spending the weekend in Boracay beach, Philippines, considered one of the best beaches in the world; perfect sunny weather and nice clear water with powder-white sand makes this an ideal must-see vacation place
international football star Hidetoshi Nakata comes to the Philippines to promote football and particularly futkal (futbal kalye or street football); he visits a local community and plays with the kids a game of futkal...
local folk dances and songs performed by the MI kids featuring Filipino celebrities Chin-chin gutierrez, Joey ayala and Grace Nono; Enzo, carmela and mika performed great! enzo did a number from the Mountain province region (Igorot dance); carmela did a tribal meditation song; mika did a version of 'manang biday'
pre-school kids dancing to a Filipino song called Limang Dipang Tao (or "The Jeepney Song"); it's about people trying to get a ride in a jeepney in a crowded old Manila street called Avenida Rizal, once the grand famous avenue of old downtown Manila MI school
In tagaytay city, south of Manila in the Philippines, video games are unknown to the locales; instead, live spiders are used for fighting for fun, sport and gamble. Here, some local kids enjoyed showing me how it's done, with spiders taken from the tropical rain forest around Taal lake. Very interesting!
Brigada is a samba (brazilian) band in the University of the Philippines; this is one of the practice sessions in the university sunken garden. fun-loving musicians!
Chin Chin Gutierrez performs for the school program of Multiple Intelligence International School in Manila; she is a well-known stage and movie performer with a superb voice. She is doing the performance for the support of the local indigenous music of the Philippines.
