WIKIPEDIA: According to the Bible, Galilee was named by the Israelites and was the tribal region of Naphthali and Dan, at times overlapping the Tribe of Asher's land.

Bnei Bilhah are of an ancient origin. In the Hebrew migratory tradition begun more than two millennia ago, an Israeli remnant migrated into Africa with many Danites from Northeast Africa migrating back to their tribal allocations in Israel, such as Tel Aviv, besides emerging Naphtalite communities throughout Mainland Africa, including Levitical Islanders from Haiti, Jamaica, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, as well as a Mixed Multitude comprising the African Diaspora from the United States of America settling Southwest of the Sea of Galilee.

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Igor Lenivtsev: Filipino street – Don’t even try to google it

Dante R. Santiago: I was already retired from UP LB then and teaching in a college in Manila. Because Ethiopia is in the Bible, my interest was piqued and I applied. Fortunately, I was accepted by the Ethiopians who interviewed me right there and then. I am one of the first Filipinos to come to Ethiopia as a college teacher. [We were told that, during the time of Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino high school teachers were deployed here.] I teach at the graduate and postgraduate levels and only very recently that I was asked to teach an undergraduate course in order to maximize the benefit of my presence here. It is because of our good performance—the first batch of teachers—that the Ethiopian government decided to recruit more Filipino teachers. Every now and then, we have gatherings and enjoy good Filipino food while drinking and singing songs [videoke]. Also, a regular event is dinner in a restaurant when salary day comes. There are two fine restos near the campus which we frequent. When they realize we come from the Philippines, they call us Philippians, mistaking us for the people to whom the apostle Paul wrote a letter [The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians].


Global Pinoy: What is a typical day for you? 
Dante R. Santiago: Here in Jimma, Ethiopia, I go to the university campus every day except Saturday and Sunday. The campus is just a 10-minute walk from my house. When I have class, I lecture in the morning and hold laboratory sessions in the afternoon. In most days, I spend my morning there doing e-mails, reading online news [Inquirer, BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera] and advising students. 
In the afternoon, I just stay in my house, reading books. In the evening, I watch videos that I downloaded from the Internet or given by friends. I prefer videos with moral themes.
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Igor Lenivtsev: Central Bus Station became a home and social center for refugees and migrant workers from all over the world. I decided to explore this monster maze from inside. And when I say maze – let’s say if I were an architect of this monster I would never mention it in my CV. Filipinos is the largest foreign workers community in Israel. It’s estimated that there are about 100000 Filipinos in Israel, half of them legally and the other half stayed after their permit expired.

On the 4th floor of CBS which is the entrance floor (maze) there is an area with all what Filipino needs – Filipino supermarkets, travel agencies, money transfers and so. On weekends [Friday and Saturday] Filipino food market taking place here on Filipino street. So why I call it “street” if it’s indoors? 
1. It looks like a street and feels like a street

2. Floor is paved with the same kind of tiles like outdoors 
3. You can find red post box, which is usually placed outdoors 
How to get to Filipono street? Enter from main entrance, turn right and go until you see McDonalds, turn left, skip shopping gallery and then turn right to bus platforms.
Disclaimer – it’s not an actual street, at least not in the conventional way we think when somebody says “street”
If you remember my post about graffiti on the 7th floor of CBS, you may have gotten the impression that you should stay away from CBS. In general I advocate the same.

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سوسو: I love #Islam and #Sushi. :-)

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LYRICS:
I just wanna talk to you
This is for the one
You kept me alive
And so I thank you

Moses is on his way down town
yehoshua maintain’n the fountain
Right about now
I should be over Chicago lights out
the window
levy breaks
flow like diamonds
all these babies crying
ideas flying round
it’s time to come down from the mountain welcome home
just stick to the plan
but how can I
be like the stars and sand
it’s only man
who commands
he put this one in our hands
two tabs of stone I’m alone while these
fans keep circling
over the land
like helicopter blades
I crave some breeze
will you wait, wait for me, please
40 days and 40 nights
but I can’t stand much more
so you think you understand
what’s pure and un pure
now it’s pouring
my soul on the floor
you think ya know so much
that I’m so out of touch
I tossed in the crutch
to the aish tamid
now I walk with a limp
with a wound that bleeds
while all these animals feed
with there envy and greed
small minds wanna see
they wanna chop this tree
cut me down
pressure to concede
and give in to what they believe is me
but I’m a fight, I’m a light, I’m the glory of the king
I’m the song that ya sing
the melody that ya bring
sharp teeth
and venom that stings
not gonna bring me to my knees
I’m a fish in this here sea
evil eye won’t get at me
I just want to finish this thing

Not gonna bring me to my knees

I’m going down
down to go up
from the pits to mitzrayem
from the dungeon to the kingdom
to my stage offerin’
can’t give up and won’t give in
I am the blood of Jacob
and I’ll keep struggling
like Joseph
my brothers wanna sell me out
I had the dream
time to leave the doubt
multi colored coat with blood on my sleeves
best believe it ain’t from no beasts
got no car
I walked around this reservoir
this is David’s heart
rainbow colored cry
from the end to the start

This is David’s heart
A rainbow colored cry from the end to the start
phantoms and ghosts raise your glass and make a toast
this is for the one
shehechianu
hakadosh baruch hu
what we been thru
Me and you

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