Cebu Animé and Manga Society

General Meeting for this Saturday, May 22, 2010

2010-05-17T20:12:00.000-07:00

Konnichiwa, Minna-san. This is Seishi here with some long-absent updates. Life had been very busy for me including work as well as being involved with planning for the booth the org is going to have for the CCC event this May 29th.

Anyway, I am here to announce a general meeting of available members this Saturday, May 22. Agenda will be appointment of new officers as well as discussion of possible activities for the organization. Please confirm either through YM, here or in Istorya.net for your attendance. Unfortunately, I have recently lost my cellular phone so none of you can contact me through that venue. Please pass along the message to the necessary parties.

Venue for our meeting will be at Ayala Terraces. Assembly time will be 2-3 pm, outside Seattle's Best where the CIO-AMAGE first had a meeting last year.

Aside from that, we have a few new memberships added to the CIO-AMAGE. Here are their names and their Yahoo messenger accounts:

niels virgil batucan - niels_00
gazelle - gazelle_bunsocan05
Steve Fox -poyeker_galindo
C0mat0s3 - rod_cadz19

Ijou~

Minutes - March 7, 2010 Meeting

2010-03-11T19:50:00.000-08:00

Konnichiwa, Minna-san. These are the minutes of last Saturday's meeting.

CCC Summer Event Booth

Person(s) in charge: Mysterious Hand and Company

Suggestions:

Fortune sticks (Kerty)
T-shirt selling (Syaoran and co.)
Pins (suggested by ryke_moymoy)

Mysterious_hand, coordinate with your committee members and update us regularly on the movement of the plans.

P-chan's Sushi Cooking Event/Gem's Fine Dining Event

Suggestions have been made to make these two events separate which is quite possible considering we'll be putting in money for the events. It has been agreed, however, that one or perhaps two of these events would be the culminating event for Gem's Nihonggo lessons. Concerns have not been addressed, however, including the venue of P-chan's cooking event and who would teach the attendees how to do sushi cooking.

Ijou~

ショアマゲ夏休み日本語レッスン・プログラム CIO-AMAGE Summer Nihongo Lessons Program

2010-03-04T07:34:00.000-08:00

ショアマゲ夏休み日本語

レッスン・プログラム

CIO-AMAGE Summer Nihongo Lessons Program

Learn the Japanese language the fun way this summer.

Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime, Manga, and Game Enthusiasts
(CIO-AMAGE) Nihongo Lessons is now open and accepting registrations
for the Nihongo lessons the Summer 2010.

Open to all Nihongo Enthusiasts and Anime Fans who wants to learn Basic Japanese.

Lessons:

o Common Greetings and Expressions

o Conversational Japanese

o Japanese Writing

o Basic Kanji

o Bits of Japanese Culture

Period of study: April 13 - May 13 (20 hours / 10 sessions)

Venue: 19th floor meeting room, Club Ultima Tower,

Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City

(at the back of Crown Regency Hotel,

beside Metrobank Jones Branch, near to Robinsons Place Cebu)

Schedules:

Tues&Thurs - 3:00-5:00pm

(Alternative schedule; takes affect when in need for additional slots) TTH - 1:00-3:00PM

Accommodation: Each schedule is good for 10 slots only. First come, first serve basis.

Teacher Background:
o University of San Carlos Graduate
o Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 Passer
o Association of Nihongo Teachers - Visayas Member
o Trained under a professional Japanese teacher

CLASSES STARTS ON APRIL 13, 2010.

Registration Fee: P850 (inclusive of study notes and materials used in the lessons)

For registrations:

1) Schedule an appointment with us for an evaluation and consultation.

2) To set an appointment,
contact us at Mobile no. (+63) 915 48 69 767. Yahoo Messenger ID "meigemchan"

3) Appointments are scheduled every Friday at 3-5pm starting March 26, 2010.

4) Appointment venue will be at Club Ultima Tower, Fueñte Osmeña, Cebu City(negotiable).

5) To be officially registered, a 50% down payment on the Registration Fee is necessary.

6) Deadline for registrations on April 9, 2010.

March 6 Meeting and New Members

2010-03-02T03:32:00.000-08:00

To anyone who can be free, I'm calling a meeting for this Saturday. Agenda will be:

* Summer activities specifically Nihonggo lessons and P-chan's Japanese Fine Dining/Cooking activity.
* Proposed trip to Bouncing Ball, an animation company based in Cebu Business Park.
* CCC event.
* One more very important matter that I will not disclose online.

So who can come, confirm here please. The last meeting was cancelled because so few confirmed that they will be attending. We need people to confirm either thru here, SMS or YM so the same misinterpretation will not happen again.

This time we shall meet at Ayala Terraces, outside Seattle's Best. Actual place to meet and talk will be decided on the day itself. Meeting time will be 3-4 pm.

Thank you.

We also have new members. Actually taod2x na ni sila nijoin but I haven't had time to process their membership. :

Vince Rey Ceniza - scarecrow_shadow75@yahoo.com
johnpetergalindo - poyeker_galindo@yahoo.com
aileen galen - aileen_ad@hotmail.com
Rod Lyle Norris - souljaded_foevah@yahoo.com
Germaine Lara Lera - imaine@rocketmail.com

Ijou~

Member Updates Jan 2010 and General Meeting

2010-01-02T22:27:00.000-08:00

Belated Happy New Year to one and all. Here are some updates regarding new members who have joined CIO-AMAGE last month. As usual, here are their names and YM ID's.

Krizanya - allen_sitoy2002
Cath Kintanar - tam_bok22
April Berba - frolinmyskin
Maria Armie Sheila Boco Garde - armiesheila_garde
Arvee Yap (Barry the Chopper) - ryke_moymoy
John Ray Remonde - madredrive
Theo Mari Ortiz - captain_tm_sakura
Joebert Jude Cimafranca - evaxcim
The Enabler - mlnable
Abby Rushton - jion_abi
Wendy Lynne Dusaban - minako_konjo

Guys, there will also be another general meeting this coming January 9th. Meeting will take place from 3 pm to 6 pm. Meeting place, as usual, will be the 19th floor of Crown Regency Tower 2 where Gem's Nihonggo lessons take place.We'll take it from there, probably we'll proceed to McDonald's Jones because they have the space we need. Feel free to drop me a message at 09234503052. As usual, please identify yourselves.

Ijou~

Seishi

Final Registration Form

2009-12-27T01:03:00.001-08:00

Here's the Newest Registration Form. It seems that the other registration form is out-dated. This form is valid but I have a limit on how many fields I can encode.

Can't see the form? Click here.

Form Generator by - Privacy

Happy registering and welcome to the club!

Ja ne~

Syaoran

CIO-AMAGE Christmas Party 2009

2009-12-18T12:07:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone. It's the time of year once again where we gather for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is just a few days away, and so is our organization's Christmas party. Our first ever Christmas party will be held on December 23, 2009 lunch time at Family Park, Talamban, Cebu City.

Some of the members have volunteered to bring food for the party, and if anyone wants to do so, that would be appreciated. If you can't, that's no problem. You can still come to the party. We also have funds earned from the Otaku Fest booth we maintained, so we all can have an unforgettable first Christmas party for CIO-AMAGE.

To those that want to join, drop me an offline message on or before December 21 by:
* Dropping me an offline or online message at my YM seishi17.
* Listing yourself at our official thread in istorya if you have an account there. The link is here.
* Emailing me if you think that's convenient. My email address is mayapching -at- gmail.com.

There will also be an exchanging gift portion during the party. Participation is not compulsory of course. Please indicate in your message if you want to join the exchanging gift portion, because I need to make a list so that I can prepare the numbers for the gifts. We will mark each gift with a number and each participant will get a number from the box to determine which gift he receives. I would need to know how many will participate so I can make the exact number of rolled paper for that.

The gift does not have to be expensive. It's the thought that counts.

Cosplaying is also welcome during the party.

Ijou~

Seishi

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet Part 2

2009-11-25T23:27:00.000-08:00

Hi, everyone. We all know that there have been new members joining us in the past few months. We, the officers, decided that it is time that we organize another meet-and-greet session.

