<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31832799</id><updated>2012-02-16T17:38:41.314-08:00</updated><category term='boarding school'/><category term='esl'/><category term='pension house'/><category term='islam'/><category term='muslim'/><category term='japanese'/><category term='elementary'/><category term='room rental'/><category term='hotel'/><category term='study english'/><category term='high school'/><category term='harvest christian school'/><category term='lodging house'/><category term='homestay accommodation'/><category term='boarding house'/><category term='tesol'/><category term='dormitory'/><category term='arab'/><category term='philippines'/><category term='cebu'/><title type='text'>Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines</title><subtitle type='html'>Offering Homestay services all over the Philippines.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>HomestayPhilippines</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12023492721395997815</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYbE1AGw1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/rKVj62icaNI/S220/Sir+Art3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31832799.post-7053758845152373912</id><published>2009-01-08T07:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T17:03:09.653-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cebu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boarding house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lodging house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='esl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arab'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dormitory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homestay accommodation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harvest christian school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='study english'/><title type='text'>Arab ESL student at Homestay.Cebu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYfcBmKQvI/AAAAAAAAABI/m7cp_AgecgI/s1600-h/01112008096.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYfcBmKQvI/AAAAAAAAABI/m7cp_AgecgI/s200/01112008096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288949378718515954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;An Arab ESL student, Mohammed Isa Walid (English name: Junior) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia came to the Philippines last October 28, 2008 and availed of the Homestay Accommodation of Harvest Christian School International (HCSI) for 6 months up to May 2009.  Junior was an airport staff in Jeddah International Airport before studying an ESL class at Harvest Christian School International.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYgxlFcUVI/AAAAAAAAABQ/E_xv4Fy4I_4/s1600-h/14112008222.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYgxlFcUVI/AAAAAAAAABQ/E_xv4Fy4I_4/s200/14112008222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288950848533844306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWaiM8quw3I/AAAAAAAAABg/16cbwrm_2UU/s1600-h/24122008583.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWaiM8quw3I/AAAAAAAAABg/16cbwrm_2UU/s200/24122008583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289093155720708978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines at http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31832799-7053758845152373912?l=homestaycebu.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/7053758845152373912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/7053758845152373912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com/2009/01/arab-esl-student-at-homestaycebu.html' title='Arab ESL student at Homestay.Cebu'/><author><name>HomestayPhilippines</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12023492721395997815</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYbE1AGw1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/rKVj62icaNI/S220/Sir+Art3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYfcBmKQvI/AAAAAAAAABI/m7cp_AgecgI/s72-c/01112008096.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31832799.post-3533219348912160925</id><published>2006-11-12T03:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T07:57:52.144-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cebu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boarding house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lodging house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='japanese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='esl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pension house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dormitory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philippines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homestay accommodation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harvest christian school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='study english'/><title type='text'>Japanese student availed Homestay Accommodation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6879/3885/1600/832170/SV400009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 220px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6879/3885/320/731011/SV400009.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Japanese student named Marie availed homestay accommodation with Homestay Cebu from November 6 to November 28, 2006.  She studied SELIP and ESL courses at &lt;a href="http://www.hcsinternational.org/"&gt;Harvest Chr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hcsinternational.org/"&gt;istian School International.&lt;/a&gt;  The student is a Fourth Year High School from Tokyo, Japan and just came to Cebu City, Philippines to enhance her English proficiency.  In her room, she was provided by the host family  with a conversation partner, Gia Macion, a niece of the host family.  A city tour was provided by the host for Marie last November 10, 2006 visiting the historic sites of Cebu like Fort San Pedro, Magellan's Cross, Parian and Taoist Temple.  Her English teacher assessed her as a fast learner.  During her stay in Cebu City in just one month, her English conversational skills greatly improved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/RXujT5xqZwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/hU6FJGGvELs/s1600-h/SV400001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/RXujT5xqZwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/hU6FJGGvELs/s200/SV400001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5006774973074401026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines at http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31832799-3533219348912160925?l=homestaycebu.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/3533219348912160925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/3533219348912160925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com/2006/11/japanese-student-avails-homestay.html' title='Japanese student availed Homestay Accommodation'/><author><name>HomestayPhilippines</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12023492721395997815</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYbE1AGw1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/rKVj62icaNI/S220/Sir+Art3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/RXujT5xqZwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/hU6FJGGvELs/s72-c/SV400001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31832799.post-115414178202495129</id><published>2006-07-28T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T17:21:06.539-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='high school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='esl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dormitory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='room rental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elementary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boarding house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cebu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pension house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homestay accommodation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philippines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tesol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boarding school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='study english'/><title type='text'>Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/1600/DCAO0165.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 98px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/320/DCAO0165.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/1600/SV400011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 96px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/320/SV400011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/1600/DCAO0127.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 99px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/320/DCAO0127.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/homestaycebu/classic_tan.html"&gt;Homestay Cebu&lt;/a&gt; of Glorious Harvest Communication Foundation, Inc. offers homestay placement and finding services to students in the Philippines.  The Philippines has become a destination for students to learn English.  Every month thousands of Koreans, Japanese and other &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/1600/DCAO0168.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 90px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/320/DCAO0168.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;nationalities come to the Philippines to learn English.  Homestay accommodation is one of the fastest ways for students to learn English.  Students are immersed in the English language as most Filipinos speak English well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homestay hosts are reputable and respectable citizens of Cebu City, Philippines as all of them are screened by the Foundation. ESL courses and regular courses are provided by &lt;a href="http://www.hcsinternational.org/"&gt;Harvest Christian School International (HCSI)&lt;/a&gt; located in &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWaipd-cFAI/AAAAAAAAABo/pNKnAR4ArVA/s1600-h/24122008583.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 101px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWaipd-cFAI/AAAAAAAAABo/pNKnAR4ArVA/s200/24122008583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289093645698077698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homestay Cebu rates:  Ranges from US$325 to US$600 per month to include Room and Board (3 full meals a day) and laundry, housekeeping services, internet access (wi-fi) . Accommodation ranges from shared accommodation to single room accommodation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For details, please contact:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;OFFICE ADDRESS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Arturo N. Tangal, Director&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/homestaycebu/classic_tan.html"&gt;Homestay Cebu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glorious Harvest Community Foundation, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;24-B Tres Borces Street, Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines 6000&lt;br /&gt;Tel. 6332-232-9608; 6332-231-0208&lt;br /&gt;E-mail address: homestay.cebu@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWajsdVKQfI/AAAAAAAAABw/7ODNxHuOMmg/s1600-h/24122008575.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 103px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWajsdVKQfI/AAAAAAAAABw/7ODNxHuOMmg/s200/24122008575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289094796576178674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/1600/SV400002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 93px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1408/3469/320/SV400002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/RXjZL5xqZvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2u7r4EGRAxE/s1600-h/SV400066a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 96px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/RXjZL5xqZvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2u7r4EGRAxE/s200/SV400066a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5005989784333215474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines at http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31832799-115414178202495129?l=homestaycebu.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/115414178202495129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31832799/posts/default/115414178202495129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homestaycebu.blogspot.com/2006/07/homestay-accommodation-in-philippines.html' title='Homestay Accommodation in the Philippines'/><author><name>HomestayPhilippines</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12023492721395997815</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWYbE1AGw1I/AAAAAAAAAAw/rKVj62icaNI/S220/Sir+Art3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijdOdyo-mVA/SWaipd-cFAI/AAAAAAAAABo/pNKnAR4ArVA/s72-c/24122008583.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
