tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191414912024-03-07T15:03:00.645+08:00Travel and TourismAbout local and international travels, observations and insights.Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-56421719613467476852023-10-21T15:58:00.006+08:002023-10-21T15:58:45.267+08:00Boat tour, Cote d'Azur, Nice<p>Last Wednesday, we have a group boat ride, tour of Cote d'Azur. I enjoyed it. Thanks Tholos for that tour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXpsXpZcJlG6OV8Lp2RX9n606RBts82msYXMvsw5D1WyfgU3DGj9r1xIxTuQf4_D0zs9uMhQL8frioTBEQ8BVFw0FqsjqKRRtVxOedN5C0WejTsY7nbI6ED5I9B8-AJ7IxWzL_tMEJZBTjRqeZtY0I4i5EI5meam1QqicywqzQDIiyxHQBV3W1g/s4160/IMG_20231018_152844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXpsXpZcJlG6OV8Lp2RX9n606RBts82msYXMvsw5D1WyfgU3DGj9r1xIxTuQf4_D0zs9uMhQL8frioTBEQ8BVFw0FqsjqKRRtVxOedN5C0WejTsY7nbI6ED5I9B8-AJ7IxWzL_tMEJZBTjRqeZtY0I4i5EI5meam1QqicywqzQDIiyxHQBV3W1g/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_152844.jpg" width="640" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IWCQrmAQpuhxg961xMoLBsPbfwcJLt9nQQew2AP8kUC69i6fVFvV7GCmxgCLN5HeK1x2-Z-ISRu6K1McpB3gf0isIwQr_FJw7nxjFEbGhRx1vY7bCFASBkAHZ45Y400a3q-Fu77AezZD-ONqsRfhzuDYH84flK3OMt5O0jnQ_zzQiaz0pWbgiA/s4160/IMG_20231018_153233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Nice place, although the white stuff are not sand but small white stones and pebbles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02E9N8szEWAoVPlgx7xnn50-DR6sOsvOfTgWoc7HWpWKtDrM-of_JtuNPuepLRe9ufe_xCEROe5-9byrG2rP6xg_LcdH9XMXfH4RREXU3CvDAmpOKmdtknfcpL8-ixXlHqYJiEt9dMIWEeYPrMY5I5sdxX84lW2vsdlUzUtV3tQC03p6d-EGFJg/s4160/IMG_20231018_161515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02E9N8szEWAoVPlgx7xnn50-DR6sOsvOfTgWoc7HWpWKtDrM-of_JtuNPuepLRe9ufe_xCEROe5-9byrG2rP6xg_LcdH9XMXfH4RREXU3CvDAmpOKmdtknfcpL8-ixXlHqYJiEt9dMIWEeYPrMY5I5sdxX84lW2vsdlUzUtV3tQC03p6d-EGFJg/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_161515.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaS3xG9Wcnf8Ooue8MCLuU40en6eJK3Jztw_GzoYHLpHP0E-E05e3lhxb4EgCsN2vDFuthSu5J7nbaj9xVHKdSEvANV2aFRTA5t6jOiZ_1TLYXJzJIgTv2TPVF2Rk7ZuIgRNmnAX0waA1paZXHrT0iZjj6UJg8I1jwdza_i6jVP9uq9Ffzqv_-g/s4160/IMG_20231018_162053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaS3xG9Wcnf8Ooue8MCLuU40en6eJK3Jztw_GzoYHLpHP0E-E05e3lhxb4EgCsN2vDFuthSu5J7nbaj9xVHKdSEvANV2aFRTA5t6jOiZ_1TLYXJzJIgTv2TPVF2Rk7ZuIgRNmnAX0waA1paZXHrT0iZjj6UJg8I1jwdza_i6jVP9uq9Ffzqv_-g/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_162053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DDkRmskLsCI6aztClx0E6RDCyqA47A-efYRKlgMJyGB7TW_h36HOMnPMZ9msjYFZ47QAFE9ByWauzVjESGu1YCn83-ugWaDCdJEZQrHhxIDWHsP_gqVx7ZFCdylyfrK6F6OKkHdixiVZrmLoli6DS5bg7ZNEfwudJ05fbYQMJCGRgfzwTbwbng/s4160/IMG_20231018_162226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DDkRmskLsCI6aztClx0E6RDCyqA47A-efYRKlgMJyGB7TW_h36HOMnPMZ9msjYFZ47QAFE9ByWauzVjESGu1YCn83-ugWaDCdJEZQrHhxIDWHsP_gqVx7ZFCdylyfrK6F6OKkHdixiVZrmLoli6DS5bg7ZNEfwudJ05fbYQMJCGRgfzwTbwbng/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_162226.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4a44JeE7VaJHvGLd8xeRLkpsgFmODNi16UyQ5Bx5oR6oGC-Iq_itysZM9Ki1LXNrFR_YSr16QavsROsRx-wHyt2mSfqVcALdRgS5j3jeKA6vl3LEmMfqqoGi78d_1HNiqew8cOvscJ7CFtHnh8dkOLCjPwyK1BJmjppa_AxkORKHbQeYhAfFEg/s4160/IMG_20231018_164213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4a44JeE7VaJHvGLd8xeRLkpsgFmODNi16UyQ5Bx5oR6oGC-Iq_itysZM9Ki1LXNrFR_YSr16QavsROsRx-wHyt2mSfqVcALdRgS5j3jeKA6vl3LEmMfqqoGi78d_1HNiqew8cOvscJ7CFtHnh8dkOLCjPwyK1BJmjppa_AxkORKHbQeYhAfFEg/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_164213.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiZscMgDuhlDKsm044Umfhcf-hxkYUO5cxR1hG7gcVJYttMYmw7C7i-WLdxBhYgrj_HcDwwWEng7TiAEM3HA82xa1l_bSBG4ICOZVfDovds7xO_EroBw8jWx2ioibYvHnUEDycGnRfapD9WwI7EiCrsDRaGZf4n5wx-L0gTbfpg6EGU0NypQF6w/s4160/IMG_20231018_164236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiZscMgDuhlDKsm044Umfhcf-hxkYUO5cxR1hG7gcVJYttMYmw7C7i-WLdxBhYgrj_HcDwwWEng7TiAEM3HA82xa1l_bSBG4ICOZVfDovds7xO_EroBw8jWx2ioibYvHnUEDycGnRfapD9WwI7EiCrsDRaGZf4n5wx-L0gTbfpg6EGU0NypQF6w/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_164236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-46525858132409085032023-10-20T22:53:00.002+08:002023-10-21T00:53:12.187+08:00Saudi, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Turkey from the air<p>The plane from Dubai to Nice, France took off past 6am local time, lucky that I was on a window seat on the left but the left wing of the plane covers my view. So it passed by the Persian Gulf. Later I saw many rounded structures, looked like oil storage facilities, on the shore. I think it was Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Then an area with many high rise structures, could be Kuwait. Then Iraq. Saudi, Kuwait, Iraq, just flat, very little structures or farms, mainly for oil gas extraction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU4igG1RsmByqq56ckT4iM1KVYLMpOVOsxRltXHT7jzk34qGBG03NOjBtGP7D9dVvk40Nuwq_12ohyDJvNID-6xbDhb57UEE3WOjA5ydzjrGzXkAY64CYZ0_P6jkZ_KJ28azu8W3mex0NuQFnj-HyMClgbiXFjwaOXcbwoRYvmGbB3UrgT9KGYw/s713/db%20sd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="713" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU4igG1RsmByqq56ckT4iM1KVYLMpOVOsxRltXHT7jzk34qGBG03NOjBtGP7D9dVvk40Nuwq_12ohyDJvNID-6xbDhb57UEE3WOjA5ydzjrGzXkAY64CYZ0_P6jkZ_KJ28azu8W3mex0NuQFnj-HyMClgbiXFjwaOXcbwoRYvmGbB3UrgT9KGYw/w640-h544/db%20sd.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The huge Tigris River in northern Iraq could be one of the big rivers seen from the air but I could not identify them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-cWClSiXBmlp7WbCthdqh2xC3QIYCeJgZQIJ4N8iP0ODMD3DXn1fuxKBmLmi1YROkuZKRhDXRc9BwDaTpJued_uZvD1Om-pMoXlvW7ayrBBr-POJENDqM-K7gUsr3u9CBWJs31odYT3Y5a0pzdx_TBAkX1LMZy1OycSSU1rGxXcxYIescyOScA/s4160/IMG_20231016_095959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-cWClSiXBmlp7WbCthdqh2xC3QIYCeJgZQIJ4N8iP0ODMD3DXn1fuxKBmLmi1YROkuZKRhDXRc9BwDaTpJued_uZvD1Om-pMoXlvW7ayrBBr-POJENDqM-K7gUsr3u9CBWJs31odYT3Y5a0pzdx_TBAkX1LMZy1OycSSU1rGxXcxYIescyOScA/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_095959.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-OWrSM4eqDsj53qwh4ADggpKz36gn5KZSrYUyBgz2ivIry_gkQ_PtNrJs4McV_Q6RfdJZurHhN3Zgg8s1uKSF8SLENbiVsluWFu0Jt1SCVMsa12Sz0ZHG_VLEDiJ-GySFc6uiEGBgPJvEDvnad70vynn0UNkxEtFdKO9HKvyPONYkhlLQiAhmg/s4160/IMG_20231016_100031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-OWrSM4eqDsj53qwh4ADggpKz36gn5KZSrYUyBgz2ivIry_gkQ_PtNrJs4McV_Q6RfdJZurHhN3Zgg8s1uKSF8SLENbiVsluWFu0Jt1SCVMsa12Sz0ZHG_VLEDiJ-GySFc6uiEGBgPJvEDvnad70vynn0UNkxEtFdKO9HKvyPONYkhlLQiAhmg/w480-h640/IMG_20231016_100031.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I don't know what lake is this. Still in Iraq. Then the plane turned left after passing Iraq, it could be Syria and the plane avoided its airspace. It is a bit mountainous but still no vegetation.<div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHREB7WbhARzZMVoa-DOAcVkv_eNuGzXG0EjXajL4XgD4ndRTIrIU4Ysr2KeiyUW-VOThnyrOE_cp_waLnQnl_iK4XTCzts5j6BDIRx5bZuf6rjiezkHdmgpfkKDIGoVYBKgv2Bi4k0TNiWPsblRODjn78QH1cp7hqaUDeAO3Z0ulOMtVeL1ZUqg/s4160/IMG_20231016_100307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHREB7WbhARzZMVoa-DOAcVkv_eNuGzXG0EjXajL4XgD4ndRTIrIU4Ysr2KeiyUW-VOThnyrOE_cp_waLnQnl_iK4XTCzts5j6BDIRx5bZuf6rjiezkHdmgpfkKDIGoVYBKgv2Bi4k0TNiWPsblRODjn78QH1cp7hqaUDeAO3Z0ulOMtVeL1ZUqg/w480-h640/IMG_20231016_100307.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNfXFKCPR9eYPQfSvd3RbQQm4oScCo6S4oNGEOIePPrsOv-v6rb1NVapPRUKqXRh38RlNUWmEg2saA4CUsCnRCmsIpRXa7n9aD0rX4aQInueNVujjpMrgH36hMUp47WVuT2QQ-GWk3I9MDTagNkUOYSxV00M7CR6-ef06H5c4GDaeNdTOHzMnxg/s4160/IMG_20231016_100333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNfXFKCPR9eYPQfSvd3RbQQm4oScCo6S4oNGEOIePPrsOv-v6rb1NVapPRUKqXRh38RlNUWmEg2saA4CUsCnRCmsIpRXa7n9aD0rX4aQInueNVujjpMrgH36hMUp47WVuT2QQ-GWk3I9MDTagNkUOYSxV00M7CR6-ef06H5c4GDaeNdTOHzMnxg/w480-h640/IMG_20231016_100333.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Kirsehir, going to Ankara, a big wide white lake on the left. I forgot to take photo.</div><div><br /></div><div>When the plane has reached Europe, from northern Turkey to Bulgaria, Serbia, there were vegetations in the mountains and valleys already.<br /><br /></div></div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-86087168542525864002023-10-20T22:21:00.002+08:002023-10-21T15:48:19.588+08:00Dubai Airport <p>This is the first time I set foot in the Middle East, the famous city of United Arab Emirates (UAE). I landed yesterday from Nice, France. At 12 midnight Thursday, there were many people and passengers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPd9vgR17c5EzVb3ONkHfybzDgpMlbxVwXLWuorFRVEx7ydB0UthU-bXOkVdhgee1mg2qU70T575S1O7BTflz0Qu-0Acr68yps8evtVJJfDmz7uSFhAF6u-eTQ5bErFpltMLoIuaPOyKrObEhud26UDbhndBfq4dI3ju5fw39vscV2B_Un1V0fQ/s4160/IMG_20231020_010949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPd9vgR17c5EzVb3ONkHfybzDgpMlbxVwXLWuorFRVEx7ydB0UthU-bXOkVdhgee1mg2qU70T575S1O7BTflz0Qu-0Acr68yps8evtVJJfDmz7uSFhAF6u-eTQ5bErFpltMLoIuaPOyKrObEhud26UDbhndBfq4dI3ju5fw39vscV2B_Un1V0fQ/w640-h480/IMG_20231020_010949.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoyTS2W_rvYkYP6g-I0EGS_02m82x1qnG6vUXieNLPPEWm33iobWMXACnmvEYS4jdj2DvYeRedjnnAmCwC_OpejE3XRsiaa-eHMCLVnVOJJ4T02NVoSc-dGngajtd_dswaGbUyOAJIGfURIgI7YtHXx-sLG7N_x39NeRrnO5hIUaO35gLrHZlFw/s4160/IMG_20231020_001457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoyTS2W_rvYkYP6g-I0EGS_02m82x1qnG6vUXieNLPPEWm33iobWMXACnmvEYS4jdj2DvYeRedjnnAmCwC_OpejE3XRsiaa-eHMCLVnVOJJ4T02NVoSc-dGngajtd_dswaGbUyOAJIGfURIgI7YtHXx-sLG7N_x39NeRrnO5hIUaO35gLrHZlFw/w640-h480/IMG_20231020_001457.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are many flights even at midnight. Something like one activity (take off, landing) every 2-3 minutes, at midnight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6pqASx_64toVQfHp71dA57dN79c9TcOgi6CQm5jmKWvNupWmW9XtQAkThd6q-6-2_sW4H5mD4D-26ARFSkPIeTjH5XwZfETq8T4wF-xfvahSYnV0sjr7eopnEUUZaPwg42drWq6qWntRPsJBswv7bjJ5GNpCPItwVi3Nyz4KjnFc3HyCdWSO_g/s4160/IMG_20231020_001729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6pqASx_64toVQfHp71dA57dN79c9TcOgi6CQm5jmKWvNupWmW9XtQAkThd6q-6-2_sW4H5mD4D-26ARFSkPIeTjH5XwZfETq8T4wF-xfvahSYnV0sjr7eopnEUUZaPwg42drWq6qWntRPsJBswv7bjJ5GNpCPItwVi3Nyz4KjnFc3HyCdWSO_g/w640-h480/IMG_20231020_001729.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last Monday Oct 16 I landed there from Manila, Emirates air. Not many travellers when we arrived around 4.40am.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ1zKk0fcS38C9wM4agmzbfSzFotjHVNblkQEkGwzMJJJGPOuJCMwf8NZlNXIuPtc_AAKk1vgIHW0uxyXEAYO7T3egy41PHxDhsppb097i5-JDesDZG2RzFxy7nW2fMp0U2M84gaNlLStjl-4awnBpPuGT5WUd9bFGziThtABPll2p9a1MpaBHw/s4160/IMG_20231016_051050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ1zKk0fcS38C9wM4agmzbfSzFotjHVNblkQEkGwzMJJJGPOuJCMwf8NZlNXIuPtc_AAKk1vgIHW0uxyXEAYO7T3egy41PHxDhsppb097i5-JDesDZG2RzFxy7nW2fMp0U2M84gaNlLStjl-4awnBpPuGT5WUd9bFGziThtABPll2p9a1MpaBHw/w480-h640/IMG_20231016_051050.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhrvfmi62S-H46RQCuLCgsJ3D9Dn1qGKXlfkKHi2jMTNx2DTxkxs6iIfzK67QiX4Pwphtqy7wIEGzVsVbMry12VHBYX-aGwIIRglNsdrlj7XutzZmOoZ9X7Mu1LK0USfz2I0mPDvo-hEIpmo3Agsi9WCE0EBY-HbbdmVN9Dv6aZol0urrt4anw/s4160/IMG_20231016_064045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhrvfmi62S-H46RQCuLCgsJ3D9Dn1qGKXlfkKHi2jMTNx2DTxkxs6iIfzK67QiX4Pwphtqy7wIEGzVsVbMry12VHBYX-aGwIIRglNsdrlj7XutzZmOoZ9X7Mu1LK0USfz2I0mPDvo-hEIpmo3Agsi9WCE0EBY-HbbdmVN9Dv6aZol0urrt4anw/w480-h640/IMG_20231016_064045.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Note that this is early morning of Monday, meaining people have arrived here midnight or earlier.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSu1noSAZP6WFPPyT-7zsiGHD0h7SorXx7jxXLryOEFbtE44imA2MfTf5_jNAVuQ20F8q64rgnXHHqucQorXs9yXceWb6Ez_YEMch6aRk1HwTPrN7Ne5LeS6wXKGQuQsvnPL2YDgRIAAG0DeF5IFgjkpZJ6n0W0xlhEIQLh5HVfTV22MtbGRAEQ/s4160/IMG_20231016_070953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSu1noSAZP6WFPPyT-7zsiGHD0h7SorXx7jxXLryOEFbtE44imA2MfTf5_jNAVuQ20F8q64rgnXHHqucQorXs9yXceWb6Ez_YEMch6aRk1HwTPrN7Ne5LeS6wXKGQuQsvnPL2YDgRIAAG0DeF5IFgjkpZJ6n0W0xlhEIQLh5HVfTV22MtbGRAEQ/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_070953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_96bKgZ3t_6HxfCDJD8MmjjzpNR0f5cx0RkbnCuViEwho-e5s5UsEvWR6s3oNn7vOjQXuYd6DNb47KuY6BQVBvemxr3QZCBzU7u4VZwsPNn1JQO4asMJ1QCfC2i4JARrjMGOq6brw3-R4ijWsVgRiEWVqqR4dXdCEGY7UEwQQ6c1kP40qrERjA/s4160/IMG_20231016_071713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_96bKgZ3t_6HxfCDJD8MmjjzpNR0f5cx0RkbnCuViEwho-e5s5UsEvWR6s3oNn7vOjQXuYd6DNb47KuY6BQVBvemxr3QZCBzU7u4VZwsPNn1JQO4asMJ1QCfC2i4JARrjMGOq6brw3-R4ijWsVgRiEWVqqR4dXdCEGY7UEwQQ6c1kP40qrERjA/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_071713.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Departure lounge before boarding. Wide, spacious and we'll lighted.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwIJKdpPWMMs7ImaKWFpjlu3VhkdbS5qD18TErRJUVI7UfQFSRGL67mcdfeTQyUqSdtgr8O6CSJNISZMtBzDQoc8nfRIPu05Pkygx00eC3SVjv5BJH2K7jeVeF1nXteQqBoK_7ls6errjuT2oaVeeYNDvOOWnhdDeWJ47yxwc8Ik96ie2KaY0vw/s4160/IMG_20231016_074457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwIJKdpPWMMs7ImaKWFpjlu3VhkdbS5qD18TErRJUVI7UfQFSRGL67mcdfeTQyUqSdtgr8O6CSJNISZMtBzDQoc8nfRIPu05Pkygx00eC3SVjv5BJH2K7jeVeF1nXteQqBoK_7ls6errjuT2oaVeeYNDvOOWnhdDeWJ47yxwc8Ik96ie2KaY0vw/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_074457.