As He Keeps His “Budgetarian” Streak Alive, President Noynoy Aquino Completes Hectic Schedule in Bay Area Today |
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Written by Joseph G. Lariosa & Ronnie M. Estrada | |||
Sunday, 26 September 2010 08:54 | |||
By Joseph G. Lariosa & Ronnie M. Estrada (Journal Group Link International) President Noynoy Aquino Feels Right at Home in M ILPITAS, California (jGLi) – President Noynoy Aquino may be on the other part of the world Saturday (Sept. 25) but he certainly wanted to feel at home in Milpitas City, California, as far as his gastronomic taste is concerned. Mr. Aquino could have sampled an Italian or Chinese food but he turned to a chicken fast food chain whose taste has a familiar ring to many Filipinos – Max’s Restaurant – at Season’s Market Place (Mall) on Fresh from revisiting his taste of hotdogs at a But reporters could not join him in the fully-booked fast-food chain that “fried chicken built,” so the Manila-based reporters repaired to nearby Yellow Cub Pizza while Filipino American reporters dined at Chow King. It was hard to tell how much money the President forked out. But at $15 to $20 per person, Max’s restaurant’s was a steal when compared to the lavish meals his predecessor partook in New York’s Le Cirque restaurant favored by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose host dropped in $20,000 (nearly 1-million pesos). More wasteful still was the lunch in a five-star hotel in Chicago, Illinois, paid in advance by the Philippine Consulate of the Midwest that was never served to the Filipino community members when Mrs. Arroyo cut short her U.S. trip last year following the death of former President Cory Aquino. Mrs. Arroyo should have asked one of the Cabinet officials in her entourage to take a detour to
Editor’s Note: To read Mr. Lariosa’s complete account of the cancelled dinner with then-President Arroyo, please read, K (.5-Million Pesos) Wasted in PGMA’S Non-visit in Chicago? W hile President Aquino was having his meal, a Filipino crowd was building up in front of Max’s. Despite the very-warm temperature, the crowd even got bigger. When President Aquino had tarried to come out, some in the crowd were screaming “P-Noy, P-Noy.” The restless crowd was told the President was just putting away his cigarette stick. As soon as the President emerged from the restaurant, the crowd warmed towards him and he gamely started shaking their hands to the discomfort of his American security details. The President would later motor towards Hewlett-Packard’s world headquarters in nearby A barong or black-tie gala of the Philippine Development Forum followed at the Fairmont Hotel in nearby After delivering his speech at the $200-a-plate dinner attended by overflowing crowd of over a thousand, the President joined a “chikka-chikka” (off-camera) after-dinner coffee with the Philippine and Filipino-American media before Remaining Presidential Functions T oday, Sunday, the Presidential party will attend a mass with a Filipino-American community at Mission Dolores Church in Mr. Aquino will have be a sit-down interview with The Filipino Channel (TFC) at a “Town Hall Meeting” at The “Pinoys for Good Governance” will host the President at Editor’s Note: To contact the author, please e-mail him at: (lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net)
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