HELLLLOOOOO EVERYONE!!!!!!
First of all, thanks so much Imee and all the committee members for all your efforts to bring together our group. If not for your initiative and patience who would ever think that we could still be aware of our classmates' whereabouts after 42 years!!! It's fantastic! Am really overwhelmed.
Mukhang kahit sa internet e maingay pa rin ang batch natin ah as commented before during our high school days. Those were the days that I miss a lot, hi-hi-hi... Mga pasaway!!!! But now, look who's talking!
My apologies for late opening of my mails. Quite busy when you're at home. Am now in Salawag, Dasmarinas, Cavite where we currently reside. Been here since Sept 30 and will be back to Malaysia this Sunday Oct 14.
As for our class reunion which I would like very much to attend, am still uncertain of my husband's home leave which cannot be planned so early. Of course I have to follow his timetable as am just a plain good housewife. But rest assured I'll be there if am back on time.
At the moment I cannot commit anything for the reunion but am willing to send through my daughters any monetary donation for our group's project.
Ta-ta!!! Cheers to all!!!
Estela
Comment #50
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
Hi, classmates!
> I read your exchange of emails and I am amused especially with the letter of Ross which is like a text message. I watched Wowowie last Saturday and was waiting for Ross to be focused. I got something from my room for a while and when I came back Ross was already doing the Boom Tarat Tarat. I heard him saying Batangas. I did not see the poster he said he will bring to the program announcing our reunion because I was not watching when he was called to perform. We can show a copy of that program highlighting on Ross' participation during our reunion. If you are a TFC subscriber abroad, you can get a pass in entering that show here when you come home.
Barbecued fish and vegetable is fine rather than meat also since we have already kaldereta and lechon. We will talk the details on food in our next meeting. Any more suggestions for the meals, merienda, pulutan?
I mailed 50 invitation letters today to our batchmates, those whose addresses we are sure; at least there is a barangay and not just the town. In our high school commencement exercises program, only the town is written opposite the name of the graduate, so we cannot send letters to all. Other letters will be delivered personally by those who know the whereabouts of our batchmates. I sent one to Leila because she has no email address. Tony, can you send me the address of Rey Carnero so I can mail an invitation letter to him too? If you have also the addresses there of our other batchmates who have no email addresses, please email them to me.
Others have not yet scheduled their dates of arrival - Elsa, France, Baby de Villa, Leonardo, Yolanda. We hope all of you can make it. Poling and Vida said as early as the first quarter of this year that they could not make it. I hope they will still change their plans and will be able to come. France, I thought you can come even for a week holiday and will be able to spend Christmas here. It is one of the reasons why we moved the date from December 15 to 22, so that those who will stay here for a week only will still be able to spend Christmas here.
Estela was here last week but I got her text late. I was not able to talk to her. She said she was already leaving for Malaysia yesterday. She is not sure if she can come home again for our reunion. I also sent her an invitation letter.
Souvenirs from abroad? Key chains are very practical to bring and give as 'pasalubong'. It is light in the baggage and everybody uses it. Regarding ballpens and samples of medicine, can we ask Felipe and Rey to bring them? In the reunion last year, the ballpens and pads I placed inside the envelopes were giveaways from the drug companies. I will do the same for our coming reunion. I will also bring other giveaways from the pharmas.
We will still talk about the contribution (for those who can give) for the reunion in the next meeting. They said there are some asking about our account number so they can transfer their contributions. I will get it from Pilar and I will email it next time.
Manolo, I am sure your kaldereta will taste very good since it is a specialty of the Batanguenos. But you know, the kaldereta here in Batangas City is not the same as the kaldereta from the western part of Batangas. Mas masarap ang sa atin dahil maraming recado. Dito sa Batangas City, para lang katulad sa mechado ang recado.
Tony, your countdown reminds us how near Christmas is as well as our reunion. Send my regards to Mrs. Aro. We mentioned in our meeting our teachers whom we will invite. I told them Mrs. Aro is there near your place.
Ray, how are you? Haven't heard from you. Please come to our next meeting on October 28, lunchtime, in Mario's house.
Gado, please post the pictures during our reunion last Dec. in the email address I gave you. Thanks!
Warm regards to all! God bless!
Imelda
Comment #51
Estela Dela Cruz Greetings to all!!!
Imee, bilib na ako sayo!!!! You're busy as a bee and yet you can still manage
all these!
After reading your novel most especially the preparation of food part,
nawawala yata ang fruits which i think everybody who has been abroad for so long
misses a lot. I suggest that all kinds of fruits that are in season be served to
enjoy. I think Normilando Lascano can do that part coz he's the owner of Lemery
Market place, he-he-he. Joke lang.... Kasi sya naman ang malapit sa palengke
kaya he's the most suitable person for the preparation.
Sayang naman, di na naman ako makaka-attend ng meeting. Last meeting nyo, on
the way home pa lang ako. Next naman nakaalis na ako. At any rate, keep me
posted na lang. I can just imagine our reunion would be very grand.
Worst come to worse promise to post all reunion pictures ha! I really hope to
attend this gathering.
Please note that email of Daniel Holgado seems not active anymore coz I
received a failure notice on that.
Till next issue mis amigos!!!
Hasta la vista!!! (Turo yan ni Ms. Medina!)
Estela
Hi Estela!
It's nice to hear from you again after soooooooooooo long - just imagine 42
years & 6 months na pala 'yon. How fast the time flies that everytime I
looked at myself at the mirror I am no longer the young man who played the kite
(boka boka) because of the countless wrinkles on my face. Do you still remember
that day (probably couples of days after our graduation) when you went to
Leila's house at Ilustre Ave, and you saw me playing the boka boka at our
backyard. I can't forget it because of your comment "Ay, naglalaro ang bata". I
can't blame you for saying that - imagine a 15 years old guy playing boka boka,
hindi bali kung saringola, batang isip talaga, eh.
As I always mentioned in my previous e-mails, we are not getting any younger.
When are we going to hold our reunion - when we are already sitting on the
wheelchair - when we can't recognize each other anymore, and when we can't
recall those sweet memories of our high school days? But because of the
initiatives and tireless efforts of our classmates and batchmates out there in
the Phils. (they, too, deserve the "Takdang Araling" award) our reunion will
materialize this Dec. 22 & 23, 2007. I, personally, encourage you to try
your best to come. Be a part of the occasion. Otherwise, you will be missing a
lot. You see your husband everyday (how many years have been married na ba?),
but you haven't seen most of your classmates and batchmates for more than 42
years, so don't follow your husband's timetable for the time being. Being a
plain housewife, as you had stated, you have all the time to attend. Besides,
Malaysia is too close to the Phils. as compared to where we (Lina Brotonel
Calderon, Fred Dimailig, Leland de las Alas and me) live in North America.
However, if you really can't make it this December, there will always be next
time (probably after 3 years). Please don't be mad with me - the above is only a
suggestion.
By the way, did you ever visit our website? Please do so - your pictures
during our high school days and during the batch meeting held on June 2006 were
posted in our PhotoAlbum. Again, my apology if some of the comments on the
photos offended you. Lambing lang 'yon ng kaklase mo. As we are updating our
website directory, please provide us with the following information: Please extend my regards to your loved ones.
We hope to hear from you again.
Take care, and have a good day.
As always,
Ang inyo pong maliit, mahiyain, at tahimik na kamag-aral sa BWHS
TONY G. ALMARIA
Estela Dela Cruz Tony, mi amigo!!!
Wow, you've changed a lot... from the quiet type to a more aggressive one as
can be seen in your emails. That's great... The more I wish to see you and have
a good look at you.
What you've said is true. Now is the time to hold the reunion when we can
still have a good chat with each other and enjoy each other's company. Maybe we
may not recognize each other at once due to the changes brought by time which is
inevitable. I have plenty of wrinkles too and on the heavy side, he-he-he. Sarap
kasi kumain... Nevertheless, I can still win the Filipino bowling competitions
we're holding in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or Singapore or Brunei or Miri, Sarawak.
Well, that's our only way of spending our leisure time.
My address here in Phils.: Address in Malaysia: That will be all for now... Got to rush on something. Regards to the whole brood
Hello there, Estella,
Welcome to the club! Where have you been?
Do you know that the Batchmates have been in contact with each other for well
over a year now? Well, it started out with just Tony - then it grows little by
little in time, and as you can see in our addresses above we are now about 20
strong participants in this crusade - BWHS Class of 1965 Grand Reunion.
So I'm sorry to say you have missed a lot e-mails, phone calls and letters
over the year. But not to worry, most of them are captured in our website,
"About Us" under Batchmates Comments. We didn't put every comment in there
because we were afraid we may run out of space if we did. Our website is for
free and we have only limited space. But the most important comments are there.
You may review them in your own leisure.
Estela, if I remember right, the last time we saw each other was in December
1996. Do you remember that you, Imelda and I met at Carolina Cauntay's
(Nainngge) house on that day where we were busy preparing for Butong's annual
Dalampasigan Club Dance Party? I almost forgotten what you look like until I saw
your photos at the BWHS meeting in Mario's house. You have changed since the
last time I saw you.
So you live in Malaysia now. It's a very nice country, I really like it. I
was there 2 months ago for 5 days (Aug 24 to Aug 28) with my officemates in
Toronto for job recruitment trip. We stayed at Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur
where we conducted our interviews. Most applicants were Filipinos and we made
job offers to 4 or 5 applicants there.
We did a city tour of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Malacca during our
leisure time. I was really impressed how Mlaysia has progressed over the years.
I was expecting that it would be like Manila, but I was suprised how nice and
clean the whole country is, a lot better than greater Manila.
Back to our reunion, we will really going to be pleased if you can make it.
This is one in a lifetime opporunity for all of us. I wish we had this reunion
years and years ago, but I guess nobody has come up with the idea until now. I
hope this won't be our last, but nobody can tell, so why not do it when we get
the chance.
'Hope to hear more from you,
Regards,
Estela Dela Cruz Hi Leland!
Nice to hear from you. Where have I been? Been to Malaysia all these years
since 1993. O, you spelled my name wrongly. Di ako ma-'L'. (Ooops.... Umandar
yata ang green mind mo.) One 'L' in my name is enough.
Sayang... If only we had communicated earlier I could have brought you to
scenic spots in Malaysia. You didn't mention Genting Highlands in the places
you've visited. That's my favorite place. Aside from being cold up there (like
Baguio once in a while with 5,500 ft elevation), within the premises are indoor
and outdoor theme parks for kids but the important highlight for adults is their
casino with variety of games to choose from.
So you're a computer wizard, i heard... And you said you went to Malaysia to
interview applicants. Maybe you have a slot in your company for my daughter who
is currently a computer programmer with 1-1/2 yrs experience using java program.
She's a commerce graduate major in economics and took computer programming after
graduation while employed. She's 27yrs old. Can I expect to hear more on this
from you soon? Thanks a lot in advance.
Note: O, dun naman sa mga doctor nating ka-batch, my other daughter is a
medical transcriptionist and would love to work at home rather than travel the
busy streets of Manila.... You might need her services. Just contact me and will
advise her soonest. She resigned from her previous job coz of the distant travel
to and from Cavite not to mention the time schedule of her job.
Actually, I have 3 children... my eldest being an Electrical Engineer. He's
currently based in Singapore with ABB but sent to different branches of their
company to do commissioning works. He's now in Spain.
Back to reunion.... I can figure out how excited you guys are to be back home
and be with the group. Ang saya siguro!!! Am keeping my fingers crossed that
I'll be there to witness the big event.
Tired of reading my novel? Ok... till the next issue.
GOD BLESS!
Sonny Dear Tony and everyone,
Thanks for the steady stream of emails from you guys , this makes me sorry
and guilty as well that I have not been very prolific with the email lately.
Been busy - our Bank, Banco de Oro, or simply BDO has recently acquired EPCI
Bank ( which catapulted it to No. 2 in the country, very close to No. 1
Metrobank), and we are in the thick of conversion and consolidation process. I
am presently handling Northern Mindanao Branches as Vice President and Area Head
and I have to travel to the branches and to Head Office in Makati almost every
two weeks. But this will normalize later, hopefully not for long.
I will be sending some family pictures later. I have a handsome son who may
someday be able to meet the beautiful daughter of Ato Pesigan. My son Francis,
our youngest is going to California on November 9th, and will stay with my
brother Nap at Norwalk and with another brother , Noli, at Corona.
Anyway, I will really miss Pareng Boy Carolino. You know , we were really
quite close since first year because we were both from the barrios ( I from
Coral na Munti and Boy from Payapa) and I think we made it to the first section
because we both graduated Salutatorian in our respective elementary schools. I
also had a cousin who married his older brother. I don't know how we got close
to Joey Sison, but very early enough, the three of us were inseparables. I
remember we used to eat in their place. I wish I can see Joey again, have not
seen him since graduation. Any news from the committees re Joey?
When Boy was still in the Philippines, I get to see him once in a while, but
not very often. He went to the States long time ago. When my wife and I were in
the States, luckily, we were able to see him and he brought us around including
a ballroom dancing session with some FilAms. Of course, he was still alone in
the States , then, so maraming kilalang chicks. Guwapo naman talaga ang kumpare
ko, and it is very evident in the picture that he posted in the email.
Anyway, just to whet your appetite for the "chismis" of long ago and to
validate your lingering suspicion, Magna Fe Alcantara was Boy's girlfriend then,
and if Joey and I braved the "baha", it is for the love and concern for our good
friend.I hope somebody can contact Magna Fe to join the reunion.
Thanks again , Tony, for constantly writing, same with Leland. Imelda, thanks
for the update, and for keeping the fire burning. I was so happy to receive your
updates on the pre-reunion meetings, and I am just sorry that whenever I go to
Manila, I could not join you because most often it is just a one or two day very
busy meetings. I seldom go home to the barrio na rin, because I get to see the
old folks once in a while in Manila, and I don't have a car in Manila. I will
write longer later. Imelda, if you see Arthur Boa, please give him my regards,
too. I had the chance to visit him some time ago in San Jose and he gave me a
tour of his very progressive poultry business.
Manolo, I am keeping track of your exciting emails, also, and will write you
later,. Maybe you don't remember, but we joined PNB ( myfirst bank , then
Republic Planters, Land Bank, Solidbank, and now BDO) almoist the same time, but
it's good that you stayed put, unlike me who transferred from bank to bank). I
also came to know Senator Tatad, your bayaw, personally when he became Guest
Speaker in our Rotary Meeting here in Cagaytan de Oro,and also, my Ninang Amor
from San Luis I think was married to one of your uncles or close relative.
Please update me, but I will write you sometime later.
Fred (Pido), I remembered you last night because I glimpsed at the TV about a
feature of a festival in Calaca called "Calacachara". Talagang masarap siguro
and achara sa Calaca, Anyway, we will have a taste of this achara during the
reunion. I also agree with the Committee's choice of menu, as indicated in
Imelda's email, mostly native Batangas menu, which you, Leland, Tony , Felipe
and the rest of the "Norteamericanos" have been missing for a long time. I hope
there are still fruits from Mindanao which I can bring because the season for
lanzones, magosteen, durian and marang has already started and normally it
dwindles towards late December. But I will still do my best to bring whatever I
can from down south.See you, Fred.
Haven't heard from France ( Francisca Malabanan) lately. Tony , let's wake
her up and tell her to continue writing us. Sino nga yong may crush kay Nani
Carnero na nagpapakumusta sa kanya? Mukhang malaking katuwaan ito at kaguluhan
during revelation time sa reunion and actually this is my greatest fear.
Nakakahiya kasi pag nasiwalat na walang nagka-crush sa akin noon. Di bale na
lang, I will just reveal the love stories of some of them.
It's getting late, may pasok na naman bukas. Will continue writing next time.
Thanks and regards to everyone,
Sonny
Estela Dela Cruz Hi everyone!!!!!
