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No Hidden Agendas
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - August 18, 2002 - 12:00am
The tall, dignified-looking Ambassador Jorge Chavez Soto hosted his first Peru National Day celebration at the embassy residence, and it must have been a challenge remembering the many new names and faces. Second...
Destination: New York!
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - August 11, 2002 - 12:00am
Artists Hermes Alegre, Fatima Baquiran, Remy Boquiren, Egai Fernandez, Caloy Gaduco and Jonathan Olazo jointly held an exhibition titled "A Confluence of Diverging Views from Six Filipino Artists" at Artspace...
When Women Ambassadors Meet
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - June 16, 2002 - 12:00am
Perhaps because our President is a woman, certain countries have been sending us women as their diplomatic representatives. Thai Ambassador Busba Bunnag set something of a precedent when five women ambassadors (herself...
Delightful Discoveries
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - May 12, 2002 - 12:00am
It was far easier for media to meet US Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone than it was for him to meet the 30 or so of us who attended the cocktails hosted by Public Affairs Officer Dr. Michael "Mike" H....
Instant Singers
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - May 5, 2002 - 12:00am
Manila being a city of surprises, ambassadors and their ladies surprised their audience at The Manila Hotel as they sang for a good cause–the Linis-Ganda program chaired by Narda Camacho who, in fact, had turned...
Wines from "Paradise"
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - April 21, 2002 - 12:00am
Prior to Concha y Toro’s grand launching dinner at Shangri-La’s Cheval Blanc, Tita Trillo in her welcome remarks so rhapsodized about Chilé, which she had just visited, that we immediately felt like...
The Splendor of Song
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - April 14, 2002 - 12:00am
The farewell dinner socialite-philathropist Rose Marie J. Arenas and Mandarin Oriental GM Helmut Gaisberger tendered for French Ambassador Gilles Chouraqui at the Fontaine Room seemed an overly formal one–until...
The Chouraqui Carousel
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - March 31, 2002 - 12:00am
The incredible diplomat Gilles Chouraqui leaves for Strasbourg to become France’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe. But long before he does, his legions of friends and admirers will...
A Warm Welcome
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - March 10, 2002 - 12:00am
There could not have been a warmer, more convivial "bienvenida" for Doña Mercedes Zobel McMicking than that hosted by the effervescent, vivacious Tereret T. Liboro and her mother Doña Nena...
Deviations
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - February 17, 2002 - 12:00am
Any national day celebration is invariably a reaffirmation of friendship between the host country and the Philippines. Yet, there are always distinctive deviations which render one celebration interestingly different...
Like No Other
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - January 27, 2002 - 12:00am
Attending the induction of the Museum Foundation officers seemed like visiting a medieval monastery filled with antiques, statues of saints and cherubims carved during the colonial period, and old paintings. The...
Transitions
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - January 20, 2002 - 12:00am
Wasn’t it the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who observed, "The only permanent thing is change"? Seasons change, careers change (through awards, promotions, and yes, demotions!), hair styles change...
A Search Extended
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - December 23, 2001 - 12:00am
With the hearty endorsement of Ruth L. Guingona, wife of VP-DFA Secretary Teofisto Guingona, Jr. and chairperson of the DFA Ladies Foundation, the search for a "Cooking Family" has been extended to Feb....
Patterns
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - December 9, 2001 - 12:00am
The title above is derived from Amy Lowell’s famous poem wherein she asks, "What are patterns for?" The meaning of her question is a tragic one, but I must beg her indulgence: patterns are useful...
Colorfully Caribbean
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - November 25, 2001 - 12:00am
Vivacious hostess Narda Camacho was in virginal white, looking like a debutante, but the two huge pink-and-red flowers in her hair reflected the Caribbean motif of her birthday celebration at Shangri-La’s Rizal...
The Blessing of Wines
by table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa - September 9, 2001 - 12:00am
This is not about the wedding at Cana where water was miraculously changed into wine. I wager that since then, no wine made by man can match the one produced at Cana; nevertheless wine growers haven’t stopped...
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