Who's The Most Famous Person You've Meet/Encountered?

[udtohan]

months ago when i was supposed to write it for my column (but not yet, maybe soon).

i had the chance to talk with sir jun ayag knowing his background if who's the most famous or interesting person he met.

Sir Jun was privileged to meet and serve one of Asia’s top banking leaders, the Honorable Aurelio R. Montinola III, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)  and President of  the Bank of the Philippine Islands and its subsidiaries during his short visit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also met the respected business management guru, Dr. Hubert Rampersad, the author of  the book and President of TPS - Lean Six Sigma LLC. 

how about you?

[swakee]

Leo, i had met the famous hollywood actress "Sharon Stone" kay ni-check-in man sa hotel nga akong gi-trabahoan & i got the chance to talk to her & kita fud ko sa iyang duha ka tots kay ako may naglimpyo sa iyang kuarto nya pagsud nako kay topless man siya... toiknz!

[bol-anon_ko]

in person nga na istorya gyud nko

Sir Howard Stringer - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Corporation
Dr. Ryoji Chubachi  - President of Sony Corporation and CEO of Sony’s Global Electronics (taman ra ko ug " Hi , How are you doin? ") ahaha

Randy Couture - MMA Hall of Famer (actually my friend was his real estate agent in Las Vegas)

Manny Pacquaio - ("akoa gihagit ug sukmagay" ahahaa)

[bol-anon_ko]

Leo, i had met the famous hollywood actress "Sharon Stone" kay ni-check-in man sa hotel nga akong gi-trabahoan & i got the chance to talk to her & kita fud ko sa iyang duha ka tots kay ako may naglimpyo sa iyang kuarto nya pagsud nako kay topless man siya... toiknz!

unya giganhan ka pagkakita sa iyang TOTs swaks? ahahhaha.. nanggahi imoha swaks.. ehhehe

[teng]

unya giganhan ka pagkakita sa iyang TOTs swaks? ahahhaha.. nanggahi imoha swaks.. ehhehe

ahahahahhahahhahahahhhahha

[ytesski]

1. Pope John Paul - sa Manila twice - sa UST nga few feet lang away sa iya bullet proof na gisakyan ug didto sa Luneta nag vigil mi overnight. Wala nako siya maesturya but his presence was very Holy ug ambot ngano nakaluha jud ko ug dili lang ako tanan nga naa didto nga duol niya.

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger - my coworkers and I were having lunch at Lucca Restaurant here in Sacramento and pretty soon we saw 3 huge black SUVs parked in front and there Ahnold showed up and passed our table going at the secret back table covered with plants. Kay diay regular siya didto magkaon ug lunch. Only 2 guys went with him but lots of bodyguards waiting outside.

3. Corazon Aquino and Kris Aquino - in the mid 90's in one or 2 of the EDSA People Power Anniversaries. I was close enough to see them clearly in the stage sa EDSA Shrine.

[bonbonquest]

Who's the most famous person I've ever met?

hmmmmmmm...

Most definitely Lea Salonga...

I wouldn't exactly say she's very fan-accommodating but she is, nonetheless, a wonderful person in all aspects of her personality.

Yes, I've met other personalities whom common people would consider famous.

[Some to the point of worshiping them; others to the extent of committing suicide just to get a glimpse of them from a hundred feet away or risking getting branded "serial killer" just to get a photograph of themselves taken beside the supposed celebrity (however hideous it may turn out to be).  You can't blame them for that.  They grew up with a very poor sense of discriminating judgment.]

Anyway, back to the topic.  Those other such personalities I've met, who may forcibly fall under the "famous people" category due to public regard, are ones whom I have little to no regard of beyond "regular people from around the corner".

So much for this...  Lea Salonga is just so totally awesome!  ~(grammar fluctuation intended)

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

most famous person that i have met:
gloria macapagal arroyo

[kiamoy]

Levi Celerio the leaf-player and our national artist for music (i actually saw him play the leaf with ugoy ng duyan   ) 

same time and place i met, the then Chief Justice Andres Nervasa and pres. Ramos, we were performing in Nervasa's birthday party at manila

[ytesski]

Who's the most famous person I've ever met?

hmmmmmmm...

Most definitely Lea Salonga...

So much for this...  Lea Salonga is just so totally awesome!  ~(grammar fluctuation intended)

Hi Bonbon! I see that you're a TB Baby here! Welcome to Tubag Bohol.

I'm a big fan of Lea Salonga.

[Happy]

The most famous person I've ever met is Ms Ginger

[kiamoy]

The most famous person I've ever met is Ms Ginger

hahaha kuyawa ate alet dah!

[Happy]

Mo lang Bem, she's one of the famous oi.

[nauy]

hmmm...c papa piolo ug chad borja, nagpacounter nako sa gaisano sa una, kita napud ko nila Tito Vic and Joey with the old members of eat bulaga ky naapil ko sa mga audience sa bata pako...

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

si tony cuenco, pirmi nakong masakay eraplano sa padong manila.

[Macky Ferniz]

I met the late UN General Carlos P. Romulo. The year after his visit in Bohol, he died.

I was a CAT Cadet during that time, guarding the stage at the grandstand. Sa iyang pag discorso, na loose connection ang microphone ug nagkabuang mi ug lubag-lubag sa wire. After his speach, he gave a hand to every one on the stage including me.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

oh yeah, late UN secretary general Carlos P. Romulo. nindota gud ato macky.

[hazel]

The most famous person I've ever met is Ms Ginger

ngek! kanus-a gud ko na famous.

