Have you seen Smokey Mountain lately? †The same Smokey Mountain that has brought so much shame to our country? †That monstrous pile of stinking human refuse from all over Metro Manila. †Yes, that’s the permanent image of Smokey Mountain etched on the minds of millions here and abroad.
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Posts Tagged ‘ boy scouts ’
Smokey Mountain, then and now
Nuts about knots
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I AM A CERTIFIED NUT CASE when it comes to knots. I am not exactly an expert in knot tying but I have this compulsion (or should I say addiction?) to collect any reference material on knot tying that I come across.
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My knot tying reference materials now include some Websites, You Tube videos,...
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PHOTOBLOG: A not-so-ordinary day in Mt. Makiling
IN a recent blog post I narrated how some members of the Delbros AB Normal Club attempted to climb the summit of Mt. Makiling and failed. †It was not entirely a lost cause and we had much fun (and great photos) along the way. †After all, it is the journey, not the destination, that...
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Letting Go
IT’S NOT THE TITLE of my new movie.
It is the first and most important lesson in rapelling. †And it’s a lesson I learned on October 18 when, for the first time, I tried this high-adrenalin and heart-pumping activity.
My friends at the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) were teaching young kids how...
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Boy Scout National Office now a Wi-Fi Hot Spot; The Meraki advantage
Last week my tech support hit squad in Delbros activated eight of the nine Meraki wireless transmitters I bought online from the US which we recently installed at the BSP National Office in front of SM Manila. The ninth unit is already installed at the canteen in the third floor but it is waiting...
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Wi-Fi Enabling the Boy Scouts
The BSP Wi-Fi Project
Just a few months ago it was nothing more than a lofty dream: make the entire almost 1 hectare BSP National Office compound a Wi-Fi spot to benefit the BSP professional staff as well as visiting Scouts and Scout volunteers (i.e. Scouters).
Now it is an actual project with funding from no...
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