This document appears to be a series of tweets and posts from someone's experience participating in a Global Service Exchange (GSE) program in Manila, Philippines over the course of several weeks. The posts describe visits to various government departments, non-profits, and housing projects focused on topics like urban planning, disaster recovery from flooding, affordable housing, and tree planting initiatives. They also mention meetings with local officials, presentations to Rotary clubs, mid-tour breaks to places like Boracay, and enjoying the local culture through games and food.

1. GSE 2013
District 1280 » 3780 Quezon
City Manila

2. What is GSE?

5. “Welcome to Manila”

6. “Fantastic second day starting at
5am in Quezon City; a flag
ceremony, meeting the mayor,
appearing on UNTV and a second
mall trip”

7. “Off to the National Housing
Authority headquarters in QC – so
much to see”

8. “Great to hear from the Quezon
City planning dept about hsg
projects – lots of similarities
but bigger waiting lists with
slums all over the city”

10. “Off to city hall and the urban
planning department today. Then
blazers on for the first
presentation”

11. “National Housing Authority, tree
planting and a much needed night
out…”

12. “Off to play some Filipino games
which according to my hosts need
to remain a surprise”

13. “Fiesta at a housing project and
gangnam style the Filipino way”

14. “Enjoying some invigorating
herbal tea at the Chinese
medicine office of Dr Bong in QC
in slight deviation from housing”

15. “Another great housing project
this morning able to withstand
the 2009 flooding”

16. “Filipino govt: Windows 7,
laptops, macs, and a presentation
in an outdoor location not a
problem. Definitely lessons to be
learnt here!”

17. “Greening the Philippines
„Mission Possible‟ presentation
on the govt tree planting
programme from the HQ in QC”

18. “Turns out I met the top person
for housing in the Philippines
today. Possibly should have had
some better chat than jam jar
accounts + #bedroomtax”

19. “Off to Boracay for a mid tour
break. Some exciting challenges
ahead”

20. “You can follow my fellow
traveller Councillor Richard
Silvester‟s experience at
www.richardewsilvester.blogspot.c
om”

21. “Am feeling like I deserve some
sort of prize after working out
how to connect to Filipino 3G and
now their mysterious internet
bundles”

22. “QR codes for more info on the
stamp pictures. Great idea!”

23. “Off to meet the chairman of the
MMDA. Better prepared this time
with questions about their comms
and app”

24. “@MMDA thankyou very much for
showing us around today. You
showed us some amazing work and
we‟ve learnt a lot #rotary
#manila”

25. “First lunch: burgers at the
Special Action Force. Second
lunch: Organic food at a farm in
the hills”

26. “Just in case anyone thought I
was having too much fun here I‟d
like to let you know my alarm is
set for 4am”

27. “Off to Baguio and defeat for
Dan‟s van”

28. “Quote of the day from Richard on
North Korea: „There‟ really no
need for any of this‟ – could
someone pass the message on?”

29. “Final preparations for the big
presentation tomorrow..!”

30. “@JonL-BaH Thanks – luckily tech
wise they‟re quite a bit further
advanced than the UK so hopefully
no issues”

31. “Our first presentation seemed to
go down well despite the audio
track in the video being out. Got
a few hundred rotarians doing
Zumba though!”

32. “Our last week off to a good
start with a visit to
@phoenixpublish #rotary #manila”

33. “Really interesting that Filipino
children learn about govt depts,
NGOS and #housing at 12. No
wonder they think we‟re so badly
informed”

34. “Loving our off the record
#rotary nights out. Clubbing and
personal security on the way to
the toilet #welltakencareof”

35. “Last day in Quezon City looking
good with visits to Seed Finance,
the Red Cross, he immigration
department and goodbye drinks
#manila #rotary”

36. “Following my donations to
@lendwithcare at SEED Finance”

37. It’s been more fun in the
Philippines…
Thankyou!
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