{"id":1462,"date":"2012-01-01T01:46:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T06:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/blog\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2012-01-01T01:46:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T06:46:21","slug":"anna-sobrepenas-surprise-birthday-bash-raises-funds-for-typhoon-sendong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/2012\/01\/01\/anna-sobrepenas-surprise-birthday-bash-raises-funds-for-typhoon-sendong\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Sobrepena’s surprise Birthday Bash raises funds for Typhoon Sendong"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANNA SOBREPENA\u2019S SURPRISE BIRTHDAY BASH RAISES<\/strong><\/p>\n

FUNDS FOR TYPHOON SENDONG<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was a big night for Lifestyle Asia\u2019s famously chic editor-in-chief Anna-with a capital A, as loving husband Chito, with children, Gab, Raf and Mira planned a surprise birthday party.\u00a0 As early as November, Metrobank Foundation President Chito Sobrepena invited family and friends to mark Anna\u2019s milestone at the Peninsula Manila\u2019s Salon de Ning. They began to send out \u2018save-the-date\u2019 messages by text and email.\u00a0 But keeping this under wraps from someone as visible as Anna was quite an impossible feat. The gracious lady said:\u00a0 \u201cI knew something was brewing, and people would accidentally ask me about it, and so the ultimate surprise was finding out who were coming.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Their plan almost didn\u2019t happen due to the devastation caused by typhoon Sendong just a few days before the birthday celebration.\u00a0 While everyone understood Anna\u2019s sentiments, they decided to use the occasion to contribute to the survivors and yet be there to convey well wishes.\u00a0 A few hundred thousand pesos were raised that evening which was immediately dispatched through the network of the Metrobank Foundation.. The festive gathering at Salon de Ning was filled with bold-faced names in business, society and the diplomatic circle, who came to greet the \u201cwoman of the hour.\u201d\u00a0 After introducing her family and thanking everyone, the unguardedly ecstatic Anna gave Chito a kiss for the magical evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Woman of the Hour\u2019 Anna Sobrepena, 2nd from left, with Chito Sobrepena, Ambassador Delia Albert, Washington Sycip and Sonja Vodusek, General Manager of The Peninsula Manila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ging Montinola, Anna Sobrepena, Chinese Ambassador\u2019s wife Wang Yihong, Gigi Montinola and Arthur Ty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elena Colome, Evelyn Lim Forbes, Betsy Westendorp and Jeanne Goulbourn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Seated: The Lady HB, Charisse Chuidian, Director of Communications, Mandarin Oriental Manila. Standing: Tina Cuevas of Sulo Riviera Hotel, Mario Katigbak, GM of Bvlgari and Hermes and Jacqueline Jacinto Zuratynsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tessy Sy Coson, Italian Ambassador\u2019s wife, Silvana Fornari and Anna Sobrepena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Small Laude, Mario Katigbak, Alice Eduardo and Sari Yap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anna Sobrepena, Sevrine Miailhe, Grace Glory Go, The Lady HB and Linda Ley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baby Cruz of Jewelmer, Tisha Bautista, Joseph Calata, Princess Monjiera Disini and Maureen Disini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sevrine Miailhe, Mia Borromeo and Chito Sobrepena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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