Dear Members,

We are about to celebrate our 20th Anniversary Christmas Party at the Quezon City Sports Club’s New Air-conditioned Sports Lounge (an improvement in a section of the former Sports Lounge on the ground level beside the children’s playground) on 7 DECEMBER 2006 (Thursday) from 7:00-10:00pm.  The theme for our Party this year will be: “TWO DECADES OF SUPERMARKETS!”

 We will have a mini-exhibit of pictures of PAGASA member-stores so we hope you come and join us and tell us the stories behind your store(s). We will try to dispense with the reports this time and have a good time partying and reminiscing the early days of PAGASA (especially for those who have been with the Association since the late 80’s>calling Boy del Mundo, Jimmy Gow, Mina Catungal, George Cua and Johnny Lim).

As for our exchange gift portion, we are asking everybody joining us that evening to storm their brains (brainstorm?) and come up with the most exciting, most worthy, best value-for-money your P 20.00 can buy!  We will all bring a gift item worth P 20.00 (or less) that will capture the imagination of the recipient/receiver.  If you can bring a jewel box worth P 20.00 then you have a worthy gift for the person who will receive it.  Let’s not be tamad and try to think of something creative to give our fellow members. Now what can I buy with P 20.00? Two cans of Coke? Dito makikita ang pagiging maparaan mo bilang negosyante.  Sulit ba ang receiver ng gift mo sa P20.00 na ginastos mo? Each person who receives his (exchange) gift will open his/her gift in front of the whole party! (Of course, you can get generous and tie-up your P 20.00 gift with one that is worth P 20,000.00 and the recipient will definitely not mind receiving the additional gift attached to the original P 20.00 gift!) Let’s refrain by putting a P20.00 bill (or its pecuniary equivalent) inside a red envelope and the like.

Anyone who brings an item (pictures, pants <you can wear them to the party IF they still fit!>, pets, books or what-have-you) that is dated from 30 August 1986 (founding date of PAGASA) to 31 December 1986 (as such, paraphernalia from EDSA Revolution <Feb. of 1986> does not count) will get a special prize! There has to be proof that the item was purchased, manufactured or came into being during the period concerned. One prize per person only even if you bring items plentiful enough to fill a house.  This is just for fun purposes and to reminisce the old times or bring up new stories about yourselves during the era when PAGASA was in its infancy. Members like Emerson Sio (Sioland) can bring his cloth diapers to the party!  The more items you bring, the more stories generated that night!

Why QCSC? Have you been there lately? Yes, they lost a few of their magnificent trees because of Milenyo but those left behind have been decorated with Christmas lights to the max!  It feels like Christmas at the Club.  The New Air-conditioned Sports Lounge also has very cozy lighting and is just right for our party needs. Finally, if you are still not aware, Puregold is opening its biggest store in Metro Manila, The Puregold QI Center, right in the center of Q.I.!  It is at the corner of E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue (former Espana Extension) where you find QCSC and G. Araneta Avenue. Our party begins at 7:00pm so if you plan to visit this monstrous Puregold branch, do it early at around 5:30pm so you won’t get caught in traffic (it already being rush hour and the store is still novel to customers).  Puregold QI Center opens this  Thursday, 30 November 2006, 2 days from today!

See you at our 20th Anniversary X’mas Party!