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Highlands View Magazine Vol.21 No.4-2016
Highlands View Magazine Vol.21 No.4-2016
A Bountiful Christmas
Steakhouse Food & Wine Selection
Dessert Fantasy
WILLY N. OCIER
FOUNDER
The holidays is a season about love and giving. It is a time where families come together,
be it from all over the country or the world and the Club is fortunate enough that
countless families decide to spend this very special and intimate occasion with us
year after year. That is why we always make it a point to make our events grand and
special with a personal touch. The way we see it, the club is a community and you, dear
members, are our family. We believe that you deserve the utmost care and top-notch
service. It is our way of saying thank you for being with us for all these years. We hope
to see you in the coming days and know that you will always feel welcome and at home
here at Tagaytay Highlands.
JERRY C. TIU
CLUB PRESIDENT
It is the most wonderful time of the year and we, here at Tagaytay Highlands, have
prepared something special for you and your family this coming holiday season.
Listen to the angelic voices of different children choirs every Saturday. Get creative
with the arts & crafts weekends at The Library or marvel at the works of our featured
artists at The Gallery. Party with us at our Christmas Party for Kids and when we
welcome 2017 at our New Years Countdown. Partake at our eucharistic mass every
weekend and the Simbang Gabi at the Holy Family Chapel. Try our newly-built and
renovated facilities at The Country Club. Sample our special gourmet offerings at The
Highlander Steakhouse or your all-time favorites at our other restaurants. We cant
wait for you to come over this holiday season and have a wonderful and memorable
time the Highlands way.
GENERAL MANAGER
Editorial Board
ON THE COVER
Willy N. Ocier
Anjannette A. Isidro
CREATIVE OFFICER
Jerry C. Tiu
CLUB PRESIDENT
GRAPHIC ARTIST
Noel A. Casubha
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Contributors
Cherrielyn Alvior
Angelo Bacani
John Cordero
Lala Magbuhat
Paul Quiambao
Veronica V. Wuson
Photography
Anjannette A. Isidro
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PERFECT DINNER
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FOGGY HEIGHTS
SWEET FEAST
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EVENT REVIEW
IN THIS ISSUE
12 BELLS TOLLING FOR THE10TH YEAR OF
MADRE DE DIOS
13 TWENTY YEARS OF ENRICHING THE SOUL
34 SWEET FEAST
Dessert Fantasy
16 PHOTOGRAPHY
20 HIGH IN TASTE
42 EVENT REVIEW
13th Louis Coson Cup | Joey Fornier Cup | 3rd Quarter Flight | 11th
Ladies Tournament | City Of Dreams Golf Tournament | 14th SM
Invitational Golf Tournament | Imperial Card Launch at Conrad
| Pokemon Go at Highlands | Harvest Festival at Pick and Pay |
Beyond I Do | Lets Get High Year Six | | Youth Mass 2016 | Special
Mass for Saint Teresa of Calcutta | The Nativity of Mama Mary |
Grupo da Imaculada: Flag Turnover | Caritas Manila Donation | 12th
FEDCOHR Champion| 4th Billanos Cup | Western Union Adventure
| SGV Day | Asian Development Bank Play
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PRESIDENTS TREAT
Celebrate in fairways and get one (1) FREE green fee in a
member-accompanied foursome flight (1 member + 3 paying
guests) and a bottle of wine courtesy of the Club President.
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THE GALLERY
November 26 - December 31, 2016
2nd Floor, Tagaytay Highlands Golf Club
An exclusive collection celebrating the
20 years of The Holy Family Chapel
November 26 | Cocktails 5pm
RSVP Lala (0917) 563-4849
Christmas
Events
2016
The Club always brings the most exciting events all year round and on December, we have something
special prepared for our members and guests, something magical, that surely and your family will enjoy.
See what we have lined up for our Christmas events this coming month here at Tagaytay Highlands,
your home for the holidays!
IMPERIAL DISCOUNTS
5% Discounts on New Years Countdown
10+1 Promo on New Years Countdown
tickets
THE ART OF
MANNY BALDEMOR
November 26 - December 31
The Gallery at Highlands Golf Club
Exhibit; Art Sale
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
December 25 - 31
10am - 10pm | The Funicular Parking
Ticket Prices
CHRISTMAS
GOODIES
FROM SANTA
December 24 and 25 | 12nn - 2pm
Highlands Golfers Lounge
Its FREE for all declared dependents
12 years old and below
Adults
Kids
Show only at The Gallery
SIMBANG GABI
SCHEDULE
DEC
04
SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS
11am Mass | Holy Family Chapel
DECEMBER 04
Ateneo Chamber Singers
DECEMBER 11
UPLB Chorale Ensemble
DECEMBER 18
DLSU - D Chorale
DECEMBER 25
Christmas (11am & 4pm)
Himig Agustino
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DEC
25
DEC
26
DECEMBER 10
DECEMBER 30
DECEMBER 24
DECEMBER 25
DECEMBER 26
DECEMBER 31
JANUARY 1
DEC
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HIGH IN TASTE
High in Taste
Deconstructing Shabu-Shabu
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he coming of ber months signals the arrival of the cold weather. Here in Tagaytay, we experience cool weather all year round,
with the coldest months being December to February. Enjoybale the cold weather may be, you will eventually want something
to keep you warm other than thick clothes. Were talking about food and here at Tagaytay Highlands, we have more than just the
likes of our Special Bulalo to warm you up. Head on over to the Highlands Golfers Lounge with family and friends and share a pot of
shabu-shabu.
