Ambassador Cruz Invitation to Watch La Vida Rosa in Myeongdong

Embassy of the Philippines
Seoul, Korea

Mga Kababayan ko sa Timog Korea,

In line with the 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival, I would like to invite you to support and watch the feature film “La Vida Rosa” by Director Chito S. Rono, the lone Philippine entry to the Film Festival.

“La Vida Rosa” is scheduled to be screened on 04 September, Thursday, 5:00 p.m. at Cinus Myeongdong.

For more information on the festival, please visit www.chiffs.kr.

Sincerely yours,

(sgd) LUIS T. CRUZ
Ambassador


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FBCFI Evangelistic Concert and Presentation of Filipino Cultural Dances

Sir/Madam,

A summer greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

The church of the Free Believers In Christ Fellowship International-Korea will hold its first anniversary celebration with the details below:

The Event: An Evangelistic Concert with the presentation of Filipino Cultural Dances
Date : September 07, 2008
Venue : National Red Cross in Majangdong
(20 meters away from Majang Sijang toward Homeplus Dept. Store)
Time : 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM (with lunch)

We would like to invite you and your group to join us on the celebration. We are please to inform you if you can present any cultural dance or at least one kind of dance approbate per group.

Thank you very much and the good Lord bless you all.


Very truly yours,

(sgd) Pator Benny Balawis Jr.
Free Believers in Christ Fellowship International (FBCFI)
HP 070-8153-7347

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Wendell for Mr. Kalinangang Filipino 2008

He got the looks, charm and talent! But why is Wendell evading my calls?

Sige nga at ng mai-post dito sa blog at sakaling lilitaw siya at sumali sa Search for Ginoo at Binibining Kalinangang Filipino 2008.

This search is organized by the Hyehwadong Filipino Catholic Community and to be held on October 19, 2008 at the Dongsong High School Auditorium.

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New Shalom Migrants Center

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray that this building will house the Shalom Migrants Center which is presently in Namyeong. I will not devulge this early where it is located although you can find it on www.onfino.com or ask CBO Pres. Basan or Fr. Choi. Clever me?

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Pres. Basan Trip to the Embassy

All smiles... the smiles that inspire and encourage OFWs in Korea not to shy away from the Philippine Embassy.

CBO President Basan sandwiched by Labor Attache Delmer Cruz, Ambassador Luis Cruz and Welfare Officer Pat Cobarrubias.

Ask me why Basan went there... in the comments section... hehehe


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Bontoc Organization On the Go

The Ifontoks here were busy preparing the raffle tickets to be drawn. They were so patient and deligent to roll thousands of tickets and puting them inside a straw one by one! I dunno how they manage that ... we waited for quite a long time for them to finish. But it's good because the other people had the chance to tete-tete with one another while I took a nap with delicious foods and drinks on the table!

The result of the raffle draw will be posted here very soon. Paging Bontoc Organization President JOHN WAYNE...

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Look! Onfino's Making Waves

Hello Everyone!

How are you doing these days? It’s quite sometime that onfino admin has sent you messages. We hope and pray that you’re all fine with the Lord’s blessing in abundance.

Be pleased to know that at Onfino Online, there are lots of topics to read and learn from. Our Free Board is attracting several writers who interact with their postings and comments respectively. The Photo Gallery is also picking up. Many are uploading their pictures for you to see and recognized. And how about the various Announcements, Counseling, Buy and Sell, Webzine which is uploaded regularly, and soon the Fund Raising Sections? Everything now at Onfino Online is going overboard.

And yes, we have some promos soon to come. So why not keep posted? Visit, Register and Participate at www.onfino.com. Who knows you’ll be luckier this time and bag some prizes at stake.

Further at Onfino Online, we have the cheapest airline tickets just for you. Just give us a ring 02-2079-2214 and know what’s in store. There are extra bonuses as super discounts especially with Philippine Airlines.

Don’t forget… only at Onfino Online does all things become better and better! Join us now!!

