Manila Downunder

~~ THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN ~~

ALL FERLIE PHOTOS REMOVED
BUT AVAILABLE

I have been overwhelmed by the amount of support coming in for keeping this site. Many friends, past and present are apparently enjoying keeping up with the barkada, as our our family and friend in the Philippines.

This sort of support is what really helps to make the effort all worth it. Especially with work getting busier for the year and time becoming more limited as our Philippine museum charity work ramps up.


Regardless of which email I looked at , the usual sentiment was not to allow the bad few ruin it for everyone, not ruin the website and not ruin your friendships with those Filipinos who do care and form the most wonderful and kind hearted people you could ever meet.



Despite a severe physical assault on a number of our group over the weekend I am going to push on with the site and not let people down.
I am also going to try harder to concentrate on those wonderful Filipino friends and family that I have, not allowing outside influences to interfere with this.



While the website is continuing, I am planning a whole new, and more positive, change in direction to our content. Our group has always been known for its fun, its compasion and its caring for each other.
The attacks against us only help us to become stronger, care for each other more and strengthen our resolve to do whats right.


While I have noticed a huge increase in visitor numbers during the recent sad events aimed at us, I am hopeful that numbers will not drop to much with the more positive aim of this blog.

If excessively bad things continue to happen I shall consider reporting them for the safety of myself and my beloved barkada friends, however hopefully this is not something that will be required shortly.


A few readers have said they want to add comments or photos but are unsure of how to do it. The easy way is to email me on the GSpot Barkada email address with whatever you wish to contribute and mention that it is for the website.

Feel free to tell us about your trips, show photos of your family in the Philippines, share jokes (particularly love funny Philippine photos and jokes), tell us about any charity you are helping with in the Philippines, or just about anything else you feel may be of interest.


The Philippines and Filipinos are great people - lets all celebrate both.


Please enjoy the new website.


Regards
A Somewhat Bruised Brad :-P