Miscellaneous Happenings

As Chairman of the Mariquita Salimbangon Yeung Charitable Foundation, Inc. (MSYCFI), and the host of Operation Smile for the last 14 years, Mariquita S. Yeung is now one of the awardees for the Papal Award, Dames of  St. Sylvester for the various works she has in the community. The others who will be receiving the awards are: Nena Garcia, Odette Jereza, Julie Gandionco, Anita Sanchez, Anita Cabinian, Vilma Lee, Alita Solon and Conchita Go. The awarding will be at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on May 25, 2011. The time will be announced at a later date.

Meanwhile, when Dr. Bill Magee Jr., co-founder of Operation  Smile International heard  the  news about Kit being a Papal awardee, he immediately sent an e-mail which read, thus: “To Kit and Team—We all celebrate this with you. You’re the best! Bill.

And speaking of Kit, being chair of the Beautification Project of the city, members of this committee are dead serious to start working on this project. And heard it told that the launching is tentatively set  for May 2nd. Hurrah!

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The Jesu Christi Community of Cebu, Inc. has elected its new  set of officers for the year 2011 to 2012. Elected were> Cora Shan- president; Dr. Gretchen P. Chaves- vice president;  S ecretary- Stella Carolino; Treasurer- Pilar Patilano; Auditor- Maeng Carolino;  Spiritual director- Rev. Fr. Socrates Saldua; Adviser/Consultant on legal matters- Fermin C. Ynclino.  The JCCCI has been doing various community services such as sending poor but deserving students to college; rendering Free Clinics every week  at the office and outlying towns, and  feeding the poorest of the poor in depressed areas in the city and  some towns  in the province of Cebu.

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A week ago, our son Jing was given four tickets to a Lakers game who were playing with Denver  Nuggets.   The tickets were given by his boss Rob Lyddon which cost $225 per. And one good thing for having tickets like this, our seats were reserved.  Of course, venue was the very big and modern Staples Center in LA. Actually, this is not our first time to see Kobe play, but we were just so excited to have been  given tickets which seats were near the court. In fact, we were just right across actor Jack Nicholson who is a dead-ringer fan of the Lakers.

 Kobe Bryant during the All Star game was the MVP, and gossips during this game was that, he might be the coming MVP again? Although the Lakers lost to the  Nuggets  during this game,  we enjoyed every minute  of it as we cheered and chanted  with the crowd to our favorite team…the Los Angeles Lakers!