Archive for January, 2009
“Edgar Sandalo joins the cast of “Saan Darating ang Umaga”
It was back to work for me even before most of us are hesitantly going back to work Monday after a very long Christmas break.
I got a call from Tito Ces Aldaba, fellow character actor who is also a Talent Supplier. He booked me for a taping last Saturday, 03 January 2009. My calltime was at 5:00 p.m. at the Sugar Regulatory Administration building on North Avenue, Quezon City.
Fresh from my role as a board member in the just concluded teleserye “Iisa Pa Lamang” in the Kapamilya ABS-CBN’s Channel 2, I will play similar board member role of the Rodrigo Development Inc. this time for the Kapuso GMA Channel 7 station’s afternoon drama “Saan Darating ang Umaga”.
Dindo (Gary Estrada) is hatching an evil plan against Ruben (Joel Torre) for the Presidency of their family company after the death of their father (Charlie Davao). He met me – board member Mark Santiago about his plan. Will I collaborate with Dindo or stay loyal to Ruben?
Read More..>>“The Wind Mills of Bangui and the Patapat Viaduct”
One of the famous jokes during the time of President Ferdinand E. Marcos who was born in Batac, Ilocos Norte was that almost all kinds of infrastructures that can be funded by the government were already built in Ilocos region. The region has the Don Mariano Marcos State University, the Fort Ilocandia, the (Balay Ti Amianan) Malacanang of the North to name a few.
“Pagudpud, A Hidden Treasure”
We were already travelling for seven hours but we were still in Candon, Ilocos Sur. I grossly underestimated the distance and the travel time from Lucap, Alaminos City in Pangasinan province to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. I thought that the 450 kilometer distance can be reached in seven hours. We left Lucap at 7:00 a.m. there were times when I was stepping the gas of my Ford Lynx at a speed of 80 km per hour while my eldest daughter who substituted me behind the wheel sometimes hit 90 km per hour but we could only reached in the middle of Ilocos Sur province after seven hours. The reason being was that in populated cities we experienced heavy traffic.
We had a late lunch at a Max Restaurant in Candon, Ilocos Sur at 2:00 p.m. It was also the longest rest that we had (an hour) after spending seven hours on the road. I have to attest to the fact that the national highway from Pangasinan to La Union and then to Ilocos Sur and finally to Ilocos Norte is well-maintained as we were able to travel at a faster speed with some exception of slowing down in cities like Dagupan City and San Fernando City where we experienced heavy traffic.
It was already getting dark at 6:00 p.m. when I had a full tank at a Petron station on the highway near Laoag City . The gasoline boy told me it will take another hour and a half to finally reach Pagudpud.
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