Hello from the Philippines! My name is Gabriella Cacanindin and I am a Senior Business major from Biola University, utilizing my skills this summer as an intern for Monsoon. I am a Filipina-American aka a “FilAm.” I visited the Philippines for the first time in January 2009. The food captured my belly, but the people captured [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Monsoon’
Back to the Roots
Posted: 17th June 2011 by Gabriella in Introduction, Life, UncategorizedTags: Davao, Gabriella, media, missions, Monsoon, philippines, SIL
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Another Piece in the Picture
Posted: 28th January 2011 by Debora in Life, WorkTags: asia, Internship, life lessons, Monsoon
It feels like yesterday that I left Germany to spend three months as an intern with Monsoon. But time flies and I’m already preparing to go back to freezing Germany. Before I leave I wanted to share some last thoughts with you. The last three months have been an intense and eventful time for me. [...]
Five months in thirteen pictures
Posted: 26th January 2011 by Daniel in LifeTags: Bohol, Boracay, images, Internship, Manila, Monsoon, Ortigas Center, Panglao Island, pictures, Smokey Mountain, Vacation
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE… After serving Monsoon for five months, I will fly back to Germany and continue my online journalism studies until summer 2012. Because it’s hard for me to find the right words for my final blog article (I hate saying goodbye!), I decided to let pictures tell my experiences in the Philippines. [...]
Teamwork defeats sickness
Posted: 26th November 2010 by Daniel in LifeTags: email, facebook, Monsoon, sick, sickness, Teamwork
When I wrote this email to the whole Monsoon team four days ago, I was sick and felt sad, exhausted, and upset: Dear Monsoon, Today I went to the doctor. He said I have an “allergy against the environment”, which means he doesn’t know what exactly causes this allergy. It might be because of the [...]