monday july 31, 2006

- at 9:30 a.m., i went to dynasty court where philhealth called a press conference

- at 5 p.m., i went to the port of cagayan de oro to help welcome 3 OFWs from lebanon, including the beauteous rowena salas, a 23-year-old from don carlos, bukidnon

- at 6 p.m., i went to COPC to listen to the presentation of an MLM group that specializes in health care products, K Link

- at 7 p.m., Sun.Star cagayan de oro photographer joey nacalaban treated me to dinner

sunday july 30, 2006

- at 9:30 a.m., i visited one of my brothers in the community, popoy condeza, who figured out in a motorcycle accident


- at 1 p.m., i went to SM to grace the Search for Diabetes Idol

- at 5 p.m. still at SM, i watched a ballet presentation by the Grace and Pointes Ballet Dance Center

saturday july 29, 2006

- at 10 a.m., i went to SM for the inauguration of The Philippine Rainforests, a traveling children's museum of museo pambata. as with all SM-based events, again i met their lovely marketing staff april joy chua and marjorie ang

- at 12 noon, i went to the carmen brgy hall to assess the damage brought by the fire that hit near the brgy hall friday nyt. the fire destroyed 45 houses. it is very ironic indeed that the fire occurred even as brgy carmen was named the best brgy disaster coordinating council in the country. it was ther that i interviewed brgy capt. rolando uy

- at 1 p.m., i went to philtown hotel to watch the meeting of opposition leaders in the city. on the way, i rode in bombo michael bustamante's car. we were discussing about allegations that some reporters are receiving payola at the ofc of gov. moreno

- at 6 p.m., i went to youngsville, opol at the residence of my mindanao gold star daily editor-in-chief herbie gomez to grace the bday party of his wife tess gomez. ther, i enjoyed chatting with herbie's lovely 14-year-old daughter vanessa gomez. oi, i'm not a pedophile noh. it'z just that i simply find vanessa attractive

- at 9 p.m., i went to greenhills bulua to grace the wake of former PIA director emil corrales

friday july 28, 2006

- at 8 a.m., i went to the capitol to grace a visit of sen. kiko pangilinan in the culmination of the nutrition month celebration of the provincial government

- at 1 p.m., i went to gloria maris to attend the launch of DILG's local governance resource center. it was ther that i saw the lovely DILG employee, lorraine kay cabacungan, belting out an intermission number

- at 3 p.m., still at ketkai, i graced the opening of robinson's department store. for that, i was given P300 worth of gift check =)

- at 6 p.m., i went to chali to watch the induction of officers of the philippine press institute with sen. nene pimentel as guest. my seatmate at the dinner table was the lovely marketing manager of SM, ivy guantero. ther, i also chanced upon the lovely marketing staff of koresco, emmar jennifer balsamo =)

thursday july 27, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to the capistrano estate in upper gusa to witness the groundbreaking rites for the PNP village. i joined in the boodle fight as lunch, a tradition of the PNP

- at 4 p.m., the opposition in cagayan de oro called us journalists for a press conference at VIP hotel

wednesday july 26, 2006

- at 8 a.m., i witnessed the courtesy call to gov. oscar moreno @ his ofc at the capitol of arriving OFWs from lebanon, the very sweet evangeline taron of CDO and charina buton of lugait

- at 10 a.m., i went to COPC to witness a presentation by amway philippines

- at 5 p.m., i called up my long-lost friend mai2x torralba

- at 6 p.m., sun.star photographer joey nacalaban treated me to dinner

monday july 24, 2006

- at 10 a.m., i went to COPC to witness a briefing by e.excel. ther, we journalists were given samples of nutrifresh, refresh and vegetable wash, 3 of their products

- at 12 noon, i interviewed vice gov. julio uy

- a lil' after that, i was treated lunch by maricel casiño, gov. moreno's spokesperson

- at 1 p.m. at the provincial capitol grounds, i viewed an anti-SONA march rally led by the beauteous kristine lim of karapatan

- at 6 p.m., i went to polymedic hospital to visit jan2x, the brother of manila bulletin correspondent for northern mindanao gerry gorit who had dengue fever

sunday july 23, 2006

- at 4 p.m., i went to SM to watch the concert of the Dunkin Donuts Bombastic Girls. yipee!

saturday july 22, 2006

- at 10 a.m., PNP 10 director florante baguio called us for a press conference @ camp alagar and presented to us the most wanted kidnap suspect in lanao who was just arrested