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x-QxM0sPzxMsgqCH9FtaWCXEMvS2ctdvmgZoGwYX40i2Hwiocn77xy6fE9P25Ipn3CkTnPxWCtOk890m1mVxkvSnsq5OYUBYaRXGJA_u_CrgdEYFGFcvoRG08YGLveSj8ywECySJILmUK7YcFKqsnnIGx8A-zCl19zOmaOOiI0oN_OgJ6IjCXg/s4160/IMG_20231016_074545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5x-QxM0sPzxMsgqCH9FtaWCXEMvS2ctdvmgZoGwYX40i2Hwiocn77xy6fE9P25Ipn3CkTnPxWCtOk890m1mVxkvSnsq5OYUBYaRXGJA_u_CrgdEYFGFcvoRG08YGLveSj8ywECySJILmUK7YcFKqsnnIGx8A-zCl19zOmaOOiI0oN_OgJ6IjCXg/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_074545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Dubai international hotel. And gold shop.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXV8IAF94x__s6M6_m0RynHKbUY0hZJaGOjsrgA3oc1cquYNmCWc63AXpsjwKOfaIHBGTMTYEEcq0tLMLI1iG_byVvPp2AbMa3EscCZR-1u2GK6S4jHZYF8VP6SLjOFATzwgzH3BPe9SLUwfy3mz4jbEmALJMP9GOmDCCnirtuMIBnBxi5Qd-CQ/s4160/IMG_20231016_070817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXV8IAF94x__s6M6_m0RynHKbUY0hZJaGOjsrgA3oc1cquYNmCWc63AXpsjwKOfaIHBGTMTYEEcq0tLMLI1iG_byVvPp2AbMa3EscCZR-1u2GK6S4jHZYF8VP6SLjOFATzwgzH3BPe9SLUwfy3mz4jbEmALJMP9GOmDCCnirtuMIBnBxi5Qd-CQ/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_070817.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq_5JoVKgS0y5As2Wtudzwm-4_jXTk1KlNNfjIA75PiHl2gxmA2hxXK54qiXBG-mLV101DwIMh3pKC-k8C7g4AnCG-YDsShp-rYFb8xxVjtTeWqwx1osRBWaKGvfbMJMAgOxXC7UyODCv0p4exMlPMwkunhmss_SGmAmGHlM42KqjO-y3Zyewvg/s4160/IMG_20231016_070642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq_5JoVKgS0y5As2Wtudzwm-4_jXTk1KlNNfjIA75PiHl2gxmA2hxXK54qiXBG-mLV101DwIMh3pKC-k8C7g4AnCG-YDsShp-rYFb8xxVjtTeWqwx1osRBWaKGvfbMJMAgOxXC7UyODCv0p4exMlPMwkunhmss_SGmAmGHlM42KqjO-y3Zyewvg/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_070642.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGWjHh1keeXMtM35V1ww75xWIYtGSgVCgPZ9pYe_DaoiZw0XiSyLibRBrZr1xAc333Hq7P3yrTi5k2s-lF19_w3iLm4Y8AttCIdQQKqRc7eHySVYzJdyBHnRi9XAG_sti-ekEeLM7nKKAkkddiPDkFcE7U1FopDEKnZIUghGS1Az2XVi66xWcxQ/s4160/IMG_20231016_063204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGWjHh1keeXMtM35V1ww75xWIYtGSgVCgPZ9pYe_DaoiZw0XiSyLibRBrZr1xAc333Hq7P3yrTi5k2s-lF19_w3iLm4Y8AttCIdQQKqRc7eHySVYzJdyBHnRi9XAG_sti-ekEeLM7nKKAkkddiPDkFcE7U1FopDEKnZIUghGS1Az2XVi66xWcxQ/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_063204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeh6jkrWbfEpRB7aSh15bhY-NJyKRuhyphenhyphenwEo-QDGAJGyNLuG9TQ18eykvAauekWphjLT5MbMK05rkOlTQsj8udlc0H19nLtF9xsNxfw8OekrutlOe5CVtiC-jGbOwfDICfPuou3T0TB83I43mhdd3M6x6Ff581yCaHLEeAsxTVErD6-4zbbfDw4w/s4160/IMG_20231016_084640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIeh6jkrWbfEpRB7aSh15bhY-NJyKRuhyphenhyphenwEo-QDGAJGyNLuG9TQ18eykvAauekWphjLT5MbMK05rkOlTQsj8udlc0H19nLtF9xsNxfw8OekrutlOe5CVtiC-jGbOwfDICfPuou3T0TB83I43mhdd3M6x6Ff581yCaHLEeAsxTVErD6-4zbbfDw4w/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_084640.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqbn_X5SBYJOqhhmc9m_5AUGXG3DdYrjotA3hMSxkEMQb4aai_7XAPcMyu-cS86vSrXvQGTt0Zs5HRKiIQU7XKZ84x_FFNG1n_oShMn8l-jmmMzFsazDYnnqVGOdqhkL8zuaK904cXRmlgfxanE-mBHBLL0lyhUm2BGgACEjXNgRasBFTjl5hGw/s4160/IMG_20231016_085725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqbn_X5SBYJOqhhmc9m_5AUGXG3DdYrjotA3hMSxkEMQb4aai_7XAPcMyu-cS86vSrXvQGTt0Zs5HRKiIQU7XKZ84x_FFNG1n_oShMn8l-jmmMzFsazDYnnqVGOdqhkL8zuaK904cXRmlgfxanE-mBHBLL0lyhUm2BGgACEjXNgRasBFTjl5hGw/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_085725.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-79557473540047091112023-10-19T20:42:00.005+08:002023-10-21T16:12:18.330+08:00Buildings in Nice, France<p>Here at Nice airport waiting for my flight back home. I was fascinated by these buildings and architecture in Nice, France.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD3Rj3vL6tBHQv3MAgGk3PWEi0nJqPcCZVaCQtFrW-WFo7ikmrz6Sw5I6bMt4V90otBvdt-0kxa6CcC8ZlO6x7STKbdL9EkCbgqYg5iaFkmlPvI9KQDcx8Su__qKCZ8rVxoVNiRI2z22i8-et3LIMi9tzuirEI4ttNZvhYYQ8R7XPslUMruPLzg/s4160/IMG_20231016_184425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD3Rj3vL6tBHQv3MAgGk3PWEi0nJqPcCZVaCQtFrW-WFo7ikmrz6Sw5I6bMt4V90otBvdt-0kxa6CcC8ZlO6x7STKbdL9EkCbgqYg5iaFkmlPvI9KQDcx8Su__qKCZ8rVxoVNiRI2z22i8-et3LIMi9tzuirEI4ttNZvhYYQ8R7XPslUMruPLzg/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_184425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qBfUT9lEuqCRkRV-qCCStGtpIGKOpJ6Hqa3nHnse8QmJ1b764h2qhmEWiVMJri1L4r6ILvxuP-pNwjys__xts0kNODu-uVU0qVGKHc2yHvasz79aLIT6aRYGf82DXtrqGcyOlc2d2bAIyfAR8N0r7qUnWuDkPE1qD-YQKz4Z3kbAI8xtrrc4lQ/s4160/IMG_20231016_185319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My flight this afternoon back to Manila. My conference sponsor put me in this nice hotel in Nice, France, facing the sea. Our conf venue was at Mercure Hotel in Notre Dame st, about 10 mins walk.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PaMeVDzXxb0xQF2KmDH5_uiwLgRZQULWED2VxjUQDitnBld4flJJFyTKM0POhIjRrH1xPU-ghHeSpKes1Dh1XfwFz5060eahi_yUqnpJwxlSaSainxW94oFLEi0k7Nkvfo3jY8kwxoHIJZsVeVl_gFaYL378rgVQAGWDUUj1a-6J2dBTTbpxfQ/s4160/IMG_20231016_154736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PaMeVDzXxb0xQF2KmDH5_uiwLgRZQULWED2VxjUQDitnBld4flJJFyTKM0POhIjRrH1xPU-ghHeSpKes1Dh1XfwFz5060eahi_yUqnpJwxlSaSainxW94oFLEi0k7Nkvfo3jY8kwxoHIJZsVeVl_gFaYL378rgVQAGWDUUj1a-6J2dBTTbpxfQ/w640-h480/IMG_20231016_154736.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGyQDZXNLLNwZjKL4YSsgQyE-VdDqN9wG1AY9qXQM6DD62sDjGOZmEh1Hkk0pEfHzIVHTV5E2T-5qJGPRWREmfdYnFZyiUj10s75VbuEcQcEt7p1eqZsnueZBiqCk0swCa3ZZC3mNIrWSYG4oox5ly5jmJWUefTa2l85jUlhJQlchzymKDJXN2A/s4160/IMG_20231018_164404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I was joking with some fellow conf participants that if a huge plane will miss the runway and the sea, it will go straight to Le Meridien or neighbor buildings. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAuBT5GBBWCyHBc8PaNdy93WGt_XlxQKlTdeXvyXrIHOIa6HhZl6YPauLG82Gycn3VTGH3pLLoBHbfkTp2cvLmMk6_1Ov3qeFtIVCBJmrgaK6QOir-olZ6PEpZYPxLLLLia8PPdBUDApnhNPoFHe6VqGClAv3CiJ11sQyrdNVeoqHrniyfzITqA/s4160/IMG_20231018_165149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAuBT5GBBWCyHBc8PaNdy93WGt_XlxQKlTdeXvyXrIHOIa6HhZl6YPauLG82Gycn3VTGH3pLLoBHbfkTp2cvLmMk6_1Ov3qeFtIVCBJmrgaK6QOir-olZ6PEpZYPxLLLLia8PPdBUDApnhNPoFHe6VqGClAv3CiJ11sQyrdNVeoqHrniyfzITqA/w640-h480/IMG_20231018_165149.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Food is nice, the room covers breakfast. I saw two Indonesian staff there, perhaps no Filipino staff.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, Hotel Meridien for the hospitality.</div><div><br /></div><div>And special thanks to Ms Chiraz Querfalli of the Concierge. She guided me how to travel from the airport to the hotel and back. I took the bus, it's cheap, only €4 one way and I have good sightseeing. Thanks Chiraz.</div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-32934829058746669392023-10-18T14:19:00.001+08:002023-10-19T16:10:08.826+08:00Davao airport, VIP lounge paintings<p>Flying back to Manila, our hosts brought us to the VIP departure lounge, nice huge paintings and wooden furnitures.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVuVExr8llhsmN81UeoGCcHChEy0PKwwBi-wf6lSkyhuIlcguzGEFBv3F_xQ5-wnYlexXrly6Ccyttb7gUQmkdu-ShNs1bTh_L780gvMfTezmA0tsLITISxY9e5Uht4L90kXuRGcEU73s6nhdDf0VykCTMQgDNkIqQ75SOiotLBazw2rYQE8OcA/s4000/IMG_20230616_104306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVuVExr8llhsmN81UeoGCcHChEy0PKwwBi-wf6lSkyhuIlcguzGEFBv3F_xQ5-wnYlexXrly6Ccyttb7gUQmkdu-ShNs1bTh_L780gvMfTezmA0tsLITISxY9e5Uht4L90kXuRGcEU73s6nhdDf0VykCTMQgDNkIqQ75SOiotLBazw2rYQE8OcA/w640-h360/IMG_20230616_104306.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Huuuuge clams below, several hundred kilos weight and decades old.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsUW-1OJcohZFIZykb7TtCUUyv-7WuUeStFpzDVLh55_e2kZXmFXUy8i5gOAPDZBtqD0VdMzU1DHwbV_nzBHXo1F8zUm3wneIEYdKiECWd8czfeX452hKcNDGjbqcqMzKkbkwSDatIZqX7Xf_g2emXOnVjJT9SXVVNdaBksXhdWaujPWeDGyFMQ/s4000/IMG_20230615_122521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsUW-1OJcohZFIZykb7TtCUUyv-7WuUeStFpzDVLh55_e2kZXmFXUy8i5gOAPDZBtqD0VdMzU1DHwbV_nzBHXo1F8zUm3wneIEYdKiECWd8czfeX452hKcNDGjbqcqMzKkbkwSDatIZqX7Xf_g2emXOnVjJT9SXVVNdaBksXhdWaujPWeDGyFMQ/w640-h360/IMG_20230615_122521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSupS7HDbBrFi_z76rMP63TmOZP4se3WcLR8oqcCbWuspUSOrHPxrP0SgSHv-Ee5jmC_ra0nHdUYmF0iV0oEu0eyr5udcHGmNGm8bII8h6iDNFxKUEvMbkmcO_9b5dnwF9qo2WuLQ0AWhB21yismUgLJxP_LDdorNfwW2loTQnBOIDeYZCDxJmQ/s4000/IMG_20230615_140522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSupS7HDbBrFi_z76rMP63TmOZP4se3WcLR8oqcCbWuspUSOrHPxrP0SgSHv-Ee5jmC_ra0nHdUYmF0iV0oEu0eyr5udcHGmNGm8bII8h6iDNFxKUEvMbkmcO_9b5dnwF9qo2WuLQ0AWhB21yismUgLJxP_LDdorNfwW2loTQnBOIDeYZCDxJmQ/w640-h360/IMG_20230615_140522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYlMwtY12bse-GAmrxcinCvodfIMgJOqGMS7fjLZxxWtfumqffImxyB7BADggOUmMY6Rs7bGqZZpen6RdFxsT6Fsu5RRYGIhzTtQK1H10yMN3a4m8NMKqqgmHY0A7ntW6i5AFhQKU0_13FoWMjWJDUVczzEMInUKXo51CQP8g1nnnRAEmCUJcrA/s4000/IMG_20230615_140535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYlMwtY12bse-GAmrxcinCvodfIMgJOqGMS7fjLZxxWtfumqffImxyB7BADggOUmMY6Rs7bGqZZpen6RdFxsT6Fsu5RRYGIhzTtQK1H10yMN3a4m8NMKqqgmHY0A7ntW6i5AFhQKU0_13FoWMjWJDUVczzEMInUKXo51CQP8g1nnnRAEmCUJcrA/w640-h360/IMG_20230615_140535.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>A group of locals on their boat followed us and selling these live sea urchins.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OxrnqJiG7VytGJzztbc0Oy_2ghSD4_n9WnWQL8vyc-CQqr6aPLzkpDDFlXv7KNkaMyMp0LAxIvNhqWzjFNKnmiS-if98_n0GVZ87l7ySy_E5VvmgIQnVSEIpPgx2_Tui_Q6Z6B1k0CNlCGLyUJAl88xPOeHLRTkiUIhII3NYCCZA_6YLgwO2TA/s4000/IMG_20230615_103204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OxrnqJiG7VytGJzztbc0Oy_2ghSD4_n9WnWQL8vyc-CQqr6aPLzkpDDFlXv7KNkaMyMp0LAxIvNhqWzjFNKnmiS-if98_n0GVZ87l7ySy_E5VvmgIQnVSEIpPgx2_Tui_Q6Z6B1k0CNlCGLyUJAl88xPOeHLRTkiUIhII3NYCCZA_6YLgwO2TA/w640-h360/IMG_20230615_103204.jpg" width="640" /></a> </p>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-61661558121314306262023-10-17T14:16:00.001+08:002023-10-19T16:08:28.110+08:00Waterfront hotel, Davao city<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last June I attended a seminar on illicit trade in southern Philippines, we stayed in this wide hotel complex in the city. Huge rooms with veranda.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnuaGoRody6Z0WO8EeqsnfAlmyet2wQpj0vQcjjzDllw_uFCotXDtYoNklaqsJdp783JzHc12jf2m2gavFOajnTLQnBqXW-umRikeTZavqnyiLQghYX26aLzgxqHvE552ezlgVUXLbc5Jw3lEZNgE_WigepjHM5TtIIxI9GZT2L5ZbIsMl2oqmw/s4000/IMG_20230614_165844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnuaGoRody6Z0WO8EeqsnfAlmyet2wQpj0vQcjjzDllw_uFCotXDtYoNklaqsJdp783JzHc12jf2m2gavFOajnTLQnBqXW-umRikeTZavqnyiLQghYX26aLzgxqHvE552ezlgVUXLbc5Jw3lEZNgE_WigepjHM5TtIIxI9GZT2L5ZbIsMl2oqmw/w640-h360/IMG_20230614_165844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjom4M-Ny0xUEXq87hdX_w2u3_MxxRemQZW9cCBSqDvN9AH9oku803nTPEkWN2zzB1G8EjnqSdbdxOBUsMlyU3fpbjzen8cEE14fAcLB6-x3xSSXacBDS2zAJSoy-Uy6qZ8y1YHFGd7ki-dHI7zhfJz6CCDC1MzX2wYyOzq242yBj0DIbaobI1bVQ/s4000/IMG_20230614_165931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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These three I took from seaside of Sofitel Hotel last Tuesday March 14.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRps-muCglQ18bqOl7dAr2rlw_NTCpJgqhdPqHHv20mu4fAWgQbiKUSmaiS2ENo3ojyk109sbtIqZ9RXdrCtuPs7OpD0pLBmYsgn6x7I_tVcPQkYTCuHUcjTDvWbaVQgyDSvr2EZ1lc3fuPvx5mWPpd6gGFWPQTY1HjgRW_Mb19SjtgNz2Sc/s4000/IMG_20230314_140958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRps-muCglQ18bqOl7dAr2rlw_NTCpJgqhdPqHHv20mu4fAWgQbiKUSmaiS2ENo3ojyk109sbtIqZ9RXdrCtuPs7OpD0pLBmYsgn6x7I_tVcPQkYTCuHUcjTDvWbaVQgyDSvr2EZ1lc3fuPvx5mWPpd6gGFWPQTY1HjgRW_Mb19SjtgNz2Sc/w640-h360/IMG_20230314_140958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0O3hgX7hEMyolNs-hohBojyl4nV14ie0I-T5nPuG8eickigmubnMPDSY-aaXnwsZFgz_7F3Uyki-kx5qFGDRx4M7e2Jr8nCU9_HSrOi4kpuXxjxrL0u-EIYvzP2RoZoD9Z-zbYdmmBDC4W2uBAEyib0E2kD1MXrIHtlMbDHEiegOPdhjyfY/s4000/IMG_20230314_141001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0O3hgX7hEMyolNs-hohBojyl4nV14ie0I-T5nPuG8eickigmubnMPDSY-aaXnwsZFgz_7F3Uyki-kx5qFGDRx4M7e2Jr8nCU9_HSrOi4kpuXxjxrL0u-EIYvzP2RoZoD9Z-zbYdmmBDC4W2uBAEyib0E2kD1MXrIHtlMbDHEiegOPdhjyfY/w640-h360/IMG_20230314_141001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbBHPzTCO1YtWyws7l3kk-Da1SmqO9c3Ng70n7TM_zPy7im9u_BVjMcb87UwYOr_hsakTLjuzen5oIOokFyba_htKD-Pns182eDbNmvCe0lRUvfgIXW02lg66lAuf5cX_c9dQrm7e9cQz-sV8ugd6HEDDzxeIy041YFsj-gO1aR0Kgbu4c34/s4000/IMG_20230314_141008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbBHPzTCO1YtWyws7l3kk-Da1SmqO9c3Ng70n7TM_zPy7im9u_BVjMcb87UwYOr_hsakTLjuzen5oIOokFyba_htKD-Pns182eDbNmvCe0lRUvfgIXW02lg66lAuf5cX_c9dQrm7e9cQz-sV8ugd6HEDDzxeIy041YFsj-gO1aR0Kgbu4c34/w640-h360/IMG_20230314_141008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And these two photos I took from Tryp resto at Wyndham Hotel, SM MOA complex.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzceyenho7CgDBwPgyuswI6mqFnJBjqsk5C4Fy8gsGEtMQWWyVgr-6-1aDBYDl3p1e9g1B-Hx2pb3h8Yt6XgP_o1sZV23Yd535aW2Ka0gTmZCQJMDtcuxtFjssoQywv4UYpEYEeqvORUKSN97ufi_puf3aoyMb-cnuqedYlJiIUeRY4X8K04E/s4000/IMG_20230315_125753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzceyenho7CgDBwPgyuswI6mqFnJBjqsk5C4Fy8gsGEtMQWWyVgr-6-1aDBYDl3p1e9g1B-Hx2pb3h8Yt6XgP_o1sZV23Yd535aW2Ka0gTmZCQJMDtcuxtFjssoQywv4UYpEYEeqvORUKSN97ufi_puf3aoyMb-cnuqedYlJiIUeRY4X8K04E/w640-h360/IMG_20230315_125753.