tuesday january 1, 2008

Happy New Year to everyone and special thnx to all those who greeted me in particular order: connie my love, kharen pasoc (classmate of my younger sis), jean tantuico of the philippine information agency-10, cagayan de oro press club president jerry orcullo, xuhs algebra teacher joji dharmdas, xuhs classmate beethoven allena, fellow online chums stephanie ocular and baby jane lacaba, liceo high school classmate leonardo jacalan jr., former Mindanao Today colleague divorrah estrada, dante gamana (of the defunct cagayan internet avenue - the very first internet cafe in cdo), my career mentor and first boss uriel quilinguing, mindanao gold star daily colleague amor barlisan, rubelyn yap of the city information office, fellow journalist richard rañin, liceo high school classmate ivy carla banaag, mailbox princess jean toylo, SM cdo PR woman ivy guantero, fellow Internet Advantage writer genevieve cantor, businessman ed montalvan, mindanao gold star daily desk editor orwin austria, my boss BusinessWorld mindanao bureau chief nani de leon, Sun.Star cagayan de oro lifestyle and entertainment editor abigail malalis, fellow Single in the People of God Community (Immaculate Conception parish, bulua) engr. wynsum manacay, mailbox gurl agnes bihag, mindanao gold star daily lifestyle and entertainment columnist jigger jerusalem, my Internet Advantage team lead kristomagno, xu devcom classmate choppy quiocho-mamigo and her lovely younger sis wendi quiocho

monday december 31, 2007

i thank God for giving me the following people as blessings for this year:

- to liceo high school classmate, ivy carla banaag, i will forever be indebted to you for introducing me to kristomagno as well as to mark schlotzhauer of toronto

- to rene de jong, i'ts heartening to know that how one man from holland has lived as an expat in salamanca and has changed my life forever. it's truly a case of pay it forward

- to connie who has led me into a wonderful world of romance that started last march 18 and growing even stronger every day

- to mike baños who has introduced me to BusinessWorld mindanao bureau chief nani de leon

- to the following for past endeavors this year: marichu villanueva of the philippine star, edgar mercado (owner of preschool books publishing company emmer, inc.) and my irish handler damien kelly

- to the editorial board of mindanao gold star daily (herbie gomez and orwin austria) for continuing to keep the faith all these years

- to my clients the past may 14, 2007 election - gov. oscar moreno (through patrick gabutina c/o maricel rivera) and atty. tony soriano

- to the following people who have trusted me in guiding them to a wonderful journey this year (i'm pretty sure they haven't regretted it): terry betonio (both for Infres-ARMDEV and for our online racket in the past) and to those who have continued: sheryl lopez, joel escol, genevieve cantor and cons narisma

sunday december 30, 2007

- at 6:30 a.m., i went to the rizal monument @ divisoria for rizal day rites - at 6 p.m., i went to the immaculate conception parish formation center in bulua for the yearend party of the Charismatic Renewal Movement where my dad is the outgoing coordinator

saturday december 29, 2007

I'M NOW BACK HERE IN CDO

- at 5 p.m., i went to SM for the nutcracker, a post-Christmas presentation of grace and pointes ballet center

- at 8 p.m., i went to loreto's to grace the reunion of 4-rizal '95 of liceo de cagayan (high school)

friday december 28, 2007

- i'm here at the BusinessWorld ofc to attend a correspondents' workshop. at 7 p.m., fellow BusinessWorld northern mindanao correspondent pipay alba and i went to decio's @ araneta center for dinner. then after that, we went to cafe adriatico still @ araneta center to chill and unwind listening to a live acoustic gig