[Lorenzo]

Most famous individuals I've met?

This past May, I met former President Bill Clinton when he visited Allegheny College, I visited the Foreign Minister of Norway in my summer semester study in Kiev Mohyla Academy of Law in June 2006 in the Democratic Republic of The Ukraine. I met the President of Ukraine--leader of the Orange Revolution. Back in 2004, I also met Vice President Dick Chenney when he visited Allegheny College. Another famous individual was meeting and getting to know His Eminence Bishop Donald Trautman of the Diocese of Erie, pennsylvania. I met him in a catholic collegiate conference in Gannon University; where I told him I was reviewing for my MCATs for Medical School. His Eminence prayed for me, touching my head with his hands and giving me his blessings. It was such a great honor for me to know him, and have him call me by my first name. A Sheppard of the Catholic Church called be by name. I will always remember him.

The most prestigious man that I met in my life would have to be Dr. Dioscoro Villanueva, M.D.
I met him when I rotated with him; he is the leading Cardiothoracic Surgeon in the entire Southern New Jersey and New Jersey. He is a Great man yet so humble in his voice and in his mannerisms. He does not show off his greatness, but talks as if he was an 'every-day' individual. A great surgeon, A great physician, and one of my idols. I want to be just like him, God Willing, someday.

He is an inspiration to all Filipino Medical Students and those aspiring to become a Physician-Surgeon.

[udtohan]

Who's the most famous person I've ever met?

hmmmmmmm...

Most definitely Lea Salonga...

I wouldn't exactly say she's very fan-accommodating but she is, nonetheless, a wonderful person in all aspects of her personality.

Yes, I've met other personalities whom common people would consider famous.

[Some to the point of worshiping them; others to the extent of committing suicide just to get a glimpse of them from a hundred feet away or risking getting branded "serial killer" just to get a photograph of themselves taken beside the supposed celebrity (however hideous it may turn out to be).  You can't blame them for that.  They grew up with a very poor sense of discriminating judgment.]

Anyway, back to the topic.  Those other such personalities I've met, who may forcibly fall under the "famous people" category due to public regard, are ones whom I have little to no regard of beyond "regular people from around the corner".

So much for this...  Lea Salonga is just so totally awesome!  ~(grammar fluctuation intended)

hahaha ikaw jud... asa naman si teddy bear gitago nimo man? hahaha

[B:)]

I watched Lea Salonga in Broadway where she performed her two musical show "Flower drum song" and "Les Miserable". I'm a big fan so my banana and I bought tickets close to the stage. She's amazing!

Side A band (my favorite) during their concert in Jersey City few years ago.

Former US NJ Senator and now our NJ Governor John Corzine who was also the CEO of the GoldmanSach, NYC.  It was during the campaign that my banana and I helped. What a big guy he is that when I shook his hand I feel like I shook a giant's hand.

[svetlana]

hhhmmm come to think of it, murag si Carlos Santana ra man akong na meet nga sikat2x. 

[bol-anon_ko]

but the famous person id like to meet and see perform once again would be   MAXI Baby... 

[udtohan]

maxi baby had passed away, i think 2 years na siguro...

[grazie7y]

Sa Philippines ra ko naka encounter ug matawag nato'g famous personalities.

Ex-President Fidel Ramos was in our bank's conference room when he was the President of the Phils.  to ask for the hand of our then bank's president Guido Delgado kay gusto ni FVR na ipa presidente sa NAPOCOR.  I also saw ex-President Cory Aquino when I went to the Monastery of Transfiguration in Malaybalay for a weekend getaway.  At that time she was there with Imelda Cojuangco.  Sus, naa pa to sya'g mura'g nanny.  At that time, there was a special event at the Monastery.  I was sitting beside Imelda Cojuangco.  Her nanny offered her a bowl of cashew nuts.  Ms. Imelda then offered me and hello, nuts na gud na so ning dawat pod ko!     I met also with GMA during one or two of the rallies for Erap's ouster.

While working in Manila, I had the chance to meet with the man in my dreams (adtong college pa ko and imagined this man as the character in the Mills and Boon pocketbooks I was reading! baduya oi!):  Fernando Zobel de Ayala.  Through my boss in Manila, Guido Delgado, I got to meet not only Mr. Fernado but also his brother Jaime, and their parents and Fernando's wife Kitkat - also during rallies. Cute kaayo si Kitkat unya all of them were so humble!   Many times I met, during meetings where I was part of the secretariat, Jarius Bondoc of Phil. Star and Rina David of PDI, Kuh Ledesma, Celeste Legaspi, Jim Paredes, Sharon Cuneta, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Sen. Teofisto Guingona, Bart Guingona, ug daghan pa to.

One early morning, I had a breakfast meeting at Starbucks in Ortigas and there Sen. Manny Villar.  Hipos kaayo ijang hinapay.    While having dinner in one of the restaurants in Ortigas, I also saw the late Sen. Raul Roco with his colorful attire.    He was so cool.  He was having lunch with his wife.  Patago-tago pa pero nakit-an man gihapon so ning wave2x na lang sya!   Also, while ga laroy2x sa Rockwell, I saw Sen. Drilon.  We shook hands.  He was nice but aren't all politicians like that?  Nakita pod nko si Imee Manotoc with her son Borgy sa Glorietta.  Cool mama kaayo sya oi mura lang sila barkada!  Oi, oi, I can't possibly miss this!  I saw Sen. Miriam Santiago with his sons sa Shangrila.  Heavily guarded sya oi!  

