After reading Cryptonomicon (which comes absolutely recommended to anyone who is a history, geography, computer, cryptology, military, math, science, or other sort of nerd btw) I remembered a lot of the cool stuff I learned in Pinoy Teach in middle school. Basically, the Philippines is the or one of the most insane, wonderful, frightening, chaotic, crazy, romantic, fantastical, fascinating, historical, exotic, and astounding places in the entire fucking planet. Scuba diving, emerging markets, cultural crossroads, thousands and thousands of languages, buried treasure (everything from Spanish dubloons to Japanese war gold to Ferdinand Marcos’ legendary stash), myriad wildlife, jungles, heat, ocean, humidity, adventure…it’s all in the Philippines. I need to re-learn more about the history of the Philippines, now that I think about it…