Oh, Toks ... that'd be GREAT if you and Pia (being two of my earliest friends on the forum) COULD come along during the day on the SaturdayOriginally Posted by Piamed
... as long as Marikit isn't disappointed about the postponement of her dancing session!
Great initiative Arthur and Scott!, mate ... we REALLY hope and
it'll succeed ... and be the first of MANY such events!
This is a good idea Arthur.
If this will be a successful event, I hope that it will be every year or every after 3 years & will be in different places in England. For example this year's gathering's will be in Birmingham, next time will be Scotland...& so on & so forth. Those who happens to be in the area will help each other to coordinate the venue, food, accomodation, activities etc...husbands & wives will think of some games/contests like karaoke sing along out of tune lols.
Will there be a motiff? like 40's, 50's, 60's to 90's outfit? or the Igorot outfit on a winter seasonit's just for fun.
I don't mind either be held in a pub, hotels, liesure centres or even in a house. The thought is the come together & we all have fun.
Then later on in the coming years, we can go paintball games, horse back riding, beach outing or any adrenalin activities lols with our tops on with design - Fil UK Forum.or volunteer a charity groups?
Oh it's all wishful thinking. But anyway, I'll keep in touch for more of your updates about this matter & see if me & husband can pop in.
If you can't say something nice.
SHUT UP!. Simple.
My idea ws to give the wives a day off from cooking lol pamper them a bit over the weekend and show them how much they mean to us
Live your life for a reason and don't worry be happy
if you don't know where you are going then any road will do!!
That sounds lovely Scott.
So that means all the wives can just sit on our ass chatting& drinks. great
nah we just get our wallets out and pay the hotel/restuarant and club bills hehehehe
Live your life for a reason and don't worry be happy
if you don't know where you are going then any road will do!!
how convenient
hehehehehe now you are pushing it young lady lol!!!
Live your life for a reason and don't worry be happy
if you don't know where you are going then any road will do!!
my husband might back out bcoz of this...
hahahahaha...Maria, that's so funny
well, if this gathering would pursue, i'm so sorry i won't be able to go...well i'm here in Manila that's why...but i'll try to force Keith to join all you guys as a representative!
hahahahaha...Maria, that's so funny
Hello everyone I'm hoping now I've got life back on track to come along with Rina.
So far how many of you will be attending? Is there a list?
I'd certainly like to stay over at the village hotel also if possible.
Cheers
Tone
It is with much regret that I have decided to CANCEL the above event.
This decision has not been taken lightly.... sadly, the general lack of interest
does not justify the considerable expense likely to be incurred by the few members who indicated their intention to attend (myself included).
Grateful thanks are due to those prepared to support what, in the end, turned out to be an overly ambitious undertaking on my part - given the widespread and diversely scattered geographical locations of our UK membership.
Special mention must be made of Scott for all his hard work and for being a constant source of encouragement.
Arthur.
I'm sorry to know of your decision Arthur, I second the special mention for Scott, and sympathise with anyone else involved.
Actually meeting people changes things from internet friendships to reality, whether it's forum members, long distance relationships, or both
As you know I already apologised for being unable to go. I have past experience of organising professional meetings, where at least an apology is a positive sign that someone has actually read and thought about the event !
Right now the last thing on your mind, I'm sure, is to plan another meeting. However, there are always fiestasThe forum is also great for safe contacts both here in the UK and in the Philippines
Last, but not least, Steve and Emma's wedding last year was a great way to meet members and make new friends
thank you Arthur and thank you Scott, for all the effort you have made for the members here
In reality, I think it was always going to prove difficult to pull off?...Most probably just want to hide behind the internet? Quite understandable really.
If I'm honest, it never really appealed to me. Ladybug showed some interest, as she'll be newly here & thought she could meet some of her fellow kababayans...But she never mentioned it again.
I've only met one ex-forum member, in the Philippines. She came to our wedding...She's living in Kent now & we occasionally hear from her. She & her husband, were quite prominent on here for a while.
Don't be dis-heartened Arthur, you & Scott gave it your best shot. Like Alan says, arranging to meet at a Fiesta, is probably a good way of meeting up.
Forgot to mention, another factor could be, no one has got any money at the moment.
I do believe there's always some other time.maybe it's best during summer.
All members must be very busy with work, settling with their new life, preparing their marriage, lot of plans & a lot of things to do...maybe we will just keep this 'gathering' open until the time comes...plusis just around the corner soon...although we have typical british
weather but hopefully, things will work out fine.
im so depressed,,,,, i was so looking forward to free cadbury chocolate , now my dreams have melted to chocolate drip
im so depressed,,,,, i was so looking forward to free cadbury chocolate , now my dreams have melted to chocolate drip
it would have been a treat
... there's always that!
, Steve.
Sorry to learn it's not worked out this time Arthur (and Scott). As I said a while ago, unfortunately I have arrangements that weekend that can't be changed other wise I would have loved to have joined you. Although I haven't contributed to the thread, I have been reading it and can see how much time and effort you and Scott put into it. Hopefully, another opportunity to meet up will come soon. Thanks for your efforts both of you
Arthur and Scott, I echo the words of Englishman.
Thanks to you both for the ideas and for the efforts already made in the development of options etc.
Personally I was never able to indicate any firm idea that I would be able to attend or not. Chances are that I would have 'popped in' at some time. For the past month my time has been taken up with looking after our very special visitor from Philippines.
Our daughter has been with us and will stay another month. She has plenty of plans for us yet but had said she wanted to meet a friendly group and enjoy the delights of Cadbury World.
If not a smaller group in October, then maybe another time.
Thanks again for the work you both did.
Hi Arthur & Scott
So sorry to hear that your proposed gathering in Birmingham has had to be cancelled. Unfortunately, the timing wasn't good for me either (I'm having a small hospital operation the day before) otherwise I would have loved to have joined you all with my sister-in-law or partner. Perhaps another time but in the meantime I just wanted to show my appreciation of your efforts.
Thank you
Rosie
phew , back to work in Gdansk for a rest, very busy weekend lol,well thanks everyone for the comments, as you say trying to 10 or more couples in one place at one time is alaways difficult. Not to worry, perhaps next summer, arrranged around a massive car boot sale weekend for the ladies hehehehe.
Anyway must do some work now
log on later with a cold beer at my hotel
Scott
Live your life for a reason and don't worry be happy
if you don't know where you are going then any road will do!!
...
Great! Cheers, mate -
; AGAIN ... my grateful thanks.
giot that cold beer now and it is 26 c so all is well
Live your life for a reason and don't worry be happy
if you don't know where you are going then any road will do!!
I too wanted to say well done for trying to get the gathering together,down be too downhearted and I'm sure in the future hopefully a good few of us can meet up.
It is very difficult with the traveling logistics involved and maybe a longer time span would be better for people to get sorted.
Well done for trying and let's hope in the future it will happen
You DID, indeed, Alan ...
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