Me confieso una persona que ante la duda de la existencia de Dios y quizá ante la no existencia de una prueba clara de que él nos rodea dudaba también de la chispa que le da vida a la materia. Sin embargo, el 5 de febrero del presente año 2009 ante una pérdida dolorosa de un ser muy querido por mi creo haber comprendido que efectivamente aquella chispa es el alma, pero... qué pasará con el alma cuando deja la materia y el cuerpo presente y sin vida comienza de nuevo el ciclo natural de la vida y vuelve a formar parte de otra vida al descomponerse?
La respuesta estoy segura que no la sabremos, pero el encuentro espiritual vivido nuevamente sólo me hace preguntarme más y más cosas que seguirán sin repuestas.

En memoria de mi Nicky.

Sólo bastaron dos semanas de "contingencia sanitaria" para poner al país en una crisis peor que la de 1994 y que el gobierno declarara una recesión económica que ha afectado a miles de ciudanos, muchos de ellos los cuales ya vivían con menos de $50 pesos diarios para mantener una familia de más de 3 miembros. Ocurrieron muchas cosas que pusieron en duda una acción política adecuada ante éste tipo de desastres como los manejos de servicios de salud, aprovaciones a políticas públicas que no se dieron a conocer con su debida importancia en noticieros, aumentos de precios y pérdidas de empleos.
Y es todavía más lamentable que el único medio masivo de comunicación (la TV) al que muchos ciudadanos tienen acceso sólo se limiten a inyectar el miedo por un virus en más de la mitad de lo que dura sus noticieron y dejar a un lado los temas que afectan directamente al país y a sus ciudadanos.

Dearest Fellow Educators,

I would like to invite you to join APEC Cyber Academy International Online Learning Contest for both elementary and high school students. This project is hosted by University of Tainan, Taiwan and its site is http://linc.hinet.net/apec Please use internet explorer as your browser when you visit the site. In case you receive this letter and you're not a classroom teacher, i would like to ask if you could share this opportunity to teachers under your program.

Apec Cyber Academy has different contest category which would fit the learning competencies/curriculum in different subject areas like English, Math, Health and Science, History and TLE/Computer classes. The contest starts this February 17 and ends on April 19, 2008. Each winning team (which is composed of student/s and a teacher) will receive certificate from Taiwan and a chance to attend the international convention in Taiwan this year.

Please register now so you and your students could prepare in advance since all modules for each learning activity are now ready for browsing. Aside from uploading outputs, there will be live virtual conference for students with volunteer facilitators from Philippines, Taiwan and USA which could enhance student's English language proficiency.

In case you have queries please don't hesitate to contact me as one of APEC volunteer facilitators.My skype account is ceciliaestoque and my YM is the same as my email address.

I hope to see your teams on APEC Cyber Academy list of participants soon!

It takes only a mustard seed of faith to move a mountain...but it takes commitment to make a difference.

Very sincerely yours,
Cecilia M. Estoque
Teacher/International IT Online Learning Volunteer Coordinator/Facilitator
Philippines

"There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live."

- John Adams



We educate others and ourselves to learn and enhance our existing knowledge and skills. We all aim to become globally competitive to end up productive. But where is the thrust of our becoming educated?


Everyday, anywhere, violence, discriminations and a lot of oppressive and depressing events and stories unfold right before our eyes, be it in school, church, public governance and worst, at home! Where did we fail in educating this generation?


I believe global competitiveness need not bargain the value of one’s existence. It is not enough to develop our skills only for our own survival; rather it is a need to maximize our full potentials to see on a bigger perspective the kind of world we are into...but we will never see it, if we don't change our way of thinking!


Global education could open our eyes. Through the use of information and communication technology, we can reach out globally at a cheap cost and at our convenience. Maximizing these available tools around us could foster global respect as we understand each other's uniqueness and individual needs.


A lot have been taking advantage of these technologies for wrong motives, which further aggravates the complexities of our world. But the real battle lies on our own hands. Whether we choose to remain passive or be proactive in taking the solution. So many things have been said, written and read, but few have taken real steps.


The challenge to combat this abusive manipulation could start right within our homes and teaching institutions where all of us could partake towards this call for change.


We need education for peace and not for our own personal pleasure, for sustainable development and not for overnight good deeds and for environment and not for selfish consumptions.


What we need is EDUCATION FOR ALL, that will eradicate selfishness and make everyone learn how to make a living together in harmony with others.

