Cavalier Lily's Diary



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09/12/31 Japanese food in our home
09/12/29 House Construction - Compilation
09/12/24 Christmas Party
09/12/21 Christmas presents
09/12/18 Country Mall
09/12/14 To Cebu Island
09/12/13 Peaceful days
09/12/05 Christmas illuminations at Depolog
09/11/30 Evening race
09/11/25 Evening walk
09/11/19 Introducing my home
09/11/13 Tuna sashimi
09/11/11 Studying arithmetic
09/11/10 evening
09/11/08 big family
09/11/06 Kappa Ebisen
09/11/02 Farmland and corn
09/11/01 Weight measurement
09/10/29 Tigdok Animal Zoo
09/10/28 On Dad's pillow
09/10/23 Feature: Women of Cebu
09/10/23 Rabies vaccination in Cebu
09/10/15 Car air conditioning repair
09/10/13 Typhoon damage in Manila
09/10/11 Watching a movie
09/10/03 The state of farmland
09/10/02 hospitalization
09/09/25 Birthday party
09/09/21 Urethral stones again
09/09/21 Drying rice
09/09/20 Jump rope in the evening
09/09/19 Rice harvest
09/09/15 Lily is fast charging.
09/09/11 Jian Jinny is an excellent student.
09/09/09 The dancing girls
09/09/08 Going to farmland
09/09/07 A walk
09/09/06 Relaxing on the terrace
09/09/03 A beaming smile
09/08/29 terrace
09/08/23 Roroy-chan Jump
09/08/22 Visiting farmland
09/08/17 Terin's birthday
09/08/16 Roroy-chan
09/08/10 Staying home alone
09/08/09 NHK WORLD Shortwave Broadcasting
09/08/08 stroll
09/08/06 Amateur radio tower
09/08/05 To Gigi Hospital
09/08/04 Elementary school event
09/08/02 It's cold in the Philippines too...
09/07/31 Roroy-chan
09/07/25 Lily's dad's friend
09/07/19 Model
09/07/19 Amateur radio 144MHz antenna
09/07/18 Construction of a pigsty on farmland
09/07/17 A walk in the afternoon
09/07/17 Morning scenery
09/07/16 Morning walk
09/07/10 Amateur radio 50MHz antenna
09/07/13 Sleeping peacefully together
09/07/12 Dog Festival
09/07/09 Houses and pigsties on farmland
09/07/09 Study room
09/07/08 PRIUS
09/07/07 They caught a shoplifter.
09/07/07 A walk
09/07/07 kindergarten
09/07/04 Japanese cuisine
09/07/03 I love you
09/07/02 CQ CQ CQ!
09/07/02 Farmland and work sheds
09/07/02 table
09/07/01 My pride and joy: the bath
09/06/30 Carabao
09/06/25 Third hospitalization
09/06/21 I'm down with diarrhea.
09/06/15 Land development
09/06/15 New family and outlet
09/06/14 Farmland maintenance and picnics
09/06/14 Land development
09/06/13 5th Family Anniversary
09/06/11 Lily and Loroy
09/06/10 House construction and completion
09/06/08 House construction and completion party
09/06/05 Truck breaks down
09/05/31 Beautiful Queen
09/05/30 Searching for farmland
09/05/29 Amateur radio antenna
09/05/28 Playing together
09/05/28 House construction/room conditions
09/05/27 global warming
09/05/26 beach
09/05/24 The distance between Lily and Loroy
09/05/17 Roroy-chan
09/05/15 A delicate distance
09/05/13 First meeting
09/05/10 Roroy-chan
09/05/08 Hello, my name is Roroy.
09/05/07 I'm going to Cebu Island.
09/05/05 I bought a truck for business purposes.
09/05/01 House construction/room conditions
09/04/29 5th birthday
09/04/22 They are cherished.
09/04/20 Building a house and another hospital stay.
09/04/17 Rice harvest
09/04/15 The rice harvest will be here soon.
09/04/14 The roof for the house has arrived.
09/04/13 bicycle
09/04/11 run
09/04/11 Lunch with the kids
09/04/08 House construction and parking
09/04/07 Running after a long time
09/04/02 Summer vacation
09/03/27 I have a little free time
09/03/24 Gentle and heartwarming
09/03/22 rice paddy
09/03/20 Special day
09/03/18 Shopping by sidecar
09/03/18 House construction - window frames
09/03/15 A peaceful morning
09/03/11 House building - Lily also visits
09/03/09 House construction/room conditions
09/03/08 pool
09/03/07 House construction - shower room
09/03/07 Morning walk on the beach
09/03/05 House construction and electrical work
09/03/04 Riding in a sidecar
09/03/02 Going to Cagayan
09/02/28 Street corner scenery
09/02/28 House construction - Top view
09/02/27 Elementary school event
09/02/25 House construction - roof and ceiling
09/02/25 I'm feeling better now.
09/02/24 House construction and roof framing
09/02/24 House building and farmland search
09/02/23 Lily has fully recovered.
09/02/23 House construction - roof framework
09/02/20 Something is wrong with Lily's eyes.
09/02/19 House construction and water/sewage systems
09/02/18 Lily's dad is hospitalized.
09/02/15 drive
09/02/14 House construction - Top view
09/02/13 business
09/02/13 Animal hospital
09/02/11 Jackfruit
09/02/10 House construction and kitchen
09/02/08 Swimming in the sea
09/02/07 Car battery replacement
09/02/05 House construction and wall painting
09/02/05 Morning walk
09/02/04 House construction and electrical work
09/02/03 Banana flower
09/02/01 Resurrection Lily
09/01/31 Return to Osamis
09/01/29 About cars
09/01/28 Receiving a visa in Cebu
09/01/24 It's peaceful.
09/01/23 House construction - Top view
09/01/23 sunrise
09/01/22 House construction - walls
09/01/21 intruder
09/01/20 House construction and foundation work
09/01/20 End of the rainy season
Fluffy Lily
09/01/19 House construction and foundation work
09/01/18 House construction and well digging
09/01/17 House construction / Temporary shed
09/01/16 Building a house
09/01/15 Osamis Blackout
09/01/10 Purchase of land in a residential area
09/01/05 rainbow
09/01/05 Osamis Elementary School
09/01/03 Land search / House search
09/01/02 A vast playground
09/01/01 New Year's Festival
09/01/01 Happy new year
Cavalier Lily's Diary: Osamis's Elementary School.(2009/01/05)
Cavalier, Lily
This day last year...
January 5, 2008.
I apologize to those who were looking forward to 'Lily's Diary', as there are fewer photos of Lily today.
for a while,Lily and Lily's Dad's Diary of Life on Mindanao Island.I hope you'll read it with that in mind.

