ICAP Charity Day

ICAP has a global Charity Day every year during December. For this year, Charity day is today, and all brokerage fees from their transactions will go to a foundation. ICAP Manila has chosen Cartwheel Foundation as its beneficiary. Our broker, Malou, has invited us to drop by their office at RCBC tower for lunch. Part of Charity Day is that brokers wear costumes. ICAP Manila brokers have chosen to wear school uniforms this year. Since the girls will be wearing short school uniform skirts, like the one seen in animes and manggas, Rey and Dennis definitely wanted to go ... bringing me along since I have a camera.


Celebrities are often invited to Charity Day, and this year, male models Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, actress Mylene Dizon, and two other female TV hosts whose names I can't remember are the celebrity guests.

Rey, Malou and me with Marc Nelson, Rovilson Fernandez, and a female TV talk show host (whose name I can't remember at the moment). Rey asked Marc/Rovilson for hints at what happened at the Amazing Race Asia in which the two participated as a team (season 2). Rey couldn't get a word out of them.

Me, Rey, and Dennis with Mylene Dizon and the two female talk show hosts. Notice how Rey pulled me back so that I won't cover his face in this shot with his crush (Mylene).


Rey and Dennis with Boyet Ayes of RCBC (Boyet used to be our boss in PNB) and Boopsie Erana of ICAP (ICAP Manila's big boss and yup, Cristy's crush). Boopsie did not wear a school uniform. He's the "school principal" he says...ergo the checkered shirt and the suspenders.


Marc and Rovilson being surrounded by women who want their pictures taken with them:


The guys were shy and were content to just look at Mylene and the other female celebrities:


Rey and Dennis with traders from other banks:


Broker Malou joins in the conversation:


With Dennis:


With Stephen who brokers for PNB when Malu is on leave or on break. Everyone's joking he's taken the "schoolboy" costume to the extreme by smearing spaghetti sauce on his shirt. Ofcourse it was accidental.


At Malou's desk. The currency brokers are the noisiest (when it comes to work, okay...not personality-wise) and are seated separately from the other brokers.


Colin, former FX Group head at PNB and who now works for RCBC, was also at the party but we had no chance to take a picture with him since he preferred to stay in the outer room where the crowd is thinner (simply because the celebrities weren't there).

Click the album below to see more pictures from ICAP Manila:


Before leaving the RCBC building, we visited Ces who now works for Shell. She used to be with PNB's TOSD - or our backroom. Shell's office is at a different tower from that of ICAP's.


At the ground floor, we ran into Jerome, who used to head PNB SI and is now also with RCBC. It's hard to get a picture of him when he's playing camera shy and hiding behind either Dennis or Rey. Realized later I should have just switched my camera's settings to "video".


Managed to get one shot of his face. Yes!


------back at the PNB Dealing Room------

I realized I left my PNB ID at the RCBC reception desk the moment Dennis' car entered the parking lot. Had to ask our messenger Jon to fetch it for me. Reimbursed him PHP20.00 for his parking fee.

-----Dec. 27 edit-----

ICAP's "Thank You" note to all those who participated:
http://www.thinkfarm.co.uk/extranet/icap/icap_charityday_thankyou.html

-----Dec. 30 edit-----

Finally! After looking up some blog posts of ICAP brokers, I now have the names of the two TV hosts: Reema Chanco (the long-haired one) and Cesca Litton (the one with the short hair). If I still watch MTV or actually watch basketball games, I'd probably be very familiar with their names and faces.