O, para na sa lahat ng readers sa circuit ng BWHS'65 itong mail ko ha.... It
will be too time consuming if iisa-isahin ko kayong lahat. Am not that lazy in
sending emails but I just hope you'll understand a busy 'good' (he-he)housewife
like me. We just came back from my husband's (joe) workplace today which is 2hrs
drive from where we are staying now. It's very seldom that I can go through my
mails during weekdays as the signal in the hotel where we are staying is very
weak. So, just bear with me if i can only join the chit-chats in the weekends.
Anyway, I can always go through all the mails as long as am included in the cc.
First and foremost, thanks so much Tony for your card. Just got it today
together with Imee's invitation for the reunion when we reached home. (Hope you
received my reply to your sms when i was still in Cavite). Actually, it was my
hubby who read it first coz he was the one who collected our mails from the
mailbox and was a bit surprised to see a card from Chicago. (a bit curious...
eh). I could feel your excitement for the reunion to happen whenever i read your
mails. And i think, you're the most informed of our batchmates' whereabouts and
BWHS'65 data bank aside from Imee. That's something, eh!!!
Leland, thanks for the info about your hiring needs. Should there be any
opportunity in the future that would fit my daughter's qualification, kindly
inform me soonest.
Ala eh, talaga namang di pahuhuli ang mga taga-batangas as represented by
Zorro sa wowowee. Maybe whoever has the copy of the DVD should bring it over to
the reunion for public viewing. Sad to say we don't have the Filipino channel
here in Malaysia though there are times that Filipino movies are shown once in a
while.
Sonny, nice of you to break the ice though you seem so busy with your job. Do
find time to relax.
As per Tony's news from the grapevine, di ko na pala kayang ma-reach si
Felipe or Philip!!!! Am scared di na nya ako makikilala when the time to meet
him comes. Kudos, mi amigo, to all your achievements.
I admire Elsa for her utmost concern for the success of BWHS'65 reunion...
Imagine, kahit di sya makaka-attend may pasalubong pa rin!!!! More power to you,
my dear...
Di ko nakilala si Renato dun sa picture!!! You can just imagine what 42 yrs
have done to us all. Pati si Juanito Carolino! Johnny kayo ng Johnny! Ako naman
isip ng isip kung sino un until I saw his picture. Only then I recalled his face
during our high school days.
Will try to send my and our family's pictures next time. Tele-nobela na po
ito.
Till the next issue..... God bless and guide us all always....
Estela
Dear Sonny and everyone,
Sonny, before I talk about the "atsara", I would like to congratulate you for
your outstanding achievements in the banking industry. Before I moved to Canada,
I worked at two large commercial banks in the Philippines, but I had not held a
senior management position like you do. From 1973-75, I worked in the Internal
Audit Dept of the General Bank and Trust Co. Head Office (now Allied Bank) and
from 1975-80, I worked at the Bank of Philippine Islands, Plaza Cervantes
Branch, Manila as a Senior Bookkeeper, and a candidate for the Junior Executive
Training Program when I left for Canada in 1980. Most of my barkadas at Allied
Bank and BPI have been bank officers. I was offered a transfer to BPI Nasugbu
and BPI Batangas City, but I refused both offers because I was in the MBA
Program at Letran College at that time.
I really miss the "atsara" from Calaca. The last time I had it, was in 1993
(14 years ago) when I visited the Phils. We can buy pickles (also made of
papaya) at Chinese store here, but the taste is not as good as the Calaca
"atsara". I think the Calacachara Festival that you've seen on TV was held on
Oct. 20-22, 2005, which was a prelude to the annual town fiesta, being held
every Oct 24th. This festival is still posted in the website of Calaca
(www.Calaca.net). I had visited the Philippines as a "balikbayan" five times,
and I always brought Calaca "atsara" to Canada. Of course, I gave some to my
friends here, who are from Nueva Ecija, Ilocos, and Metro Manila. Being a
Calaqueno, I am proud of our "atsara" and as I am much closer to the production
line from anybody else who plans to attend our reunion, I volunteer to bring
"atsara" to Casa Corazon, which by the way is about five kms from our barangay.
I have already purchased two bottles of red wine made from Kelowna, British
Columbia, (the wine cannery of Canada) and a bunch of key rings (with Canada
name/logo) for our reunion. I bought a locally made red wine so that you guys
can also taste a Canadian wine. I join everyone in your anxiety and anticipation
for our GRAND REUNION. Hope everyone is in the best of health. See you Sonny and
the rest of the BWHS Class 65.
Regards,
Fred
Good day Everyone!
I praised our Almighty God for this wonderful Monday morning. I also thank
Him for the fruitful weekend that He showered unto us all.
Estela, thanks for letting us know the Malaysian greetings "Apa Bakar". Yo
soy bueno, y tu? You don't have to worry if you are unable to communicate with
us during weekdays, BWHS65 understood everyone's situation. Thanks for letting
me know that you received the postcard. Likewise, I received your reply to my
sms, thanks.
Thank you for your reminded that there is always One who is powerful than
anyone here on earth, and that everything we own are only temporary. As far as I
knew, there is no one in our batch who have or will have that kind of attitude.
That's the main reason why our grand reunion was initiated - to build a
camaraderie atmosphere within our batch. BWHS65 doesn't want to build another
Berlin wall that will separate those successful batchmates from those less
fortunate ones. The only thing that we regret, and as what Leland had stated in
one of his e-mails, is that we should have do this grand reunion a long time
ago. We never think of it before because during those days we are all busy
tending our growing family. However, it's not too late to cover-up those lost
days.
You don't have to be scared that Dr. Philip won't be able to recognize you or
anyone else in our batch. Though he is on the top of the world now, he is the
same Felipe that we knew. Nothing had change except that he is financial well
off. Kung papaano mo siya nakilala noon mga bata pa tayo, ganong pa rin siya
hanggang ngayon na me edad na tayo. Ang ikatakot mo lang ay kung yayain mo
siyang magluksong tinik kayo - seseguraduhin ko sa'yo na mapapahiya ka dahil ang
laro niya ay golf na, at ang isa pa ay may athrities na yata siya.
Sonny, thanks for your long e-mail. Pare ko, bawi ka na sa haba ng e-mail mo.
Being the Vice-President for Northern Mindanao Branches, you're one of the best
in our batch. You're one of the Bigatin and the Tigasin.
Thanks for the clarification that it's not you nor Joe who had that
relationship with Magna Fe. I envied the three of you because you had that
courage to face the flood just to reach the place of Juanito's sinisinta.
Talagang gigulo si Pare mo. I think up to now you won't be able to catch him at
home. He told me that he don't have time to respond to our e-mail because he is
always busy - with the girls I think. Me, I just confined my feeling to one of
our classmates secretly, so hanggang tingin na lang ako. That's the lesson I
learned - never be ashamed (be bold, but humble), never remain silent all the
time (exercise your freedom of expression). Otherwise, you'll be left behind
with nothing.
About who's the one who had crush kay Nani Carnero - eh sino pa, di 'yon
tukayo mo - si Wilhelmina de Villa (Limpoco) from San Luis. I hope you still
remember her. Just in case oblivion already prevails about her, she was our
classmate in 1st & 2nd year. She transfered to Rizal College during 3rd
year. When you look at the picture posted in our website, that old picture taken
in front of the HE building, she was sitting behind Estela. She now lives in
Salinas, California. She told me to ask you if you still remember when you and
the rest of our classmates, i.e. Antonia Rodriguez, Emeteria Umali, etc., took
the test (I think scholarship exam) that she was 2nd to you. Tinalo po raw siya
sa Math. I don't know what exam she was talking about - what I knew magaling
akong kumobya during exam.
Ray, thanks for your e-mail, and for your assistance in transfering Zorro's
appearance in Wowowee onto the appropriate site, so our batchmates could view
it. See you soon.
Count down to the reunion, today, Monday, 10/22/07 through Saturday,
12/22/07................60 days na lang po.
Regards,
Tony
Dear Sonny and everyone,
Sonny, thank you for asking about me.Hoy, hindi ako natutulog . Tony makes
sure of that. He called me almost every 2 weeks and we talked about what was in
the email. He encouraged me to write also , but I enjoyed just reading all your
emails.Pati iyong mga crush ninyo nareveal na ngayon, except yours.
Sonny, sino ba iyong maliit na dalaginding na crush mo? Who knows she might
have crush on you too.I'm sure somebody had a crush on you during our high
school days.Aba eh pogy na, very humble and polite pa and smarte pa.!You might
be surprised when revelation about their crush ,baka hindi lang isa ang sa iyo.
He! He! He!
Talking about Tony, he called while I'm writing this, sabi mo raw kasi ay
gisingin ako. You know what ,ang gisingin mo ay si Jose Sison, why don't you
call him? I heard he's already retired so there is no excuse for not
communicating w/ us even once. I can't believed that you never heard from him
since graduation.Sonny we are still waiting for your family picture. Johnny
looks good in his picture.
Estela, hi kumusta na. Nice to hear from you,although Imee usually update me
about you everytime I talked to her. I saw your group pictures also at Mario's
place, you still look the same. I felt so bad that I won't make it to the
reunion.
Imelda I'm sorry, I know I was one of those who asked to change the date but
my health didnot cooperate. I don't have enough vacation hours to go home and I
cannot just ask for leave of abscense . Next time that I go home Imee, I will
tell you ahead of time so I can meet w/ you all .Inggit na inggit ako sa inyo
especially when I read all your emails. I will miss all the fun. Imelda pls.
tell Ate Lina that I'm not coming. We are planning another reunion in 2009 here
in US probably you guys can come here too.
Leland thank you for all those beautiful pictures that you are sending
us,very interesting. And thanks for all your efforts to make bwhsbatch65 photos
accessible for all of us to view anytime we want to reminisce our highschool
days.
Zorro, hi this is France, eh celebrity kana ngayon ah.Everybody wants to see
the Batangueno bigatin.Pare ko magaling kang mag-isip thats really unique, ikaw
lang ang nakaisip ng ganoon ah. You have good family pictures. Buti ka pa
maraming anak , ako wala kahit isa.
Fred, may sinabi sa akin si Tony, you know what I mean, thats not a bad idea
,go for it. God luck!!
To Ray, Manolo, Lisa, Poling and Vida, kumusta, I enjoy reading your emails,
I hope you will keep on writing.
Regards and have a good day! Till next email.
France
Hi France & Everyone!
As always, I thank our Almighty God for all the blessings that He gives to us
day by day.
France, thanks for your very long e-mail. Talaga ha - sinagad mo na. Teka, in
fairness to me I think I rung you every week, not every 2 weeks, but sometimes
you were out of the house, or you weren't at home yet, as what your mother said.
You're right - ang dapat gisingin ay si Mr. Joey Sison. Aba! last year when I
spoke with him over the phone I asked him if he is already a retiree, he told me
that "matagal na akong retarded" sabay tawa. I'll print some of our e-mails, and
I'll mail them to Joe together with the screen print of our website. That way he
will be updated of what's going on with our batch.
Batchmates, aside from France I also called our "Behind the Screen
Classmate/Batchmate (BSCB), and I also forwarded to him/her our e-mails. Though
he/she is one of our very successful classmate/batchmate, he/she still maintain
a low profile attitude. I am calling the attention of our officers and committee
members to hurry-up with their computations of the reasonable amount that we
could contribution, because everyone is asking how much it is. Please be
reminded that our generous BSCB will double our contributions (only from North
Americans).
Zorro, last night while I was viewing the attachment "Wowowee", my
granddaughter asked me "Grandpa, why do keep on playing that thing, and why you
keep on laughing, who is he? I said "siya ang classmate ko noon high school at
siya ang aming joker." "Joker? like Dolphy."
While I was writing this message, I received a call from my wife that they
are packing up since last night. The big fire in San Diego Country is spreading
all over the County. The fire is spreading too fast, and it's almost close to
them. I would like to request to all to please include in your prayer the safety
of my family in San Diego. That our Almighty pour out His mighty power to
contain the fire.
Leland, thanks for letting us know about the new photos posted in our
PhotoAlbum,
Poling & Vida, pareho kayong batang-bata pa ah, ano ba ang mga sekreto
ninyo ha?
Sa batch natin ang dami palang anak na magaganda at mga guwapo, hindi
kataka-taka dahil mga guwapita at guwapito naman tayo, di po ba?
Okay po, sa muli natin sulatan at balitaan.
Regards,
Tony
Hi Everyone!
First of all, I thank our Almighty God for all the blessings that He
continuously showered onto us.
Secondly, I have good news that I want to impart to BWHS65. Just awhile ago,
I was able to locate one of our classmates/batchmates when I searched on the
internet his/her whereabout. I was able to get in touch with him/her, and we had
a very long and wholesomely conversation. As you will notice, I am not specific
as to his/her identity because he/she doesn't want to be identified for the time
being. He/she didn't even want to be copied with our e-mail, instead he/she just
want me to forward to him/her all our e-mails, so he/she will be updated with
the progress of our forthcoming grand reunion. One of the most important things
that we talked about, besides from reminiscing our high school years, was the
financial aspect of our reunion. I told him/her that not all of our
classmates/batchmates are fortunate enough financially, so the committee decided
to make the contribution voluntary. He/she told me that whatever amount that
could be collected from our classmates/batchmates who are residents of North
America - he will double (2X WOW! naman) the amount as his/her share. I was so
happy of what I heard. I told him/her that the collected amount will be spent
accordingly for the benefit of our Alma Mater, which will make our reunion
meaningful. He/she promised that we can expect him/her to attend our affair.
Sir/Mom, BWHS65 would be like to thank you so much for your generosity. 'Blessed
are those who share their blessings'.
And lastly, as scheduled, our lunch date with Felipe took place in one of his
apartments in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Aro, my sister and I arrived at Felipe's
place exactly on our appointed time. The apartment is on the 7th floor
overlooking the Michigan Bay. It is a nice place especially during summertime.
From the terrace, you can see the people who are sun bathing along the white
sand beach. Dra. Bernie prepared the food (Filipino dishes) which includes,
among other things, sinigang na mongo, salmon and shrimps. She is not only a
Pediatrician, but also I good cook. As usual and can't be forgotten, we
reminisced our yesteryears. We (Mrs. Aro, my sister and I) would like to thank
our Doctor, and most especially to his wife, Dra. Bernie, for the time, the food
and for their hospitality. Maraming salamat po Docs.
'Til my next e-mail.
Regards, and have a safety and fruitful weekend.
Regards,
Tony
Hi Tony,
Sorry Pare, napakadali ng ating pag-uusap kanina. Pasensiya kana nagkataong
nuong tumawag ka ay may kausap ako. Pero nagpapasalamat ako at hindi mo pa ako
nalilimutan, lalong lalo na ang aking personalidad nuong tayo ay nasa BWHS pa.
Ang pagka-alam ko ay pare-pareho and ating taas at laki nina Rolito Tibayan,
Ciber Mirano, Danilo Maneja at saka ikaw. Kaming tatlo nina Ciber at Rolito ay
last platoon, last squad and last men. Magaling sina Wilson at Apolonio at mga
officer mahilig manghingi ng ten ( yun pala ay push up).
Pare koy, mabuti naman at naituloy na rin itong ating 64-65 class re-union
matagal-tagal na rin tayong hindi nagkikita-kita. Salamat naman at napag-isipan
ng mga ka-batch natin na bigyan ng kaukulang panahon ang pagtitipon-tipon nating
ito. Hindi ko pa alam kung a no ang agenda at programa para sa okasyong ito.
Hihintayin ko ang mga balita mula sa iyo, kay Zorro at Waldy. Kung puwede ay
ipakibigay mo na kanilang e-mail addresses. Paki sama mo na ang kay Zardo,
Wilson, Billy, Jessie at Lavinia.
