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ISSUE II

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Birthday Celebs Have Breakfast with CAI President

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Meet the New Additions and Developments to the CAI Family

Contributed by Amy Abello

Cuervo Appraisers welcomes to its family the following new employees who started their stint with the Company during the months of January and February 2008: Name Position Date Hired Jimmy S. Alonto Utility Clerk 01 January

Alfie B. Tropia Junior Appraiser R. E. 03 January

Maria Babylou A. Mijos Accounting Asst. Cebu 04 January Glyza S. Luciano Junior Appraiser R. E. 22 January (From left: Mr. Art, Cynthia, Amy, Emer, Glyza, Harold, Lovely & Ms. Chato)

February 8, 2008 – Birthday celebrants for the months of January and February enjoyed an invigorating breakfast meal at the Valle Verde Country Club (VVCC), with the President and the CFO of Cuervo Appraisers, Inc. (CAI), namely, Charito Cole-Alfaro and Arthur A. Pablico, respectively. The birthday celebrants – Harold Tampoco, Amy Abello, Emer Arante, Lovely Galzote, Glyza Luciano, and Cynthia Humarang –were transported out of the office to have not only a simple yet elegant celebration of their birthdays but also a time of bonding and friendship with two chief officers of the company. The atmosphere could not have been any simpler than this. All celebrants, including the President and CFO, were comfortably seated around two long tables, in a well-lighted, air conditioned function room of VVCC. While waiting for their breakfast orders to arrive, Ms. Chato Alfaro led the group in talking about their pre-occupations in life other than work, i.e. social life, “ love” life, and other lighter side of things. All participants ordered various breakfast meals ranging from the simplest Continental Style Breakfast Meal (consisting of cinnamon rolls and toasted bread) to the all-time favorite Filipino Breakfast Meal (consisting of rice, egg and a choice of tapa, danggit, or longganiza), from the house special Club Breakfast Meal (consisting of corned beef hash and poached egg), to the typical American Style Breakfast Meal (consisting of hash brown, egg, toast and a choice of ham, bacon or sausage). To culminate the event, Ms. Chato ordered a birthday cake of the celebrants’ choice – the decadent chocolate cake, made of two layers chocolate cake, with a thin layer of filling, covered in sumptuous dark chocolate icing, and topped with a special caramel glaze. The cake was equally divided among the celebrants— including the President and CFO— but everyone decided to take them back to the office, where some celebrants shared their cake with co-employees. This birthday get-together spearheads a tradition that Ms. Chato hopes to flourish beginning this year 2008 because it is a good venue to get to know the people who form part of CAI, as well as a time for colleagues to bond and have fun with each other. Aside from the anniversary celebration, company outing and/or sportsfest, and Christmas Party, succeeding birthday celebs will definitely have something to look forward to on the month of their special day.

Joel L. Guinto Junior Appraiser R. E. 22 January Meliza A. Maneclang Junior Appraiser R. E. 01 February Aniceto F. Guevarra Company Driver 13 February David E. Janier Senior Appraiser R. E. 18 February

Mr. Janier, now a licensed Appraiser, joins us back as a Senior Appraiser with the Real Estate Dept. Before he left CAI last 15 July 2007, Dave had served in CAI for more than 11 years as one of its dependable appraisers. On the other hand, Jimmy Alonto, no longer a stranger to CAI employees having done outsourcing jobs now and then, now joins CAI as a regular employee. Congratulations are in order for Marites L. Rosquites, Junior Appraiser with ME Dept. and Lovely A. Galzote, Client Relation Executive with Marketing Division who were regularized January 17 and February 18, respectively.

Marites L. Rosquites

Lovely A. Galzote

Let’ s offer a toast for the long-deserved promotion of two of our loyal Technical Staff, namely: Engr. Hernando E. Gozon, Jr., more affectionately referred to as Prof, who is now the Real Estate Department (Turn to Page 2, col. 2)

CAI Installs a New Signage CAI Head Office received a fresh make-over with the installation of a new and elegant signage made of glass at the reception area. Delicately etched on the glass signage is the official CAI logo with the Company name, Cuervo Appraisers, in their official full royal blue color. To complete the sign, the tagline Asset Valuation Solutions in bright red has been etched likewise below the Company Name. Three spotlights zoom in on the signage giving a more dramatic emphasis on our Company Logo and Name, warmly welcoming clients, visitors, suppliers and friends.

