The Brown Raise RSS Feed http://www.thebrownraise.org The Brown Raise attempts to scale the heights of Filipino nationhood by offering seminars and lectures in and outside of the country, which deal with Philippine History, Filipino heroes and the Philippines’ current challenges. tl ©2008 The Brown Raise Movement Inc. mirabyte Feed Writer 1.0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:10 +0800 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:09:05 +0800 http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr51/hyphendash/rsslogo.gif The Brown Raise RSS Feed http://www.thebrownraise.org 306 54 The Official Brown Raise RSS Feed History Education Research Philippines Filipino Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes New Entry: Dusting off Museums We Filipinos get “intimidated” in the sight of museums and libraries. Nerd is the word the common folk use to describe any person who thirsts for books and knowledge. Think of someone being in a public school being bullied because he spends too much time in a library. We would much prefer taking our kids [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrownRaiseRssFeed/~3/ZR1tX1qDypI/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:44:33 +0800 http://blog.thebrownraise.org/2009/01/dusting-off-museums/ NEW Blog: “No Starbucks For Me, Thank You” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrownRaiseRssFeed/~3/V47mbKWnTI4/ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:00:42 +0800 http://blog.thebrownraise.org/2008/12/%e2%80%9cno-starbucks-for-me-thank-you%e2%80%9d/ New Blog Entry: When Filipinos Come Home http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr51/hyphendash/BW1.jpg

Every time I go abroad, going back home to the Philippines means watching our country’s sad realities in much more vivid colors. We were out of the country for six days and came back wasted after a full day of travel, waiting, and changing planes. Needless to say, Lonely Planet was [...]

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If you want to find out the intensity of the Indian youth when it comes to their future...

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I’ve been to Beijing in the year 2004 and then in 2006—but Beijing in the Olympics 2008? It was a direct experience of Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations!

I shall explain that further, but first allow me to do a short comparative study of the atmosphere or spirit of some of the cities and countries I’ve visited in the past. Allow me to give one or two words for each....

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What is so special about the Bird’s Nest? Well just like what a friend who was raised in the US bragged, America has at least 7 stadiums that are as big as or biggER than the Bird’s Nest. Hmmm.

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