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.