These are inmates at the Cebu Rehabilitation and Detention Center in Cebu, the Philippines who did a choreographed version of the Thriller dance.
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Fighting Traffic with Bad Policies
Posted on June 19, 2009 by alexbartik
In my first month in the Philippines, I planned to take a bus one weekend from Manila to Banaue. I got in the cab about an hour and 20 minutes before the bus was supposed to leave, figuring this was plenty of time to get to the bus station. I was very wrong. We ran [...]
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Kristof, Bandits and Danger in the developing world
Posted on June 9, 2009 by alexbartik
Meredith Startz on the IPA blog sends us to Nicholas Kristof’s column Cum Laude in Evading Bandits. Although I agree with Kristof’s overall point – that there are a lot of educational and personal benefits to living in developing countries – he emphasizes the dangers and hazards of the developing world too much. For example [...]
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A Conversation I have Every Day
Posted on June 5, 2009 by alexbartik
“Hey Joe [this is how Americans are usually addressed], where are you from?” Me: The US “Ah, Barack Obama. How old are you?” Me: 23 “Very young, but you’re so tall! Are you married?” Me: No “Why aren’t you married? Are you looking for a wife?” Me: “Uhh…I dunno”
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Best Jeepney Names
Posted on June 2, 2009 by alexbartik
I love Jeepneys. They’re elongated American-style jeeps painted in bright colors and used as the main form of mass transit in the Philippines. One of my favorite features of Jeepneys is that they usually have names written on the front (Sra. de la Paz and Jade are pictured above). These names are usually religious references [...]
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Game Time
Posted on June 1, 2009 by alexbartik
After 4 weeks of surveyor training and survey testing/piloting we finally start surveying today for the pilot of one of the projects I’m working on. I’ll be out in 3 semi-urban sitios (neighborhoods) making sure things are going well for most of the day today.
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The best branded company in the world?
Posted on May 31, 2009 by alexbartik
Cashewman asks “What is coke doing right?” while posting a picture of two shepherds drinking coca-cola in Ethiopia. I have also been amazed by the strength of the coca-cola brand and the availability of coca-cola in the developing world. The picture above shows 3 storefronts in Cagayan de Oro. These coke signs are ubiquitous throughout [...]
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