friday june 30, 2006

- at 8 a.m., i went to LTFRB near apovel to cover the public hearing of the cases filed by RTMI (bachelor express) against super 5

- later in the morning, i pulled out of the LTFRB to cover the medical mission conducted by home radio in their compound

- at 2 p.m., i went to DENR in macabalan to attend the culmination of the environment month

- at 5:30 p.m., i attended mass at xu chapel. ther i chanced upon 2 cdo balikbayan engineers from japan, industrial engr. sicily palermo and ECE jonie belga

- at 6:30 p.m., i was treated to snacks by the PR of steag coal-fired power plant in villanueva at dunkin' donuts dvsoria. ther i saw internet chum diana absin at a distance. i didn't hav tym to say hi to her because that chika i had with the steag guy was also a working meeting and i was kinda bz. next tym na lang ko makig-ila2x sa imo diana ha =)

- after the dunkin' meeting with the steag guy, i immediately went to VIP hotel to witness the induction of officers of rotary club of west cagayan de oro

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MINUS:

it took me all day long to find a way to call queenie ladao (aka DJ paula of killer bee) to personally greet her hapi bday pero di jud nako sya ma-contact. grrrrrrrrrr

thursday june 29, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to the city council session hall to attend a presscon called for by the mt. everest triumphants leo oracion and pastor emata

- at 10:30 a.m., representatives from kabayan hotel, a hotel in pasay city, treated us journalists to lunch at dynasty court. all of us who were present ther were given 2-nyt accommodation at kabayan hotel in pasay for free should we ever go to manila!!! we were also entertained by host sorene quilinguing and christine miñoza, vocalist of stich

- at 1 p.m., i went to VIP hotel to witness the launch of the partnership between misortel and DCtech

wednesday june 28, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to mindanao gold star daily editorial ofc @ gusa near the gusa sports complex cockpit for a photo-shoot in connection with goldstar's 17th anniversary celebration this saturday, july 1 

- at 10:30 a.m., ex-ambassador abul khayr alonto, now the owner of an oil palm plantation in talakag, called us journalists to lunch at cafe laguna. ambassador alonto denied the Philippine Star report published today that 25 persons were killed in an attack in their plantation last july 22 

- at 2 p.m., van operators in bukidnon called on us journalists at pearlmont hotel and appealed on us to air their complaints. the van operators were complaining that super 5 is undercharging their passengers. ang gisakay gikan valencia ug monaog cdo ticketan lang taman mambatangan!!!

tuesday june 27, 2006

- at 12 noon, i went to dynasty court to grace a presscon called by the advocacy commission for charter change

- at 1:30 p.m., i attended the launch of K-Link at pearlmont. K-Link is another networking company distributing health products. if u wanna knw more 'bout these products and for inquiries on how to be a member, jzt visit playboy barbershop at CM recto highway, lapasan

monday june 26, 2006

- at 10 a.m., i went to the ofc of gov. oscar moreno to attend a presscon conducted by the commission on overseas filipinos

- at 4 p.m., i went to harbor lights hotel to attend the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of chris and rose jaudian, proud parents of COC dean of criminology manny jaudian. plz take note that back when they were young, rose was chris's instructor in college until chris had enough dare to woo rose

- at 6 p.m., i attended the birthday party for the son of manila bulletin correspondent gerry gorit
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MINUS

my apologies to col. cervantes for not attending the launch of his arnis group kanina at 6 p.m. @ consuelo. my body is tied, i can't attend 2 events at the same tym =)

saturday june 24, 2006

- at 1 p.m., i went to the PIA (philippine information agency) @ dolores-velez to hitch a ride going to lumbia airport. ther at the airport, ther was a presscon @ the airport VIP lounge with commissioner romela bengzon of the advocacy commission on charter change and congressman constantino jaraula.

- after the presscon, i rushed back here in the city proper @ sunriva to catch a glimpse of the 2nd go-see of miss cagayan de oro 2006

- at 7 p.m., i went to pryce plaza for the induction of officers of rotary international district 3870

thursday june 22, 2006

- at 8 a.m., i went to DAR 10 to grace the installation of their new regional director, john maruhom

- at 11 a.m., i went to DOT to make chikka with their information officer, aloha balhon, who is also my classmate in my masteral and devcom days @ xu college of agriculture. i inquired from her their preparations for the coming miss hibok-hibokan in mambajao this saturday, june 24 in celebration of the san juan fiesta. i also asked her for an update of their preparations for the 250th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the ozamiz cotta (fort)

- at 2 p.m., i went to SM to grace the launch of the search for outstanding barangay officials organized by DILG. it was ther that camiguin gov. pedro romualdo invited us to watch miss hibok-hibokan this saturday, june 24

wednesday june 21, 2006

- at 12 noon, i went to magsaysay park @ divisoria to cover a protest organized by leftist students. the students wanted to scrap CHED memo 14 which allows colleges to hike their fees to some degree without consultation.

- after the rally, i was then treated to lunch @ dimsum diner across the street by ABS-CBN reporter che2x tanate, who was also my classmate during my masteral days @ MPSC and devcom days @ xu college of agriculture

tuesday june 20, 2006

- in the morning @ 9 a.m., i graced the blessing and opening of the northern mindanao regional office of the Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao at osmeña extension, beside CU. lunch was served ther

- at 12 noon, i attended the regional consultations of the regional tripartie wages and productivity board (RTWPB) at grand caprice. the labor group ALU-TUCP was asking RTWPB for a wage hike of P75

- at 2 p.m., i went to sunriva to attend the signing of a MOA for the phase 2 resettlement project of the laguindingan airport project

- at 5 p.m., misamis oriental kagawad and birthday boy jimmy caiña and i went to the provincial engineering ofc compound to inspect 6 newly-purchased heavy equipment worth a total of P61 million that had just arrived

monday june 19, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to PAGASA to grace a presscon re: the launch of Typhoon and Flood Awareness Week. it was actually a videoconference so we were joined by journalists from manila and cebu via webcam. while the presscon was going on, ther was a TV screen broadcasting live but on mute Game 5 of the NBA Finals

- at 2 p.m., i went to pearlmont to attend another presscon called by ombudsman merceditas gutierrez

sunday june 18, 2006

PILOT

- at 8 a.m., i went to lestonnac to assist in the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the ECLS seminar that our community, the people of God community of immaculate conception parish, bulua is conducting. the affair ended with a mass @ 5 p.m.