PAL Mabuhay Miles golf meet a smash; Miladay dazzles

PAL senior assistant VP for Mindanao sales, lawyer Domingo Duerme; lowest gross winner Tranquilino Magpantay; PAL VP for marketing and product royalty Ria Domingo

Philippine Airlines Frequent Flyers were the shining stars of the 2011 Mabuhay Miles Elite Invitational Golf Tournament, dahlings. Louis Bartolome Borja and Lino Magpantay showed why they were in a class of their own when they ruled the invitational at the champion courses of Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club.

Borja of the Philippine branch of International Marketing Group put together a superb round spiked by four awesome birdies, along with a tournament totally best 13 pars and a lone bogey, to finish with a 69 at the Aoki course. Now, that truly deserves a wow!

The two came out a winner over 300 players—all Elite, Premier Elite and Million Miler members of PAL’s Mabuhay Miles program. They competed in rainy conditions.

Sponsors were Allied Bank, Airbus, Boeing, GE Aviation, MasterCard International Philippines, Moduvi/Mobil 1 and Petron Corp.

2011 MABUHAY Miles Elite Golf Tournament major sponsors. Airbus field service manager Russel Evans; GE aviation sales Amminuddin Zakaria; Mastercard Philippines Inc. VP and senior country manager Poch Villa-Real; PAL senior assistant VP for corporate audit Nes Macaraniag; Allied Bank senior VP for retail banking group Alfred Chua; PAL senior assistant VP for Mindanao sales, lawyer Domingo Duerme; Boeing regional director J. Michael Carson

Other sponsors: Chartis Philippines Insurance, Lufthansa Technik Philippines, Panasonic Avionics Corp. and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp.

Toyota Motor Philippines was the hole-in-one car sponsor; Century Park Hotel the official hotel of the tournament.

Metrobank Card Corp., Pacific Paints, Union Bank and Victorinox Travel Gear/World Traveller were minor sponsors.

In the ladies division, 21-year-young Sunshine Baraquiel posted an impressive net 69 from a gross 73. Incredible.

San Francisco-based Gerry Sy got the prestigious Million Miler status, and was welcomed to the très exclusive circle of top PAL Flyers.

Cebu Yacht Club

FHM Philippine Sexiest Personality Solenn Heussaf, PAL manager for product loyalty and marketing operations Eileen Jover-Galindez, Million Miler Marvin Caparros, newly awarded Million Miler Gerry Sy, PAL VP for marketing Ria Domingo, Million Miler Vicente Solon, Arthur Horowitz, Emeterio Dikitanan, event host Anthony Suntay

It was totally a wet weekend, dahlings, during the awesome Wakeboard Camp in Cebu. People from all over the country jetted there to have two days and nights of chilling out and recharging their batteries. Surprisingly there were more gals than guys, palanggas.

Super music played all day as top wakeboarders and waterskaters had a blast with watergun wars and beer pong. Others checked out the fantastic boat show.

Some of the vacationers brought their jet skis and showed their stuff in the jet ski exhibition.

During sunset, the fun boat called “Malandi” took the party out to sea with a DJ setup on the top deck.

DJ Marvin Evangelista of Manipulate-Distortedfunk UK dished out the sounds. Booze flowed onboard.

JENNIFER Lee;Wendy Valdez; Ms Philippine Airlines 2011 and 2011 Miss Universe 3rd runnerup Shamcey Supsup

After in the sunset cruise, the party continued on land with DJ Jack Stone playing progressive tracks, followed by 2010 DJ of the Year Kutlyfe playing hip-hop until midnight.

DJ Ace Ramos of Styles Entertainment then rocked the crowd. Some loaded their waterguns with tequila, and there was an open bar for beer and servings of the famous Cebu lechon. Then DJ Andre Blanco played till sunrise.

“The Wet Weekend 2011 at Cebu Yacht Club was aimed at raising awareness of watersports among the young and young at heart, launch Quiksilver in Cebu and promote Cebu Yacht Club as a lifestyle destination,” said Kaz Onozawa, Rhipstop Soul Clothing CEO and Cebu Yacht Club planning director.

Quiksilver and Roxy dressed the entire Cebu Yacht Club crew, who all wore a fresh pair of Sperrys.

‘Miladay Rocks’

The Peninsula Manila’s ultra-chic Salon de Ning was the perfect place for the renowned Miladay Jewels when the latter celebrated its 46th anniversary.

TISSA Santos, Denise Lopez, Marissa Garcia (standing), Leslie Carlos, Raizel Kwok

The occasion also launched Miladay’s newest collection of diamonds in white, yellow and black.

“We call this event Miladay Rocks because you rock our world,” Miladay president Michelle Dayrit-Soliven, my cousin, told the crowd.

Michelle said she and her sisters Jaqui Boncan, Christine Dayrit, Yvonne D. Romualdez and brother Mark Dayrit “are ever grateful to our loyal friends for giving us the inspiration to continue creating timeless jewelry pieces of exceptional quality.”

Friends who came to the show included Joy Buensalido, Toots Magsino, Sheila Lim, Maricar Xerez-Burgos, Martha Uy, Marissa Concepcion, Lizette Cojuangco, Rhona Macasaet, Cynthia Gonzales, Sandy Moran, Liza Latinazo, Annie Lim-Kawpeng, Joy Sy, Lucy Lee, Small Laude, Beebee Chua, Pen Roque.

For over four decades, the Dayrit clan said, the incredible trust of Miladay’s clientele has totally inspired the second-generation Dayrit jewelers to continue their parents’ legacy, with their sparkling creations and tradition that never go out of style.

Needless to say loads of women invitees came in their awesome blings-blings, which they have of course acquired through the years from this popular jeweler, palanggas.

Part of the proceeds of the event that night would go to Divine Healer Academy, a school founded by Fr. Gerard Deveza for poor but deserving students in Cabid-an, Sorsogon.

More info? Call 8964504, 8968214 or 8907738; visit www.miladayjewels.com.