My Life in the Cement PLant

I used to work at Titan Cement Manufacturing Corp. from 1989 until it closed down in 1999. I had many happy memories there. My co-workers were kind and humble and we all worked very hard.The story was start when my bro.in Law,who employed in FR cement -Pasig-Metro Mla. telling me about the opening of Titan cement in Tanay,Rizal.I think this the second time that I will referring by my bro.in Law.The first experience is when I work as a checker in Red Ball Transport Corp.And I always visiting a cement plant in Teresa,Rizal to check and assist our Trucks status during-hauling clinker from Teresa to Pasig plant.I was feeling happy for this daily routine with almost 2 months until the next january-1983.A nationwide mass lay-off was proclaim and effectively implement in all industrial companies and stop my first career-for this time.And again,I come back in Alabang for a few weeks and spent my vacation at my sis.home.Until this second chance has come:Last July 19,1989, I submit a resume biodata with a ref.letter for Mr.Alcantara and he lead me to proceed to Mr.Butch Aquino,The Admin.manager and he told me to come back at next day for job appointment and training.At the next day-I was assign in the mill section and make a tour at the plant -building- equipments-machineries and inform me each usage and functions by my new collegue-Mr.Mangona.At the 2nd hour,we used to do housekeeping job by removing the cement spillages beneath the dischage end of ballmill-flooring.In the lunch break,I was friendly follow to Zaldy Aguila,an eng'r trainee also to take our lunch infront restaurant at the main gate of the plant.And in the late afternoon milling operation is resume-for few hours and observe the rotating ballmill.And make a visit to the equipments at 3rd floor of the building-the bucket elevator,dust collector,air separator,air slide conv.,screw conv.and the flows of finish cement to the kinyon pump to transport pipe leading to cement silos at the back of Pack house-section.But it was stop after few hrs.due to bucket elev.mech'l trouble.


photo of my supervisor Greg Aurit


photo of my co-workers


another photo of my supervisor


again, another of his photo

My photos at work were left in Negros when we lived there for a few years in the 2000's.