Es muy sabido que nuestro país cuenta con no muchos lectores, lamentablemente la cultura de la lectura como tal no es de las preocupaciones primordiales en muchos de los ciudadanos y en el gobierno, sí el arte es subversivo despierta conciencias y crea movimientos revolucionarios que despiertan no sólo las mentes, sino también las conciencias de los seres humanos, leamos es lo único que necesitamos.
Hay muchas bibliotecas para los que no tengan mucho acceso económico a ellos, lo más importante es leerlos sólo por el goce de éstos, para conocer otros mundos y otros personajes.

No lo concibo y creo que muchos de nuestros ciudadanos tampoco, cada día me siento más y más indignada con respecto a las injusticias que suceden en nuestro país, con la cantidad de cuerpos policiacos que se inventan cada año y cada sexenio que buscan "mejorar la seguridad" de nuestras familias de una manera imaginaria cuando en lugar de crear personas de mejores conciencias se crean más y más represores en contra de la libertad y de los derechos humanos y como si eso no fuera poco están a favor de los que los pueden comprarlos con una mínima cantidad de dinero sin importarles la justicia ¿cuántas personas no vemos en las cárceles culpables de crímenes que no cometieron o de crímenes que en desesperación se cometen porque la situación económica en nuestro país es deplorable?.
¡YA BASTA!
Estor cansada de las injusticias y de las personas que tratan de comprar a los que se dicen son los "procuradores de nuestra seguridad", estoy cansada de las personas que defienden los derechos y son reprimidas por éstos que dicen defendernos, que se sometan a los más desprotegidos porque no pueden comprar la libertad en una sociedad donde cada quien se rasca con sus propias uñas y donde la indiferencia reina porque no me importa el otro y olvidamos que vivimos en una sociedad en donde todos somos necesarios, en donde hacer daño al otro es lo que menos nos importa sólo por obtener lo que creemos el éxito, la fama, el dinero y Dios sabe que otras cosas más.
Reaccionemos aún estamos a tiempo de mejorar.

Dearest Friends,

I would like to invite you and join me in making a difference by showing the world there is hope through uploading and writing about your "good deeds" in Tell the World there is Hope Project.

One act of kindness will bring us a long way especially if we aim to create synergy of Hope Avatars around the world.

You may access the project website at http://linc.hinet.net/apec. The project is hosted by University of Tainan, Taiwan. After free registration, please click Learning Space and it will lead you to three learning portals. Choose LEARNING WITH FRIENDS and you will find the portal to TELL THE WORLD THERE IS HOPE.

The complete project guidelines and details could also be accessed on that site. Please feel free to contact me should you need assistance. I would be glad to share the hope that i have in my heart...and welcome you as one of the avatars of hope!

May the light of God make you shine brightly, that those who are in bondage of darkness be freed through our joint efforts of showing good deeds.

Your partner in learning from Philippines,
Cecilia Estoque

The grown-ups or adult should understand children.The children are the young person of either sex before puberty.They maybe also childish.Children will follow the things that they see in the enviroment.Maybe,the child will do the same what the adult do to them when they was a young boy or girl.
One person,should not judge the person on its anatomical appearance,rather,they should first try to get the inner beauty of the said person.
Give importance to things that you have.Even it is not yours.For example,there was a puppy who was lost.Then you see it.You are confused,but still you will get him.Until one day,agirl lost a puppy.The girl was very worried.She call the way what the people call the other dogs.You let get out the puppy.The girl didn't know taht her puppy was far.Its only on their street.She call the owner of the house were the the puppy live for a while.When the boy get out,she thank you.That is the price when you will keep other things and take care on it.
The line "Order is an Order" I will not believe on this because if your parents will order that you will stole a thing,I'm sure you will not follow the order of your parents.
The concieted man will entertain you.He is respectful.But he will not listen to the opinion of the people around him.
The tippler's line if you want to forget,drink alcohol.It is true,but later on it will give you to a very huge problem.Alcoholic drinks are very dangerous to your heakth.
The businessman is vbery busy.He had no time to light up his cigarrete.He always count his stars.Unfortunetly,the stars are not his properties.It depends when a man discover it and named it.
As time goes by,the ordre will be harder.But this tippler will never lost his obidience.The faithfulness of the lamplighter on the ordres never fade.
The geographer is professional.He is smart because he can write a book.But when you visit on his planet,he will never tell what are on his planet. The geographer is intellegent but very odd.
The snake is very smart because he solve many riddles.The little prince was confused because the place he landed has no people.Tht's why he is confused.
The fox had aschedule on his freedom.It is because the hunter will hunt a fox.I don't know why the hunter will hunt the fox.But maybe,the hunter will make the fox as their food.

