Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to share with all and sundry a preview of the new Philippine five-peso bill, graced by none other than Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao himself.

Cueshe won the 2006 S.O.P. Pasiklaban Band of the Year award!

The winners of this year’s Pasiklaban were announced yesterday noon or thereabouts on a live telecast. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the 56th Anniversary of GMA-7.

To date, Cueshe has four hit singles to its credit. All these songs are part of their debut album, Half-Empty, Half-Full:
1. Stay
2. Sorry
3. Ulan (“Rain”)
4. Can’t Let You Go

Their fifth single, currently being subjected to heavy airplay, is 24 Hours.

However, my personal favorite out of all their songs released is Love Me Now, Hate Me Soon.

For more information on the band, visit the official Cueshe website, which contains lyrics, news, profiles and more!

I am blogging from Bayview Park Hotel at Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila right now where Internet access costs 85 pesos for half an hour.

And I have five bloody minutes left!

A friend of mine from LiveJournal will be coming over here to pick me up this afternoon after our IT training if all goes well and our schedules permit.

Last night, some friends from high school and college met with me at the Metro Manila Baywalk for a girls’ night out. We spent our time together at Indo’s Strip, where we had loads of fun listening to two not-so-talented but diverting bands, eating sisig and french fries and drinking enough Cali Shandy to make our bladders fairly burst.

Gotta go now, my friends, as our workshop will be starting in a minute or two.

Early tomorrow morning I will be traveling by plane to Metro Manila to attend a training on three different computer-based information sytems. The seminar-workshop will start after lunch tomorrow, July 4th, and wrap up on Friday, July 7th, noontime.

I have already packed my things into one very large and comfy black shoulder-sling bag, which is also my gym bag. My tickets, ID and money are in my purse, ready to be grabbed as I have to have a quick start for tomorrow’s 7:00 AM flight.

Of course, I have not forgotten the pasalubong for those pals with whom I will meet while I am staying at the capital. I got cashew and pineapple tarts that are lovingly manufactured here in Iloilo City, all dolled up and packed into their gift boxes.

I am a tad hungry from the all the stress in my day and badly want a Choco Web from Dunkin’ Donuts. However, I have already consumed more than three-fourths of my bedtime cappuccino so I am off to Lala-Land in a bit.

Hope I can get to blog from somewhere while I am in Metro Manila.

Advanced HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! to all my American friends, readers and visitors!

Good night, everyone, and don’t forget to bite the bedbugs before they bite.