Golf Day @ Sun Valley

Part of the company's benefit I suppose is the privilege to play golf... It's the kind of privilege I most cherish and very much happy to avail of. Last week, we went on an executive golf game at Sun Valley Golf Course. I was initially in love with this place because the design of the course was very challenging and I think it was because it was a rainy/cloudy day. But this particular day, the sun was up and it was damn hot. Nevertheless, everyone still had a good time.

catch up

I'm pretty swamped lately with my schedules that keeping up with my blogspot is becoming a bit tedious. My not so recent post about a bungled up weekend in Cebu (http://casieplanet.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-bungled-up-weekend.html) did not have the benefit of visual aid so here it finally is.

This video is a classic example that leadership is something that one never receives from a silver platter... that's only position and title. True leadership is based on respect, because much like respect, it is earned.

Imelda's Rest House

Last Friday, I played golf with the Chairman, my god son and my administration director. It was a hell of a funny and fun game. On the way to Sun Valley, we sort of got lost and we got there by lunch time teeing off around half past one.

After the game, i had a scheduled invitation to join some of the Center's employees at Los Baños, Laguna, where former First Lady Imelda Marcos' rest house nstled on top of Mount Makiling. It was a sight to behold and as expected, the facility despite it's age shows how well her infrustructures were during her time.

So that day, we traveled from Manila to Antipolo to Los Baños, Laguna then back to Manila the next day. whew!





Monday, I had to go to the office despite the fact that "ve not had a day off for weeks now for my classes at the Korean Cultural Center of the Philippines. someone called my attention to say that there was a brush fire at Macapagal Boulevard so I went to the roof of the building to take this video.

found videos

i was cleaning up the hard disk in my upstairs office since i had to prepare a new logo OBB for the show when i found these two...

back to school

I have not faced a class for the last 12 or so years except for the occassional invitation to deliver lectures or talks. Since I've had a background on teaching, as well as the fact that I have been working with Koreans for the last seven and a half years, the Chairman decides that I should be the one to handle the Philippine History & Culture classes as well as the Korean Culture Appreciation classes for our scholars.

The nature of this program si to basically empower Filipinos working for the tourism industry over the past several years and who has been aide to Korean tourist guides to be empowered by learning the Korean language. It is to my conviction a noble venture.

This is our thrid attempt at it but it is my first time to personally participate in the program. The earlier programs were dismal failures maybe because they tried running it on their own.

This program will not directly benefit us but it is what I would call a social experiment wherein Filipinos who are already in direct association or contact with Korean tourists can now be the direct guides assuming that they become proficient in the use of the language.

Armed with this, and a new set of perspective and principle in guiding tourists, the program hopes to breed the first batch of Filipino guides that will better present this country to their guests.

It entails a lot of work but it is a challenge worth taking on.




shown here is Kyo Lee teaching them a stanza of a korean song as i watched on. i am amazingly happy that they have already memorized the korean alphabet on the third day and has now exhibited a lot of confidence in reciting korean phrases. i'm keeping my fingers crossed as to the outcome of this program.

GOLF DAYS

whoooahh! i finally found time to blog. It's been hell week all week and I've not found the time to blog these days. I got to work on the golf videos and I can finally post them.

picture from cebu

just a bunch of pictures my associate director sent me in the mail... thanks tantan.