Hindi pa sigurado kung ako'y makakauwi. Kauuwi ko lamang nuong April dahil
namatay ang kapatid ni Mrs.Pero kung hindi man ako makauwi pakisabi mo na lamang
sa kanila kung ano ang ibibigay nilang tungkulin na dapat kong gampanan para sa
okasiyon na ito. Sa abot ng aking makakaya ay di aking gagampanan ang tungkulin
na inyong ipagkakaloob.
Muli, salamat ng marami at hintay ko ang iyong kasagutan. --
HENRY E. GARCIA
Hi Henry!
Salamat sa mabilis mong pagsagot. Wala kang dapat ipagpaumanhin sa madali
nating pag-uusap kahapon - naiintindihan ko nang bawat isa dito sa North
America. Ako'y nagpapasalamat sa'yo na kahit gaanong kabusy ka ay pinag-aksyahan
mo ako ng iyong oras.
Salamat at natatandaan mo pa ako. Tama ka maliit din ako tulad ng mga kaklase
natin binanggit mo. Si Apolonio na ating Corp Commander ay talaga palang ang
hiling ay military. Pinagpraktisan tayo noon sa PMT. Ang natatandaan kong ilang
Platoon leader ay sina Decena, Lasala, Domingo Razon na ngayon ay retired Coast
Guard at naninirahan sa Massachussettes. Nakalimutan mong banggitin si Poling
Bathan at Policarpio Segunial na isa sa mga matataas natin opisyal. Si Poling,
na ang asawa ay si Vida Huertas, ay retired US Navy at ngayon ay naninirahan sa
Virginia Beach.
Si Billy Billale na ating kaklase lamang hanggang 1st ay aking pinahanap kay
Zorro, at natukoy naman kung nasaan. Kung natatandaan mo si Billy ay kinupkop ni
Mr. Matira, ang ating titser sa Vocational, mula noon 2nd year. Sana makarating
siya sa ating reunion.
Ikinalulungkot ko na hindi ka namin makakasama sa reunion ito. Hindi bale -
ito namay simula lang nang ating Grand Reunion. Maging tagumpay man ito, hari
nawa, o hindi man ay masusundang pa naman ito nang maraming pa reunion, seguro
kada tatlong taon o kaya mas malimit dahil tayo ay may edad na. Hindi na maayos
ang magiging resulta kung mga aattend ng reunion ay nakasakay na sa wheel chair
at tulo na ang laway, hi ndi na kilala ang bawat isa (ulyanin na). Biruin mo
kung ulyanin na tayo lahat, at uuwi si Poling para umattend - nakita siya ni
Retired Col. Poly Lacerna - eh baka sumalodo si Poly at sabihin "Gen. McArthur,
Sir, you returned." Kaya hanggang malakas, may wasto pa tayo pag-iisip eh
mag-reunion na tayo ng magreunion, di ba? Life is too short that we didn't
notice it's 42 years & 7 months has gone by.
Pare ko, salamat sa kusang loob mong pagtanggap ng anuman tungkulin o
maitutulong sa ating reunion. Sa tapusan ng buwang ito ay mayroon meeting ang
ating mga opisyales at kabatch sa bahay ni Mario Rodriguez sa Taliway. Si Mario
ay ang ating President. Bagamat wala sa aking ang kapasyahan, hinihiling ko sana
sa iyo na ipaalam mo lang sa ating mga kabatch, na iyong alam kung nasaan, ang
tunggol sa nalalapit natin Grand Reunion.
Hanggang dito na muna pa re ko dahil oras na para pagsilbihan ko ang mga
mamayan at estudyante ng Illinois. Hanggang sa muli natin balitaan.
Mabuhay ka at ating mga kabatch. Magandang araw sa lahat.
Tony
Hi Everyone!
I thank our Almighty God for all the blessings He has showered unto us day by
day. I pray that He gives us wisdom & strength that our planned BWHS65 grand
reunion be a success this forthcoming December 22 & 23, 2007 and the years
to come.
Sonny, in compliance to France's request to wake up Joe Sison, you don't have
to worry about it because I already sent a letter, together with copies of our
e-mails, to your buddy. But if you still want to wake him up and be active,
herewith is his address - 128 Saudi Arabia St., Better Living Subdivision,
Paranaque City, with telephone # 2-823-4837. I'm absolutely sure that if you'll
be the one to call his attention, mabilis pa siya sa alas kuwatro - iba s'yempre
ang may pinagsamahan.
I think you are misleading us when you stated in your previous e-mail that
"Nakakahiya kasi pag nasiwalat na walang nagka-crush sa akin noon." because I
read from an old local newspaper of Hipit, San Nicholas, whose Editor-in-Chief
was Rosaline Tenorio, about you. The Editor also stated that during our high
school days Hipitenos thought their future town mayor will be a smart boy from
Coral na Munti, Agoncillo.
Johnny, did you also read that issue about your compadre? I know you are
aware of it because kayo nina Joe Sison, Sonny at ikaw ay inseparable. Each of
you knew everyone's secrets. Ang hirap naman kay Pareng Johnny - hindi man lang
ishare sa amin ang nakaraan - katuwaan lang naman 'yon at walang pikonan dahil
mga professionals at mga matured na tayo. Si Pareng Sonny mo nga eh inireveal na
ikaw ang may girlfriend kay Magna Fe Alcantara. Sabi pa niya (Sonny) na sinuong
nila ni Joe ang baha just for the sake of their love & care to their friend.
I hope with this request Pareng Johnny will be compelled to communicate with us,
and will let us feel that he is within the loop. Bakit nga ba kamuntik nang
maging taga Hipit si Sonny? Huwag ka nang mahiya sa kumpare mo.
Henry, maraming salamat muli sa pagkakataon iyong inukol noon nakaraan
dalawang araw. Ang mga panukala mo ay sigurado akong nakarating sa pamunuan
dahil si Dra. ay kasama sa ating balitaan. BWHS65 will expect that you will
continue to keep our ball rolling.
I would also like to call the attention of our batchmates, who haven't been
heard yet, to let us all feel that you are with us. Kumusta na ba kayo diyan:
Yoly, Doming (Sundy), Nardo, Wilhelmina "Baby" at Gerry.
Batchmates, Nani, who is still in the primitive era (up to now he don't know
how to use the computer, especially the internet, though he has a laptop and a
desktop computer at home) called me awhile ago, and gave a suggestion that will
make this year's, and all succeeding years' reunion meaningful. He suggested to
include in our projects a yearly monetary awards to deserving graduating
students of BWHS (sorry, I don't know the present name of our Alma Mater) i.e.
Best in Math (PhpXXXX.00), Best in Science (PhpXXXX.00), ......... so on and so
forth. The monetary awards will be accompanied by a Certificate of Achivement,
which will indicate that it is given by "Batangas West High School Batch 1965".
I hope our officers and batchmates will also consider his suggestion.
Again, what's in your mind today? Voice them out, and BWHS65 will take care
about it.
Reunion count down - Today, Saturday, 10/27/07, 'til Saturday, 12/22/07, 55
na araw na lang - excited na ba kayo? Ako - syempre pa - imagine 42 yrs & 7
months tayong hindi nagkita.
Regards, and have a safety & fruitful weekend.
Ang inyong kamag-aral,
Tony Almaria po lamang
Greetings!
Just arrived home here in Fairview, Quezon City from our reunion meeting held
at the residence of Mario Rodriguez in Bihis, Taal, Batangas.
First, thanks a lot to Dra. Imelda Morales and Mario Rodriguez, being the
moving force to make our grand reunion a success.
Actually, a total of 15 attended the meeting and they were as follows: Mario
R., Imelda M., Mr & Mrs. Ed Moredo, our Secretary, Waldy, Art, Gado, J.R.,
Nori Lascano, Pilar, Wenona, dolores Sangalang, Lina Bendana, Others, I cannot
remember the names. The meeting started at exactly 11:00 am and of course, we
had lunch after we adjourned 12:05 p.m. The food were courtesy of Mario and
other attendees. Lina B. brought fruit salad, Resty brought bananas, Dolly S. 3
boxes of pastries, at marami pa.
The meeting was so organized as we started the meeting with a prayer led by
Ed Moredo. Then Waldy, our secretary read the minutes of our previous meeting.
Then I informed the group that I have already received the copy of the mail sent
by Imelda containing the invitation and map going to Casa Corazon, the venue of
our reunion.
We discussed the scheduled activities and Pilar confirmed that the Holy Mass
will be at 7:30 am instead of 8:00 am. then we proceed to BWHS where we will
gather and wait for everybody before we go to Casa Corazon. Uniform t-shirt
@P125.00 will be distributed on or before the reunion. Pilar and I agreed to
coordinate and collect the cost of the t-shirt while printing of the logo will
be coordinated by Wenona.
Then we talked about the food and agreed that some will be given assignment
for the preparation and cost will be paid from the collections especially given
by those coming from abroad. Sorry to say this (just being frank) but I told the
group that since most of us has been involved in the preparation spending not
only money but precious time, I believe those coming from abroad will be very
generous to give their good shares to make this reunion a very succesful one.
Well, I know, you all will also be spending a lot for your plane fare and
pasalubongs but paminsan minsan lang naman ito. Wala naman pilitan, just
voluntary and those who can really afford to give, please para masaya lahat.
There will be for sure Sinaing na Tulingan, Pinais na Dulong or Tawilis,
Kalderetang Kambing, Pork Bar-B-Q, Pansit, Inihaw na Talong with kamatis at
Bagoong (with shredded na mangang hilaw), maybe tinolang manok or Sinigang na
Hipon and many more.
I heard also from Imelda that Nani suggested to give donations to serving
graduating students of BWHS now Lemery High. Well, that's a good idea. Of
course, we settle first our expenses to include the cost of the venue.
By the way, a certain Rey Bathan, is offering an entertainment package at
P28,000.00 and we said it's too much. Masyadong mahal kahit pa sabihin ito ay
liveband. While yun two singers for 3 to 4 hours will cost us P3,000.00. What is
your comment, do you still want to have it? Yun mga anak na lang natin ang
pakantahin natin at saka si Zorro. He he he he..
Naiwan ko pa sila doon sa bahay ni Mario because I left early since I have a
commitment in our church here in Fairview. I help our priest in giving holy
communion being a special minister of the Holy Eucharist.
Our final meeting will be on November 24 to see everything are being set-up
and if there are other things to do and/or to be fixed.
Let's not forget to pray for good health of everyone and also pray for those
who are not yet convince in attending this beautiful reunion. Hoping also that
Eva Morales will come.
See you all and God bless.
Manolo
Hi Everyone!
It's Monday, 9:35 AM Chicago time, and it's a sunny chilly morning. As
always, I thank the Lord for a fruitful weekend, and for this wonderful day that
I will be able to communicate with you guys.
Manoling, thanks for your e-mails, and for providing us with your poging
photo. When was that picture taken? You still look young even if you are almost
close to the "Top Gun Club" whose members are Ato, Nani & Nardo.
Well, as to the entertainers "live band" - I think it's too costly, but I
always abide with what's the decision of the majority. If the majority decided
that it's a necessity to have one to make our reunion lively, then I have to
dance with the music willingly. In my opinion, though it's nice to have such
entertainers, we also have to consider its detrimental effect to our projects.
I am going to take my wife to the reunion. When I spoke with Lina Brotonel
Calderon, she is going to be accompanied by her younger sister who is also a
product of BWHS. By the way, Lina is asking if we are going to be provided with
the program and invitation.
Imelda, please include me in our program. I am going to prove that, after 42
years & 9 months, I still have a retentive memory - I'm going to recite the
poem, "O' Captain, My Captain", which Ms. Norma Aguila instructed us to
memorize.
What about the reasonable voluntary amount that we "North Americans" are
going to contribute? Though it is voluntary, we just like to know the figures,
so we will have a basis of how much we are going to remit. Please be reminded
that the generous contribution by our anonymous batchmate will depend on the
total $ amount contributed by North Americans. Hurry-up please.
Okay folks, it's 53 days na lang...........................magkikita-kita na
tayo.
Regards, and have a pleasant day.
As always,
Tony G. Almaria po lamang
Dear Tony and everyone,
Greetings!
Bilib talaga ako saiyo Tony, coz you always give thanks to the Lord for His
countless blessings, even for the simplest things that we received from Him. We
really should not forget this gesture coz everything comes from Him.
Marami ang gusto na isali ako sa club ng Top Gun (gone) but I always say not
yet. It is just natural, malapad lang talaga ang noo ko. he he he.
You said that you have a good/retentive memory but I believe the name of our
teacher is Ms. Norma Aguilar ( not Norma Aguila).
About the voluntary contribution, ok siempre bawat isa naman sa atin ay dapat
mag share but those who cannot help financially will surely assist in making our
program and other activities a success. Meantime, let me give you the details of
our possible expenses: More or less -Venue (villa corazon) for 1 day - P6,000.00
so 2 days = P12,000.00 (those who will stay overnight not included). Food for
100 to 120 persons - a very conservative estimate of P65,000 to P75,000 for two
days (Saturday-lunch -dinner and Sunday-breakfast and lunch). Bahala na sa
appetizer at merienda, madali na yun remedyuhan. Bili lang tayo ng suman, turon
(sagimis) at kalamay, ayos na merienda. So possible expenses for two days will
be more or less in the range of P90,000.00 or $2,200.00. Don't worry, some of
our batchmates here in the Philippines can also share their blessings. Basta
masaya tayo sigurado, Kahit walang live-band. Tayo na lang at mga anak natin ang
mga entertainers. We will also prepare for fun games.
About the requested Kalderetang kambing, Lechon Baboy, Sinaing na Tulingan,
Dulong and/or Tawilis, Mangang hilaw with bagoong at kamatis plus nilagang
talong and Pork Bar-B-Q (to be served on Saturday), we have already assigned
these to Mario Rodriguez, Pilar, Wenona, Waldy and myself. While the other food
for Sunday will be prepared by my wife (Relyenong manok, Pancit Sotanghon,
Menudo and Fish Fillet with Garlic Dip and potato salad as desert). For our
Breakfast will be Pork tapa, fried egg, Special Fried Rice and Chocolate and/or
coffee.
If you want to change anything mentioned above and/or you have suggestion/s,
please inform us well ahead to prepare the necessary adjustment or arrangement.
Till next e-mail. We will have our final meeting on November 24, 2007.
God bless us all.
Manolo
Hi Boy & Everyone!
How's everyone doing? I pray that you are wholesomely blessed.
Boy, I received today, 11/01/07, the box containing medicines that you gave
me (thanks a lot), and for our batchmates. On behalf of BWHS65, we thank you so
much for your thoughtfulness. Rest assured that those medicines will be
distributed to our batchmates with the guidance of our Doctors: Imelda, Felipe
and Arthur. I won't include Nani because he is not quite sure to make it to our
reunion.
Batchmates, I would like to take this opportunity to ask for an apology if
ever my e-mails are sometimes offensive to you and/or to your loved ones. Please
bear in mind that I don't want to hurt anyone's feeling - my intention is to
have a lively communication, and to have fun with you. In my opinion, by
connecting our past (high school days) to the present and to the future, we will
have a camaraderie environment, and there's nothing more than that I would like
to do - there's no string attached. If you think that I am too aggressive, your
notes and/or reminder will be highly appreciated.
Regards, and have a good day.
Tony
Sonny Hi, Tony
I am moved by your statement asking forgiveness should any of our classmates
or their loved ones ( the wife, or the husband, I would presume)would some how
find some portions, if not the whole, "offensive ". This is not at all true
Tony. The reverse is what it is, your letters are truly historical,entertaining,
informative, caring, and full of impish surprises, including some juicy tidbits,
intrigas, chismis, and what you have, that makes the hearts of most of us,
pushing 60's, beat faster as it were some 42 years ago. Continue writing the way
you do, Tony. You're doing okay.