The date will be this Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. We have specifically chosen this hour so that those that will be working can be available and will be able to join, especially the new members of the club. We hope the current ones can also have the time to join us as well.

The meeting will be somewhere in the Jones area since there are Nihonggo classes before that. If you can arrive before 7:00 pm do drop by at Club Ultima, Crown Regency Tower 2, at the 18th or 19th floor. To those that can't make it before 7:00, feel free to drop an SMS at 09234503052. Just make sure to identify yourself.

Agenda will include getting to know the new members, so that they can have an idea whose face belongs to which username. There might also be discussion about the J-music Festival but the focus will be in knowing the new members.

Note: This post was posted in Istorya.net three weeks ago. However, I (Seishi) had been too busy to paste this here since I had other things to do. Apologies if this seems like short notice but actually this had been announced three weeks ago. Still, we do hope you guys can come.

Thanks.

Ijou.

Announcements on the J-music Festival

2009-11-04T01:17:00.000-08:00

It is unfortunate that we, the organizers, have decided to indefinitely postpone the J-music Festival. This is because of certain circumstances that have made the earlier mentioned date impossible to meet even though we have been planning for several months now.

The planning had been good up until we got stalled because of the earlier selected venue. Up until now there have been no feedback despite continued follow ups by us, the organizers, thus forcing us to look for alternate venues. We have received word that a faculty member in USC-TC is interested in negotiating the venue for us, however, we still have no feedback considering that they are currently busy and, worse, the person who has the authority to let use the CAFA grounds is difficult to reach.

We recognize now that, though it is possible to gain permission to use the venue, the time needed to make the preparations like advertising, setting the place up, planning the programme is simply not enough. We could push it through this month if we are willing to risk a messy organization of the event, which we are not. You deserve the best event that you can get.

As for the new date, we are considering a lot of options and seeing how we can possibly fit in because of the many anime-related events that are coming. We don't want to make the postponement too long as interest might wane, but we also have to be realistic about it regarding the placing of the date in relation to the other events.

Personal inquiries are welcome. Please contact me at seishi17 if you have questions, or even suggestions. We will be launching a poll soon to see what dates are feasible for the event. Thank you and good day.

~Seishi

Nihongo Review and Application Class!!

2009-10-22T05:02:00.000-07:00

Now accepting Registrations for the

Nihongo Review and Application Class!!

Open to Nihongo Learners who want to improve the Language through practice and putting it into application, through speaking, listening, and reading.

Venue: 19th floor meeting room, Club Ultima Tower 2, Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City (at the back of Crown Regency Hotel, beside Metrobank Jones Branch, near to Robinsons Place Cebu)

CLASSES STARTS ON NOVEMBER 14, 2009.

Every Saturday at 4-6pm.

Registration Fee: PHP50

VENUE Fee: PHP500

The Venue Fee is already covered for two(2) months or eight( sessions(2hrs per session). It is also already inclusive of the materials which will be used in the lessons. The Venue Fee must be paid first hand in order to be enrolled in the class.

Activities:

*Skit making
*Speech making
*Orals
*Reading and Writing Exercises
*Listening to Dialogues

To those who are willing to join the Nihongo Class, please fill-up the following application form for registration. Send application form to email meigemchan@yahoo.com.ph. The details about the payments will be given after the filling of application.

Sending of applications is NECESSARY in order to be registered to the class. We promise to keep everything confidential and for portfolio purpose only. This is also helpful for planning the lessons accordingly, and to calculate how much we'll be spending for the materials.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: NOV. 12, 2009

APPLICATION FORM

Personal Info:

Name:
Nickname:
Gender:
Age:
Company / School:
Email Ad:
Mobile no.:

YM ID:

Historical Background:

Have you taken Nihongo lessons before?

If Yes,

What school?
Where?
Name of teacher:

If None,

Do you do self-study? Yes and Always, Sometimes, Never

Other Necessary Info:

Please state the books that you already have that are related to Japanese study:

in example...

[Shin Nihongo no Kiso I, Minna no Nihongo]

The reason why you want to learn Nihongo...

Comments and expectations...

Suggestions... and Questions...

Class Pictures~ (^____^)

After class night out! (Bonding Moments)

Join Now and Have fun with us~
Meeting new friends and learning Nihongo in a fun way

Official DicCIOnary Part 1

2009-10-20T02:28:00.000-07:00

Just lately, the members of CIO-AMAGE (Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime, Manga and Games Enthusiasts) have realized that CIO has such a lot of usage in our lingo. Due to that, Gem-sensei approached me and asked me to post a dicCIOnary for words in the lingo of our organization.

Please note that CIO is pronounced SHO.

For those wanting to learn the CIO-AMAGE vocabulary, I am compiling a dicCIOnary for the organization.

iCIO
Origin: Seishi

Definition:
Stories about members that warrant attention and discussion from the members. This could also refer to periodic publications on the activities of the organization. It is also a declaration of the start of any CIO-AMAGE activity.

Examples:
Two members are a hot item; they are discussed as an iCIO by the members

Pictures of the fine dining activity in October 10 as labeled as October 10, 2009 iCIO. Similar to magazines and comic books.

iCIO time! (It's show time!)

Show CIOpport
Origin: Gem-sensei

Definition:
As part of the organization's goals, we are to show support to the many activities and events relating to our scope.

Examples:
CIO-AMAGE lent CIOpport to CCC's cosmeets for this year and for LU's Hobcon.

DicCIOnary
Origin: Gem-sensei

Description:
A compilation of words used in the CIO-AMAGE lingo.

Non-CIObiz
Origin: Seishi

Description:
This is a term used to describe people outside of CIO-AMAGE but still gets entangled in iCIO's.

Examples:
Shuurei has a new guy she has the hots on; but he's non-CIObiz.

These are the first three terms that we have come up with. This vocabulary will surely grow in time as long as we find opportunities to use the word CIO. Hahaha.

No CIOw
Origin: Jane

Description:
Indianero. Does not show up during meetings either as a group or private, non-CIO activities.

MiCIOn-ViCIOn
Origin: Jane

Description:
The goals of CIO-AMAGE.

New Batch of Members as of Oct. 20, 2009

2009-10-19T22:56:00.003-07:00

Just today, I have approved and added up the memberships of these new people into the CIO-AMAGE family. Here are their online names and their YM ID's.

Kaiko - evanescent_kaiko
J0eyn - great_jojo01
Umehime - xierra_avadakedavra
L - irisarizan

Irrashaimase! Hope you enjoy your stay.

Seishi~

Japanese Fine Dining: A Success!

2009-10-11T01:58:00.000-07:00

On behalf of Gem-sensei, I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone for contributing to a highly successfully Japanese fine dining event. This is CIO-AMAGE's first event ever, and without you guys there would be no success! Thank you again! ^___^

Here are some pictures of the gathering. All of them were taken by Seishi, except the group pic with the banner which was taken by P-chan. Links to other albums will be posted on this blog entry as soon as they arrive.

Ijou!

Japanese Fine Dining Assembly Details

2009-10-04T23:16:00.000-07:00

There are two options…

Option 1
Where: Club Ultima 19th floor Lobby Area (in front of Snooze Lounge)
Time: 4pm-5pm

Option2
Where: Jolibee Osmeña Boulevard, beside Cebu Doctor’s Hospital
Time: 5pm-6pm

When: OCT10 Saturday

Here's the map to the venue:

Venue Address: # 11 Don Jose Avila Street, Capitol Site, Cebu City

Registrations starts at 6pm.

Present Tickets upon registrations.

The program will start at 6:30.

I request everyone to be there on time especially that each course will be served one by one at a given time.

To those who are planning to do Cosplay, there are restrooms available at the venue. You may also change to your attires there. (^___^)

Bringing of deadly weapons is not allowed.

New Members As of September 27, 2009

2009-09-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

After the new registration form has been launched, there have been a number of registrations of new members. Old members decided to re-register as well. They are good boys and girls lol.

Anyway, here are the newest suggestions to the CIO-AMAGE family.

Istorya.net Users

Reisheen (Reisheen13)
Miss Shobie (miss_shobie)
Keikuku (shark_soplo)
Corrosive Beauty (cedrix_scarlet_mist)

Non-istorya Users

Roy Russell (royrussellcantillep) <== wa ni siya Istoryan ID peeps. He was referred by Ruji and X to the organization.