tuesday december 25, 2007

merry Christmas to everybody and special thnx to the following peepz who have greeted me in particular order: former citibank-YEM colleague jennivieve lailani abas, my love connie guisehan, my xuhs algebra teacher joji dharmdas, mindanao gold star daily colleague amor barlisan, xuhs classmate beethoven allena, fellow Internet Advantage writer stephanie ocular, jean tantuico of the philippine information agency-10, my career mentor and first boss uriel quilinguing, fellow Internet Advantage writer sheryl lopez, city information office staff rubelyn yap, liceo high school classmate winston febrero, city council PR head raul moldez, fellow Single in the People of God community (Immaculate Conception parish, bulua) roseno ortiz, wendi quiocho (younger sis of my devcom classmate choppy quiocho), golden chronicle photographer ian ruiz, fellow Internet Advantage writer genevieve cantor, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro photographer joey nacalaban, mailbox gurl agnes bihag, former Single in the People of God Community rey ang, mailbox princess jean toylo, cagayan de oro press club president jerry orcullo, liceo high school classmate leonardo jacalan jr., fellow Single in the People of God community wynsum manacay, Internet Advantage teammate baby jane lacaba, mindanao gold star daily entertainment and lifestyle columnist jigger jerusalem, my BusinessWorld boss and mindanao bureau chief nani de leon, my Internet Advantage team handler kristomagno, mindanao gold star daily desk editor orwin austria, fellow web content provider ivy carla banaag, rutchie aguhob of philippine information agency-10, multiply buddy diana mae absin and Internet Pipeline boss mark schlotzhauer

sunday december 23, 2007

- at 10 a.m., i went to divine shepherd for the 40 day commemoration of the death of our neighbor who is my suki Globe and TM reloader joey tagapulot. we then proceeded to his house for lunch - at 6 p.m., i graced the yearend party of the J.E. Caiña construction supply in aluba

friday december 21, 2007

- at 7 p.m., we in the Internet Advantage philippine team trooped to diamond tip for some pre-Christmas videoke spree. then we went to park cafe for coffee

thursday december 20, 2007

- at 7 a.m., i went to the inauguration of the bridge spanning carmen and nazareth

- at 8 a.m., i went to philtown for the yearend briefing of transco

- at 5:30 p.m., i graced the yearend party @ city hall

wednesday december 19, 2007

special thnx to amway for the Christmas gift

tuesday december 18, 2007

- at 6 p.m., i went to philtown for the yearend party of COPC 

hapi 9th monthsary to the love that connie and i shared. she's working in butuan right now

saturday december 15, 2007

- from saturday (december 15, 2007) to sunday (december 16, 2007), we in Internet Advantage philippine team went to MGM resort in maramag for our yearend party

thursday december 13, 2007

hapi bday to mailbox gurl pearl yamit

special thnx to SM cdo PR woman ivy guantero for the Christmas gift

tuesday december 11, 2007

- at 8 a.m., i went to kiosko kagawasan for the kickoff of the DBP ro-ro race year 2 featuring chx alcala, nene tamayo, brad turvey, brad murdoch, jopay, jaycee parker, ryan eigenmann, alyssa alano and paw diaz

- at 10 a.m., i went to COPC for a presscon with the transport group of region 10 called starex because they'll be having a transport strike on december 13

monday december 10, 2007

- at 10 a.m., i went to COPC for a presscon with karapatan on human rights day

- at 5 p.m., i went to maxandrea for a briefing on DBP's Ready Set RoRo adventure race

hapi bday to mailbox princess jean toylo

sunday december 9, 2007

- at 4 p.m., i went to SM to cover the Christmas fashion show of moda de oro

saturday december 8, 2007

- at 10 a.m., i went to sports zone to cover a billiard tournament

friday december 7, 2007

- at 8 a.m., i went to the camp evangelista station hospital to cover the pinning of the wounded personnel medal by 4th ID CG lt. gen. jose barbieto 

- at 9 a.m., i went to OWWA for a presscon on the 74th anniversary of DOLE 

- at 10 a.m., i went to ketkai atrium for the wellness and cultural tourism expo and the subsequent luncheon presscon @ gloria maris 

- at 1 p.m., i went to philtown for a CEDAW (convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women) 

- at 6 p.m., i went back to gloria maris for the yearend party 2007 of oro chamber

thursday december 6, 2007

- at 7:30 a.m., i went to POPCOM for the opening of a seminar on the code of conduct for RTA enforcers

- at 11 a.m., i went to the capitol grounds for teachers' day

- at 2 p.m., i went to SM for make a child happy. we then had dinner afterwards @ KFC

special thnx to businessman george goking for the midmorning snacks @ river view inn

wednesday december 5, 2007

hapi bday to Internet Advantage teammate carol atoc

tuesday december 4, 2007

i brought home to my family the latest offering of greenwich, pizza de lechon