Finally, the second part of the month-long LetsGoSago.net anniversary contest is here!
Pardon the delay as we have to clear all things first with the sponsors. If the first contest involved sharing a message in Facebook, the next one involve blogging.

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Sago on August 27th, 2010

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It was a day of grief as the Philippine hostage crisis involving ex-policeman and hostage taker Rolando Mendoza ended in a tragedy with at least 8 hostages dead last night in Quirino Grandstand, Manila.
It all started at about 10am in the morning of August 23, 2010 when senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, clad on fatigue [...]

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Sago on August 22nd, 2010

Half a day after the Cebu City’s historical and cultural landmarks, it’s now time for some adventure.
From Colon street, we got off the jeepney ride in front of Crown Regency Hotel. More than just a hotel, Crown Regency is known for two of the city’s most thrilling and crazy adventure rides - the Edge Coaster [...]

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Congratulations to Ms. Faelnar for winning part 1 of LetsGoSago.net 2nd Anniversary Contest! She choose the Hot Air Balloon 2010 in Clark article.
I was amazed with the way she heartily narrated her reason for choosing the article and even shared a link to a photo set of her own experience.

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The first destination in our recent Cebu Pacific Backpacking Challenge was Cebu. Good thing we’ve been to Cebu quite a number of times already.
Upon landing at the airport, it quite felt like being the Amazicasang Race season 246 reality show, but not. Because the objective was not to finish the race first but [...]

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Sago on August 11th, 2010

August 23 is a regular working day as per Philippine Holidays.
President Benigno ‘PNoy‘ Aqunio III reversed today the earlier August 23 non-working holiday proclamation of the previous administration.

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Two years ago at this hour - 8pm of August 8, 2008 - Sago of LetsGoSago.net was born.
The first post was actually a scheduled one as it was also the first day of my solo backpacking trip in Singapore. I made sure it came out in case I had problems in Singapore.

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Sago on August 3rd, 2010

August 23 & August 30, 2010, both Mondays, are declared as as a special non-working holiday and regular Philippine holiday, respectively.

Philippine Holidays

The Philippine President, Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III. is not expected to undo the previous administration’s set schedule for the upcoming August holidays of 2010.
Impt Aug 11 Update : August 23 is a regular working [...]

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