February 29, 2008 P-2 Sugar CRM gives sweetness to Marketing! Contributed by Lovely Galzote

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or others, it is called intranet or web publishing but for Marketing, we refer to it as Sugar CRM (acronym for Customer Relations Management) or simply, "Sugar". Sugar has been introduced to our company to facilitate reporting through the use of a common database. It basically helps out users or viewers to locate and view the client's information and history. It is advantageous to Marketing in terms of time, security, and efficiency, among others. As to time, Sugar can provide the required command faster. Users can access from the client's file the information they need at anytime – only a "log-in" away so-to-speak. Sugar provides security in terms of requiring users to identify themselves first before any access can be made. The program therefore rejects any unauthorized user from accessing any confidential information provided by the clientele, thereby narrowing down accessibility to these bits of confidential information only to authorized personnel. Sugar also contributes to Efficiency since it reduces cost by way of eliminating the maintenance of hard copies or physical documents needed to be posted. Sugar truly gives sweetness to our daily job routine in Marketing!

MEET (Cont’ d from Page 1)

Manager handling Group A effective January 1, and Engr. Jorge V. Bitoon who assumes his post as Assistant Department Manager for Machinery & Equipment Department starting February 6.

Engr. Hernando E. Gozon, Jr.

Engr. Jorge V. Bitoon

We enjoin everyone to give their full support to our new junior officers, and we extol our new employees to always be on their toes to run the extra mile for the Company’ s advancement in general and for their personal fulfillment in particular.

One Fanciful Valentine Afternoon in CAI

CAI Employees Treated to a Joint Birthday Celebration

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he January birthday celebrants joined up with their February counterparts in treating CAI employees to a simple afternoon merienda last February 14 at our CAI Head Office. The birthday blow-out started with a prayer of thanksgiving by Finance & Admin Head Art Pablico. Amidst the singing of the Happy Birthday song, birthday celebrants Harold Tampoco, Amy Abello, Emer Arante, Lovely Galzote, Glyza Luciano and Cynthia Humarang each took his/her turn in making a wish and blowing the birthday candle assigned to each of them. The employees then feasted on pansit, puto, barbeque, ice cream and cake which were patiently and graciously served on individual plates by Cecille Edañol, Joyce Lazaro, Alina Castuera, Flor Anabo and Gigi Zamora – all PMD staff. It was a time of bonding and shared light moments which provided a welcome respite from the day’ s work. The celebration was punctuated by the announcement of the CAI Mr. Valentino and Ms. Valentine for the year 2008. (The related story can be read in another section of this newsletter).

Newsbits… .. 04 February – Marketing hit the P4.0 Million mark in closed sales. CAI President, Ms. Chato proudly made the announcement by ringing the Company Bell. The employees were treated to a peanut-munching snack to mark the occasion. The Sales Countdown Bulletin Board was accordingly updated. 11 February –The 5S Education Sub-Committee composed of Prof Gozon, Ruby Madrasto and Alina Castuera briefed CAI Head Office employees on the 5S Checklist that each of them must be familiarized with and be conscious of each day, particularly before they leave their workplace at the end of a day’ s work. The Checklist will serve as a guide for them to help keep their workplace neat, orderly and conducive to more productive work. The same Checklist will be used by the Evaluation Sub-Committee in their surprise audit of each department’ s workplace which will start on March 2008. Arthur A. Pablico Editor-in-Chief Emer Arante Layout Artist

I ith the month of February oozing with love in the air, CAI employees at the head office hatched a valentine gimmick last February 14th. While the employees were being treated to an afternoon merienda by the January and February birthday celebrants, each single male/female employee was asked to draw from an envelope one-half of a heart. Only one pair of male and female employees whose heart half matches each one perfectly will be declared the CAI Mr. Valentino 2008 and CAI Ms. Valentine 2008. After a few minutes of searching for the matching pair of hearts, CAI finally found its 2008 Valentine pair in the persons of Engr. Alfie Tropia of Real Estate Dept. and Ms. Alina Castuera of Project Management Dept. In a ceremony held in the CAI reception area, PMD Manager Libay Año placed on Alfie his CAI Mr. Valentino 2008 sash while Finance & Admin Head Art Pablico placed on Alina her CAI Ms. Valentine 2008 sash. The pair was given a heart-shaped boxful of chocolates each. Mr. Valentino presented his Ms. Valentine with a long-stemmed red rose. To give a semblance of a romantic date, the CAI reception area was transformed into an instant Cuervo Appraisers Café complete with a cozy table for two draped in red table cloth adorned with a crystal vase with one long-stemmed white rose, two miniature candelabras, two wine glasses, and a bottle of red wine. Amidst the soft lights provided only by CAI’ s new signage, the couple gamely exchanged a bite of cake each and sipped from their wine glass. May we invite you to share more intimately this fanciful afternoon in CAI by visiting www.youtube.com/user/preciousmomentsofcai

Ruby B. Madrasto Associate Editor

Chris Regino Asst. Layout Artist

Liezl B. Arellano Circulation In-charge

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