Remembering Antonio R-Infante

ARI, that was his initials.
One saw it in all top level communications at Anscor Insurance Brokers, Inc.  (AIB).
i was a management trainee and he was the President of the Company.

He was tall, past 6 feet.  Spanish. Very autocratic. Very wise. 
But was a warm and lovely person though i did not know that in the beginning.


One of his passions was Cardinal Ceramics, the marketing firm of the Tala Foundation.

At the time when there were no small computers, i was given a small computer with a printer to make a small claybody analysis application system.  What, you would ask is a claybody analysis system?  Well, clay has different properties that make it suitable for different kinds of ceramics, and the application gave him details about the different clays to make a good combination.

i loved doing that little system.  And i think he loved to use it too.
he said that it made deciding which clay to use easier.
for a man whose time was as valuable as it was.....
those were pretty words for me.

i remember he danced with me once - for the giddy girl that i was then, it was the highlight of the evening
AIB had a party and the date of the party fell on my birthday and so he did - a brief waltz!
Tony Reyes-Cuerva did the boogie with me. 

i also remember playing GHOST around the dinner table at his home.
The word was CRAZI...... and the next person seemed to have no choice but to be GHOST, but he saved the day and said there was a word CRAZING .

i still have that mug that defines CRAZING to me.

his death is recorded in October 1996
i did not get to read his obituary on time to make it to the wake

But he will always be part of my memories


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The officemates that I do remember:
John McLaughlin, Tony Reyes-Cuerva - the senior management guys
and the 2 secretaries of Tony R-Infante.  I remember their faces very well
Malu Gaite-Faber, Luz L. Lorenzo, Bibit Berena-Stein
Mark Cordero, Tess - there were 2 of them  ....
Pete Mendoza-the "fire" guy,  Tony-the marine guy, George Francisco-the casualty guy, Ed Atayde...,Arlene -she handled Bonds , Rico Nicasio - he was a nephew of Tony R-Infante
the IT people, Bert (+), Queenie, Alex Eufemio, Alex, ......
Sigismundo - Sig (+), Brenda (Head of Accounting, Juliet, Carmen, Cynthia - she was the secretary of Tony R-Cuerva