Now I know that you are not only adept at tracking "missing persons" ( as you
did to many of us "missing alumni", you are also a first rate sleuth who perhaps
have a handful of secret informants about the young love affairs of your
classmates, no matter how remote it had been. Imagine, you even remembered that
once I knew and befriended a lady from Hipit? ( who was not our
classmate/batchmate anyway, but in third year when we were in fourth year.)
Naubos na kasi yong mga classmates nating babae,most of whom never really took
me seriously, kaya I have to look somewhere else. Biro lang ,Pare, but I was
really surprised, specially 'yong item sa local papers. Can you help me get a
copy ot it?
Anyway, I read with interest the extent of preparations that Dra. Imee and
the committee had been doing, including the very wonderful suggestions from you,
Leland, Fred, Ray Baldoz, and lately Henry, and many others, specially Manolo.
It looks everything is set, and let me put in some more, just in case it will be
practical enough to be adopted "
1. Manolo is right, we must have at least a working number of possible
attendees, both alumni and relatives, considering that a lot of preparations
will depend on the number of participants. Although many from abroad are coming,
I think the bulk of participants will still be the "locals", so let's do the
best to bring them in. I will take care of Jess de Leon, and when I go to Manila
at the end of the month, I will call up Joey Sison. Maybe we should adopt a
"Bring a Classmate/Batchmate" Program.
2. The menu, as described by Manolo is superb, but maybe we should avoid food
that are too rich, and therefore expensive. I think we are all in the age where
we don't eat too much na, but the ones from abroad would really crave for a
little of the local delicacies. It's holiday season anyway, and most people are
"busog."
3. I think we should not allowe hard drinks, even beer. Wines would be more
appro- priate. San Mig Light siguro, baka puwede.
4. Imee, I suggest that before the Christmas vacation starts, a delegation of
officers from our class, led by you, of course, to formally visit the Principal
and other school officials , maybe the Alumni Affairs Board, if any, so that
they will know about our activities. This way, you will also have an idea as to
what project/s we can get involved in.
5. If it's okay, I think we should do away na lang with a live band, kasi
aside from expensive, maingay din yon. A good sound system, properly set up will
do, but if we can afford a lady vocalist and a good guitarist, it is also good
to have live entertainment, but let's just make sure they know how to do the
"oldies but goodies" numbers. Siguro , let us have printed lyrics of the popular
songs so that some can join the singing. Dancing?, Imee will take care of this.
She is a versatile and tireless ballroom dancer.
6. I am sure many will bring cameras, videocams, etc, but it may be good if
there is a professional photographer/video services provider so that we will
have an appropriate and properly edited/annotated recording of the various
activities, which we can sell to raise funds. We can also sell these to our
classmates abroad who were not able to attend, so that they will be encouraged
to join the future reunions.
7. Maybe we should have a program host and hostess for every activity
segment, para hindi naman nakakaawa 'yong mga committee members and so that the
functions can also be rotated /farmed out.
8. I noted we have commemorative T-shirts. Let us also have a printed
programme where we will have the addresses, tel numbers, email adds of all our
classmates/ batchmates, their business or avocations for future business
networking or plain getting in touch in the future, specially those who will be
traveling abroad and who may need some help.
9. Since this is a "grand reunion" and one where many of our
classmates/batchmates will attend, we might as well have a "business meeting",
to assess the activities we had, to plan out for sustaining reunions/mini
reunions in the future., etc. In this meeting, we can also organize very well.
We may even consider putting up a foundation, or whatever structure to
perpetuate our goals and ideals.
10. Lest we forget, let us plan out for that memorial mass for Francia,
Juanito and other classmates/batchmates and teachers who left ahead of us, that
their sould may find peace in the grace of our Lord.
Anyway, I think all these ideas have already been brought forth earlier and
are already being done by our organizing committees. I just could not resist
summarizing them again just in case there are some ideas that may be useful.
Thanks to you all, and with my best regards,
SONNY
This one is for my Pareng Boy Carolino,
Pare, kumusta ka na. How is Mareng Cely and Jason, my inaanak. I hope you can
do something to come for the reunion, it will really be fun. Tony told me that
you came last June, but we were not able to see each other. I will try to get in
touch with Joey, who is now staying in Paranaque. I will encourage him to join
the reunion and if both of yoiu can come, then we will be complete.
Our youngest, Francis, will be going to the States next week but he will be
staying alternately with my brothers Nap in Norwalk and Noli in Corona, both in
Los Angeles. Should he be going to the New York side, can I ask him to get in
touch with yoiu?
Until then, Pare. and with my best regards,
SONNY
Hi, Ray! Sorry for this delayed email of the program. I hope you can finish
it in time for ouir reunion on Saturday. Just make it simple due to time
constraint. I know you want the best but we are short of time. Thanks a lot! See
you!
Imee
This is the cover page:
BATANGAS WEST HIGH SCHOOL Lemery, Batangas GRAND REUNION Batch 1965 22-23
December 2007 Casa Corazon, Sinisian West, Lemery, Batangas
22 December 2007 - Saturday
PROGRAMME
7:30am - G ive thanks to God through a Mass at Lemery Parish Church 9:00am -
R eturn to Alma Mater and tour of BWHS Compound 11:00am - A round the town of
Lemery to venue (Casa Corazon) 11:30am - N ote down and register attendees
12:30pm - Lunch 2:00pm - D o familiarize with one another by each attendee
introducing him/herself 23 December - Sunday- Starts at 8:00am R evere God
through prayer - Led by Manolo Carandang E xpress love of country by singing the
National Anthem - Led by Carolina Cauntay-Naingue U nfold the business of the
day - Mario Rodriguez N urture the words of welcome - Liberato Biscocho I
ntensify the gathering through inspiring messages - Teachers of Batch 1965 O
verwhelm with individual presentation of Batch 1965 N udge everyone to enjoy the
games and raffles.
PM - Business meeting
To everyone,
Happy Holidays!
Praise and thanks God! Our grand reunion was a very successful affair.
Although some expected members of Batch 65 did not attend, still it was a great
occasion.
We started the day (Saturday, Dec.22) with a Holy mass at Lemery Catholic
church. Then we went to Batangas West reminishing our days there where we did
enjoy high schools days. We also toured almost the town passing the main streets
and reached Villa Corazon at almost 10:00 am. Siempre kita-kita guessing who is
who. There were some who could not recognize because of the long 42 years of
absence.
First to arrived at the church whom I met was Fred Dimailig with his brother
and adopted pamangkin. Of course with me was Iluminada Gumapac coz we are both
from Quezon City while Nita Atienza who promised to attend was absent again for
unknown reason. Next to arrived were Bert Biscocho, Pilar Dela Luna and her
husband, Leland delas Alas, Mario rodriguez & wife, Tony Almaria, Ed &
Norie Moredo, Rogelio & Amor De Castro, Adelia, Gado Vergara, Lavinia,
Waldy, Max, Nardito Hernandez, Veneranda Arandia, Lina Brotonel & husband,
Felipe Enriquez with wife & kid, Sonny Mendoza, Imelda Morales and many
others could not remember yet.
So nagmerienda muna kami ng Suman, Puto, Arrozcaldo at marami na di ko
maalala kasi busy sa kwentuhan. he he he.
Then some late members to arrive were Marcelina Bendana with husband Nick,
Apolonio Lacerna, Estela Arboleda Dela Cruz, Rosauro Napa & wife, Normilando
Mendoza and sorry to those I could no longer recognize. The rest of the afternoon was scheduled for sharing and introduction of every
attendees. One by one did introduce theirselves, maraming seryoso. So when I was
called to say something, I changed the mode to laughters. I told the crowd that
I was a frustrated lover during our high school days. First, was Florencia
Malabanan, a very pretty girl, talagang cute but despite of my antics and
persistent courship ay binasted ako. I notice Araceli Suayan but I learned that
her crush was Mario Magsino. Then not wanting to be left by the other love
teams, I look around whom I can be proud of. I saw a very simple lady and I
courted her, she was Evangelina Morales but again busted na naman ako. I tried
several times to win her (Placing notes inside her notebooks, mayron pang love
songs notably yun "I can't stop loving you". but all my efforts were fruitless.
Paiyak -iyak pa ako noon. he he he. We were third year high school when I saw a
beautiful lady in the higher class, Lourdes "Lulu" Salazar from fourth year
section 1. We became friends and later on I asked a picture of her for my
souvenir and when she gave me one, I thought that was it. Mukhang may pag-asa
na. Tinutukso na nga kami ng mga kasama niya but then again, I learned that she
had a boyfriend, named "Sim". Noon fourth year na tayo, crush ko na rin si Yoly
De Castro, binibigyan ko siya ng flowers from the garden of my Auntie. Pero nang
malaman ng parents ko, they told me "a big No" yoly is our relative. (laughters
and laughters)
So during my college days, I changed my strategy. When I met my future wife,
ang niligawan ko ay mother niya. Nag pa-impress ako nang husto and true enough,
pasado ako sa mother niya. We are blessed with two girls and one daughter.
Mayron na rin akong dalawang apo and since retired na ako from the bank service,
abala na lang ako sa apo and possibly I can start my new business venture this
coming year 2008. Actually expanding our catering service and other related
services.
We finished day at almost 6:00pm and come back the following day, Sunday Dec.
23. While the others were busy taking their breakfast, Mario, Pilar and I were
busy preparing the statement of account of our reunion. Although not final yet
since Pilar and Waldy have to settle yet some expenses, I can say in advance
that we still have money for future reunions.
At this point of time, allow me to extend my thanks and congratulations to
Mario Rodriguez, Waldy, Pilar and Imelda for the successful affair. Of course,
to the generous donors: Felipe Enriquez & wife, Leland delas Alas, Tony
Almaria & wife, Reynaldo Carnero, Lina Brotonel & Husband, Marcelina
Bendana & Nick, Apolonio Lacerna, Poling & Vida Bathan, Elsa Ilagan,
Estela Arboleda dela Cruz, Sonny Mendoza, Fred Dimailig, Leonardo Piol and many
others hindi ko na matandaan. Diyos na bahala sa kanila. later, I will mention
them when I get the final list from Pilar. We will have a meeeting hopefully as
early as this coming January 2008.
I left the group at almost 11:00 am because of a previous commitment and my
sunday church service at the Good Shepherd Cathedral in Fairview, Quezon City.
When I checked with Mario R., the group adjourned at almost 4 pm. Ayaw
maghiwahiwalay, masaya kasi.
Sure there will ber another one, sana mas well attended to be another great
reunion of batch 65.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!!!
God bless us all.
Manolo & family
Hi Elsa & Everyone,
Elsa, thanks for your response and for your offer to drive me around Vegas.
My plan is not to drive my daughter's car from San Diego to Vegas because of the
high cost of gasoline. Instead we'll take the Greyhound bus, which is cheaper
and comfortable. I'll bring with me a copy of your picture that you posted in
our website. I won't oblige you to wear Maria Clara, but mini shirt. Remember
during our high school days 'yon ang uso. I'll give you a call. Please extend my
regards to your husband.
Leland, thanks for letting me know that you already received your DVDs. The
next picutre that you are going to post in our website will be our (Nani &
me) pictures. Nani will be coming to Chicago this Friday, 06/27/08, but we'll
see each other on Saturday.
Manoling, thanks for your response and advise. Though Sept. 11 shouldn't be
forgotten, I considered it as a thing of the past. America has learned a lesson
from it (tragic event)that makes her more secured. Though the outgoing
President's, George W. Bush, performance rating is historically very low, I
still symphatized him when it comes to national security. Obviously, I'll still
proceed with my vacation as scheduled. Probably next year, if I have plan to
spend my vacation during Sept., and the leader occupying the White House is weak
and inexperienced Democrat, then I'll think several times before proceeding to
my plan.
I respect your opinion about life, and I congratulate you for having such a
long and happy life. Like you I am also praying and looking forward for more
healthy life, so we can serve our batch mates & our Alma Mater.
Ross, I didn't include you in my list who are going to be provided with DVDs
because I thought you live in Luzon (Marilao, Bulacan) who can easily be reached
by our officers and batch mates in the Phils. Don't worry, I'll mail the DVDs to
your address - 3 Yen Corner Lire Sts., St.Michael Homes, Marilao, Bulacan (pls
confirm if your address is correct).
Yoly, Francisca is right that you haven't change after 42 years had already
lapsed. She (France) told me that you accidentally met each other at the
airport. You are still beautiful. I remember you were one of the white cover
girls (maputi) in our class. We are hoping to hear from you at your convenient
time.
Okay guys, time to end my chika chika.
Regards, and God Bless.
Tony po lamang
Hi everybody! It took me a week to email this minutes, my apology. So here I
am, in the unholy hour of the morning, I am sending you this email. Last week, I
was in Manila for two days for an important meeting of our association. I am the
overall coordinator of the Psychosocial Response to Disaster Committee of the
Philippine Psychiatric Association. After the meeting, I have to email our
members to mobilize them to help debrief not only the disaster victims but also
the caregivers.
MINUTES OF THE 4TH REGULAR MEETING OF BWHS BATCH 1965 OFFICERS HELD ON 29
JUNE 2008 IN PILAR CORTINAS' RESIDENCE IN SAMBAL, LEMERY, BATANGAS
Note: The original schedule of the meeting was on 22 June 2008 but it was
moved to 29 June 2008 due to typhoon Frank. It was signal no. 3 in Batangas last
22 June 2008.
Attendance: Absent 1. Imelda M. Martin -IMM 1. Normilando Lascano 2. Gloria
V. Estacio - GVE 2. Manolo Carandang 3. Waldy D.L. Diokno - WDD 3. Rosauro Napa
4. Pilar D.L. Cortinas - PDC 4. Lavinia De Guzman 5. Mario B. Rodriguez - MBR 6.
Marcelina B. Cabaneiro- MBC 7. Wenona U. Banawa -WUB 8. Honorata P. Moredo - HPM
9. Edmundo Moredo 10. Iluminada V. Balboa
AGENDA:
1. The meeting was presided by the President, IMM. It was called to order at
1:00pm.
2. MBC moved for the approval of minutes of previous meeting and was seconded
by PDC,
3. Matters arising from minutes of previous meeting: 3.1. SEC registration:
It was clarified by MBC who asked her relative working in SEC: - If a foundation
will be registered, a capital of PhP1M will be deposited in SEC which is
withdrawable after the approval. - Suggested that it is better to be registered
as an "association" which is non-stock, non-profit, with no required amount to
be deposited in SEC. - Board of trustees - minimum of 5 and maximum of 15. Their
TIN, residence certificate numbers with the date and place of issue and complete
address is required. PhP40 per head will be paid to SEC. Articles and by-laws of
the association will be attached. HPM said she gave the name BWHS Batch 1965
when she took the form from SEC. She will follow up if that name was approved.
She presented the receipts in the amount of PhP605 for reimbursement for her
expenses in securing the SEC form and the delivery by courier to IMM. The SEC
form is with MBC. The requirements will be completed so she can forward it to
SEC.
3.2.The group set the final date for the reunion this year. It will be on 6
December 2008, Saturday. The venue is the Cultural Hall of Lemery Pilot
Elementary School LPES). GVE will coordinate with LPES authorities for the
venue. Letters will be sent in August to members of Batch 1965 regarding this
reunion.
3.3. Compulsory contribution of officers and committee members: - Coordinator
for Section 5 - Iluminada Balboa was added as Gerardo Picazo could not always
come to attend the meeting. - HPM suggested a higher amount of contribution for
the officers and lesser for the committee members. She suggested PhP1,000 to be
the minimum up to PhP5,000 or more for those who can afford. - The group agreed
on PhP2,000 as the minimum for officers and PhP1,000 for the committee members.
There is no limit on the maximum amount.There are 12 officers and 16 committee
members who will contribute and assuming a minimum amount will be given, it will
be PhP24,000 plus PhP16,000, so a total of PhP40,000 is on the bag for the
coming reunion. - The committee chairs will relay to their members about this
contribution.
