A Friendly Reminder:

Cebu City public information officer Nigel Banacia is urging Cebu City residents specially those who are living north of the city to plant flowering plans in a pot... this is for the preparation for the ASEAN summit. This is in a little way that an ordinary Cebuano citizen can contribute to our city this ASEAN Summit. As the flowers bloom in December, they may put them along the streets infront of their houses for our sreets to look pleasant in the eyes of the delegates. Lets cooperate coz this is our city.

^^

bai what time tomorrow? another round of inuman nasad? hehehe... txt2x lang..

guys, ive been checking out the previous ASEAN summit logos, and i have to say that the current is still better looking compared to most of the previous ones--even if it was not the design preferred by most forumers here--i think only thaliand's logo can surpass it...

oh well, the ASEAN will probably have a reputation of having bad logos--i personally dont like the logo of the ASEAN itself...

oh well, whats with a logo anyway? what matters are the people who make up ASEAN, and that includes us...

uy guys, adto mo ugma sa CNU...naay benefit concert for a CNU nursing graduate who has cancer...50 pesos ra ang entrace fee...6 to 10pm...featuring bands from CNU and other local talents...mo-tukar pud daw ang ambassadors...tan-aw mo ha...buotan baya kaayo ni siya na student nya bright pa gyud kaayo...

Germans mull tourism-related projects
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 08/11/2006

At least five German groups are currently looking forward to put investments in tourism-related facilities in Cebu.

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Axel Weishaupt said that if the tourism industry in Cebu will boom further, these groups are willing to spend millions of dollars to invest in tourism-related projects here.

Currently, there are indirect investments from German companies in existing hotels or resorts in Cebu, he said aside from possible hotels or resorts investments, German capitalists also expressed interest for a convention facility project.

Weishaupt who was in Cebu yesterday on the occasion of the awarding ceremony on ISO 14001 Certification to the Cebu Common Treatment Facility, Inc., a German-government supported project, said Cebu has a huge potential to attract tourism-related investments from Germany, as well as lure German travelers.

The Ambassador however, refused to divulge the identity of the German groups to invest in Cebu, saying everything is not official yet.

However, he said that interests from German investors for tourism related projects in Cebu are significantly improving.

He said there are a number of successful international hotel/resorts brands here in Cebu, which strongly indicates that investment in tourism related facilities, like hotel or resort projects could be a good move.

In the Philippines, most German-owned investments are into special machinery and semi-conductor industries, most of these operations are located in Luzon area.

German market is consuming Cebu-made products like furniture, food, and fashion accessories.

Although Cebu, or the Philippines has the potential to attract "wealthy" German tourists, he said it should exert more effort to market the country as a destination, in Germany, as most of the Germans are now going to Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), and Palau Island.

He mentioned that the negative publicities of the Philippines abroad has brought the country down, in terms of attracting tourists.

Annually, the German traveling market is spending an average of 20 billion euro for travels, he said number one destination is Thailand, next is Indonesia, the third alternative is the Philippines.

German tourists are a good combination of both luxury travelers and backpackers.

Although Philippines is known in Germany as one of the vacation destinations in Asia, it could be better known if marketing promotions will be intensified in their country.

Germany is the third largest economy in the world, he added that tourism promotion efforts of the Philippines, should be more competitive in Europe or Germany in particular like the other countries in Asia are doing.

Palau Island for instance is now an emerging alternative vacation destination of Germans, as it offers cheaper rates compared to the Philippines, he said.

uy guys, adto mo ugma sa CNU...naay benefit concert for a CNU nursing graduate who has cancer...50 pesos ra ang entrace fee...6 to 10pm...featuring bands from CNU and other local talents...mo-tukar pud daw ang ambassadors...tan-aw mo ha...buotan baya kaayo ni siya na student nya bright pa gyud kaayo...

the girl who is confined right now at perpetual? kato bago pa lang nakapasa sa board exam? is the concert for her?

^^ pero let's hear it from marvin sad basin naa new developments sa plano sa TC... paging sugbuanon! asa naka? hehe

ambot wala pa may new developments ron sa tc.. gatigom pa siguro ang mga pari.. :D

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Kinsa motan-aw karun hapun?

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In order to drumbeat public awareness on the significance of the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Cebu City government will unveil the digital countdown marker at the Fuente Osmeña Rotunda today, Friday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m.

The activity is the culmination of the 39th Asean Foundation Week from August 7-11.

The digital marker costs P300 milliion and was donated by the Lhuillier Group of Companies. The digital marker will show how many days are left before the ASEAN Summit proper begins to make every Cebuano feel the importance of the international event expected to be attended by 17 heads of states.

Cebu City will post about 300 streamers on the summit in key public areas.

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will deliver the welcome remarks while Gov. Gwen Garcia will deliver the key message.

Kinsa motan-aw karun hapun?

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In order to drumbeat public awareness on the significance of the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Cebu City government will unveil the digital countdown marker at the Fuente Osmeña Rotunda today, Friday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m.

The activity is the culmination of the 39th Asean Foundation Week from August 7-11.

The digital marker costs P300 milliion and was donated by the Lhuillier Group of Companies. The digital marker will show how many days are left before the ASEAN Summit proper begins to make every Cebuano feel the importance of the international event expected to be attended by 17 heads of states.

Cebu City will post about 300 streamers on the summit in key public areas.

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will deliver the welcome remarks while Gov. Gwen Garcia will deliver the key message.

Too expensive, is this right? or P300 thousand.

Parang yung cost ng CICC eh? maybe its P300T. But its donated anyway. hehehe

magkita na lang ta ninyo unya sa fuente.. moapas lang ko...

magdinner man gud mi unya harrison... bsta i'll be there...

Security in Cebu will be tight in the next three days with the arrival of President Arroyo, foreign dignitaries and corporate leaders for the three-day APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting.

Among other activities, Arroyo and ABAC delegates will witness the first demonstration on the use of ethanol as alternative bio-diesel at the Shangri-la’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa in Lapu-Lapu City.

The President is scheduled to arrive at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base (MBEAB) at 9:30 this morning and will proceed to Shangri-la for the formal opening of the meeting, which carries the theme: Revisiting “APEC Means Business.”

Security measures for the event have been in place since Wednesday, Cebu Provincial Police Office Director Vicente Loot said.

He told reporters yesterday that his policemen are ready to secure some 300 delegates and their families during the conference.

Police have called the event a dry run for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in December.

Loot assured the weather will not keep the police from providing security to the delegates, saying his policemen know they have a job to do regardless of the weather condition.

All security details were already at the venue since Wednesday while support groups took their posts yesterday morning.

Security is tight since ambassadors from Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan and New Zealand are also expected to attend the event.

Other guests include world economists Professor Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University, Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) former Phiilippine president Fidel Ramos, Cathay Pacific chief operations officer Tony Tyler and Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp. chairman Stuart Guilliver.

Arroyo will be joined by five Cabinet members, including Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila, Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Ambassador and ABAC Chairman Roberto Romulo, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and Government Media Group Head Cerge Remonde.

The delegates began arriving last Wednesday.

Aside from the venue, police will also be securing hotels and tourist spots in the province in case delegates and their families decide to take a tour of Cebu.

Shangri-la’s General Manager Tim Wright is said to have prepared a reception for the President while Peter Daniel, the president of Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, will give a welcome party.

During the demonstration on the use of ethanol, Daniel will announce the start of his investments in exporting alternative engine oil to Asian countries.

Arroyo is also scheduled to have separate exclusive interviews with Singapore Bloomberg Television chief reporter Haslinda Amin and International Herald Tribune senior regional business reporter Don Greenlees.

At 1:30 p.m. today, a closed-door advisory meeting with ABAC officials and head of the delegations of ABAC’s 10th anniversary conference will be held. (AIV/MEA)

Five different groups from Germany are looking into investing in tourism-related businesses in Cebu in the next few years.

“Cebu is a potential market,” said Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Philippines Axel Weishaupt.

He declined to elaborate on the identity of the investment groups and their plans in Cebu.

Weishaupt said there is growing interest among German companies to invest in the country because of the Filipinos’ proficiency in English, “reliable” workers and an “okay” taxing system.

He said future investments will most probably go into areas where German investments already exists, such as machineries and sophisticated electronics.

More seats

Although most of the German industries are centered in Metro Manila, he expressed hope that “these will be diverted in other areas.”

“Siemens is planning to add 2,000 seats,” he said during a press conference yesterday on the issuance of an ISO (International Organization of Standardization) 14000 series to the German Government-assisted Cebu Common Treatment Facility in Inayawan, Cebu City.

Siemens moved its customer support service from Singapore to the Philippines sometime in 2003. Its customer support is conducted in the Philippines in partnership with Sykes, which also has operations in Cebu.

Weishaupt also said Germany is a market of the country’s furniture exports, as well as fresh and dried fruits and fashion accessories.

But Weishaupt pointed out that China is still top favorite “investment destination” of German companies, followed by India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia.

In terms of tourist destination, Bali, Indonesia is still the Germans’ favorite vacation spot because of its “beaches and culture.”
This is followed by the Philippines, Hong Kong and Palau island, since “its cheaper than the Philippines.”

Weishaupt said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in December will play a major factor in promoting Cebu and the country as a viable destination for tourism and investment.

Policy change

He stressed, though, that for the investments to keep pouring in, several factors need to be addressed.

“There should be a change in (policies on) land ownership so that a foreigner can buy his area for investment,” he said.

He said a certain German investor would have wanted to put up a $15-million investment but was “discouraged” because of the conditions set in the Philippine Constitution prohibiting foreign ownership of land in the country.

Apart from this, Weishaupt said there is also a need to simplify the investment process and cut down processing time of requirements and permits. (MMM)

“Bringing Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) business to the world” is the theme for this year’s Business and Investment Summit, one of the activities of the Asean summit series in December.

According to a document furnished to Sun.Star Cebu, the Asean Business Advisory Council and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry aim to focus the event, which will be held on Dec. 7 to 10, on the business opportunities within the Asean region, especially the Philippines.

The other events related to the summit are Asean Leaders Summit and the Summit with the Asean Dialogue Partners (China, Korea and Japan.)

Opportunity

The Asean is composed of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

In an interview, Man-daue Chamber of Commerce and Industry Eric Mendoza said the summit would be an opportunity for Cebu to impress the international delegates.

Some 200 seats are being reserved for international delegates—those from outside the Asean region but who have interest in doing business or investing within the Southeast Asia—aside from Asean participants and dialogue partners.

The Business and Investment Summit in Kuala Lumpur last year attracted more than 500 participants from around the Asean region. The highlight of that meeting was the final day— “business meets government” dialogue session with the Asean heads of government as well as those of the three Asean dialogue partners.

A similar dialogue, with improvements using modern communication media, will also be featured in this year’s meeting in Cebu, which will transform the four-day face-to-face meeting into an opportunity for ongoing interaction among delegates through virtual conferencing. (JBN)

I don't like it. When you quote" yayas and maids come from". This is a form of discremination towards those hardworking individuals.
Cebu or Zugbo or Sugbo is a rich hispanic city during the pre-spanish occupancy. Considered as a major market according to several chinese dynasty.
sorry wrong use of words: Zugbo, Its a pre-hispanic city to correct the statement but redundant on the pre-spanish.
I guess, I might as will check my other comments.

