Rising Water: Royal Valley
I met Rachel, a coordinator for a non-governmental organization, at a restaurant called Mesa. She wore a long, white dress and told me that she had trained as a nurse. It was 11:30 on...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published September 4, 2019 · Last modified March 7, 2022
I met Rachel, a coordinator for a non-governmental organization, at a restaurant called Mesa. She wore a long, white dress and told me that she had trained as a nurse. It was 11:30 on...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published August 11, 2019 · Last modified March 7, 2022
It was a Saturday evening in Davao, at the southern tip of the Philippines, one week after a massive rally for Rodrigo Duterte, the nation’s new president, in a local park. It was the...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published May 19, 2019 · Last modified March 7, 2022
The house in Royal Valley was the same. With a doorway missing its door and a window frame without any glass panes, the tiny house offered little separation between an inside and an outside...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City
by Geoffrey House · Published October 11, 2016
“I think Kobe will make it,” said Gia. “He goes to class every day. He completes his homework every night.” Then she spoke in Bisaya, turning toward the taxi driver, who maneuvered his three-wheeled...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published May 24, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
I looked at Rosalie over my left shoulder from my front seat next to the taxi driver. It was a Saturday afternoon, around 4:30. We were traveling along Torres Avenue in downtown Davao and...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published May 15, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
“I am 31, work full time, and have a daughter who’s ten years old,” she said. “I’m a typical Davao professional woman, I guess you could say.” Rosalie sat across the table from me in...
Life & Culture / Philippines: American Scientist in Davao City / Southeast Asia
by Geoffrey House · Published April 11, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2022
The flight on a Cebu Pacific airplane from Manila to Davao on the island of Mindanao took two hours. Inside the plane, all of the flight attendants were female and looked as if they...