Headed by Track 4 Facilitator Bobby Soriano, AS2-Pilipinas hosted a dinner for SAHANA's Mifan Careem and Ravindra da Silva with lovely wife Mathisha. It was an eat-all-you-can evening last 25 April 2007 in all-Filipino Cabalen Restaurant in Metro Manila's central business district of Makati City.
The group includes Trixie, Cheekay, Joanna, Pretchie, Dianne, Myra, Magie, Jerome and yours truly. Not present were Joyce, Bangge, and Evelyn. Dr. Alvin, however, have met with the SAHANA guys earlier that day. Nelia, Ela and Yolynne are in southern Philippines but have extended their regards as well.
As our token of recognition and appreciation for all of SAHANA's efforts, we presented Mifan and Ravindra with the famous Philippine jeepney die-cast models and a bouquet of flowers for Mathisha.
After the dinner, the rest proceeded to the popular Baywalk area of Manila where the group enjoyed outdoor bands, mime performers, and late night coffee near the sea. Track 5 stories again re-surfaced and brought back memories and laughs among us all.
The following day, Bobby and I brought Mifan, Ravindra and Mathisha for a Jolibee breakfast with Joanna, Dianne and Magie then later did last-minute bargain shopping and a refreshing stop at the Promenade both in the Greenhills Shopping Center.
It was indeed fun to meet again and welcome fellow AS2 participants in our country and extend the warm Filipino hospitality.
To the SAHANA guys, MABUHAY and see you again soon! Thank you for visiting our country.
1 comment:
Dear AS2 Filipinos,
me and my wife Mathisha , we don't have words to express our gratitude to you all for making our stay pleasurable as can be. The eat-all-can buffet had too much choice(like FOSS ,where it is a good thing to have choice) , i simply could not taste all of them. I still can visualize those tasty food :) yum, yum.
I wish some one will open a Filipino restaurant in Sri Lanka , instead of just Chinese.
Once more Filipinos showed their generosity and hospitality like they brought happiness to AS2 Indonesia. some of them came from some 50,60 Km far away. thank you so much for coming and meeting and us. and of course we missed Dr.Alvin for the dinner, which is entirely our fault as we arrived nearly 4 hours late from the planned time.
Though you forgot to mention , Bobby gave us Open Office T-shirts which i wear much to the envy of others in the lab. and the nice dried food and fruits you all gave us , we enjoyed so much.
and i must say the baywalk beach , it rocks :) its the best
shopping in Philippines is not bad either , when you have a guide like Francis who is kind enough to do some bargaining for you :)
or Bobby who can help to buy a phone for 1/3 the cost in sri lanka.
all in all , i want to thank all of you AS2 AS2 Filipinos for giving us a very ,very happy time . MABUHAY !
cheers
ravindra
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