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRvsoXAmQTo4jNS6-q720S6R3e8LUfc4XZBMD0aUeAsmzH8DpoI51wEh6cwhlJguaNtWL84wAuJPzjHeOxJPsfOfn6-zZDZ0ft4I5yoLkjiVahsI71Z_UTXmcXd0Ot33eOaKj5pcIwjBTCE2xpsqL5GoumbTTYN-2Mh5dXaLgswhFnbS1WxE/s4000/IMG_20230315_125813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRvsoXAmQTo4jNS6-q720S6R3e8LUfc4XZBMD0aUeAsmzH8DpoI51wEh6cwhlJguaNtWL84wAuJPzjHeOxJPsfOfn6-zZDZ0ft4I5yoLkjiVahsI71Z_UTXmcXd0Ot33eOaKj5pcIwjBTCE2xpsqL5GoumbTTYN-2Mh5dXaLgswhFnbS1WxE/w640-h360/IMG_20230315_125813.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Fast progress in land reclamation. The boats seem to be working 24/7 getting sand and soil somewhere, likely from the lahar deposit from Mt. Pinatubo at Zambales side.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-35224711638888419352022-12-31T10:47:00.001+08:002022-12-31T10:47:51.211+08:00Around Seda Hotel Cebu<p>Seen from the 11th floor of Seda Hotel Ayala Center, Cebu.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AhlAvqbBAR6GS66O9FYpvmV6TW9UuXxSrfddfvF_nJA74UFA-wN0vsf48YaH1kqQMf9c-sglpf0GYEcBsAGU87S4zf0_ZSeSzaCVXtSqKk-VG3S-ZG2Ctygh3aUT2NsbVZlKfzqTbVkDsBnwf6MPDpjdZC144j8TrqnpfFqw0F8vG8339Qg/s4000/IMG_20221230_073637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AhlAvqbBAR6GS66O9FYpvmV6TW9UuXxSrfddfvF_nJA74UFA-wN0vsf48YaH1kqQMf9c-sglpf0GYEcBsAGU87S4zf0_ZSeSzaCVXtSqKk-VG3S-ZG2Ctygh3aUT2NsbVZlKfzqTbVkDsBnwf6MPDpjdZC144j8TrqnpfFqw0F8vG8339Qg/w640-h360/IMG_20221230_073637.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Oplas family from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, the Escolin and Estrada families from Barili, Cebu, many have moved to Cebu City. Me and one sister have moved to Manila. All photos here from Noreen, thanks 'dai.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT2aJ27g2Qreu1Jx1qSoOqVTE2bMaL4t5HHRb6wxJURik7g1xa5dU7DZeeaohVoVnZxkSgIofDKwKTDUBF49QPD1iHkHkehuMJHv6VvTSZWd0CDboL7_HTcE0f1OwwKByZVusuKtL874_zHCQtap5hjWTYr4ykO3cvE_IhTWQ7noygBf9gFU/s1793/bar1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1793" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT2aJ27g2Qreu1Jx1qSoOqVTE2bMaL4t5HHRb6wxJURik7g1xa5dU7DZeeaohVoVnZxkSgIofDKwKTDUBF49QPD1iHkHkehuMJHv6VvTSZWd0CDboL7_HTcE0f1OwwKByZVusuKtL874_zHCQtap5hjWTYr4ykO3cvE_IhTWQ7noygBf9gFU/w640-h616/bar1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My grandmother, Lola Teling dela Pena-Sarmiento, settled in Cadiz City, Negros Occ. and has three children. My Mama Consuelo Sarmiento Oplas, Tyoy Junior and Tyoy Juan (all RIP). Lola Teling has a sister, Lola Tasing dela Pena-Escolin who settled in Barili, Cebu, has 4 children. Tyoy Max, Tyay Rosing, Tyay ___ (passed away at a young age) and Tyay Tessie. Only Tyay Tessie is still alive.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAqoANg4tNkn4rLjTtgXGm37qk9lqUiYEj13mKqkExtLz5f5yQwAL94paHe8q-03y6ddkxZpDXInjcp8g3leUi-zHK6CcQIpCYaJnEIKJ4rnjmY__QpORfP8kiKGJotiaIKMSClqHiEz4HAOHJnAt3tHk5RrtsqovFSEpVHoduw8GCZkh63M/s2048/bar2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAqoANg4tNkn4rLjTtgXGm37qk9lqUiYEj13mKqkExtLz5f5yQwAL94paHe8q-03y6ddkxZpDXInjcp8g3leUi-zHK6CcQIpCYaJnEIKJ4rnjmY__QpORfP8kiKGJotiaIKMSClqHiEz4HAOHJnAt3tHk5RrtsqovFSEpVHoduw8GCZkh63M/w640-h488/bar2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mama Consuelo has five children -- Manong Nestor (RIP), Manang Bebeth, Neneng Marycris, me, and Bobong. Tyoy Junior has three kids -- Gingging, Nanet, and Solo. Tyoy Juan was unmarried.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tyoy Max Escolin has 4 children -- Gigi, Joy, Jonathan and Jason. Tyay Rosing was unmarried. Tyay Tessie Escolin-Estrada has 6 children -- Ray, Orven, Aldwin, Almira, Noreen, and Sheila.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgfKJB77mkilzqGsi_zNKQdldeaf5oiqFbF2qKEPAi1ZlGcvg1BLVAePYAfp2VQsz-yVXYmhGJoviDIKydstcrc-8rAS7yLVEiPFHOTFpfjnwz1Fel3me49_EArzXoGPPo5fRSMWYL5W2KarHzIBkL7pFpVTS_WiSYYz7PeuWQ8Y-dFbwBNk/s1565/bar14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1565" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgfKJB77mkilzqGsi_zNKQdldeaf5oiqFbF2qKEPAi1ZlGcvg1BLVAePYAfp2VQsz-yVXYmhGJoviDIKydstcrc-8rAS7yLVEiPFHOTFpfjnwz1Fel3me49_EArzXoGPPo5fRSMWYL5W2KarHzIBkL7pFpVTS_WiSYYz7PeuWQ8Y-dFbwBNk/w640-h490/bar14.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Manong Nestor has 3 children before he and wife Ate Alit died (both cancer) -- Kim, Nessa, Krizza. Kim is remarried with two kids. Nessa is married to Jun Sy and has 2 kids -- Casey and Third, Krizza is married to Nikki Jones, no child yet. <br /><br />Manang Bebeth has one child - Marvien. Neneng Criselda is married to Donnies Alas and has 2 kids -- Gwen and Lance. I'm married to Ella and we have 2 kids -- Elle and Bien. Bobong is married to Gemma (RIP) and also has only 1 child - Lois. Bobong could not join us because he just recovered from a surgery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MnBJxIqlWDxuvwblQUEUhqYA4x1yoRkJtA1vfmHsnLKdIXsVAZFkOXcfrnrcgpV5UCLj1-uu6G_IDTLav3e7MQi5Xzrk9jkovQ4gSM4gWRmfcHf6IEzyoDWfgUwguHnx-hJyaHGiCFZ9V7XThB9WvX4VRPD0M2mlqUQYJPNnIfATxT-BA_Y/s1200/bar5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MnBJxIqlWDxuvwblQUEUhqYA4x1yoRkJtA1vfmHsnLKdIXsVAZFkOXcfrnrcgpV5UCLj1-uu6G_IDTLav3e7MQi5Xzrk9jkovQ4gSM4gWRmfcHf6IEzyoDWfgUwguHnx-hJyaHGiCFZ9V7XThB9WvX4VRPD0M2mlqUQYJPNnIfATxT-BA_Y/w640-h640/bar5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Escolin kids, Gigi has a new partner Alvin, but no child. Joy is married to Kenneth Castro (RIP) and has 3 sons -- Kent, Klein, and TJ. Jonathan is married to Josephine and has 3 kids -- Haj, Nika and Maxine. Jason has no child yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below from left: Manang Bebeth, Tyay Susing (Tyoy Max's wife), Tyay Tessie, Neneng Marycris, her hubby and kids Donnies, Lance, Gwen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTNy-VpcB0s_sRngtWNuAvGAsmtZTDPiT88iLBcQnvXfoY8Rsr8HnYVzhkA8HL16tzKX_yo7O8QEBYG2jonXs3aT6Pk6o2kN2iqZpHXlHv_2S8tjFxElwcvdgs4aA7Lc5tSsituuob3Zd0diGFGEzSYFvcs7eEq7KqvCRH2LR-W7OXbTmWm0/s1600/bar15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTNy-VpcB0s_sRngtWNuAvGAsmtZTDPiT88iLBcQnvXfoY8Rsr8HnYVzhkA8HL16tzKX_yo7O8QEBYG2jonXs3aT6Pk6o2kN2iqZpHXlHv_2S8tjFxElwcvdgs4aA7Lc5tSsituuob3Zd0diGFGEzSYFvcs7eEq7KqvCRH2LR-W7OXbTmWm0/w480-h640/bar15.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Estrada kids, Ray is unmarried. Orven has 2 kids -- Ashley and Anton. Aldwin has 2 kids -- Jeska and AJ. Almira is married to Bebot Ventura and has one child, Arya. Noreen is married to Ryan Ramos and has 2 kids -- Zane and Bela. Sheila has 2 kids -- Aliling and Alex.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zNHrMD8RDcMPpE_9a4bBfxNc5dZPLoVvSI0aC4u8k76evnVIGlLm2h9kc6VnIxfg94_T5tVLFhEUTbIsdLcuG23v8sbXiPXlC2qOE7Ow6fUc8elYUqeaIH1KW1fC0tLMNlWyPhv-cCwr_1Vt4-Ntmzyr7PLaif-fxECb2jobDy-nXXKF9m8/s1600/bar6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zNHrMD8RDcMPpE_9a4bBfxNc5dZPLoVvSI0aC4u8k76evnVIGlLm2h9kc6VnIxfg94_T5tVLFhEUTbIsdLcuG23v8sbXiPXlC2qOE7Ow6fUc8elYUqeaIH1KW1fC0tLMNlWyPhv-cCwr_1Vt4-Ntmzyr7PLaif-fxECb2jobDy-nXXKF9m8/w480-h640/bar6.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K2M7c1XW8pMLvcQpUgAZyyJa6UlrdwqdPJKXdJgNjav1yGRUKkzEEhGbmEbeQGzKx-sX32IItBDbyOYHzJzvHbxdAPYuBQ8mwa1AGrKgLoPJkWciwcxGC7M4T6f4MoX0byft0Ov-GDDvQssf-gRceXtAz8CbMW4qDrB07nICv6mi_oJEcTI/s1600/bar7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6K2M7c1XW8pMLvcQpUgAZyyJa6UlrdwqdPJKXdJgNjav1yGRUKkzEEhGbmEbeQGzKx-sX32IItBDbyOYHzJzvHbxdAPYuBQ8mwa1AGrKgLoPJkWciwcxGC7M4T6f4MoX0byft0Ov-GDDvQssf-gRceXtAz8CbMW4qDrB07nICv6mi_oJEcTI/w480-h640/bar7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLyeU2ZFVGxXY78eOx4SbwcmCBiEb7vr72FYDT0kX2DgVp36FLXEfVSQ7R9egD3WnYfuFzhuB61l6OsQtvHA-KEKh-TL7nf2lZGhOHJdDwtoyDTTOZaK4mTM8DGTyK70NKv5BAqw8Ufi62aqME9-LEu_Yth3m8mNAT1Nj4SWgxssoM45zi54/s1600/bar8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLyeU2ZFVGxXY78eOx4SbwcmCBiEb7vr72FYDT0kX2DgVp36FLXEfVSQ7R9egD3WnYfuFzhuB61l6OsQtvHA-KEKh-TL7nf2lZGhOHJdDwtoyDTTOZaK4mTM8DGTyK70NKv5BAqw8Ufi62aqME9-LEu_Yth3m8mNAT1Nj4SWgxssoM45zi54/w480-h640/bar8.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>With my family. Elle, me, wife Ella, Bien.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjyMI7i4J0IvxMhKT4PjIZn3fb3VeuIGyj2dzHCW9fBocOMQvKLWzx-UC_-VFceZU9q5JPedIo0tEfpvAGRrA19prvwpfT9rVxMlZhMXR_P6Sipx1PPALw4ilVzRsanicV1OLVpsEZQ8kskQI3xG4DN2BIUMdRsCovx_4Gluhm_o8HW8U5Wg/s2048/bar3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjyMI7i4J0IvxMhKT4PjIZn3fb3VeuIGyj2dzHCW9fBocOMQvKLWzx-UC_-VFceZU9q5JPedIo0tEfpvAGRrA19prvwpfT9rVxMlZhMXR_P6Sipx1PPALw4ilVzRsanicV1OLVpsEZQ8kskQI3xG4DN2BIUMdRsCovx_4Gluhm_o8HW8U5Wg/w480-h640/bar3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3Eoj7_gh4Zl3NnA98DYEqAgQPglyZKu-hsgWmbpsn6bugjrCK9H1bYuzPDoXmuUeoWxl493IwA3JunXaAMYr6EcrI22vkS--K3PDljP7v1h3xkhbzkcTP8WNdZQCVSzCZsDIKDqfrj8Jhl6beAfgN6racxM3QXt13gqEfOedbR6brlgNgbM/s1600/bar9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3Eoj7_gh4Zl3NnA98DYEqAgQPglyZKu-hsgWmbpsn6bugjrCK9H1bYuzPDoXmuUeoWxl493IwA3JunXaAMYr6EcrI22vkS--K3PDljP7v1h3xkhbzkcTP8WNdZQCVSzCZsDIKDqfrj8Jhl6beAfgN6racxM3QXt13gqEfOedbR6brlgNgbM/w480-h640/bar9.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XAFb6BGy9LBElGi3OahZdsaGBjD-s9Dn0CY0TwLPyn-bGY942l1qURLTLIL9vy33wuI4DTsiaIF8n2NMkS3Vu1Xvu5YlkZSisAtHaeWZu2YdMpEwpTA4XXAI66wRKmZPkgNoZq7zWYWr1cJFefCtXaWf5zfwnfpvI4_w68xF5ItWtq7zwNk/s1600/bar11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XAFb6BGy9LBElGi3OahZdsaGBjD-s9Dn0CY0TwLPyn-bGY942l1qURLTLIL9vy33wuI4DTsiaIF8n2NMkS3Vu1Xvu5YlkZSisAtHaeWZu2YdMpEwpTA4XXAI66wRKmZPkgNoZq7zWYWr1cJFefCtXaWf5zfwnfpvI4_w68xF5ItWtq7zwNk/w480-h640/bar11.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Last group picture before we parted. Everyone happy to be in such a big family reunion.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42pHV3PrPEMTM3o6r-BbazBB_fgE-5Oic-W_45m8iflDi751rzWMY3sjU1pmzCPL-agBbeI5TclamIIho6Pih3aCaMmPgWgHkD6U78frp3fNxbuGUPduG2OyeV1I-f0BPpXc3KZOkMs-UqB8Y3rdi15ikQYGmg8oCxDyH_yMyXrZzvn8I9fc/s1600/bar12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1600" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42pHV3PrPEMTM3o6r-BbazBB_fgE-5Oic-W_45m8iflDi751rzWMY3sjU1pmzCPL-agBbeI5TclamIIho6Pih3aCaMmPgWgHkD6U78frp3fNxbuGUPduG2OyeV1I-f0BPpXc3KZOkMs-UqB8Y3rdi15ikQYGmg8oCxDyH_yMyXrZzvn8I9fc/w640-h508/bar12.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wk_vq_5JNkcH5FtNeKjjM4G6m8lNLaZsoT14VxfsP6C3alfRYrFQpE_kR1PythnZeGtpc00ehE4-HF_lNPQ3wUjproR67mYbcdjzaEUHst21abaWEB23m-6oIXjOVMqlUCPVBM6ffHZkq72RTuelWgavxjaGFAl_BlXiP2Oe0NIf9XHa1Bc/s2048/bar13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wk_vq_5JNkcH5FtNeKjjM4G6m8lNLaZsoT14VxfsP6C3alfRYrFQpE_kR1PythnZeGtpc00ehE4-HF_lNPQ3wUjproR67mYbcdjzaEUHst21abaWEB23m-6oIXjOVMqlUCPVBM6ffHZkq72RTuelWgavxjaGFAl_BlXiP2Oe0NIf9XHa1Bc/w640-h480/bar13.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Venue was Mactan Gardens, Lapu lapu City, Cebu. Nice, wide place.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy new year.</div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-91136251069452112952022-12-29T23:09:00.003+08:002022-12-30T06:10:09.885+08:00Seda Hotel, Ayala Center Cebu<p>Here in Cebu City with my family for a reunion with our relatives from Barili and Cebu tomorrow. My sister from Makati also flew in with her family and they are staying in a hotel in Mactan. My sister from Negros Occ. also came. My younger brother cannot make it because he is still recovering from a surgery. My sister in Makati has Seda vouchers, she gave 4 to me and my other sister to cover 2 rooms for 2 nights each, I will pay for another night.</p><p>There are 11 Seda Hotels in the Philippines (<a href="https://sedahotels.com/our-hotels/">https://sedahotels.com/our-hotels/</a>) and I've stayed only in Seda Sentro, Cagayan de Oro City and today, in Seda Ayala Center, Cebu City. I like both. I can't find my photos of Seda Sentro. I have a breakfast meeting once in Seda BGC, nice food and place.</p><p>Seda Ayala Center reception area. Nice cool place.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqdTph4J8dqVqF5vQdM5ty8tAJriP8Mw-J8s0Y0_8lYFS6poQiuOy16Xkn8P9WzP2U0S5RCZ09RRnx6eSwVfP-K7fhNOqu1gKkSB4EW-yoqQF0rjPAsK-dLlrBsKMAzxEqLleGd5dirDRsgXOLvviUICTTDMNr1zMSbbfsxtKzGzYNJTiy4Q/s4000/IMG_20221229_205121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqdTph4J8dqVqF5vQdM5ty8tAJriP8Mw-J8s0Y0_8lYFS6poQiuOy16Xkn8P9WzP2U0S5RCZ09RRnx6eSwVfP-K7fhNOqu1gKkSB4EW-yoqQF0rjPAsK-dLlrBsKMAzxEqLleGd5dirDRsgXOLvviUICTTDMNr1zMSbbfsxtKzGzYNJTiy4Q/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205121.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hotel lobby, beautiful christmas trees still glittering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW_1MijiKQxhbQhwD-auSojTQ9LzbEezH3wLLfEGSgIwOnWDZgsFbtmdn9UoMzsJ3_4blcWvdIJm1etiX2OdPyr8Pozh-68_vMro8sFPLiYyv3op08paEc1OoDtjnB4lyBLyXOJCj3r7vPxmP4boHcOp8nmKBLt59r6KH0iRsHIG6c-jBETY/s4000/IMG_20221229_205054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW_1MijiKQxhbQhwD-auSojTQ9LzbEezH3wLLfEGSgIwOnWDZgsFbtmdn9UoMzsJ3_4blcWvdIJm1etiX2OdPyr8Pozh-68_vMro8sFPLiYyv3op08paEc1OoDtjnB4lyBLyXOJCj3r7vPxmP4boHcOp8nmKBLt59r6KH0iRsHIG6c-jBETY/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205054.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxQgNcfqjJ1eUSkxhnVflzTSdSd-Xg5-Amr2oYO5n_W7nNaiVLYI-YTLQI0PejRCDl_66K0WzFoqUzjcaGYHO2rwp3tIQ7-OtyGzRMMu9fdATBWOTS1gukDCrzObEC6CgO24_cKwZQvEHVEsNgL_00bXa5Pwqlx6LtW5WTVQhotLSIZZ8zAM/s4000/IMG_20221229_205113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxQgNcfqjJ1eUSkxhnVflzTSdSd-Xg5-Amr2oYO5n_W7nNaiVLYI-YTLQI0PejRCDl_66K0WzFoqUzjcaGYHO2rwp3tIQ7-OtyGzRMMu9fdATBWOTS1gukDCrzObEC6CgO24_cKwZQvEHVEsNgL_00bXa5Pwqlx6LtW5WTVQhotLSIZZ8zAM/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205113.