Welcome new members and hope you stay and help the org grow. The more, the merrier.

Arigatou~

Seishi

Official Announcements: J-Music Festival

2009-09-20T05:15:00.000-07:00

Today, September 20, 2009, members of CIO-AMAGE convened at Ayala Center Cebu to discuss the upcoming J-music Festival. We have finalized some details about the event, which makes it official.

The event will be held at the Talamban Leisure Center, on November 7, 2009. It is to begin at 3 pm and will end 7:30 for a total of 3 hours and a half of live Japanese music courtesy of local independent talents that we have recruited. One of this is the CIO-AMAGE band comprised of members X, Nao, Kyn and Seishi, as well as Marco, Josef and Adrian.

Details of the event is as follows:

Registration

Because of the size of the venue and the fact that this is the first of its kind, we have decided to limit participants to only 100 persons. We'd love to accommodate more but the venue and the finances are against us.

Registration can be done two ways: online pre-registration and actual registration on the site itself. Those that pre-registered will only have to present a ticket that we will soon be issuing.

To ensure smooth flow of the event, we have decided to have a registration time of 1 pm-2:30 for walk-in registrants. Pre-registered audiences will only have to present the official ticket in order to be admitted anytime.

Schedule of charges is as followed:

* Pre-registration will cost only PHP45.
* Walk-in registrants will pay PHP60.
* Late registrants will be charged an additional PHP10 on top of the PHP60 registration.

Pre-registration can be done by emailing the following CIO-AMAGE members:

* Seishi at mayapching@gmail.com
* X at rockmanzerox105@yahoo.com
* Nao at dragoon_abbey@yahoo.com

Deadline for pre-registration will be at October 31, 2009. Slots are limited people. We will work out the details for collection of pre-registration payments next meeting and will update you accordingly.

Note, please send the email to ALL three recipients. We're doing this for archiving purposes.

Bands

For now, we have been able to recruit only two bands for the event excluding the CIO band. To those that are interested, we would need you to submit registration info. Remember, this is on a first come, first serve basis so please submit as soon as possible.

Deadline for submission will be October 10, 2009. Please register only if you're serious about participating in the event. Please submit the following information:

* Name of band and individual members
* Song line up

Each band is limited to 7 s0ngs or 1 hour each maximum. If you would like to play and cannot meet the designated maximum, please indicate so we can set up the programme accordingly.

You can make inquiries by contacting Seishi at his YM ID, seishi17 or Nao at dragoon_abbey.

Booths

We are allowing other clubs to set up their booths during the event, but since space is constrained we are limiting it to 2 booth only as we will use one of the three booths that can be accommodated at the venue. If you're interested, please inform Seishi through YM at seishi17 or send an email to the three aforementioed addresses.

That's all, everyone. See you at the event!

Seishi~

New CIO-AMAGE Registration Form

2009-09-15T02:53:00.000-07:00

Due to the rising need for a new registration form (the first one does not work because I cannot access the receiving email), I decided to create a new one to make the process simpler. Refer your referrals to this blog post the next time someone asks how to register. All fields at the form are required, just put in N/A if unsure.

You won't be able to receive a confirmation email. Instead, I will add you up in Yahoo! Messenger or reply personally to your registration the moment I receive your email. Thank you. For some reason I cannot fathom, the form can be accessed by scrolling down a bit. I hate this.

Arigatou, Minna-san. Let's continue to work together. Gambatte!

Seishi~

Minutes of the September 12, 2009 Meeting

2009-09-14T04:56:00.000-07:00

Greetings!

Below is the summary of the September 12 meeting regarding the upcoming JMusic Festival:

Attendees:
- Seishi
- Red
- Maykee
- Ruji
- Shuurei
- Jane

Matters discussed:
Final venue and schedule
Venue: Talamban Leisure Center
Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 3pm to 8pm

Venue is already booked but we still have to pay the down payment. The amount is based on the quotation from TLC courtesy of April.

It was suggested that the entrance and entrance be closed by 3pm excespt for pre-registered audiences and a 2-3pm call time to ensure that program starts on time.

In light of the problems raised during the Cebu Cosplayers' Club's Yo! Start of School event, concerns regarding the occurrence of a possible brown-out were brought up by the attendees. A back-up plan is still to be made and coordinate this with TLC management.

Venue setup/preparations will be done a day before the event. Time will be after 6pm. Persons involved: Maykee, Ruji, Seishi and Jane, volunteers will be appreciated.

Sponsors - still to followed up

Sound Systems/Instruments/Projector... - to be followed up by Seishi

Suggested Program Details

Master of the Ceremony: - Seishi and members of the CIO band.
Intermission numbers: 3
- song number c/o Kara
- anime dubbing video presentation c/o Seishi and co.
- dance number by CIO-AMAGE members c/o Jane. Any volunteers to join will be appreciated.

Tentative number of bands: 5

Seishi still has to screen the bands and negotiate for the number of Japanese songs they could handle per set. Program flow will be finalized once the number of songs per set will be settled and the bands finalized. Gifts for the bands will depend on the budget.

Media Coverage

Since this is an important event for the history of CIO-AMAGE, documentation is extremely needed for J-Music Festival. Professional photographers will be invited but we can't be sure of their presence so we need CIO members who owns a camera to cover the event for documentation purposes.

Seishi suggested to make a video teaser/trailer to promote the event.

Committees

Crowd Control
Heads: Shuurei and Ruji

Registration
Head: Maykee

Logistics/Stage Setup
Heads: Jane and Red

Definite responsibilities for each committee will be discussed next meeting and additional committees may be established.

Volunteers are needed to fill up these committees.

It was suggested that a theme for the event be conceptualized for decoration purposes.

Post event activity
Collect and analyze feedback from audience regarding the reception of the event, so we can decide to organize another bigger event next year.

Other matters
CIO-AMAGE general meeting on September 20.
Time and Venue: TBA

That's all!

Updates on the J-music Festival

2009-09-07T04:46:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

This is your ever-friendly secret secretary working through the minutes for the JMusic Festival.

!start of updates!

Venue: TLC Talamban

We are strongly leaning towards having the whole event in TLC. To ensure that we have other options, we have two other target places we are putting into consideration: or Sacred Heart JesuitsBugRock.

Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 3PM - 8PM

That's the date settled for TLC. It may be moved earlier but not later depending on the venue but this is the target date.

Sponsors: To be followed up

We have action items for this week to ensure that there will be a movement for solicitation. Here are the to-do's of the managers of this event:

Seishi: assigned to contact bands and create the template for the letters to our sponsors. He will also contact Mr. Donut and San Miguel to request for sponsorship.

Red: to send Jane the CIO logo (target date of completion is September 7). He will also contact Maiykee for sponsorship. He will contact Istorya for additional sponsorship once we have finalized the venue and line up. Approve concert pass template from Jane.

X : to contact Purefoods for possible sponsorship.

Jane: design concert pass/ticket for event.

Ruji : to hunt for additional sponsors.

Nao : Follow up on quotations from TLC, check with SHSJ for alternative venues.

Target date for completion of tasks is on September 12, 2009.

Program Proper

We have convened that a registration fee is necessary for this event. We are looking at the following prices:

*Pre-registration: 45php
On-site: 60php

*pre-registration fee should be payed a week before the event. A pre-reg ticket will be given upon payment. Perks for pre-reg individuals is still under consideration.

The reason behind the registration fee is simple. We need to ensure that we will be able to start getting funds from events that we organize. Raising funds is necessary to help the organization work on more activities and events. Without funds, we won't be able to hold free or affordable activities for the group members.

Projected Event Population: Since this event is limited to a certain number of people (for now), we are looking at 80 attendees including the band members.

Number of bands performing: 6 (including the CIO band)
Number of JAPANESE songs to be performed:7

Intermission numbers are being looked at and will be screened. These small productions will be inserted after every band performance to allow the band members to be able to prepare and get ready. This portion of the program is still subject for planning and screening. For those who are interested, I suggest you send your suggestions otherwise we will decide on our own.

