tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:00:31 +0000VietnamQuiapomediatechnologyPhilippinesdevelopmentMRTTerrorismfrancegadgetenvironmenteventsnatureartwinetyphooninternshiplifestyleThe Amazing RaceBoholtravelportraittrainscurrent eventssocietysocial statusyouthFoodinternetsportsvideogermanyblackoutbaywalkfootballhomecoming9/11turkeysunsetradioplacesphotographystudentsMall of AsiapoliticsChristmascultureEntertainmentmusiclanguageUnited Nationsrecreationclimate changeblogHidalgoaustraliaNGOFilipinostreet photographyliteratureMilenyopeopletraditionWork issuesgermansBonnfestivalSpainhistorydaadswitzerlandManny PacquiaocareerFrio MixxUSMichael JacksonfreiburgwritinguniversitytransportationA not-so-scholarly blog of a scholar's ventures in Freiburg, Germany... and beyond! Was machst du jetzt?http://freetaste.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (jadz)Blogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4746363165752544897Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:54:00 +00002010-01-31T09:54:23.379+01:00Greenhouse gases affecting sunlight as viewed from my window. For the climate change deniers, this is it happening in real time. No time lag of hundreds of years. :-)http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2010/01/climate-change-from-my-window_31.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4366087871683625840Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:53:00 +00002010-01-31T09:53:28.252+01:00Greenhouse gases affecting sunlight as viewed from my window. For the climate change deniers, this is it happening in real time. No time lag of hundreds of years. :-)http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2010/01/climate-change-from-my-window.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-1336558932367314184Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:37:00 +00002008-11-19T22:41:29.225+01:00Please update your RSS feeds, if there's any of you subscribed. Many thanks, maraming salamant, vielen Dank (to blogpspot as well). I have moved to wordpress. It's still in the works but the blog is already operational. Different blog host, same free taste:Click this: www.freetaste.wordpress.comhttp://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/moved-to-wordpress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-5397840845574041988Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:52:00 +00002008-11-16T19:23:29.374+01:00studentsuniversityphotographyfreiburgFoodgermanyThe other week I wrote about the Election Night Party at the Mensa (cafeteria). Last Tuesday I practically stayed there the whole day to promote the Sustainable University Freiburg. It's one of the most strategic place to do promo because of the high student traffic during lunch time. It was unusual to see this place with no students lining up to get there meals once we packed our stuff to end http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/mensa-randoms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-6602557723064828905Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +00002008-11-15T22:57:19.455+01:00radioBonnmediagermanyenvironmentThe report I made for Deutsche Welle is finally online. To listen to the entire Living Planet programme, click here. To hear just my bit of report ('Counting birds with computers') in the programme, click here. I did this report until the last few hours of my internship.One of my many learning from the internship is that one should be more appreciative of media work. A reporter puts in a lot http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/reporting-for-deutsche-welle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-194234507605409709Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:02:00 +00002008-11-12T22:05:20.754+01:00street photographyphotographyBonngermanytransportationWhile still in Bonn, this is the station where I along with many other passengers got off. It's a major "working" station. From here, employees walk to big organizations nearby like Deutsche Welle, Deutsche Post, and the United Nations.http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/subway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-3790994214001471181Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:55:00 +00002008-11-10T21:58:57.216+01:00photographytransportationOnly for cars? A cyclist begs to disagree.http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/nur-autos-oder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4625973956647685292Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:31:00 +00002008-11-09T00:40:01.456+01:00photographygermanyView from my room yesterday:http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-fall-swing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4158624400041188946Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-11-08T18:58:23.014+01:00FilipinoI have been quite out of touch on the latest happening in the Philippines. Here's a couple of crazy guys who became famous via Youtube. The name of their channel is called Moymoy Palaboy literally meaning Moymoy Wanderer (as in homeless). They're an internet phenomenon, reminiscent of the two Chinese guys singing Backstreet Boys songs. I think the Pinoy duo are luckier as they were able http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/moymoy-palaboy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-6151989509460517045Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:12:00 +00002008-11-07T13:49:47.033+01:00photographyclimate changefreiburggermanyenvironmentpoliticshere is an on-going two-day conference on Climate Change as a Security Threat here in Freiburg. I especially attended to see Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who could be the next German Chancellor. It is also my first time to see the mayor of Freiburg, Lord Mayor Dr. Dieter Salomon. Dr. Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which received the 2007 Nobel Peace http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/climate-change-as-security-threat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-2508102904921854299Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:11:00 +00002008-11-06T07:27:26.698+01:00artstudentsuniversityphotographyI once blogged about me modeling for the university as a student. The opening ceremony of the exhibit was last week which I wasn't able to attend because I was still in Bonn. Yesterday I got a window time to pass by one of my university's main building where the exhibit was put up. Here's the result of the shoot about four months ago.All comments to the last photo will be deleted, unless you http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/life-love-and-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-7773324254044759267Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:08:00 +00002008-11-05T09:46:57.202+01:00studentsuniversityUSgermanypoliticscurrent eventsThe main Mensa (cafeteria) in Freiburg, Germany is converted into a bar to hold big occasions like football matches. This time it was for a US Election Night Party.A photo of Barack Obama flashes on the screen as the hosts talk to a correspondent in the US.Organizers of the Election Night Party make final preparations before opening the bar to students.People line up to get inside the barA man http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/america-votes-and-so-does-freiburg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-683403469672487446Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +00002008-11-02T11:00:00.978+01:00FilipinoBonngermanyEntertainmentAfter spending two months in the former capital of the former Western Germany, I am leaving in one hour.  I will take a train back to Freiburg.  As with anyone leaving a place for a long period of time or for good, Filipinos celebrate a despedida, send-off party, or an Abschiedsfeier.  Yesterday I went to one, not for my departure, but for the consul of Philippine Embassy extension in Bonn.  