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sarap maligo....

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pool @ Hilton Cebu...

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The only stayed-cable bridge in the country....

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San Miguel Brewery in Mandaue...
Mandaue City Cebu: the industrial capital of the Philippines...

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taken sa park... lapu2x side...

test only...

^^i-usa lang ang mga pics sa usa ka post bai para dugay dugay sad ma puno ang thread...:)

^^i-usa lang ang mga pics sa usa ka post bai para dugay dugay sad ma puno ang thread...:)

okidoki....
mangadto mu Fuente unya bai?...
unsa oras?... kuyog ko ha...

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lindot man ug view sa temple...

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from the sea....

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from the mountains @ nyt...

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Serena...

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gracefull dancers...

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nasaag na egyptians....

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Heavy rains really affects the construction going on the 4 basements for parking and foundation

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Wow! This modern bridge has one of the longest center span in the world.

hello! i'm just new here n ssc... pde mkpgsocialize...sauna pko cgeg read sa mga posts ninyo... i really like it especially the metro cities of CEBU... i'm so proud of our CEBU..

here r sme i4rmations bwt me...

name: herbert huyo
school: CNU-BSN 1-D
address: sta. rosa homes, opao, mandaue city
fren po ako ni dabert...

am i welcome in ssc????
Thanks


VIVA CEBU!!!! YOU ROCK!!

^^ Welcome skizz!

galing ng mga photo, rage :)

^^ Rage, palit na naa zoom na 3Megapixel. I like the photos. Astig!

Friday, August 11, 2006
Del Mar says opposers can still object

Opponents of the bills seeking to create three more provinces in Cebu still have a chance to raise their objections before the House committee on rules.

If the committee finds the objections meritorious, it may recommend the return of the bills to the committee on local government, explained Deputy House Speaker Raul del Mar (Cebu City, north).

“There’s no cause for panic because these bills still have a long way to go. But there’s a need to be more alert now, and this calls for a more vigorous opposition,” del Mar said in a telephone interview.

Del Mar also said the committee report has to get at least 39 signatures before it can be brought to the committee on rules, because the committee on local government has 77 regular members.

Del Mar and Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) will join Rep. Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south) in campaigning for the other members of the local government committee not to sign the report.

He assured that at every stage from now on, the bills seeking to create the provinces of Cebu del Sur, Cebu del Norte and Occidental Cebu will be subjected to debates where critics can make their objections heard.

Accommodation

Assuming the bills are approved on second and third reading at the House, these still have to go to the Senate, where these will go through the same process all over again, del Mar pointed out.

That’s when the opinion of Sen. Sergio Osmeña III will be “very crucial” because the other senators will consider his stand, considering he hails from Cebu.

Senator Osmeña has not made an official stand on the “Sugbuak” bills yet, but has assured his brother, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, that there will be consultations before the Senate tackles the measures.

“There’s a lesson to be learned here, that in Congress, it’s the barkada system. Whether it’s fair or not, imong hatagan ug consideration imong amigo... It’s a political exercise of accommodation, which is exactly what (Rep. Emilio) Macias is doing,” Mayor Osmeña said.

Congressman Macias of Oriental Negros chairs the House committee on local government and has repeatedly refused to schedule a public hearing on the three bills here in Cebu.

“Over at the Senate, it’s also like the House, if taga Cebu ka, ikaw lang diha, dili mi muhilabot (you take care of it, we won’t intervene),” the mayor added.

Surprised

Osmeña criticized House Speaker Jose de Venecia for being anti-local government and other legislators for not considering what’s best for Cebu.

“What’s important is their own selfish interest. It’s the very reason I’m against this unicameral system and the Charter change proposals,” he added.

Del Mar admitted he did not expect the bills to be passed at the committee level right away, because he thought they still had to wait for the report of the technical working group chaired by Rep. Luis Villafuerte.

Still, that approval can no longer be questioned, because it was a decision made by the committee “with a quorum and is supported by the majority.”

Del Mar, Gullas and Villafuerte failed to attend that hearing because they were busy in another committee, deliberating on the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo.

“The Sugbuak is a very political issue. The different business chambers in Cebu are more concerned about the economic front.
But Cebu Province, as it is, is already doing well. We can speak in one voice. Dividing Cebu into three provinces would confuse prospective investors on whom they would talk to if they want to invest in the province,” said Eric Mendoza, president of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Plebiscite

“The Sugbuak is very parochial. It promotes divisiveness,” he added.

In a radio interview, Macias said he was just doing his job when the committee on local government tackled and passed the bills.

He again denied allegations of railroading the bills, saying it has been more than a year since these were referred to his committee.

But even if the bills survive the Senate, the President may still veto them and then “that will be gone, because both houses do not usually override the veto,” said del Mar.

If the bills somehow survive the legislative mill and are enacted into law, there will be a plebiscite where residents of the province “including those in other districts not affected by the bill will be called to vote,” said del Mar.

Rep. Simeon Kintanar (Cebu, 2nd district), one of the three proponents of the bills, confirmed in a radio interview that the bills still have to go through a long process.

“Kon mas daghan di uyon sa atong baruganan, di matuman ang atong gusto (If those against it outnumber those who are for it, then what we want will not be realized),” he said.

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has said she will fight the bills every step of the way but, “since it is a war, I will not broadcast my next step.”(MBG/With LCR & JBN)

^^ Welcome skizz!


THANKS.....


VIVA CEBU!!!YOU ROCK!!

hello! i'm just new here n ssc... pde mkpgsocialize...sauna pko cgeg read sa mga posts ninyo... i really like it especially the metro cities of CEBU... i'm so proud of our CEBU..

here r sme i4rmations bwt me...

name: herbert huyo
school: CNU-BSN 1-D
address: sta. rosa homes, opao, mandaue city
fren po ako ni dabert...

am i welcome in ssc????
Thanks


VIVA CEBU!!!! YOU ROCK!!

:dance:
Welcome to Skyscraper City Cebu Herbert Huyo
:dance:

ei...mangadto mo sa fuente later? by the way, i wont be able to keep in touch with u guys for the next few days. i broke my fon. :cry: :cry: :cry:

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San Miguel Brewery in Mandaue...
Mandaue City Cebu: the industrial capital of the Philippines...

are you sure with this bai? :)

hello! i'm just new here n ssc... pde mkpgsocialize...sauna pko cgeg read sa mga posts ninyo... i really like it especially the metro cities of CEBU... i'm so proud of our CEBU..

here r sme i4rmations bwt me...

name: herbert huyo
school: CNU-BSN 1-D
address: sta. rosa homes, opao, mandaue city
fren po ako ni dabert...

am i welcome in ssc????
Thanks


VIVA CEBU!!!! YOU ROCK!!


Welcome Aboard To SSC CEBU skizzer...enjoy your stay and keep on posting

:dance:
Welcome to Skyscraper City Cebu Herbert Huyo
:dance:


THANKZ

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i lyk the view of CEBU CITY here coz Romantic kaau ang iyang dating....

are you sure with this bai? :)

bitaw, make sure bai that everything that we put in the forum is true coz some people might not agree with it if it's kinda debatable...

bitaw, make sure bai rage that everything that we put in the forum is true coz some people might not agree with it if it's kinda debatable... i think it's not mandaue ang industrial center of RP but sta. rosa laguna...

Mandaue is the industrial center of the south :)

^^ maybe yes...

ui herbert huyo! welCoMe...! hehe.. finally, nakadecide jd siya ug sign-up.. hehe
anyway.. here's a little something..
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sori.. camphone lang.. :D

fuente triangle and metrobank

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12th ASEAN Summit
Kick-Off Ceremonies


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more pictures to follow by slerz and arnold.

@div: pasensya bai wala ko load.

^^ I am more excited about the ASEAN after viewing those pics... by the way for the benefit of those who don't know these people sa first pic, from left to right:
Michel Lhuillier of MLhuillier Pawnshop, Gov. Gwen Garcia, FG Mike Arroyo and Undersecretary Frank Benedicto of the DFA
second pic:
SSC Cebu's royal highnesses:
King Arnoldsa III, Prince Slerz of Wales (sosyal nga term sa Pardo) and King Markiiboi II (ang hari nga walay load... hehe)

^^

Very nice pictures Mark, very sharp and focused..



ASEAN Summit
Countdown Ceremony


All photos by arnoldsa


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Posing for posterity. Michael Lhuillier, Governor Gwen Garcia, FG Mike Arroyo, DFA Undersecretary Frank Benedicto
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Different dance troupes from various universities rendering dances of ASEAN countries at the beat of an "ASEANized" Sinulog drumbeat.
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And as usual for the finale, the "Mabuhi ka Sugbuanon!"
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Waving to the crowd.
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120-days to go. The countdown also signals the start of the beautification activities in the Metro which includes the putting up of elegant lamps along the ceremonial route.
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SSC Boys
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SSC Boys with the Street Boys
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Declaring the countdown ceremony close. I was able to meet my former teacher (and adviser to the Supreme Student Gov't. in Cebu Doc). He's a member of one of the committees for the ASEAN Summit (volunteers). He said that the volunteers were picked up from different schools (mostly from the College of Arts and Sciences).
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Amazing Fuente at night. After the countdown ceremony, dinner would have had followed at the Fuente oval though we chose McDonalds over it...
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Mandaue is the industrial center of the south :)

Not really. Iligan is the Industrial City of the South. Maybe as Industrial
City of Central Philippines :)

Rain? What rain? :D

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Parade of Nations:


Brunei Darussalam

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Cambodia

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Indonesia

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Malaysia

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Myanmar

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Philippines

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Singapore

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Vietnam

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plus Laos and Thailand

^^ sorry kau bai wala ko ka kuyog ninyo gnina.. medyo busy pa ky midterm pa namo..

^^ oks ra na bai. unaha ang pag skuyla. pasagdi ang mga istambay. hehehe.

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Sexy Governor, Siksik First Gentleman

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With Leo Lastimosa of TV Patrol Central Visayas ASEAN countdown
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^^

uy Slerz, Gwen is telling you to come to the stage and dance with them..


By the way:

"slerz has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space."


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Mark pahawa daw diha ingun ni Gwen... Hehehehehehe..

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'Better English' of Cebuanos seen as edge in outsourcing

The Freeman 08/12/2006

Ambassador Roberto Romulo said the Cebuanos' ability to speak "better English" than others from other provinces serves as their competitiveness edge in developing Cebu as a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) hub.

This as one of the thrusts of the APEC Business Advisory Council is the continued development of BPO sector, and which was discussed during the opening of the three-day ABAC meeting held at Shangri-La Mactan yesterday.

Romulo, who is also the chairman of ABAC and the presidential adviser on competitiveness, said that development of BPO sector in the country is really impressive considering that there are now more than 100 call centers employing around 200,000 employees as against the meager four call centers and approximately 1,000 or 2,000 employees when the country first engaged in the BPO sector in 2004.

Although India is taking the lead in the BPO sector, Philippines can also offer a good competition by developing BPO not only in the call center industry but also in party logistics, supply chain management and knowledge management, such as in medical tourism.

In line with this, Cebu is going to be developed as the BPO hub in the country.

"There's one key here which I'm scared to say because Manila will get mad at me. You speak English here. And you speak better English here than any other provinces in the country. So I think that's a big plus as far as BPO is concerned," Romulo said in a press briefing yesterday morning.

