November 21st, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

Dearest friends,

The Tradition of Christmas have combined from over half a dozen cultures and accumulated over the centuries.

An in-depth look in into its tradition and one is moved with all the sentiments, symbols and meaning associated with Christmas.
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All of which combine to give a touch of liveliness and harmony to the season of celebrations.

However, no matter which part of the world you are in, the tradition of Christmas blossoms with fun and celebration and carries along with it faith, hope and love.

Thus, it is our pleasure to call your attention for a simple catering, sharing Christmas party on December 11, 2011 at Salle Bayard, Lyon 02 starting 11 am.

Menu: 20€ per adult and 5€ per kid

Our menu:

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Cocktail & apetizer a set of different verrines of sweet potatoes eggplant caviar, zucchini tuna tartar

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Lobster charlotte (charlotte d’homard)

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Tajine de veau aux citrons et sa semoule

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Set of mignardises apricot, multi mini fruits, lemon, sablé & ganache, opera, godet pistach & framboise

With: drinks (water, coca, wine, coffee & tea)

RSVP: December 1, 2011

In addition to this, we may need to prepare for our exchange gift as follows:

Per couple/ Single attendees = a gift worth of 20€
Per kid = 10€

More details of the program:

PBA FESTIVE HOLIDAY PARTY

Please join us

December 11, 2011

32 bis Cours Bayard, Salle Bayard
69002 Lyon

“Making Spirits Bright in Christmas”

Meal: Potluck Sharing

Program:

11 am – Mass by Father Frederic Decherre
12:00 – Cocktail & Appetizer
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Carolling Contest
15:00 – Dancing Session
16:00 – Parlor Games – Kids
17:00 – Awarding prizes
18:00 - Final Session

RSVP:

No later than 1rst of December 2011

Bonjour Kabayan – 06 62 83 22 35

PBA asso(@)pinoysbest.com – 06 60 66 13 15

In harmony and supporting thoughts for Christmas!

October 27th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

PinoysBest’s Project in 2011

As part of our objectives; helping children in the Philippines, we are please to inform you about the Laptop Giving Away ( Second Hand Laptop).

With the following specifications and capacities:

• IMB Think Pad, T43
• 1 Giga memory
• 4 Giga hand disk memory
• English Operating System
• Open Office with Firefox

Note - you need to add an USB extern querty keyboard

A minimum processing fee is being required,  PBA member and non member, please inquire to association.

Please note that,  all fees generated will go to the reimbursement of all PBA processing charges, we thank you for your kind attention.

First come first serve.  Everyone must be served upon material availability.

Thank you for your kind understanding.

Kind regards,
President
Liz,  Zara P.  Maquet

October 26th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

France Télévisions
Filière Production – Site de Lyon en co-production avec DEMD est heureux de vous annoncer.. la diffusion du téléfilm.

TOUT LE MONDE DESCEND

Réalisé par RENAUD BERTRAND

Avec
THIERRY NEUVIC,
LUBNA AZABAL
DAPHNE CHOLLET, JULES ANGELO BIGARNET
MY CHAU NGUYEN THI
NATHALIE BOUTEFEU, PASQUALE D’INCA
VINCENT MARTIN
CEDRIC VIEIRA, AHMED SOLTANI
BRAHIM TEFKA, JULIE SERRANO
CHARLENE VILLANUEVA, STEPHAN WOJTOWICZ
NATHALIE BLANC, NANCY COMBIER
VICTOR CHAMBON, LEWIS ACHACHE
MALEK LAMRAOUI, FREDERIC EPAUD
MAGALI BONNAT, JEAN MICHEL PORTAL
ERIC SOUBELET, SMADI WOLFMAN
ANNE CHARRIER, LAURA DUMESNY
PATRICE SANDEAU, NIELS DUBOST
PHILIPPE BAS

Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011

A 20h35 sur France 2

Téléfilm tourné en octobre/novembre 2010
A Lyon, Rillieux La Pape,
Neuville sur SaôneAfficher la suite

Dearest Friends,

As one of the most awaiting activities happened in 2010 with the Association PinoysBest – Philippines in coordination with DEMD Production of France 3, we are very honoured to presents you the “Film Tout le Monde Descend” on shows tonight at France 2, 8:30pm France time.

Our Filipino casters are:

• Amandine Gaudevin
• Ambre Morlac
• Cerena Maquet
• Clara Annibaldi
• Alexis Daugé
• Josh Pivato
• Morgan Roch

I am very proud to let you this heritage and as one of the most important fruits of our determined actions.

In addition, a very good experiences for our growing children and youth.

Please do support and own our group.
God Bless all.

May 26th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

Consular Feast, May 27, 28 and 29 2011, Place Bellecour, LYON FRANCE

A week before the city of Lyon celebrates the 10th year of existence of the Consular Week or Fêtes Consulaires, Pinoy’s Best Association, this year’s representative of the Filipino community in Lyon in the much awaited cultural event in the city, has finalized its program for the three-day celebration.

