BANGKOK Yesterday was the last day of this weekend's high tide and our district has been dry throughout.  Authorities said the high tide was lower than expected (!) which prevented a major overflow in Bangkok. But after half a day of elation, disturbing news emerged. Residents in some flooded communities were fed up with having... Continue Reading →

Since our September workday, a lot has happened in the Philippines. It was like a repeat of typhoon Ondoy in 2009 and the great floods happened exactly on the last week of September and first week of October. You might wonder what MEANS role is again this time. It took several days after the thyphoons... Continue Reading →

BALIKATAN 2011: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ It all started as a dream, That wasn’t too extreme, “Scattered and Shared” as our theme. The seed was planted in LA Balikatan 2008, then blossomed at SF in Balikatan’s year 28. Finding a venue was challenging; Access, distance, price needed converging To UC Berkeley our minds were merging; Despite some... Continue Reading →