3.4. Projects: Donation of books/reference materials and computer - One of
the emails received by IMM, from Fred or from Tony, mentioned that he will send
books and reference materials to BWHS. IMM will email those who are abroad to
send them c/o to her. They will be collected, those from local and abroad, and
will be given to our Alma Mater at the same time with the list of the names of
the donors. - Nardito will be contacted regarding the computer when he comes
home next month. Sustainability of awarding cash to LeMeHi graduating honor
students. The group agreed to continue it yearly. IMM reported that there is
also a group awarding cash, but it is not from a batch of BWHS graduates, but
from a lending business. Batch 1965 is the only graduate of BWHS who gave such
award. The Principal and the recipients were very happy and appreciated this
project of our batch.
3.5. Opening of dollar account: The Treasurer will be leaving soon for Canada
and will be away for three months. Exchange of dollar to peso increased and is
still increasing. If we will buy dollars, it will cost us much. We will see when
PDC comes back (hopefully with dollars from our compatriots abroad) the
possibility of opening a dollar account.
4. Committee reports: 4.1. Membership: - The Chair, GVE, reported that among
the members she texted, only Veneranda Arandia replied. - IMM suggested to the
group that if ever they meet any of our batch mates, they should get their
present addresses and contact numbers and forward them to the Secretary, WDD.
4.1. Projects: - The Chair, MBR, said he has not yet acted on any project. He
was busy the past months attending to the building of his house. - IMM read the
emails regarding the suggested projects: From Tony Almaria: Souvenir magazine
suggested by Poling Bathan. We will solicit advertisement and/or donation.
Initially, it will be published annually. He suggested that we request Danny
Maneja to be our editor-in-chief.
From Manolo Carandang: A chapel be constructed inside the BWHS compound. He
will donate statues of Jesus the Good Shepherd and of Virgin Mary. His feedback
regarding the souvenir program: It is a very easy project but the process will
cause everyone a real headache. It is very hard to attend to such project. The
group suggested a prayer room instead of a chapel because the latter will cost
not less than a million and there might be no more space in the compound for it.
From Leland Delas Alas: Souvenir program is not a bad idea for a start. He
suggested some kind of a newsletter which will keep us in touch with each other
and to involve Danny Maneja because he knows he is well qualified to do it. A
fund raising he suggested is a raffle, like the one being done in his native
place in Butong, Taal. The group said we cannot hold a raffle every month
because we cannot sell the tickets to the same people monthly.
From Fred Dimailig: The best fundraising option is to have all our batchmates
who are abroad donate a minimum of $500 by 2010. It's a matter of saving $167
per year, $14 a month or 47 cents per day. Fifteen classmates will generate
$7,500 or approximately PhP315.000. Given this amount, Batch 65 can donate one
classroom to BWHS and can provide financial assistance to our poor batchmates.
Mario remarked that the suggestion of Fred is very laudable. Regarding the
souvenir program, he said it can be brought up in the reunion this year. If it
will be approved, it can be started next year so that it will be out in 2010.
From Ray Baldoz: I can share my knowledge in all aspect of fine arts. I can
also post my design and construction company in one whole page for a cause
benefit. For the prayer room, we can ask Ray to make a design and estimate its
cost.
4.3. Finance: The Treasurer, PDC, reported the following: PNB time deposit -
PhP80,000.00 earned an interest of PhP323,55 for three months Savings account:
PhP10,605.74 Total: PhP90,929.29 There is still debt from PDC, PhP3,000.00 and
from HPM, PhP605.00. 5. Other matters: 5.1. Vision and Mission: IMM read the
vision and mission of Batch 1965 written in Filipino, emailed by Rosauro
Napa.She asked the group, particularly, GVE, to help translate it in English.
5.2. Video film of the reunion last December 2007 was sent by Gerardo Vergara to
Tony Almaria and the latter sent copies to batch mates abroad. The group will
watch it on next meeting. 5.3. The group thanked PDC for hosting this meeting.
6. Schedule of next meeting: MBR is very kind to volunteer his place for the
next meeting.It is his house blessing and thanksgiving. It will be on 26 July
2008, Saturday, 10:00am. I 7. Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm. Prepared by: (SGD)
WALDY DELA LUNA-DIOKNO Noted: (SGD) IMELDA MORALES-MARTIN, MD Sonny, Manolo and
Zorro, please take note of the schedule of the next meeting. Other matters in my
mind will be in my next email. I am already very sleepy. Thank you for all your
suggestions and emails. Please, let us hear from those who are silent. We need
your opinions/suggestions/comments/critique. Warm regards! Have a blessed
Sunday! Imelda
A sunny Monday to all of you!
Thank you, Fred, for your prompt reply. Yes, you are right. While we are
still strong, we should continue pursuing our objectives. That is what Mario
keeps on telling us during our meetings - that we should be thankful that we are
still strong and can still laugh to our hearts' desire. That we should meet as
often as possible because we will not experience anymore the laughter and the
camaraderie we share once we become weak or bedridden and our memories no longer
intact.
For those who will be sending materials to be donated to the BWHS library, if
you will be sending it by mail, my address is 0977 BCK Drive, RK Village,
Kumintang Ibaba, Batangas City. If you will send it through your balikbayan
relatives who live near Lemery, you can ask them to bring it to our house in
Lemery, 122 P. Gomez St. My sister Baby, lives there.
The idea of coming up with a souvenir program will be brought up in the
reunion this year. If it will be approved by the body, we will start looking for
people who will work on it. I think we cannot publish a newsletter on a regular
basis yet. Most of us here and even you folks abroad are still employed and
nobody can sit regularly to write articles for such publication.
Hey, speaking of Danny. Pilar texted me last July 5 when she was leaving for
Canada that Danny was on the same flight with her. He will be going to Nevada.
We wanted very much to involve Danny in our activities but he seems to be aloof.
Not only once but several times we went to his place. He entertained us but he
never came to our meetings and reunions. I admired Tony's persistence. I hope he
will still be able to reach him out even if he is already abroad. After we went
around reaching out to our batch mates the past years, Mario said we could
identify already those who want to get involved and those who would not. Even
those from section 1, we even experienced being chased by the dogs in their
places, but in the end they did not come to our reunion and did not communicate
anymore. At least with Danny, he notified us that he could not come and the
reason for not coming. Sorry for them, they missed the fun and the laughter
during our reunions. However those experiences will not dampen our spirit. We
will continue reaching out to them. Words spread to our batch mates that our
reunion last year was worth attending so we hope this year we will get more
attendance.
May we hear from you, folks abroad, your comment about Fred's suggestion
regarding the donation to our batch' coffers?
Johnny, Poling, Ato, Yoly, my cousin LIna, France, Philip, Sundy, Estela,
Sonny - may we hear from you? If you have email addresses and contact numbers of
our other batch mates, please email it to me. Thank you.
Have a nice start for the week! God bless!
Imelda
Ola! mi Amigos y Amigas,
I thank our Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ for the wholesome
blessings that They always shower onto us, especially this privilege to
constantly communicate with everyone. I'm sorry I wasn't able to respond to all
your e-mails at once because I am so busy in the office. Our Agency is winding
up the books of accounts for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. At home, I
have to baby sit my grandson. Fred, I read your e-mail that you received your
copies of the DVDs. Thanks for letting me know. Those DVDs won't be made without
the efforts of our good friend and dedicated batch mate, Gerry Vergara, who,
during the entire reunion, did the video taping of the "Great Performance of
BWHSClass 65 - Part 1"
Imelda, thanks for the Minutes that you e-mailed to us. Your tireless efforts
are very much appreciated. Please allow me to compare you with the Senator from
New York, the former US First Lady, Hillary Clinton who I admire very much.
Donations
1. Thanks for the reminder about the books. In my house at Binan, Laguna, I
have a complete (24) volumes of Colier Encyclopedia, which I am going to donate.
My only doubt is whether those books are still in good condition. What I heard
from my brother, Resty, was that there are termites in our house. If the books
are still in good condition, I'll request him to give them to my sister, Perla,
who lives in Lemery, for delivery to anyone of our officers and batch mates in
Lemery.
2. Regarding the monetary donations or the association dues, I pledge to give
$200 for this year. If Pilar will be coming to Chicago, I'll give it to her. If
not, I'll remit it, via XOOM.com. (the fastest & cheapest way to send money
to the Phils - TV paid advertisement. but for me - it's gratis) as soon as our
Association has already open a $ account in the Phils. Let me know the account
name, account #, routing and the name & location of the bank. Danny Thanks
for letting me know that he'll be in Nevada. I'll request my sister to ask from
Danny's siblings in Lemery his (Danny) contact # in Nevada. The point why I am
very persistent to reach and convince Danny, and those unfortunate batch mates,
to be one of us is that I want them to feel that, no matter what happened to
their lifes after March 1965, they are still being respected by our batch. If
Danny & I weren't able to meet each other in the Phils., I hope to meet him
in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sept. 7 to 11, 2008. Sina Padre Damaso & Padre Salve
Alam kong hindi natin makakalimutan ang mga nabanggit na tauhan sa nobela ni Gat
Jose Rizal na 'Noli at Fili'. Ang isa sa panglabas na kaanyuan ng mga prayle na
atin isinalarawan sa "kopyahan aralin" -'yon bang para komiks na isinumite natin
ay Mrs. Orbita, guro natin sa Pilipino IV, ay ang panot na ulo ng mga ito
(prayle). The other Saturday, 06/28/08, my brother-in-law, who is the son of
Mrs. Aro, my sister and I met Nani and his wife, Annie, when they came to
Illionis to visit his sister, Luz. When Nani arrived at our meeting place (in an
Italian restaurant) he was wearing a cap. Inside the restaurant, he took off his
cap - aha! nabuhay si Padre Damaso. As expected, it was a meeting full of
reminiscences and laughters. Of course, we can't forget to recall those moments
when the girls played 'luksong tinik at sipa'. I told Nani that, according to
Imelda, they wore bluemer. He said "ano siya?" sabay tawag. I only finished half
of the salad that I ordered because I felt already full. Sino bang hindi
mabubusog sa katatawa. I told Nani that his suggestion "Cash Awards" was
implemented, and that the Principal and recipients of the awards were very
appreciative. Our pictures will be posted soon. After a week, and that was last
Saturday, 07/05/08, nabuhay naman si Padre Salve in the person of Nardo Piol.
Mas malala ito - you can count the remaining hair. I picked him up from his
house, which is 2 miles from our place, at 8:00 PM to meet a New Yorker, Juanito
"Johnny" Carolino. We arrived at Johnny's son house at Round Lake, IL, 16 miles
from our house, at around 8:35 PM. We were met by Johnny, his son, Jayson, who
is also the godson of Sonny Mendoza, his daughter and the rest of his family.
After 42 years, that night was my first time to see Johnny again. And what do
you expect with that kind of occasion, aba! kulang ang 3 hours (we left at
around 11:40PM), so we decided to continue the chikahan sa aming bahay naman
today, 07/07/08. I'll be leaving the office early today, 07/07/08 for the
continuation. Walang tama ang chikahan namin ni Nani, eh si Nardo ba naman ang
kasama ko - hala bira. Johnny still looks young and pogi, though he may be
considered a junior top gone. His son and daughter are both nurses. He is a also
a grandpa of a boy and a girl from his son. Johnny's fligfht to NY will be
tomorrow. Our pictures will also be posted soon - abangan. I am very happy that
all the batch mates (Nani, Nardo & Johnny) who I met are very supportive
with our ongoing objectives. They are also very eager for the BWHS65 North
America residents' reunion in Las Veas this year. Below are the batch mates who
acted favorably to our reunion, and their suggestions:
1. Poling & Vida - will attend - preferably Friday, Saturday and Sunday
of any months. 2. Leland - summer time, so they could leave their children at
home. 3. Nani - will attend anytime 4. Nardo - will attend anytiime 5. Johnny
-will attend anytime 6. Fred - in his email couple of months ago - won't be able
because he is schedule to go to the Phils. for his niece's wedding. 7. Elsa - no
problem (retiree and she has a house in Vegas) 8. Felipe - Dok ano ba? Paki
handa na ho ang isa sa Unit mo doon)
I suggest we plan this reunion the earliest possible time in order to make it
a success. I would like to know if the following batch mates will attend, and
please let us hear from you your suggested dates and/or whatever you have in
mind to make this reunion a memorable one: 1. Ato Pesigan 2. Doming "Sundy"
Razon 3. Yoly De Castro Castro 4. Henry Garcia 5. Lina Brotonel Calderon
I'll send through the mail an invitation to other batch mates who don';t have
access to the internet. Okay folks - it's time to say "talk to you later", and
have a good day.
Hi! Imelda & Everyone,
Thanks for your response Ms. Cheryl Burke/Ms Dion.
If ever the encyclopedia are in good conditions, I suggest that just mark
them with BWHSClass65 (without my name) as the donor.
Our plan for the reunion in Las Vegas will be 2009, but no definite date yet.
I am still soliciting the opinions of our batch mates. If you are planning to
travel to the US next year, then we can set the reunion during your visit - just
let us know.
I hope my sister could get the contact # of Danilo in Nevada. The last time I
spoke with him over the phone, he mentioned that his sister, Nilda, is in Las
Vegas. I hope that Danny has a tourist visa that will lapse for more than a
month, so we could see each other in Vegas on Sept 7 to 11, 2008. My wife and I
will celebrate her birthday on Sept 8, and will have our dietmoon (being a
diabetic - bawal ang matamis) for our 36 wedding anniversary on Sept 9 in Las
Vegas.
Last night, we (Nardo Piol, Johnny Carolino & I) continued our chikahan
at our house. We also watched our DVDs (Grand Reunion). I faced a lot of
questions "Tony, sino 'yon?" "O si Roger ba 'yon? ang puti ng buhok, ano?, etc"
Ang sagot ko naman, "eh lahat naman tayo ay maraming puting buhok - nagdye lang
ang iba." Since we haven't heard from Sonny Mendoza for quite sometime, I took
advantage of that opportunity that Johnny was in our house, so I called him in
his office in Cagayan de Oro. Luckily, Sonny was around at that time that we
were able to talk to him. According to him, he was too busy in the bank because
of the merger that took place. I felt sorry when I heard that last May 2008 his
wife accidentally fell that caused hip replacement, which was also the reason
why he was unable to respond to all our e-mails. Though she is still under rehab
and therapy, she is doing fine. Let's join together in prayer for her complete
recovey.
Okay folks, I just stole few minutes from my Agency's paid working hours, so
'til my next e-mail.
Hi Everyone,
I have read the speech of Tony Meloto. He is really good and not only with
vision but with determination to build our nation great again.
If all batch 65 will join me, we can really help Tony Meloto in fulfilling
his dream and vision making our country great again. From what we have started,
making batch 65 a moving force to help the young generation of Lemery High
School (formerly BWHS) thru financial assistance, we can continue make a
difference by creating committees to start livelihood projects like the way
Gawad Kalinga is now doing in several communities in various provinces.
I am volunteering myself to be part of these livelihood projects that will
create extra jobs and sources of income to our less fortunate kababayans
particularly in Batangas. What we really need are support and cooperation of
everyone. We will try the concept of cooperatives, better version to ensure
success and avoid the usual problem of anomalies and failures. With transparency
of all transactions, we will have 99 percent success of the project.
As Tony Meloto had said, we are eagles not too old to fly. We can still do
something for our kababayans and at the same time we can also earn for our
future when we really can no longer depend from our present sources of income.
Such projects are investment to the following:
1. Planting of seedlings of Cacao producing cocoa or local chocolates. There
is now a demand for this chocolates for export.
2. Raising Vegetarian-native chicken which can be allocated in every barangay
and we will be responsible for marketing this chicken. There is also a great
demand for this better version of native chicken.