[bol-anon_ko]

maxi baby had passed away, i think 2 years na siguro...

aw na tsugi na diay c idol.. ayus kaayu raba ug kanta cya.. makalingaw.. makawagtang ug stress.. cge ko pangita ug asa ko ka download iyaha mga kanta dli man ko kita.. kinsa man ninyu kabalo asa magdownload mga kanta ni anhing Maxi Baby

[svetlana]

aw na tsugi na diay c idol.. ayus kaayu raba ug kanta cya.. makalingaw.. makawagtang ug stress.. cge ko pangita ug asa ko ka download iyaha mga kanta dli man ko kita.. kinsa man ninyu kabalo asa magdownload mga kanta ni anhing Maxi Baby

Hoy, wala pa na namatay si Max Surban! abeh siguro ni El Mundo nga si Max Alvarado imong pasabot Jez! Si yoyoy may ni passed away na.

[udtohan]

lahi si max surban kay ni maxi baby.. max surban is from cebu, maxi baby is from bohol.

lahi pud na si yoyoy who passed away. lahi pud na si max alvarado nga artista.

when maxi baby died wala jud pasidungod niya sa iyang contribution sa iyang music. he was a very talented guy... if maglakaw lakaw na siya, magdala na siya sa iyang guitar!!!

[udtohan]

bol-anon ko, unfortunately dili available iyang mga kanta sa internet

[svetlana]

lahi si max surban kay ni maxi baby.. max surban is from cebu, maxi baby is from bohol.

lahi pud na si yoyoy who passed away. lahi pud na si max alvarado nga artista.

when maxi baby died wala jud pasidungod niya sa iyang contribution sa iyang music. he was a very talented guy... if maglakaw lakaw na siya, magdala na siya sa iyang guitar!!!

Ay, sorry, sayop sad diay ko. I'm not familiar with Maxi Baby.

[smiffytheninja]

Kanye West.  I saw Rihanna leaving her car after the concert too.

[grazie7y]

I like Kanye West, Babe!

[bonbonquest]

I'm a big fan of Lea Salonga.

awesome!... hehehe!...

glad to be a part of this forum... what do i have to do to make this site stop calling me a baby?... heheheh!

[svetlana]

awesome!... hehehe!...

glad to be a part of this forum... what do i have to do to make this site stop calling me a baby?... heheheh!

keep on posting!

[emlegaspo]

uhm dee hum hum. I haven't really ever met a famous person.
I'm trying to think. All that comes to mind is Philippine Teen Star Gerald Anderson 
and I don't know if it counts. It was around 6 or 7 a.m. when I saw him at the airport, on Good Friday I think.
He was going for a domestic flight for General Santos. He had two people with him.
A guy that looked slightly younger, I mistaked him for Gerald but I think now it was his brother.
And a possible family friend. He was wearing a cap and sunglasses and although most
people tell me, "It might not have been him." I am 100% POSITIVE! He sat in front of my mother
and I practically fainted in a giggling fit. He looked over at me curiously. I was too scared to go up
and chat with him. I don't know if it counts but oh well.The only other one I can think of is the
Mayor of Inabanga and I don't know if he counts either.

[-<GEC348>-]

I shook hands with:
- Fidel Ramos (twice)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (thrice)
- Senate President Manny Villar (once in Davao City)

I once acted as tour guide for Liza Macuja (the ballerina) and her sister Gia (the soprano)

I once said a word of comfort to Cesar Montano after the 2007 elections.


There were still a few other famous persons but revealing who they are would be revealing who I am 

[swakee]

unya giganhan ka pagkakita sa iyang TOTs swaks? ahahhaha.. nanggahi imoha swaks.. ehhehe

hoissttt gapabadlong! it's no big deal for her oi pero nauwaw baya ko...

[swakee]

nakasakay fud nako si Sen. Kiko Pangilinan sa eroplano paingon Bohol, ni-ask ang steward nako if i could give my seat to him (magbaylo kintahay mi) but niingon si Kiko nga no, no ok lang... nya ako siyang gipangutana kung asa man si Sharon? nganong wa man mo-uban? ingon siya tua nagbantay ug bata... (march '07 ni, nangumpanya siya sa Bohol).

[Macky Ferniz]

Na istorya pod nako si King Abdulaziz, the reigning king of Saudi Arabia and one of the richest man alive on this planet.

Mao ni among conversation (in Arabic):

King Abdulaziz: Macky, jib wahid shai.

Macky: Ma'a halib? Kam sukar?

King Abdulaziz: La' mafi halib, bas swei sukar.

[ms da binsi]

Na istorya pod nako si King Abdulaziz, the reigning king of Saudi Arabia and one of the richest man alive on this planet.

Mao ni among conversation (in Arabic):

King Abdulaziz: Macky, jib wahid shai.

Macky: Ma'a halib? Kam sukar?

King Abdulaziz: La' mafi halib, bas swei sukar.

Macky please translate kay im so interested aning inyung Abdul Aziz!

[Macky Ferniz]

I shook hands with:
- Fidel Ramos (twice)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (thrice)
- Senate President Manny Villar (once in Davao City)

I once acted as tour guide for Liza Macuja (the ballerina) and her sister Gia (the soprano)

I once said a word of comfort to Cesar Montano after the 2007 elections.


There were still a few other famous persons but revealing who they are would be revealing who I am 

GEC,

Just curious, during your tour with the ballerina, Liza Macuja, did you noticed her walking on tip-toe (en pointe)? Did she wear her flats? 