As I've written before, I've witnessed many times Japanese people living in the Philippines making disparaging remarks about Filipinos in public places and restaurants, and I've even been forced to witness it myself.

Seeing even my boss and the president of a subsidiary of a major company like Nissan, people with a certain level of status, repeatedly using phrases like 'After all, they're Filipinos.', I planted a single seed called Gigi in Cebu in August 2007 before leaving the Philippines. (I felt that the Japanese people who were hurling insults at Filipinos in Cebu were ultimately losers who wouldn't even be taken seriously in Japan.)

Thanks to everyone's support, that seed has grown big, blossomed, and is now poised to move on to a new stage.

Having come to Osamis on Mindanao, I've realized that Cebu is a unique and special place, while Osamis has all the necessary infrastructure for daily life.
The elementary school I'm introducing today is a good example; the essential social infrastructure is functioning properly.

  • Japanese society is experiencing dysfunction in social infrastructure such as schools and hospitals.
  • The diversity that Japanese society has discarded in its pursuit of efficiency to the extreme. The magnitude of the distortion caused by that loss.
  • The town of Osamis has a functioning infrastructure, but it is a society where the living standards of the people who use it vary greatly.
  • Amidst the chaos and diversity, Mindanao, as the Philippines' massive food production hub, remains vibrant regardless of the global economy.


So, which one offers more hope for the future?

*I haven't seen everything myself. I should add that there are many Japanese people living quietly in the Philippines.
Gian and Ginny start elementary school today.
This will be my first day of school since moving from Labason.
We've been busy getting ready since early this morning, but Lily is a good girl and is sitting quietly.
A bento box made by Gigi.
The side dishes look a little sparse, but the children are overjoyed with just this.
For various reasons, neither Gian (left) nor Ginny (center) were able to receive a proper education in Labason.
For that reason alone, I'm very happy that I can go to school.
I bought a bag yesterday and a water bottle filled with juice. I packed my textbooks and notebooks into the bag.
I'll be going to the same elementary school as Raisa-chan.
This is a photo taken from the front entrance of the elementary school.
A photo of the garden taken from in front of the principal's office.
Let's get started with the transfer of residency procedures.
However, since they didn't have Gian and Ginny's documents, they said they would handle the communication between the schools.
The principal seemed like a very kind person.
Incidentally, there are apparently about 300 students from first grade to sixth grade.
Both Gian and Ginny transferred to the first-grade class.
The streets where the parade was to take place were overflowing with people because President Arroyo was visiting Osamis.
They said they would also visit the elementary school that Raisa, Gian, and Ginny attend, but the students were already out in the town square.

The president apparently cares deeply about Mindanao...
January 3, 2009    January 5, 2009.