3. Handicrafts made of bamboo since our province of Batangas is abundant with
Bamboo.
4. We can also promote various Batangas delicacies such, Bagoong Balayan,
Atchara from Calaca, Sinaing na Tulingan and many others. We can also establish
a convenient store for these delicacies with "lutong bahay" where travellers can
have there lunch or merienda along the south expressway.. This can be a hit.
5. Joining our resources and talents will bring to realization of this idea.
Of course, most of all are professional with name to protect and we have to
believe for a better future. Hindi ko isinama ang word na "CHANGE". I don't like
Obama.
PLEASE, can I hear from all of you about this. "Fan talaga ako ni Tony
meloto.
Thanks and God bless us all.
Manolo
Hi! Manoling,
Thanks for your response, and for the bright ideas (you shared to us) that
was inspired by the speech of Mr. Meloto. While reading your e-mail, I was
impressed by your notions. However, I was bothered by my second thought that
your suggested projects are unrealistic for me, and, in my opinion, for BWHWS65
because of the following reasons:
Firstly, I am already on my autumn years to invest on those kind of
businesses where the Return on Investment will take years to be realized.
Secondly, my wife & I had already spent our life time savings to the
education of our children. The only resources that we could depend upon during
our retirement are the pensions that I'm going to receive from the State of
Illinois. and from the Social Security in the US and Phils, which, I believe,
are sufficient enough to sustain a peaceful and enjoyable life as retirees.
And the last, but not the least, if BWHS65 limited funds will be invested in
those projects, it might jeopardize our ongoing projects, which are focused on
the health of our less fortunate batch mates, and for the educational benefits
of the students of our Alma Mater.
Mr. Meloto's speech was addressed to the Eagles (Ateneans) who, we all knew,
are well-off that - even they are already old - they still can fly because they
all have the capabilities. But we are not eagles, we are the maliputo of Taal
lake that are becoming extinct because of the polluted lake (uncooperativeness
of some batch mates). Though there are only handful of maliputo that swims
around the lake, they are still being served on the dining tables that make a
meal delightsome. Just like the maliputo - we are few, but we have the guts to
serve our Alma Mater and our less fortunate batch mates, which I also considered
as the fulfullment of Mr.Meloto's dream.
I'm looking for a "Change", but not the same aspiration (flip-flop) as that
of Sen. Obama whose campaign slogan "Change" is only for his political
advantage. The real change that I am looking for is - the change of heart of
some of our batch mates - 'To actively participate and be one of us in all of
our endeavors.'
The above is my opinion direct from the State of Illinois.
Regards, and God bless us all.
Tony po lamang
Hi! Everyone,
I thank our Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ for the many blessings
that They constantly give us, especially these borrowed life and strength that
keep us in touch with everyone.
I also would like to thank all for sparing your precious time to read (I'll
assumed that you did) all e-mails and forwarded messages from our dedicated
batch mates. For those handful batch mates (domestic & abroad) who
continously supplied the needed nutrients (e-mails & forwarded messages)
that make 'The Maliputo' healthy, your efforts are very much appreciated.
Please be reminded that the views & opinions contained herein are my own,
and does not reflect those of the entire batch65. I brought this out to wake up
those who, in spite of the several pleadings and callings that has been made,
still remain snoring in their sleep. Indeed, it is really hard to wake up those
who are already awake, and pretend that they are asleep.
The Maliputo's Right
It is inherent for all graduates of Batch 1965 to be a member of the "The
Maliputo" forever because it was granted by our Alma Mater. No member must be
stripped off of their Right in spite of their unsupportive, self-centered or for
whatever attitudes or reasons they have shown.
The Maliputo's Previlege
Since the conception, almost three (3) years ago, that was brought about by
Imee's ideas to make 'The Maliputo' alive, and through the use of the modern
technology (internet), we were able to reach out some batch mates in the Phils.
and abroad. Our internet address book started from 2 (Imee & myself) until
it grew up to 20 batch mates. However, it has been noticed that only few
interacted, and the rest never at all show any interests that they want to be
part of the Association. To be a member of the Association is a previlege
granted to all of us, so we could share to our less fortunate batch mates and to
our Alma Mater the blessings that we have received. The blessings that we could
share might be in the form of ideas, opinions, spare time, in kinds and, most
all, voluntary monitary contributions. The monitary contributions are not
measured by how much, but by the manner it's given - 'from the heart'. The
affordable amount, even how small it is, collectively gathered will make the
difference.
Though it is a privelege to belong to "The Maliputo", the Association could
take it (previlege) away from anyone if he/she shows no interest to be a part of
it. It is a harsh decision to deprive anyone of this privelege, but, in my
opinion, is the only course of action to be taken. It will only be a waste of
time to continue searching for a 'Change' - a change of heart, a change not only
in words, but most of all, in deeds. As what is written in the Holy Scripture -
the withered branches of the trees must be cut off and burnt because they are no
longer productive.
In view of the above, I suggest that we continue to locate and contact those
batch mates that had never been reached, and take out from 'The Maliputo' roster
those who are considered inactive. So, batch mates, your honest answer to the
question "Do you really want to be a part of the Association?" is badly needed.
Your silence would mean "you don't want to be", and rest assured that there will
no hurt feelings.
This is all that I could express, which is direct from the "Land of Lincoln"
State of Illinois.
Regards, and have a good day.
God bless us all.
Tony po lamang
PS. Pilar, I read Leland's e-mail that you & your husband will stay in
Toronto 'til mid September before you proceed to California, so I assumed that
you don't have any plans to drop by in our place, Illinois. Anyway, I received
an invitation from Lemerians of Chicago for the annual picnic in the Celebration
of Lemery Town Fiesta, which will be held on August 16, 2008. One of the
organizing committees is your nephew, Boyet de la Luna. Just in case you want to
contact him, his tel. # is (847) 463-0031. This year Hermano/Hermano Mayor are
Mr & Mrs. Chito Punzalan. Chito is also an aluminus of BWHS.
Dear Imelda & Everyone,
As always, I thank our Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ for this
beautiful sunny Saturday morning, 07/26/08, and for the bountiful blessings that
They showered onto us day by day. I also thank Them for this previlege to
communicate with all that enable me to express my personal opinion that, I
thought, might help in the fulfillment of "BWHS65's Vision and Mission".
Last Sunday, 07/20/08, I sent an e-mail - RE: BWHS65 'The Maliputo's Right
& Previlege', which was prompted by the below e-mail of Imelda. Like her
(Imelda), I tried all possible avenues (e-mails, sending postcards, letters,
phone & cell.calls & lately DVDs) to reach out all batch mates, but to
no avail - still few responded. So, I have no other recourse, but to send that
harsh message, and I apologize for that matter. Among other things that I
mentioned in that particular e-mail is a question - "Do you really want to be a
part of the Association?", as usual only few responded. Thanks all. Please be
reminded that in all my e-mail all views and opinion that I expressed were my
own, and doesn't reflect those of BWHS65. Also the name "The Maliputo" is an
unofficial name. It was only a product of my lllusive mind brought about by the
speech of Mr. Tony Meloto addressed to his co-Eagles (co-Ateneans)
In view of the above, and as it is also one of my principles - 'I always
don't go beyond my limitation', I am hereby tendering my resignation as
Vice-President for Abroad. I would like to take this opportunity to thank
everyone, espcially Estela who nominated me, for the trust that you have
bestowed upon me. Rest assured that I am always around to support all of BWHS65
endeavors forever.
Before I conclude this message - I remember our late classmates/batch mates,
the husband and wife, Hermie & Francia, who, in spite of their deterioting
health, and until their last breathe didn't deny the call of BWHS65. Life is
really short - do the best not only for ourself, our family, but also to
BWHS65's Vision and Mission.
Thank you all for your attention and for your precious time. Have a good day
& a safety weekend.
Sincerely,
Tony Almaria p>
Tony,
I'm so saddened by your e-mail, indicating your resignation as Vice President
of our batchmates abroad. To tell you the truth I was very much surprised
because I only read all my personal e-mails yesterday since over a week ago
after I met Pila here in Toronto. As you know I'm very much pre-occupied with my
health condition lately plus I've been busy also in the office with a lot of my
officemates on hoildays.
Tony, I symphatized with your position and I know it's not very easy for you
to take the non-response from our batchmates - me included. But I don't like to
second guess some of our batchmates because they may have reasons for not
responding right away. One main reason is what I just told you - people don't
check their e-mails regularly. A lot of relatives to whom I sent e-mails to
regularly normally have full mailboxes because they don't check them all the
time. Other reasons, like too busy at work and their families are also a
possibility.
But I agree with you, perhaps some them are not ready for a long time
commitment to the cause. Please don't forget that our original intention is to
have a successful reunion among our batchmates. The MISSSION & VISION is
something that came out of it. There have been suggestions about this project
during our last reunion, but only a few of us aborad were there to voice their
opinions. So we really cannot accused them of abandoning it. We probably need
more discussions ony this project before we mad a decision.
What I would suggest, Tony, if I may, is please hold on you decision for
resignation. Let's talk about this more. There is a reunion this year coming up
and another one next year. Perhaps, by getting to know more about each other we
can build a better relationship. Let's put a hold on whatever big project we
have in mind. If we cannot afford a long lasting commitment, then perhaps even a
simple donation to our Alma Mater is agood start.
That' all I have to say. 'Till next mail.
By the way, I had an opportunity to see Pilar and her son's family again last
week. I invited her to a picnic in the park with our organization, Guimbanian
Association of Ontario, of Guimba, Nueva Ecija. A couple of pictures attached.
BWHS65 forever,
Leland
Estela Dela Cruz hello everyone & all!!!!!
kumusta na kayong lahat saan man kayo naroroon!!!! am now in cavite... just
arrived from singapore yesterday.... thanks God for keeping me safe in my trip.
my thousand apologies for not joining you all in your exchange of views via
internet. for the last three months, it was quite troublesome for me to go to
internet cafe just to go online as there was no access in the hotel we were
staying in in malaysia. hope am still welcome to join the loop.
at least dito sa pinas i can access my mails anytime of the day. for your
info, i'll be back to malaysia on the 15th. di nga ako makaka-attend ng fiesta
sa lemery sa 16th. can't stay longer kasi wala pong mag-aasikaso sa darling ko
duon.
tony, di ko yata nagustuhan 'yong last email mo pertaining to your
resignation. there's no such thing as resignation especially if it's for a good
cause. you were chosen to be one of the posts in the house we are building. if
you fail to keep erect and maintain your support, what do you think will happen?
(not unless may arthritis ka na rin like leland, he-he... biro lang po!!!!)
you're the best person i can think of who can handle the job, so please don't
just desert it. kapag merong di nakakasagot like me, don't worry, the response
will always be there soon enough.
i just want to express my all out admiration to those who always keep in
touch. please stay tuned .....
have to go now.... household chores are calling me now..... till next mail.
always
estela
Hi Estee & Manoling,
Thanks both for keeping our lines of communications open that will ensure the
success of "BWHS's Vision & Mission". Estee, once again thanks for your
text, which informed me that you received your copies of the DVDs. I hope you
enjoyed watching one of the great performances of our classmates/batch mates.
As I had stated in my previous e-mail, my irrevocable resignation as an
elected officer doesn't mean that I am giving up my membership in the
Association. I am still here to render my unselfish committment to our honorable
cause. As a member, I pledge to maintain as one of the posts of our building to
make erect and strong forever.
Last Sunday, 08/03/08, Nani & Felipe called, and one of the topics that
we discussed was about our planned reunion for 2009 in Las Vegas. I told them
that we couldn't set the definite date because we should wait if Imelda will
attend a convention in the US in 2009. If she does, then we should set the
reunion on the date that she will be here in the US. Felipe and I agreed that
summer time is not the best time to go to Las Vegas because it's to hot - we
might be able to stroll outstide. Also, the problem that I brought out was who
will defintely attend. The decision to attend must not be in Words, but it must
be in "Words and in Deeds.
Okay, baka na naman ako mahuli ng aming Comptroller na attending to my
personal e-mail during office hours. The last time I was in the middle of my
message when our Comptroller suddenly appeared in my workstation, which caused
me to hit a wrong key (sa halip na save, eh send) so the message was
unfinishedly sent. Pinangaralan ko nga siya "You surprised me - you came here
just to invite me for a lunch - you have just call me. See what hapapened I
untimely sent my message') joke only. Tony
PS. By the way, I'll be seeing Elsa, who now lives in Las Vegas, during one
of my vacation days (Sept 7 to 11, 2008). Last Sunday, 08/03/08 I called Danny
who is in Las Vegas, but he was not around.
To Tony and everyone,
Hi! I was surprised and saddened about your resignation. I hope you will
reconsider. Estee was right , you are the best person and you did a good job
thats why we had a successful reunion although I was not there.I know I am
guilty for not responding to your emails or give any suggestions , but it
doesnot mean that I am not interested. About our reunion next year, you are
right, summer is too hot but winter might be too cold for those with arthritis
like me. By the way, I thought I was the only one with arthritis pati pala si
Leland. Alam nyo ba naka leave of absence ako ngayon because of my knee, I
haven't work since the last week of June Mahirap talaga ang tumatanda ,kaya I
hope tuloy ang Las Vegas reunion natin habang nakakalakad pa ako,he, he, he..
God bless you all,
France
Dear all,
My brotherly advise is always eat at least three times a week fresh green
leafy vegetables like, alukbati, malunggay, camote top, squash, katuray (good
for ginisang monggo), sili, ampalaya, etc.just boil them in few seconds without
any ingredients, no salt, vetsin, salted fish (patis) with matching unsalted
sinaing na isda and you will stay healthy and strong. Regular exercise at least
three times a week, sleep early and wake up at 5am (may pasok man o wala). At my
present age, I've been doing these and believe me I jog everyday from 4:30am to
6:00am rain or shine. When I was with Shell, every wednesday in the morning I
use stairs not elevator from ground floor to 20th floor. You will wonder at my
present age of 61 yearsI can still play 4 quarters of basketball and I can run
up and down, as quick as I can without holding my breathe. I eat lean meat once
a week even chicken. I am more in fruits, fish, vegetables (always without
salt). No carbonated drinks, no instant juice pack, but more in water (one
gallon a da, minimum), if you can maintain or last to drink normal warm water,
cold water is bad to our health especially after meals because cold water will
cause intake food to be molded and takes time to digest. Even I go out for
shopping or malling, I always bring with me a preferred meals, snacks and water
because food outside were all cooked in an oily/fatty ways. I am not ashamed to
eat the probinsyano way basta alam ko mas masustansiya ang pagkain ko kaysa
kanila. Merinda ko laging organic like nilagang saging na saba, camote, japanese
corn, boiled carrots, fresh geen pepper, etc. I eat rice only in the morning,
lunch mostly is organic sandwich, boiled potato, etc and a very light organic
dinner. that's all folks.
Regards to all,
Ray
MINUTES OF THE 5th REGULAR MEETING OF BWHS BATCH 1965 OFFICERS HELD ON 26
JULY 2008 AT MARIO RODRIGUEZ' RESIDENCE IN BIHIS, STA. TERESITA, BATANGAS.
ATTENDANCE: 1. Imelda M. Martin - IMM 2. Waldy DL. Diokno - WDD 3. Normilando
M. Lascano - NML 4. Mario B. Rodriguez - MBR 5. Lavinia C. De Guzman - LCD 6.
Liberato A. Biscocho - LAB 7. Paciencia M.Durango - PMD 8. Iluminada V. Balboa -
IVB 9. Crisostomo B. Punzalan - CBP
AGENDA:
1. The meeting was presided by the President, IMM. It was called to order at
11:50am.
2. Invocation was led by IMM.
3. CBP moved for the approval of minutes of previous meeting and was seconded
by NML.