- at 3 p.m., i went to VIP hotel to attend a presscon called by congressman francis escudero

- at 5 p.m. still at VIP hotel, former vice mayor tony soriano treated us journalists to an early dinner

- at 6 p.m., i went to the amphitheater to witness an amateur boxing organized by the Real Review newspaper

- at 10 p.m., i went to club mojo to watch a bikini open competition ther

friday july 21, 2006

- at 12 noon, i interviewed customs collector roberto sacramento @ his ofc

thursday july 20, 2006

- at 6 p.m., i went to greenhills divisoria to visit the wake of the mother of brgy capt. titots neri

wednesday july 19, 2006

- at 9:30 a.m., i went to the PIA to attend the presscon of the parole and probation administration which is celebrating its anniversary today

- at 12 noon, i had lunch with misamis oriental kagawad henry clyde abbott @ his insurance ofc near the capitol

- at 6 p.m., gipasakay nako si MM sa pabayo-cruz taal og patag na jeep. MM is the very adorable staffmember of maricel casiño-rivera at the provincial press ofc

- after that, i went here sa mailbox sa pabayo-cruz taal to check my email and dri na pud ko nag-dinner uban sa ila kay na-cl0seness na man nako ang owner sa mailbox, si ate helen and iya staff... *winkz* before sa dinner diay, i chanced upon sa akong kauban sa parish, another adorable lady by the name of lovely tac-an and gi-add nako sya sa friendster...hehe! then after sa dinner, nanawag ko sa ako kauban sa una sa citibank kay gimingaw na ko sa ya, si shiela caracol...hehe

tuesday july 18, 2006

- at 10 a.m., i graced the opening of emcor at JR borja this city 

- at 6 p.m., nagsabay mi sa gaisano sa ako mga kauban sa citibank-YEM, sila si deshiell and joy caliente

saturday july 15, 2006

- at 8 a.m., witnessed the Subayan Keg Subanon festival in the streets of ozamiz city. after that, had lunch at johann's cuisine with the rest of the media delegation from cagayan de oro city

- at 10 p.m., joined 10,000 other ppl led by mayor parojinog at cotta to watch P300,000 worth of 10-minute fireworks display on this eve of their fiesta

friday july 14, 2006

- at 8 a.m., went to the OCSAT compound for the reopening of the ozamiz city technical and vocational school

- at 3 p.m., covered the 29th board meeting of the national executive board of the League of Cities of the philippines at royal garden hotel, ozamiz city. ther, i was given pasalubong by tangub mayor jennifer tan, a bucket of tapa

- at 7 p.m., i witnessed the miss ozamiz tourism 2006 pageant nyt at medina gymnatorium

thursday july 13, 2006

- at 3 p.m., went with ozamiz city mayor reynaldo parojinog in conducting inspection to their Gawad Kalinga village. i am in ozamiz for their fiesta this sunday, july 16. i am currently billeted at asian hotel courtesy of mayor parojinog

wednesday july 12, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to consuelo's steakhouse to witness the celebration of world population day

- at 6 p.m., i went to divisoria kiosk to watch Super GM mark paragua in his 50-board simul exhibition

tuesday july 11, 2006

- at 8:30 a.m., i went to RTC Branch 1 to witness a hearing of a case filed by city deputy police director antonio montalba against sun.star cagayan de oro reporter lizanilla amarga for oral defamation

- at 12 noon, i went to PPA for their 32nd anniversary. man were they hot! i mean, ther were lots of hot lady employees of PPA and they were joined in the anniversary by their partners in public service, the philippine coast guard and the philippine national red cross, and the affair served as their acquaintance party. daghan japon lami sa coast guard bai all the more when they started dancing and gyrating to the tune of house music. wow, party at noon huh! that surely is swell! and 1 more thing, nakadawat pa jud ko'g door prize na gel sa ila gihimo na raffle. thank u PPA!!!