Often mistaken as a dish originating from Korea, shabu-shabu is actually a Japanese hotpot dish usually composed of thinly sliced meat
and vegetables boiled in water. The ingredients are stirred in the pot and cooked at the table then served with dipping sauces.
At Tagaytay Highlands, we do our shabu-shabu differently and a cut above the rest to make sure that diners will have a gastronomic
experience that is uniquely Highlands. To start things off, instead of just using water for cooking, we provide two kinds of broth as the
heart of the dish: savory beef and mild seafood. Then an assorted mix of protein and vegetables make up body: prawns, fish, chicken,
beef cutlets, mushroom balls, squid balls, tofu, fish cake, Baguio and native pechay, and onion leeks. To compliment this hearty fare, we
prepare a special satay mix made from bullhead and taro.
Enjoy our Golfers Lounge Shabu-shabu and more at the Highlands Golfers Lounge at the Highlands Golf Club.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
ight Treasures is a popular representation in Chinese art. It is a subset of the Hundred Treasures inventory used in objet dart
collection popular among traditional Chinese art connoisseurs. Often it is comprised of a wish-granting pearl ( , bozh); a
double lozenges ( , fngshng); the stone chime ( , qng); a pair of rhinoceros horns ( , xjio); double coins ( ,shungqin);
the gold or silver ingot ( ,dng); coral ( ,shnh); and, a wish-granting scepter ( ,ruyi). These objects are housed in special wooden
cabinets fit for imperial appreciation.
HIGHLANDS PEKING
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BRAISED EGGPLANT
WITH SALTED FISH AND
CHICKEN
STEAMED LAPULAPU
WITH SOY
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At the Winter Garden of the Highlands China Palace, we have hundreds of culinary treasures freshly prepared by our Hong Kong
Chef and his battalion of experts. These dishes are crafted from centuries of traditions using authentic ingredients and culinary
methodologies. Nothing is compromised. Everything is prized.
If ordering is like collecting, here are most favored eight treasures of club members from the Highlands China Palace:
HONG KONG FRIED
CHICKEN
Reserve a table now for the holidays. Call the Banquets Team at (0917)882-6885.
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Cellar
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Your Guide to a
HOLIDAY TABLESCAPES
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Chocolate Fondue
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SWEET FEAST
Red Velvet with Candied Bacon
Sweet Feast
Dessert Fantasy
Red is the color of Christmas and our Red Velvet with Candied
Bacon surely fits the motif. Slice through its moist and soft cake
The Carrot Cake is one of the classics that doesnt have many
variations and people would like to leave it that way. The carrot
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SWEET FEAST
Carrot Cake
Pumpkin Loaf and Muesli Bread
adds a mild sweetness to the cake. The frosting and white chocolate
chips on top makes this cake at par with other sweets out there.
If you prefer something less sweet to wrap up your meal or for some
light snacking, try our Pumpkin Loaf and Muesli Bread that are
equally satisfying.
Visit the Highlands Golfers Lounge and The Gourmet Avenue at
The Country Club to sample these delights and more, with even
more dessert options at the Clubs other food outlets. Be sure to visit
each one of them and see what sweet surprise they have in store for
you!
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Girls Gone
round the last week of June, nine damsels from the Highlands
of Tagaytay flew to the Highlands of Scotland, railed to the
little golf kingdom of Fife by St Andrews Bay and collectively
sighed, we finally made it home!
All the narratives about Ol St. Andrews where golf reportedly started
is true..fascinatingly surreal unreal..dazzling magical. Goosebumps!
Acting like stars strutting into a location shoot, we visualized the
perfect swing and the surgical short game of our favorite players
through the 7,297 yards, 18-hole par 72 links.
We soaked it all in - the royal and ancient history, the salty air,
the fabled swirling winds, strips of fescue, the coastline of Chariots
of Fire fame, Hamilton Hall by the 18th - playing in our minds the
Opens gentlemen gladiators and spectators.
As Jack Nicklaus said, I fell in love with it the first day I played it.
Theres just no other golf course that is even remotely close.
