The Longest Week

I arrived on the 15th of July, and the first thing I noticed was the heat and the humidity, what we call summer (23 degrees) in the UK was the temperature of the air conditioning in the car, whilst outside was averaging 33-37 degrees. Not only that, the second day of my dad and I's arrival, there was a power cut which left the whole neighborhood without electricity. So every night for 5 days, we would do every thing  with the aid of candle light at temperatures reaching 37 degrees. 

The lack of electricity meant the lack of wi-fi which I needed to update my blog, however my uncle who had shared the same experiences of poverty in the farm with my dad, further explained the hardships the locals went through. An example would be that, one can of sardines would be split between a family of six once every week, and the locals would scavenge for vegetables or anything edible among the shrubbery as a substitute. Additionally, my auntie had explained that the farmers would start their work at 3am in the morning and not stop till 12 noon for a break, and then resume work at 2pm and continue till 8pm to rest in preparation for the next day.

The information provided is a good example of primary research.

1 Week til Philippines

This the complete final plan I have made for my time in the Philippines. I haven't blogged in a while due to the completion of this plan as well as the PPR and the questionnaire I plan to ask my dad as well as the locals which actually work in the farm. I also have ordered the GOPRO!!So excited. I have also contemplated some things such as I don't plan on using iMovie maker to edit my video as GoPro have actually made a similar program called "GoPro Studios" which is free, as opposed to the iMovie which isn't, aprox £3. Moreover, GoPro studio offers more features such as speeding or slowing down video clips and has better frame resolution than iMovie. However, the only drawback to acquiring GoPro studio is that it requires a PC or a Mac, which I do not have the luxury of, especially if I am to live on the farm. iMovie on the other hand, can be downloaded on a handheld device such as an iPad, which I'm planning taking with me. Practical wise, iMovie is more suitable for the environment I am going to be in.


I am also on my way to complete a record of sources, all of which are secondary, for now. I haven't been able to interview my one primary resource, my dad, as he has been very busy as of late. Nevertheless, the upcoming week should give me ample time to get what I need out of him. All the sources have been useful and I have yet to encounter any that are not, and they are also reliable as I have used the learning resources such as Jstor and Jiscc, which contain many Oxford and Cambridge published documents, which are well renowned universities.