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PHILIPPINES TEACHING ASSIGNMENT

Saturday, May 15, 2010

WALKING AROUND THE AIIAS CAMPUS

AIIAS stands for Adventist International Institution for Advanced Studies, the Far Eastern Division’s Seminary that also has a graduate school giving advanced degrees in Business, Public Health and Education. It’s set on a tract of land (40 acres?) surrounded by a wall with barbed wire on top of it. It is an oasis of order and care in the midst of the chaotic muddle that surrounds it. I’ve not (yet?) been very systematic about touring, but will take you along on my Sabbath morning walk. First, here’s an overall view of my house…..
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Faculty housing is on two sides of the periphery of campus, and all are like this - duplexes with the garage between, and adjacent kitchens at the back of the house. They’re all made of masonry that’s been plastered inside and out. I’ll do another post just about the house, later on…..

When I walk out the front door and turn left, this is what I see….note the wall on your right - we’re at the back of campus, far from the busy road that runs by the entrance out front. On the left are the houses, lining the peripheral campus drive.
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Posted by Earl on 05/15 at 05:24 PM
PHILIPPINES TEACHING ASSIGNMENT • 02 AIIAS • Comments •

VISIT TO A LOCAL MALL and SUPERMARKET - UPDATED

Sadly, I wasn’t able to get a picture of the exterior of the mall. When we were far enough away to see anything, we couldn’t stop and I wasn’t able to grab a snap. When we were close, all I could get was big walls. But, it’s a totally enclosed, three-story mall with two main halls connected (only on floors one and two) by cross passages. VERY busy and noisy….
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I was there with Woodrow Whidden and his wife Peggy, and since he does the grocery shopping, I went with him. We quickly toured the three floors, just to get the layout (I was still somewhat confused) and then we were back at the entrance to the large supermarket on the second floor. It was fairly typical…..although a lot more piles of items on the floor than anywhere but Grocery Outlet, I think…...
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Posted by Earl on 05/15 at 05:38 AM
PHILIPPINES TEACHING ASSIGNMENT • 03 TOURING AIIAS-MANILA AREA • Comments •

Thursday, May 13, 2010

GETTING TO MANILA, ALL IN ONE DAY

A few months ago, I was asked to share the teaching of a class with a good friend, Tim Standish, who works for the GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE in Loma Linda. We’re in Manila, at the ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE for ADVANCED STUDIES, addressing a class of pastors, administrators, and students about the relationship between our religion and modern science.

The adventure started at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Bend, when the alarm clock went off and Gail and I popped out of bed, threw on our clothes, jumped in the car with the two carry-on bags, and drove to Redmond/Bend Airport. I got out, we kissed good-bye, neither of us remembering the bag of sandwiches and fruit I’d packed the night before - writing a BIG NOTE to myself not to forget and leave it in the refrigerator. My plane left at 6:15, and I remembered my breakfast bag about 1/2-way to Portland.

Ah well, I had three hours in the Portland Airport, so I had a “Tree-Hugger’s Scramble” in the grill you can see, near my gate…
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Posted by Earl on 05/13 at 07:49 PM
PHILIPPINES TEACHING ASSIGNMENT • 01 OREGON TO MANILA • Comments •

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