In this theater of old world golf, the Scottish classic revetted bunkers,
all 112 of them, including the 10-ft tall Hell Bunker on the 14th are
par for the course! We made a shout out to three-time British Open
champion Tiger Woods as we repeatedly blasted out of the potholes.
Nothing fancy when golf started here along the ancient sand dunes
five centuries ago. Although unsuitable for crops and houses, the
coastal land had perfect golf genes! Golf s FOREfathers just exploited
its organic ecosystem - shallow top soil, sandy subsoil, sound
drainage, exposed sand, closely grazed turf, tree free with swaths of
fescues, gorse and heather.
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The Sisterhood of Traveling Golfers at the iconic Swilcan Bridge, from left, Veronica Wuson, Aloma Lopez, Betsy Tuason, Mayenne Varua,
Totelle Dimson, Surli Walker, Rosalind Wee, Marge Tan, Dionne Cu.
Turns out God is the architect of true links which mortals are copying. The
sea, sand, soil, and sea winds are in sync with natural grassy and sandy
hazards. No earth moving. No sand nor turf import. Seminal true links.
The Scottish experience intensified the bond of the Sisterhood of Traveling
Golfers whose passion for the ancient game of sticks and ball flourished up
and down the fairways of the Philippine islands and beyond to Hong Kong,
Kunming, Mission Hills, Osaka.
I have to pinch myself that am playing in St. Andrews, recounted Dionne
Cu, two years ago when my daughter Camille and I visited, we just bought
gifts in the souvenir shop.
Marge Tan, instrumental in booking our hotels, sighed, All my late nights to
early mornings googling for the best deals paid off. We have arrived in golf
Mecca and living our dream.
Legally blind, philanthropist Rosalind Wee, remarked, Unbelievable. Golf
is so democratized in Scotland, referring to the fact that the Old Course
and the six others in the St. Andrews complex remain open to the public all
through the centuries. And on Sundays, the Old Course is a public park for
all. Best time for selfies!
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Totelle Dimson with her caddy, Alan Carlyle, warming up at Old Course
We end the day with ale and regale ourselves of our errant shots,
putts, the potholes and surviving walking the grand the Ol
course!
was our third. Himalayas, the worlds first mini golf, elicited
smiles and fist pumps while putting the sharply undulating 27hole right beside the Old Course.
Ten days before the 2016 British Open, we day tripped to Royal
Troon, shaking hands in VR (virtual reality) with Jason Day,
James Speith, Rory McIlroy and lunched at Trump Turnberrys
Duel in the Sun framing the famous lighthouse.
The swinging skirts also tackled the tough 18-hole hilly Castle
course with spectacular views of the town, barley fields and the
Eden estuary. Jubilee, challenging 18-hole championship course,
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Fernan Digno
F&B Senior Manager
EVENT REVIEW
Mr. Hans Sy
Joey Fornier
Cup
Jeffrey Bernaldes
11th Ladies
Tournament
The Highlands Ladies Team held their annual
golf tournament, now on its 11th year, at
the Midlands Golf Course. Winners of the
tournament are Carina Ricamonte (Low
Gross Champion), So Young Lee (Low Net
Champion), Sheila Ward (Ladies), Bruce Lee
(Class A), Dominic Samson (class B), and
Elmer Lapena (Class C).
Dominic Samson
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City Of Dreams
Golf Tournament
Entertainment industry giant, City of
Dreams Manila, went to Tagaytay Highlands
to hold their invitational golf tournament.
Team Play is the mode of the game with
the team of Edward Isidoro, Yeong Cheon
Oh, and Kim Jong Ku, Chang Gi Kim
championing Class A; Patrich Hernandez,
Kim Young Joo, Seong Kim Gon, and
Bobby Ong for Class B,; Lee Daiwang, Kang
Younggy, Joseph Clements, and Lee Kyonhja
for Class C; and Sung Ju Lee, Yu Geum Jang,
Letticia Lee, and Wong Tony for Class D.
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at Conrad Manila
The Clubs of Tagaytay Highlands hosted the first by-invitation dinner for
its top patrons. Select attendees from the Tagaytay Highlands International
Golf Club, Tagaytay Midlands Golf Club and The Country Club at
Tagaytay Highlands were greeted by Manila Philharmonic Orchestra
Quartets chamber music performance. Top event stylist Michael Badang
Rueda adorned the interiors with rouge rose and indigo making the affair
truly warm and cordial. All gathered for a family-like feast at the newlyopened Conrad Manilas Forbes Ballroom. The event also launched the
Highlands Imperial Card to the attending members. The gold and brown
card would entitle a member to a roster of all-season discounts on club
facilities and services along with more privileges exclusively extended to
the most loyal patrons of the club. Hans Sy and other Board of Directors
graced the evening with Club President Jerry Tiu who cordially welcomed
arriving club members. General Manager Claire Kramer presented the
rewards program perks to the attending members who also had a special
preview of the Clubs future major renovation projects.