In relation to this, Romulo said the private sector task force has been tapped by President Gloria Arroyo to formulate a master plan on how we can be internationally competitive in the BPO sector.

The president delivered her opening and keynote address during the 3rd ABAC meeting and 10th ABAC anniversary conference yesterday morning.

"The private sector will take the lead and the government will enable," he said.

In addition, Romulo said the airline connections here in Cebu "is fantastic".

He said he was impressed to find out that Cebu, which he said "is second to none", has direct flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Malaysia.

"And by the way, your airport and processing is something to be emulated by other airports in the Philippines, and particularly Manila," he said.

ABAC also tackled two issues; one dealing on APEC's relevance today and if it is still responsive to the needs of the Asia-Pacific Region and to the business needs, and the other on the suspension of the World Trade Organizations negotiations.

Romulo said the business group was frustrated with this matter considering that it will substantially affect them because instead of the economy turning the world around it is politics doing so.

He said the suspension of WTO negotiations "is a very difficult situation" for the whole world, especially for developing countries, such as the Philippines. -

My First post and pic posted @ Metro Cebu thread 2

Can anyone post a picture of Parklane International Hotel? Heard that they are opening this november? I want to check this hotel out, heard that it's 26 story edifice in Escario St.. Correct me If I'm wrong. [/qoute]

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I got this shot of the on going construction of the Parklane Int'l Hotel last sat through my phone going to Ayala...not so clear but it is still in its 5th or 6th floor... It can't start to operate this November I think...

my first avatar http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/avatars/lavalamp.gif

my first banner featured in SSC
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my first cebu urban photo challenge of @Rusty
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my 1st youtube video for ssc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhKVfbwT-2M

my 1st documented event for ssc with mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwUYrITbC4

^^ nice, nice compilation bai. sus usa ka tuig na man diay kang sige ug lakaw sa sugbo. syaro wala pa jud nimo na memorize tanang kalsada ug tanang suuk sa dakbayan. hehehe.


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After Germany (http://globalnation.inq7.net/cebudailynews/enterprise/view_article.php?article_id=14720) and Japan (http://globalnation.inq7.net/cebudailynews/enterprise/view_article.php?article_id=14482), now this:

Dutch firm deems Cebu potential biz launch pad
By Noreen Napoles
The Freeman 08/12/2006

Challenged by the astuteness of the Cebu market, a Dutch company chose to make Cebu its launch pad in doing business in the country.

Chief Executive Officer Richard Shulzer said that choosing business here in Cebu was not only because of its friendly people but also because of what the researches say.

"According to research, if you make it here in Cebu, you make it anywhere else," Schulzer said.

Bickers Group's services held a wine tasting activity at its office at the fifth floor of Ayala-Life FGU Building, as an opening salvo to its numerous launching of products in the next few months.

Bickers Corporation is engaged in international trade facilitation, which includes buyer and seller representation and the hosting of international trade portals focusing on certain specific areas for the reference of foreign as well as local companies who may want to do business. It is being composed of the Bickers Corporate, Bickers Public Solutions, and Bickers Law Firm. However, only Bickers Corporate is exercising business in Cebu City.

The company has already launched its website, www.cebu-market.com, November of last year. They are also soon to launch their magazine in the same month this year.

Joel Cabatas, sales and marketing officer, said that the website of the company serves as a portal designed to provide trade leads and other information such as free corporate and government listings, local and regional events, jobs or classified ads, flea markets, photo albums for sharing of memories and other highly useful information to those who are searching for anything on the web.

The sales and marketing officer also added that www.cebu-market.com is the best venue for advertisements since it provides a comprehensive listing of major information resources, serves as a "one-stop-shop" for web searchers as to what they specifically need in Cebu, and the best and most informative features but has the lowest price rate.

Also a sales and marketing officer, Maria Cristina Adarle elaborated that it is easy to advertise in their webpage. Advertiser could either contact them through phone calls or electronic messages in order to make the proper arrangements. Lay-out would be done by the company but the final approval would come from the advertiser.

Aside from the website, the company's satellite in Cebu would soon engage in the export of wines and flowers.

Bickers Corporation, with its mother company in Netherlands, is a member of the European Chamber of Commerce. It is engaging in liaison services for Calatrasi Wine, which provided the wines for the wine tasting, NTI University in Netherlands, University of Wales, and Robert Kennedy College in Zurich, Switzerland. It also gives services to various companies for personnel selection through web channel and provides consultation on Litigation and International Law on Immigration.

International Academy of Film and Television
showcases more at the count of four

The Freeman 08/12/2006

The International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) is in high spirits as its One-Year Immersion Program progresses with Class 4 of 2006 this August 14, with more offerings in store for aspiring filmmakers across the globe.

With a 19,000 square meter campus in Mactan, Cebu, IAFT serves as Bigfoot Entertainment's professional training institution for aspiring filmmakers. It offers a comprehensive curriculum under the direction of mentors who are industry professionals from Hollywood and other film capitals of the world. The program, which consists of five 9-week terms, includes courses on cinematography, editing, directing, screenwriting, producing, filmmaking, sound design, etc, plus a professional show reel upon the completion of the student's final project. Students are also offered a unique internship program with IAFT's institutional partners, affiliate television network Fashion TV, and parent company Bigfoot Entertainment.

This August, IAFT ushers in fresh students who come from as far as Sweden. Equally anticipated is the brim-over of incoming mentors. "We are pleased to announce a new group of highly talented filmmakers from various parts of the world, to teach and offer insight to our students," says Kacy Andrews, CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment. more (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200608122404.htm)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6B7G9w6SM

SSC Boys with the Street Boys
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Declaring the countdown ceremony close. I was able to meet my former teacher (and adviser to the Supreme Student Gov't. in Cebu Doc). He's a member of one of the committees for the ASEAN Summit (volunteers). He said that the volunteers were picked up from different schools (mostly from the College of Arts and Sciences).
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Amazing Fuente at night. After the countdown ceremony, dinner would have had followed at the Fuente oval though we chose McDonalds over it...
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It's sad to see that the fountain is not working. Is it because it's out of order? If so, does anybody know if plans are in the works to restore it for the ASEAN summit? I grew up living in the house (now demolished) across from Fuente, near Chung Hua Hospital. I wish they would do something to restore or even improve the fountain, being the centerpiece of the Fuente Osmena circle and a beautiful historical landmark of Cebu City.

^^umm...how old is the fountain anyway?

Glad to be back, thanks SSC CEBU for your company!

It's sad to see that the fountain is not working. Is it because it's out of order? If so, does anybody know if plans are in the works to restore it for the ASEAN summit? I grew up living in the house (now demolished) across from Fuente, near Chung Hua Hospital. I wish they would do something to restore or even improve the fountain, being the centerpiece of the Fuente Osmena circle and a beautiful historical landmark of Cebu City.


Actually bai the fountain is still functional. In fact, the fountain has a newly installed pump and it is newly painted. However, every night they turn it on for only a few hours. Yesterday, they turned it off right after the cocktail dinner, or right after we took this pic:


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Glad to be back, thanks SSC CEBU for your company!


Welcome back bai Butch! How's the trip?

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like father like son Leo Lastimosa and Slerz Lastimosa :bow:

bravo SSC boys!!! nice pics :applause: :applause: :applause:

Actually bai the fountain is still functional. In fact, the fountain has a newly installed pump and it is newly painted. However, every night they turn it on for only a few hours. Yesterday, they turned it off right after the cocktail dinner, or right after we took this pic:


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Markiiboi, thanks for the info.

guys, ako mo gipa greet sa Y101... they had a hard time pronouncing slerz' name... hehe

@slerz, HAPPY 1ST Anniversary dude!!! let's celebrate, when i get back very soon... :booze: :cheers1:

@butch, thanks so much! i'm speechless... hehe

Welcome back bai Butch! How's the trip?

It was very tiring, my bilogical clock is messed up...still trying to adjust physically.

@butch, thanks so much! i'm speechless... hehe

Your welcome bai, kamusta ka na??

Just going back through the pictures I took right now.

^^ Im good butch! I'm so happy to know that I'll be sent to cebu for another week for work... Time to meet again with the gang... BTW, ill be waiting for your pics.. im sure you have loads of cebu, bohol and leyte pics..

got this from this site:
http://www.math.admu.edu.ph/~raf/pcsc05/venue_files/image005.jpg

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University of Cebu and Gaisano Country Mall (right side)

this ones from Marriott Cebu's official website (repost lang cguro):
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Cebu City Marriott Hotel, First Marriott in the Philippines

bag.o ra ko mata bai...

sayuha diay gasugod sa countdown oi...
naa pa man ko klase ana... adto2x pa ko fuente 8pm...

wa na ko naabtan....

nagkuyog pa ta ninyo ghapon lingaw gyud ta...

Daghan kaau chiks... nagkuyog mi Raymund Quisumbing gahapon...

nag-party gyud mi sa QUBE... party on...

thank you sir butch! lingaw gyud magkuyog ang SSC...

i've notice si Sinjin kay wala.. naunsa kaha cya.... hope ok ra cya...

Previous Cebu banners:

by rusty:

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yup! this banner was featured in 2004. hehehe

Great!!! Cebu in the header. Congrats to all Sugbuanons!!!

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hey, sorry i didn't get the chance to congratulate SSC Cebu for the banner feature. :D i'm still reading thread no. 30, Cebu thread is exponentially faster huh! keep it up pipz :okay: i just saw ABAC Summit earlier today on TV. held in Shangri-La Mactan. :cool:

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how tall is this bldg na ba? around 26? it's really fast. 12 levels to go. :rock:

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taken sa park... lapu2x side...
what tha'?! :shocked: best funk ever bai! sure mo sa filipinaz ni? :lol:

@d'trans: Glad you had a safe trip! it's really nice to see u and ur family with the SSC cebu people partyin'! :rock: it's Brodix' turn come December.. haha

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pool @ Hilton Cebu... infinity pool sa shangri-la ni bai.

Glad to be back, thanks SSC CEBU for your company!

Butch, musta biyahe? Ayo paka nana ka Merika, kami naa gihapon CEbu..hehe


@Mark, katoltol nako tanang suok sa ciudad except Junquera :D

@div, wa mo surrender ang dj mag sulti sa akong ngan? Sikat na diay tag samot ani:lol:

Gov. Gwen Garcia
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ASEAN SUMMIT countdown
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Ingon akong papa ba, a giant image of Sr. Sto. Niño will rise soon sa Kawit island sa SRP... nya biggest in the world daw kuno ??? Ambot lang kaha kung tinuod. Mura sd diay og slyscraper...:D

Okay ra man siguro bai kay ang Kawit Island part man sa TOurism ZOne.

^^

Ngeek, wa pa gani sila nakatukod sa katung Lighthouse nga 11-storeys tall, karon kay lahi nasad nga plano..

Taken from Careta Cemetery:

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Lighthouse lang ta ilang buhaton sa SRP, kay murag mag lain tanawon kon giant sto.nino ilang himuon, pero I guess it would stand out more cguro and potentially become a landmark for Cebu, tarongon lang ta sa designer ug himo, kanang dili cheap tanawon ba, parehason ta nlag murag statue of liberty pagkahimo, classical nga style, 305 ft tall na sto. nino maggunit ug globe, unya butangan nlag suga ang globe sa sud aron musiga inig ka gabii.

