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Monthly Archive: January 2014
Weather got better – Fishermen are out in the Sea
Weather got much better today. Only a short rain in the morning and then dry. The waves are moderate and there is only one cloud layer left. The perfect weather for fishing. Our neighbor...
Airline Fares – correct and incorrect
Today I found two commercial messages in my e-mail. The 2 big Pinoy airlines want to sell their seats. Before I comment, have a look at the pictures. Do you really believe that you...
Weather is slowly getting better
The “INQUIRER” published an interesting overview of the Tropical Depression LINGLING/Agaton. Here is an excerpt, a link to the full article is at the end. Extreme or unusual weather is the new normal; there is...
Highway Butuan – Cagayan de Oro still interrupted
The National Highway between Butuan and Cagayan de Oro is still interrupted. The bridge in Balingasag is severely damaged. A gap of more than 6 meters closes-off all tarfic between the two cities. There...
Online Photo Album
Do you remember, we also have a photo album on-line: Photos from the Philippines [GARD] [GARD]
Filipinos love humor
Mae Mosqueda published this newspaper cut-out. Filipinos love humor, they always make fun of whatever they see and whatever happens to them ….
Old Silent Gardens still lives!
We got many mails and even phone calls from our community. Most of them were friendly and asked us to make the old Silent Gardens available at least until the new version is fully...
North-East Mindanao flooded
It rained all day on our little lovely island of Camiguin. Camiguin lays some 15 km north of Mindanao. We wondered how the weather was over in Mindanao. This evening came the shocking messages....
Cagayan de Oro on CODE RED
The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office has issued a CODE RED STATUS as of 1:58pm today as heavy rains continue to pour into the city. A CODE RED WARNING means there will be...
Bad weather = a programming bug
The weather here in Camiguin is still bad – no it got worse. So I thought to have a look at our new weather page to see what the forecast says and to have...
Bad weather = annoying malls
In one of my previous posts I informed you about the bad weather in the south of the Philippines. What can you do other than bring your annoyed partner to a shopping mall? She’ll...
Got hacked!
No, not our website, but the website of a friend here on the island. And it’s not the first time he gets hacked. Instead of the usual welcome message, visitors got this screen: This...
Camiguin is grey, rainy and cold
The Tropical Depression LINGLING/Agaton is now hovering since more than a week over the southern islands of the Philippines. The soils are saturated with water and slopes start to slide without any warning sign....
The Silent Gardens Blog is back
We are happy to inform you that the Silent Gardens Blog is back and it is working. Yesterday, while we updated the website, we had a brown-out and the whole blog went crazy. No...
Wet weekend ahead
A weak low pressure area (LPA) is moving towards south-eastern Mindanao. It will enhance the rainfall the southern islands encountered already during the whole week. This weather is normal for the current season. Cold...
Do you print spaghetti?
Barilla, world’s biggest pasta maker, successfully copies Nestlé’s NESPRESSO strategy. Everybody can brew a coffee and everybody can make pasta – at least boil the hardened ones out of the bag or pack. In 1976,...
How blondes speak Filipino language
It is always funny to listen to foreigners pronouncing Filipino names of cities and islands. The most funny ones are the French. You cannot understand where they want to go. But also English speaking...
Cebu Pacific / Tigerair Deal – DONE!
Cebu Pacific Air takes over Tigerair (Philippines)! A press-conference of the two companies was held at 10 a.m. this morning. Cebu Pacific Air is a unit of JG Summit Holdings, while Tiger Air is the...
It’s more fun in the (northern) Philippines during Amihan
We expected it since begin of December, now it is here: The southern Philippines Wet Season. The sky is some 50 shades of grey and very often it get’s really wet. Usually the wet...
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