Today, I was invited to a luncheon party tendered by the ABS-CBN Global honcho
Raffy Lopez at a posh retaurant in Tokyo. As usual, about half of the crowd of TFC dealers, media and guests were Bisdaks. Again--and this is something I have come to anticipate in every Filipino gathering--I met two well-respected Boholanas.
First, I would like to introduce
Josie Nistal, a community leader in Tokyo, who hails from Dauis, Panglao. Born Josie Bernales Aranjuez, she grew up in Mabini before her family moved to Dauis, where, it turns out, we are neighbors. Josie is the president of the
Samahang Pilipino, the oldest and longest-running association of Filipinos in Tokyo composed mostly of household and embassy staff of the diplomatic community here. She is concurrently the president of the
Boholano Association in Japan, which has at least 20 members, and was organized under the auspices of then Press Information Officer and Boholana
Delia Balite. Josie is the chef for the ambassador of Luxembourg to Japan the Honorable Paul Steinmetz. Josie is formally trained in European cuisine, a skill which she is planning to put to good use in the future when she develops her sprawling property in Panglao as a resort. Mubisita kuno siya sa Tubag Bohol karong gabii aron tan-awon ang pictures. Welcome to TB, Josie. Please feel free to post your ideas and meet the wonderful people of TB...
Josie and I were surprised to find out, later in the party, that the wife of
Consul General Sulpicio Confiado,
Madam Prescilla Ramo Opus Confiado (second from left in photo below), is also a Boholana who hails from Baclayon. I have known ConGen Confiado, a very low-key official notwithstanding his important position next only to the ambassador, for sometime now. But it was my first time to meet his wife and learn that she is also a Boholana.
ABS-CBN Global Chief Operating Officer Raffy Lopez profusely thanked the Filipinos in Japan for enthusiastically receiving its new product offering, the internet-based TFCko, where programs can be downloaded according to one's convenience.
As in any lively party, it was Bisdak (and adopted Bisdak) galore during this luncheon.
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