ORGULLO
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January 9, 2006 -- ¡Hola! Bienvenido a 2006! It's been two weeks and we hope you all had a great vacation. We think it's fitting for our Issue#27 to go back in time and revisit some of our memorable Orgullo moments in 2005 before we head on to continue with the new year.
Back from the Future

9. Back to school. While the others have graduated already, some of us returned to school or continued their studies. Jiji is now enrolled in the MA Spanish program, Niña registered for MA Speech Communications and PLIDA for accreditation in Italian, and Mel F., Rona and Marc F. went on with their courses. Meanwhile, Don, who wanted to take up an MBA, is postponing his plans to take care of his dad and to get more experience in the hotel industry.

7. The year of living dangerously. This year, Rhoda's family saw another death. Allan got mugged and managed to come out alive and not lose even a single cent like the first time he was mugged in late 2003, although this time, he got a few bruises and needed to visit Makati Medical Center. Don has become more health conscious and watches his food intake more religiously now since his Dad got diagnosed with cancer. On a lighter note, Blossom finally got to try to live on her own without a roommate.

5. It's mabuhay miles! Aside from food, the Orgullo bunch has done some travelling, whether near or far, on their own or with friends and family. Ian went to Iraq to help dedicated soldiers, Niña visited Boracay and Singapore, Don went to Thailand and, like Mye and Nikki, checked out a few provincial locations, Allan got to Galera for the first time, Jiji returned from the US, Diday trooped to the Visayas, Blossom, who's hoping to go to Spain this year, hiked to Sagada with her gang, Jewel just flew to the States where she could meet up with Mel E, and Karina's doing the WOW Philippines bit because of her job with the NCCA.

3. True Calling. Ian made it to be a very effective medic of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army. Marita's in the process of becoming a lawyer, Mel E.'s on her quest to becoming an educator in New York, Rona's graduating soon to become a nurse, and Bingo's an activist on TV. They got a call and they answered it.

1. The Return of Orgullo! First, we saw the comeback of the Orgullo News Online with Issue #16 on October 13, 2005, and the continuation of our very own original trilogy, "The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo." We've had two special issues since then (#20 and #25) and for the first time ever, we now have our very own music collection, the dual-disc Orgullo: Latin Pop, with 25 songs inspired by each member of Orgullo, released during our Christmas dinner in honor of our 25th issue and our "musical background." And to celebrate el año nuevo, we welcome you to a redesign of our online newsletter, Orgullo Mundo.
Back to 2006

Don finally got his copy of the Orgullo: Latin Pop CD, and we're glad to inform you that this time we have the enhanced version. The first batch of CDs turned out all right, considering Allan had some last-minute technical glitches. This time, though, we were able to include the real Spanish versions of She Bangs and Ojos Asi (because we had the English versions of She Bangs and Ojos Asi (Eyes Like Yours) in the first batch). And we promise you, this is not the first and last Orgullo CD that we will release. Hint! Hint!
Our job this week is now done. Hope you enjoyed our new Orgullo Mundo. ¡'ta luego!
Coming Soon: The Chronicles of Orgullo: the Bacon, the Bitch, and the Barcode.
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