a) I choose the mountain climing activity,because this activity is releted to the activity of nature.
It helps you to use your brain in art of climbing.
b) The adult quality hat the litte prince had is a he know to relate the story of adult while his child qualit is he always compare the things to himself.I will racommened this book to both children and adults. It is because if i only recommened this book to the children only,the adults will not know how to love children.
c) It expresses himself as a man who who have tried hard to find fortune.
d)He fell as gently as a tree.
e)

f)
1. The message on the line is not everything you see in your naked eyes are true.
2. It means that you gave importance to the things that you sacrifice.
3)
4) It means that those people who had a uglyin the outer part are ugly in thier inner part.
5) You gave importance in the the things that you find unique but the truth is you gave it importance because you are pity on someone who has given it to you.
6) It means that if you want to look back on a place that it is full of happy memories,you would be happy too.

Chapter 19-26
a. I could organize related to good manners because as what i've observed,few students don't have that attitude.
b. He have the quality of an adult such as politeness.He have also the child-quality such as asking many questions.Iwould recommend this book to adults and children so that the adults will understand the feelings of the children.
c.About his attitude.
d. He went back home.
e. No one will believe him because his in the dessert whee thousands of miles from habitation.
f.
1. It say's that only in our heart we can understand which we cannot see.
2. We have to do the right thing thing that suits in our lives for what we are.
3. Many people misunderstood what other say's.
4. When someone make a beautiful memories or experience in a lonesome place.
5. We thought that we are lucky to have a one of a kind person,butas what others do,she/he is just the same for some other attitude or physical features.
6. When you love someone ,you will be happy to see her/him where they are contented with their lives even if you are far away from her/him.

Chapter 10-18
a. THe king.It signify that when you are told to do a work,see to it that you can do it.
b. It's hard to judge yourself than to judge others because you can observe what others doing while if you njudge yourself,it's difficult because we think positive to ourself.
c. Concieted people accept only praise but it doesn't mean that they have hearing problem.They hear but doesn't mind.
d. They want to forget their problems temporarily just like my neighbor's do.
e. He want to become rich because he want to buy eveything that's here in this world.It's like people who manage their money to be very rich but they can't take care about theirselves.
f. You don't have to be curious because orders are orders and cannot be disobey.Just like soldiers,they do what mthe order says without asking.
g. The lamplighter was unlucky and i do agree with it because he don't have time to rest and to relax.
h.The geographer's cocern is all about the matter of consequence.Just like adults, they don't recall about the small things such as flowers.
i. I discribe the earth as a bacteria.As the years go by,the inhabitants increased like a bacteria.
j.He said that because he had travelled many places.
k. People don't have their permanent places where they can provide their needs unlike the flower that have roots to hold them and help them make their food.

Chapter 1-9

a. It made the pilot discourage to draw.The adults should treat the children with understanding.
b. When his patience was exhausted.It tells that when a person was in a hurry he may do the unexpected thing.
c. the turkish astronomer dress a turkish costume.The grown-ups don't have interest about the content.They only look the physical figures.
d. When it is expensive.For adults,they don't neeed discription of the physical appearance of the house,they only refer to the prize to get tyo know that it is beautiful.
e. Baobabs are trees who bores clear through it with it's roots.They reflect to the curropt officials that when you let them grow,they will rule over you.
f. He react angrily because the pilot talk like grown-ups do.
g. When you are in sorrow,you express it where nobody knows or watching you
h. They refer to a lazy man who needs to clean up in order top function them.
i. The flower.It significant that,if you want to be beautiful,you must suffer firs.
j. She want to jump to another topic.It characterized guilt.Most of the liars don't admit their faults.
k. their relationship was a lie.