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CBO Chusok Program

CHUSOK PROGRAM
September 13, 2008

PART I
CBO Championship Games
11:00 am - 3:00 pm Majangdong High School Basketball Court

PART II
CBO Cultural Dance Competition
4 :00 pm - 8 :00 pm Majangdong RED Cross Building

1. Invocation
2. National Anthem
3. Opening Remarks
4. Surprise Number
5. Introduction of Judges and Criteria for Judging
6. CULTURAL Dance
7. Inspirational Talk
8. CULTURAL Dance
9. Intermission Number
10. MESSAGE by Guest Speaker
11. Raffle Draw
12. Intermission Number
13. Awarding of Trophies to Basketball Tournament Winners
14. Raffle Draw
15. Awarding of Trophies/Certificates to Cultural Dance Winners
16. Closing Remarks

PART III song dance song dance song dance

NB: This Cultural Dance Competition is being held in preparation for the GANGNAM DANCE FESTIVAL on October 2008 and for the promotion of our Cordillera Ethnic Dances to the world!

Everybody is invited !!!

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Help Needed for Bruno Degawan

Hi Everyone!

Here’s an update with Bruno:

It’s good Lynette chatted with me this morning. Somehow I got hold of Roland Bosaing, President of the Sagada Migrant Workers Association (SMWA), who knows the what abouts of Bruno.

Bruno is presently comatose at St. Mary’s Hospital, Uijungbu, north of Seoul. It takes about 2 hours by train from Seoul to Uijungbu. There are many Cordillerans in this area.

Fr. Cho Hee In of the Uijungbu Catholic Migrant Workers Center is taking charge. Lynette is right about the tulong-tulong from the churches here. We had encoutered several cases na kasi. We personally know Fr. Peter Choi of Anglican’s Shallom Migrants Center in Seoul. He’s very supportive with CBO and in fact meron atang outreach program in Besao. He will be informed about Bruno.

We already coordinated the case to OWWA Officer Pat Cobarrubias, former OWWA OIC in La Union and Region 3. She likewise made endorsement to Consul Belo of ATN (Assistance to Nationals). We were assured that they’re going to visit Bruno next week.

I advised Roland to coordinate with CBO too.

So that’s the latest til Sunday again! I’m not a good reporter kaya pasensiya. I will post this at www.cbo-korea.blogspot .com

Cordilove reporting directly from Seoul, Korea!

(note: Robert 'Bruno' Degawan,60, from Sagada, Mountain Province. He suffered stroke July 27, 2008 and now at St. Mary's Hospital.

The above message was an offshoot of bibaknets@yahoogroups.com

For more information and donations please contact Roland Bosaing at 010-6870-4168)


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Onfino Open Promo Winners

contact cordilove 010-8061-1623 for more details.

A Coordinator's Dilema

To be continued...

Independence Day '08 Location

Please people of the nation, don't lost your way to celebrate the 110th Philippine Independence Day at Han River. Click www.sulyapinoy.org for the exact location. Keep browsing and enjoy!

Sulyapinoy Features CBO

Grab a copy now! Available in Hyewadong and Han River during the Independence Day celebration. Hurry... limited copies ...

TO ALL HEADS/LEADERS OF FILCOM ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS IN KOREA:

We are very glad to inform you of more and bigger prizes for our raffle, including free roundtrip ticket and 2 night vacation for two in Boracay, Cebu and Manila! Please refer to the attached raffle prizes. For raffle tickets, please call WelOf Esperanza "Pat" Cobarrubias at 010 3184 9734. As agreed upon during our meeting last 24 May 2008, deadline for submission of payments for sold tickets and return of unsold tickets is on 06 June 2008 at 4:00pm at the Philippine Embassy.

Posters and fliers for the June 8 event will be available today, 31 May 2008 at 1:00pm. Kindly contact WelOf Pat to get your copies for posting in your respective areas. We will likewise appreciate it if you can disseminate/forward the attached soft copy to your respective members/networks.

Final reservation for tents is on June 4, 2008. Cost of rent for one tent (6m x 3m) with 2 tables and five chairs is KW52,000.00 which should be paid on or before 06 June 2008. Please contact WelOf Pat for this purpose. There will be an award for the best dressed booth. Attached is a list of organizations that have reserved/paid for tents.

Everyone is encouraged to come in Filipiniana attire, or outfit that is appropriate to the occasion. A best in attire group will be chosen as well.