Screening Schedule for interested Bands: September 19 and September 27 since the CCC cosmeet is on the 26th; venue will be decided by X and Seishi

~Ijo

!end of transmission!

I would like to recognize the presence of the following Attendees:

Red
Seishi
X
Jane
Ruji
Nao/ Lemaine

You rock. :D

Later,

Nao.

Experience Japanese Fine Dining !

2009-08-22T17:27:00.001-07:00

Join us as we experience a unique way of fine dining…

the CIO-AMAGE Japanese Fine Dining Activity.

Learn how Japanese eat sushi and sashimi.

Know the proper way to receive sake and the proper way to drink it.

Get to know different kinds of sushi, sashimi, and other Japanese dishes.

Be surprised! how Japanese wash their hands before eating.

Learn the proper way of using a hashi.

Master the commonly used Japanese expressions in dining.

It’s a fun way to experience Japanese Culture as you meet new friends!

Have a whole new experience with us…

as we celebrate the art of Japanese Fine Dining!

When: October 10, 2009 (Saturday)

Where: Hannya Japanese Restaurant at the Hotel Asia Cebu.
( #11 Don Jose Avila St., Capitol Site, Cebu City)

Time: 5PM - 9PM

Registration Fee: PHP390 / person

It’s a full course complete with appetizers, main course, side dish, dessert, drinks (such as “ sake~ ” ).

You may come wearing a Kimono or Yukata or any of your favorite COSPLAY attires. Or any attire that you are comfortable with. (But make sure that it is a decent one please... Note that this is a fine dining activity.)

There will be free karaoke after the fine dining activity. Plus Japanese songs to enjoy~

Registration starts now and ends on Oct 3.

Collection for payments starts on August 29, 2009 every Saturday at the 19th floor Club Ultima Tower during the CIO-AMAGE Nihongo Lessons Sessions at 4pm-6pm. Look for GEM.

Deadline for Payments will be on October 3, 2009 (Saturday)

So what are you waiting for?

Japan is near…

Feel it here!

Have fun!

Join us now!

For more details and inquiries… contact GEM @
YM ID: meigemchan
EMAIL: meigemchan@yahoo.com.ph
MOBILE: (+63)915-486-9767 (globe)

Here's the location map for the venue and some other pictures of the venue:

The link to Hotel Asia's website: click here!

Upcoming Events: CCC Yo~SoS

2009-08-03T03:43:00.000-07:00

Konnichiwa, Minna-san. Kochira wa Seishi desu. I am here right now to post about upcoming events hosted and sponsored by our affiliate club, the Cebu Cosplayers Club.

This event was supposed to have taken place last June, but due to concerns about the rampant fear of the A(H1N1) virus and the swine flu, Sasuke-senpai and the organizers of the event moved the date to August 15th from an initial June setting.

Nevertheless it is part of our goals to provide support for anime-related events to attend this said event. Whoever is free is encouraged to come and help in the event. Sasuke-senpai specifically needs our help as event marshalls as well, and the CIO-AMAGE is better poised to provide this support for Yo~ SoS.

The event will take place on August 15, 2009. It starts at 9 am until 6 pm. The venue for the event will be at the Talamban Leisure Center, in Banilad, Cebu City. For a map to the venue, please check out the sketch posted by Weebong, one of the co-founders of CCC. The map can be found here.

We have the option of setting up a booth for our organization, a courtesy extended to us by the Cebu Cosplayers Club. We welcome suggestions for this booth, which we officers intend to use as promoting our own club since otakus will certainly be attending the event.

This event will also mark the debut of our J-band, spearheaded by me and X-kun. Please support us as well.

Gambatte, minna-san!

Updates! CIO-AMAGE Nihongo Lessons

2009-07-30T05:52:00.000-07:00

This is it guys!

What: Nihongo lessons!

When: August 8, 2009 (Saturday)

Where: 19^th floor meeting room, Club Ultima Tower 2, Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City (at the back of Crown Regency Hotel, beside Metrobank Jones Branch, near to Robinsons Place Cebu)

Note: Meeting room number will be known upon arrival. Just find us by the lobby, it is just right infront of the "snooze lounge" at the 19th floor area. Ask if we're from CIO-AMAGE.

Time: 3:30pm

Note: We need to be 30mins earlier for collection of the payments. For this saturday only. Thanks... And just incase if you're late, just go to the reception area at the 19th floor area and ask what meeting room number that the Nihongo lessons / CIO-AMAGE is being held.

Please be ready with your payments (PHP550 for each person). Thank you.

If you have any other concerns,

please contact me at 09154869767 and look for GEM.

Here are the final list of participants for the

Nihongo Class Batch 2!

>Ruji (CIO)

>Shuurei (CIO)

>RedVill (CIO)

>Empress

>Marga

>Niji

>Sarah

>Ken

>Rai

>Kai

>Duckyboo

>Chuchay

See you all this Saturday! Thank you and God bless. (^_____^)

NOTICE: Change of Schedules for the Nihongo Class

2009-07-27T04:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the inconvenience…

But due to conflict of the teachers' work schedules,

we have decided to move the schedule of the Nihongo classes to

August 8, 2009.

And deadline for the Registrations is extended to Aug 6, 2009.

There is also a change in the Time Schedule, so to give us allowance travel time from work.

From the original 3-5pm schedule, final schedule for the class will now be at 4-6pm.

Thank you for your understanding. God Bless...

CIO-AMAGE goes to the movies

2009-07-22T06:56:00.000-07:00

HORA!

In behalf of the Nihongo committee team, I would like to share this proposal.

In support and in appreciation of Japanese culture, let us attend and watch the Japanese Film Fest / Eiga Sai 2009.

Free Admission! (^___^)

It's at Ayala Cinema 4, Cebu City.

Here are the schedules for the movies:

July 28 (Tue) 7pm "Always - Sunset on Third Street"

July 29 (Wed) 7pm "The Milkwoman"

July 30 (Thu) 7pm "Turn Over"

July 31 (Fri) 7pm "Tony Takitani"

Aug 1 (Sat) 4pm "Mind Game"
7pm "Memories of Tomorrow"

Aug 2 (Sun) 4pm "Kamome Diner"
7pm "Memories of Matsuko"

You can choose any movie that you would want to watch... or if you have a lot of free time, you can watch as many as you can. It's Free Admission, this is brought to you by The Japan Foundation Manila, Shangri-La Plaza and UP Film Institute (^___^)

The officers have decided to meet with the group and watch one of the movies together. This will be a good bonding activity for the group.

This coming Aug 1, CIO-AMAGE will watch "Memories of Tomorrow". Please let us know if you want to join with us... the more, the merrier! Contact either Seishi, X, or Meigemchan.

Meet up! (for those who wants to watch with us)

Where? Outside Cinema 4 Ayala
When? Aug1 Saturday
Time? 6:30pm

Ijou desu.

Arigatou gozaimasu!(^___^)

by Meigemchan

Nihongo Lessons Batch 2! Now accepting Registrations! (^____^)

2009-07-20T05:07:00.000-07:00

[EDITED]

CIO-AMAGE is now open for registrations for Nihongo Lessons Batch 2! Open to all Nihongo Enthusiasts and Anime Fans who wants to learn Basic Japanese.

Venue: 19^th floor meeting room, Club Ultima Tower 2, Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City (at the back of Crown Regency Hotel, beside Metrobank Jones Branch, near to Robinsons Place Cebu)

CLASSES STARTS ON AUG 8, 2009.

Every Saturday at 4-6pm.

Registration Fee: PHP50

VENUE Fee: PHP500

The Venue Fee is already covered for two(2) months or eight(8) sessions(2hrs per session). It is also already inclusive of the materials which will be used in the lessons. The Venue Fee must be paid first hand in order to be enrolled in the class.

LESSONS:

*Basic Japanese Grammar:

From NOUN to -TE MO / -NAKUTE MO verb conjugation

*800 Japanese Vocabulary, verbs inclusive

*Most Common Japanese Expressions

*Japanese Kana: Hiragana and Katakana

To those who are willing to join the Nihongo Class, please fill-up the following application form for registration. Send application form to email meigemchan@yahoo.com.ph. The details about the payments will be given after the filling of application.