@slerz, HAPPY 1ST Anniversary dude!!! let's celebrate, when i get back very soon... :booze: :cheers1:

ty... cg lang ta inom ani...hehe. cg lan meet, ang uban wapa rab ka meet.:D

BTW, my first SSC meet/eb was last December 23 sa Ayala Center nag picpic with Sugbuanon ang Mark, the 1st SSC Cebu meet.


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but it's not the Cebu City governemnt that will spend build the strucrure but a certain Cebu businessman, Liu man tingali... The Cebu City council has already permitted him to build the structure daw...

When man sugdan bai?

@slerz, dugay naa kaayo na plan...first time i heard about it kay prep-school student pa ko (3rd yr college na ko karon)...maytag madayon na...di kaha adto ni ibutang sa lakeside park sa ubos sa marco polo (katong gipakita sa under construction thread...) kay naa man to religious statue ngadto gipakita sa drawing--dili lang sto. niño, kato lang christ redeemer sa rio...

@markiiboi, gikuhaan pud ta nimo ug pics ang mga mausoleum sa chinese cemetery...naa gyud uban ngadto sa sulod na part mura gyud ug balay...cool kaayo ang design

^^this week pa gani ni offer si Mr. Liu bai Pirena...hhehe
wapa sd gi sulti nus a sugdan mark, so far mao pa man na angsroya storya...

pero mas maayo nuon para di na mahimong jerjeranan nang lugara, kay lain sad kaayo paminawn nga mag jerjer nya naay ginoo sa atubangan :lol:


nikuyog diay ka lubong imo kaila mark? asa gani na dapit ang Careta?:D

@pirena: wa ko kahibaw asa agiun ang chinese cemetery bai. first time pa to nako sa careta. hehehe.

@slerz: o bai. pero as a true-blue SSCer, dili jud kalimtan ang mga high rise, bisag naglisud ug katkat sa mga apartment nga nitso. hehehe.

@markiiboi: ah ok...kanang sa carreta area ra pud...katong sa padung mabolo(if gikan ka sa carreta), ma-agian ra na siya klaro ra man pud kay naa man giant pagoda ug initsik na gate...bati ang structures sa may atubangan, pero nindot na ngadto sa luyo...kung nahan ka ug tour guide pakuyog ug BHW sa carreta health center...joke...bitaw, paghinay-hinay lnag ngadto...pero wa baya kuyaw ngadto kaysa carreta cemetery...

@ Sir Butch,
Me and TJ are extending our appreciation for the company for a short time here in Cebu with SSC people.

Thanks for the good company.

Pag-halong/Pag-amping diha sa LAX.

@slerz basin pud ug bag-o na na-plano...pero nakadungog na lagi ko sa ana sa radio sa una, gi-mention pud to ngadto na parehas or labwan pa gani nila ang height sa statue of liberty...

nindot gyud bitaw na siya na plano...labi pa kung himoon ug lighthouse ang statue, symbolic gyud of the cebuano's faith...

maytag madayon gyud...

btw, taga-pardo diay ka slerz? ako pud baya

mao ba? asa dapit sa Pardo? Dapit sa simbahan? kanang naay mga pari nga gihinganlag Diotay og Tapic?

mga bais, if you happen to watch jessica soho report on tv a while ago, kenneth cobonpue and his creations was being featured. it really makes one proud that a filipino (a cebuano hehehe) is known globally for this creativeness, especially to brad pitt. i am actually thinking now of even designing my own furnitures too hehehe...

murag mandaue, PALAFOX!!!

seriously, id be very happy if this will push through and if the plan won't change, the commerial center will just be near the highway, kato lagi near the exit for vehicles, pinka kilid na jud....

University of San Carlos Vision 2020

The Talamban Master Plan of the Palafox and Associates envisions a university town in which 30 percent of the campus is open for commercial ventures to help fund the 70 percent academic component. Palafox’s version of Vision 2020 includes a university mall, a planetarium, a retirement village for faculty and alumni, a central library, a cultural center, sports and leisure facilities, and even a cemetery.

tan-awa ang plano bay nindot kaayo:

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3868/usc2020pk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.usc.edu.ph/online_uscweb/uschome/vision2020/vision2020.jsp

mga bais, if you happen to watch jessica soho report on tv a while ago, kenneth cobonpue and his creations was being featured. it really makes one proud that a filipino (a cebuano hehehe) is known globally for this creativeness, especially to brad pitt. i am actually thinking now of even designing my own furnitures too hehehe...

So you have background in furniture design? That's great. Pa-design ng furniture hehe lol :lol:

Yeah, I got to watch the report. You have to be proud of his achievements especially the part about being featured in time magazine - now, that's really world class talent. Proudly Pinoy! :okay:

Among those designs presented, I really liked the chair based on the dented coke can. It's amazing where he gets the inspiration for his designs.:rock:

Sto. Niño image soon to rise at SRP

The Freeman 08/13/2006

A life-size image Sr. Santo. Niño will soon rise on Kawit Island after the City Council granted businessman Lim Liu's request to create a cultural, historical and religious landmark in the area, which is now part of the South Road Properties (SRP).

Councilor Joey Daluz III, who authored the resolution approving the landmark's construction, said the city government will not spend a single centavo for the construction of the image.

"Mr. Lim Liu, a well known businessman, good Samaritan and civic leader will put up a life-size image of the Sr. Santo Niño not only to pay homage to the patron and divine protector of Cebuano people, but more importantly, to evoke the cultural, historical and religious heritage or history of Cebu City," Daluz said.

Under a proposed plan, the Kawit Island will be utilized as a recreational area inside the SRP.

In Pre-Hispanic times, Cebu was known as "Sugbu" or "Zubu," which was already a port town visited by traders from China, Thailand, the East Indies and the Arabian kingdoms.

When Ferdinand Magellan landed in Cebu on April 7, 1521, its ruler King Humabon gladly welcomed him. Humabon and his queen Juana were later converted to Christianity and at least 400 other subjects followed suit.

Magellan planted a cross and gave Juana a statue of the Santo Niño to commemorate the event. - Garry B. Lao

^^

This one's going to be materialized compared with the proposed 11-storey lighthouse since a businessman would be the one who will build it.. Hehehehe..

^^

@markiiboi


Mark wala ko ka reply ganiha kay nahutdan ko load.. Also I'm shifting to Globe because all my contacts (except around 3) including those from SSC are all Globe.. enjoy sad ba sa unlimitxt ug sa 10 cents/second call... Nyehehehehehehehehe....

0915-9278361


wala'y inom bro coz wala na wawarts... hehe.. also, nag bagong buhay na ko.

Sunday, August 13, 2006
Hospital offers to build grotto on Kawit Island

Chong Hua Hospital will put up a grotto and an icon of the Señor Sto. Niño at the South Road Properties (SRP).

The Cebu City Council last Wednesday approved a resolution allowing Lim Liu, chairman of the board of directors of Chong Hua Hospital, to build the “cultural, historical and religious landmark” on Kawit Island, which is part of the 295-hectare SRP.

The undertaking will be done at no cost to the City Government.

Liu, a businessman and civic leader, is offering to put up the image near the lighthouse “to pay homage to the patron and divine protector of Cebuanos” and to “evoke the cultural, historical and religious heritage of Cebu City.”

Kawit Island is that part of the SRP that faces the channel, up to the ports. Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants Kawit to be reminiscent of a 19th century poblacion or town center.

The proposed grotto will complement the mayor’s plan, as he wants to build a church with a Spanish era motif that will evoke that bygone lifestyle.

But he also wants to build a yacht club, a wind-surfing pool, two outdoor stages, a museum and two-star to five-star bars and restaurants, making Kawit an entertainment and sports destination.(GAC)

@slerz: naa dapit kinasang-an amo...

@gee: nindota na sa tc uy...suya kaayo ko kay dako kaayo ug area inyong school, amo intawn pwirting huota...hehehe...

^^

@markiiboi


Mark wala ko ka reply ganiha kay nahutdan ko load.. Also I'm shifting to Globe because all my contacts (except around 3) including those from SSC are all Globe.. enjoy sad ba sa unlimitxt ug sa 10 cents/second call... Nyehehehehehehehehe....

0915-9278361


wala'y inom bro coz wala na wawarts... hehe.. also, nag bagong buhay na ko.

saun, nanghagad pa gani kag inom gahapon...:D
yeah, Cebu is a globe country...

@pireina, naa f jaca amo luyo sa Pardo elementary school... silingan rmn diay ka, wa jud ka nag saba... saba sad oi :D

University of San Carlos Vision 2020

The Talamban Master Plan of the Palafox and Associates envisions a university town in which 30 percent of the campus is open for commercial ventures to help fund the 70 percent academic component. Palafox’s version of Vision 2020 includes a university mall, a planetarium, a retirement village for faculty and alumni, a central library, a cultural center, sports and leisure facilities, and even a cemetery.

tan-awa ang plano bay nindot kaayo:

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3868/usc2020pk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.usc.edu.ph/online_uscweb/uschome/vision2020/vision2020.jsp

i'm impressed bai. i think the palafox design is better compared to the one i saw sa Engr. Building Lobby. Syempre, Palafox na gud ni, and i think project lang to sa mga students ang naka display sa tc... anyhow, im excited about our alma mater's development esp. sa TC

Butch, musta biyahe? Ayo paka nana ka Merika, kami naa gihapon CEbu..hehe


@Mark, katoltol nako tanang suok sa ciudad except Junquera :D

@div, wa mo surrender ang dj mag sulti sa akong ngan? Sikat na diay tag samot ani:lol:

slerz, gipa greet na sd mo nako... my dream is for SSC cebu to be well known all over cebu and the globe since they're heard all over the world thru the hi definition online streaming technology...

Guys, how big is a life-size Sto. Niño? Here's the Article (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200608131803.htm)

Guys, how big is a life-size Sto. Niño?

if it's gonna be a life-size statue, that means it won't be that huge... but mind you that the sto. nino icon is quite deceiving... i thought before that the sto nino's height is from the head (with a crown) to the bottom part of it (floor level) but nag tungtong diay na sya!!! natabunan lang sa iyang suot... ang iya tinuod height kay tunga lang sa whole staute...

^^ div, naglili diay ka? :lol:

^^ haha!!! mao, ambot unsay sala akong nahimo tungod ato ako gibuhat!!! sacrilege ba? im not sure...

^^ child abuse. ooops bag-o pa raba o simba. :D


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Anyway congrats again to Dacesport team Cebu City, for winning four gold medal and 1 silver in Day 1 of the Empire State Dancesport Championship at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square, Manhattan, mirroring their feat in the last tournament that DTCC took part in last July in San Francisco, where the team collared 20 gold medals. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:



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^^ kaw ha... oi bai, basin sawayon na sad ta ani... gihimo na sad chat room
ang forum... sa YM na lang ta chat... hehe!

dili tingali na life-size lang...larger than life-size gyud na...kay naa na baya life-size statue didto sa carmen...basin mao na tingali na ang himoon ug lighthouse...kanus-a man pud kaha ni sugdan? basin ug maka-graduate na ug highschool akong manghod usa na mahuman...

