My First Ever Mizuno Sunset Run

Club Punta Fuego, Inc. in cooperation with Mizuno organized a Fuego-Mizuno Sunset Run last Friday, December 13, 2008. This was also a way of celebrating the Club's 10th Anniversary.



I'm not a runner myself though I've been taking small tracks once a week as a routine of shedding off excess weight. This was actually not "running" because it only take about 10 minutes usually from our house to my father's work back & forth (which is only 200 meters).

I'm thanking gutsy & pushy KC Binay for harrassing me to join this Sunset Run. This was her 2nd time to run, her first was in June and she finished her 3K run (combination of walk & run hehe). We came at the venue at 5:00Pm because the race was supposed to start at 5:30, but we have to wait for the other participants for a couple more minutes since this was just a small race and participants were around 60-65 only. There were five of us who registered for the 3kilometer run- Me, KC, Janice, Lorna and our Village Manager cum Friend Ramon. We're encouraging Ramon to register for the 5K since he was a runner and a soccer player but he said he's not for the competition but for making it up with KC who harrased him too to join the race. I told you, KC is so gutsy and so pushy.

Punta Fuego is hilly, slopy and mostly a lot of steep downhills, just like a roller coaster ride. We knew the route and turns because we've been jogging at Fuego whenever we wanted to. We all started in a slow pace and we don't need to push hard because as Ramon said, we're not for the race but for the fun. Anyway, after about 200 meters of running up the hills, we started to pant so I decided to slow down a bit. I walk-run-walk- walk-run.

Janice was about a few feet aheadof me so she arrived first at the turning points and was first to get water. But too bad there was only 1 left, but Janice was so kind to share with me the half and decided that we finished the race together with KC and Lorna a little short behind us. We were surprised to see Ramon finished first. Imagine that! Walang kaeffort effort yet he won first place!! And what's his prize? A brand new Mizuno Running Shoes!! Lucky guy, to think nakikipagchismisan pa siya sa standby ambulance crew while running..

After the run, there was a dinner, awarding, and a raffle. Janice was so lucky to win the grand raffle prize-an overnight stay at Club Punta Fuego Casitas. I'm lucky too to win a Gift Certificate from Mizuno worth 5 hundred pesos. I'll be claiming my prize next week I think I'll be getting a Mizuno Shirt or a cap. Now I knew my pace, maybe I should start to get serious with my running stuff. I've been planning a twice a week run to increase my stamina because I've been panting and wheezing hard during the race. And who knows, there might be another Fuego-Mizuno run in the near future, at least I will be prepared. But first I need to buy new running shoes because my feet were always sore when I'm using my old rubber shoes. We didnt finish the awarding/dinner because we have another activity to attend to, that is the Homeowners' Christmas Party, and Miss Eliza is so mainit na ang ulo dahil late na kami hehe..

Thank CPFI and Mizuno. Till next time..

with Club Punta Fuego Staff

Save the Oceans

On September 6, 2008, the First Phase of Punta Fuego Marine Sanctuary was inaugurated .























Before that, a Bantay Dagat training course was conducted on February 2008 which was attended by about 60 people from nearby barangays, including Punta Fuego employees and representatives from Nasugbu PNP. These people were deputized and were able to apprehend illegal fisherman.





















And on April 11, 2008, an ordiance that will establish the area between Punta Fuego Point and Bird Island as the initial Marine Sanctuary has been passed and approved.


Signs, cables, mooring bouyes, and monitoring blocks were erected around the Sanctuary. Everybody is hoping to get good news for the establishment of this Sanctuary that will help to get strong support for additional sactuaries in the future.


the crew












"busero"







the staff




volunteers from the divers' association





hard work




No boats will be allowed inside the sanctuary and no corals shall be removed. On the other hand, diving and snorkeling will be allowed but will be charged a nominal fee and the proceeds will go to the support protection and enhancement fund.


OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HELPING AND LEADING OUR EFFORTS





We have been very fortunate to have strong support from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Conservation International (CI) in all our efforts. Both organizations have significant amount of experiences in the activitied we are involved with and both have personnels living within the Nasugbu Area, thus we are getting excellent guidance and strong support and we are confident that we are doing things correctly and in a sustainable environmental way.

bingo for balaytigue 2008

Bingo is significant from so many forms of gambling because of its role in fundraising and its support to charitable organizations. It has become reliable and has helped Punta Fuego in its drive for more books for Balaytigue Elementary School.

Punta Fuego Village Foundation, Inc. do well because the event was sponsored by the Homeowners' Association and local partners who donated prizes to be won. The advertisements for the event also generate exitement thus everyone liked the opportunity of winning something.

Not only is fundraising using bingo a profitable activity, but it is also easy to organize and set up. Here are the list of equipments and materials that we used:

• Game cards. These are made of paper and have pre-printed numbers on them. There are some companies that do the printing. They are cheap to buy and are disposed of after the event.

• The Bingo Balls. These can be real balls numbered from 1-75.

• The Bingo Cage and Blower. A more professional event will have a cage into which the balls are placed to be randomised. The most expensive equipment has a blower, that blows the balls into the air, thus randomising their order.

• Electronic Equipment. In this computer age, electronic equipment for a professional set up is not that expensive to acquire. Electronic equipment will typically provide a stream of randomly generated numbers, and display these numbers on a lightboard so that players can see all the numbers that have already been called.

Punta Fuego charity bingo night was easy and successful n terms of the number of people who was able to run it. Please let me acknowledge all of them:

• the persons who sold the tickets and collected the money- Tickets were presold 2 weeks before the event. KC, Janice & Leah helped a lot on selling the tickets. Ms. Eliza had alloted most of her time in dealing with the printing company and in soliciting prizes from donors.
• the Punta Fuego Homeowners Assn., Inc Women's Committee-for the initiative
• the Punta Fuego Homeowners, Lotowners, & Members - for most of the prizes donated
  
• the bingo caller-although he sounded crap & cheesy
  
• and the people who checked the winning claims-Mrs. Campbell & Mrs. Henson who acted as "runners and spotters" ;D

We made our bingo night more lucrative, by selling refreshments through the effort of one of our partners, Club Punta Fuego, Inc. People were eager for a glass of iced tea and some delicious burgers and fries that went along with their gaming conversation and this happened to be a great way that pad your fundraising profits.



ladies committee chairman - Mrs. Henson





the staff who helped a lot.



some prizes at stake




few donors who showed so much support





players get all exited, and serious hehe





the winner of trip to Vietnam - Engr. Bong Furagganan - pasalubong pleaseeee




KC having herself pictured beside her newly won refrigerator




Hey, I won too!! can you imagine that!!!

"Bingo Can Be an Entertaining Way to Raise Money for Those In Need"

witches and demons unite

An annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat event for children under 12, was held last Friday, October 31st, at Punta Fuego Village Reception area.This ever-popular event was made possible in cooperation with Club Punta Fuego.

As usual, decorated village houses take center stage and there are plenty of hair-raising goblins and grizzly old witches lurking around for games, candies, and fun.

Tala & Mikah had a pretty good time trick-or-treating. They were surprised to receive several full-sized candies (which I promised not to steal). This year Mikah was dressed as a little devil, and Tala as a witch - both incredibly adorable.

trying hard to give the venue a scary look. Lorna blew so many balloons manually, wonder where she got all that air hahaha...

our guests- SPED children

scariest costume contestants (nah, I'm not one of them hehe) you will agree for sure if I say that Liberty won..

waiting for the goodies. Kids, patience is a virtue, afterall this is our first stop.

and the winners are..

a special child gave a beautiful song which left as all teary-eyed.

who's the scariest of them all? ;D

hey you copied my look!!!

presenting the Fuego ghouls ang ghoulies!!!




witchy Tala. Lola Ninang said it should have been snow white. Well, maybe next year..




matching face paint for Ate. Hesitant at first, but little sis was blessed with convincing powers. charisma, I think..




what a haul! Though the girls promised not to eat them, man, I still have a motherly heart! I let them have a few, at least 2 candies a day. I guess it would take them two weeks to empty the pumpkins hehe



And that’s our Halloween Wrap. Hope yours was fabulous as well.