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Beyond I Do
Educhild organized a very intimate and meaningful weekend
for couples at Tagaytay Highlands. A 3-day weekend seminar on
marriage and love, Beyond I Do provides a venue for husband and
wife to take a closer look at their marriage through a romantic live-in
seminar, couple bonding exercises and workshop activities.
Artadi Family
Pokemon Go at Highlands
Members and guests went on a Highlands Poke-adventure and
tried to be the very best like no one ever was! Participants went
around the Club in search of Pokemons and whoever caught
the most pokemons the whole gets to win gift certificates and
bragging rights as the Highlands Pokemon Master. On the first
day of the hunt, August 20, it was Daniela Lirio who caught the
most pokemon while Iago Artadi bested everyone else on the
second day, August 27. Great job, guys! Til the next hunt!
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Youth Mass 2016
In 1st Timothy in the Bible, the Lord
encourages the youth to be very active
in their christian duties and not let their
young age be a hindrance. Every year,
Tagaytay Highlands reminds the youth
of that mission through the Youth Mass.
This years mass was presided by Rev. Fr.
Randell Marero.
The Nativity
of Mama Mary
In celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of
Mama Mary, the Clubs Catholic community
joined the Holy Family Chapel for an early
morning procession in and around the
Clubs residential areas and clubhouses,
followed by a eucharistic celebration back at
the chapel.
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Grupo da Imaculada:
Flag Turnover
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DEVOTION
WESTERN UNION
ADVENTURE
Country Directors of Western Union all gathered at
Tagaytay Highlands for a week-long corporate planning
and team building. he program was devised by Club Sports
& Recreation Division Head Alfredo Labadan II and WU
Senior Manager Anil Santhapuri, both members of the
International Coach Federation. Their event included
seminars, meetings, eco trekking, bird watching, and
adventure-based team building.
SGV DAY
SGV & Co, the largest Professional service firm in the
country, decided to stay at Tagaytay Highlands for 2 days as
part of their formation activities for their executives. Aside
from seminars, they also had a team building activity with
one activity called Prisoners Dilemma as the main event.
The activity deals with the idea on why two completely
rational individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears
that it is in their best interests to do so.
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK PLAY
ADB Executives set aside a day
out of the office for an exciting
day at Tagaytay Highalnds. One
of the highlights of their stay
is the corporate team building
activity called Scrum Lego, a fun
and creative way to talk about
certain office situations.
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12th FEDCOHR
CHAMPION
Tagaytay Highlands bested participants from the different golf
clubs and was able to bag the Overall Champion title in this
years FEDCOHR Interclub Sportfest. Out of the 11 games, Team
Highlands was able to get 8 Gold Awards, 4 Silvers, and 3 Bronzes.
4th Billanos
Cup
Club Member, Chats Billano, held once again
her own brand of badminton tournament for
Club employees at the Sports Center. This
tournament is one of the ways employees
from different division are able to build
relationships from healthy competition.
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Community News
Security Force
Paying your bills is now made faster and easier with just a press
of a button. At the Tagaytay Highlands Convenience Store,
you can pay your bills, be it utility bills, mobile plan bills, or life
insurance. Just ask our friendly crew if you need some assistance.
The convenience store is located at the parking area in front of the Tagaytay
Highlands Golf Clubhouse.
Need Assistance?
For any residential concern, especially after office hours, kindly dial
the numbers below. Our 24-hour receptionist will gladly take your
call:
For operations related concerns:
Homeowners Association
Engr. Efren V. Rimando, District Manager
(0917) 672-8031 / (046) 483 2188 / 682-0512
Tagaytay Highlands Community Condominium Association Inc.
Ricky S. Guan, Property Manager
(0917) 709-6568 / (046) 483-2188 / 686-1760
Tagaytay Midlands Community Condominium Association Inc.
Alfred D. Faustino, Property Manager
(0917) 709-6734 / (046) 483-2510 / 682-0571
Greenlands Community Homeowners Condominium
Association Inc.
Albert C. Morta, Property Manager
(0917) 709-6637 / (046) 483-2510 / 683-1575
Tagaytay Highlands Community Condominium Association Inc.
Tagaytay Midlands Community Homeowners Association Inc.
Greenlands Community Homeowners Association Inc.
Mark Alvin A. Punzalan, Technical Manager
(046) 483-2510 / (046) 483-2188
The Highlands Prime Community Condominium Owners
Association Inc.
Anne Joahanna P. Garcia, Property Manager
(0906) 252-6669 / (046) 483-1466
The HPIs Horizon Community Condominium Owners
Association Inc. / The Hillside at Tagaytay Highlands Community
Homeowners Association Inc.
Anne Joahanna P. Garcia, Property Manager
(0906) 252-6669 / (046) 483-4478 / (046) 483-1466
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