Saturday, May 31, 2008

Team in Tagaytay

This weekend, the Corp 2 Team of EON is in Tagaytay for our 1st Planning Session, for the several brands the team is handling. Sorry, these brands are confidential, but definitely, include some of the most popular and respected brands in the world.

At least we have bottomless Coke Zero and lots of Nestle Crunch, Tempura Flavored Snacks, V-cut Piattos and Growers peanuts. But none of these brands are our clients.

Jillian Ilao is the newest member of our team. Not that the other two ladies are old? hehehe. They are young too. Adi Timbol and Angel Tiong.

We will be here in Tagaytay up to Sunday afternoon.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Indy is back

Yup, Chief and I watched the return of Dr. Henry Jones II, aka Indiana Jones, at Greenbelt 3.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Ka Beltran

Ka Crispin Beltran recently passed away. A moment of silence please.

Below is the published news from www.mb.com

Opposition lawmaker and veteran labor leader Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran died yesterday from head injuries after falling from a ladder at his house in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan. He was 75.

Beltran died while being treated by doctors at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Hospital in Quezon City where he was rushed after falling four meters head first from the roof of his house.

Reports said Beltran was about to climb down a 14-foot ladder after fixing the roof of his house at around 6 a.m. when the accident happened.

Doctors from the FEU Hospital said the Anakpawis representative died at exactly 11:48 a.m. due to head laceration and brain injuries.

Beltran’s head and eyes were reportedly swollen when he was rushed to the hospital after the accident. His daughter, Ofelia, said her father went up to fix something on the roof and fell as he was on his way down from the ladder step 14 feet from the ground.

Ofelia said the lawmaker suffered at least five cardiac arrests following the accident. She said they were told by the doctors that her father was already "brain dead" when he was taken to the hospital but they tried to revive him.

Beltran was first rushed to the North Caloocan Doctors Hospital but was transferred to the FEU Hospital due to lack of facilities.

Beltran is survived by his wife, Rosario, 11 children, 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Friday, May 2, 2008

First Day @ EON

Today was my first official working day at EON.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Fr. Armand @ 55


It was Fr. Armand's 55th birthday today, and Cecile and I, together with Grace Feliciano, my friend from the Ateneo "unwinders" attended this celebration. Photo shows Grace, Fr. Armand, Cecile and myself. More than a hundred of Fr. Armand's closest family (including his mom) and friends (from SMC, UPCP, Yuppeace, CodeRED Magazine, etc.) were present for an evening of inspiring words and music.

The invitation read:

“A new leaf emerges in time for Fr. Armand’s 55th birthday. Join us for thanksgiving as we celebrate and nurture the tree of life.

6pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Joy Center, Don Bosco Makati
In lieu of gifts, donations are welcome.”

And there was a letter with his words, and I quote, “I dream for you and for me meaningful lives of Pinoy kagandahang-loob. This is compassionate leadership. It is non-violent. It is the leadership style of Jesus Christ. Together, let us invest our faith on our task of nation-building.

I dream of varied and effective educating initiatives to shape the minds and hearts of the young. I need your support for CodeRED, the family leadership magazine on character and competence. I dream of enriching the lives of our youth leaders with seminars, fora, gigs and more creative strategies. Here is your chance to share your talent, time and treasure. Photo shows Fr. Armand, Carol San Pedro (editor of CodeRED Magazine) and my wife, Cecile Gabutina-Velez. Both Carol and Cecile used to work for J. Walter Thompson.

I dream of a CodeRED Society where individual lives of kagandahang loob, out faith-politics of compassion, our servant leadership magazine as our mouthpiece, with our various servant leadership activities converge with each other to nurture the tree of leadership for our people. Come and journey with me and many others as we gather together the little we could share, and build a future for our children here in our country.

Let us dream for our country. And you know what, it starts in your heart."

Hector and Rene

Will write about my dad, Hector Velez and my ninong, Rene Velez.

Sunday, April 27, 2008