The http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/11/bidding-bonn-goodbye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-7371919948481842159Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:00 +00002008-10-27T20:08:47.366+01:00artphotography I took these shots in my room at my host family's house in Sankt Augustin. One need not go out to find interesting photography subjects- especially so if it is cold outside! Just look around your room and, with the right lighting and composition, a corner, crack, or even a dirt may yield an artwork.http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/sun-light-and-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-8413008987191541899Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:28:00 +00002008-10-26T12:50:18.066+01:00photographytraveltrainsrecreationSpaintransportationI love trains, and the stations and the platforms that come with them. I am the chance passenger sort, who most of the time doesn't check tram or U-bahn schedules, unless I really need to. Or at least I do when I am already on the platform waiting for the train's arrival. That's why I always bring a book and my music player. They come in handy to while away the extra time in between (and http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/leisure-in-rush-hour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-3698648153291915796Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +00002008-10-25T18:35:29.084+02:00United NationsdevelopmentBonngermany I rushed to Bonn city center this morning when I remembered that a United Nations Day event is to be held there. I spotted a poster somewhere in the city a few days ago that there will be a celebration of some sort.  I googled for a programme of the activities before I headed downtown and decided it was worth checking out. In Bonn, the mood was festive. Tents were put up to house different UN http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/united-nations-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-2966794530063259790Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:45:00 +00002008-10-21T23:55:21.606+02:00travelgermanyLast Sunday's weather was perfect like what the forecast said. The sun was out and so were the people, and that includes my host family and me. We drove from Sankt Augustin down to Koblenz shortly after brunch. The trip lasted almost a couple of hours.In Koblenz, two rivers meet. Koblenz got its name from the Latin derivative of 'confluence' as the rivers Rhine and Moselle create a confluencehttp://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/meeting-rhine-and-moselle-in-koblenz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-2087104028397178408Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:52:00 +00002008-10-16T19:02:18.789+02:00careerI asked my adviser what would be the recession-proof industry. I got a 'newspaper' as a reply.  With newspapers and other traditional media being an industry that has took some beating and consequently lay-offs, albeit not directly from the recession although very much economic reason, I thought it was a joke.  His argument though, was newspaper, and journalists, will have a plethora of topics tohttp://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/out-of-job-from-financial-crisis-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-7967796743112564208Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:04:00 +00002008-10-15T17:02:02.809+02:00blogeventsMy contribution to the Blog Action Day 2008 on Poverty would be searching and rewriting development-related news as part of my internship. I usually do this task for the environment program. But the host of the development program approached me this morning and asked for this favor which I gladly accepted. I didn't know today coincides with Blog Action Day that focuses on poverty.So far, the http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-action-day-2008-poverty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4350758469500680478Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:20:00 +00002008-10-14T17:28:04.681+02:00PhilippinesfreiburgmediaI was tracking the PSE's performance today through the PDI, when I saw a familiar name of a place on the main page. Amado de Jesus wrote about Freiburg, in what seems to be a real estate-oriented column called 'Property Focus.' The article basically describes how Freiburg became the 'green model for the world', but offers no insight as to learning that can be applied to the Philippine context. http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/freiburg-in-inquirer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4096741849806822425Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:11:00 +00002008-10-13T23:05:31.919+02:00germanycurrent eventsLike every morning for the past two weeks (supposedly until last night), I wait at a bus stop where I take my bus to Siegburg main train station. I usually take a look at the coin-operated newspaper stand to get a glimpse of what concerns Germany at the moment. This Express (last Saturday) is no Der Spiegel, but the paper is speaking the same language like other dailies and other forms of mediahttp://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/headline.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-7636192380285382858Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:23:00 +00002008-10-13T21:59:40.784+02:00environmentThe colors of autumn are everywhere.  From the fringes of trees turning yellow to a plaid scarves looped around people's necks.  Mornings are getting nippy.  The rain is a real spoiler to this beautiful season however, like the other week, although the past few days have been sunny, a little warm even. Maybe I will be in denial that it is still summer until the first snowflake falls.http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/falls-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-4045944058039183770Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:15:00 +00002008-10-13T10:15:17.167+02:00germanytransportationThe Universität/Markt U-Bahn stationThe U-Bahn (that's the German version of the tube) stations in Bonn come in eye candy colors. Yellow is the theme in Museumsmeile/Heuesalle where I get off every morning to get to Deutsche Welle. Most of the stations and U-Bahns are also showing signs of wear and tear, but the visual diversion in each station is welcomed from the older and craggier innards of http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/green-transportation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-6510460696248397468Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:35:00 +00002008-10-12T18:57:57.201+02:00BonngermanyOne of the better 'world views' I have absorbed so far during the International Conference on Environment, Forced Migration & Social Vulnerability is not one that I picked up from the sessions, but from the wide windows of a UN University conference room. The UN Uni has one of the enviable view of the Rhine River in Bonn, only rivaled by the Post Tower which lords it over the Bonn landscape.The http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/rhine-river-and-wasserwerk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970872.post-2211555867524603520Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:05:00 +00002008-10-08T10:09:09.000+02:00PhilippinesFilipinocultureMedia and minority groups While I am struggling to write a reaction paper for the media and minority forum I attended the other week, I fittingly stumbled upon comments through blog posts and in Youtube that are now reeling over the sketch of a Filipina maid in the British comedy 'Harry and Paul.' International (e.g., Sky and BBC, and IHT) and Philippine (e.g., PDI) media websites have also http://freetaste.blogspot.com/2008/10/harry-and-paulstarring-filipina-maid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jadz)0