Hello everyone, I am Jose from the Philippines! Just wanted to drop in and say hi to all the BOTLs here on Cigar Federation. This social site is a fantastic idea and makes we wonder why no one did it earlier??

I hope I do this intro forum some justice, here it goes..

I enjoy playing classical/blues/jazz piano, as well as blues on the guitar. I'm a long-time pottery amateur currently working on putting up my own studio/workshop (hopefully will be done by this quarter!!). I am a big fan of billiards, and can stay on a table for hours. I'm a former social media strategist that moved to a non-profit foundation as an administrator and a programme officer (foundation is called IMPACT Foundation of the Philippines, which deals with preventable disability). I recently joined the Tabacalera Incorporada family, and will be in charge of on-premise sales around the Metro Manila area here in the Philippines (so if any of you do visit our side of the world, please feel free to contact me through this site for factory tours or to find out the nearest retail establishment near you). 

I'm a member at another cigar forum called www.cigargeeks.com as user 'southernrun'. You can check out my reviews on that site (but I'm slowly retro-posting them here to make it more convenient for all of you boys/girls out there).

You can contact me for anything on this site, on cigargeeks.com or on twitter at www.Twitter.com/TabacaleraPH

So I hope that covers all of it. Glad to be here and hope to get to know you all a little more!

Cheers!