- at 1p.m., i interviewed provincial kagawad henry clyde abbott at his insurance ofc near the capitol and later, provincial administrator patrick gabutina regarding the annual audit report of COA

monday july 10, 2006

- at 7:30 a.m., i watched gov. oscar moreno deliver his State of the Province Address at the capitol grounds. we journalists then had lunch at Moreno's conference room

- after lunch, i went to the DAR provincial ofc which was recently transferred from vamenta blvd. to mabulay subd. because ther were complaints that rent for the new ofc was overpriced. i interviewed the asst. provincial agrarian reform officer

- then i went to NBI to personally see for myself the woman who was caught in an entrapment trafficking (selling) her baby

sunday july 9, 2006

- at 8 a.m., i accompanied the caravan of ai2x delas alas in promoting maggi magic sarap. we went to carmen market. the caravan ended at the provincial capitol grounds but ai2x boarded a pajero to the hotel she billeted, mallberry hotel. ala paparazzi, i together with RMN reporter jao gumapac chased ai2x using the RMN patrol vehicle and at mallberry, we chanced upon congressman jun baculio and we used the opportunity to interview him and we had lunch together

- at 12 p.m., i went back to bulua to participate in the mass at our parish

- at 4 p.m., i went to ketkai atrium to grace the maggi magic sarap cooking challenge

saturday july 8, 2006

- and i'm back in cagayan de oro ladies and gentlemen after a 3-day sojourn in camiguin. at 1 p.m., i graced the cagayan de oro launch of nutrilite carb blocker and chrompic extra powered by amway at VIP hotel

- at 7 p.m., the wife of mindanao gold star daily publisher ma'am bebotte chu, who is also the rotary district 3870 assistant governor, called me up to cover the induction of officers of rotary club of kalayaan cagayan de oro at pearlmont because she is the inductress. i was almost in panic mode, i was sporting only a roundneck tommy hilfiger at the tym but wtf...anad na bitaw ko sa mga cowboy2x event, hala sirit!!! so ther i was, i was the only black sheep ther na naka-casual in an all-formal-attire occassion...bwahaha

thursday july 6, 2006

- at 7 a.m., attended mass with mayor gogo romualdo at the mambajao parish church

- at 8:30 a.m., viewed float parade for the 151st Charter day of mambajao

- at 2 p.m., watched amateur boxing at the mambajao amphitheater. ther, i had chitchat with the gorgeous SK chair of mambajao, mary lourd peñaloza

- at 6 p.m., accompanied mayor gogo romualdo to the mambajao cockpit. because it's Charter day, there's a derby ther =)

- at 11 p.m., house music party at the mambajao amphitheater powered by Wild FM

wednesday july 5, 2006

- at 3 p.m., arrived in mambajao, camiguin for the 151st charter day of mambajao the next day. i was billeted at GV pension house together with Wild FM DJs courtesy of mayor gogo romualdo

tuesday july 4, 2006

KAON GALORE

- at 10 a.m., SM foundation treated us journalists to lunch at dimsum diner at SM. prior to the lunch, SM foundation donated 6,000 books to public high schools in northern mindanao. after the lunch, we inspected the schoolbuilding at consolaction elementary school that was donated in february

- at 1 p.m., we proceeded to COPC where SM Foundation donated 2 computer units to the club for us journalists to use. we had buko juice as refreshments.

- later in the afternoon, golden banner correspondent mario parba treated me to snack at dunkin' donuts ketkai

- by 5 p.m., the staff at mindanao gold star daily pabayo advertising ofc had their afternoon snacks and i happened to drop by....ahehe

monday july 3, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to the City Central School to cover a feeding program sponsored by E.Excel philippines in line with nutrition month. ther, i hav discovered that half of their students are malnourished!!! it was also ther that i was introduced to the lovely events manager of E.Excel philippines, darleen guillen

- at 12 p.m., i graced the bday celebration of vice gov. julio uy

- at 1 p.m., i had coffee with NBI director virgilio mendez at his ofc near the capitol. i almost fell asleep conversing with him, i had a movie marathon kasi last nyt....ahehee...a history of violence and derailed (w/ clive owen and jennifer aniston)

- at 2:30 p.m., i witnessed a hearing at RTC branch 17 between the 2 bugo brgy captains, perseverando araña and nerio obliosca

- at 5 p.m., KBP president jonas bustamante treated me to snacks

sunday july 2, 2006

- at 9:30 a.m. after the mass at the immaculate conception parish in bulua, eight of us brothers and sister in our parish community trooped to maxi's to watch the pacqiuao-larios fight and we were fortunate enough that we got an airconditioned room courtesy of owner max seno who knew me as a journalist

saturday july 1, 2006

- at 9 a.m., i went to the farm of mindanao gold star daily's publisher, mr. ernesto chu, at indahag for the 17th anniversary celebration of mindanao gold star daily

- at 2 p.m., i had to go back down to marco hotel for the final go-see of miss cagayan de oro 2006

- at 4 p.m., i had to run to mallberry's hotel for an interview with the cascades, the group behind the hits shy girl, rhythm of the rain and the last leaf