An American "Ilocano"
Mel Fonollera, Blog Writer He was tall, had grey white hair and blue grey eyes which is typical of American features. He's really an American born in Oregon. He spoke fluent "Ilocano", a native dialect up in Northern Philippines. You don't usually get to meet an American who speaks fluent Ilocano. I was flabbergasted when I heard him speak the dialect. I felt a bit embarrassed because I'm half-Ilocano and I don't know how to speak the dialect, because I was born in Manila. Anyways, he is the late Pastor Delbert Rice. People whom he knows fondly calls him "Pastor. I met him back in 2001 when I was working for Upland Marketing Foundation Inc., a foundation devoted for social enterprise. He was the Board Chairman of that Foundation. Fast forward in 2012, I came back to Upland Marketing Foundation, and got the chance to interact with him again through board meetings at the Foundation. I was the "de-facto" board scribe ta...