Sending of applications is NECESSARY in order to be registered to the class. We promise to keep everything confidential and for portfolio purpose only. This is also helpful for planning the lessons accordingly, and to calculate how much we'll be spending for the materials.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS: Aug 6, 2009

APPLICATION FORM

Personal Info:

Name:

Nickname:

Gender:

Age:

Company / School:

Email Ad:

Mobile no.:

YM ID:

Historical Background:

Have you taken Nihongo lessons before?

If Yes,

What school?

Where?

Name of teacher:

If None,

Do you do self-study? Yes and Always, Sometimes, Never

Other Necessary Info:

Please state the books that you already have that are related to Japanese study:

in example...

[Shin Nihongo no Kiso I, Minna no Nihongo]

The reason why you want to learn Nihongo...

Comments and expectations...

Suggestions... and Questions...

NOTE:

Nihonggo lessons starts at the basic. To those who already have background in Japanese study can still join the classes for review purposes and for enhancement. To those who think that they know enough may help teach. For immediate questions... ask me directly on through YM... account ID: meigemchan (^_^)’

Nihongo Committee... Moving on and ready for a new beginning (^___^)

2009-07-18T08:03:00.000-07:00

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to CIO-AMAGE for the support they had given me and for all the efforts done in order to keep the Nihongo sessions going. Though I’m still a newbie in the field of teaching and knowing that I don’t even have enough credentials yet, but still they treated me with much respect and how much I really appreciated it. CIO-AMAGE is more like a family to me now. I’ve never felt so much appreciated before… they gave me more inspiration and developed my passion for teaching. I’m glad that CIO-AMAGE offered an opportunity for those who want to study the Japanese language by opening a class or a study group to cater their interest in the language. And I’m glad that they gave me this chance to offer my service to them especially to those who have the passion in learning the Japanese language. With all these, I’m hoping for more fruitful years of friendship and unity with the team.

It has been 8 weeks already since the lessons first started. It was on May 23, 2009, where we held the first session at Redvill’s home in Tisa, Labangon and it we started out just fine. But normal as we are, we also encountered some problems. May 30, 2009, we had to postpone the lessons because of the occurrence of an unpredictably heavy rain. To make everything smooth and convenient for the succeeding lessons, the officers decided to look for a fixed venue. And then it was on June 6, 2009, when we had our lessons temporarily at Mikare’s house in Banawa, the officers and some other participants decided to have the fixed venue at Club Ultima. On June, 13 2009, classes was held in the latest venue at Club Ultima’s meeting room and everything went well especially that the venue is already accommodating where there is enough space for everyone, and a white board available to work with, and it was fully air-conditioned. Organized by CIO-AMAGE and the expense for the venue was contributed by the participants.

When school began in the mid of June, gradually, it became difficult for some of the participants to attend the Nihongo sessions due to school activities and some have school on a Saturday because most of the participants are still students. They come whenever they’re free and excuse themselves whenever they can’t make it. Absences became frequent. And this is problematic to the part of the organizers and officers, to the teacher, and to the remaining participants as well.

This problem brought us to the effect such as; 1) Delay in the lessons. It was difficult for the teacher to adjust whether to give them a chance to catch up or not, because this can also be unfair to those who are consistent in class especially to those who are eager to go for the next lessons. 2) Deficit of funds for the venue. Since there are times that they are only a few attendees that the officers would sometimes shelter for the payment of the venue.

Naturally, we may get disappointed about what had happened in the matter of receiving withdrawals and frequency of absences, but there’s nothing that we can do about the decisions of others. We respect their decisions. And if ever they plan to join again, they will always be welcomed. They were an important part of the class. And what matters most is that the friendship we had will not only be limited inside the walls of the classroom but this friendship will always be as it is wherever we go… until we meet again.

In behalf of the Nihongo committee, sadly but there’s nothing we can do but to end Nihongo Lessons Batch 1. I asked for apologies, to CIO-AMAGE and especially to the remaining participants of Batch 1, for not being able to meet up with your expectations. Just as what life is, as human as we are, we sometimes fail and make mistakes. As what William Connor Magee quoted, “The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.“ From the mistakes we made and with all the problems that we’ve encountered, was not really a problem at all. But instead, these brought us to new ideas for improvements. Everything happens for a reason. What had happened will serve as instruments for us to become better… and lead us to ways of becoming stronger.

Whatever happens ahead of us, never will it be a hindrance for us to grow. If we fall, then we should stand again as a whole new being. The lessons shall continue… with a whole new batch, especially with the coming of a new teacher. Cabs-sensei will also be teaching with me, he who came at the right time and that it gave me more hope in bringing back the class once more. There’s going to be a new system to comply and new adjustments to deal with. We are hoping that with the new improvements which we will soon be having would finally fill up the missing holes that once we forgot to mind at.

Once again, I humbly asked for everyone to support. Let’s help building each other up, keep our lessons going, keeping our friendship and unity stronger, making our community bigger, and let us become a great team.

Moving on… all set and ready for a new beginning.

“Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” Denis Waitley

by Gem-sensei

Recent Updates for the Club

2009-07-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

Hello, everyone this is Seishi with updates for our dearly beloved Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga and Games Enthusiasts. Hehehe, kumpleto jud no?

Anyway, updates on our forums. Our CIO-AMAGE website is now up thanks to the efforts of PJ, whose Yahoo! ID is banehallow2. For now, we are using a free account because we don't have the funds to do maintain paid hosting, but it would've been worth the expense. Because of that, we have a limitation to our forums: registered users do not receive confirmation emails for their registration, hence there is the need for the site admin (me, in this instance) to manually approve the registration on the users' behalf. While this is not a problem (officers, you need to become admins together with me so YM me, i'll give you the username and pass), it can be time consuming.

According to the PJ, that's about the only problem we have with the site.

Good news! We have decided to push through with the planned J-music Festival, which has a tentative date somewhere in September. Clearly, it would be a Saturday so that everyone can be available. Now, I need your suggestions? What time should the event start and what time should it end? I'm asking this because we have different age groups in this organization and clearly some of you would be adhering to strict curfews that limit the hours of your participation. Make suggestions through the comments, and then soon we shall have a poll to see which is the most popular choice.

Minna-san, your inputs will be crucial for the selection of venues, as some places are available on hours like 3pm-11pm. Arigatou!

First Lesson at Room 1905, Club Ultima

2009-06-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

Konnichiwa Minasan.

The Nihongo lesson last Saturday was a great success. It was really fun especially that almost everybody was there, and surprisingly 13 and Seishi were both there present as well. The venue at Club Ultima Tower, was just fine and enough to accommodate everyone that the officers approved it to be the final fixed venue for the succeeding lessons.

So far we already covered up three chapters. Lessons on the “S wa O desu” pattern, adjectives and its conjugations, kore/sore/are. There won’t be any meeting on June 20, 2009 so we could participate in the coming Hobcon event at Parkmall. Classes will resume on June 27, 2009.

~ Gem-sensei

Some pictures of the lessons courtesy of Seishi....

Final and Fixed Venue For Nihonggo Lessons

2009-06-09T22:58:00.000-07:00

From Gem-Sensei:

Konnichiwa Minasan. Last Saturday’s Nihongo session went well with our gratitude to our host, Mikare. After the lessons that Saturday, some officers and some other participants had a meeting. We agreed on to move on to our fixed venue for the succeeding Nihongo sessions starting this Saturday June 13, 2009.

There will be an extension of an hour to our session to make the lessons more efficient.There will also be a contribution for the venue PHP40.00. (This is already inclusive of the payment for the study notes and the materials to be used in the lessons)

The Final Fixed Venue for Nihongo Lessons Starting this coming Saturday June 13, 2009 will be at Club Ultima Tower, Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City (a building away from the Robinsons Place Cebu).