[ms da binsi]

I shook hands with:
- Fidel Ramos (twice)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (thrice)
- Senate President Manny Villar (once in Davao City)

I once acted as tour guide for Liza Macuja (the ballerina) and her sister Gia (the soprano)

I once said a word of comfort to Cesar Montano after the 2007 elections.


There were still a few other famous persons but revealing who they are would be revealing who I am 

GECKO dear, shudert nalang ka mag shunanertz kay na ilhan na jud ka kaayo!

ahahahaha hapit na jud 95% revealed na imong identity dear!

[Macky Ferniz]

Macky please translate kay im so interested aning inyung Abdul Aziz!

Belle, you have to ask Barbaro. He knows Arabic.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

Let’s have a trivia.

This is a test of how far you’ve known our Boholano talents.

1. He is one of Bohol's most respected visual artists. His monumental works include the Cristo Rey monument and the grotto of Lourdes in Loon, the Stations of the Cross inside the Dauis church, and wooden sculptures of the Last Supper that adorn many dining rooms of Boholano families.

2. Called the singing priest of Calbayog City, this Boholano artist played the lead role in a musical mounted by the city’s theater group that went on a national tour.

3. An all-Boholano band called H2O (At the peak of their career they performed in Manila but disbanded later: LPU). Who is the band's keyboardist?

4. This band manager and vocalist has performed in the Sultanate of Brunei and the Asean entertainment circuit, as well as in Beijing.

5. This contemporary of Pitoy Moreno designed dresses and gowns for Manila's elite society.

6. He was a high-caliber instrumentalist, composer and musical arranger who discovered, coached and made Sonia L. Sanguenza, a.k.a. Sonia Singson, a singing sensation.

7. He could be Bohol's most prolific collage artist and handicraft designer. His works adorn Garden Cafe, Payag, Bohol Tropics and other business establishments and private homes.

8. This visual artist studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Cebu and works at his studio called Isla Vista on Cabilao Island. 

9. This multi-awarded short-story and "balak" writer, won the Palanca Award in English poetry three times. He was also a graduate of both the UP Writers Workshop and the Asean Writers Workshop. Name this famous Boholano poet.

10. Last year, during the National Arts Month, a search for Bohol's "kundiman" divas was conducted. Who were the three finalists?

11. One of Bohol's leading street dancing and special events choreographer teaches at Mater Dei College.

12. A group of local poets launched in 2000 its first collection of poems aptly entitled "Unang Agi". The association is also Bohol’s only grantee of the Tanghal Tula program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. 

13. This group of elementary pupils placed second and third in 1981 and 1985, respectively, in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists. Its new generation won first place in the Daygon Contest mounted at BQ Mall on December 2007.

14. This poet and songwriter is considered the only poet warrior of the Philippines.

15. This Boholano artist is a Franciscan friar whose God-given talent in the visual arts produced quite a number of paintings and sculptures, mostly images of Jesus, Mary and some saints.

16. A choir trainer all his life, he won the grand prize in the Golden Jubilee Songwriting Contest of the Diocese of Tagbilaran with his composition "Pagmaya Kristohanong Katilingban". He also placed second in the First ASEAN Jamboree Song Competition.

17. This lead guitarist of Teeth, Mongols, Daydream Cycle, Pupil and other Manila-based bands was chosen as Guitarist of the Year during the NU Rock Awards in 2004.

18. Kim in "Miss Saigon", Fantine in "Les Miserables", and Imelda Marcos in "Here Lies Love" are only a few of the roles this Boholana played in musicals in New York. 

19. He is presently the dean of the Conservatory of Music of the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City. He has performed in concerts with Luke Mejares, Jose Mari Chan and Yeng Constantino.

20. He is a TV writer and director, and member of the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines. Name this very young talent behind Amor Chiko, Saranghe and other teleseries on Abs-Cbn.

21. He composed "Bohol Hymn" or Awit sa Bohol, the immortal "Ako Kang Paabuton", "Dalaga sa Baybayon", "UB Hymn" and "BSAT Song", among others. Even long after his death, he is still recognized as Bohol's most respected journalist and newspaper columnist.

22. This poet and journalist also wrote scripts for movies, especially those directed by Lino Brocka. He was a former member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. He and his brother Eman are two of only three Boholanos included in the Top 100 Filipinos in Culture recognized by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (the other one is Napoleon V. Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture). He is presently the executive editor of Yes! magazine.

23. This charcoal painter is currently the local chief executive of a western municipality.  

24. He is the former vocalist of South Border band. In 2005 he was chosen Male R & B or Rhythm and Blues Artist of the Year during the Philippine Hip-hop Awards. He is currently the R & B King of the Philippines.

25. Presently based in Vienna, Austria this fashion designer won a Young Designers's Award in Paris. In the year 2000, he won first prize in the Philippine Fashion and Design Competition and represented the Philippines in the Asia Pacific Young Designer Competition. He was also Mega magazine's Young Designer of the Year and finalist in the Pierre Lang Fashion Awards in 2003.

26. A songwriter, orator, poet, writer of winning "balak", scriptwriter and director of “drama”, this Boholano lawyer compiled and published “Harana: Talamdan sa mga Awit nga Halandumon” and authored "Pamalaye", a play about marriage and its many stages following local traditions.

27. He won the first prize in the "balak" category of the 2003 Carlos P. Garcia Memorial Awards for Literature. This fellow of the Silliman Writers Workshop also received the Editor's Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry and poetry.com.

