The BLIA Reading Club visited the National Museum today to view the new exhibit called "Gems of Chinese Cultural Antiquities." Since cameras were not allowed inside the museum, we only took a few shots outside the museum.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
National Museum
The BLIA Reading Club visited the National Museum today to view the new exhibit called "Gems of Chinese Cultural Antiquities." Since cameras were not allowed inside the museum, we only took a few shots outside the museum.
J.E.S.T. Camp, Subic Bay
On January 28 to 29, a few members of BLIA Pasig and BLIA HK Subchapter traveled to Subic Bay for some R&R. A highlight of the trip was a visit to J.E.S.T. Camp. J.E.S.T. stands for Jungle Environment Survival Training. For the short visit, we were treated to a demonstration of jungle survival skills by instructors who used to train US Special Forces and Navy SEALs back when there was still an American Navy Base at Subic.
The demonstration included carving cooking and eating utensils from a single bamboo stalk, making fire from dried bamboo, obtaining water from bamboo stalks, and shampoo from gugo (entada phaseolides). Our instructor for the day was Sir Jopel.
After the demonstration by Sir Jopel, we headed to the Butterfly Kingdom and Insectarium to view some unusual insects indigenous to the jungles around Subic Bay.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to check out the other attractions at the camp.
The demonstration included carving cooking and eating utensils from a single bamboo stalk, making fire from dried bamboo, obtaining water from bamboo stalks, and shampoo from gugo (entada phaseolides). Our instructor for the day was Sir Jopel.
After the demonstration by Sir Jopel, we headed to the Butterfly Kingdom and Insectarium to view some unusual insects indigenous to the jungles around Subic Bay.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to check out the other attractions at the camp.
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