^^ lets cross our fingers bai.. pero most probably within the term (first, second or third) ni mayor tomas...

^^

maybe this will materialize sooner, kay dili baya government-funded. :D

hinoon, naa kay point ana bai markiiboi, mas pas-pas baya ang privately funded projects kaysa sa government projects tungod kay way daghang kos-kos-balongos na agi-an...diretso dayon ug implement wa nay adto-adto pa ug COA ug uban pa...

^^

just like Larshans bai.

saw a report also yesterday that Liu also recommended to City Hall that instead of the Provincial Capitol running the CCMC, it should be managed by the private sector.

Kapamilya Alert:

Pinoy Dream Academy's introduction of new contestants will be at Cebu Capitol Grounds this upcoming August 26 (I think, basta Sabado) I'm not sure what time though.

Isara nila ang Jones/Escario pag may naa event sa Capitol?

local contestants? or kato na gyud final line-up? cool ha...change of venue in favor of cebu to the rather overrated capital...must because of the success of ABS' previous reality show, PBB, di ba, 2 of the 3 big winners were from cebu?

local contestants? or kato na gyud final line-up? cool ha...change of venue in favor of cebu to the rather overrated capital...must because of the success of ABS' previous reality show, PBB, di ba, 2 of the 3 big winners were from cebu?

What I've heard yesterday, NCR contestants along with regional and global contestants will be sent to Cebu for the final line-up before the show starts airing on primetime.

Great! Bagong venue! Some people recognize Visayans' love of music and songs. Kudos Cebu!

^^ that is correct, AUGUST 26. They will hold it at the Cebu Capitol... They will announce the 16 scholars of Pinoy Dream Academy on that event... o di ba, special gyud ang cebu for abs-cbn.... they are aware man gud nga DI NA MALUPIGAN, DI NA MAAPSAN ANG ABS-CBN sa CEBU!!!!

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^^ esp now that cebu is being promoted also by their competitor, Pinoy Idol, thanks to PILITA CORRALES. she said gud when they had their auditions here in davao that there are not so many talented singers here, that's why she was looking forward for the cebu auditions, indeed they exceeded their target when they had it at Big Foot studios in mactan...

^^ Yeah, the selection of the Final 16 will be held here in Cebu, and what better backdrop than the Cebu Capitol.

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hahay!!! naa kaha ni basis iya gipang sulti? maybe, its true... pero wa pa man cguro na sya kaadto sa moon? hehe!!!

^^ Wow! Moon na gyud?! Grabe ba! Ako makit-an nako si Tedman kung naa na ako Mars,hehehe! :lol: Joke!

Maayo naman kung may lighting projects sa Mandaue.

^^ esp now that cebu is being promoted also by their competitor, Pinoy Idol, thanks to PILITA CORRALES. she said gud when they had their auditions here in davao that there are not so many talented singers here, that's why she was looking forward for the cebu auditions, indeed they exceeded their target when they had it at Big Foot studios in mactan...

^^ Usahay, matud nila, suroysuroy, ulipon...name it and a Cebuano will sing it. Guitara and "padugo" (senti) songs or Bisrock or Bisrap...grabe Cebu sa pagkanta! Go Sugbo!

Gtg...duty pa ako. :)

Ah, pag-adto nako sa moon, wala man gani ko ka kita sa Las Vegas, Mandaue ra hinuon nga ang karsada ray sug-an. Hambog sad ni si Ouano. Mas makita na hinuon ang kahugaw sa iyahang syudad. (waaaah pasensya init lang ug ulo)

^^ pasagdai lang na si ouano mark. sakto si berns, visible nuon iya dagway kay tanan niyang project naa gyud iyang nawong, dako kaayo!!!!

mao na'y gitawag og
ASKAG HAMBOG AHHHHHHHH! Mavuang ko vayot...!!!

hibong gud sila nganong nisyagit ko dri...saun!

41 posts to go and we'll be closing this thread... dalia ra no???

^^ esp now that cebu is being promoted also by their competitor, Pinoy Idol, thanks to PILITA CORRALES. she said gud when they had their auditions here in davao that there are not so many talented singers here, that's why she was looking forward for the cebu auditions, indeed they exceeded their target when they had it at Big Foot studios in mactan...

i'm starting to believe that philippine idol is a big time show. hehe. first, they had it in PICC Manila. and they're holding it in Bigfoot Studios for Cebu audition? when will this be aired? tonight or finish na?

Tonight's episode will feature Davao. Last week yung cebu bai.

i'm starting to believe that philippine idol is a big time show. hehe. first, they had it in PICC Manila. and they're holding it in Bigfoot Studios for Cebu audition? when will this be aired? tonight or finish na?

done na bai resty... auditions were held last july... this was aired on the pilot week of philippine idol.

What is that Pinoy Dream? Mura sd og PBB?


btw, ingon diay ni Mike Arroyo "wag kayong mag aaalala, kayang kaya nga Cebu yan" :okay:

^^ nakadungog unta ang taga toot ana...

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lagi bai slerz, naunsa naman na siya oi. pang election kaayo ug istorya. i think it all started when Pres. Gloria handpicked Cebu as venue for the ASEAN Summit. if it wasn't for CICC, mayor teddy won't brag about the boring mandaue north and south reclamation project. what's it called again? Harbour City? i was so disappointed with this guy. the mayor is actually nice, he's our family friend. pero why just now? if dili Cebu ang venue sa summit, naa pa ba kaha ni siya tarong nga plano? :dunno:

^^ on the other hand bai resty, mas maayo sad para mahigmata ni sya that there are a lot of things that he could have done and should do sa iyang city... new mandaue city!

dha na sad sya ni kuha sa palafox after the announcement nga sa mandaue, cebu ang asean...

Anyway congrats again to Dacesport Team Cebu City (DTCC), for winning four gold medals and 1 silver in Day 1 of the Empire State Dancesport Championship at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square, Manhattan, mirroring their feat in the last tournament that DTCC took part in last July in San Francisco, where the team collared 20 gold medals. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:



Breaking News from New York:

Team Cebu City just bagged 14 gold medals on Day 2's events!!! :cheer:

DTCC is conquering the world dancesport arena by storm!!! :applause:

Source: Y101fm.com (http://www.y101fm.com) Live Online Stream.

hello SkyscraperCity Forumers!
pa plug lang! try to see this video...
Visit Davao!

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tnx

Breaking News from New York:

Team Cebu City just bagged 14 gold medals on Day 2's events!!! :cheer:

DTCC is conquering the world dancesport arena by storm!!! :applause:

Source: Y101fm.com (http://www.y101fm.com) Live Online Stream.

nice. congratz to them. why team cebu city? any other RP team na nagjoin sa contest karon?

^^ Yeah bai only Team Cebu City was sent to compete, thanks to Mayor Tom and Concilor Jack (for the travel expenses) and Michel Lhullier (costumes), with the help of the FilAm communities in the US (board and lodging).


And next week after creating havok in SanFO and NY, Vegas na naman!!

^^ Yeah bai only Team Cebu City was sent to compete, thanks to Mayor Tom and Concilor Jack (for the travel expenses) and Michel Lhullier (costumes), with the help of the FilAm communities in the US (board and lodging).


And next week after creating havok in SanFO and NY, Vegas na naman!!

ah. do u have the list sa ilang awards on their recent US competition?

^^

wala raba ko ka lista bai. mugawas ra na for sure sa newspapers ugma. hehehe. but katong sa SanFo, na list na sad to before sa newspapers.

ok ra kung makita sa moon...basta dili lang porma sa nawong ni ouano ang makita kay tingali ug mas daghan pang UFO ang mo-crash landing dinhi sa cebu...lol

repost lang.

The ASEAN Summit countdown, Cebu City

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i like these shots. great job! :okay:

Pinoy Dream Academy Kick Off
Capitol Grounds, Cebu City
August 26, 9PM

37 dreamers (12 NCR, 15 Regional and 10 Global) will vie for the 16 Academy Scholars Slots. -abscbnnews.com

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I guess showdown ni then ang top 16 maoy dad-on sa manila.

gwen should run for president...she'd doing a great job for cebu, especially in promoting the province and protecting its territorial integrity...

on second thought, we could just have her for cebu alone...who knows, maybe something huge will happen in manila, and we'd suddenly have a republic of cebu...we'll have the best president then...

done na bai resty... auditions were held last july... this was aired on the pilot week of philippine idol.

Cool..wassup?....Y101 my favorite station when I was in Cebu (97) pa... hehehe

^^ tune in online bai. www.y101fm.com

^^ naks... gi promote gyud niya ang IO... thanks mark!

Cool..wassup?....Y101 my favorite station when I was in Cebu (97) pa... hehehe

hey there van1975! good to hear that you were part of y101's loads of listeners... you can still tune in to OUR rhythm online as what mark has posted ^^ enjoy it here man!

I agree, she should stay as Cebu governor.. She's done great job. :)

gwen should run for president...she'd doing a great job for cebu, especially in promoting the province and protecting its territorial integrity...

on second thought, we could just have her for cebu alone...who knows, maybe something huge will happen in manila, and we'd suddenly have a republic of cebu...we'll have the best president then...

^^ precisely. and she still has a long way to go (2 terms). i don't know what garbage her detractors would throw to her when election time comes...

hey there van1975! good to hear that you were part of y101's loads of listeners... you can still tune in to OUR rhythm online as what mark has posted ^^ enjoy it here man!

^^ Y101! Always first!

Kinda like it. Unta dal-on ko ani nga radyo sa Iloilo para naman naa'y paminawon mga estudyante didto. (We lack of these kind of radio stations due to airwave limitations - space sa FM sa area ana is shared also by BCD, that's why 13radio stations ra permited sa amua).

by the way, was it Ouano's spacecraft that crashed in Tabuelan? Wonder ko lang nganu man nakita niya ang Mandaue gikan sa Moon? :lol:

La lang.

^^ y101 is really good. no question about that... it's not easy to be on air for 25 years... esp here in cebu...

Ey, la lang!

Why is it that Netopia branches here have different rates? Barato ang sa USC as compared to Ayala and BTC. Colon is to SM. Jones is to unsay branch pa sa Netopia.

La lang po... :)

Kalimtan na lang ang mahal nga rent sa malls? heheh :D

Just a while ago..

Still a long way to go although they have started interior and exterior works at the same time. Glass and cladding have been installed at the second floor.


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Slowly (or very slowly) but surely bai. Only 12 storeys shy from topping off, but at 26 floors, we now have new tallest building outside MM.

^^

I'm just curious how really tall it is in terms of height in meters. It might just be 38-storeys tall but who knows its height might be equivalent to an average 45-storey building.

pahabol... ssc-cebu in davao

joinerz...
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tshirt delivered by Div. daghang salamat.

^^ Uy ayus kay imo jud gisul-ob bai. sagdi lang imported bitaw (from cebu) hehehe. Salamat sad diay sa pag-ambit bai.

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cool, it still has a long way to go but it looks so tall now even if it's not yet complete. and then in 2 or 3 years, naa na ang tapad niya nga residential condominiums so mura na jd ug super mini-manhattan ang dinha sa fuente cluster.. hehe..
below ang latest update sa ACT IT mall tupad sa emall... 12 storeys lang ba jd kini???
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gwen should run for president...she'd doing a great job for cebu, especially in promoting the province and protecting its territorial integrity...

on second thought, we could just have her for cebu alone...who knows, maybe something huge will happen in manila, and we'd suddenly have a republic of cebu...we'll have the best president then...

