The Philippines --

A Country of Wonder, Beauty,and Vitality

  I still sigh when I think of my life in the Philippines.  I lived in Iloilo City for one year of my young adult life in 1998-1999.  It was the greatest experience of my life.  I was sent through an organization called Rotary (refer to below) which helps to send high school students to foreign countries for a year of study.  My education while there was superb, my lifestyle wonderful, and my social life a blur or fun and excitement.  Within this page you will find the best and most interesting sites for the Philippines and Rotary you can find. Thank you, and I hope you find everything interesting.

This link will lead you to a short biographical look at Iloilo City, the area of the Philippines which I resided in.

This link will lead you to an informative site about the Ilonggo (or Visaya), the dialect spoken in Iloilo. It includes a dictionary naming hundreds of Visayan words.

This link will lead you to an Ilonggo's web page, mainly written all in Ilonggo, with a small, very accurate dictionary included.

This link will lead you to Rotary International Youth Exchange, a site telling you everything you need to know about becoming a Youth Exchange Student.