Here are pictures of the venue:

There will be a meet up at Robinsons. By the entrance, outside Jollibee, and outside Bench Shop. Meet up time at 1:30-2:30pm. (No one needs pictures of that, right? - seishi)

Class starts at 3pm and ends at 5pm. (2hr lesson)

Note: The availability of chairs is limited to 10 only. First come First serve! The early bird gets the best chair!! (^___^) (Personally, I don't mind standing..... - Seishi)

Minasan, let’s do our best to make this successful! (This one I agree with. - Seishi)

CIO-AMAGE Official Statement

2009-06-08T03:20:00.000-07:00

Since the Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga and Games Enthusiasts is on full thrust since it was officially launched last April 25, I think it is deserving now that I release an official statement on what the organization is all about as envisioned by our main founder, Ren13.

It has also come to light that I think several people are confused about what the organization is all about, hence I have thought of finally releasing an official statement to clear out the cobwebs for all members.

First of all, CIO-AMAGE is at its core an network of organizations. Ren13 envisioned a unified community of Otakus (anime lovers) as well as gamers since Otakuism and gaming come close hand in hand in most cases. Since it is a network, CIO-AMAGE aims to bring together all existing organizations in Cebu that are related to the Japanese culture in general.

One unique feature of this organization is that all affiliate organizations retain their autonomy. Assimilation is not a goal for CIO-AMAGE. The Cebu Cosplayers Club, for example, will still be known as CCC and considered as an affiliate organization supporting the CIO-AMAGE network. It is independent and autonomous to organize its own events, but this time with the support of CIO-AMAGE.

As a network of organizations, we automatically consider the members of any affiliate club as part of CIO-AMAGE. That's the reason why CIO-AMAGE had been chosen by those that voted and were considered by the 3 founders for votation: its name clearly encompasses the vision that Ren13 had originally for the group.

The real goal for CIO-AMAGE is the integration of all anime and Japanese related groups into an organized network that provides support to each other during activities and events. That way, we can present a united front for otakus. One vision of CIO-AMAGE is to allow the anime community in Cebu to present itself to society and not remain an underground presence. It can be hard, but things are looking up at this point. All we really need is your participation and cooperation.

The rules for CIO-AMAGE are simple. First, there should be mutual respect for the privacy and character of every member. Behavior such as stalking or unwarranted solicitation of personal information despite refusal of the other is considered an offense. Second, attempts to elicit conflict within the affiliate organizations is also a big no-no for CIO-AMAGE. The goal after all is integration; trying to split us up, of course, is a major offense.

Third, and last, if you have any suggestions for the organization, try to contact any of the 3 co-founders of CIO-AMAGE instead of blurting such suggestions out in conferences. This is to allow smooth facilitation of your suggestions and avoid arguments in which the merits of your proposal might get buried in the conversations.

Although we have no real punishments for these offenses (as of now), we expect everyone to adhere to these simple guidelines. Failure to do so repeatedly will result to being banned from updates and being unable to participate in any activity.

This statement has been issued on behalf of Ren13, whose original vision it was that resulted into this dream turning into a reality. Gambatte, minna-san! Adelante, CIO-AMAGE!

Latest Updates on the Nihonggo Lessons

2009-06-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

Kombanwa Mina-san, this is Seishi here posting on behalf of Gem-sensei about our Nihonggo lessons. Last Saturday May 30, the lessons were canceled due to bad weather condition.

Main problem: We still don’t have a proper venue that’s why we were easily affected by the rain that led us to cancel the lessons. This led us (the officers) to meet last Saturday and discuss our options.

To address the problem, there have been several points:

* Jesse suggested that we have to have a fixed venue.

* Mikare suggested Club Ultima conference rooms for the venue. (PHP250 for the first hour and PHP140 for the succeeding hours)

* These will be discussed after the lessons this coming Saturday June 6, 2009.

The temporary venue for the upcoming class on June 6, 2009 will be Mikare’s house at White Hills Subd., Banawa, Cebu City.

There will be free 2-way transportation provided (Ayala to White Hills and White Hills to Ayala) courtesy by Mikare.

Assembly place: Outside Timezone and Chris sports, AYALA.

Assembly time: 2-3pm

Mina-san, let’s do our best to make this successful. GANBATTE! (^___^)

As for those that are wondering about Ren13, she's currently in Manila at the moment tending to her grandmother. She might be in Cebu within this week though.

Updates for Nihongo Lessons

2009-05-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

CIO-AMAGE NIHONGO CLASSES STARTS ON MAY 23, 2009.
Classes every SATURDAY at 4-5PM
Venue: #13 Sapphire street Santa Teresita Village, Tisa, Labangon
NO REGISTRATION FEES.
APPLICATION FORM NEEDED TO BE SUBMITTED FOR REGISTRATION.
DEADLINE for registrations on MAY 21, 2009.

PLEASE BRING the ff.
- P10.00 for the materials and photocopies.
- notebook and pen
B.Y.O.P

May 15, 2009 YM Conference Minutes
Agreed Meeting Time: 3:00
(thirty minutes grace period for perpetually late comers)
Agree Meeting Place: Outside of Timezone. Outside of Chris Sports.

Pending: Red's Home Sketch...

YM Conference this Friday night(May 22) for reminders and some "Random" lol xD

Registration Form For Nihonggo Lessons

2009-05-14T00:35:00.000-07:00

LESSONS:

*Basic Japanese Grammar:
From NOUN to -TE MO / -NAKUTE MO verb conjugation
*800 Japanese Vocabulary, verbs inclusive
*Most Common Japanese Expressions
*Japanese Kana: Hiragana and Katakana
*120 Kanji

To those who are willing to join the Free Nihongo Classes, please fill-up the following application form for registration. No registration fees. Send application form to emails:

* meigemchan@yahoo.com.ph
* mayapching@gmail.com
* rockmanzerox105@yahoo.com
* cebu_animemanga_society@yahoo.com

Sending of applications is NECESSARY in order to be registered to the class. We promise to keep everything confidential and for portfolio purpose only. This is also helpful for planning the lessons accordingly, and to calculate how much we'll be spending for the materials.

Personal Info:

Name:
Nickname:
Gender:
Age:
Company / School:
Email Ad:
YM ID:

Historical Background:

Have you taken Nihongo lessons before?

If Yes,
What school?
Where?
Name of teacher:

If None,
Do you do self-study? Yes and Always, Sometimes, Never

Other Necessary Info:

Please state the books that you already have that are related to Japanese study:
in example...
Shin Nihongo no Kiso I
Minna no Nihongo

The reason why you want to learn Nihongo...

Comments and expectations...

Suggestions... and Questions...

NOTE:
Nihonggo lessons starts at the basic. To those who already have background in Japanese study can still join the classes for review purposes and for enhancement. To those who think that they know enough may help teach. For immediate questions... ask me directly on through YM... account ID: meigemchan (^_^)’

Lesson Schedules: Another Poll

2009-05-12T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hello, minnasan. Here I am once again with a poll. But first I have to apologize for not including this in the previous poll. I wasn't thinking about it the first place. Please vote once again, this time for the schedules of our upcoming Japanese lessons. If all goes well, we should be starting the lessons this weekend.

X will hold a conference to finalize details of the lessons. I will not be around because it's my sister's birthday, and clearly Lemaine-san might not be able to preside as well but I hope she can.

Here's the poll. Happy voting!

Polls: Nihonggo Lessons Venue

2009-05-08T05:31:00.001-07:00

Please enter your vote for which venue we should choose for the Japanese lessons. This will expedite the process, so we can begin the lessons as soon as possible.

Which One Should We Pick For the Nihonggo Lessons?(online surveys)

Minutes of May 2, 2009 Meeting

2009-05-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

Kombanwa, Minnasan. Here I am once again for the updates on the latest meeting that the society has undertaken. In a summary, we have discussed several proposals for activities relating to the org. We have also included appointment of officers. Take note that we founders have decided to take on the presidential positions because of lack of members, and to show the next batch of officers as to how the organization should be carried out.

13 will post information on the mission and vision, as well as the goals, of CIO-AMAGE once her connection problems have been fixed and her Internet's good to go. For the meantime, here are the minutes posted verbatim from our secretary, Lemaine.

Good Evening CIO-Amage,

Below is the summary of the May 02, 2009 meeting at SM Northwing.

