R C of Paranaque Metro
"Good morning" called Edith, president of this all ladies club.
"Good looking!" replied the ladies, and with gusto.
What a fun bunch of women! They sang, they danced, they joked, and they made us feel extraordinarily welcome.
For this morning's meeting, the club had arranged to have breakfast served at one member's pizza parlour. We had spaghetti, pigs in blanket, bread and several types of pizzas. Makes my mouth water just to remember it. But this was breakfast! And we'd already had breakfast with our hosts. Oh well. That's part of the hospitality here in the uber friendly Philippines. Lina, the GSE Team Leader, also gave each of us men and women a beaded necklace made in her home province of Davao, as well as pearl earings for the ladies. They are all so kind.
Here I am with Edith, who's wearing the club's uniform. Many clubs here in Manila adopt a uniform which each member wears to their weekly Rotary meetings. When they head off to work afterwards, they just slip a blazer over their shirts and voila, instant business attire.
Following breakfast, we took a walk through one of the villages where you can see their electrical connections.
We visited a lovely, cool and clean daycare in the village.
And our visit with the Paranaque ladies wasn't over yet! Following a visit to President Edith's church organized medical program for the community, including lunch, we were invited to Naty's house. Naty is one of the senior ladies in this club who has a pool and she thought we might enjoy an afternoon of R and R by the pool - with food of course.
And she supplied us with a dance instructor! Here we're learning line dancing, not unlike what we do in the bars in Red Deer. But it was more fun with a teacher.
Rosie, the eldest member at 82, brought along her sister who was visiting from California. The sister gifted us four ladies with these lovely robes and colourful bags made in the Philippines. Truly, the Filipino people are the most generous.
"Good looking!" replied the ladies, and with gusto.
What a fun bunch of women! They sang, they danced, they joked, and they made us feel extraordinarily welcome.
For this morning's meeting, the club had arranged to have breakfast served at one member's pizza parlour. We had spaghetti, pigs in blanket, bread and several types of pizzas. Makes my mouth water just to remember it. But this was breakfast! And we'd already had breakfast with our hosts. Oh well. That's part of the hospitality here in the uber friendly Philippines. Lina, the GSE Team Leader, also gave each of us men and women a beaded necklace made in her home province of Davao, as well as pearl earings for the ladies. They are all so kind.
Here I am with Edith, who's wearing the club's uniform. Many clubs here in Manila adopt a uniform which each member wears to their weekly Rotary meetings. When they head off to work afterwards, they just slip a blazer over their shirts and voila, instant business attire.
Following breakfast, we took a walk through one of the villages where you can see their electrical connections.
We visited a lovely, cool and clean daycare in the village.
And our visit with the Paranaque ladies wasn't over yet! Following a visit to President Edith's church organized medical program for the community, including lunch, we were invited to Naty's house. Naty is one of the senior ladies in this club who has a pool and she thought we might enjoy an afternoon of R and R by the pool - with food of course.
And she supplied us with a dance instructor! Here we're learning line dancing, not unlike what we do in the bars in Red Deer. But it was more fun with a teacher.
Rosie, the eldest member at 82, brought along her sister who was visiting from California. The sister gifted us four ladies with these lovely robes and colourful bags made in the Philippines. Truly, the Filipino people are the most generous.
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