BANGKOK, Thailand, July 11 (PIA) -- A group of women professionals in this city is making big.
Forming themselves into an exclusive group they called Society of Filipinas in Thailand, the expatriates are either into arts, fashion design, management, and interior design.
The elite group was formally formed Friday afternoon at the house of Arlene Rafiq, an interior designer married to an Afghan national. About 25 comprise the core group who had initial contacts through social gathering and other functions. They are either married to a Thai or another foreign national.
Chosen as president was Lalaine Madeleine Ladores, director of Corr-Met Materials and Management Systems, whose husband has a doctorate on metallurgy.
Ladores, 44, was born and raised in Paranaque in Metro Manila. She later moved to Malaysia and finally settled in Bangkok.