During Private Conversations with Boy Abunda, she was asked if she would run for Senator. Gwen said that she doesn't want to waste her time "talking" and "talking". She'd rather remain as Governor until she fulfills her dreams for Cebu.

just another traffic scene in jones w/ the gigantic partially-visible crown regency hotel at the left..
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actually, my dad took this one so share-share lang.. hehe :D

cool, it still has a long way to go but it looks so tall now even if it's not yet complete. and then in 2 or 3 years, naa na ang tapad niya nga residential condominiums so mura na jd ug super mini-manhattan ang dinha sa fuente cluster.. hehe..
below ang latest update sa ACT IT mall tupad sa emall... 12 storeys lang ba jd kini???



Yeah and according to a newspaper advertisement posted here weeks ago, the third tower (a condominium that would be shorter by two floors) should be ready by 2009. Three years pa, hehehe..

why can't they just use steel frames (or whatever the term is) to speed up the construction? They're just generally using cement so that would obviously take years to complete., diba richness man sila so maka-afford jd na dapat sila ug steel ui.. hehe...

^^

I don't have any idea.. Hehehe.. Maybe it's more expensive to use steel?

Gokongwei patriarch leaves half of fortune to charity
By Wilson Lee Flores
The Philippine Star 08/13/2006

Self-made multibillionaire John Gokongwei Jr. is donating half his fortune — at least P20 billion — to charity to mark his 80th birthday and his holding company’s 50th anniversary.

At a dinner reception for 1,500 guests held last Friday at his Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Gokongwei announced that he would donate half of all his shares in the JG Summit Holdings conglomerate to various charities through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation.

He said he was doing this "after discussions with my wife and children." On the day of his birthday, the total market capitalization of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. was pegged at P41,462,869,108.

The first recipient of Gokongwei’s donation is his alma mater, San Carlos University in Cebu, which received P50 million for its new Gokongwei School of Engineering.

"Gokongwei Brothers Foundation has donated around P400 million in the last five years and we shall be doing more philanthropy in the coming years," he said.

Gokongwei’s donation is the biggest philanthropic endowment in Philippine history, similar to American tycoon Warren Buffett’s announcement two months ago donating 10 million shares of his Berkshire Hathaway firm to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, run by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan also recently announced he is donating half his fortune to charities through his own foundation.

Gokongwei told The STAR he admires Hong Kong taipan Li Ka Shing, whose vast charities include major educational causes all over China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

In his speech, Gokongwei said "successes and failures are all part of life. Forget failures. Take them in stride and let them make you stronger. However, if something seems like it’s bound for success, then pour all your energy and resources and focus to make success a reality."

"I will devote the rest of my life to philanthropy. Life has been good to me, and I want to give back the blessings I have received...Others say life begins at 40. I say life is again beginning at 80 for me. And it can only get better," he added.

Philippine processed food exports leader Henson Tiu Laurel told The STAR that "this is the first time in Philippine history that such a big donation to charity has been made. Gokongwei is following in the footsteps of the world’s great philanthropic tycoons Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. It seems Gokongwei is now focused on his name in history and posterity. He will be like Buffett, Gates and the Bank of America founder who chose not to leave all their wealth only to their children."

Born on Aug. 11, 1926 to a privileged family in their colonial-style mansion in Gulangyu isle across Xiamen City in Fujian province, southeast China, Gokongwei grew up in Cebu City.

At age 13, Gokongwei’s idyllic life was abruptly turned upside down when his father died. The family residence in Cebu and his late father’s moviehouses were foreclosed by creditors.

The young Gokongwei had to struggle as a trader on a bicycle and later in sea-going "batel" during the tumultuous Japanese military occupation of the Philippines. His widowed mother and other siblings moved to southern China to survive.

It was the start of an epic entrepreneurial saga, which resulted in the diversified JG Summit Holdings engaged in branded consumer foods, textiles and garments, airlines, petrochemicals, real estate, telecommunications, banking, hotels, electric power plants, publishing, among others.

After officially retiring, Gokongwei assumed the title of "chairman emeritus" of JG Summit Holdings and appointed his youngest brother James Go as chairman and chief executive officer and son Lance Gokongwei as president and chief operating officer.

James Go graduated with a bachelor’s and masteral degrees in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.

Lance Gokongwei graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Applied Science) from Pennsylvania Engineering School and a Bachelor of Science (Finance) from Wharton School in the US, both with summa cum laude honors.

He also attended the management and technology program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Gokongwei’s daughters, New York University-educated Robina Gokongwei-Pe and Columbia University-educated Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, respectively oversee their family’s retail and publishing businesses, and both are columnists in the Lifestyle section of The STAR.

Among Gokongwei’s major businesses include Jack ‘n’ Jill snack foods, C-2 tea drinks, Great Taste and Blend 45 coffee, Nissin’s and Payless noodles, Robinsons malls, Robinsons Land, Cebu Pacific Air, Sun Cellular, and Summit Media.

Today, JG Summit Holidings, Inc. has given jobs to more than 30,000 families in the Philippines.

Gokongwei strongly believes in globalization and his JG Summit Holdings has in recent years expanded to China and other countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as a multinational conglomerate. Its 50th anniversary theme was "Going Global at 50."

Boldly competing with the world’s top multinationals for the fast-growing China market, JG Summit Holdings has ventures in Xiamen City in Fujian province, Shanghai City, Chengdu City in Sichuan province and also Guangdong province.

Gokongwei admires the visionary leadership of former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his successor son Lee Hsien Loong.

JG Summit is one of the major shareholders in Singapore-listed United Industrial Corp., which controls Singapore Land Limited and its 2.2-million square feet of prime office spaces and one million square feet of posh retail spaces. UIC’s realty investments include Stamford Court, the sprawling Marina Square shopping and hotel complex, West Mall, The Gateway, UIC Building, and others, including Beijing Landmark Towers and Tianjin Sheraton Hotel in China.

Gokongwei’s three-hour birthday dinner celebration was emceed by television newscaster Karen Davila, organized by Stratworks and directed by Floy Quintos.

Lea Salonga, The Company, Robert Seña, Isay Alvarez, Whiplash dance group and Jay-R performed before guests comprised mainly of family members, JG Summit executives, businessmen, diplomats, bankers and close friends. Foreign diplomats who graced the affair included Singapore Ambassador Lim Keng Hwa and Italian Ambassador Rubens Fedele.

Among the diverse guests were SGV Group founder Dr. Washington SyCip, former prime minister Cesar Virata, clan patriarch Oscar Lopez, Gokongwei-owned Sun Cellular’s competitor Smart Communications’ Napoleon Nazareno, former Bangko Sentral governors Gabriel Singson and Jose Cuisia, Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. president Francis Chua, George Drysdale Sr. of the American Chamber of Commerce, National Bookstore founder Socorro Ramos, Philippine Stock Exchange leader Robert Coyiuto Jr., Antonio Go of Equitable Foundation, Ateneo de Manila University president Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, Ambassador Ramon del Rosario, Oscar Hilado of Phinma Group, Alfred Ty of Toyota Philippines and Tony Tan Caktiong of Jollibee.

There were no politicians at the birthday dinner celebration, except for Gokongwei’s distant relatives Sen. Sergio Osmeña III and former senator Nikki Marquez-Lim Coseteng. Osmeña’s forebear President Sergio Osmeña was the Chinese mestizo son of Gokongwei’s immigrant great-great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco of Cebu, while Gokongwei is the eldest male great-grandson of the Chinese family of Pedro Gotiaoco. Other descendants of Gotiaoco include the Sy-Gaisano retail clan of central and southern Philippines, while Gotiaoco’s brother was the grandfather of Filinvest Group and East-West Bank boss Andrew Gotianun. Coseteng’s mother was the Chinese mestiza descendant of
Gokongwei’s immigrant maternal grandfather Pedro Marquez Lim of Iloilo.

^^^ some of the last names there sounds family-ar ah :jk: i surfed other thread just a while ago and im glad to see most of the cebu ssc members dont dip their fingers in bashing other cities at the expense of just having a good time and an excuse for bloating minds, and bashing in the disguise of katuwaan. kudos to you guys for being decent and mature-minded. this puts the cebu thread/forumers several notch higher. when you guys talk, you just talk about positive developments in cebu and you reserve your right to keep to yourself whatever negative impression you have about other places. somebody accused me of of being this guy named valium, i saw some of his statements, and this opened my eyes again to one glaring difference on how you cebu forumers can take criticisms in stride.

ssc cebu, a cut above the rest!

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maybe its because our usernames are identified with cebu na so we avoid low level discussions. and we dont want to tarnish cebu's image by bashing other cities, or criticizing them openly, you earn respect by respecting others, and so far, you can see naman na gamay kaayo ang mag bash sa cebu, ug naa man kaha, we know how to censor ourselves, we use the magical *toot* *toot* if we want to say something negative about other places, wakekeke.

i bought a magazine called enterprise, gi feature nila ang cebu, i will post the article later na lang kay murag kaadlawon na ga ssc gihapon ko, time to sleep. heres a pic of the magazine.

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The 12th ASEAN SUMMIT
Cebu, Philippines
December 11-14

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ASEAN SUMMIT countdown
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Thread 32: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=384408

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Congrats for the 32nd Thread of Cebu! :D

yehey.. 32nd thread.. way to go! i hope the viewers can catch up.
"i want to see you, see you, see you in cebu!"
does anyone have a copy of this song?:D

grabe sad ani uy..
32 na. game na!!

This has been one of the fastest threads in SSC. I am so proud.. :)

Cebu, gihigugma ko ikaw.

Wow, 32nd thread already? This is a busy, lively, fast-moving, interesting, informative, intelligent, entertaining, intriguing, provocative, spirited, positive, optimistic and forward-looking thread! Congratulations SSC-CEBU.

yehey.. 32nd thread.. way to go! i hope the viewers can catch up.
"i want to see you, see you, see you in cebu!"
does anyone have a copy of this song?:D


Lagi bai nindot ni nga kanta. Sige ni balik-balikun sa Y101. Ako gani ni na request ganiha with greetings from SSC. hehehe. Pero wala pa gihapun ko kakita ug copy sa song sa google or limewire.

Breaking News straight from New York:


Dancesport Team Cebu City bagged 5 more gold medals as of post time, bringing their total gold medal howl to 23 in Day 3 of the Empire State Dancesport Championship at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, New York. :cheer:


SOurce: Y101fm.com (http://www.y101fm.com) Live Online Stream

Whoa, thread 32. Way to go!

Arroyo defers subway project

By Doris C. Bongcac
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 10:45am (Mla time) 08/14/2006

The planned construction of a subway that would connect the Sergio Osmeña Road to the South Coastal Road (SCR) will be deferred until after the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the deferment of the project to prevent inconveniences during the summit, said Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

However, Osmeña said the planned demolition of shanties along S. Osmeña Road, formerly known as McArthur Boulevard, would push through as scheduled.

"Shanties will have to be demolished but the settlers will be provided with relocation," Osmeña said.

At least 80 families would be displaced by the subway construction, a major part of the Metro Cebu Development Project.