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvTFRzJm233ySrqMCNs-G-vvwYQGeoLW8RZdjN0o-YvWz2tcbV09fSoHtY9GJc_yTjEGdgX_mQYng0ehX7gdmFQmT1B5-UwiRD8TpKJvn4S30GJrV8X2oXrPVsR9tYmRaHWcmoDd0q0f_fdQCEx-W-CyKPoLyXIaz-l9bw2-7bNT9McSm7d8/s4000/IMG_20221229_205223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvTFRzJm233ySrqMCNs-G-vvwYQGeoLW8RZdjN0o-YvWz2tcbV09fSoHtY9GJc_yTjEGdgX_mQYng0ehX7gdmFQmT1B5-UwiRD8TpKJvn4S30GJrV8X2oXrPVsR9tYmRaHWcmoDd0q0f_fdQCEx-W-CyKPoLyXIaz-l9bw2-7bNT9McSm7d8/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1QcOBdMI5T4yhoaETaUBY5MpjmkqIwi5_hFd7vbd4c-8Ggf4-7JpEEkXAD0FKm5G8PArq0H5E5Q8VcT1Rxxe6LFnbrVZ-sBVJomdFoOzLg6wL6ZGBhL9BrY5GnMSEa6Ovds_zY46MOmfQjY-iFA4U7miwuN3ATWcGqMbsTzGGlulfpKiTFU/s4000/IMG_20221229_205214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1QcOBdMI5T4yhoaETaUBY5MpjmkqIwi5_hFd7vbd4c-8Ggf4-7JpEEkXAD0FKm5G8PArq0H5E5Q8VcT1Rxxe6LFnbrVZ-sBVJomdFoOzLg6wL6ZGBhL9BrY5GnMSEa6Ovds_zY46MOmfQjY-iFA4U7miwuN3ATWcGqMbsTzGGlulfpKiTFU/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205214.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The main restaurant at the ground floor, for buffet breakfast, lunch, dinner. Will try the food tomorrow but I assume it will be another yummy yummy set of food and drinks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXvYlhOT3jwMFPG9S2cQwMg8QaPCTI0FYTHNyjF8dtvF3BwaAeN6Ms5OgxsOF5EMnUA8MRxi_mHfJEje0r2DcjSTEO2Zwsf6G1F858A94THbMhhURbbwbPBOmr7gCiPzXGIvYuoiRmbScZgeARFmwsnw_VvRNui5dl_Zd3D-YX8W16br09tQ/s4000/IMG_20221229_205302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXvYlhOT3jwMFPG9S2cQwMg8QaPCTI0FYTHNyjF8dtvF3BwaAeN6Ms5OgxsOF5EMnUA8MRxi_mHfJEje0r2DcjSTEO2Zwsf6G1F858A94THbMhhURbbwbPBOmr7gCiPzXGIvYuoiRmbScZgeARFmwsnw_VvRNui5dl_Zd3D-YX8W16br09tQ/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205302.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10WViOWJ09atlPAL_HmKh1tW26J55kpQ7l6_ZyLcXQKEvRiRDqychCeYUMs-fymyt6Wg3tCVqf-qPHbj8dVqvYFfaCquc-rlHJcEP7LEGgJQY25skE1YPWyVZGwCIpQj9ggvF_ttG5hLAJ13COusjAHOmHPgIlxgOU7qjzCYwiCq2Px8s-jU/s4000/IMG_20221229_205312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10WViOWJ09atlPAL_HmKh1tW26J55kpQ7l6_ZyLcXQKEvRiRDqychCeYUMs-fymyt6Wg3tCVqf-qPHbj8dVqvYFfaCquc-rlHJcEP7LEGgJQY25skE1YPWyVZGwCIpQj9ggvF_ttG5hLAJ13COusjAHOmHPgIlxgOU7qjzCYwiCq2Px8s-jU/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_205312.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our room, nice and comfy. We were originally at the 5th floor, but something not good there, my wife brought it to the attention of the reception, they decided to move us to the 11th floor. Our two girls on the next room, they were also moved to the 11th floor next to our room.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis59MU8OiWVzYdwb34cP8gfeKJ3pISbz1pWeZ3FnxXPv6uW-nsjsMe4m8LjnVo-sdAIEiqPXt9IQnyWfH64M4fToj_Wv_6Jcbgpt5PBwnWUr5x_Z5AmhiddX_Z-25hLiXT6UaF27StnA8Oozu24eFf8imlmFaPie2zu9KbRzw70DitI8BWMb0/s4000/IMG_20221229_204550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis59MU8OiWVzYdwb34cP8gfeKJ3pISbz1pWeZ3FnxXPv6uW-nsjsMe4m8LjnVo-sdAIEiqPXt9IQnyWfH64M4fToj_Wv_6Jcbgpt5PBwnWUr5x_Z5AmhiddX_Z-25hLiXT6UaF27StnA8Oozu24eFf8imlmFaPie2zu9KbRzw70DitI8BWMb0/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_204550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rdndfSKsm2-YGvz3wQoOm4LGjrpNaOmDoCfsCGTpop7mFryOI36RVed87v4V3s8BUoYQOn9T85K8lkGdY6VViVA1Au5_Y2AsBPz0_jMIi4rY5BrV1W41dLlxpmkDrG8KD5tIYODRmZ7bIe9GHBkDbIPyhhFsyN9f3u42fPvOO7z5D-y21Z8/s4000/IMG_20221229_204646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rdndfSKsm2-YGvz3wQoOm4LGjrpNaOmDoCfsCGTpop7mFryOI36RVed87v4V3s8BUoYQOn9T85K8lkGdY6VViVA1Au5_Y2AsBPz0_jMIi4rY5BrV1W41dLlxpmkDrG8KD5tIYODRmZ7bIe9GHBkDbIPyhhFsyN9f3u42fPvOO7z5D-y21Z8/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_204646.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The hotel is right beside Ayala Mall. View from our room of the mall and its open area in the middle, lots of colorful christmas lights.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTVJEKMWvcSDAQPyDnlUXOuweNyaSN1f9Ot5ZeIKL-4TO4PlX8gQKGugl9K3ragnPzr1C09xNsvtxJr3XJIFW_F7uQMlLwKed8TCl0XnzbTk9x6MxRSM0R94qTgBQPLKeaJXHQUrlUv0DWsQRnzP2zbVblrQc5YwO5hr3sCY4s9VZcSFNBwY/s3264/IMG_20221229_203816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTVJEKMWvcSDAQPyDnlUXOuweNyaSN1f9Ot5ZeIKL-4TO4PlX8gQKGugl9K3ragnPzr1C09xNsvtxJr3XJIFW_F7uQMlLwKed8TCl0XnzbTk9x6MxRSM0R94qTgBQPLKeaJXHQUrlUv0DWsQRnzP2zbVblrQc5YwO5hr3sCY4s9VZcSFNBwY/w640-h360/IMG_20221229_203816.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My family visited Cebu Ocean Park in the afternoon. When we came back, I was pleasantly surprised to see this gift... a bottle of red wine with matching yummy appetizers, <span style="text-align: center;">hors d'oeuvre -- choco guava, choco beans, mango buttons, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHh-6eHVOw9m1t3-7KT5AmLrJSS4dsdIQurOYZiMlbXOB_sJPaleqMA5cK2tj_edirw4u9MhQFyZht4Ki09OgQyTrVZ1pXq7CrUX3BUB1FRHVIMNRe_zodwdk9v3I45ZBhbBmO_MCmtO4dkt7-Ggl0KfXu6bG8DXdcwK4LslVAt4Hcit9wUyQ/s4000/IMG_20221229_182203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHh-6eHVOw9m1t3-7KT5AmLrJSS4dsdIQurOYZiMlbXOB_sJPaleqMA5cK2tj_edirw4u9MhQFyZht4Ki09OgQyTrVZ1pXq7CrUX3BUB1FRHVIMNRe_zodwdk9v3I45ZBhbBmO_MCmtO4dkt7-Ggl0KfXu6bG8DXdcwK4LslVAt4Hcit9wUyQ/w360-h640/IMG_20221229_182203.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks much, Ms. Gwen dela Cruz, General Manager of Seda Ayala Center Cebu. You and your team are too friendly and accommodating. Four reasons why I say this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One, we arrived from the airport around 12nn at the hotel. Check in is 2pm but we're lucky that we were able to get in that noon, our tired and sleepy body were able to have a quick rest in the room.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two, my older daughter forgot her favorite Starbucks mug at the ladies room of Mactan Cebu airport arrival area. When we arrived at the hotel, my wife was able to talk to a Seda Ayala Center staff at the airport, he asked the utility guys there, they got the mug and gave it to him, and staff brought the mug to us. Bravo, Thanks Roan Aquino, you rock, man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Three, the quick decision to move us to another two adjacent rooms tonight.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And four, the gift from the hotel GM.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahhh, if I have to rate you guys just on our first day in the hotel, I will give you a 101% approval rating. Hep hep, yebaa.</div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-2884929378336291582022-12-28T23:00:00.013+08:002022-12-30T06:14:36.569+08:00Marriott Clark hotel, Pampanga<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MWSVffQGXz2NJ-154lXyC-5S_PfA-YnIiGT5eBrmceuaijhcvJHe5vWrGM7wM1qt8vJb5AQcm3yMcMuGu-rZAcRJgZxGPbhvN5-rZYLWVVxJh2nQk4tDl3TQ-U1llII4NGZoVDybXgelcemKmtNAGFRReU5zj83PvpKac85l8JMe4mVPSxE/s1600/mar1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MWSVffQGXz2NJ-154lXyC-5S_PfA-YnIiGT5eBrmceuaijhcvJHe5vWrGM7wM1qt8vJb5AQcm3yMcMuGu-rZAcRJgZxGPbhvN5-rZYLWVVxJh2nQk4tDl3TQ-U1llII4NGZoVDybXgelcemKmtNAGFRReU5zj83PvpKac85l8JMe4mVPSxE/w225-h400/mar1.jpg" width="225" /></a>Last November 4, I attended an anti-illicit trade conference held at Marriott Hotel in Clark ecozone, Pampanga. The hotel is huge. </p><p>This photo from the swimming pool area.</p><p>And the s.pool area, nice.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qadDEVqXhoV-f_Ir4JWYKXvqBjnJah3YVai8pNlIwB0jFQLwHG6-lkdKuzg2KB70THwdsITgHBsmvrNFp53MrF3zZgy0_o8ri-_jEV74ymTVc3JZxxNqxjCsPTrPJx04n5ytLMVDYUn3KnVotWPOUMaqAkgHdR8TtfB_36hyMa5JA6TifVI/s1600/mar2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qadDEVqXhoV-f_Ir4JWYKXvqBjnJah3YVai8pNlIwB0jFQLwHG6-lkdKuzg2KB70THwdsITgHBsmvrNFp53MrF3zZgy0_o8ri-_jEV74ymTVc3JZxxNqxjCsPTrPJx04n5ytLMVDYUn3KnVotWPOUMaqAkgHdR8TtfB_36hyMa5JA6TifVI/w640-h360/mar2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Reception and check in area.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iO_Fxuup95--S10cITNF3Yi2ebl6DHisQnMdcLBP6f8hX-KDmJR4K6OFSMVZQN9CiqhA_y1OgPOVruqDaZFg0Y2Tr64ZbGGToj7Vk1JWOwU7ncmTn30EBkCIdFTPQ_GBudr7-4wX6ADuAWatdtjdwYjx6KEoZ8J5XBJUEZ8SMVV9aLtQ2vQ/s1600/mar3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iO_Fxuup95--S10cITNF3Yi2ebl6DHisQnMdcLBP6f8hX-KDmJR4K6OFSMVZQN9CiqhA_y1OgPOVruqDaZFg0Y2Tr64ZbGGToj7Vk1JWOwU7ncmTn30EBkCIdFTPQ_GBudr7-4wX6ADuAWatdtjdwYjx6KEoZ8J5XBJUEZ8SMVV9aLtQ2vQ/w640-h360/mar3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Nice decors in a conference table outside the main conference room.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42MmXI_RiiFHciJUmyY0xISbPc1uOUU_0XOmhXuK92dbakdNyCY0cZE3XjPX_-4zRF55E9Pa1hQHiVAzj9w3zqKUZogMppeOWetJvKmefStWI8Ki2qEU6LaSDKJEJwall2iRrJtJzcLmWLE7mDKqlDpDcfjN9x8uuXE2xosCS4mEyEe_tCRc/s1600/mar4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42MmXI_RiiFHciJUmyY0xISbPc1uOUU_0XOmhXuK92dbakdNyCY0cZE3XjPX_-4zRF55E9Pa1hQHiVAzj9w3zqKUZogMppeOWetJvKmefStWI8Ki2qEU6LaSDKJEJwall2iRrJtJzcLmWLE7mDKqlDpDcfjN9x8uuXE2xosCS4mEyEe_tCRc/w640-h360/mar4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IrDxA5LKyWEdYpi3i57NK2o9VoKHQymni7bUtjAs-X7GtM_V4mGj4oCAGH3x-sTgfeCWCDi2UVkmZTzXm2UzWud1OBLTob4n-Og-1XQELtcvYTAlsKqkiop9hlUSHATz_qi-__jzfXZFs182gIUIriD6ySwJVLksLEq0RIgGn_Cmuaj78HE/s1600/mar5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IrDxA5LKyWEdYpi3i57NK2o9VoKHQymni7bUtjAs-X7GtM_V4mGj4oCAGH3x-sTgfeCWCDi2UVkmZTzXm2UzWud1OBLTob4n-Og-1XQELtcvYTAlsKqkiop9hlUSHATz_qi-__jzfXZFs182gIUIriD6ySwJVLksLEq0RIgGn_Cmuaj78HE/w640-h360/mar5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">SwissOtel view from the s.pool of Marriott. I've stayed in SwissOtel in Singapore in 2019, I love that place, near a quay with lots of colorfully-lighted bars and restos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncSnW6aRT3xo6xo6bcoAjrESwVVqfkOYOgjGyquMOVS_LzuLHq_nKb16SVn80IRFwbCEsAVWhmbggBCPe0cTEa5p-dJu3ouV0TKIv3lzNpq8eMf6qQvhNR9lqBcpPi-jaC8MbdqORAkZT8qBlhYPWOq6uNIdyqITq09OVxnXIgtTIkspKtAM/s1600/mar6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncSnW6aRT3xo6xo6bcoAjrESwVVqfkOYOgjGyquMOVS_LzuLHq_nKb16SVn80IRFwbCEsAVWhmbggBCPe0cTEa5p-dJu3ouV0TKIv3lzNpq8eMf6qQvhNR9lqBcpPi-jaC8MbdqORAkZT8qBlhYPWOq6uNIdyqITq09OVxnXIgtTIkspKtAM/w640-h360/mar6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And my room, wide peaceful comfy.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI4KDGx2E9wX1rUmoeYN6PnNYRELmTN4AIo1c1ZzIYErJuwtIIBhhw2dnKXGaqnOMSYm1rwE12EVraJ7eN1-HOpXuMi_adS5d4Yu5ZzL5ioPDlQZnG6jvBOhcIO19pOIV5lxru57jtWaDvR7WDMnhEchXF5PGO9VJefX9cZrnIOsweknH21Y/s1600/mar7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI4KDGx2E9wX1rUmoeYN6PnNYRELmTN4AIo1c1ZzIYErJuwtIIBhhw2dnKXGaqnOMSYm1rwE12EVraJ7eN1-HOpXuMi_adS5d4Yu5ZzL5ioPDlQZnG6jvBOhcIO19pOIV5lxru57jtWaDvR7WDMnhEchXF5PGO9VJefX9cZrnIOsweknH21Y/w640-h360/mar7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEh7cKjtSoxtB8DApa5mp77C7JTPaimr6pEjJ0embrS1vxk8q4Z3FIT1czT6HdcPxUCTFePgvF7no7ysh9Pj9tKSNABMBXK89IQz4a4h6f1aYeqjtP6IU0gcIrlECVY7eJq9GEDVKrtzfznJ66aXxbJ69Ew3KT3yEK_Gpbj6FzVUzbID9i4Ok/s1600/mar8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEh7cKjtSoxtB8DApa5mp77C7JTPaimr6pEjJ0embrS1vxk8q4Z3FIT1czT6HdcPxUCTFePgvF7no7ysh9Pj9tKSNABMBXK89IQz4a4h6f1aYeqjtP6IU0gcIrlECVY7eJq9GEDVKrtzfznJ66aXxbJ69Ew3KT3yEK_Gpbj6FzVUzbID9i4Ok/w640-h360/mar8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-63498594536531944802022-12-28T21:08:00.001+08:002022-12-29T22:23:55.644+08:00Skyway stage 3, views of QC, SJ, Mandaluyong, Makati<p>While I have passed by Skyway Stage 3 (Buendia to Balintawak, NLEX, back) many times, I have not taken photos of the environment simply because I'm driving and holding the steering wheel. Today I took a bus and it's taking the Skyway, so I was able to hold my camera phone. Some views here of Quezon City (QC), San Juan, Mandaluyong and Makati from the skyway northbound.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhRxz18SSTmbiV4F0THeZ-sbCfrI9fgHzXWHx9lU3JqpHPeQgBEDhwh9-3nbCYp6RbUtNe0nPRmvZrEjUTZhOTgsOAUcY4XYwlbtQAkmOw6kchDguKYaMDwtD7OB7DFRpC1u0TKaQ15MBcSBf6YGLzAC4Hy6purceE6TF2zrArYlDCMiX6NY/s4000/IMG_20221228_120503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhRxz18SSTmbiV4F0THeZ-sbCfrI9fgHzXWHx9lU3JqpHPeQgBEDhwh9-3nbCYp6RbUtNe0nPRmvZrEjUTZhOTgsOAUcY4XYwlbtQAkmOw6kchDguKYaMDwtD7OB7DFRpC1u0TKaQ15MBcSBf6YGLzAC4Hy6purceE6TF2zrArYlDCMiX6NY/w640-h360/IMG_20221228_120503.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_J-auMjQtzg2faaki44Cd1ksdKrOZSFFXRU3R0L0PiBU5t4dbN4XeuJFA6osp4NT6k8VAHty_OlNCI0gtw3T5no5APUR8dvYC_vwuYBaYHYOX_JZHwHXpdhHm_R7UK2_F4cHjPAlwzkr4uJiRZ_HhiEmZ3p7jfI6mD6TSV3NJ7yVaDvdRAU/s4000/IMG_20221228_121016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Not the racing type but a regular road bike rider, I would ride my bike something like 4-5 days a week during the dry months, and about 1-2 days a week during the rainy months. I lived in Fairview, QC that time and my group was the Neopolitan Cycling Club.