April 16 - 30, 2016
don’t know if this letter did it
but Mrs. Coching was happy
she received her beloved
husband’s award from PNoy.
Lulu’s sister Maridel was
there, too, with her pretty
daughter Valerie as well as
their brother. Lulu’s portraits
of four presidents can be seen
at the Hall of Presidents.
Jun Urbano, son of
Manuel Conde and more
popularly known as “Mr.
Shooli” for his long-running
television show, was also there
along with art patron Danny
Dolor. Hardworking ladies for
the arts, Cora Manimbo, Sylvia
Lichauco, Baby Coching, and
Mita Rufino enjoyed seeing
each other again after a long
time. Socials secretary Susan
A7
Reyes, take a bow. Everything
fell into place beautifully, even
the musical interlude provided
by the Philippine Philharmonic
Orchestra and conducted
by Herminigildo Ranera with
soloists Myramae Meneses
and Arman Ferrer.(Manila COUNTRY’S GEMS The three living and recently declared
Bulletin)
National Artists (from left) Cirilo F. Bautista for literature; Alicia
Garcia Reyes for dance and Ramon P. Santos for music (Photos
by Noel Pabalate )
SICK & TIRED
Life etc.
by Jun Cordero
OF DEBT?
Beer Fridays!
We recently moved into
a spanking brand new office
building in my work - four
entire floors. Even after a few
months now I’m still trying to
find my way around. After the
move my first concern was
to orient myself to where the
lunch room and kitchen are.
As was expected of a
company that seems to put
impressing others as more
important than austerity the
lunch room is not a room
-it’s almost an entire floor
with plush seats and tables
that could beat any executive
airport lounge -- but maybe
better with it’s 90-inch smart
TV on the wall with dedicated
server, and a super hi-tech
thing called an “augmented
reality sandbox” with a “realtime water-flow simulator”,
which is really an expensive
engineers’
computerized
sandbox (google it to see
what it really is.)
And in the kitchen -- four
30-in microwaves, two coffee
stations, two large sinks, a
giant fridge and freezer, four
panini-makers, and banks
of drawers and cabinets
containing color-coded dishes
and kitchenware.
The best for me, however,
is the fancy computerized
coffee machine that could
cater to any of your gourmet
OPINION
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
whims - latte, cappuccino,
macchiato, mocha, Caffè
Americano, and so on!
I’m always proud to say
that I (yes -- like any Pinoy)
would rather get tucked in my
own corner of the world doing
my job eight hours or more
instead of office-socializing
that’s so Canadian. That’s why
I ignore those email notices
about beer Fridays and things
like that.
But then the other day
I discovered that the beerfridays was really because of
that part of the long cabinet
at the end of the lunch hall
that was actually a bar with
a supply of wine and liquor
and a two real draught beer
dispensers! I’m not a drinker
and so I thought this is too
much.
That night at home
my wife noticed it. What’s
troubling you, she asked.
Nothing, I replied but I wish
our office had more Pinoys
than me, Why, she asked, you
need more good workers?
No, I replied, we got too much
wine and beer!
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