up and at 'em!

Good Morning!

it's 8am and i woke up a little while ago.
i can hear people being active and running around.

i can feel it's a warm day outside.

i guess where i am staying also has  a film school here and I met some of the students yesterday evening. I wandered around the complex a bit and found out we are right on the edge of the water. oh, and there's a little thatched "hut" that is the little Bar and hang out area.

http://www.bigfootstudios.com/


i am at the building on the far right. where the trees are between that building and the big main one is where the ostriches are kept.
the front main doors is where the FTV cafe is, and around the back is where the little bar is.
there are some smoking sections but the entire facility is non-smoking. which actually is quite nice.

off to shower again, more diving today. i really need to find me some sunscreen.
my bald head is getting burnt a bit. i can feel it's a little tender :(

Happy New Year!

恭喜發財,利是逗來

;-)

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so a couple of people that i've met at the scuba center actually left China to escape to a place where it's not celebrated and where the climate is much nicer. they're not wrong, it's lovely here.

today i woke up a a bit early and walked over to the lobby/cafe to get breakfast.
-the building on the left is where i am staying, the one on the right is the main center.


big birds - don't know why they're here, but there are about 10 of them.

having breakfast in the lobby


video.
heading back from the dive center to Bigfoot Studios - there's a statue there. supposed to be the site where Magellan was killed.

this was taken yesterday. at the place i've been training at.

i posted some other photos and videos from yesterday/last nite/today.

i got finished with work today around 11h30 and now i've got a day with nothing to do.
tonight i'm supposed to go do some test shoots in a pool.

work is hard but someone has to do it!

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I'm even getting some history lessons too.

I'm actually not in Cebu City or on Cebu Island, but another place called Lapu Lapu on the island of Mactan which is just Southeast of Cebu Island.
It is still part of the province of Cebu though.

In 1521, the Battle of Mactan took place (the first between local Filipinos and Europeans). Lapu Lapu was also the name of the local chieftain and when Ferdinand Magellan landed on the island of Cebu, the king of Cebu convinced him to go to Mactan and kill the ruler of the island, Lapu Lapu. During this battle, Spanish soldiers were defeated while under the command of Ferdinand Magellan who was killed. (the video i posted 2008 February 7 - Lapu Lapu, Mactan (heading back from ScubaWorld to Bigfoot) has the statue of where he died. it's posted above).

Lapu Lapu is pretty much the first Philippine hero. Magellan is given the honor of being the asshole that brought the first Europeans over in the form of Spanish colonization.

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All the photos and video are HERE