Start: 05:15
Attendees: (yahoo handles)

cebu_animemanga_society
arlinda_alva2000
jk_janej
meigemchan
miczilla2002
dragoon_abbey
mutantfroggy
r_duindain
rockmanzerox105
seishi17
red.vill83

Presiders: seishi17, cebu_animemanga_society

Agenda:

i. Election of officers:

Positions were appointed due to the lack of attendees.
Please note that the current position holders will only be in office for one year. A quorum will be needed to ensure that the election is fair. To be fair with the community, another election will be held next year.

External President: seishi17
Internal President: cebu_animemanga_society
Secretaries: dragoon_abbey; jk_janej
Personal Relations: rockmanzerox105

ii. Japanese Lessons (to be finalized and polled)
Level 4: Basic Japanese Lessons with meigemchan and mczilla2002

Venue Proposal:

1.) red.vill83's house @ Tisa, Labangon (No Entrance Fee)
2.) Crown Regency (conference room rate is 264 per hour)
3.) Family Park (Entrance fee is KKB)

Time Proposal: (time is arranged based on the teacher's availability)

1.) Sundays : 3PM - 4PM or 4PM - 5 PM
2.) Saturdays : 4PM - 5PM or 5PM - 6PM

disclaimer:. Nihon-go lessons are for free. Please be thankful to the above-mentioned who offered their time and knowledge. We only have to pay for the venue as well as the reference materials to be provided.

iii. Proposed Activities (more to be added; for further discussion)

1.) Drawing Lessons c/o r_duindain
2.) Logo/ Banner / Badge / Button / CIO Merchandize making c/o of red.vill83
3.) Anime Film Showing c/o seishi17
4.) Guitar Lessons c/o rockmanzerox105
5.) Kenjutsu Lessons (to be finalized by dragoon_abbey)
6.) Making a manga c/o meigemchan
|> calling all artists and writers in CIO. Please consider this as a project to help push for
Cebu-based mangas.
7.) JPOP/ JROCK Show
8.) Anime Convention (something to be discussed in full detail)
9.) Game Tournament c/o red.vill83
10.) Fund Raising Activity c/o cebu_animemanga_society (details to be discussed)
11.) Christmas Part c/o meigmechan

iv. Follow up meeting : May 9, 2009. Venue and time is open for discussion.
Agenda: = Finalize Japanese Lessons
= Run-through and planning of all the activities for 2009

Special Mention:

We would like to thank red.vill83 for hosting our food and drinks.

End: 6: 17 p.m.

We extend our gratitude to those who attended and helped in the completion of this meeting. Now, everyone, please vote or make suggestions about the venue for the Japanese lessons. Deadline will be on Thursday, afterwards I will hold another conference on Friday so that I can have details to present for the meeting on Saturday with the other officers. As usual, anyone who wants to come are free to come.

Minnasan, I also would like you to recognize X as the third co-founder of this organization. It has been him and I that have been behind the scenes with 13 in order to make this society come to fruition.

Adelante, CIO-AMAGE!

More Updates - Cosmeet and Planned Election of Officers

2009-04-27T01:26:00.000-07:00

Hello, minna-san. This is Seishi once again. 13 still has no Internet connection at her home, so no updates from her yet. Anyway, here I am with some more updates on the society.

Last Saturday, 13, X and I attended the 2nd 2009 cosmeet for the Cebu Cosplayers Club. It was held in Handuraw, in Gorordo, just a few steps ahead of Philhealth and Turtle's Nest. Personally, it was fun. 13 was not able to attend the entire event because of some obligations at school, so I stayed behind with X for the duration of the cosmeet.

I met Sasuke/Hidan, founder of the CCC, with who I am said to be a twin. Lol. I don't mind that, although we do have some minor resemblances. I also used the event as an opportunity to meet with potential band members for the Otaku gig we will be having in December. Of course, I recruited Sasuke as well, and I have a Gackt/Hyde duet in mind.

Alright, more updates. Mikare and Gem Shinosuke visited the event as well, wherein we talked about the plans for Japanese lessons. Right now, I think it's a "go" and all we need is the venue where the classes will be held. So, minnasan, I need your suggestions. Please PM me as soon as you can about your venue suggestions, since it will be you who'll be spending on expenses related to the venue. Lessons are free, but we have to pay for the reference materials and the venue.

Perhaps I'll hold a conference this Friday to address that.

Minnasan, we are requesting everybody to post their member profiles. We need you to send your name, the club in which you are affiliated with, your email address, and a small picture. This is a preparation for the election of officers. We need you to do this so that you can have ideas on who you will nominate and vote for as leaders of CIO-AMAGE. Take note, we founders are not supposed to hold any other position as officers, but we will of course oversee the management of the organization. Member profiles will be posted in our Multiply account. Please send them to cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com and also CC me at mayapching@gmail.com.

I would like to remind everyone also of one crucial requirement in this organization: respect. Although we don't have any strict by-laws as of the moment, there is still a default rule in place. We will not tolerate any harassment or any other form of personal assault done by members towards both other members and non-members of CIO-AMAGE.

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet

2009-04-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

Konnichiwa, minna-san! This is Seishi, speaking on behalf of 13 who is still unavailable due to absence of Internet connection at her place. Here are some updates for the Society.

Good news! The first CIO-AMAGE gathering was a success. More than 20 members showed up for the meet-and-greet in Ayala Center, Cebu City. Meeting place was varied, but since majority of the members who showed up (members of the Cosplay Arts forum) were gathered at Seattle's Best, I took the initiative to tell all other members to head there.

There were three different groups that showed up:

* CIO-AMAGE external members (those that do not belong to any other existing clubs)
* Cosplay Arts
* Cebu Cosplaying Club (four members)

Pictures are available at the Society's Multiply account. Link here.

What happened that day was: after 3 hours of waiting for 13, I decided to just push through with the introductions. The members were quite creative with that. It was as if I ony had to give them a prod and they went through with it. Congratulations, CIO-AMAGE members. We also shared YM ID's although I wasn't able to get them from Jackie who has them. Stupid of me.

When 13 did arrive, we introduced the club to the members who remained. Most of them had to leave because their parents had picked them, or they had a curfew, etc. We took some suggestions, and those are:

* Election of officers (to be held after the CCC cosmeet). Suggestions, everyone?
* Nihonggo Lessons. I'm currently negotiating with Mikare, who said his girlfriend Gem Shinosuke can teach us for free.
* Weekly meet so that everyone can know each other.

During the meeting, 13 and I agreed that we will attend the CCC's Cosmeet this Saturday as a show of support, and a chance to talk with Hidan of the CCC. As for myself, it's a good photo op for my Sony DSC-W120.

Well, that's about it. That's what happened at the first CIO-AMAGE gathering, and I'm optimistic that we can pull this through.

OFFICIAL NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION

2009-03-12T19:40:00.000-07:00

Suggestions were submitted. The members had voted. And now, we have the winner for the CLUB NAME CHALLENGE.

*drumroll*

It is hereby declared that this organization shall henceforth be named as

Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga Arts & Games Enthusiasts

Congratulations to Mr. Kakashidale for winning the challenge! ;p

To all the members who participated, i.e. submitted their suggestions and voted, thank you so much! We really appreciate your involvement in the organization.

Next agenda, ORGANIZATION LOGO and the upcoming GATHERING!!!!

Minna, slow but steady development ^_^v Let's keep it up and LET'S KICK ASS..LOL ;p

Mail us for questions and suggestions ^_^v

THE TOP FIVE

2009-03-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

To all members who submitted their suggestion/s (o ha! dli na entry! ^_^v), thank you for your participation ;p

The top five entries are: *drumoll*

1) IMAGE - Integrated Manga and Anime Group of Enthusiasts

2) CIO-AVAE - (pron. sho-a-vey) Cebu Integrated Organization of Audio-Visual Arts Enthusiasts
OR
CIO-AMAGE- (pron. sho-a-meyj/sho-a-ma-geh) Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga Arts & Games Enthusiasts

3) Anime Rengou (alliance)

4) Cebu Genshiken

5) JAMMERS - Japanese Anime Manga Music & Enthusiastic Roleplayers Society

Please pick your desired name for the organization and then send your vote to cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com Thanks ;p by the way, please vote wisely since the name will be very important! ^^v

NOTE: Voting time will be from March 8, 2009 to March 9, 2009 (11:00 PM) ONLY. ^_^v

Cebu Anime and Manga Organization’s Meeting via Yahoo! Messenger

2009-03-03T21:31:00.000-08:00

March 2, 2009, 8:00-9:00 P.M.