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsw8mlNJxxUBgcrsLYNs8Kx8bVUbNv-x5S6Lj7i5ZTD48uGecD6Svpfv2tEG8e7XknPi9fVH8pacV9P1aDloPtAZkuc-XPxl-8LloqYCS_pbop266Rm47tJtCaR1Z88C2qW4txFCIjg-PIzDCHbyR4TqEoNyWvLgfMNHUET2Qa8c_D_ZlspM/s960/neo1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsw8mlNJxxUBgcrsLYNs8Kx8bVUbNv-x5S6Lj7i5ZTD48uGecD6Svpfv2tEG8e7XknPi9fVH8pacV9P1aDloPtAZkuc-XPxl-8LloqYCS_pbop266Rm47tJtCaR1Z88C2qW4txFCIjg-PIzDCHbyR4TqEoNyWvLgfMNHUET2Qa8c_D_ZlspM/w640-h480/neo1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We would go to Baguio, Subic, to follow the Marlboro Tour. Below I think this was in Subic. The blue Mitsubishi pick up, that was my first car, I bought it 2nd hand, mainly to transport bicycles and my friends, haha. From left: me, Jun Miranda, Mar, Roan Ordoyo, Bernie Narciso, Boy Ordoyo. I would drive the pick up from Manila, 6 of us plus five bicycles. When we reach Subic, we ride our bikes, Roan is the son of Boy, he would drive the pick up following us. Anyone who has a flat tire, or just felt tired, can get off the bike and ride the car. Extra food, water, clothes and slippers in the car too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JTBvdSPx_kB5J_-I2TeMDKUtAZzfeo_zc11tZDZZvq7cbjQpQzZrEe9MCO9VAp28ZLk1pngcPOl0hN1iIIlMryHsqkDa9iOa8xMq5IZV0grnR5vBgfINI9TqyFKMXZYzIZNgjSB04jCnb202IftXq7AUo4f_ddZpjoXyzaf0KeKtZ7VfUgY/s960/neo2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JTBvdSPx_kB5J_-I2TeMDKUtAZzfeo_zc11tZDZZvq7cbjQpQzZrEe9MCO9VAp28ZLk1pngcPOl0hN1iIIlMryHsqkDa9iOa8xMq5IZV0grnR5vBgfINI9TqyFKMXZYzIZNgjSB04jCnb202IftXq7AUo4f_ddZpjoXyzaf0KeKtZ7VfUgY/w640-h480/neo2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>From left: Roan, Roen Divinagracia, Boy "Hilo", Jun Pinawin, Jun Concepcion, Doming Ramirez, I think Tony. The thin payatot standing is me, hehe.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DwtPS6Z2FVtd7LBEM-8GKTXaRfZZLDbwIA7C82Ym-TFYIK16J8TPTectBdfoC9vTKph2U7Hd1t5RFr2bRzJ0QBsDVk0yAo00nAZo8uBW9J6jipINEwAKvWoA5j6nUSHU2SHXBjEy-_S4EJ8nEgoOA71LLEJs7pi2pIZ-ZRA-T4ouy6k2v_E/s960/neo3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DwtPS6Z2FVtd7LBEM-8GKTXaRfZZLDbwIA7C82Ym-TFYIK16J8TPTectBdfoC9vTKph2U7Hd1t5RFr2bRzJ0QBsDVk0yAo00nAZo8uBW9J6jipINEwAKvWoA5j6nUSHU2SHXBjEy-_S4EJ8nEgoOA71LLEJs7pi2pIZ-ZRA-T4ouy6k2v_E/w640-h480/neo3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLq7kBK0fsG4gJy9S4ldcI52q3rkZa6E2bC4jBL4B0w4BHq9fgAiHGET2cebce5ba3Wm-hBDSzsBU4bEcwARxba3WMtYZy6F-c0j3PpplT2kru603S49HM4EyxFwoC_YiePvJvJJZSQa2-ZDzPAVYjbTu_SAj5VrftpstAKNDVcyhyjEOAyks/s960/neo4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I've lived in Makati for many years now, Fairview is far away. Many of my cycling buddies are still there and still riding bikes, this time more shiny-expensive ones.<br /><br />Boy Ordoyo is also called "Boy Manager", he was our club President, he's well off and would sponsor a number of young and brave riders to join the Marlboro elimination rounds, hoping they would make it to any of the regional teams.<p></p>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-1380434863012355632022-11-01T19:00:00.008+08:002022-11-01T19:01:51.160+08:00Remembering Papa, Mama, Manong Nestor, Ate Alit<p>Today is All Saints Day, tomorrow is All Souls Day. I remember my parents, Papa Bienvenido "Ben" Oplas Sr., and Mama Consuelo Oplas. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLdA6jNOAmataJqzKFwsTqyvm2VyTVOX5Rfh9Vb-trY_rKFCku4PJuTAujGPX-kD2X70vVfRXMmTIjNQdfenVV8KzRkgDwbuQu2Kh44YqFa87EiPURPWJg4QhAwRw75U0X1rf0XLMPtgSpLHFbNaZtqkAibEPyPrTLZh3HqTT-bvUyVIlMzY/s2577/pa5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2577" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLdA6jNOAmataJqzKFwsTqyvm2VyTVOX5Rfh9Vb-trY_rKFCku4PJuTAujGPX-kD2X70vVfRXMmTIjNQdfenVV8KzRkgDwbuQu2Kh44YqFa87EiPURPWJg4QhAwRw75U0X1rf0XLMPtgSpLHFbNaZtqkAibEPyPrTLZh3HqTT-bvUyVIlMzY/w640-h302/pa5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Mama died on Sept. 3, 2015 at 81 years old, Papa followed her on March 9, 2017, just two weeks before he would turn 90 years old.</p><p>Below, at Mama's burial in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. We are five siblings, our eldest, Manong Nestor, died around 2007. From left, me (4th in family), Manang Bebeth (2nd), Neneng Marycris (3rd) and Bonifacio "Bobong" (5th, youngest).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtwinwAS8-pgEkMPIZe8V9LcVCtYbgJrya49oUyuGr0UEt0HKMeyLiwkYbzhjxxGVl7oe4-ToC-UF_CfQgIWdF0v60FgiTcr5JxkL0HiZiwRVAjcL76rW1J8t_-mBOIGBtO4SAYTFz8thMgaOLnQR3s0GLjg4v_lwc0sJKGL_PeBU_F9Q9p8/s960/Papa1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="960" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrtwinwAS8-pgEkMPIZe8V9LcVCtYbgJrya49oUyuGr0UEt0HKMeyLiwkYbzhjxxGVl7oe4-ToC-UF_CfQgIWdF0v60FgiTcr5JxkL0HiZiwRVAjcL76rW1J8t_-mBOIGBtO4SAYTFz8thMgaOLnQR3s0GLjg4v_lwc0sJKGL_PeBU_F9Q9p8/w640-h384/Papa1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My family. Wife Ella, Bien Mary the younger, and Elle Marie the older girl.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_eNPnbnPhDuNBWH7Dpb9JK4vkJHNkdREm2B_L3PawhSgtMhOW9XkMfzmN4U-DxCW2cQuJocADL7zLKUiVsNKSzgtRwgOFweNnN-JUXFvW0eN-PsQHAFwSI36ywUjgwhD3HTeXTvPXXKaOf9zKnbQlJMcIXtoVH_NNUrShgF8xPVoE2RwCEI/s960/papa2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="960" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_eNPnbnPhDuNBWH7Dpb9JK4vkJHNkdREm2B_L3PawhSgtMhOW9XkMfzmN4U-DxCW2cQuJocADL7zLKUiVsNKSzgtRwgOFweNnN-JUXFvW0eN-PsQHAFwSI36ywUjgwhD3HTeXTvPXXKaOf9zKnbQlJMcIXtoVH_NNUrShgF8xPVoE2RwCEI/w640-h384/papa2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>With relatives from Bacolod and Barili, Cebu.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBMICq130xGHTqBxY8-J53KX82TnZRVNVPOgym55XjuHxUpuob4OCklsu5i6FyxXdbg5ElCKKuUshZ6QLpfyqDVCOO29FRA_UkrVOqFGfKkdXqZjhw_1bpoZh8pAX28GdPfXYuRsUAtSKCZlk-x_bjW0UIIdaY1BQhsZTnCfskBmql9Oaxjw/s960/papa4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="960" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBMICq130xGHTqBxY8-J53KX82TnZRVNVPOgym55XjuHxUpuob4OCklsu5i6FyxXdbg5ElCKKuUshZ6QLpfyqDVCOO29FRA_UkrVOqFGfKkdXqZjhw_1bpoZh8pAX28GdPfXYuRsUAtSKCZlk-x_bjW0UIIdaY1BQhsZTnCfskBmql9Oaxjw/w640-h384/papa4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Papa and his grand children. Manong Nestor has 3 kids (Kim, Nessa, Krizza), Manang Bebeth has one (Marvien), Neneng has two (Guenevere and Lancelot), I have two (Elle and Bien) and Bobong has one (Lois). Below, Papa in the 70s, he was a Barangay Captain for many years in the province.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5uF-4y6iQpKlPYzGqjr6y08uNB7A5iGUJp_6PrCuoPaD7OG-QCX7sdVv-Oc4YEAgae4NSppES4Zu_8f8Ktirq4m_khk4kooE2rW_2szazhZTW7VUuvQqwDoQWdb1vBiPPX7EE4kZy6YvzxBeNGlac5OlDMhLFzycRz4Hy8HcoSccWQHiZVI/s960/papa3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5uF-4y6iQpKlPYzGqjr6y08uNB7A5iGUJp_6PrCuoPaD7OG-QCX7sdVv-Oc4YEAgae4NSppES4Zu_8f8Ktirq4m_khk4kooE2rW_2szazhZTW7VUuvQqwDoQWdb1vBiPPX7EE4kZy6YvzxBeNGlac5OlDMhLFzycRz4Hy8HcoSccWQHiZVI/w384-h640/papa3.jpeg" width="384" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2Tc9C1C98JMfzqSkCBeI1Z5WbQaHeXPZvRuKX1Q4NP5-VuzJUBW9jb2nwUfXN2xqcDVd0_Qov7UfSO0mj5bipLe05RBGr8xb2-VUgotIAJ4CfoeBfrYyHt1FEvj0ShTLKhj6khuWXfSFG3DdKO_lYDiFishVG4a-awy1A9yVw-KVfEoaXOw/s480/pa1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2Tc9C1C98JMfzqSkCBeI1Z5WbQaHeXPZvRuKX1Q4NP5-VuzJUBW9jb2nwUfXN2xqcDVd0_Qov7UfSO0mj5bipLe05RBGr8xb2-VUgotIAJ4CfoeBfrYyHt1FEvj0ShTLKhj6khuWXfSFG3DdKO_lYDiFishVG4a-awy1A9yVw-KVfEoaXOw/w480-h640/pa1.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Manong Nestor, our eldest. He was bright, Valedictorian in elementary and high school. Then he went to Cebu Institute of Technology (CIT) and finished BS Chemical Eng'g, worked at Mobil oil for many years in Manila, pursued law, became a lawyer, then became a City Councilor in Cadiz for three terms, then City Administrator. He died of prostate C with diabetes at a young age of 52 yo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAloA5CRTPi-OjqkT-t_2kElHfZ2j9fRgZKjG6W8KlIy8UZvFBNexwG3nk315kyLfCe1_jRCmQWCzdN-foXu8xksr-ormQLERenRp_40k7CfjXDxRAfBfyD2HPuC2wheNK3W4YIx1DlExaqF1dIJuecCe5mpmGf6GKXqHVls7MmVVu4VOhVo/s480/pa3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAloA5CRTPi-OjqkT-t_2kElHfZ2j9fRgZKjG6W8KlIy8UZvFBNexwG3nk315kyLfCe1_jRCmQWCzdN-foXu8xksr-ormQLERenRp_40k7CfjXDxRAfBfyD2HPuC2wheNK3W4YIx1DlExaqF1dIJuecCe5mpmGf6GKXqHVls7MmVVu4VOhVo/w640-h480/pa3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His wife, Ate Alita Manatad Oplas, was also a lawyer. She died of cancer, about one year ahead of Manong Nestor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below from left: Mama's younger brother Tyoy Junior Sarmiento, me, Neneng, Papa's younger brother Tyoy Miling Oplas. Then Manang Bebeth, and Manong Nestor. This should be in the late 60s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ9cGlnnvsIjut5DC1MTO5vB7IWnzzndS2EBr8ETL7etmGBoPntj5sesPtSirN6tvTiModFetsdlfGF5yeLBKql-_WSTJHVwL4MpzQumVkf1lekobLKy-yWMuFi6LFVRI-UMwd3RBl_uozQVzQKFhwlWEgXLUpwbrfi3RSOFnZ_d-2EuXVC8/s2731/pa2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2731" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ9cGlnnvsIjut5DC1MTO5vB7IWnzzndS2EBr8ETL7etmGBoPntj5sesPtSirN6tvTiModFetsdlfGF5yeLBKql-_WSTJHVwL4MpzQumVkf1lekobLKy-yWMuFi6LFVRI-UMwd3RBl_uozQVzQKFhwlWEgXLUpwbrfi3RSOFnZ_d-2EuXVC8/w640-h480/pa2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>An old photo at a river near our house in Lag-asan, Cadiz City. In the front were me, Manong Nestor, and Bobong. Manang Bebeth in white glasses behind Manong.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjNNyblzenM2Df1mL7GjiBQLz2VGDAPX5ghiVsfiL26Vq8XPBNviUPIqG9oVB6_WejZHBjWLFXGDXogLKC5HvHkrMlJ1XHSFbP0v-PIa10PCX2R3hZMKMV6xWpB8ZHJeA6s-Y3otLihERSbu99-8lNBQq1BVoFP9FrjzS1ytFObmV3YO3alc/s960/pa4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjNNyblzenM2Df1mL7GjiBQLz2VGDAPX5ghiVsfiL26Vq8XPBNviUPIqG9oVB6_WejZHBjWLFXGDXogLKC5HvHkrMlJ1XHSFbP0v-PIa10PCX2R3hZMKMV6xWpB8ZHJeA6s-Y3otLihERSbu99-8lNBQq1BVoFP9FrjzS1ytFObmV3YO3alc/w640-h480/pa4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pa, Ma, Manong, Ate Alit, Tyoy Junior, Tyoy Miling, and many other relatives who went ahead of us -- thank you for the kindness and laughter in my younger days. Rest in peace.<br />----------------</div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">See also:<br /></span></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2021/09/my-mothers-6th-anniversary-in-heaven.html">https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2021/09/my-mothers-6th-anniversary-in-heaven.html</a>, September 03, 2021</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2013/12/nessa-oplas-sy-wedding.html" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;">https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2013/12/nessa-oplas-sy-wedding.html</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, December 08, 2013.</span></span></div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-43531471880584764362022-10-06T09:01:00.029+08:002022-10-06T09:05:53.943+08:00Jeffrey Ng birthday party in 2019<p>This is a belated post but better late than never -- the huge birthday party of Jeffrey Ng -- President of UPSE Alumni Association (UPSEAA), a known entrepreneur, philantrophist, Rotarian, etc. His birthday was late September but the party was held on Oct 6, 2019, three years ago.</p><p>There were many tables that night. Tables for UPSEAA people, for his family, business partners, rotary clubmates, and so on. Photos below (I grabbed from fb photos of fellow alumni Inky Reyes and Ernie Albano) are mostly UPSEAA people. Here, President Jeff to my left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBdMxbmMHP6zNL1LsloJvnrx58ybBS64D5pU9NfAgHvN0lS_AhIAglYDJgpHsRRQUWxyCFaiTQUmV_hIZwpwoBrd-SX3FgDcAxI1MKQfmsjyJ76WFEZSW_HQOcGlamTgIqJ-Ji2QbTiqf9iE4Rt0Bhogl6tIjxepuvd3Q0Rp4XNrIXVJ6mJk/s852/jeff1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="852" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBdMxbmMHP6zNL1LsloJvnrx58ybBS64D5pU9NfAgHvN0lS_AhIAglYDJgpHsRRQUWxyCFaiTQUmV_hIZwpwoBrd-SX3FgDcAxI1MKQfmsjyJ76WFEZSW_HQOcGlamTgIqJ-Ji2QbTiqf9iE4Rt0Bhogl6tIjxepuvd3Q0Rp4XNrIXVJ6mJk/w640-h442/jeff1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4UK1ATZYAk17skXu4EJuwYEiJ-lQ1teea4AOZNtg8-k1quPbCvgcktay4QVSVrUumLdvFF1yjnEMWEGfXKlTmTvQf8SbY0V_-LsXvaulub1AV-ex_xjCpHgp8j_me_bG4NLLC7inpaG-R17JykNx94ODki7bx084MY2Ep6K2SJrtKhcFEIc/s960/jeff2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Thanks again, President Jeff.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last April, Holy week, my family went for a vacation in Boracay, we stayed at Astoria Current -- huge, beautiful, beachfront, with two swimming pools, lots of always smiling staff almost anywhere. We have buffet on our 2nd night there, lots of food. And on our 3rd and last night, Pres. Jeff came from Manila with his mother and wife and he invited me and my family to dinner with him.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebKQIpa5lI0lFdfwV2znYIniPaR52mamL5B0TyQE8dK5-Fa0nU00LiUx6V0K8unoYtlynKTxh9V4Aow57lcyvoQti7HZYoqWZEveuXL9ciiqWiseYduP-mJXedeE-rFFMvL93BHyXLS9iifoqa2dJkxB2oVTn9iWAEoOazWoaHssivNSzKGo/s4000/IMG_20220412_181553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="4000" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebKQIpa5lI0lFdfwV2znYIniPaR52mamL5B0TyQE8dK5-Fa0nU00LiUx6V0K8unoYtlynKTxh9V4Aow57lcyvoQti7HZYoqWZEveuXL9ciiqWiseYduP-mJXedeE-rFFMvL93BHyXLS9iifoqa2dJkxB2oVTn9iWAEoOazWoaHssivNSzKGo/w640-h294/IMG_20220412_181553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Thanks again for that, President Jeff. You rock.</div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-16549296009421911592022-10-04T23:50:00.002+08:002022-10-05T00:36:18.140+08:00Elle Marie is 16, Bien Mary is 12<p>My two beautiful daughters. Elle Marie turned 16 yo last Saturday, Bien Mary turned 12 yo today. They are in Grades 11 and 7, respectively.