City Administrator Francisco Fernandez said some of the affected families have agreed to be relocated to a government relocation site in Barangay Budlaan.

Others have opted to get the P5,000 financial assistance from the city government as disturbance fee.

City's demolition crews to clear 15 streets
Buen Algono
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 10:56am (Mla time) 08/14/2006


Another set of demolition and clearing operations will be staged on Monday by the Squatters Prevention Encroachment against sidewalk vendors in 15 streets of Cebu City as part of preparations for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in December.

Gerry Marquez, city consultant on urban poor, said the affected areas are:

Osmeña Boulevard,
Colon,
P. Lopez,
Magallanes,
B. Rodriguez,
Fuente Rotunda,
Salinas Drive,
Zamora,
Panganiban,
Natalio Bacalso Avenue,
Borromeo,
Jakosalem,
Sanciangko,
Pelaez,
and Legazpi streets.


The crews will also demolish vendors' stalls on sidewalks along:

Natalio Bacalso Avenue near the Cebu South Bus Terminal,
Panganiban Street abutting the Cebu City Medical Center,
B. Rodriguez Street in front of Don Vicente Sotto Memorial Center,
some parts of General Maxilom Avenue,
and V. Sotto Drive.

Marquez said these areas were declared non-vending streets by the city based on the recommendation by the Cebu City Traffic Operations and Management.

Marquez said the demolition will start after the 15-day period given by Mayor Tomas Osmeña to members of the Cebu City United Vendors Association for them to comply with city regulations.

Only vendors who fail to comply with the regulation on sidewalk vending will be affected by the clearing operations, he said.

Under the regulation, vendors must comply with such guidelines as observing a one-meter distance from the traffic post, limiting the stall's width to two meters, its length to three meters, and maintaining the cleanliness of the area.

^^^ some of the last names there sounds family-ar ah :jk: i surfed other thread just a while ago and im glad to see most of the cebu ssc members dont dip their fingers in bashing other cities at the expense of just having a good time and an excuse for bloating minds, and bashing in the disguise of katuwaan. kudos to you guys for being decent and mature-minded. this puts the cebu thread/forumers several notch higher. when you guys talk, you just talk about positive developments in cebu and you reserve your right to keep to yourself whatever negative impression you have about other places. somebody accused me of of being this guy named valium, i saw some of his statements, and this opened my eyes again to one glaring difference on how you cebu forumers can take criticisms in stride.

ssc cebu, a cut above the rest!

wow, we're flattered man! thanks... we merely read those posts in other threads but we don't participate in their bashing... nahimo na namo ni nga agreement not to join those threads which are actually city vs city in disguise. it's counter productive... that's why we just focus on cebu's positive developments and i believe that this is one way of promoting our city to the rest of the world. if foreigners can read those negative posts from other cities, do you think they will be interested to invest or go to those places where in the first place, they themselves are bashing their neighbors? we cebuanos never run out of good news man sad, so way blima bai!!! lingaw ghapon ta dire sa atoa... :)

^^^ some of the last names there sounds family-ar ah :jk: i surfed other thread just a while ago and im glad to see most of the cebu ssc members dont dip their fingers in bashing other cities at the expense of just having a good time and an excuse for bloating minds, and bashing in the disguise of katuwaan. kudos to you guys for being decent and mature-minded. this puts the cebu thread/forumers several notch higher. when you guys talk, you just talk about positive developments in cebu and you reserve your right to keep to yourself whatever negative impression you have about other places. somebody accused me of of being this guy named valium, i saw some of his statements, and this opened my eyes again to one glaring difference on how you cebu forumers can take criticisms in stride.

ssc cebu, a cut above the rest!

wow, we're flattered man! thanks... we merely read those posts in other threads but we don't participate in their bashing... nahimo na namo ni nga agreement not to join those threads which are actually city vs city in disguise. it's counter productive... that's why we just focus on cebu's positive developments and i believe that this is one way of promoting our city to the rest of the world. if foreigners can read those negative posts from other cities, do you think they will be interested to invest or go to those places where in the first place, they themselves are bashing their neighbors? we cebuanos never run out of good news man sad, so way blima bai!!! lingaw ghapon ta dire sa atoa... :)

^^ And also, if someone is posting to bash and whack Cebu in this thread, we won't add fuel to his fire. We simply extinguish it to the kingdom come.

Wow! Paspas Sugbo! :banana: Congrats!

Congratualtions Cebu!!!! Arriva Cebu!!! Exciting times in Cebu alot of Investments and Constructions, now the Asean! Wow!!! Palangga ko man ang Cebu!!! Yey!

paspasa sad ani nila oi!
congrats Cebu for the 32nd thread...

Good News! I've got the Cam... Pics soon...

nag laag2x pa ko... I'll post the pics ugma... hehe naa ko skul gud ron...

mo- post unta ko pics pero I forgot to bring USB...

damn... mura sad ko korek do... suroy2x..

maa-an sad ta nga "turista o terorista"....

bsta mu shoot nako unya magdala2x ug Cam kay mangatawa uban kay matingala....

daghan2x na sad ang thread nga mag-away2x...

ayaw lang ta patol anang mga Insecure na mga tawo ha...

CHILL.... Let them be.... I LOVE YOU CEBU!!!!

kodaker nako maniniyot.... hehehe...

Congrats Thread 32!! guwang pa nato da.

Ey, gotta question for Sugbuhanons:


Whats with the people with the red candles? Sa Santo Niño ug sa Magellan's Cross naa diay nagasayaw-sayaw sa atbang sa edificio?

Ug bisan sa Del Rosario cor Jones nganu man ga-turok sila sa kandila?

Why is it red?

Just curious because I've got so many things to learn from the Cebuano culture and I'm very interested. :)

^^ aw nagtuo ko pareho nimo edad bai. :lol:

Ey, gotta question for Sugbuhanons:


Whats with the people with the red candles? Sa Santo Niño ug sa Magellan's Cross naa diay nagasayaw-sayaw sa atbang sa edificio?

Ug bisan sa Del Rosario cor Jones nganu man ga-turok sila sa kandila?

Why is it red?

Just curious because I've got so many things to learn from the Cebuano culture and I'm very interested. :)


Red- color of the Santo Niño i guess.

Dance - Its the sinulog step, of course in praise of the Child Jesus.

Happy 32nd Thread! Im sorry for being absent for quite awhile!

@ bernie

it's the dance step used to praise Sto Nino. This is also being practiced during Sinulog, the dance moves two steps forward and one step backward (with arms and hands swaying) to the sound of the drums. This movement is like that of a current (sulog), resembling the water eddies of Cebu's old Pahina River. Hence, SINULOG! The country's Queen of Festivals!

Ey, gotta question for Sugbuhanons:


Whats with the people with the red candles? Sa Santo Niño ug sa Magellan's Cross naa diay nagasayaw-sayaw sa atbang sa edificio?

Ug bisan sa Del Rosario cor Jones nganu man ga-turok sila sa kandila?

Why is it red?

Just curious because I've got so many things to learn from the Cebuano culture and I'm very interested. :)
It's bloody red cause they use recycled candles. I think...

Hello! :hi: I'm visiting Cebu again (this weekend with my family) after 11 looooooong years!!!

I stayed there for a year of college at UPCC but went back to Manila... and haven't had the chance to visit again... :( I can speak and understand the dialect but I can't put the words on paper (in this case on, on the message... :bash: )

Anyway, I want to go around town but I don't know where to start or where to go or where to eat. 11 years sure made a lot of changes to the city I love (well next to Manila :)) and what better way to know than to ask from you guys... please please help me

What i miss really is the street near osmena full of bar-b-q stalls and the puso... yummy!

Hello! :hi: I'm visiting Cebu again (this weekend with my family) after 11 looooooong years!!!

I stayed there for a year of college at UPCC but went back to Manila... and haven't had the chance to visit again... :( I can speak and understand the dialect but I can't put the words on paper (in this case on, on the message... :bash: )

Anyway, I want to go around town but I don't know where to start or where to go or where to eat. 11 years sure made a lot of changes to the city I love (well next to Manila :)) and what better way to know than to ask from you guys... please please help me

What i miss really is the street near osmena full of bar-b-q stalls and the puso... yummy!

I guess that's Larsian! :) Here's a vid about Cebu chuchay!

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kinsa ninyo diha makatake ug picture sa mga borloloy vendors sa sto. niño? cge na beh? i need it..hehe

^^ ei we would love to tour you around chuchay! ;)

ang mga borloloy nila nga baligya ha? hehe

kinsa ninyo diha makatake ug picture sa mga borloloy vendors sa sto. niño? cge na beh? i need it..hehe


kanus-a nimo gamiton bai? unsa nga mga borloloy? ang vendor jud or ang burloloy? naa ko diri bai mga rosaryohan man. isa ra sad kabuok.

kanus-a nimo gamiton bai? unsa nga mga borloloy? ang vendor jud or ang burloloy? naa ko diri bai mga rosaryohan man. isa ra sad kabuok.


ang mga borloloy bay oi..hehe.

we have a Turista Desk within Ayala Center Cebu. You may also visit their kiosk for infos regarding Cebu's travel destinations.

Hmmm........If i were you, I would have this as my itinerary:

Visit the historical sites within the city proper such as the Basilica, USC Main (oldest university in Asia), Fort San Pedro, Magellan's Cross, and Capitol.

Visit the countryside - Boljoon, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Carcar - and see the whitesand shorelines and century old churches and houses.

Cebu is a shopping destination as well. Visit the various malls here in Cebu or check the Taboan Market for danggits. :)

Go to Mactan and enjoy the pristine white sand beaches few minutes away from the business districts of Cebu.

Or check Malapascua Island or Bantayan Island poised to be the next Boracay.

ang mga borloloy bay oi..hehe.

kani bai?

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8130/dsc03712copyok8.jpg

tj, puno imong pm mao diri nalang nako ipost. pangutan-a daw sila markii, slerz, sugbuanon, etc... unsa ila gusto pasalubong kanang barato ra ha kay basi makapadala ko kung ok lang sa imo. basi lang.

@Chuchay21

^^ Markiiboi, Rowell, Arnold and the rest of SSC Cebu is willing to tour you around Cebu one more time.

@SSC Cebu Pips:
Unsa ni bai, another outing naman sab sa SSC Cebu? By the way, unsa gusto nyo pasalubong gikan Iloilo? Dungan mi ni TJ ma-leave sa PS! Finally! :D

Ang Friendster sa SSC Cebu murag wala'y gahulag. Kinsa'y moderator sa friendster account? :)

One day at a time...

All photos by arnoldsa


University of San Carlos - Main Campus
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Newly rehabilitated sidewalk of USC
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At an intersection near USC
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View from the skywalk near Sto. Rosario Church
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Friendly children. The guy at the background is an SSC member from the U.S.
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Shopping in downtown
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View of uptown from our home
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...CONTINUATION (MORE PHOTOS TOMORROW)

All photos by arnoldsa using SSC's official digicam

Excerpts from the Cebu Heritage Walk thread...


Lampposts at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
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Ongoing rehabilitation of an old house in Pari-an
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The Casa Gorordo after the rehabilitation
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Casa Gorordo compound. Towering in the background is the tiled roof of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center.
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The Heritage of Cebu Monument by National Artist Eduardo Castrillo
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Slowly but surely...Cebu's past is getting visible by the day.

