Despedida for Anvil member Edgar Uy Madrazo, migrating

Last March 19, a group of Anvil friends led by past Chairman & Director Bernard Go, past President & Director Jeffrey Ng & wife Vi, William Villanueva, Alvin Uy, Ronald Alan Ko, Chairman George T. Siy and I hosted an intimate dinner despedida for our longtime Anvil Business Club stalwart and member Edgar Uy Madrazo of New Life Supermarket and his wife and two sons. It was held at the second floor of David's Teahouse along Timog Avenue, Quezon City.
The Madrazo family will migrate to Toronto, Canada in the first week of April (No, this is not an April's Day joke in advance.....). Edgar is a graduate of Grace Christian High school and Mapua Institute of Technology, his wife Elaine is from Cebu Eastern College of Cebu City, their two boys Louie and Chester are honor students at Jubillee Christian Academy.
Edgar has for years provided Anvil Business Club and members lots of brilliant ideas, sharp socio-political analyses, unvarnished economic commentaries, inspiring Christian messages and sincere friendship. Recently, the Jubilee Christian Church Fellowship invited our Anvil member Edgar Uy Madrazo to be its Speaker on the Socio-Political and Economic Conditions of Philippine Society today, and they all were jolted with his common sense ideas and laughed a lot to his jokes. His migration to Canada is not only a big loss to Anvil, but also to the Philippines! This despedida dinner was the idea of George and was well coordinated by Ronald, THANKS!!!
Chairman George Siy said he will organize another lunch or dinner near their departure date after the Holy Week, so please kindly coordinate with George for further details.
In behalf of the other officers and members of Anvil Business Club, we sincerely appreciate the wholehearted and enthusiastic support of our good friend Edgar Uy Madrazo and his wife Elaine since the early days of our organization 14 years ago. We will certainly miss his sardonic and wise comments on the topsy-turvy state of the nation, his sincere friendship, his exuberant humor, and above all, his shining example of humility and Christian devotion.
We wish Edgar Madrazo and his family not only success and happiness in Canada, but also lots of fun and fulfillment. Before we all forget, we shall call on Edgar one year from now and collect on his pledge last March 19, 2005 (Saturday night at David's Teahouse, QC) that he shall endeavor to establish the first international chapter of Anvil Business Club in the east coast of Canada as part of our over-all long-range vision to encircle the globe with our unique brand of camaraderie, business/professional ideas and Anvil sense of fun!!!
Before he leaves, you can still text or contact Edgar Uy Madrazo at New Life Supermarket in Quezon Avenue corner West Avenue, Quezon City or 0922--5344953 for free text/calls 24/7 or 0917--5334954. You can also request him to text you his inimitable text jokes!