Category: Culture
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Summer Vacation Part III: Feast of St. Ignatius de Loyola
The feast of Saint Ignatius de Loyola is celebrated on July 31. Saint Ignatius is the patron saint of the soldiers, the founder of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) and he is also one of the patron saints of Liloan Southern Leyte. It’s not my first time to celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius de…
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Summer Vacation in the Philippines Part II: The Old Man and His Violin
During my stay at Liloan Southern Leyte, I met an extraordinary man. He is an old man in his 60’s. He is a musician and he plays the violin but unlike the other violinists he doesn’t own a Stravidarius nor a Stentor. His violin is homemade. It is made from a rod, strings, bottlecaps and a…
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Summer Vacation in the Philippines Part I: St. Augustine Church and Manila Cathedral
Even though I have already moved to Norway, Philippines has always a huge place in my heart. That is why I never forget to include Philippines in my travel plans. Two months ago I spent four weeks in the Philippines. Wherein the first week was spent in the metro, the second and third week at Liloan…
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Grand Slam Beach Volleyball 2014- Day 2
Today is the second day of the beach volleyball tournament here in Stavanger. Too bad we did not go to the main volleyball court today to watch the men’s qualification match. However, right after my work I went to take a look at the ongoing match just a couple of blocks away from where I…
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Sankthansaften
Sankthansaften or St John’s Eve in English is St John the Baptist’s day celebration. In some countries, like Norway, it is an annual tradition/celebration. People make big bonfires and gather around them. Here in Norway, we grill, drink and play games.
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Busy Monday in Stavanger
Monday was the busiest day in Stavanger this week. There were 4 cruiseships at the ports (only took pictures of 2 of them). I heard that the biggest cruiseship has the capacity of 2000 plus passengers. So imagine the streets were almost packed with tourists. It’s good for the business but not all are happy…
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Norwegian Constitution Day
Or 17.mai as we call it here is Norway’s biggest event. On the same day in 1814, the Constitution was signed in Eidsvoll and this year marks the 200th year of having its very own constitution. Every year, 17.mai is celebrated by long parades and numerous festivities. People wear their national costumes and wave the…
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Starting Over Again
Spoiler alert! Yesterday, I watched this Filipino film Starting Over Again. I find the film interesting. I don’t usually watch Filipino drama-romantic films because first I’m not a fan and second I don’t like the storyline (very typical unrealistic happy ending etc.). But this one is different from the ones I’ve seen before because the…
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Norwegian Petroleum Museum
One of the first things/places that I’m going to show my friends abroad here in Stavanger aside from Preikestolen is the Norwegian Petroleum Museum because the Norwegian Oil history has lots of interesting story to tell. And also the museum is really nice and modern and is great for both youngsters and adults.
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Just a quick update!
Hi everyone. 😉 I hope you’re all doing fine. Well me, I’m still alive and kickin’ and I’m still busy reviewing for the remaining exams so I haven’t posted anything here in 3 weeks. I’m also playing Diablo 3 so I’m sure you understand how it affects my social life and how it manipulates me (bwahaha). Anyway,…
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