28. He writes "balak" and English poetry. A graduate of the UP Writers Workshop, this US-based architect is also a photographer and digital artist.

29. This award-winning songwriter also authored Binisaya scripts for stage plays in Bohol, the most current one being "Karaang Balay".

30. She interpreted, "Isang Dakot", a song composed by the famous Vehnee Saturno, that won the grand prize during the Fifth Metro Manila Pop Music Festival. She is now a singer in Las Vegas.

I will post the answer later. Clue, they all came from a town or they have heritage and lineage from this town. Actually these questions are taken somewhere and I won't tell where. It's a known Bohol product too.  

[bol-anon_ko]

lahi si max surban kay ni maxi baby.. max surban is from cebu, maxi baby is from bohol.

lahi pud na si yoyoy who passed away. lahi pud na si max alvarado nga artista.

when maxi baby died wala jud pasidungod niya sa iyang contribution sa iyang music. he was a very talented guy... if maglakaw lakaw na siya, magdala na siya sa iyang guitar!!!

cge ko kita ni Maxi Baby sa Tagbilaran sa una. Mag black leather pants pa gani to cya... murag dli init.. ehehe.. cge pod to nko cya malabyan sa Loay mag bike.. Loaynon man to cya dba?

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

kana si maxi baby murag impersonator na ni max surban no?

[bol-anon_ko]

kana si maxi baby murag impersonator na ni max surban no?

not sure if he had impersonated Max Surban but for sure he was good.  hilig na cya nga i Spoof ang mga seryus na kanta.. like ANaK etc

[lumine]

lucy torres and richard gomez during the birthday party of lucy's youngest bro,jules, who was my student in ormoc.

the loboc children's choir-we invited them during the foundation days of the school i was teaching

[gelyan]

Gabby Lopez
Tina Monson Palma
Winnie Monsod
Roco
FVR
R. Duterte
Miss Universe Marjie Moran
Regine Velasquez
Dingdong Dantes
Kristine Hermosa
Dawn Z.
mas daghan artista!

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

raul roco, na meet nako in person
sen. drilon
sec. gonzales
nur misuari
pia arcangel
ria santos

[ytesski]

hhhmmm come to think of it, murag si Carlos Santana ra man akong na meet nga sikat2x. 

Really? I love his shoe line. I think I have 3 or 4 pairs of 'em.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

daghan pang sikat nga gusto nako i-meet.

[ms da binsi]

unya ra ko mo sumpay...

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

hahahaha. karon nalang diay.

[hazel]

daghan kuno kaayo di maapas ug enumerate.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

mao pud nuon.

[-<GEC348>-]

GEC,

Just curious, during your tour with the ballerina, Liza Macuja, did you noticed her walking on tip-toe (en pointe)? Did she wear her flats? 

Nope. I guess she was so drained with her performance the night before 

[-<GEC348>-]

GECKO dear, shudert nalang ka mag shunanertz kay na ilhan na jud ka kaayo!

ahahahaha hapit na jud 95% revealed na imong identity dear!

Yehey, Ms Da Binsi! You are that close already?

[Macky Ferniz]

Na istorya pod nako si King Abdulaziz, the reigning king of Saudi Arabia and one of the richest man alive on this planet.

Mao ni among conversation (in Arabic):

King Abdulaziz: Macky, jib wahid shai.

Macky: Ma'a halib? Kam sukar?

King Abdulaziz: La' mafi halib, bas swei sukar.

Since wala diri si Barbaro nga mo translate sa Arabic, ako nang i-reveal ang among conversation ni King Abdulaziz as below:

King Abdulaziz: Macky, give me a cup of tea.

Macky: With milk? how much sugar?

King Abdulaziz: No, without milk and with small sugar.

[benelynne]

I met Gloria Arroyo every week in my Macroeconomics 101 class at ADMU when she was still a professor. Naay gamay nga istorya nga nahinumduman ko niya, which was when I was absent twice and another lady was absent by happenstance both times. During our next class, she asked both of us, to our confusion, "How was your date?" Lain baya to akong ka-date adto...

I was on the same Tagbilaran-bound plane once when she was still a senator. I met her two times in Tokyo during her state visits. One time, during the acknowledgment part of her speech at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, she called my name and mentioned I was her student. Wa pa gyud ko kadungog, gikuhit lang ko sa akong tupad. She acknowledges me here in this photo.



I also met her predecessors Fidel V. Ramos and Joseph Estrada in Tokyo. In this photo during Erap's visit to Tokyo, he still enjoyed a honeymoon with the media, who found his every faux pas very endearingly makamasa. When Loi Estrada suggested lowering the age limit for more entertainers to be able to come to Japan, eyebrows were raised but comments where made hush-hush. Five years later and when Erap was already under house arrest, entertainers were almost completely banned from Japan.




I've met Sen. Aquilino Pimentel on several occasions since he was still a mayor in CDO. I have interviewed Senators Manny Villar, Mar Roxas and Juan Flavier. I have talked with Franklin Drilon.

In the giddy days of Japan's bubble economy, movie stars were dime a dozen in Tokyo. Some of them have even performed at my place, which has a small open space. There was some fuss when Claudine Barretto's manager booked her at the same time at my place and at another at the far end of Japan. I was fuming mad because people were already expecting her. She apologized to me and made up for it by making a free appearance the next day, collecting only tips clipped in chopsticks from the audience. Despite the uproar that she caused because of her messed-up schedule, she more than made up for it by her sweetness and kindness.



