Yepeeyyyy !!!! (Using my feet to clap in midair) I just found out that I am one of the five “lucky” winners of the Cebu Pacific Blogging challenge ! I learned about the Cebu Pacific Blogging challenge last September 2008 when I attended Wordcamp Philippines. The mechanics were simple; write a post with a minimum of 200 words about places that are destinations of Cebu Pacific flights. There were other requirements as well such as linking to the Cebu Pacific website, etc. Click here to read my winning entry entitled “A brief escapade at Forest Camp and Dumaguete City”! Nothing fancy about it, its just that perhaps the judges found out that I am more handsome than the other participants (whahahahahaaa !!!) The other winning entries wrote about Bohol, Davao, General Santos, and Palawan. The prize given in the Cebu Pacific blogging challenge is a free roundtrip domestic airline ticket to any destination of our choosing. (Sana international iyong free hehehehe) I do not have … [Read more...]
Metro Manila Escapade
I was in Metro Manila last Thursday and Friday (December 6 and 7) together with my good friend Atty. Alrey Ouano. We were there mainly for two reasons. First we had a meeting with Jurists administration to talk about the possibility of bringing Jurists to Cebu. Secondly, we got some Lex Pareto Notes books (Volume 2, 3 and 4) at our publisher, Cunanan in Recto since several bar reviewees in Cebu has ordered them. Our Cebu Pacific flight left at around 4:45 a.m. I always love to take the morning flights since they are so much cheaper than the day flights. Had we booked weeks before that we could have saved more. Unfortunately we booked 3 days before since we have to finalize the meeting schedule. We arrive in Manila at around 6 a.m. From the airport we just walked for more than a 100 meters to catch a jeepney to Kabayan Hotel at Pasay Rotonda. I have the courage to ride around Metro Manila in a public transport since I had stayed there for 2 years during my college days at the … [Read more...]