Our
Consulate officially just got its own Sentro Rizal set up and branding, which will help us better promote and be a center for cultural activities, research and other
Pinoy cool stuff. It's a pretty big deal - not all Foreign Service Posts have a
Sentro yet - and deserved a proper launch with all the ceremonies and pageantry. Which it got! So we witnessed the Signing of a Memorandum of Agreement...
pictured: some damn good witnessing
...a Ribbon-Cutting to open the revamped
Sentro venue
(nee the Consulate's old, reportedly haunted library)
...a Consular Corps Reception where some sweet Filipino dishes were chased down by some smooth calamansi and mango liqueurs...
followed by some sweet, smooth emcee stylings
...and the staging of a special PETA "Lecture-Performance" on Philippine History which, just to be kapitan obvious here, was the creative interweaving of straight-up lectures...
real talk
...with some, shall we say, more interpretative performance lessons (like a firing squad transitioning into Ariana's "Bang Bang" kind of interpretative)...
the carabao meme was a nice touch
...but if they were being really honest they should have called the thing a "Lecture-Performance-SURPRISE Audience Participation" because oh god they're now quizzing us on history and facts like we're at school and I'm not ready and I didn't know our island count was over 7,600 already and i'm not finished with my paper and please don't call on me please don't call on me...
they called on me
So, kids! Learn your lesson here! Keep on reading and learning and studying up on your country and avoid the recitation stress!
and head to your Consulate's new Sentro