I interviewed Kuh Ledesma when she was invited to Tokyo by NHK in a special Earth Day program. She engaged me in a heavy discussion about the US bases, which were then in the process of pulling out of the country. She had perhaps read my column in the paper given to her earlier, and presumed I was not interested in showbiz buzz.



Joyce Gimenez sat next to me, in total silence, at my cramped office as she waited for her number to be called outside. When my daughter came in, ice was broken. Although better known as pantasya ng bayan, she was very shy and almost lacking in confidence. I could sense the pressure on her from trying to live up to such a monicker, especially since there were many Filipina entertainers more voluptuous than her in the audience.



Maria Isabel Lopez used to engage in garments business with my wife Lynne. They staged fashion shows together but for one reason or another, she decided to return to the Philippines with her family and started a lucrative resort business catering to the Japanese.



Priscilla Almeda was the original sex siren of Philippine cinema. She was certainly a goddess to behold when she came here with Matt Ranillo some ten years ago. But when I last interviewed her about two years ago, she has settled for an obscure life and a domestic look. Check out this interview at http://www.philippinestoday.net/index.php?module=article&view=126.



Ariel Rivera, even in the heydey of his fame, struck me as someone not really self-absorbed. He is more impressive in person.



Sam Milby was mobbed when he and Piolo Pascual as well as the Pinoy Dream Academy winners came to Tokyo to launch ABS-CBN's IPTV service TFCko. But at the small victory party to which I was invited afterwards, I saw Sam at one point standing in one corner awkwardly waiting for someone to talk with. A very painfully  shy guy, he was only too happy to excuse himself after the obligatory kodakan and slipped unnoticed outside Roppongi's sleepless streets.



By the way, Tokyo used to be a favorite destination of movie stars who wanted to make quick bucks, especially when their stars were already waning back home. Among those who slipped in and out almost unnoticed were Michael V, Ruffa G before Ylmaz, Osang, Julio Diaz...

[ms da binsi]

Wooohooo! Benne san you are a super-duper ka celebrity!

Mas celebrity pa man noon ka kay nila dear!

Im so honered to know one famous person in TB Benne san...

even viritually, and that is you!

one day if we will cross our paths, pakodak jud ko nimo so i could post it in this thread.

Im not kidding...

[junayag]

Just read this read... nasugdan man diay ni with the query of Leo sa akoa...my answer had relevance to my work... but if we have to categorize, daghan na nga famous personalities ang namet...but the two persons I've specifically mentioned were instrumental in shaping my present intellectual rationalization...

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

one day, i will post my pic here with lots of famous people.

[kiamoy]

hehe.. i will wait for that bnc

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

sure kiams, wait for that time.

[benelynne]

Wooohooo! Benne san you are a super-duper ka celebrity!

Mas celebrity pa man noon ka kay nila dear!

Im so honered to know one famous person in TB Benne san...

even viritually, and that is you!

one day if we will cross our paths, pakodak jud ko nimo so i could post it in this thread.

Im not kidding...

Meeting the bigshots is just one of the perks of working in the media. Now I live a more laid-back life far from the social whirl, since I've decided on a saner livelihood that's mainly office-based.

Those days were a great eye-opener, though. None of that fame is permanent. I've seen Erap rise and fall. I've watched Priscilla Almeda sizzle on the celluloid screen, and fizzle as an ordinary waitress mopping the floor. Some of them have been able to float mid-air until now, but I'm surprised that the more fame they have, the greater their fear that it's going to slip under them anytime.

Some have become friends, because I always touch base with what is common between us. And that is not fame, but perhaps fear. I believe that a normal level of fear is healthy for our reality check. Jobelle Salvador still calls me up occasionally. She keeps thanking me for the "best interview" written on her in her entire showbiz career (I'm just quoting her). Priscilla also called me up, surprisingly to thank me as well. They seem to have more security on the ground than airborne ...

[grazie7y]

For sure jud magpa kodak pod ko with you Bene san pagkita nato pohon kay akong ipa kwadro!  I am serious too!

[Bambi]

I met Gloria Arroyo every week in my Macroeconomics 101 class at ADMU when she was still a professor. Naay gamay nga istorya nga nahinumduman ko niya, which was when I was absent twice and another lady was absent by happenstance both times. During our next class, she asked both of us, to our confusion, "How was your date?" Lain baya to akong ka-date adto...

I was on the same Tagbilaran-bound plane once when she was still a senator. I met her two times in Tokyo during her state visits. One time, during the acknowledgment part of her speech at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, she called my name and mentioned I was her student. Wa pa gyud ko kadungog, gikuhit lang ko sa akong tupad. She acknowledges me here in this photo.



I also met her predecessors Fidel V. Ramos and Joseph Estrada in Tokyo. In this photo during Erap's visit to Tokyo, he still enjoyed a honeymoon with the media, who found his every faux pas very endearingly makamasa. When Loi Estrada suggested lowering the age limit for more entertainers to be able to come to Japan, eyebrows were raised but comments where made hush-hush. Five years later and when Erap was already under house arrest, entertainers were almost completely banned from Japan.




I've met Sen. Aquilino Pimentel on several occasions since he was still a mayor in CDO. I have interviewed Senators Manny Villar, Mar Roxas and Juan Flavier. I have talked with Franklin Drilon.

In the giddy days of Japan's bubble economy, movie stars were dime a dozen in Tokyo. Some of them have even performed at my place, which has a small open space. There was some fuss when Claudine Barretto's manager booked her at the same time at my place and at another at the far end of Japan. I was fuming mad because people were already expecting her. She apologized to me and made up for it by making a free appearance the next day, collecting only tips clipped in chopsticks from the audience. Despite the uproar that she caused because of her messed-up schedule, she more than made up for it by her sweetness and kindness.



