more indie day photos

Photo credits go to Nestie and Selee. CD copies are with the VSO Vols, Kai, Nelly and Berlie.

2009 phil indie day in mongolia part 2: pinoys in mongolia then and now

Myles created this presentation for the 2009 phil indie day in mongolia. the list is by no means exhaustive due to limited photos accessed in haste. hopefully we'd be able to later put up one with more people in it, to better represent the range of sectors that the pinoys here were and are in.



presenting below those who have shared their time, talent and treasure (a la "Alay Kapwa ") for the party and to whom a heartfelt PASASALAMAT AND BAYARLALA is extended:

Event Coordinator : Marnet (plus entrance tickets, cloth for the
costumes, raffle prizes, her house and many things
from it, grills, patience and tolerance sa mga
pasaway, etc)

Food Contributors : Marnet (lechon kawali during the party, and
nourishment during rehearsals);
Nestie (chicken adobo - rendering hundreds of
chicken legless);
Joy (conveniently ordered rice, tokwa and togue,
vegetarian sotanghon from The Gate
Restaurant, where Gilbert a pinoy is chef).
Berlie, Nellie, Rose, Irma, Sandra et al ( gallons
of mango juice and trays and trays of biko,
of which only about half made it to the food
table. the rest were "forgotten" to be
served,eventually "discovered" and divided
among the remaining pinoys post party).

Logistics : Fr Ronald and Good Shepherd girls Zaaya, Baagii, Uka,
Bileg, Julia, etc (for the banderitas, boiling kilos
and kilos of pork and chicken, chairs and
physical set up, sourcing the band set and PA system
- amplis, speakers, etc.);

Nestie and Gerry G (for transportation and various
assistance);

VSO/Bahaginan vols and Kuya Jimmy for helping in the
physical set up and cleaning.

Creatives : Myles for the videos and slide presentations as well
as the bahay kubo;
Nestie and Seelee for the photo and video
documentation.

Gate Keepers and Usherettes : Mommy Ming, Glo, Grace, Ryzza, Rose

Food Tables : Angie, Fatima, Gilbert, Good Shepherd girls,
Cristina, Nineth, Eva

Venue and Security : honorary pinoys Louise and John

Mini Tianggue and Cash Bar : Tere and Joy - pearls and blings
Fatima and Rona - embotido, tapa, tocino
John and Greg - cash bar

Buy-a-brick tickets : the kids - Ina in dreamy princess white gown, Georg
in barong and rubber shoes, John G in bucolic camisa
de chino;
Jocelyn (another honorary pinay who oh-so wanted to
join the dancing but faithfully kept to her task),
Yaya Lorena.

Program : Bishop Wens Padilla for the invocation and a spiel on
the history of sorts of the Pinoys in Mongolia;

Emcees - Kai and Roni;

Choreographers - Gecca, Rene and Helen;

Dancers - Berlie, Nelly, Irma, Sandra, Joy, Gecca,
Helen, honorary pinays Louise, Seelee and Nathalie,
Jack son of Louise and John, Kuya Jimmy, Rene and Doc
Mon;

The Band - Kyla, Reylan, Gerry, Earl, Chris, Yuri

Fund Donors : Delia B, the Ganabas

one or two may have been inadvertently omitted. that's because I lost Marnet's list, as well as due to senior moments and anesthesia. big apologies.

then of course our appreciation to other Pinoys and non-Pinoy friends who bought tickets and celebrated with us, such as the Chingeltei District Health Unit who came in full force, Roni's Mongolian colleagues who drove all the way from Darkhan, Ambassador Patrick Chrismasant of France who charmingly beamed at the dancers, Swiss Consul Markus Dubach who honored us by wearing a barong tagalog and his wife Gertrude who gamely dared put her dainty feet in between the tinikling poles.

pinoys coming out : 2009 phil indie day in mongolia

that was a blast. the pinoys in mongolia's first open party, attended by close to 300 people less than 10% of whom were pinoys, to celebrate the 111th philippine independence day on 14 June 2009 at the star apartments community center.

doubling as a fund raiser for the good shepherd parish in ulaanbaatar, we raked in more than 3.6 million tugriks in ticket sales plus donations from generous individuals.