4. Matters arising from minutes of previous meeting: 4.1. SEC Registration -
Name of our association will be followed up by Nory Moredo. IMM reminded her
about this. She said she will follow it up next week. - For the board of
trustees, a minimum of five will be included in the registration. - PhP 605.00
was reimbursed by the Treasurer to Nory Moredo. 4.2. Reunion on 6 December 2008
- IMM will remind Gloria Estacio to reserve the place ASAP as December is a busy
month for many activities - weddings, reunions, Christmas parties, etc. -
Letters about the reunion will be given out to those who will attend meeting in
August and for the officers/committee members who cannot attend, it will be sent
by mail. - Compulsory contribution - IVB, coordinator for Sec. 5 gave
PhP1,000.00. - A total of PhP40,000.00 will be collected from the
officers/committee members, assuming that all will give the minimum amount as
agreed upon in the previous meeting. The group agreed to spend only PhP40,000.00
or less for the coming reunion. 4.3.Projects: Donation of books/reference
materials to BWHS library: - Tony, Fred and Lina Calderon pledged to send
reference materials. - IMM reminded the group to look for reference
materials/books for high schools in their homes which they can donate to BWHS.
Cash given to LeMeHi graduating honor students last March 2008: - IMM reviewed
the Souvenir Program and she saw that below the names of the recipients,
together with the other awards was mentioned "Cash and Certificate of
Recognition by Batch 1965." Computer to be donated by Nardito. He is supposed to
be in the country by end of this month. IMM will follow up with Lina Cabaneiro
where he can be contacted. Opening of dollar account: When the Treasurer comes
back in October, we will see if our batchmates abroad contributed US$ so we can
open US$ account here. Exchange of US$ to PhP is going up again.
5. Committee Reports: 5.1. Membership The Chair is absent. She sent a text
message to IMM stating that she received a text message from the Superintendent
that latter will visit their camping site in Balayan. She has to be there as she
will also visit the tents. IMM reminded the group to write down the address and
contact numbers of our batchmates whom they may meet. CBP said he has met
several batchmates and he knows where they live so he can deliver to them
personally the letter about the reunion. Same with IVB who gave contact numbers
of several batchmates. 5.2. Projects: Souvenir program - 2010 is two years away
so there is a possibility that this can be done. This will be brought up in the
December reunion. Danny Maneja was suggested by Tony and Fred to be the editor
but he left for USA already. Pilar sent a text message to IMM when she left last
July 5 that Danny was on the same flight with her. Danny went to Nevada, USA. In
an email of Tony, he said he had contacted Danny and they would be seeing each
other there. Ray Baldoz emailed he can post a whole page ad for the souvenir
program. Prayer Room - IMM said we have to raise first the amount for this
project before we go to BWHS authorities. She will ask Ray if he can make the
design with its cost. Newsletter - not feasible yet as of this time. Nobody can
attend to it plus the printing is costly. Fred's proposal - This was mentioned
in the last meeting. It remains on the decision of those abroad if they agree or
not to his proposal.This was circulated in the email. Tony in his email
mentioned that he will give US$200.00 yearly. Manolo has business proposals in
his email. This will be taken up in the meeting during the December reunion.
5.3.Finance The Treasurer is out of the country. She left the bankbooks and
withdrawal checks to IMM. PhP605.00 reimbursed to Nory Moredo is added to the
debts from the Treasurer, a total amount of PhP3,605.00. 5.4.Reunion: Committees
was created: 1. Ways and Means - Pilar and her members in the finance committee,
Nory Moredo and Weny Banawa 2. Reception/Registration - Waldy, Lavin, Letty 3.
Decoration - Ada, Pacing, Delia, Cris 4. Food - Mario, Nory Lascano, Ed Moredo,
Manolo 5. Program - Gloria, Bert, Luming, Veny, Lina 6. Documentation - Gado,
Poly
6. Other Matters: - Vision and Mission - It was already translated in English
by Gloria Estacio. - Gado was not in the meeting. Reunion video was not watched
by the group. - The group thanked MBR for hosting the meeting and congratulated
him for his new house and wished him more blessings on his 60th birthday which
was last July 22.
7. Schedule of next meeting: August 24, 2008. 11:00am, 2nd floor of McDo,
Lemery. 8. Meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm.
Prepared by:
(SGD) WALDY DELA LUNA-DIOKNO
Noted:
(SGD) IMELDA MORALES-MARTIN, MD
Hi Everyone,
First of all, I thank our Almighty God for this opportunity to communicate
with you again. May He continuously bless us wholesomely.
The first time I stepped foot on the Hotels/Casinos at the City that never
sleep - Las Vegas, Nevada was on Jan. 1997. Though I had fun, I also had bad
experiences. So, I set a rule that 'What happened in Vegas - stays in Vegas.'
From that time on, and whenever I go to Vegas I see to it that I stick to that
rule. However, this time I have to break that rule because I want to share with
you this very exciting experiences.
As expected, nobody can beat Donald Trump and his colleagues. But unlike
yesteryears, I got sick whenever the slot machines swallowed my monies - even if
they (slot machines) gave me fun and excitement - last Wednesday, 09/10/08, I
didn't regret losing my hard-earned monies (10,000 cents) because I won the
heart of our former classmates/batch mates. Elsa, myself and our spouses met
Danny at his sister's, Nilda, house in Henderson, NV. We have a wonderful
reunion - reminiscing our high school days. Among the topics that we talked
about was my suggestion to our Officers and batch mates to make him (Danny) the
Editor-in-Chief of our Souvenir Program magazine, which he accepted. My wife and
I believed that Elsa did a great job in winning Danny's heart. Sabi nga ni Mrs.
ko, pag si Elsa ang kausap mo - mawawala ang problema mo at mabubunot ang tinik
sa puso mo. Please consider my suggestion because I believe Danny is capable to
do the job, and being a retiree - he has all the time to attend to it.
Elsa, once again thank you so much for the warm reception and for your
thoughtfulness (gifts) that you and your husband have extended to us. My wife
and I really appreciate them. Thanks too for always including me in the loop
whenever you forwarded those worth reading messages.
Fred, Leland and Felipe, those messages that you kept on forwarding make our
Association alive - thanks.
Manoling, I felt sad knowing that you were hospitalized. I pray for your
complete recovery.
Batch mates, herewith, please click the attachments, are the pictures that
will always remind you of your classmates/batch mates just in case oblivion
prevails. I'm sorry it took me so long to send the pictures of Nanie Carnero,
Boy Carolino & Nardo Piol. I waited for their hair to grow, but it seems
spring time is gone for all of us - we are really in our autumn year.
France, how are you? I hope your place aren't affected by hurricane Ike.
Okay folks - this is all that I could share. Thanks for sparing your time.
Regards, and God bless us all.
Tony
My dear "Batchmates 65" and/or classmates,
First, to inform everyone that I had Kidney operation and medical procedures
removing the kidneystones and DJ stent last December 3, 2008 but it did not
bother me to attend class 65 reunion. "It was not sacrifice but Divine Love for
my classmates".
Though, I arrived late (about 10:45 a.m.) at Lemery Regional Pilot School, I
was not the last to arrive. Ed and Norie Moredo were the 23rd and 24th of the
total attendees. (actual number of batch 65 were 24 plus alalay of 6 including
my wife and my apo).
The group was discussing about the provision of setting the by-laws and then
registering it to the SEC. Siempre kontrabida ako, hindi pa nag-iinit ang upuan
ko, I called the attention of our President, Dra. Imelda Morales Martin and
suggested that we reject the idea of having this by-laws and SEC registration
since it will just create more problems. Marami pa tayong susundin regulations,
aside from the voluminous requirement needed in the registration. I also
insunuated that we are all not getting any younger and we don't expect to reach
100 years old. To incorporate and register Class 65 to SEC is useless. Instead,
we just maintain four (4) reliable and trustworthy officers to handle and that's
it.
Then Madam President Imelda continued to request for suggestion in
implementing our noble projects and ideas particularly on how to drum-up the
attendance since we decided to have another reunion next year, 2009, and of
course, another grand reunion on 2010.
Again, I suggest to have our program for the day (bonding and
socializing)instead of looking for problems. Seeing it was already 12 noon, we
had our lunch prepared by the committee. Ang daming pagkain, Kalderetang baboy,
adobong manok, gulay na ampalaya with scramble eggs, sinaing na gulyasan (sa
tuyong kamias), nilagang okra at talbos ng kangkong with Fiesta bagoong alamang,
at hindi ko na matandaan pa yun iba. Mayroon din leche Flan, bibingkang
malagkit, puto puti at Kutsinta. Maraming sitsirya = sitsaron, corniks, buto ng
kalabasa at siempre pangtunaw sa kinain = three and one Nescafe.
Saan kinuha ang ginastos para sa pagkain, of course batch or class 65 are
always generous. Nagcontribution lahat, mayroon P4,000.00, P2,000.00, P1,000.00
at P500.00. Pasensiya na hindi ako nakacontribute coz being jobless, I also
spent so much on my hospitalization (about P100,000.00) and transportation
expenses of no less P2,000.00 in attending this reunion, but I brought religious
calendar for everyone plus a bottle of champagne and wine holder which was
included in the raffle.
Almost all had a share of gift/s thru games and raffles. Nakapag-uwi pala ako
ng masarap na suman. Yun iba naghati-hati sa marami pang natira na pagkain.
Hindi naman talaga whole-day affair but we all shared the joy and camaraderie
of everybody present, at least hindi pa tayo ulyanin. Salamat din pala kay Max,
who prepared the games. Si Pol Lacerna, pagkakain ng lunch ay umalis kaagad.
(Eat and run).
Sa mga umattend, I can only remember the following names: Dra. Imelda M.
Martin, Mario Rodriguez, Pilar, Waldy, Glo Estacio, Wenona Umali, Marcial
Sangalang, Ed & Norie Moredo, Nory Lascano, Pol Lacerna, Ada, Lina Bendana
(with husband Nick), Fred, Gerardo Vergara, Bert Biscocho, Lavinia, etc. sorry,
hindi ko na maalala yun iba.
Babalik pa ako ng Fairview, Quezon City, so I excuse myself and left the
place at almost 3p.m. (arrived home at exactly 7p.m.
That's all folks. Kung kulang ang report ko ay si Madam President na ang
mag-complete ng ibang detalye.
God bless us all.
manolo c. carandang
Mga Kamag-aral,
Siguro nagtataka kayo kung bakit bigla akong nawala sa sirkulasyon. Pero
binanabasa ko ang inyong lahat na e-mail. Wala nga lang ako sa mood sumagot sa
inyong mga sulat.
Alam naman ninyo na ako ako eh may karamdaman. Eto ay ang aking problema sa
"hip" dala ng aking rayuma. Talaga namang napakasakit ang diananas ko. Bale
mag-iisang taon na akong naka-tungkod dahil sa sakit na ito. Ganoon pa man, eh
pinilit ko pa ring magtrabaho sa opisina habang nahinhintay ng aking schedule sa
surgery.
Awa ng Diyos, dumating din ang aking hinihintay!. Naoperahan ako noong
January 23, 2009 sa Scarborough Grace Hospital diro sa Toronto. Ito ay "total
hip replacement" ng aking kanang balakang. Inabot ng 2 hours ang surgery. At 5
days akong na-comfined sa hospital. Kahapon ako na discharge sa hospital at
ngayon ay kasalukuyang nagpapaphinga na lang dito sa bahay.
Alam ninyo, para lang akong nagdahilan! Aba eh biglang nawala ang sakit sa
balakang at tuhod ko. Noong magising ako galing sa operasyon ay naramdaman ko
kaagad ang ginhawa. Medyo masakit man ang sugat dahil sa operasyon eh hindi ito
katumbas ng nararandaman ko noong bago ako maoperahan. Ni hindi nga ako gumamit
ng morphin (PCA machine) para sa pain, na pangkaraniwan sa mga tulad kong
naooperahan. Tylenol lang okay na sa akin.
Naka "short term disability" ako for 12 weeks. Bale kasama rito ang "rehab"
kaya matagal. Merong Physiotherapist na dadalaw sa aking sa bahay every day. Sa
ngayon eh nakapag lakad na ako, pero naka walker ako para hindi mabigla nag hip
ko. Eventually i will just use the cane and then hopefully I'm free.
Hanggang dito na lang muna at ako'y mamahinga. Maraming salamit sa inyong mga
dalagin sa aking pag galing.
BWHS Forever, Leland
Hi everyone! Good day...
Just arrived from Batangas after attending the meeting at the residence of
Elisa Banaag. I can say that the meeting was great, aside from the food prepared
by Elisa, we had a good attendance. The meeting opened with a prayer and Madam
President Imelda started discussing our agenda for the day. (masaya na busog pa
kami)
Well, as approved by the body, we will have our reunion for this year on
December 30, 2009, possibly in the same venue as last year (Lemery Pilot School)
or if we will be able to find a better one but less expensive. In the next
meeting on April 25, 2009, we may also discuss the grand reunion next year.
By the way, Elisa Banaag is a balikbayan from Italy who had worked there for
16 years. She will be going back to Italy soon and she was reminded of our grand
reunion and the size of my shoes which is 7 1/2.
Medyo pagod pa sa biyahe and I will continue my notes in my next e-mail.
God bless us all.
Manolo
Hi! Eva & Everyone,
Eva, thanks for your call. It's unfortunate that you'll not be able to attend
our reunion because of your family's scheduled land tour from May 16 thru 31,
2009. We're looking forward to see you in one of our future reunions.
Batch mates, I would also like to inform you that Carlos Suayan responded to
my invitation. Carlos, who lives in Galveston, TX, called me this evening to
inform us that he is very sorry he couldn't make it to Vegas, which I fully
understood his situation. He was affected by that terrible storm that hit
Galveston last year. His three (3) houses were destroyed by the flood, and up to
now he is fixing them. I encouraged him to attend our future grand reunions, and
God's willing - he will.
Regards, and God bless.
Tony
Hi, Everyone,
I'm glad to hear that Leila maybe able to attend the reunion. 'Hope his
brother Popo is okay and well. He is the best friend and BWHS classmate of my
late elder brother, Tony Jr. For your information, one of Popo's son, Eric, is
working in our office (SNC Lavalin) here in Toronto.
My health condition is getting better and better everyday. I have completed
my physiotheraphy last week and I'm just continuing with walking exercises
everyday in the mall. I still have a little over a month in my short term
disability leave of absence.
I'm looking forward to our Las Vegas reunion. The only thing is, because of
my eldest brother's big 70th birthday celebration in LA, I may only be able to
see you all on Saturday, May 23rd because I have to drive back to LA on Sunday
morning, May 24th to be able to attend the evening celebration.
My wife and I will be visiting my brother-in-law in San Francisco on May 19.
Then, my brother-in-law promised to drive us to Las Vegas on May 22 (Friday).
I'll be free to see you you guys on Saturday while my companions do some
gambling in the casinos.
'Hope this fits to our scheduled reunion.
Attached are some fantastic photos. Turn on you speakers and click on the
screen to advance the slides.
Regards rto evryone,
Leland
h2>Comment #95
It's nice to hear that you are recovering well. Take good care of your
health; 'aging' na tayo.
It's good Tony was able to contact Leila. When Pilar was there, she tried to
contact her several times but in vain. Two years ago when I was in LA, I was
able to contact her and she told me she would come to the place where I stayed.
Lo and behold, on the day that I was expecting her to come, she called up and
said she could not come because she was scheduled to attend a seminar. Sad to
hear about her brother's condition. She and Popo are the only ones living; their
other two siblings are already dead. I hope she can attend our reunion.
Thank you for all your nice, inspiring emails. Have a nice day! God bless!