The Philippine participation will duplicate the framework that has been the basis of the community’s remarkable undertaking for the past few years to share its cultural heritage with the inhabitants of its home away from home. On Saturday, May 27, the traditional parade attended by representative of foreign communities and local cultural associations, including PBA members, friends and supporters in native costumes representing the Cordillera tribes, the Atis, and Mindanao tribes, will travel through the main artery of the city center that will end right at the main Square of the city, Place Bellecour, where 59 consulates will feature the best of each one’s national pride in terms of culinary and fine arts, music and dances and tourist attractions.

One of the 59 booths in the heart of the city, will be that of the Philippines. Its stand will be manned by volunteers from the community that will skillfully talk about their country of origin through the objects exhibited during the whole weekend. The backdrop of the booth will recreate the tropical vegetation of the country while underlining its day to day life in the early 1900s through 30 old photographs and its tourist destinations and other features like a map of the Philippines painted by Red Garcia, who, incidentally, is also the choreographer of this year’s cultural performance group and an artwork depicting the national flag done by the Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Lyon, a senior partner in one of the leading law offices in the city. True to the barrio fiesta spirit, there will be an hourly cultural entertainment in front of the booth for two days where the country’s national dance-Tinikling, Cordillera tribal dances, Pandango sa Ilaw will be at the centerstage. Last but not least, a travelogue is also set giving way to a two-way dialogue between the public and the moderator through the objects exhibited at the booth.

The Philippine community will be equally represented on stage by a selection of tribal dances from the north and to culminate with the dance, Singkil, from the land of the Maranaos, a Muslim region in the island of Mindanao that has been acclaimed not only because of the colorful costumes but most specially the skills required of the dancers - the princess, the datu or the prince and their ladies-in-waiting - as they step in and out of the clashing bamboos arranged in a criss-cross manner while manipulating a fan and a kris respectively.

This endeavor is in cooperation with three Filipino dancers from Geneva - Gloria Haselman, Bobong Pacis and Myrna Buttar, to act as the Princess, the Datu and the main lady-in-waiting respectively who did not hesitate to accept the invitation to complete the Singkil ensemble despite the geographical distance and their busy schedule.

Article by Marivic Fradin

March 30th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

PBA to be in charge of the Philippine stand in this year’s Consular Week celebration!!

By virtue of the letter dated 8 March, 2011 of Maître Jean-Jacques Rinck, Consul of the Philippines in Lyon, PBA was designated to host the Philippine stand in this year’s Consular Week celebration. Organized by the city of Lyon as part of its yearly cultural calendar on no less than the main square, its main objective is to gather all consulates present in the second largest capital in France in order to showcase the best of their country for three days. All sixty-nine of them will participate in this year’s 10th year of existence committing each one’s assets expected to dazzle its growing public.

Upon the confirmation of its role in this event, PBA has mobilized its members to create a programme focusing on the highlights of our cultural heritage allowing visitors to a one-stop travel experience to the country: a pictograph summarizing its history from the arrival of the Spaniards to present, its flora and fauna, its pristine tourist destinations, and its intrinsic dances and songs scheduled regularly to entertain the influx of visitors into the stand.

The committee working on the dances and songs has already defined the essential concerns of their tasks and has vowed to dedicate one day a week to practice their numbers diligently until the big celebration. Needless to say, a final programme will be published as soon as available for our members, supporters and Filipino residents and their friends in Lyon and the environs for their reference.

March 28th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

Dear friends,

We would like to express our tributes to all out-going PBA Officers and the active members who were present during the General Assembly and Election last February 20. 2011.

Your unconditional supports during the last 2 years were very much appreciated by everyone. We had realized concrete projects with the perseverance of the officers; active members and we still have more to be undertaken.

We are very honoured to publish the New PBA Acting Officers for the year 2011-2012

President: Liz Maquet
Vice President: Marivic Fradin
Secretary: Annie Drewnik
Treasurer: Jenny Dettinger

Auditor: Thibaut Maquet

With admiration to the new officers, we wish you encouragement and luck to the new endeavour for PBA.

With confidence,

PBA Staff and members

February 20th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

We would like to thank Barbie from YFL Association for having us during their events held in last February 12, 2011.

We really enjoyed and you made a great job. To all the youth who will be participating the delegates for the mega conference and world youth day in Madrid Goodluck to all of you.

Once again, thank you and Enjoy your trip.

PBA Supports YFL Association in Cannes

January 11th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

Dearest gentlemen!

Please be informed that we are having a “brainstoarming” tonight at 7:30 pm at

4 Place Carnot,  69002 Lyon,  relatively to the Candidacy of interested person for PinoysBest 2011-2012 Officers!

You can come with your queries if you have any!

Thank you for your presence. See you later!

January 10th, 2011 by Liz, President(e)

Brilliant Wishes 2011!!

New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe,
no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights

May this new year bring many opportunities to your way, healthy and a blessed year 2011!

Greetings from,
President of PBA, Officers and Members

December 17th, 2010 by Liz, President(e)

Hello,
Please be informed that the Simbang Gabi will be tomorrow December 18,2010 à 6am.

What is Simbang Gabi?
This is to prepare our heart before celebrating Christmas. It is a Cultural beliefs of Philippine Catholic believers.

Choir will be there at 5:45am for some rehersal of few OPM Christmas songs.

Please, take note and we’ll be meeting you all there.

God bless all!