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfp02YSDu5UaddYS8JCYY53dVBImbzTPWvmPiT5JK4aBU_ksX_s4ZHm1b7NiGQG2N-d0LdC4nVpfAVuyASfYFaBa-GmXMvsuLLPbrVh_lUoCsWupfB-vM4NWl4MGfNFjSNioo85khSLnecrhi1FEDqfXncb-IL9rfJDOpcj0OrAa9qc6hQGc/s4000/IMG_20221001_191218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfp02YSDu5UaddYS8JCYY53dVBImbzTPWvmPiT5JK4aBU_ksX_s4ZHm1b7NiGQG2N-d0LdC4nVpfAVuyASfYFaBa-GmXMvsuLLPbrVh_lUoCsWupfB-vM4NWl4MGfNFjSNioo85khSLnecrhi1FEDqfXncb-IL9rfJDOpcj0OrAa9qc6hQGc/w225-h400/IMG_20221001_191218.jpg" width="225" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpFJSMtyTF3WKtEpeWYm2hFRY6vePoD_5NFoJ11GpXVYbam7zTVrH9H2e_0cwIRy0XvVF8yAJ5ITEYsoEtX8WTg0TlTvxSLucpvqQlxicKR0_Ezl98xEi7CJZzdnZotGVOzNP8FL2GKq8Y3iDTnk8Qt286QA2CBSq6v-dtFYqXm2yYLaNazU/s4000/IMG_20221001_191128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you Elle, Bien. By being obedient, pretty and healthy girls, you make me happier. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Love you, mga anak.</div></div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-23786381185142307362022-07-21T18:28:00.029+08:002022-07-21T18:59:41.073+08:00China Bank building restoration and museum <p>Last Saturday, July 16, our friend at UPSE Alumni Association (UPSEAA), Alex Escucha, a retired SVP of China Banking Corp. (CBC), invited me and a number of UPSEAAns to a tour of the renovated CBC Business Center in Binondo, Manila. Binondo is also known as the "world's oldest Chinatown." </p><p>CBC was formed in 1920 and the building was built in 1922-1924. CBC celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020 and Alex was the Chairman of the bank's Centennial Committee. Alex is also a fellow Ilongo, he is from Iloilo while I am from the neighbor island Negros Occidental.</p><p>Alex gave us these two papers, a big pamphlet of the restoration project, and a special edition of BizNews Asia where CBC and its leaders, selected clients, were featured. The photo of the restored building is impressive, very good lighting with a cloudless early evening sky as background. It looks like one of those old classic buildings in Europe financial districts. Very talented photographer to make this photo.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QInJM54IzsluoZszguqki-W9wQAI1fk1qR8NJDU6iblPfyaHUE8bqmYfHvlCB0KXNwh5qGlSxppatizVTBqKEU8vs5U3xGYXc9y5QO6HfmaMnuaY28UhCmeiFVvNv_1Ud67N1CMAqZiGJsGwZ-fqsYH6_5Bj-ykCoOMqWURhF38GvAsIX18/s4000/IMG_20220716_162809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QInJM54IzsluoZszguqki-W9wQAI1fk1qR8NJDU6iblPfyaHUE8bqmYfHvlCB0KXNwh5qGlSxppatizVTBqKEU8vs5U3xGYXc9y5QO6HfmaMnuaY28UhCmeiFVvNv_1Ud67N1CMAqZiGJsGwZ-fqsYH6_5Bj-ykCoOMqWURhF38GvAsIX18/w640-h360/IMG_20220716_162809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Alex doing the basic lecture about the bank's history from the 1920s to the restoration project in 2018 in time for the centennial celebration. The big room where the briefing was conducted is the restored “banking hall” with high ceiling restored. Bright, well-lighted and wide, the column-posts appear like long solid rounded marbles.<div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmA0kdYGF8Iztq_8wWnR0BUguPgSHLELKvdZrNvmFnHgM2LipvZ-xTWt2v-BZcpHuloZD6sy4natFw_FC7qEXqp7fugm4oSN_oSu7Ps3H_J9pbn46zSf_0J2zP5fRA1YZvDmvgMlC6ep0Cv1uxbvB9THMfm__elZp3v0aa7j9h4T_JkhQ9eA/s4000/IMG_20220716_165012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmA0kdYGF8Iztq_8wWnR0BUguPgSHLELKvdZrNvmFnHgM2LipvZ-xTWt2v-BZcpHuloZD6sy4natFw_FC7qEXqp7fugm4oSN_oSu7Ps3H_J9pbn46zSf_0J2zP5fRA1YZvDmvgMlC6ep0Cv1uxbvB9THMfm__elZp3v0aa7j9h4T_JkhQ9eA/w640-h360/IMG_20220716_165012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Our group photo after his basic lecture. Alex standing in the middle with the women. I'm the leftmost standing with the men. Notice the three large glasses with stained archi designs, cool.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9D4LbmwMc59qVZfiFYsglxe0g4wiz3nXhEsZTJF57VNIhbIMWuOfIefFjrf1gdlJeF7QIqNwpg1lej4UVnOG266lRwVu9cBgYbW01JlS8Qr5hK_PASpqNZHiddCuZS8lWCO7YYy6ATEp0wkiQC6NMgwd77DgmstCIombnCsypnSBp560ALU/s1600/cbc1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9D4LbmwMc59qVZfiFYsglxe0g4wiz3nXhEsZTJF57VNIhbIMWuOfIefFjrf1gdlJeF7QIqNwpg1lej4UVnOG266lRwVu9cBgYbW01JlS8Qr5hK_PASpqNZHiddCuZS8lWCO7YYy6ATEp0wkiQC6NMgwd77DgmstCIombnCsypnSBp560ALU/w640-h360/cbc1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the museum, 4th floor of the building, former Executive offices. Alex explained the old trading routes in East Asia, where the founders of CBC came from -- Dee C. Chuan came from Fujian, now called Fukien.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zAttZT-pQKXvTeMlL5_Xb2bmUUPbNgN9sdKtO8DWTUNGapQfubDAIS1HCMEcW-YxJX-4Itz5YLWi2cXEnFvaWfF7ng-sPHW9PuJ0_vdDWY0h7P78nwR8vqDqa5v233irnSFXLJCrdTBflkK4NgB8Mfk4mvsK6yHCLHExMmfKriJP6AN_qUA/s1600/cbc3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zAttZT-pQKXvTeMlL5_Xb2bmUUPbNgN9sdKtO8DWTUNGapQfubDAIS1HCMEcW-YxJX-4Itz5YLWi2cXEnFvaWfF7ng-sPHW9PuJ0_vdDWY0h7P78nwR8vqDqa5v233irnSFXLJCrdTBflkK4NgB8Mfk4mvsK6yHCLHExMmfKriJP6AN_qUA/w640-h360/cbc3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Another group photo at the steel retrofit with shock absorber rubber damper made by Sumitomo. Portrain of Mr. Dee, the founder at the background. Alex is sometimes called Alex Escu-chua, hehe. Standing at the back, 3rd from left is Jack Teotico, Past President of UPSEAA and beside him, 4th from left is Jeffrey Ng, current President of UPSEAA. Directly in front of Jeff is Ronee Juanengo, also a Past President of the Association.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ1PpBXfwKRSq8jkX-2jDeTFdI9KLMhbbp2nibdffs-_Ryu_sLqBri08bDOlCQbF6bKSQ_wwe2QvcGTGxYfcMAXKnAWjXBIFXbQoB8j2HCMXPviJsOL5J31yUCANPbmEwQ-NkPc7udZ1skT-APjO9WiniH-lkvky-cM4VaS6eOydNyE8yEKs/s1600/cbc2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ1PpBXfwKRSq8jkX-2jDeTFdI9KLMhbbp2nibdffs-_Ryu_sLqBri08bDOlCQbF6bKSQ_wwe2QvcGTGxYfcMAXKnAWjXBIFXbQoB8j2HCMXPviJsOL5J31yUCANPbmEwQ-NkPc7udZ1skT-APjO9WiniH-lkvky-cM4VaS6eOydNyE8yEKs/w640-h360/cbc2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At the museum, I was amused by thse old steel money-counting and adding machines aside from the classic abacus. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmzZhB7ARmWvw9R7x183xnGWgfj07TQioSrtknNM2nW-esso09wmOQLkB94FS-zqVyKit8K0Ip_fJsxdlhHFWusnk3J5egVDfPotzIlx9hOvs0UF_Rw2eFG5bqrVOkwean9xrM8fsQjwzO0_3XtxEKjbnC4gP70dTsFjSw7EXBdKDbjXl0oo/s4000/IMG_20220716_175243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmzZhB7ARmWvw9R7x183xnGWgfj07TQioSrtknNM2nW-esso09wmOQLkB94FS-zqVyKit8K0Ip_fJsxdlhHFWusnk3J5egVDfPotzIlx9hOvs0UF_Rw2eFG5bqrVOkwean9xrM8fsQjwzO0_3XtxEKjbnC4gP70dTsFjSw7EXBdKDbjXl0oo/w640-h360/IMG_20220716_175243.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And these Batman-style old cars in the 1920s, American colonial period. That time, five- or seven-storey buildings were already considered "skyscrapers".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiharJLFeySFLJLQ7-0Xdu8CuxBwbj7ce5-MPgmXdptJxFa1v-PVHGGFkd7rhQ9-ctPOCbnp30L8Uto8Gn2Qp_2OvcNZJDWOMRO_tg-Y0s2ZRrjNar_lB8eqYRvxa2_UPjezJO11A5_lo2SdcTFGCYOkgodXur966Wmtk9Xnky250Q5x4i0kQ0/s4000/IMG_20220716_175547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiharJLFeySFLJLQ7-0Xdu8CuxBwbj7ce5-MPgmXdptJxFa1v-PVHGGFkd7rhQ9-ctPOCbnp30L8Uto8Gn2Qp_2OvcNZJDWOMRO_tg-Y0s2ZRrjNar_lB8eqYRvxa2_UPjezJO11A5_lo2SdcTFGCYOkgodXur966Wmtk9Xnky250Q5x4i0kQ0/w360-h640/IMG_20220716_175547.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Alex's tour lasted for nearly three hours. After that we went to Grand Cafe 1919, it used to be the Binondo office of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. built in 1919, hence Cafe 1919. Just one block away from CBC and have nice yummy food.</div><div><br /></div><div>Additional readings here:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>(1) </b>400+ pages centennial book digital copy,<b> </b><a href="https://www.chinabank.ph/100years">https://www.chinabank.ph/100years</a>/</div><div><br /></div><div><b>(2) China Bank's centennial book</b></div><div>By Stephen CuUnjieng. January 28, 2022</div><div><a href="https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/01/28/opinion/columns/china-banks-centennial-book/1830886">https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/01/28/opinion/columns/china-banks-centennial-book/1830886</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>(3) China Bank Binondo building restoration: A champion of heritage resiliency</b><br />Rosette Adel April 15, 2022 | 2:30pm<br /><a href="https://www.philstar.com//headlines/2022/04/13/2174331/china-bank-binondo-building-restoration-champion-heritage-resiliency">https://www.philstar.com//headlines/2022/04/13/2174331/china-bank-binondo-building-restoration-champion-heritage-resiliency</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>(4)</b> FB post by Augusto Lozada Toledo II, May 1, 2022<br /><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/100007541109001/posts/3179728295621843/">https://www.facebook.com/100007541109001/posts/3179728295621843/</a></span> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>(5) Binondo rising</b><br />by Jaime Laya June 13, 2022, 12:05 AM<br /><a href="https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/13/binondo-rising/">https://mb.com.ph/2022/06/13/binondo-rising/</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I have no deposit account or loan with CBC. But I have deposit account with China Bank Savings (CBS), their subsidiary for MSMEs. CBS VP Jo Fernandez invited me to speak at one of their lectures during the lockdown, I opened an account with them and my honorarium was directly deposited there.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Thanks again for the tour, Alex. Appreciated it.</p></div></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-17556356388125444052022-07-16T14:40:00.005+08:002022-07-19T11:26:48.839+08:00Pidro Sing and Narra kids<p>I stayed in UP Narra dormitory 1983-85 and it was a memorable experience. Narra is the only all boys dorm in UP then so things can be funny and wild sometimes. My first three roommates there were all Engineering students, they were all classmates from Pisay HS, all bright in science and math -- Joey Tiangco, Ariel Corpuz, Edgar "Gort" Goroza. They all graduated in 1984. I have no more photo with them.</p><p>I overstayed in UP to finish my undergrad thesis, my next roommates were my buddies from UP Sapul -- Monching Romano, Norman Roxas, and Gerry Mauricio.</p><p>Our room was along Katipunan side. Not far from us is the room of some UP legends -- Lean Alejandro, Sarge Colambo, Jojo Abinales, Alvin Batalla. Lean was a friendly guy and very active, very articulate activist student leader. He was assassinated in 1987. Really bad. RIP, Lean.</p><p>Dorm life means having many friends from many colleges. Among my friends in Narra in the 80s and friends until now, after four decades -- Peter "Pidro" Sing, Sarge Colambo, Clifford Espinosa, Ding Aguila, Jimmuel Naval, Severo "Nonoy" (my tokayo) Catura, Raphael "Popo" Lotilla. Popo was a legend in Narra, he stayed there when he was an undergrad student, law student, even as law Professor, so he has many friends from different colleges and batches.</p><p>Pidro is the wealthiest among my Narra friends and being friendly all these years, he's the most generous, galante, among us. He'd treat us to various gatherings with lots of food and drinks.</p><p>Last May, he gathered us at Powerplant mall. From left: Ding, tokayo Nonoy, Pidro, me, Jim, Cliff, Sarge.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhvUK10T-b5r6-Ui8r4SKtfbDA-YCeEG3-0c6SCNtF8I68VO_LMPoHhbyC-Sd711Ot8tKDuuZNL3UF-zhT5x13s3p7aeP1E-TE6Ph-Yfds1KLIApzpJyHSFnzWc_js6bycqV2AGwYmOMq6VRqaYtYGfR1g3r337hfMZakqWOCMJHxTf-FkW4/s4000/IMG_20220522_182623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhvUK10T-b5r6-Ui8r4SKtfbDA-YCeEG3-0c6SCNtF8I68VO_LMPoHhbyC-Sd711Ot8tKDuuZNL3UF-zhT5x13s3p7aeP1E-TE6Ph-Yfds1KLIApzpJyHSFnzWc_js6bycqV2AGwYmOMq6VRqaYtYGfR1g3r337hfMZakqWOCMJHxTf-FkW4/w640-h360/IMG_20220522_182623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7OqpylALrARsHMJCLEl-1tIAAR7Jag16W5L9mn7q47X3-ISb6OD5ii9QIXFAVoc5JjwvoCcpjABd2tyqegEozbFaCyYMJXM95t4ZtCmTvvi4GPC9dlBf9gvjmY8H2J-V7t0XFCrcGV3GsnUPnRvCiBbtvkVs5iwq0dTi4g3YkhKkhhSPHB0/s4000/IMG_20220522_193730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7OqpylALrARsHMJCLEl-1tIAAR7Jag16W5L9mn7q47X3-ISb6OD5ii9QIXFAVoc5JjwvoCcpjABd2tyqegEozbFaCyYMJXM95t4ZtCmTvvi4GPC9dlBf9gvjmY8H2J-V7t0XFCrcGV3GsnUPnRvCiBbtvkVs5iwq0dTi4g3YkhKkhhSPHB0/w640-h360/IMG_20220522_193730.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4GiUI6-ogktN9zYbtiEjSALHDTs8kRj18qybVjuOhjebornv3cclRkPPZICANCXOKe5UKCJiGDGyh0pYDXuElZ3J2MB0HGQROLRAfOYENdGZyVIn1oHuI4ox21pWW4XBncwtxjqbAoKTfbn_chA1RMI38Gwm3a8xRfWytJHWqRnJ75fRGMQ/s4000/IMG_20220522_210203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4GiUI6-ogktN9zYbtiEjSALHDTs8kRj18qybVjuOhjebornv3cclRkPPZICANCXOKe5UKCJiGDGyh0pYDXuElZ3J2MB0HGQROLRAfOYENdGZyVIn1oHuI4ox21pWW4XBncwtxjqbAoKTfbn_chA1RMI38Gwm3a8xRfWytJHWqRnJ75fRGMQ/w640-h360/IMG_20220522_210203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Also last May, Pidro brought us to this nice place in Cavite. Forgot the name of the place...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb4tsNYS2YlTLMY2YY1xjWEzuw8r_ZPt3fbdLxqtxCYNXIWH3WBC18yQQKNZnG4aWY5dAsSv-DtLUy5ZBiut-dRM3AK6BtrIWsTGOHjTwlurj7qnNXGhpQn_QmV7WFwXP_MdXm3XGzHyPYuFT6JtMwzVGhtRbb_DnjY2-UAo4rCp-CU-3jTs/s4000/IMG_20220525_130600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb4tsNYS2YlTLMY2YY1xjWEzuw8r_ZPt3fbdLxqtxCYNXIWH3WBC18yQQKNZnG4aWY5dAsSv-DtLUy5ZBiut-dRM3AK6BtrIWsTGOHjTwlurj7qnNXGhpQn_QmV7WFwXP_MdXm3XGzHyPYuFT6JtMwzVGhtRbb_DnjY2-UAo4rCp-CU-3jTs/w640-h360/IMG_20220525_130600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Last November 2021, we visited a pneumahaus archi project of Cliff in Silang, Cavite. