Everyday, I drive between home and office passing by the green watershed of La Mesa Dam. The stretch from Pangarap Village/Ciudad Real in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan along Quirino Highway up to the gate Fatima University in Lagro, Quezon City is an awesome view of vast forest secured with concrete perimeter fence in order to protect the watershed of La Mesa Dam Reservation from entry of poachers and lumberjacks. La Mesa Dam to the...

 Last year, during the 2010 Philippine Fashion Week, I watched the fashion show featuring the works of filipina Germany-based designer JOYCE PENAS PILARSKY. It was courtesy of an invite from my namesake and journalist Edgar Cruz (entertainment editor of The Tribune and owner of www.todoentertainment.com). As a ramp model during my younger years, the fashion show attracted me like a wave to the beach! Last year, I came straight from my...

Our office, a government agency had been hiring some staff under the job order scheme for the several years now (when I joined our office in 1999, we were already hiring job orders). This scheme was resorted to because there are tasks that need to be done however there are no regular items created to accommodate these staff as regular personnel. Job orders are plumbers, carpenters, painters and staff with similar expertise that we need...

“The Homecoming – Part 1″ One thing that I have been missing so much since I started to get regular tv assignments is the luxury of spending my vacation in my hometown. In 2009, we still had tapings for “May Bukas Pa” days before and after christmas. As a certified Homing Bird, I promised myself that after that show, I will spend 2010 christmas in my hometown in Tubay, Agusan del Norte! God in all His wisdom, guided me as...

Last 22 October 2010, my friend Edgar O. Cruz – columnist (BuzzStation) of The Daily Tribune and owner of website STIR.PH texted me. He invited me to attend a fashion show of designer Joyce Penas Pilarsky. The text message said that the designer is Germany-based and that the event is her debut show at the Philippine Fashion Week. It was scheduled on 30 October 2010 at Function Room 2 and 3 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of...