it was a challenge to organize the event, lacking as we were with the necessary materials, hands and funds.



a barrio fiesta atmosphere nonetheless was approximated -- lechon kawali in lieu of lechon, light wood dos por dos in lieu of bamboo for the tinikling, styro bahay kubo (nipa hut) facade. strung and hung the banderitas, served the ubiquitous chicken adobo, rice, tokwa with togue and veggie sotanghon for the non-meat eaters, biko and mango juice.

guests were entertained with folk dances -- itik-itik, kappa malong, pandanggo sa ilaw, tinikling -- and got everyone grooving to the opm music of the boracay-based pinoy band who took off from their regular gig at strings. tinikling was such a hit ("awesome!") that many brave souls from the audience tried. no casualty, thank heavens!



there was too the mini tianggue where sold were embotido, tapa, tocino, pearl trinkets and other blings. raffle prizes that were put up by marnet for those who bought buy-a-brick tickets (for the church's fence) were added incentives. the "philippine libations" pack, consisting of tanduay rhum, ginebra san miguel, ginger tea powder, sumatra blend tobaccos and cebu dried mangoes was particularly inventive.

unanimous, hands-down, no contest verdict : indeed the "philippinos" definitely know how to throw one helluva fantabulous parteehh!! ..... and when might the next one be?

can't end this post without being showbiz --- we would like to thank our sponsors ... and the credits !

the pinoy community in mongolee is small, give or take 100 px. most of them gave their best, within respective abilities and limitations, to make the party rock. to them...dancers and choreographers, creatives, the strings pinoy band, gate keepers, food table supervisors, buy-a-brick ticket minders, trinket seller, deli supplier .... huge appreciation. a full list will be posted later.

meantime we do have to mention special people: Marnet, who pursued, glued and coordinated, Fr. Ronald and the girls from the Good Shepherd for arranging challenging logistical needs, Louise and John from the US Embassy for facilitating the use of the venue and security as well as the cash bar, Ms Delia B from afar but whose spirit of solidarity reached UB in $$$.

muchas gracias y salud!

the M weekend that was

1. Related to MWeekend: 116 (last is Gerry's message #860)(give & take baka may na miss)

2. First message posted re: MWEEKEND: 8:27am August 21, 2008 by Fr. Ronald, subject: Sana MWeekend na!

3. Two subjects most responded to: a. Sana M Weekend NA, b. M-Weekend Malapit na!

4. first message sent with subject M-Weekend Malapit NA: 6:25pm, 10/5/2008 by Fr. Ronald, Again!

5. # of messages exchanged under the subject: M-Weekend Malapit na! - 82 messages

6. members & # of messages:
30=Ricky
17=RTP
13=Joy
12=Glenn
12=Gerry
06=Delia
05=Tin-tin
05=Terence
03=Rezeil
03=Marnet
03=Gecca
02=Randy
01=Nestie
01=Ruel
01=Sheng
01=Joe
01=Margie


ATTENDEES!!!
1. Ricky
2. Fr. Ronald
3. Bishop Wens
4. Ariel
5. Connie
6. Gerry
7. Nancy
8. Glenn
9. Joy
10. Ruel
11. Rem
12. Myles
13. Ronnie
14. Rene
15. Angie
16. Terence
18. Tin-Tin
19. Ronald NTP
20. Rezeil
21. Mr. Novicio
22. Jun
23. Cecil
24. Sandra
25. Nelie
26. Berlie
27. Irma
28. Delia
29. REmy
30. Kai
31. Yaya
32. Terelj Girl 1
33. Terelj Girl 2
34. Terelj Girl 3
35. Terelj Girl 4
36. Jaime
37. Lito
38. Band-Enteng
39. Band-Darren
39. Band Member with Enteng
40. Band 1
41. Band 2
42. Band 3
43. Grace
44. Rick (joy's neighbor)

Kids:
45. John
46. Jaco
47. karen
48. Kara
49. Kevin
50. Karina (kai's daughter)

(Did I miss someone somewhere down the road? She may be the face I can't forget!!!)

VIDEOKE
Highest score = 99 (d ko alam kanino to) kung may 100 man dyan at na-off ang TV pasensiya na.

courtesy of Terence

'd Lechon weekend

thanks ricky for the pics!