling the first time. |
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