Hi. the photo I took of Mr Manolito A. Duran (here on Flickr) on Silliman beach in Dumaguete (Philippines), is being used to day on ODI home page linked to a just published toolkit on Navigating Political Economy Analysis. Have a look: http://www.odi.org.uk/
Green wall, a set on Flickr. The green wall at the elementary school in Piapi, Dumaguete (Philippines)
I was very happy to see that one of my pictures was selected for the new brochure of the Research and Policy in Development programme at the Overseas Development Institute. You can see the brochure HERE. My picture is on the front and back cover. ODI’s Research and Development programme (RAPID) works to understand the relationship between research, policy and practice and promoting evidence-informed policy-making. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the UK’s leading independent think tank […]
Last Sunday took my bicycle and went up to to the mountain behind Dumaguete to go and see how have recovered the areas hit by the typhoon Sendong in December 2011. On the way up I saw this lady walking back home from a nearby market with a shopping bag. I liked her shiny red umbrella.
Bohol, a photo by Arnaldo Pellini on Flickr. The bus was old. No A/C. Windows all up to have some breeze. The conductor was collecting the fare from the passengers and issu tiny colourful tickets with strange symbols on them. Some passengers paid with coins, most paid with notes. The conductor straightened all notes with quick but careful movements and folded them in between his fingers in what resembled to a small paper fan. […]
Nuvole e cielo, a photo by Arnaldo Pellini on Flickr. Nuvole e cielo, we say in Italian: clouds and sky. Was at Canberra airport waiting for my flight to Melbourne. It was mid afternoon and like the narrow strip of land at the horizon compared to the huge blue sky dotted with travelling clouds which disappeared far away under the horizon. They seemed touching on a transparent glass surface. I tune up the blues when […]
Werde art workshop in Dumaguete, a photo by Arnaldo Pellini on Flickr.
Ieri ho incontrato Bartolo qui a Melbourne. È stato un incontro innaspettato dopo l’arrivo da Hong Kong, via Adelaide. All’aereporto ho preso lo SkyBus che porta al terminal in centro: Southern Cross. Lì hanno smistato i turisti diretti a vari alberghi della città. Il mio è Rydges in Swanston Street. Ci sono vari autisti. Tutti in bermuda blu, calzette bianche corte e scarpe da ginnastica nere. Una camicia a maniche corte completa la divisa. Uno […]
Werde art workshop with disadvantaged kids in Dumaguete, a set on Flickr. Art workshop for disadvantaged children organised by Werde in Dumaguete . The workshop was organised with a Dumaguete-based artist: Hersley-Ven Casero. This is his website http://hersley.deviantart.com
I have two daughters. Olga age four. Venla age two. I look at their pictures on the whole of my room in Southwark (London). It is evening. Maybe ten o’clock. I have finished packing my two bags for today’s flight back to Ha Noi via Singapore. I have cleaned the room. Thrown paper away. Folded the jumpers I will not need during the next two months. Put them in a box. Took plastic bags to […]