a.) The king was the one who uttered the line, “One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform” The real life significance of this line is accepted authority rests first of all on reason. If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, without reason, they would rise up in revolution. They will not obey king or the one who is more powerful than them just because they king want to. They have a right to decide what they want to do in themselves. People need justice. Don’t force the one who don’t know how to do it or the one who can’t do it.
b.) The meaning of “It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others” is never judge a person by its physical figure because you have no evidence to prove that a person is like a person is like a person you have been judging.
c.) The meaning of “conceited people never hear anything but praise is” is they want to be admire by other people around them even if they didn’t see it in themselves. They want to be the most of all. They want to be praise and to be interested even you do not want or it’s very far to see. They hear nothing but praise because they want to be admire such as saying that they are the handsomest, The richest, the most intelligent and more. They didn’t suffer from any hearing problem. They want that they are admired by people. Even if they hear some questions, they don’t wanna answer because again they love to be praised and to be admire. They love to hear things that are related to them about admiration…
d.) The irony of the line “I am drinking so that I may forget” is for me, if you are drinking so that you may forget that you are drinking, you cannot forget that you are drinking. If you want to forget something, you can forget it in other ways. My father said that if you drink, you can forget something. Maybe… “ I am not drinking so that I cannot forget.” Some people said that they may forget there problems by drinking. But they said that it is bad in our health.
e.) The business man wants to be rich so that he can buy more stars, if any are discovered. Many people want to be rich so that they can buy the things they want. They want to be rich just for themselves. But some people are helping others like poor people.
f.) The meaning of “There is nothing to understand. Orders are orders” that orders must be followed. You don’t need to understand if you will not follow. The orders are not changed. You have to follow a terrible profession. In real life significance, many people are making orders to be followed in many people. But some of the people are not doing it or not obeying the rules or orders. Just like the grown ups.
g.) The little prince said that the lamplighter is the one of them all whom he could have made his friend. He is the only one of them all who does not seem to him ridiculous. It is because he is thinking of something else besides himself. I agree with the little prince because it is true. In all the grown ups he meet, he was just the one who is thinking for others beside himself. He are following orders even if he just rest in a small amount of minutes.

h.) The adults are interesting in the things they like. They don’t want to explore a new thing. Like the geographer, they just waiting that someone will tell them what they saw. What if the explorer is wrong? Many people will believe even if it was wrong. The truth about the adults, that they need to see the truth first before they will write down the thing they discover. We don’t have to believe them because you trust them. We have to be sure about it.
i.) The pilot describe the planet earth that it is not just an ordinary planet. There are many grown ups there. The size of the earth is bigger than the all planets the little prince visited. I can describe the planet that it is a beautiful planet. But not all people has a good intention. Some people are bad and some are not.
j.) The snake made him say that is more powerful than the finger of a king and he also speaks in riddles because he solves all of them, cu’z the little prince said to the snake that he is a funny animal and he is no thicker than a finger.
k.) That the people has feet and they can travel anywhere. The flower is saying the truth because the people are making there lives more difficult. What if the men will lost in the middle of the desert.

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Hundreds of Hadza hunter-gatherers face eviction from their ancestral lands if a foreign safari company is given a hunting concession on their land.

Tanzania UAE Safari Ltd, which is reportedly backed by members of the United Arab Emirates royal families, is negotiating with the government of Tanzania for a concession of 3,975 sq kms in the Yaida Valley, where Hadzabe (‘Hadza people’) have lived for millenia.

If the hunting concession is approved, the Hadzabe will lose access to crucial food sources such as game and wild tubers. They are likely to become destitute, with devastating consequences for their life expectancy and general wellbeing.

Last month two Hadzabe activists were arrested when they attended a meeting with local officials to voice concerns over the deal and its impact on their tribe. They were later released.

The Hadzabe are reported to be trying to seek a sustainable solution with all parties concerned, which respects the tribe’s land rights and way of life.

The Hadzabe number between 1,500 and 2,000 people. They are one of Africa’s oldest tribes and speak a click language like the Bushmen.

As they are hunter–gatherers, adequate land and natural resources are essential to their survival. Until the 1950s they survived entirely by hunting and gathering. Living in small mobile camps, they had no ‘chiefs’ or formal political organisation.

Tanzania’s government has made repeated attempts to settle the Hadzabe in villages and get them to take up farming. Today, most Hadzabe people live in settlements, inside their distinctive grass huts, but they still move off into bush camps to find food.

No Hadzabe farming has been successful, unsurprisingly, since the hot, dry climate is unsuitable for it. One Hadza elder told Survival, ‘No Hadzabe ever died of hunger when we had our land. But now that so much of our land has been taken and is still being taken, many Hadzabe are hungry.’

SOurce: http://www.survival-international.org/news/2467