our President goes on a junket while the country just finished another round with a typhoon.
... jetted off to San Francisco en route to Washington and eventually, New York, with the objectives of her trip still up in the air. Meetings with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (widely whispered to be no fan of the President) and with candidate Barack Obama ... have not been confirmed.
The horde of congressmen and the two token senators, the 10 Cabinet members and the President's own family will probably spend their time doing other things. The First Family, for one, will want to know how their San Francisco properties are doing. We can be confident other Filipino officials will similarly be inclined. At least Speaker Prospero Nograles has been frank about the main purpose of his visit: to attend Manny Pacquiao's upcoming fight in Las Vegas.
ahhh, kaya pala!!!! goddammit, if i had cable TV, i'd probably see them in the audience during this fight.
once she arrives here in NYC, the Philippine Embassy will most likely be closed again, for this "momentous event" (happens at least once a year, right?).
do you know how lucky the Embassy staff are? because they get a lot of holidays - following both Filipino and American calendars. June 12 Philippine Independence Day? check. US Thanksgiving? check. Good Friday? check (note: Good Friday is not a religious holiday here, so for the last 7 years i spent 3 PM reflecting at my desk). didn't Gloria also declare a Ramadan holiday back home? does the embassy close on that day too?
can anyone tell me the total cost of this junket is? better yet, tell it to the victims of the typhoon.
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Yes. Just make sure theyre canned tomatoes.
please please do...
kapal talaga.
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