1. Members were reminded of the submission of the organization’s name. Deadline will be on March 6, 2009.
2. Proposal of the meeting was brought up and approved. The date and time was decided.
3. The members gave suggestions for the venue. The choices were narrowed to two; ayala business park and ayala terraces. Members weighed the pros and cons. To settle the issue, a votation took place.
4. The activity during the gathering will be introductions with a twist.
5. The meeting was then adjourned.

Congrats everyone! We are slow but steadily making progress ;) So far, these were the proposals and decisions made by the members during the Yahoo! Messenger conference. Again, thanks sa nang-attend. We really appreciate your involvement. Sa wala, ok ra pero attend mo next time ha.

ANNOUNCEMENT

What: Cebu Anime and Manga Society Gathering
When: April 18, 2009, 1:00 P.M.
Where: Ayala Terraces (grounds)
Who: All members of the organization
Why: It’s more like a grand eyeball event wherein members will be able to meet and interact with fellow anime enthusiasts. Introductions will be made by each member however there would be a twist. Each of you will present or bring something that shows your interest or hobby relating but not limited to anime, manga, cosplay, jmusic, jdrama, fanarts, and fanfics. For example, if you love cosplaying, you can attend the gathering wearing a costume. If you love Japanese music, you can dress up like the singer/artist you chose and perform a small presentation. It’s up to you! ;) Let your imagination and interests weave a performance that shows your uniqueness. ^_^

Note:
1) BYOF – pangshare mo ha...hehe! ^^ cmang...
2) No alcoholic drinks allowed. (Ig human na sa event. Libre mo ha! Wahehehe! Ok ra ko ug RH—spank 13!)
3) Forward your questions and suggestions to: cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com

Research ;p

2009-02-27T00:27:00.000-08:00

Minna, we need your help. We are currently making the organization’s constitution and we need someone who would volunteer to research the following:

1. Japanese term for the positions:

a) Internal President
b) External President
c) Founder
d) Vice-president
e) Secretary
f) Treasurer
g) Research Committee and Head
h) Promotion Committee and Head
i) Recruiting and Membership Committee and Head
j) Members’ Affair Representative
k) Program and Activities Committee
l) probation

2. Philippine Film Rating System (needed for film showing)

Thanks ;p

CLUB NAME CHALLENGE

2009-02-23T20:10:00.000-08:00

Guys, we really need your help. We need a new name for the club. Some members weren't able to vote last time so we'll consider AMBU winning as null and void. I know this is confusing and a hassle but please bear with us.

CLUB NAME CHALLENGE

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QUALIFICATIONS:

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1. All members are required to submit a name of the club.

2. For non-members, please join the club first before submitting your entry.

Note: sorry guys and gals, we need it jud. ;p

RULES:

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1. The name must be original.

2. It must not be related to any anime series or club in an anime series.

SUBMISSION:

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1. You can submit more than one entry.

2. Entries will be submitted to: cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com

3. Entries should include the name of the member.

TIMETABLE:

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1. Ready-Set-Go! The challenge will officially begin on February 27, 2009

2. Hourglass: Members will be given eight days.

3. Deadliest Deadline: March 6, 2009

NOTE:

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1. Five entries will be chosen.

2.The five entries will be posted in this blog on March 7, 2009

3. After choosing, the votation process will ensue.

4. All members will cast their vote on March 7, 2009

5. No proxy voting is allowed.

6. Votes will be submitted to: cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com

WINNER:

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1. The winning entry will be decided by all members through votation.

2. It will be announced on March 9, 2009 in the org's blog.

3. The winner will receive a very small freebie (suhol ni ha para sure jud na mu-submit mo...hehe)

4. The winner will be given due recognition for his great contribution to the club.

5. Finally, the winning entry will become the official name of the club.

QUESTIONS:

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cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com

EDITED:

Thanks to c-chan for pointing out the loophole ;p

a fResh sTart ;)

2009-02-21T23:24:00.001-08:00

Welcome everyone!!!

It all started on an istorya.net thread entitled Anime Club/Organization/Society in Cebu announcing the message:

“To all anime enthusiasts and otaku in Cebu, are any of you interested in an anime organization based in Cebu that will cater our needs relating to Japanese pop culture specifically anime, manga, cosplaying, j-pop, jdrama, fanfics, fanarts, etc.? either you are passionate and dedicated enough to do this or simply interested or intrigued, an expert in anime or medyo2 lang, it doesn't matter. C'mon guys, feel free to join.”

Unfortunately, the club became inactive and the plans were unable to push through. However, we are going to link our arms and try to resurrect it. This would really be difficult considering that we have to start from scratch. The name AMBU won through election but some members were unable to give their votes. We’ll just consider it null and void.
Going back to starting this organization from scratch, we need anime and manga enthusiasts that are passionate enough to work in achieving its goals and building a strong foundation to materialize our hopes of having a unified anime society here in Cebu.

For now, our main agendum is to gather and document old members and individuals who are interested in joining.

We really need your cooperation and willingness to make the plan of building a community of anime and manga fanatics. Take note that there is no particular qualification for individuals interested in joining. Wait, do they have to be residents of Cebu? ;p Anyway, as what I have said before, you just need to be dedicated, interested, intrigued, and passionate enough. Being über knowledgeable isn’t necessary.

So, what are you waiting for? Join now! For old members, Click here.

By the way, members, I’m technology-challenged. This site needs tweaking from your capable hands. Do help. ;p

OLd meMber?

2009-02-21T23:13:00.000-08:00

If you have already submitted the required information, please provide the following for further verification and correspondence from the administrator. Thank you. ;)

nOte: this applies to the individuals who passed their info to the other email ;p

Are you interested to join?

2009-02-21T22:28:00.000-08:00

Great! Thanks for joining...;)

Please be patient and provide the information needed. This is required for documentation purposes. Don't worry, the administrator values your privacy ;p

Cebu Animé and Manga Society

General Meeting for this Saturday, May 22, 2010

Minutes - March 7, 2010 Meeting

ショアマゲ夏休み日本語 レッスン・プログラム CIO-AMAGE Summer Nihongo Lessons Program

March 6 Meeting and New Members

Member Updates Jan 2010 and General Meeting

Final Registration Form

CIO-AMAGE Christmas Party 2009

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet Part 2

Announcements on the J-music Festival

Nihongo Review and Application Class!!

Official DicCIOnary Part 1

New Batch of Members as of Oct. 20, 2009

Japanese Fine Dining: A Success!

Japanese Fine Dining Assembly Details

New Members As of September 27, 2009

Official Announcements: J-Music Festival

New CIO-AMAGE Registration Form

Minutes of the September 12, 2009 Meeting

Updates on the J-music Festival

Experience Japanese Fine Dining !

Upcoming Events: CCC Yo~SoS

Updates! CIO-AMAGE Nihongo Lessons

NOTICE: Change of Schedules for the Nihongo Class

CIO-AMAGE goes to the movies

Nihongo Lessons Batch 2! Now accepting Registrations! (^____^)

Nihongo Committee... Moving on and ready for a new beginning (^___^)

Recent Updates for the Club

First Lesson at Room 1905, Club Ultima

Final and Fixed Venue For Nihonggo Lessons

CIO-AMAGE Official Statement

Latest Updates on the Nihonggo Lessons

Updates for Nihongo Lessons

Registration Form For Nihonggo Lessons

Lesson Schedules: Another Poll

Polls: Nihonggo Lessons Venue

Minutes of May 2, 2009 Meeting

More Updates - Cosmeet and Planned Election of Officers

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet

OFFICIAL NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION

THE TOP FIVE

Cebu Anime and Manga Organization’s Meeting via Yahoo! Messenger

Research ;p

CLUB NAME CHALLENGE

a fResh sTart ;)

OLd meMber?

Are you interested to join?

ショアマゲ夏休み日本語レッスン・プログラム CIO-AMAGE Summer Nihongo Lessons Program