We enjoined him to contribute to our compilation of unforgettable experiences at the Daily Express during the Seventies through the Eighties, and beyond (because we recalled from a very reliable source whom we will name if he agreed to be named, otherwise, he will remain anonymous forever, that long after the Express had ceased to exist, after the First EDSA, "Pocholo Romualdez and Johnny Perez were seeing each other everyday exchanging coffee and breakfast treats, somewhere in Manila, as if they were on a daily grind, editing and publishing something of national and international import; well, "bad habits" are hard to break, isn't it?). We wrote EPR this way:
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"7th of May 2011
"Our dear Mr Pocholo Romualdez, sir,
"GREETINGS of prosperity, good health and peace!
"We write to formally request the honor and the privilege of having your 1,000-word essay on 'My Daily Express Experience' (that you can never, ever forget all your life) by Enrique P Romualdez.
"Ma’am Mary Jane Ortega had scribbled her own mini-story over Facebook (that she will expound on and expand soon) and doctor Jeepy Perez will be asked to craft his own story as proofreader of the Express way back when and another (story, perhaps), in honor of his late dad, publisher Johnny Perez. Lilia 'Nene' Chua can probably ask any children of president DH Soriano to contribute, also. Neal Cruz, Dick Pascual, Diego Cagahastian, Fred Gabot, Rollie Fernandez, Ricky Lo, Millet Mananquil, Ching Alano et al will also be requested to keep theirs coming.
"Our official weblog will be the 'draft platform' for crafting, refining and enhancing all the Express stories.
"We were thinking of compiling the first 100 stories in 1,000 words each story from any officer or staff of the Express in no time at all.
"Your obramaestra will serve as some kind of a 'Preamble' to all the Philippines Daily Express experience stories, together with 'stories' told by the good photographs and the good cartoons, illustrations and artworks of the artists. Even the pressmen and those in other departments will be asked to contribute, mixed-media and all… Your deadline was… yesterday po, sir! (he-he)
"THANK YOU, good health, God bless as we remain all yours with the one and only Daily Express family, worldwide…
"Faithfully,

EMMANUEL MARIO B SANTOS
aka Marc Guerrero
EDITORIAL (Proofreading) 1978."
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WE ATTACHED some copies of earlier exchanges and communiques to the foregoing effect, thus:
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Martes, Marso 22 2011
"When friends were friends" (some kind of a preamble) by EPR, courtesy of Marisu's thingamajig
by MARISU ROMUALDEZ ABELLAR
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
A message from my first employer:
Marisu: Please send this message to our friends:
Through Marisu’s thingamajig, Lita and I thank you all for your greetings on our 63rd wedding anniversary. I would have done this myself, on my own account, but sad to say, my level of IT competence leaves much to be desired. Anyway, it was nice to see and read messages from dearly loved friends from the days when friends were friends. It was heart-warming to know that the spirit of the Daily Express lives, and that you are all doing the best you can on what you do best. Again, many thanks, and as Eugene O’Neill says, same time next year.
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I HANDED two other copies of our formal communique to EPR to Vir Lumicao and Jeepy Perez. Ma'am Lita read the invitation of the DE FB Group after sir Pocholo Romualdez was through reading and digesting the fine print.
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