Oh thank you Lord, at long last, we’re here at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. There’s a mini Takashimaya department store on the mezzanine. I liked
Author: OMB
We arrived in Japan on September 25 at 2 pm. The businessmen took two buses from the airport. Our bus driver went around the Haneda Internatonal Airport twice and he
Apologies, my postings are not in accordance with the sequence of events. Our flight took off a little past 9 am. The PAL plane is a 320 with few business
There was no pre-arranged dinner for the Philippine Business Delegation on our first night in Tokyo so KKL (kanya-kanyang lakad) or KKK (kanya-kanyang kain) kami. I saw my colleagues from
Just before I left Manila for Tokyo, I caught the legendary Tony Bennett singing the famous My Best Friend’s Wedding signature music The Way You Look Tonight at the Tonight
Our official activities ended last night and we leave Tokyo this afternoon at 3:25pm. Our luggage call is at 6am but instead, I called the bell boy to get my
It’s 230 am and the DTI secretariat brought to my room an invitation from Metrobank for tonight’s dinner in honor of the President. Our morning would be free but they
Our sched is different than that of the President. Today he and his entourage went to the city of tsunami-ravaged Sendai, a two-hour travel by bullet train, plus an hour
For fear of being late, I ended up not sleeping at all. I went to bed at 1 am, dosed off at 4:45 am, my alarm set off at 5
I am leaving the house at 5 am to the airport. I hope my alarm rings. Our call time is at 6 am, and the Presidential plane PR001 leaves at
I thought the four of us would be able to hear mass together tonight. My son was still in school and my daughter was taking her midterm exams. Okay, kami
…..WITH ME! After a quick 4-day US working visit, the President leaves for Tokyo on Sunday morning via a special chartered PAL flight. His schedule has been super hectic.
Henry Sy, Jr., President of National Grid Corporation, hosted a lauriat dinner for all 300 delegates in China. The whole grand ballroom of the China World Hotel (Shangri-La) was filled
When you have grown-up children, same schedules are getting more difficult to come by. My son, if not in school, if not playing basketball, if not hanging-out with classmates and