Remembering Mt. Manunggal & Magsaysay – Part 2

This is a long post, so I decided to break this post into two series. Hope you get to read the first part. This is part 2 of the post on Remembering Mt. Manunggal and Magsaysay.
To reach Tabunan, we have to rent a military 6×6 truck, with some soldier escorts as well. The place wasn’t [...]

Remembering Mt. Manunggal & Magsaysay

Well, for some, Mt. Manunggal is something new to their ears – Mt. What? Where’s that? For some piece of history, Mt. Manunggal, a rather unknown place became a landmark because of a tragedy. Perhaps, among a handful of fast Philippines Presidents who were genuinely ‘loved’ by the masa (common folks), President Ramon Magsaysay’s supposedly [...]

A NAIA-Airport Challenge: Fight for your Ride

Maybe I could use blogging to bring out an ordinary citizen’s complaint to the appropriate government agencies.
Over the past 5 months, my Consulting job required me to travel in major cities and provinces around the country as Project Manager for a Sales and Distribution system implementation on a large multinational beverage company. I have taken [...]

My Tacloban Trip

The following day (Wednesday, 16-Jan-2008) after returning from the trip in Naga City, I took a 5:30am flight bound for Tacloban City. Again, I have to make another round of Business Process presentation with my client’s local Sales, Finance and Logistics group.
The rain had just stopped when the plane landed in Tacloban airport – which [...]

My Naga Trip

Last Monday, 14-January 2008, I went to Naga for an important business engagement. I took an early morning flight (6:30am) from Manila. The place is a bit different since my last visit 12 years ago.
Mt. Isarog is still there, fortunately. There are still lots of old churches, but I have’nt had the chance to check if the [...]

blogRebel in GenSan today from Davao

We took a Yellow Bus at Ecoland Terminal in Davao City going to General Santos City. That’s the destination of the last leg for a Client’s systems project we’re rolling-out with my team for Davao and nearby provinces.
It was a 3 and half hour, bumpy ride (as we were seated at the rear). Roads were [...]