^^

Visit the Cebu Heritage Walk thread..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=300832&goto=lastpost

bai slerz taga-f.jaca pud ko...dapit sa kinasang-an...padala ko ug shirt nimo beh...

btw...naka-agi ko sa club ultima ganiha gikan duty sa sotto...nindot kaayo tan-awon basta gabii nya siga ang suga sa top-floors...uy laag nya ta ngadto sa buffet nila...hehehe...pwede man tingali ang dili members kay ingon sa ad 'everyone's invited'...hehehe...di man obvious na dako kog kaon? hehehe

^^

bai give us your numbers para maka meet mi ninyo together with daBert, ug katung bag-o nga classmate nimo.. kinsa gani tu iya name? hehehehe

@pirena, basig makita ra nako inyong bay dri... naa raman diay ka sa yugkaran...
Cebu has glorious past and glorious present...
@dave, kanang native nga bracelet from Davao....hehe

kani bai?

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8130/dsc03712copyok8.jpg


tanks mark...wala nay lain? kanang daghan clac ba? hehe...demanding kaayo ko da.

@arnoldsa: ako imong gipasabut? kinsa na classmate? btw, wa koy cp...

^^ Slerz, asa di'ay mo sa Pardo? Basin ugma maka-bisita me sa Far-dododong, far sa amua. Ano gusto mo pasalubong? Basta dili lang mahal, wawarts pa me! hehehe! :D

@pirena

I mean, naa man tuy bag-o nga member, mga duha kabuok... I think classmate daw mo or basin classmate tu ni daBert..

taga-CNU pud?

^^

kalimot ko.. Hehehehe..

Anyway, since one year na si Slerz sa SSC, I think he can still remember this:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/hurtyp/myart9slerz.jpg

how's to construction of the twin towers kad2 gani sa nivel hills?i frogot the name... hehehehe

any update? naa pic?...

How I wish I didn't left Cebu when I was 3, kon naa lang ko muwang at that time. :cry:

Spending 3 years of my early life at Basak Pardo. Took my pre-school days at Labangon and spending my years with my family in NRA then or at Gaisano.

I find people here great. Warm and caring.
The place, terrific. Urban landscape in a very homey atmosphere than back at where I spent my elementary and high-school days (Cavite).

I simply couldn't ask for more here!

I simply love Cebu as much as I love Iloilo and Mindanao. :banana2:

>>Sorry sa senti guys! Just sharing my sentiments. :fiddle:

In commemoration of John Gokongwei's 80th birthday, I am reposting this speech. It tells us of how this guy went from riches to rags, and then back to riches again. I hope this will inspire all of us to at least work hard for our country's progress.



MR. JOHN GOKONGWEI, JR. ON THE LAUNCHING OF
THE JOHN GOKONGWEI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
March 1, 2002
9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Irwin Theatre, Ateneo de Manila University

Good morning.

I am John Gokongwei, Jr. I am not an Atenean but I feel at home with you. Today, at least. Sixty-two years ago, I could not have dreamt of appearing before the Jesuits and their students to tell the story of MY life. I was no more than a student then, at San Carlos University in Cebu, when my father died suddenly. It left me, the eldest, the responsibility of taking care of my mother and five siblings. That was tough for someone who was 13. Creditors had just seized our home and business and I had no experience with earning a living.

But here I am--not all on account of my good looks or charming personality--but because I somehow survived. And when I look back, I know now that I did so because I recognized change when I saw it.

The first change was war. I had turned 15. My mother had already sent my brothers and sister to China where the cost of living was lower. From Cebu, she and I had to make money to send to them.

I turned to peddling. My day began at 5 in the morning. I would load my bicycle with soap, thread, and candles, and then bike to neighboring towns to sell my goods. On market days, I would rent a stall, lay out the goods from the bike, and make about 20 pesos a day, enough for me to survive and to buy even more goods for next time. Those days, you might call my Bicycle Age.

To continue, visit http://www.bukassarili.org/Members/gokongwei.asp

By JAMES A. LOYOLA

MACTAN, Cebu — Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino (WCCH), the flagship property of publicly-listed hotel operator Waterfront Philippines Inc. (WPI), is spending P60 million for the renovation of 35 suites.

The firm said the renovation of the new designer suites will be completed by the end of October in time for Cebu’s hosting of the ASEAN summit. The hotel recently unveiled its new design concepts for its suites.

Waterfront is optimistic that its new suites will ensure its continued leadership in the lodging and hospitality business in Cebu especially in the First Class Hotel category, as these suites offer innovations in design and comfort that will be introduced for the first time in Cebu.

Designed by world renowned Filipino-designer Anton Mendoza, the new suites are uniquely modern-Filipino, efficient and bear amenities tailored-fit for different guest needs.

The new suites which will come in three categories Executive, Bridal and Executive will all feature furniture designs from the best furniture makers in Cebu, which is famed for world-class furniture designers and manufacturers; as well as designer fabrics and carpets flown in from Italy.

In addition to these, bathroom fixtures and floor marble were imported from the US and Spain.

"Our new suites are a blend of the best of local and imported materials, the design execution of the suites and the furniture are truly Filipino yet imported materials were flown in to manufacture these items" according to the hotel’s General Manager Marco Protacio.

Company managers also add that the new rooms and suites of the hotel will be the biggest in terms of floor area in the Cebu-City market.

The superior rooms will measure up to 40 square meters each, while the Executive, Bridal and Family suites will be measuring 55, 100 and 130 square meters per unit respectively.

"The size of our suites will definitely ensure total guest comfort" said Karen Mendoza, the hotel’s Front Office Manager.

To add to the luxurious furnishings of the suites, Waterfront also spruced up the amenities of each suite.

After conducting extensive marketing research on its clientele’s needs and preferences, the suites’ amenities were tailor fitted to accommodate each market segments preferences thereby making the designs efficiently guest-friendly.

With the travelling businessman in mind the hotel operator equipped its Executive Suites with personal fax machines, flat-screen computers with high-speed broadband Internet access and premium coffee making facilities.

Complimentary use of the fitness center and complimentary laundry and shinning services were also added in to the said suite category.

The Bridal Suites on the other hand were furnished with in-room Jacuzzis and state-of-the-art entertainment systems. Newly wed couples will also be pleased with the breakfast-in bed and romantic bed-turndown services offered by the hotel when staying in the Bridal Suites.

The biggest suite category, the Family Suites will feature two bedroom units with separate bathrooms and child-friendly amenities.

As the hotel targets traveling families, the Family Suites were furnished with child-entertainment amenities such as play stations; and toddler-friendly amenities such as cribs, baby tubs and sterilizers.

In addition to these personalized amenities all the suites will feature the hotel’s new "Slumber Splendor Beds" that features goose feather pillows and duvets, guarantying its well-heeled guests a goodnights’ rest.

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/08/14/BSNS2006081471682.html

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ASEAN Summit preparations going well says organizers

Cristina C. Birondo
The Freeman 08/15/2006


Preparations for the upcoming 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in December are going well, according to the Cebu Organizing Committee, headed by Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr. and Governor Gwen Garcia.

The committee, during a press conference yesterday after their 3-hour meeting, announced that the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) is already 66.65 percent complete and is ahead by around 2 weeks in its work schedule.

CICC architect Manuel Guanzon also said 95 percent of the structural requirement is ready and these will be immediately erected once delivered at the construction site.

The governor said the CICC can be completed by the first week of November because the province has the money to spend for it.

The governor intends to endorse to the Provincial Board the supplemental budget that covers the additional funds needed for the entire project.

Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez, whose professional background on engineering has been constantly relied upon by the governor, said the province needs an additional budget of around P175 million to complement the original P250-million budget for the said project.

Ambassador Paynor, who is also the secretary general of the ASEAN-National Organizing Committee (NOC), also said everything is on stream as far as ASEAN Summit preparations are concerned.

He said all of the sub-committees have given reports on hotel accommodations, transportation, CICC, airport and security management, whole government logistical and operational situations for the summit during their meeting yesterday afternoon.

And to allay fears on shortage of hotel rooms for the foreign guests and other delegates, Paynor said there are more than enough hotel rooms and that hotels just need to priorities foreign delegates.

There are also around 2,500 media practitioners, a combination of international, national and local, expected to cover the event.

He said they are still trying to get more rooms for foreign delegations and their support staff and that they also need billeting areas for additional security from the PNP, Armed Forces and PSG.

He said the Department of Tourism is in the process of identifying all available hotel rooms but stressed that they have not yet gone to the extent of going to homestay programs.

Major hotels in Cebu have been asked already not to accept bookings for the duration of the summit, from December 10 to 14.

Paynor said part of the back-up plan is to request for some floating hotels, meaning big ferries that are to be docked in Cebu ports to be utilized as temporary quarters of the support staff for the duration of the summit. -

tj, puno imong pm mao diri nalang nako ipost. pangutan-a daw sila markii, slerz, sugbuanon, etc... unsa ila gusto pasalubong kanang barato ra ha kay basi makapadala ko kung ok lang sa imo. basi lang.

Anything durian! salamat daan bai! :D

Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort & Spa:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/340/21490371139662ff208pr1.jpg
Chi Spa


http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9766/21490371069daa0ffffgj0.jpg
Cowrie Cove


By Carl Chua (http://www.flickr.com/photos/carl_chua/) of flickr.com

Great pictures arnoldsa. It's a good thing that they're conserving our built heritage.

Got this invitation from Bigfoot:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4360/bigfootzg5.gif


Who wants to come?
its not the movie, its the venue. :lol:

:D
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^^

kalimot ko.. Hehehehe..

Anyway, since one year na si Slerz sa SSC, I think he can still remember this:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/hurtyp/myart9slerz.jpg

lol... what is this? saun:D
diin nimo kit i nold?


anyway, here's my latest :D
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/ssc2.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/ssc1.jpg

Got this invitation from Bigfoot:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4360/bigfootzg5.gif


Who wants to come?
its not the movie, its the venue. :lol:

can i come?

tj, puno imong pm mao diri nalang nako ipost. pangutan-a daw sila markii, slerz, sugbuanon, etc... unsa ila gusto pasalubong kanang barato ra ha kay basi makapadala ko kung ok lang sa imo. basi lang.

Markii, slerz, sugbuanon, arnoldsa, etc.....unsa daw inyo gusto na pasalubong? courtesy of Kulaskusgan (sleepwalker) :) kas basi makapadala daw sya. oh..ehehehe u can read his post above. :)

tj, puno imong pm mao diri nalang nako ipost. pangutan-a daw sila markii, slerz, sugbuanon, etc... unsa ila gusto pasalubong kanang barato ra ha kay basi makapadala ko kung ok lang sa imo. basi lang.

maski TV lng or Component dave oki na ko ana.. or if oki ra nimo padala lng ko ug refrigerator.. basta yaw jud ka ikog nako dave ky wala rakoy libog.. :D



http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/panasonic_pictures08.jpg


from left: slerz, arnold, rowell, mark & tj

^^ unya ikaw na ang naa sa luyo bai? :lol:


can i come?


sure sure. its absolutely free.

@markii -- What's our rendezvous?

^^about unsa nang free? ako, pwede ko?

ah ok, kbaw na diay ko...