rathikasitsabaiesan: Maegan and I; in Manila during our orientation
rathikasitsabaiesan: Beth, the Canadian coordinator for the PIOM
rathikasitsabaiesan: Prof. Judy Tagiwala, Myself, Beth Dollaga, Bootz Estrella, Councillor Randall Garrison (Esquimalt)
rathikasitsabaiesan: Prof. Judy Tagiwala and Rathika Sitsabaiesan
rathikasitsabaiesan: Rathika Sitsabaiesan with MP Don Davies, and Councillor Randall Garrison (Esquimalt)
rathikasitsabaiesan: Randall, Beth and I -- after being awake for 3 days straight....
rathikasitsabaiesan: View of the market leading to China Town from the train station
rathikasitsabaiesan: Inside the train...we had it lucky and spacious--we waited as 4 trains passed before we got an empty one to get onto
rathikasitsabaiesan: A train that passed by without us being able to get on
rathikasitsabaiesan: Another full train
rathikasitsabaiesan: Randall and I on our venture to China town...well, so far we only made it to the train station and had one train pass by too full
rathikasitsabaiesan: Pauline and I -- China town venture
rathikasitsabaiesan: A private jeepney -- main mode of public transportaion
rathikasitsabaiesan: PIOM kick off in Malate, Metro Manila -- Rebecca of PIOM Secretariat speaking
rathikasitsabaiesan: Rebecca getting things started
rathikasitsabaiesan: Welcoming with song...the Filipino way
rathikasitsabaiesan: Sitting in San Francisco--looking at the gigantic aircraft that awaits to take us across the world