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    seeks to expand its maritime presence in the region, they have been met by growing assertiveness from regional claimants like Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The historical context between these territorial disputes are rather complicated, especially since it involves many nations in…

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    lifestyle, surroundings, and even the language spoken in that particular country may be different. I personally got to witness these to be true. When I was six years old, my parents told me that we would be moving to Singapore. We were living in the Philippines then, and I was told that moving to Singapore is a big opportunity, as they are extremely advanced in education. I do not remember exactly how I felt about this information, to be honest, but something about what my mom told me says that…

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    My plant is a sunflower. Sadly, I don 't have one but I would love to have one. I have seen one in the "wild". I don 't think that it would be conisdered as wild though but I have seen one outside of my city, in Baguio City in the Philippines, to be exact. In a hidden town, hundreds of years before, there were two people who loved each other and remained loyal to each other no matter what. The girl 's name is Noronia, and she is the daughter of a sultan. Her lover 's name is Gamaluddin, just…

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    There are a number of changes that arise when students continue their studies outside their home country. In particular, these are changes that are concerned with being immersed in a different education system. When I moved from the Philippines to New Zealand in 2012, I experienced an educational transition that significantly affected my mathematics learning. Two such changes that I faced are language I used in my learning and type of mathematical understanding I developed. These changes that…

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    Introduction The Republic of The Philippines is a Presidential Republic located in Southeast Asia. The Philippines consists of a group of over 7,100 islands, which is an area slightly larger than the state of Arizona (Factbook, 2010). With an estimated population of just more than 100 million people, The Philippines is very diverse in ethnic groups, languages and religions. The nation is also very rich in natural resources to include major deposits of copper, chromium, gold as well as producing…

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    Even Though, taking rule over Hawaii and the Philippines would be very beneficial for the United States. It is important for both countries to be annexed for the sake of our country. This is because it would make the United States look selfish and greedy. Having Hawaii and the Philippines imperialized would give us a bad title because we are using both countries for their benefits. During the late 1800s the United States where imperializing other countries to benefit and make themselves a overly…

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    Spanish American war involved Spain, America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There were many reasons for this war, one of them was Cuba's unsuccessful attempt to revolt over Spain. The inhumane ways and methods the Spanish used to suppress the Cubans swayed many Americans to go to war with Spain. Also America was looking to expand its boundaries to outside the continental borders. War was waged on the Spanish on April 25, 1898. This was after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in…

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    Numerous online articles have been published on colonial mentality; all pointing to the fact that Filipinos nowadays are becoming more foreign in their own land. The culture of migration effectively started in the 1970’s, when the government deployed Filipinos abroad to foster a good relationship with other nations and to lessen the unemployment rate of the country (Asis, 2006). It then “[promoted] the illusion that good societies are places to be found rather than painstakingly built by the…

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    Meanwhile, his friends and elders who have been in the Philippines affirmed some of those photos that he has seen. Furthermore, he said that because of what the has projected along with their experiences, schools in Korea do not usually accept teachers from the Philippines because Korean began to look down on Filipino teachers to the point where Korean parents go to the principal’s office and file their complaints…

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    Orang Asli are also known as indigenous people (bumiputera) in Malaysia. In 2012, Orang Asli population is approximately 178,197 (0.9%) in Malaysia. There are a total of 18 groups of Orang asli in Penisular Malaysia which comprise Senoi , Negrito and Malay proto. Nowadays, modernization has impacted to the Orang Asli. New diseases were brought in by outsider to the Orang Asli through interaction. Orang asli have less immune towards new diseases patterns brought by outsiders. Besides that, the…

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