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggogyL_6zs7GERZymFkYRGGVjurBzyLe9BQVwbNmNablvBu797wPpaxjl5-pwWamZTsKmomzegUYzViGA57nvaB5cgyMpHFntuAx-US2lr_ro1PF3cZfDDeVVn18pAdH56hlSRMO7eqp6zgczF3804oWhX0saaMWD4-j3csqW1doDW5cAydzk/s4000/pidro.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggogyL_6zs7GERZymFkYRGGVjurBzyLe9BQVwbNmNablvBu797wPpaxjl5-pwWamZTsKmomzegUYzViGA57nvaB5cgyMpHFntuAx-US2lr_ro1PF3cZfDDeVVn18pAdH56hlSRMO7eqp6zgczF3804oWhX0saaMWD4-j3csqW1doDW5cAydzk/w640-h480/pidro.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These are 2019 photos.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcfT1yWk_VlBBHQiANhtBcM4ejt5ZW8XR68YQhnUPsBDE8KEk_ccgeCLfhWIijjkJOCQym1qUwHLC6RWnbwoYIUf28Ae6wIMM9JRvtH1PRzFXpBSByqsipX6I4QJy1Q0lr5kOiptbpiyUfc8i4RbtfFsIFlbTmQNsA19NtY3k_CZaet6MKqk/s1080/FB_IMG_1657951381955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcfT1yWk_VlBBHQiANhtBcM4ejt5ZW8XR68YQhnUPsBDE8KEk_ccgeCLfhWIijjkJOCQym1qUwHLC6RWnbwoYIUf28Ae6wIMM9JRvtH1PRzFXpBSByqsipX6I4QJy1Q0lr5kOiptbpiyUfc8i4RbtfFsIFlbTmQNsA19NtY3k_CZaet6MKqk/w640-h480/FB_IMG_1657951381955.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>December 2019, Pidro and his company iOptions Ventures produced a movie, "Culion" and it luckily was included in the Metro Film Festival. He gave us the Culion shirt, nice. Another Narra kid John Lambino (2nd from left) joined us that night.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4q5BpYMZKprsg53tU9QdiExo7jqscNYdIFPa2RoMI4xBTsEQbo6uQI8AQwkX6wd6jebVpJCPye3xvOO5BCsI8CrVnjOxmaijCBuSgJn8E-NqnxOO94rO5e60UFYYEK_uWp-maxRh5gxu13iNq1yZPG9toDmbL5F8Ab9q6GK94IFOFvOIg_n0/s1080/FB_IMG_1657951410985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4q5BpYMZKprsg53tU9QdiExo7jqscNYdIFPa2RoMI4xBTsEQbo6uQI8AQwkX6wd6jebVpJCPye3xvOO5BCsI8CrVnjOxmaijCBuSgJn8E-NqnxOO94rO5e60UFYYEK_uWp-maxRh5gxu13iNq1yZPG9toDmbL5F8Ab9q6GK94IFOFvOIg_n0/w640-h480/FB_IMG_1657951410985.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>December 2020 or 2021 we also gathered with our friend but non-Narra dormmer, UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo and his wife Marivic Raquiza. I don't have the photo that night.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our lunch in 2009. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDte1TyhqgDX7bSNRMOaPu6_L8zZ1oYslITsdsCIlHt0Eh20BDRbBsVgMhormrqp0mxDE4oZMx2pDuNemh__58TM5ix-DHTbt3XUAkd83HPdmb6obzk9XExBr32O-ZLdZclnVDwyqGzHtXbmsVAtdtNZCouSyXr6gFXwnOXuGp2kwudHXjVM/s604/received_583737123102457.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDte1TyhqgDX7bSNRMOaPu6_L8zZ1oYslITsdsCIlHt0Eh20BDRbBsVgMhormrqp0mxDE4oZMx2pDuNemh__58TM5ix-DHTbt3XUAkd83HPdmb6obzk9XExBr32O-ZLdZclnVDwyqGzHtXbmsVAtdtNZCouSyXr6gFXwnOXuGp2kwudHXjVM/w640-h480/received_583737123102457.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Pidro is such a gallant and great friend. Last month, I organized a dinner for now DOF Secretary Ben Diokno and DBM Secretary Mina Pangandaman. Sir Ben was my teacher twice in UP School of Economics, undergrad in 1984 and Program in Development Economics (PDE) in 1997-98. Mina was my classmate in the same PDE program. Sir Ben and Mina chose the date and place, I chose who can come, max only 6 of us.</div><div><br /></div><div>I gathered some fellow Businessworld columnists -- Andrew Masigan, Dindo Manhit, Bernie Villegas. Plus BWorld editor in chief Willy Reyes. And I brought along Pidro. </div><div><br /></div><div>From left: Willy, Bernie, Sir Ben, Mina, BSP Asst Gov. ____, Mina's staff ____, Andrew, me, Dindo, Pidro.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBdlFuz9sj8BWobuotjNC27nAK21YIeDS_Y7plcb_FUvGoiMnlUOR2CRqEvHFHxesml0qh2DyaFZ_FePPSJ2dQbqM0bjcUB-YqSeVUdhcdXYSr_g2A1tzEo7124MxS26Ew97LAj_WDW8wc3LBd64lsXPCP3_yCx24E0C538UEmDtS3Eoi8ug/s4000/IMG_20220613_183942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBdlFuz9sj8BWobuotjNC27nAK21YIeDS_Y7plcb_FUvGoiMnlUOR2CRqEvHFHxesml0qh2DyaFZ_FePPSJ2dQbqM0bjcUB-YqSeVUdhcdXYSr_g2A1tzEo7124MxS26Ew97LAj_WDW8wc3LBd64lsXPCP3_yCx24E0C538UEmDtS3Eoi8ug/w640-h360/IMG_20220613_183942.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Last week, Pidro celebrated his __th birthday. Next week Pidro will gather us Narra kids for another gathering and kwentuhan over nice food and drinks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Stay well and wealthy, Pidro.</div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-55317912654334017112022-07-15T00:11:00.003+08:002022-07-15T00:11:35.456+08:00Jack Teotico's Rock n Roll birthday party<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbqHMGyz10PUnuRpSML4MN6_07QoPUvVS-usZEPX48O0id2gdl0lZcZqek1dZBqcH0UYCa0DyfgfbkbaCqfZNl0Rs1tO6r0NIOjRAt4v70zXn-Mi2KP-mp0NMVEHoIl1gBpd3Eop627Hu84Uhg2AhJtyL76ElrlgDgvbkiIkfeWiRY23vlZM/s682/jack.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbqHMGyz10PUnuRpSML4MN6_07QoPUvVS-usZEPX48O0id2gdl0lZcZqek1dZBqcH0UYCa0DyfgfbkbaCqfZNl0Rs1tO6r0NIOjRAt4v70zXn-Mi2KP-mp0NMVEHoIl1gBpd3Eop627Hu84Uhg2AhJtyL76ElrlgDgvbkiIkfeWiRY23vlZM/w430-h640/jack.png" width="430" /></a></div>Last week, this man celebrated his __th birthday with happy foody drinky loudy music party. Just pure fun, food, drinks and rock n roll.<div><br /></div><div>Last time Jack held a similar fantabulous birthday party with loud happy rock n roll music was three years ago. See <a href="https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2019/07/jack-teoticos-route-66.html">https://travelpinoy.blogspot.com/2019/07/jack-teoticos-route-66.html</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of his invited friends came, the place, Hard Rock Cafe in Glorietta mall, Makati, was filled up. There were the artists group, his family, his staff, his HS La Salle group, and his college UP School of Economics (UPSE) group, us :-)</div><div><br /></div><div>First group to perform was Jack's own rock band, The Rockitwell Band. Their musicians are young talented guys, the main singers are Jack and his friends, plus three female singers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here goes the man and his band. My favorite songs that they always play are 25 or 6 to 4 (by Chicago), Jumpin Jack Flash (by Rolling Stones), ahh many others.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmlC_0TYWb8jmxbdpkpi__B0tbJ9G0vt2ycOhNUCdAWlsPRk1fOTqmm2GdzzXdsv8j40CT46Q2-147ncWgBFOqYWCEoWQavV-aeHqJAT-8dep3UH753GHIw0FK7phbsbXrGwqnLVgt-s7X1kek9ypMgp0sBLdXtYao-MU-HMHdJZmQsqJvuA/s4000/IMG_20220707_205152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmlC_0TYWb8jmxbdpkpi__B0tbJ9G0vt2ycOhNUCdAWlsPRk1fOTqmm2GdzzXdsv8j40CT46Q2-147ncWgBFOqYWCEoWQavV-aeHqJAT-8dep3UH753GHIw0FK7phbsbXrGwqnLVgt-s7X1kek9ypMgp0sBLdXtYao-MU-HMHdJZmQsqJvuA/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_205152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In this table for UPSE, three of them are "Ninangs" or major donors for the UP men's basketball team. One of them actually is the Grand Ninang. Hi R___.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCEVXIaFf3HNKk59AWQRkuAtO6mMnSazXZHCNNaisYMmi9sFIMofbUXLvig8f_h0DcC2Xpv9WnW-2qnr2SMEQGgqa2d-QV4L53mm62RThJWLD-BF1XtMyBj-1UE4CZLPiiPkUT21zcROluPPH-nYrzOUs0tNuMGnz3c_4JUha4jGKM_kECB4/s2048/jack2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCEVXIaFf3HNKk59AWQRkuAtO6mMnSazXZHCNNaisYMmi9sFIMofbUXLvig8f_h0DcC2Xpv9WnW-2qnr2SMEQGgqa2d-QV4L53mm62RThJWLD-BF1XtMyBj-1UE4CZLPiiPkUT21zcROluPPH-nYrzOUs0tNuMGnz3c_4JUha4jGKM_kECB4/w640-h426/jack2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Other friends from the UPSE group. Jack is a Past President of the UPSE Alumni Association (UPSEAA), that's why the man is famous among the alumni.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIXQ-AhfcHYk8Y9PAV35nY_Kk3rO17DunhOxGzJVcqGj70CAa0SZMVUCK6SH7jrnrEN8ogawNB1ss5yik9qUibdb6Flw-ojQTdd1--iUGyaqtMd_bYCom8mpzafYwQglnzj_zoDDW7FrcWsPNiJti7IGxnPS8r3gOMG3X2fpY7IyvROGJeXE/s2048/jack3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIXQ-AhfcHYk8Y9PAV35nY_Kk3rO17DunhOxGzJVcqGj70CAa0SZMVUCK6SH7jrnrEN8ogawNB1ss5yik9qUibdb6Flw-ojQTdd1--iUGyaqtMd_bYCom8mpzafYwQglnzj_zoDDW7FrcWsPNiJti7IGxnPS8r3gOMG3X2fpY7IyvROGJeXE/w640-h376/jack3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />There was a song competition for fun -- Artists group, LaSalle group, and UPSE group. From ours who sang The Beatles' Ticket to Ride and Hard Day's Night are Alex, Sir Manny (my former teacher) and Popo (UPSE's first summa) and my batchmate. Awarding -- they won, haha.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2HfnMKFc357bJtwVOjgQabW7SXWiGdrkukSp7tsJxgUL7pRQDEpcEBsF3gqzvIhiMfk_dhcsYIeFrEubdsMbq25UAwWWasVqvhIHOSKCxeBlmVwPqVMgz5PY67obj5zU2KLVsU-TzTnZIlb-3sfpy_eY9_Yp_g_8WoXf1bBa7_ciPmNS1Tw/s4000/IMG_20220707_212328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2HfnMKFc357bJtwVOjgQabW7SXWiGdrkukSp7tsJxgUL7pRQDEpcEBsF3gqzvIhiMfk_dhcsYIeFrEubdsMbq25UAwWWasVqvhIHOSKCxeBlmVwPqVMgz5PY67obj5zU2KLVsU-TzTnZIlb-3sfpy_eY9_Yp_g_8WoXf1bBa7_ciPmNS1Tw/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_212328.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Then the second band came -- The Authority Band led by Juan Miguel Salvador. This band is simply sooooper talented. Endless rock n roll music for 1+ hour non-stop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrepIHMueGhxqXIDdLDlnoEl6f-rwMftjqIy5jhPGFtFwzeR2h82lLBEhYIuLEuxck53SniZbnuuy3pOCLWkdNP4UlPKt2BV26mPlmWyT7IoN08YdcbCQzi6AFL1eLudhx_vDyOJgh7_7cRqfmEhk8TaHDDv-7bWAk5FEC8eDIKFSMnXVIVs/s4000/IMG_20220707_223531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrepIHMueGhxqXIDdLDlnoEl6f-rwMftjqIy5jhPGFtFwzeR2h82lLBEhYIuLEuxck53SniZbnuuy3pOCLWkdNP4UlPKt2BV26mPlmWyT7IoN08YdcbCQzi6AFL1eLudhx_vDyOJgh7_7cRqfmEhk8TaHDDv-7bWAk5FEC8eDIKFSMnXVIVs/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_223531.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>They made practically everyone leave their seats and danced. Simply sooooper rak en rol.<br />Ahh, I also danced hehe. Went up stage for a brief photo and quickly jumped back to the dance floor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdsoI8CPkbqfu_dG77yoosTY8So0zXHGpqjISYG30xXewB5bIRf1UN-cGZjIzuqGsjrD6ZIySdNsE49eKCBpsMJRZkcABaRdGoGYPsQB3acjMh2UUQNtDmagD47-Q3mLDWHbid4lzLBA-ZXuhNF_KmhKgaqaKLEBkaofT_hRhYPAA9NUlWqY/s4000/IMG_20220707_232657_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdsoI8CPkbqfu_dG77yoosTY8So0zXHGpqjISYG30xXewB5bIRf1UN-cGZjIzuqGsjrD6ZIySdNsE49eKCBpsMJRZkcABaRdGoGYPsQB3acjMh2UUQNtDmagD47-Q3mLDWHbid4lzLBA-ZXuhNF_KmhKgaqaKLEBkaofT_hRhYPAA9NUlWqY/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_232657_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>These two guys on guitars... I told them after their performance, "Mga tol, mga hayop kayo... sa galing, t___ina, hanep soooper!" and they laughed hard appreciating the compliment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMHo0iUqDEAgkUESHvyBVpQLsMjoRMRahr3sSF-e-RUsoBCYIkXwDZSR_O4zEK1czM1QIanylQRIoTCPpirGLBdPAWb2-RAD7-pI8hoXlTROYZvRch4bRi-2DpRndatF3g331KQ00WzLcsjPtdEpEpoBbA579uX4jfWMk0Kd9O1jW0mri4ZI/s4000/IMG_20220707_233537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMHo0iUqDEAgkUESHvyBVpQLsMjoRMRahr3sSF-e-RUsoBCYIkXwDZSR_O4zEK1czM1QIanylQRIoTCPpirGLBdPAWb2-RAD7-pI8hoXlTROYZvRch4bRi-2DpRndatF3g331KQ00WzLcsjPtdEpEpoBbA579uX4jfWMk0Kd9O1jW0mri4ZI/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_233537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Jack, you're still the Jumpin Jack Flash with Sympathy for the Devil who can Paint it Black hard the whole night. You made dozens of people very happy that night.</p><p>Thanks heaps, Jack.</p></div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-62552144891631394022022-06-30T20:25:00.031+08:002022-07-01T15:12:09.252+08:00Roger Ynzon, a great friend<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUelEF60drO3X8hVKQXgq8wUJtmRZe9Re2x_p4k8inBCVKdy5_uuhfN4Qys0FLckCBFqONdgsjvz3jJ-H90IXy0efODO-6ayQZgRM-8LWKvZtnSmoJ9vw1zE3LwyAd1DX5Ri7o6-Ci-LqxlS5KZtyc6hnOpsTgWSvgGAkpg0j-bWiRrb5FTI8/s938/269706345_1216433795547651_8637256991860563775_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="704" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUelEF60drO3X8hVKQXgq8wUJtmRZe9Re2x_p4k8inBCVKdy5_uuhfN4Qys0FLckCBFqONdgsjvz3jJ-H90IXy0efODO-6ayQZgRM-8LWKvZtnSmoJ9vw1zE3LwyAd1DX5Ri7o6-Ci-LqxlS5KZtyc6hnOpsTgWSvgGAkpg0j-bWiRrb5FTI8/w300-h400/269706345_1216433795547651_8637256991860563775_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>The other day, another good friend from UP School of Economics (UPSE) has rested. <p></p><p>Roger is a friend since the 80s in our student organization, UP Economics Towards Consciousness (ETC). Whenever we have an ETC 80s alumni reunion, very likely the organizer is Roger. When people have birthdays in our ETC chat group, very likely Roger will be the first to greet. The man is simply very friendly, always smiling, cool dude. And it is almost unthinkable that he's gone.</p><p>Roger has been sick since about two years ago, he underwent some surgery, he recovered then be weak again.</p><p>At the UPSE "bond for gold" preparation party at Strumm's Makati, with some batch 84 that night. Clockwise from left -- Roger, Popo S, Leo R, me, Doris Y, Roger's wife, and Gladys SR.