JULY 4TH 2012 WITH FORMER FRIENDS BERT, MARIO AND IRENE

JULY 4, 2012 THURSDAY Meeting at McDonald Waipahu with Mario Orbito, Bert Ugalino and Irene Ugalino from 10am to 12:30 pm today. We remembered the olden days in the 1976 as a writer, designer, printer. We both organizers of the Tri Media Council except Irene. Irene was active with Ilocos Surian and the UFCH in the 80's. Bert was a former president of UFCH, member of the Bannawag Hawaii Bureau, organizer and officer of the GUMIL USA. Mario was a former OFCC vice president, Gumil USA, Tri Media Council, he is a printer, graphic and designer, I worked with him at the Hawaii Filipino News, Santak, Pluma, we worked with former Ambassador Juan C. Dionisio, Sr. Corky Trinidad, Pepi Nieva, Mario Albalos. We remembered how hard to work in an old typewriter: Corona Smith, printing press manual, varityper, others during the first year in the publication of Ilokandia Magazine in from 1976 up to 1981- the HFN, Santak and Pluma. Irene was an active officer of Ilocos Surian, and the Miss Ilocos Surian Pageant, active with UFCH Mrs. Hawaii Filipina in the 1986-1988 under her husband Bert was the UFCH president. We talked about the Cayetano campaign, and other Filipino-american political figures. We all projected that Cayetano can win outright this primary election on August 11. We plan to meet again.