One of the most popular diplomatic couples in the country, Ambassador
Joao and
Ulrike Caetano da Silva of Portugal, bid farewell to their Filipino friends after staying in the country for more than five years. The gracious and active Ulrike readily adopted the Filipino way of life and showed a great interest in our country.
Letty and her late husband Ambassador
Enrique Syquia were the first Filipino couple that Joao and Ulrike came to know. The amiable Letty tendered an intimate dinner at her residence in their honor as both relived years of happy memories. Farewell, Joao and Ulrike, and we hope you come and visit us again soon!
Babbit’s bash The charming and cheerful
Babbit Goudsmit recently celebrated a fiery red birthday party at the lovely Goudsmit residence in Wack Wack. The birthday gal was all aglow in a red dress and shining pearls, and was surrounded by her husband
Jules and children
Joelle,
Christine and
Carmela, who came all the way from Brussels, Vancouver and the US. The joyous dinner party was highlighted by the amazing variety of cheeses, patés and hams which her loving family brought especially for this day. Babbit’s closest friends also came to show their promise of love and friendship to this great lady.
Happy birthday, dear Babbit!
Manuel Raymund Poblador, eldest son of
Manoling and
Sandie Poblador, is the first Filipino to graduate from Stowe School in Buckingham, England. He was awarded the Sir David McDonough Prize in History and the 2006 Grafton House Colors. You do all of us proud, Manuel Raymund!
Artist extraordinaire
Manuel "Manny" Padilla recently held his first art exhibition at the Banquet Hall of the Milky Way Building. The exhibit, which featured 29 paintings in pastel and in oil, displayed his personal interpretation of everyday objects such as lamps, cups and ceiling fans against a mixture of striking colors. Proceeds went to the breast cancer initiatives of the Essenses Foundation, represented by
Rhoda Campos and
Bo Ramas Ros. Lovely lady
Toni Abad, a surviving breast cancer patient, gave a heartfelt speech, moving everyone with the story of her current battle with the disease.
Also present at the affair were UN Ambassador of Goodwill for Visual Arts
Gion Gounet, Manny’s mother
Olive and sister
Mia, among many others. Congratulations to Manny for a successful exhibit!
Three talented youngsters from Baguio are set to make their mark on the local art scene: twins
Azra and
Samantha Pinder and their close friend
Ab Paredes. Their recent art exhibit at Le Souffle at the Fort in Taguig was a huge success, with UK Ambassador
Peter Beckingham as the event’s guest of honor.
Keep the excellent work, ladies!
Birthdays in Antipolo
Instead of the usual birthday lunch, celebrators decided to make a pilgrimage to Antipolo. In the photo are birthday girls after Mass and prayers: (front row, from left)
Tessie Kabigting,
Baby Gloria and
Minerva Tanseco; (back row, from left)
Alice Briones,
Joey Sobrepeña,
Carrie Bautista,
Celina Bautista,
Fanny Blanco and
Therese-Santos Coronel.