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BCI Member Spotlight

A Lover of Mountains

Anthony V Gedang, Quezon City, Metro Manila, 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
Abring 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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