Food donations are very much welcome. Please coordinate with WelOf Pat. Attached is a list of organizations with donations.

You are encouraged to invite your employers, or Korean friends/network who have been helpful to Filipinos. Kindly send us ASAP their names, company/organization, fax, landline/CP nos. and email add.

See you in our final coordination meeting on 06 June 2008, 4:00pm at the Embassy.


DELMER CRUZ
Labor Attache
Coordinator, June 8 event

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A Tie for the BEST In UNIFORM Award

MABUDA and Buguias Teams bagged the Best in Uniform Award as judged by Labor Attache Delmer Cruz and Alfa Villacorte.














Fr. Choi, as supportive as he can be, donated the 5 NCAA basket balls.
















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Am I i-Fontok?

Many times I have been asked, taga-saan ka sa atin? I would automatically say from Barlig.

Asan iyon? Two hours away from Bontoc.

Ano iyon? Eh di capital ng Mountain Province.

Ah sa Benguet! ... (susme naman!) taga-Baguio City nga lang ako!

Oo maganda doon... (hay naku po!) of course naman, Summer Capital of the Philippines eh!

(nakakatawa ba ang conversation?... pinagtripan ko isuot ang uniform nila kanina... join naman agad si Sanley Lim. Send me your pics din para ilagay ko dito sa blog with matching captions ha?)

CBO Basketball Tournament 2008

Today is supposed to be the opening of the CBO Basketball Tournament 2008. However, the rain confined the group within the Majangdong High School Corridors. The referees instead discussed the rules and regulations to be imposed and 'drawed lots' the sequence of the game.

This year's participating teams are Mabuda, Bontoc, FBI, Bugias, Kabayan, Otucan, Sabangan, Camp 6, Data, Guinzadan and Bayabas. What happened to the Tadian Team, the Defending Champion? They back-out! Oh why, oh why? ... you don't like to relinguish the trophy or afraid that the speculations that by your winning last year is just a TSAMBA? hehehehe, joke joke joke...

The referees are members of BAP (Basketball Association of the Philippines) namely Gilbert, Dante Bor-as and Jay Panaga. Marshall Martinez will man the table.

The presence of Fr. Peter Choi is highly appreciated. Also present is his staff Choi Woong Jae who has already adopted an igorot name, Banglayan. Fr. Choi will be donating 5 NCAA basketballs next Sunday, the opening of the tournament.

Thanks Fr. Choi!

CBO Performs at Arirang Int'l. Migrants Festival

The just concluded 2008 Migrants' Arirang Festival last Sunday was a booming success. This event was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and hosted by the Multicultural Open Society Inc. "It's main purpose is to help migrant workers and marriage immigrants in Korea better harmonize with Koreans and Korean Society."

CBO have gone further in promoting our cherished Igorot dances such Balambang, Takik, Pattong and Handkerchief Dance during the Festival. Our grateful appreciation goes to Fr. Peter Choi of Yongsan Shalom House for Migrants for his unwavering support to the oraganization. The success of the participation of CBO was through the coordinated efforts of Ms. Brenda Bryan, Anthony P. and some CBO officers and members.

Arirang TV asked the CBO Adviser how does she feel coming to this festival. "I'm very happy. To be a part of this international festival is pride in itself. We Cordillerans, although we belong to the minority group in the Philippines are proud to show the world our ethnic dances. We are here to promote brotherhood and peace. God bless Korea!"

For more: "Korea for the World, the World for Korea.

Hardy Caligtan's San Wanes Ko Album

SAN WANES KO by Hardy Caligtan is now available in Korea! Get your CD copies now at a very minimal price!!

All songs in this album are originally composed and written by Hardy. This album is dedicated to all igorots scattered abroad...
1. San Baro
2. San Wanes Ko
3. I Love You ... pay laeng
4. Igorota Me
5. Ay! Aye
6. San Layad Ko Ken Sik-a
7. Torogi Ak
8. Tanging Ikaw
9. Adik Malinglingan
10. Nu Koma Mabalin
11. Laylaydek Sik-a
12. Igorot Tako

Please email hardycaligtan@yahoo.com for more info.

(maiyaw-awan di homesickness ya problema mu! I've played the album 3x and it's really great!)