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Wang Family Tours and a Talk for New Diplomats

Heh-Song Wang (ADB 1971–1995)

Wang Family Tours. Selma and I were very happy that my daughter Jean, her husband Ken, and our grandchildren Kelly and Kenny visited us and spent their summer vacation in Taipei,China. We were able to squeeze in family trips to Green Island here and to Japan and Singapore during their stay. In Singapore, we enjoyed visiting the Merlion, viewing Marina Bay Sands, and spending the day on Sentosa. In Japan, we traveled along the beautiful Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, where Kelly and Kenny were delighted to be able to do some sledding in the summertime. We also spent a memorable day hiking in Kamikochi, sometimes referred to as the Japanese Yosemite, and visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shirakawa-go, with its picturesque collection of thatched farmhouses surrounded by pine covered mountains.

Influential Woman — Ethel Luzario

On 30 October 2009 in the Claremont Hotel Club and Spa in Berkeley, California, the Filipina Women’s Network's second nationwide search for the 100 most influential Fililino women in the US culminated at a recognition awards gala. This working recognition award is a key initiative of Pinay 2012, aiming to double the number of Filipina women leaders by 2012. On the same night, the “Womentoring Pinay Circle” was launched.

Good Ghosh

In November, I met Prodipto Ghosh at ESCAP in Bangkok, where he was attending a workshop in preparation for an ADB–UNESCAP–UNEP publication on green growth. Over lunch, I learned what Prodipto’s been up to in the last 7 years. 

In 2001, a few people at ADB who were working with Prodipto walked into his office and congratulated him. “For what?” he asked, “Did I get a promotion?” They informed him that, according to the Internet, he was the new Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.

John Boyd Elucidates: What’s the Law?

After retiring to California in 2006, John Boyd found himself bored. So he returned to the Philippines. Once back, the dean of a Philippine law school asked him if he would be a lecturer. John was thinking about environmental law, but the dean noted that students want to know more about US law, and some of them may be practicing in the US at a later time. Further, while the Philippine legal system needs to find Philippine solutions, the Philippine law relies in part on the precedents set by some US cases. 

Chong Serp Chung

Walking around the village where I live, I bumped into Mr. and Mrs. Chong Serp Chung. The reintroductions were followed by the inevitable “What are you doing nowadays?” To which Chong Serp (CS) replied, “teaching at a university, consulting work here and there, and traveling around.” Our next meeting was another unplanned encounter as we passed on a village path, and CS and his wife, Heja Lee Chung, invited me to drop by.

It’s All About Communicating

Manny Faelnar (ADB 1970–1995) writes that he continues to pursue his long-standing interest in education. He is working with the DILA Philippines Foundation, Inc. DILA stands for “Defenders of Indigenous Languages of the Archipelago.” The word dila means "tongue" in Pilipino. DILA advocates that education should be done in the mother tongue, with other languages taught from that language. The logic is that learners learn best through the language they speak at home. In the Philippines, this would mean that Cebuanos would learn Tagalog and English through being taught in Cebuano.

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