I interviewed Kuh Ledesma when she was invited to Tokyo by NHK in a special Earth Day program. She engaged me in a heavy discussion about the US bases, which were then in the process of pulling out of the country. She had perhaps read my column in the paper given to her earlier, and presumed I was not interested in showbiz buzz.



Joyce Gimenez sat next to me, in total silence, at my cramped office as she waited for her number to be called outside. When my daughter came in, ice was broken. Although better known as pantasya ng bayan, she was very shy and almost lacking in confidence. I could sense the pressure on her from trying to live up to such a monicker, especially since there were many Filipina entertainers more voluptuous than her in the audience.



Maria Isabel Lopez used to engage in garments business with my wife Lynne. When an X-rated video which showed her, among others, spread like wildfire in Japan, (and confirmed by my own eyes when photoshop and digital makeover was still Hollywood domain) she went back to Manila.



Priscilla Almeda was the original sex siren of Philippine cinema. She was certainly a goddess to behold when she came here with Matt Ranillo some ten years ago. But when I last interviewed her about two years ago, she has settled for an obscure life and a domestic look. Check out this interview at http://www.philippinestoday.net/index.php?module=article&view=126.



Ariel Rivera, even in the heydey of his fame, struck me as someone not really self-absorbed. He is more impressive in person.



Sam Milby was mobbed when he and Piolo Pascual as well as the Pinoy Dream Academy winners came to Tokyo to launch ABS-CBN's IPTV service TFCko. But at the small victory party to which I was invited afterwards, I saw Sam at one point standing in one corner awkwardly waiting for someone to talk with. A very painfully  shy guy, he was only too happy to excuse himself after the obligatory kodakan and slipped unnoticed outside Roppongi's sleepless streets.



By the way, Tokyo used to be a favorite destination of movie stars who wanted to make quick bucks, especially when their stars were already waning back home. Among those who slipped in and out almost unnoticed were Michael V, Ruffa G before Ylmaz, Osang, Julio Diaz...

WOW!  You are more than as popular  rather than these persons being published. Sorry, I know few of them through media. Sir Benelynne,  you are the most famous person I first virtually meet  and I wish to encounter you personally with my promised Donfelder German wine which I'm drinking tonight in honor of the  Germany soccer team who just won against  Portugal favourite team. We qualified for semi-final and hope to win that Europe Soccer Master which we got that title way back 1996.

[C2H4]

months ago when i was supposed to write it for my column (but not yet, maybe soon).

i had the chance to talk with sir jun ayag knowing his background if who's the most famous or interesting person he met.

Sir Jun was privileged to meet and serve one of Asia’s top banking leaders, the Honorable Aurelio R. Montinola III, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)  and President of  the Bank of the Philippine Islands and its subsidiaries during his short visit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also met the respected business management guru, Dr. Hubert Rampersad, the author of  the book and President of TPS - Lean Six Sigma LLC. 

how about you?

Si Teban ug Golyat ra gyud intawon akong na meet nga mga famous people. Haaayyy, they stayed at our house for a few days samtang nag drama drama sila sa Milyonaryong Mini during our town fiesta.

[grazie7y]

hahahha malingaw jud ko nimo, Thly oi!

[C2H4]

Hehehe, btaw Ms Grazie, excited pa kaayo ko adtong panahona makakita nilang Teban ug Golyat, perte pa nako pa picture picture nila. Hahaha.

[grazie7y]

Asa naman imong picture beh?  Putot ba jud to si Goliath? 

[C2H4]

^Wala gyud nako nadala ang mga pictures, Ms Grazie. Silang duha ni Teban, vertically challenged! hehehe!

[grazie7y]

hahahahha pastilan naa na pod ta aning vetically challenged na issue!  Pastilan sige mi'g tabi ni Swakee about anang vertically challenged na butang! 

[C2H4]

^aw si swakee, kay cute man kaayo na, murag doll. hehehehe. bahala'g vertically challenged.

Lahi pud ning akong challenge kay horizontal, puede pud diagonal, hapit na ma zigzag. Hahaha

[grazie7y]

hahahaha pagka tsolokoy jud nimo oi!  Di lagi nako ma imagine pag ingon ni Swakee oi! 

[C2H4]

Hahaha! Unsa diay iyang ingon?

[grazie7y]

I will imagine daw GMA as 5'11" and go on from there to imagine her height! hahahaha

[C2H4]

Ah grabe, hehehe pasobrahan pud ni swakee dah! kung si GMA, 5'11, unsa naman diay siya? Mura katas-a sa travelocity dwarf? Hehehehe! Dili pud oi...kung si GMA 5'11, si swakee 5'10.5 ahehehehe *joke*

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

akong gipangandoy nga ma meet si pope.

[mae_flor]

Si Teban ug Golyat ra gyud intawon akong na meet nga mga famous people. Haaayyy, they stayed at our house for a few days samtang nag drama drama sila sa Milyonaryong Mini during our town fiesta.

huh nakatawa jod ko aning reply ni c2..diha pako nakabantay nga gibutang man diay ni sa column ni Leo sa Sunday Post ang mga reply oy..hehehehe gabii pa jod nako nabasahan ang newspaper, ug apil pa jod ag mga gwapa ug gwapo nga pictures

[grazie7y]

huh nakatawa jod ko aning reply ni c2..diha pako nakabantay nga gibutang man diay ni sa column ni Leo sa Sunday Post ang mga reply oy..hehehehe gabii pa jod nako nabasahan ang newspaper, ug apil pa jod ag mga gwapa ug gwapo nga pictures

Mae, tinuod ka naa ni sa column ni Leo?  Unsa may nakasulat didto?

