Je viens de recevoir ce courriel d'Elise:- André, la famille Trani vient de m'acheminer une vieille photo de 1981 à partir du petit ordinateur!!! C'est une photo avec la Nanay Trani, à l'époque prof à l'école du village (la Nanay chez qui vivait Manuel). Elise
Ce qui est vraiment intéressant ici, c'est que la famille Trani a réussit à maîtriser rapidement la technologie pour nous envoyer cette photo depuis leur village. Ils ont utilisé un petit ordinateur portatif très robuste qu'Elise leur a donné, avec une connection internet qui fonctionne sans-fils, presque n'importe où aux Philippines. Il faut comprendre qu'il n'existe presque pas de réseau téléphonique aux Philippines. Il n'y a aucun téléphone résidentiel à Baranguay Bato. Seuls les téléphones cellulaires fonctionnent (et à grands frais, sauf pour les textos).
The Trani family is using internet from Baranguay Bato!
I have just received this email from Elise:- André, the Trani family has just sent me this old 1981 picture using the tiny computer!!! It is an old picture of Nanay Trani, who at the time was the village school teacher (the Nanay where Manuel lived). Elise
What is really interesting here is that the Trani family has managed to quickly master the technology to send us this picture from their village. They used a small sturdy laptop that Elise gave them, with a wireless internet connection, which can connect from almost anywhere in the Philippines. We have to understand that there is almost no land-based telephone network in the Philippines, as we know it in Canada. There is no home phone in Baranguay Bato. Only cell phones work (and at great expense, except for SMS).
In 1981, was this the type of building where classes were held in Baranguay Bato? I thought that walls let more daylight come in. Where were classes taking place?
Hi Andre,
ReplyDeleteIn 1981 most of the classroom buildings were build with solid construction. They were called Marcos Type Buildings because they were built during Marcos administration. Funny about that!! Half of the walls were made of concrete and half of the walls had open windows to let the daylight in. They were actually very strong buildings because I now remember that everytime there was a big typhoon coming to the region most of the families that live by the sea shore temporarily evacuate to the school buildings until it calmed again.
The building above is an old church which is located about 300 meters where I grew up and where Elise and Kuya Manny stayed. Cheers, Irene