Imelda
Hi! Everyone,
Elsa, thanks. That's what I am also thinking - to move the reunion from
Sunday, 05/24/09, to Saturday, 05/23/09, in order to accommodate Leland. I hope
our batch mates here in North America, and, of course, Lina and Imelda will
agree with our suggestion, and if they do, then let's make it final - Saturday,
05/23/09. Otherwise, please let us know what's in your mind before I disseminate
the change to our batch mates who are not in the loop - Leila Venturanza, Nani
Carnero, Josefino Villabos & Rudy Pesigan. I'll also send a letter of
invitation to Ms. Flor Medina (Spanish teacher) and Mr. Eleseo Alcayde
(Vocational and PMT Commandant) who both live in California. I'll also
personally invite Mrs Nilda Aro.
Leland, thanks for your response. I knew you'll attend in spite of your
physical condition because you did it before - you attended our 2007 grand
reunion kahit pipilay-pilay ka. How much more now that you have new hips. But be
ready with your number - you'll dance the tango with Imelda. The last time you
danced the cha cha, he he, he. Anyway, I'm hoping that you have fully recovered
from the surgery (hip replacement).
So long folks, and 'til my next e-mail
Regards,
Tony
Hi Leland,
Boy Carolino booked us, using his time share, at Flamingo Bay Resort Hotel,
which I think is different from Flamingo Hotel. It's a 2 bedrooms suite. Boy
called me couple of weeks ago that he is sorry he won't be able to attend our
reunion because his goddaughter, who will cellebrate her debut on Sunday,
05/24/09, always request for his presence. Eh, naawa daw siya sa bata dahil
halos, tuwing tatawag, ay mangiyak-ngiyak. Si Boy daw ay isa sa 18 na magbibigay
nang rose.
Sabi sa akin ni Boy na humanap ako ng makakasama sa hotel dahil sayang naman
daw, so I invilted Nardo Piol who will be accompanied by his eldest son. I also
invited France pero sabi niya ay malakas daw siyang maghilig, nakakahiya daw kay
Mrs., kaya hindi pa siya umoo sa akin. The hotel can accomodate 8 persons - 2
bedrooms plus the living room that has a sofa bed or a pull-out bed.
I can also pick you up because I'll rent a van at San Diego. I also promised
Nardo Piol that I'll pick them up at the airport on Saturday at around 9:30 Am.
By the way, aside from the letter of invitation that I sent to Ato & Rudy
Pesigan - I also called him (Ato) this morning. He told me that he won't be able
to attend because he and his wife are one of the principal sponsors in a wedding
on Saturday, 05/23/09.
Please contact me when you are already in Vegas. I'll be there on Friday,
05/22/09. My cel # is (847) 668-7505.
Elsa, biniro ko ang asawa ni Nardo - sabi ko sa kanya "hindi na ako mahihiya
- kung pwedeng magrequest ng puto". Si Luz kasi masarap gumawa ng kakanin. Ang
sabi - OO 'yon lang pala eh, sige gagawa ako ng puto at sapin-sapin. Kinausap ko
rin ang anak ni Nardo at Luz na kung hindi sagabal ang kakanin na dalahin- hindi
daw.
Let's make this reunion a successful one - even though we are few, and far
from our homeland. Let's not allow this economic turmoil hinders the happiness
that we'll experience from meeting our batch mates whom we haven't seen for 44
years.
See you soon.
Regards,
Tony
Ang galing mo talaga Tony, ngayon ko lang napansin na marami na nga akong
request. he he he...
Seriously, the books (being left unattended in your library) and vegetable
seeds will be for the less fortunate children in our community. That's my
project being the head of the Social Services and Development Ministry in our
parish. Siempre may personal interest din ako at baka sakaling makalusot, sayang
din yun kung babayad pa ako ng hotel when I will avail my vacation this coming
September 2009.
Okey, about my story, para madagdagan yun happiness in your mini-gathering.
Good day and God bless.
Manolo C.
Good Morning! Ray & Everyone,
Ray, thanks for your time to communicate with your classmates Though we
haven't heard from you for quite sometimes, we knew you are always with us
mentally. It's good that you are enjoying your life, after your retirement from
Shell, by keeping busy in your own construction company.
Thanks for offering your technical know how. Who knows one of these day (pag
tumama ako sa Lottery) I might be one who might approach you to seek for your
professional services in remodelling our small house in Binan, Laguna, but not
as expensive as the attachment. Though our house is in the market for almost a
year now, because my wife doesn't want to retire in the Phils. I am still hoping
that she will change her mind before it (house) is sold. I am trying to convince
her that retiring in the US with the small pension that I am going to receive
from the State of Illinois and from the Social Security (SS) won't be a
comfortable one, especially with this present US economic condition, as compared
if we are going to take it (pension) home (Phils).
Ato Pesigan & I are on the same path when it comes to retirement. He told
me, when I spoke with him over the phone last week, that he will retire next
year, and that he and his wife will spend the rest of their lives in the Phils.
They can't afford to retire in the US because his pension from SS won't be
sufficient enough to pay the mortgage of their house in Los Angeles. Since they
have a fully-paid-off house in Camella Homes at Muntinlupa, his pension will be
able to sustain a comfortable life in the Phils.
Hoping that by 2010 BWHS65 grand reunion we'll see each other.
Regards, and take care.
Have a good weekend.
Tony
Pareng Leland,
binusog mo naman ako ng katakot takot at mapanindig balahibong, ka-
igaigayang panoorin tunay ngang nakkapagpasigla at feeling young ako sa mga
pinadadala mong double xx triple xxx mukhang ipinapasa mo na sa akin ang lahat
mong pinagsawaan na juk, salamat sa pag sha share mo ng mga ganong tanawin,
sana, ikaw rin kaya kang pabatain ng ganong tanawin o sa dinami dami nang
sources mo manhid ka na rin ako ewan ko kung mamanhid mo ako ibang klase yata
ako laging nasa kondisyon sa ganyang panoorin
SALAMAT di lang dito kundi sa mga views, photos, at iba pang informative
matters
I pray na kyo dyan nasa abroad ay di maapektuhan ng krisis, sana matuloy ang
balak ninyong reunion, sana maraming maka attend TILL WE EMAIL AGAIN GOD BLESS
SANA BUMUTI NA ANG KONDISYON MO PATI NA UN IBA NATING KAIBIGAN NA ME KAPANSANAN
Zorro
Although I am physically absent but mentally present to your mini gathering,
I am hoping it would be a successful event. Hindi ko talaga mahati ang katawan
ko na pumunta ng usa sa tindi ng obligasyon ko sa kinauukulan pero inaamin ko na
ako'y maligaya sa aking ginagawa after my fruitful 23 long years with Shell
International. One thing I want to share, just in case one of your freinds and
or relatives want my technical services in the field of design and construction
please don't hesitate to call me and myself together with my full staff will
assist you to render my serevices in good faith. It was unfortunate that I was
unable to meet Tony during his short holiday due to unavoidable circumtances
(under gone surgery - closure of colostomy), however, during my shell time, we
were able to communicate, discuss and accomplish projects by continuous email
and phone calls with my colleague anywhere in the world within Shell Opco
(Operating Company). We can do the same even you are in the states or in europe
kasi most of you are computer wizard or literate maybe better than me.
Attached you'll find my electronic advert for endorsement in two (2)
different file formats. To all batchmates, rest assured my technical services
with you are "Absolutely Free of Charge" and that's true and you can be sure
with your tiny batchmate name..............
Ray
Just zoom in the files to your desired vision.
Warm regards to all.
The good news - I was granted 10 years multiple visa. I do not have to apply
again and again everytime I want to attend conventions in USA. Nakakatoxic din
magprepare ng mga required papers. I will leave on May 14 bound to SF to attend
first the American Psychiatric Convention annual meeting there before proceeding
to LA for our reunion.
The bad news - it circulated already; na late na ako. Wenona is already a
widow. It's the second 'heart attack' of her husband. Her youngest is still in
college. Yes, Wenona is the 'comic' of our class. The meeting is full of
laughter when she is there; a very good stress reliever. She has that talent in
relating stories which surely make people laugh. When I went to her husband's
wake (they are our neighbors in Lemery), she mentioned to me that Mario jokingly
told her to relate her funny stories during the wake so that the people who were
there staying late at night would not get sleepy. Tony, Ed Umali is included in
our loop. I think he is the brother of Weny who died few months ago. I will
verify it from her.
I am excited about our reunion and I guess this feeling is shared by those
who intend to attend it. Thanks Elsa for being able to contact Miss Medina. I
will brush up my Spanish greetings and other commonly used terms. Remember, she
is our Spanish teacher which befitted her because of her looks, height and
complexion. She might have Spanish descendants; same with Marcelina who is her
relative. They are both pretty; mestizillas.
How is your abdomen, Tony? What was the result of the ultrasound? I underwent
cholecystectomy (removal of gall bladder) in 1986 in UST Hospital. I had it done
while on vacation here when I was still working in Libya. It was removed because
of the multiple stones lodged in it. Di pa uso noon ang laparoscopy so my
incision was wide. During our meeting, we will exchange info about our lives,
except those we wanted to keep in the closet, including our medical histories in
order to learn from each other how to take good care of ourselves physically,
mentally and spiritually.
About the song Maalaala Mo Kaya, I can sing it for you, folks! Kaya lang if I
will be the one na mag-a-ala Charo Santos, I cannot do it simultaneously,
narrating and singing at the same time. For me, the best version is that of
Dulce's. I will see if I can get the version of the original singer; I will
still ask who the original singer of this song is.
Di ako maka book on-line for my flight on May 14. This is the wonder and
'wander' of technology; one needs to be patient waiting for the next step. Next
na sana I will pay my booking thru my credit card but for almost an hour last
night my daughter repeatedly send the booking but the next step for paying does
not want to come out. Today she will do it again, tumaas na naman ang conversion
ng peso to dollar and I am paying in peso.... hu, hu, hu! Baka ang mangyari, I
will go to my travel agency na lang instead of booking on- line. I will just go
back to get the ticket from them.
Happy Birthday, Fred! It's your day today; enjoy and be happy!
Estela, France, Sonny and others on the loop, may we hear from you?
A pleasant good day to all of you! Don't worry, be happy! (Sana nga, but we
have cause to be worried because of the swine flu which might reach a pandemic
proportion!) Let us pray! It will help us a lot to be worry free and eventually,
be happy!
God bless us all!
Imelda
P.S.: I got this news when I was about to send this. Arthur Boa underwent
kidney transplant last week. His nephew is a clerk in the Batangas Regional
Hospital and the doctor who is the 'bosing' of Arthur's nephew in the OPD was
the one who told me about his operation. Nag-absent daw this nephew dahil siya
ang bantay in the Kidney Institute where the transplant was done. Aalamin ko the
details about his illness. Let us pray for him, for his early recovery!
Comment #52
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
1.
Complete address in the Phils & Malaysia
2. Contact #s (landline - Phils
& Malaysia & cel #)
3. Number of children & grandchildren, if
any.
Comment #53
STA CATALINA VILLAGE (Avida
Residences)
Block 3, Lot 2, Phase 3
Salawag, Dasmarinas
Cavite 4114
Cell No. +639158889589
(No telephone line yet)
No. 57, Jalan Bayu 26
Bandar Seri Alam
Masai,
Johor Bahru House No. +6073865620
81750 Malaysia Cell No. +60162861324
Hope to see you all
in December.
Estela p>
Comment #54
delasalas@rogers.com wrote
Leland De Las Alas
BWHS Class of 1965
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Estela
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wilbatdim1@shaw.ca wrote
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tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
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france112148@yahoo.com wrote:
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Cell-925 367 6588
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manolocarandang@yahoo.com wrote
Dear Everyone,
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Comment #71
Dated 19 December 2007
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 24 December 2007
manolocarandang@yahoo.com wrote
Comment #73
Dated 25 June 2008
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
Comment #74
Dated 5 July 2008
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
Comment #75
Dated 6 July 2008
wilbatdim1@shaw.ca wrote
Dear Imelda, Thank you very much for the
minutes. The hardwork and dedication of the officers and members of BWHS Class
65 are very much appreciated. We should continue with our mission to give back
something good to our Alma Mater (BWHS) by way of any projects that our group
can afford to accomplish, provide financial assistance to graduating honor
students from LeMeHi every year as well as to our classmates/batchmates who are
in need of our assistance. We should continue pursuing these worthy initiatives
while we still have the capabilities, resources. strength, energy, desire,
enthusiasm, leadership and team spirit. Imelda, regarding our donation of books
and reference materials to LeMeHi, I have mentioned in my previous e-mail and in
telepone conversation that I will be sending books/reference materials. I will
be starting to find encyclopedias, dictionaries, high school english
communication and science books and send them to you. I agree that BWHS Class 65
be established and registered as a non-profit association instead of a
foundation because we don't have the minimum capitalization requirement of the
SEC for a foundation. What is the group's plan, is it to publish a souvernir
magazine on a periodic basis or a one-time souvenir magazine for the purpose of
fund-raising? If it is the former, I advise that the group form an Editiorial
Board and I suggest that you "Imelda" be the Editor-in-Chief. The members of the
Editorial Board will be assisting the Editor-in-Chief in editing and putting the
publications together. You may invite Danny Maneja to join the Editorial Board.
If it is a one-time souvenir magazine, then the group does not need an
Editior-in-Chief. I think the group can successfully publish a magazine and at
the same time raise funds under your administration, and of course with the
collaboration and participation of the members. Regarding my suggestion for
fund-raising, I hope that our classmates/batchmates in abroad, especially those
in US and Canada agree to donate a minimum of $500 by 2010. It really feels good
to be involved with BWHS Class 65 and rest assured that I'll do my part to meet
our mission and objectives. With your strong leadership, unity and cooperation
of members, I am confident that BWHS Class 65 will successfully achieve its
objectives. God bless us all. It's summer here and the sun sets in at 10:00 PM.
Regards, Fred
Comment #76
Dated 7 July 2008
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 7 July 2008
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Dated 8 July 2008
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Dated 13 July 2008
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Dated 15 July 2008
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Dated 20 July 2008
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Dated 26 July 2008
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Dated 28 July 2008
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Dated 5 August 2008
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Dated 6 August 2008
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Dated 7 August 2008
france112148@ayahoo.com wrote:
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Dated 30 July 2008
ray_baldoz@yahoo.com wrote:
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Dated 26 August 2008
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
Hi Everybody! I am sending you the minutes
of the July meeting.Again, after reading the minutes, your
comments/suggestions/recommendations is very much welcomed. Have a pleasant day!
I am hurrying up for today's meeting in Lemery.
Comment #89
Dated 13 September 2008
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 6 Dec 2008
manolocarandang@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 29 Jan 2009
delasalas@rogers.com wrote
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Dated 28 Feb 2009
manolocarandang@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 6 March 2009
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 12 March 2009
delasalas@rogers.com wrote
Dated 13 March 2009
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
Hi Leland! We are all excited for our
upcoming reunion in Las Vegas. I will attend first the American Psychiatric
Association annual convention in San Francisco on 16-21 May before proceeding to
Las Vegas. So you will be in SF on May 19. Let us meet each other there. Tony
scheduled our meeting on May 24 and you will leave for LA on that date too.
Hopefully on 23, those who will attend are in Las Vegas already so we can meet
you before you leave.
Comment #96
Dated 13 March 2009
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 13 March 2009
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Dated 20 March 2009
manolocarandang@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 21 March 2009
tonizen@yahoo.com wrote
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Dated 23 March 2009
rossnapa@yahoo.com wrote
Comment #101
Dated 25 March 2009
ray_baldoz@yahoo.com wrote:
Mga Katoto,
Comment #102
Dated 27 April 2009
dripmmartin@yahoo.com wrote
Hi, everybody! Read all your emails but
pasensya na kayo can't reply at once due to the bulk of work I have to do after
coming from two week holiday. Tambak talaga trabaho, toxic! That's why here I am
since the wee hours of the morning, reading and answering the mails since
3:00am.
