Since, as my esteemed colleague Quinito Henson pointed out, it is the Zombies’ first Asian tour in almost 40 years; it would be something indeed to look forward to. With lead vocalist Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent at the keyboard, we have Britain’s finest serenading us with love songs. It is the perfect Valentine treat, and Zombies lovers will have their time reminiscing.
For schedules, please check hereunder so as not to get your dates and venues crossed:
Monday – Feb. 13 – Araneta Coliseum
Tuesday – Feb. 14 – Ynares Center (in Antipolo)
The telephone numbers to call for both shows are 911-5555 (Ticketnet).
Non-cash wager Texas Hold’em poker has met with phenomenal success. For a given amount which is the tournament fee for the night, one can enjoy long hours of challenging poker with worthy opponents. Of course, the length of your playing time depends entirely on you. Reckless imprudence can mean your untimely demise after only one round. As you might often hear, poker is a game of infinite patience. Wait for the right cards, or the right opportunity, and you can stay alive for a long, long time, and outlive everyone else at the table.
Unfortunately, I have too many things going at the same time. The Petron Xtra Unleaded 2006 Auto Focus Automobile of the Year – People’s Choice Awards was just recently launched, and the search is on till April of this year, when we will proclaim the people’s choices for the different categories in the automobile and motorcycle categories. This, and the unabated work on the three shows we have, has pushed me to go easy on special projects. Though poker will always be my game of choice, let me flex my limbs a little and allow me a little breather. In the meantime, there is my brother Rey’s brainchild called "Philippine Poker Tour Million-Peso Hold’em Championship. It is a non-cash wager poker tournament with a guaranteed prize pot of one million six hundred thousand pesos (P1,600,000) to be held on April 8 and 9, 2006.
In this tournament, Pagcor will provide the venues for the qualifying satellite tournaments, and for the main event.
There will be guaranteed prizes for 10 winners, including, I hear, a Champion’s Gold Bracelet! Solar Entertainment will provide television coverage, while STV will assist in promotions. The Champion himself (or herself, lest I be accused of being chauvinistic) gets to win P1 million in prize money, while the rest comprising the top ten stand to earn big prize monies as well.
This is a very ambitious project which I’m sure Rey and his group can carry through with aplomb and, more importantly, with as much transparency as needed. It is one event that the poker-playing public is awaiting with much anticipation.
For one and a half years, Col. Galam was the commandant of the ROTC units of U.P. Los Baños, San Pablo, and the Polytechnic Unit of Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Col. Galam earned the trust and respect of the officers and men of the 41st Infantry Division Stand-by Reserve, as well as the 1st Laguna Ready Reserve Battalion. Col. Galam also developed a good working relationship with the local executives, from the governor down to the barangay officials, so Col. .Galam’s farewell valedictory, although much applauded, was regretfully received by the crowd.
Col. Galam was recently designated by Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Cayton, Commanding General of ARESCOM, as the Asst. Chief of Staff for Intel G2 of the Army Reserve Command of the AFP. Congratulations, Sir, on your much deserved promotion.
Mabuhay!!! Be proud to be a Filipino.
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