[mae_flor]

Mae, tinuod ka naa ni sa column ni Leo?  Unsa may nakasulat didto?

yeah tinuod jod Ms. Graz, perte man jod nako ug katawa oy..ang gikataw.an nako ug taman ag reply ni c2h4..ang tile pud ani maoy nakabutang didto..ja apil pud ag mga pictures..naay ka ytesski, ka sir Bennelyn...i check lang didto sa site

[teng]

Si Teban ug Golyat ra gyud intawon akong na meet nga mga famous people. Haaayyy, they stayed at our house for a few days samtang nag drama drama sila sa Milyonaryong Mini during our town fiesta.

ahahahahahahaha tabaghak jod ni si C2

[mae_flor]

ahahahahahahaha tabaghak jod ni si C2

hehehe mao bitaw nakatawa nalang jod ko Teng oy, hahaha basaha lang didto sa site, naa pud sa www.bohol.ph

[ytesski]

yeah tinuod jod Ms. Graz, perte man jod nako ug katawa oy..ang gikataw.an nako ug taman ag reply ni c2h4..ang tile pud ani maoy nakabutang didto..ja apil pud ag mga pictures..naay ka ytesski, ka sir Bennelyn...i check lang didto sa site

Hoy Mae! Unsa nang imong gipangjawjaw nga naa sa article ni Leo aw unsa to. Unsa gud ang hyperlink para amo makit-an? Hehehhe salamat sa info.

[grazie7y]

wow!  nalingaw ko!!! naka bandira imong dagway didto, Hapon!  Akong i text silang Liling na papaliton ug Sunday Post aron makita pod ni Mother ug Father!

[orChids]

Daghan na man seguro kong nakita pero wa ko kaila nila.

Pilita Corales and family,Randy Santiago,ug uban pa.
Aquilino Pimentel,Lorna T. etc.

[mae_flor]

Hoy Mae! Unsa nang imong gipangjawjaw nga naa sa article ni Leo aw unsa to. Unsa gud ang hyperlink para amo makit-an? Hehehhe salamat sa info.

yes oy, hehehe tinuod jod Tess, basaha lang sa www.bohol.ph ug naa pud sa Sunday Post sa column nya atong sunday..bantug ra kay iyaha jod ko gihatagan ug copy sa newspaper mao diay kay naa man ag mga replies didto ug mga pictures ninjo...aw in fairness mga gwapa baya pud,,tagaTB baya..heheheh

[orChids]

wow!  nalingaw ko!!! naka bandira imong dagway didto, Hapon!  Akong i text silang Liling na papaliton ug Sunday Post aron makita pod ni Mother ug Father!

Hala oy,i share na dire.Palit tawon mo unya i scan beh.

[mae_flor]

wow!  nalingaw ko!!! naka bandira imong dagway didto, Hapon!  Akong i text silang Liling na papaliton ug Sunday Post aron makita pod ni Mother ug Father!

hahahaha tinuod lagi Ms Graz..hala sikat na sila kaayo sa Bohol karun..

[grazie7y]

mao ni specific link sa gihatag ni Mae o!

http://www.bohol.ph/article197.html

[orChids]

Oy nakita na nako,hahaha.Pagka-guapa nimo Japz,.

[grazie7y]

Oy nakita na nako,hahaha.Pagka-guapa nimo Japz,.

Istaring kaajo, Aya san ba? hahaha

[ytesski]

Hahahaha...starring jud ang Japonesa apil ija little birdies.

Heheheh...ako pod una nag comment didto... hahahaha...

Dong Leo salamat kaajo! Imo kung gipakatawa ug nalipay jamo ko. Tiaw bang gipapalit ni Ate Ging amo manghud ug newspaper kay pakita didto sa amo. 

OT: Matug nako Aya ug Ate ha ug uban pang gapahipi. Ug si Mae...gamata pa ba?

[mae_flor]

Hahahaha...starring jud ang Japonesa apil ija little birdies.

Heheheh...ako pod una nag comment didto... hahahaha...

Dong Leo salamat kaajo! Imo kung gipakatawa ug nalipay jamo ko. Tiaw bang gipapalit ni Ate Ging amo manghud ug newspaper kay pakita didto sa amo. 

OT: Matug nako Aya ug Ate ha ug uban pang gapahipi. Ug si Mae...gamata pa ba?

dia pa intawon ko oy gasaliat ug dokdok while nagprint ug reports..hehehe, nice kaayo imung picture didto oy

[grazie7y]

Mae, salamat sa pag sibya aning column ni Leo ug ang link!

Matulog nko!  Good night sa tanan!

[teng]

maau mani si maeflor kay sige raman katulog sa opis.......mo mata lang ug ting uli nah

[mae_flor]

maau mani si maeflor kay sige raman katulog sa opis.......mo mata lang ug ting uli nah

ssshhh ikaw gajod Teng bah, hehehhe pareha ra baya ta maajo pa ko naa pay nahuman trabaho karun adlawa, ikaw kay ganiha rajod ka ug huwat sa oras diha

[orChids]

Hahahahaha makalingaw jod nis Teng oy.Mao man jod na ang hulatunon oy,bisan ako hulat lang kos sweldo.