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9VJuRTIGC8tjaADYujWtW9CFinegev7xSfS0zBASO-z9ONeps_OBaXgO3MTEX3-pjJV11oTDIyuGgjAF6iw_dFPZPEsy4cRRU0YBIW8bIpDdoyPsInxIBQLeek2txkmfP7BBse9umtoOjvf2t3BVklvV3nXbcxphg2MDadx2OiT69xSbtfM/s960/roger2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="960" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9VJuRTIGC8tjaADYujWtW9CFinegev7xSfS0zBASO-z9ONeps_OBaXgO3MTEX3-pjJV11oTDIyuGgjAF6iw_dFPZPEsy4cRRU0YBIW8bIpDdoyPsInxIBQLeek2txkmfP7BBse9umtoOjvf2t3BVklvV3nXbcxphg2MDadx2OiT69xSbtfM/w640-h470/roger2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2fZLZO5nbi1-8YUQfUNPH2_z0wzxgfWmWEHt75Q78lAKeoXRVRewMXQV5ocJIvXC5z-F_mQbNyFAzi9mcBT9FOt6Q7xjVt1Q7USTLWSoxpPxNRLfZRioVAu7lPgwfOv_4tNn4BsultS8ipABgCj4TIVsUHxkbLdHscolwprGWr0510Iiz98/s960/roger1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="960" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2fZLZO5nbi1-8YUQfUNPH2_z0wzxgfWmWEHt75Q78lAKeoXRVRewMXQV5ocJIvXC5z-F_mQbNyFAzi9mcBT9FOt6Q7xjVt1Q7USTLWSoxpPxNRLfZRioVAu7lPgwfOv_4tNn4BsultS8ipABgCj4TIVsUHxkbLdHscolwprGWr0510Iiz98/w640-h424/roger1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A recent ETC virtual reunion, last year I think. Miriam organized it, Roger helped her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67QXC1gMvw7QRMXMi6yb4W9jgVEEyLW8U_PO7HRC_vfREi0Tqtk8vV84ajkRR7xIGgGrA6WymuUyVxvIm5zkJpLBjRGYgp4idBlOWwBuxKFabHDb115zSWk7fShnSp9oYMntw5M0K5AbmwYCXRuThgnmzp6ff3WjyFrtZv8lvBAyQo2ACf08/s1280/289981188_449943513192121_2225360154849931834_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67QXC1gMvw7QRMXMi6yb4W9jgVEEyLW8U_PO7HRC_vfREi0Tqtk8vV84ajkRR7xIGgGrA6WymuUyVxvIm5zkJpLBjRGYgp4idBlOWwBuxKFabHDb115zSWk7fShnSp9oYMntw5M0K5AbmwYCXRuThgnmzp6ff3WjyFrtZv8lvBAyQo2ACf08/w640-h360/289981188_449943513192121_2225360154849931834_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">About five or six years ago, another friend from ETC, Fermin Taruc rested. Roger organized that instant reunion when our friend from NYC, Esther H came over. We have a very happy reunion Thursday night, Sunday night Fermin has a heart attack, Monday morning he's gone.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Below friends from ETC, clockwise from left: Raul T, Wenny A, Fermin T, Gladys SR, Oggie A, me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-QLLIdkV1JW9BMu0dAXGu8E8cT7gwSpcZehq3umS1Akj1qYSurlv4e-mgwFLZWgdoAJiu6ci09qoB4TZVv6F9Wzrg5H03aRRZZIIg3hYVLuxhmY6CK_D7Vdnz12V5f7_GNAK83pYwET_0tp_O5baRKO84rc7Eh4MyabQKPMy0HZ7gvxvLY8/s1724/ETCsept2009.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1724" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-QLLIdkV1JW9BMu0dAXGu8E8cT7gwSpcZehq3umS1Akj1qYSurlv4e-mgwFLZWgdoAJiu6ci09qoB4TZVv6F9Wzrg5H03aRRZZIIg3hYVLuxhmY6CK_D7Vdnz12V5f7_GNAK83pYwET_0tp_O5baRKO84rc7Eh4MyabQKPMy0HZ7gvxvLY8/w640-h438/ETCsept2009.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>ETC group picture, I think 1985.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWhJsb6M7jjcoB0LvBV_-svbYpqIrtKOl1NsysfDXjP8c3wCib-l0O8buT37NiEGC0Bs9lhjRxWt5sAPFtkpI51eqiGwIvjyTxomTaJsNg9M51H-WQkVdsQpGIIHfluRXDIP42Yox_dl7cUVfN5TxxHPDvZS2RTfrVkiEkAADwHOty6HS-yU/s775/ETC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="775" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWhJsb6M7jjcoB0LvBV_-svbYpqIrtKOl1NsysfDXjP8c3wCib-l0O8buT37NiEGC0Bs9lhjRxWt5sAPFtkpI51eqiGwIvjyTxomTaJsNg9M51H-WQkVdsQpGIIHfluRXDIP42Yox_dl7cUVfN5TxxHPDvZS2RTfrVkiEkAADwHOty6HS-yU/w640-h446/ETC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Rest well, peaceful journey, Roger. And Fermin. You two just rock. Friendly memories forever.</div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-17704804531110241092022-06-30T18:40:00.003+08:002022-06-30T18:40:36.056+08:00UPSE PDE batch 33 reunion<p>Last Monday, June 13, we have the Program in Development Economics (PDE) of UP School of Economics (UPSE) batch 33 (SY 1997-98) reunion. It was also to celebrate with our classmate, now DBM Secretary Mina Pangandaman. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RVUxkWO9FvYxQJp8A5qS4neBgwzkbN5UpwioHkI5F9cOuFfKZVPyNKEp83FJI7poG7n6ZzidF1FYqWaTjAmjYAPasQMjqo6zuK8sD5LjmA2DTjDtDRof3mAZGSz0zBpS2BxQlPg4jy-dHjqLLJ96fvUk22SOBEzDQujXuz23Y8vmHGjHDPE/s2000/289919198_770502380795728_6936403351169814001_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RVUxkWO9FvYxQJp8A5qS4neBgwzkbN5UpwioHkI5F9cOuFfKZVPyNKEp83FJI7poG7n6ZzidF1FYqWaTjAmjYAPasQMjqo6zuK8sD5LjmA2DTjDtDRof3mAZGSz0zBpS2BxQlPg4jy-dHjqLLJ96fvUk22SOBEzDQujXuz23Y8vmHGjHDPE/w640-h360/289919198_770502380795728_6936403351169814001_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPltMkc7v7UWsY5SPp7_uiYdrOwfwk7b7Ph1ziivB1nnNdhbntAUw7WH5HZBpcyEe6NtSDJZ-wzK7CmeeqvsUIru3buvBLrzrWfuDAv1iE9WNql37TiLx_wlJzAVhQhyRIzPTdRjSTB1ouARbYKve6WS1l_--lWNOYd1zts-i7vYDhCpJ0TA/s2048/285036387_1195539027936883_4864374482689203760_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPltMkc7v7UWsY5SPp7_uiYdrOwfwk7b7Ph1ziivB1nnNdhbntAUw7WH5HZBpcyEe6NtSDJZ-wzK7CmeeqvsUIru3buvBLrzrWfuDAv1iE9WNql37TiLx_wlJzAVhQhyRIzPTdRjSTB1ouARbYKve6WS1l_--lWNOYd1zts-i7vYDhCpJ0TA/w640-h480/285036387_1195539027936883_4864374482689203760_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">So many of us that night, really lots of fun. Dory Y, Maliz A, Malou P, Joel, Cynthia H, Ting G, Louie M, Mark A, Jojit B, Raymund A, Joey S, Randy J, Manny R, me. Plus Rose. Mina came late, she has an emergency meeting in Malacanang that night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7776wauyZECaHD_yFPJsWtVLtsGCgWLwFUSIRFWvhYKMdDyv9Pw3B7mHTN6U4CAj7Jx2TOlymSx0go9BiD8s4SjQWR5rvdV-eFLTcRfdcp_0-eMyxychk6W0P5kKuIvUwx0eN1_A4luZqr_AMDmr0MVm8tS_hp9ppFXgss1XGbHSEvS67qxY/s2048/287124303_753918982406131_2320746796452778092_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7776wauyZECaHD_yFPJsWtVLtsGCgWLwFUSIRFWvhYKMdDyv9Pw3B7mHTN6U4CAj7Jx2TOlymSx0go9BiD8s4SjQWR5rvdV-eFLTcRfdcp_0-eMyxychk6W0P5kKuIvUwx0eN1_A4luZqr_AMDmr0MVm8tS_hp9ppFXgss1XGbHSEvS67qxY/w480-h640/287124303_753918982406131_2320746796452778092_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7-hwPD-7tQtDxD8LL5FGzfNME67iXgt_arf3zt8bzE3G28MvU_MAv4M9fnWDxPGggNtmQRBQCsFsQ9RX1miZjFOcRbGZvvwt2EF6MF5d4MCFbAvQRJVc3pfkHvCtqByZstbxSGV99L1UoT31icDPPF_2nu2dr9DDdmBUumRjDjJPoaKyjek/s2048/285929385_768391217681015_3220504553735606187_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7-hwPD-7tQtDxD8LL5FGzfNME67iXgt_arf3zt8bzE3G28MvU_MAv4M9fnWDxPGggNtmQRBQCsFsQ9RX1miZjFOcRbGZvvwt2EF6MF5d4MCFbAvQRJVc3pfkHvCtqByZstbxSGV99L1UoT31icDPPF_2nu2dr9DDdmBUumRjDjJPoaKyjek/w480-h640/285929385_768391217681015_3220504553735606187_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We expected Vic B from Cagayan (about 15 hours bus ride) but work got in the way so he cancelled his trip. We did not expect Mark (based in Dubai) to come, he just showed up and surprised everyone, haha. Rose SP, PDE Program Officer during our time joined us, nice Rose, thanks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mina came late, the resto already closing, so we moved to another place. From left: me, Mark, Mina, Jojit, Raymund.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZGESY5m0bHjJKA_j-y-PYX8vjQQYu_-RLeY16a5DcziIduTgtbKeeAIYdU3eTET47fDbpwIrLNxSb-ZUet7qWYSoKkvFcLfGKNPMha699zZgTMk9ICfiuHv7tkR9m1YDGvMSbV3P5ssKZRJaU4ySn5efN2t-5Pl2USg-26fpQQp0dYNNcSI/s2048/290110662_1469084820197165_518286411154818700_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZGESY5m0bHjJKA_j-y-PYX8vjQQYu_-RLeY16a5DcziIduTgtbKeeAIYdU3eTET47fDbpwIrLNxSb-ZUet7qWYSoKkvFcLfGKNPMha699zZgTMk9ICfiuHv7tkR9m1YDGvMSbV3P5ssKZRJaU4ySn5efN2t-5Pl2USg-26fpQQp0dYNNcSI/w480-h640/290110662_1469084820197165_518286411154818700_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our photos in 1997, heh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiil8J2VcoZXTqMZ93WFYNeJ6uDkPfj922XCwRYYeJ1d-TCC0zOdvlOirBrOpe0NWL0Wg13C6SkhW52YybvFNmQySwOVDXfFo6d3rg7M8ZNJqLcFCaksGDO2IIBj3LOqiloaeeZqqWysJWJVHMBm6wHX_M2XOZ9Y2zN8tuAsJMyjDqjGoBnw2g/s1548/289435879_404980708311907_1666576267148747188_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiil8J2VcoZXTqMZ93WFYNeJ6uDkPfj922XCwRYYeJ1d-TCC0zOdvlOirBrOpe0NWL0Wg13C6SkhW52YybvFNmQySwOVDXfFo6d3rg7M8ZNJqLcFCaksGDO2IIBj3LOqiloaeeZqqWysJWJVHMBm6wHX_M2XOZ9Y2zN8tuAsJMyjDqjGoBnw2g/w476-h640/289435879_404980708311907_1666576267148747188_n.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijesvnphYpHnXOrMUVhdeDkm4yxhUn6lMcVvBvQwcFY-YsknormCF1PzzE7bI74jd3crrmqTZOsTK3WfMsr4QJ6_LNOh1PWgJu3ZjEoFTSzmMA8J2IL7wLTOUhrNUQpo1yHuMh1x1Hke6tv2vfn-kwj_Qeoc7DukCcIjQ_ZLsIo9gSCv7sIw/s1548/289387009_1442686962910146_4370292207241176823_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijesvnphYpHnXOrMUVhdeDkm4yxhUn6lMcVvBvQwcFY-YsknormCF1PzzE7bI74jd3crrmqTZOsTK3WfMsr4QJ6_LNOh1PWgJu3ZjEoFTSzmMA8J2IL7wLTOUhrNUQpo1yHuMh1x1Hke6tv2vfn-kwj_Qeoc7DukCcIjQ_ZLsIo9gSCv7sIw/w476-h640/289387009_1442686962910146_4370292207241176823_n.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PDE Program Director then was Prof. Ruperto "Ruping" Alonzo. A well-loved faculty by his students, fellow Professors. Just really friendly and approachable. He became my wedding godfather, my Ninong Ruping. He passed away in 2017, sad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here in one of our limited reunion perhaps a decade ago. From left, standing are Vic and me. Seated are Joey, Ninong Ruping, Mark.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYirkLbs23mQ5TJYUzvkwHA4muODCCJElLuAdlWroBPRT7J6QagNxALESFdvQQULDq89hc8IDcfSjIcU5ZEWTMeOtmdI9mkE2DpXls9JUHAy_loHtizNwMnuv_SzQAbAk96PzEvMMseh4DXYWQHx95ZOcRnx1OhLHnfGs4Atnnp-az-HZJBM/s1024/ruping.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYirkLbs23mQ5TJYUzvkwHA4muODCCJElLuAdlWroBPRT7J6QagNxALESFdvQQULDq89hc8IDcfSjIcU5ZEWTMeOtmdI9mkE2DpXls9JUHAy_loHtizNwMnuv_SzQAbAk96PzEvMMseh4DXYWQHx95ZOcRnx1OhLHnfGs4Atnnp-az-HZJBM/w640-h480/ruping.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I invited Ninang Mel, the wife of Ninong Ruping, to join us that night. She wanted to but she is in the US, she just told us how Sir Ruping loved our batch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 1998 we have a PDE study tour in HK. Other PDE graduates from batch 32, some admin staff of UPSE, some friends joined us. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4X0PE1Gb-o86sev6aT87o7aHJTKwc2PkJpLfPKDRzyKoy_gCF0GCDPDbxlp6lo2GDgEVaDr0Gryxhu4YhzCrGss7tiY0TBNxlgldRBARXCk1yyI61zuZlFOHMG35BdI5y8W2-p37Pt8PiyhBoN74KbqaGc436giP8Z5kd36uq8vyiZBSLOg/s960/ruping2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4X0PE1Gb-o86sev6aT87o7aHJTKwc2PkJpLfPKDRzyKoy_gCF0GCDPDbxlp6lo2GDgEVaDr0Gryxhu4YhzCrGss7tiY0TBNxlgldRBARXCk1yyI61zuZlFOHMG35BdI5y8W2-p37Pt8PiyhBoN74KbqaGc436giP8Z5kd36uq8vyiZBSLOg/w640-h480/ruping2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Wfrk0k4G2ieO-PDGTeQHjziDjN2kO0zHuX-F3K20WVyUGM1PZV5f3K7WM2cFvc4VA--_CB7d8bLKGpQD9lbwT_x-xLTrFxVQXeRfAnddAY_rOXlueP_Pfw8cxFEUdOyQOCnAydklhlHKqfhfHDL7hSbhLhgaMtXsbQ5OjoIhY24s7vXbtI/s960/ruping3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Wfrk0k4G2ieO-PDGTeQHjziDjN2kO0zHuX-F3K20WVyUGM1PZV5f3K7WM2cFvc4VA--_CB7d8bLKGpQD9lbwT_x-xLTrFxVQXeRfAnddAY_rOXlueP_Pfw8cxFEUdOyQOCnAydklhlHKqfhfHDL7hSbhLhgaMtXsbQ5OjoIhY24s7vXbtI/w640-h480/ruping3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-z6gPJnTX4gdgpJmfPmAg5hcVxq3MOFboeCeKrpfe61sT1uEaop-cZxxPgd70-jyTQsAas84c21IpLdNsUlGy0BlJLao-3JeGS-PRH2ATj29xpui-g0M_GakRGC86bqXrsUrMYLJsgjk-EAIYmmmWA99yEUC9g2LsjrJ46h7CCXZvkNzX3E/s960/ruping4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-z6gPJnTX4gdgpJmfPmAg5hcVxq3MOFboeCeKrpfe61sT1uEaop-cZxxPgd70-jyTQsAas84c21IpLdNsUlGy0BlJLao-3JeGS-PRH2ATj29xpui-g0M_GakRGC86bqXrsUrMYLJsgjk-EAIYmmmWA99yEUC9g2LsjrJ46h7CCXZvkNzX3E/w640-h480/ruping4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Really great night, classmates. We should meet again in the next few years.</div>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141491.post-41513165929739382832022-06-30T18:11:00.003+08:002022-06-30T18:11:45.471+08:00Farm hills resort, Silang, Cavite<p>Late post. These photos taken last December 1, 2021. Pidro Sing brought us some UP Narra 80s kids at Farm Hills Resort. Nice place. We would visit a new archi project of Clifford nearby.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA-LIfNXCg9z34kN-GoBdP552pfzHWCwGEkZXUJq-HmsejvWPhFj3QzLaio7LW6cfEutA0tI05tj3HMk29xFbd2jxMMcNMaFEwOxIdTIfC3Thi5kZJliLVX7TwDJiEfpqWv1KnsKpBxLq4JIbLORH6Mvq4TY8rmRG8Or38AZ4ojxZzB3vCEk/s4000/IMG_20211201_063748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA-LIfNXCg9z34kN-GoBdP552pfzHWCwGEkZXUJq-HmsejvWPhFj3QzLaio7LW6cfEutA0tI05tj3HMk29xFbd2jxMMcNMaFEwOxIdTIfC3Thi5kZJliLVX7TwDJiEfpqWv1KnsKpBxLq4JIbLORH6Mvq4TY8rmRG8Or38AZ4ojxZzB3vCEk/w640-h480/IMG_20211201_063748.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdugYcB7s0HcfoRYxGfII6Cd0Rryzr1TOUMcmhz7IAqSj_Ttq_d2UxyE8n6B0l3nm6jpkIyElv6QvojyBAz5LT-lNSU32zhd4XybaQaVfilEyqNeit78ZmOKFKallXcb9xJRaZ61635O-47fBYIqh5mHubn6orhV5J_jywRkDlQ9R5JmlNqM/s4000/IMG_20211201_063715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Plus Johnson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUvvrCI9w32S7K64DyRVQTB_E8JAKT6pQpmfNRMD3T03NF5rW2p71yzxdfXOfVJ7ucsx6arNl_ViedlfxdcirDc3KqkFNCyvecgHeZx-aOwtgQRNF58uh18Ae3ArkSy3Ovnx-JIQPsBn1jLY-4sR20grC9-_ZTi37zasuHcc-hOLZHphEUh4/s4000/IMG_20211130_203014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUvvrCI9w32S7K64DyRVQTB_E8JAKT6pQpmfNRMD3T03NF5rW2p71yzxdfXOfVJ7ucsx6arNl_ViedlfxdcirDc3KqkFNCyvecgHeZx-aOwtgQRNF58uh18Ae3ArkSy3Ovnx-JIQPsBn1jLY-4sR20grC9-_ZTi37zasuHcc-hOLZHphEUh4/w640-h480/IMG_20211130_203014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks again, Pidro.</div><p></p>Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.com0