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BCI Member Spotlight
A Lover of Mountains
Anthony V Gedang, Quezon City, Metro AManila, Philippines
nthony V Gedang, known as Tonet to his friends, is a family man, a devoted husband to his dear wife Malou and a loving grand- father to Amber, Alonzo, and Aurora, who bring much joy to their household. Tonet
is part of a large family with seven siblings and has many, many friends.
As a businessman, he owns Waterkonsult Equip- ment and Services, Inc., the leading Non-Revenue Water Reduction equipment and services provider in the Philippines, and Envirokonsult Equipment and Services, Inc., the number one desludging trucks supplier in the country and the first service provider to acquire ISO Certifications in Quality Manage- ment and Environmental Management Systems on septage collection, treatment, disposal, and reuse.
His business, devoted to managing precious water resources, has inspired him to adopt and conserve a 10 hectare watershed area at Ipo Dam, Norzagaray, Bulacan and he has participated in the Pasig River (main river/waterway in Metro Manila) clean-up drives.
Tonet’s interests and activities are wide ranging; a movie producer, assistant director, story teller, and scriptwriter for multiple award-winning films; a sportsman who enjoys many sports, from tennis to martial arts to mountaineering; and an avid artist involved in landscaping, architecture, interior design as well as installation art, prose, poetry, and book publishing.
He also spends much time on his hobbies; collect- ing and appreciating bonsai, viewing stones, cacti, and koi. Recently, Tonet joined the Nippon Suiseki Association and participated in the Nippon Suiseki Meihin Ten Exhibition, a premier viewing stone ex- hibition in Japan.
Anthony discovered viewing stones more than twenty years ago at a suiseki exhibition in the Phil- ippines and was struck by beauty of the images that the stones evoked. Since then, he has collected many beautiful stones by attending auctions, visiting mar- kets and during his travels, sometimes collects stones from nature. His favorite stones are Japanese moun- tain stones.
He pursues the finer things in life with enthusiasm and is fascinated by philosophy, the humanities, and history, as well as the sciences.
Top; Uncut Mountain Stone from Japan on a wooden base, dimension: 41cm x 15cm x 10cm. The wooden fence denotes a garden, a garden of stones which he has that is Japanese-inspired.
Middle; Uncut Mountain Stone from China on a wooden base, dimension: 40cm x 15cm x 10cm Bottom; Uncut Mountain Stone from China on a wooden base, dimension: 41cm x 15cm x 12cm
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