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From: brenda bandaay <brendabandaay@y...
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2003 11:01 am
Subject: Fwd: FW: The Little Flower
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From: brenda bandaay <brendabandaay@y...
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2003 11:02 am
Subject: Fwd: FW: The Little Flower
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From: brenda bandaay <brendabandaay@y...
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2003 12:05 pm
Subject: Fwd: Today Counts Most
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From: Ferdinand B Feliciano <MGF757@j...
Date: Sat Aug 2, 2003 2:12 am
Subject: hello everyone
looks like we are consumed by that b word again, i just opened my mail we really had a hectic schedule for the past days, also some of the email are not crossing over in our room's computer, i have to check my son's computer to read some of the mails.
art just got tito's address just mailed the piano pieces today. hope your children will enjoy playing them. hello to suzzette.
for all of you working so hard to make this reunion a memorable one I send my hugs, as art has said we can't help out physically but let me know how i could be of help.
bren could'n open the file you send, but whatever it is , it is worth reading, i'll try to open it again to night when my husband is home I don't know the technique to open files when it is not in that clicking mode, alam mo na computer is not my forte.
hey nates thanks for sending the picture of the sunflower and the baguio mist reminds me of my youthful years, where my bros. used to pound the sunflower leaves and use the juice as an antiseptic. tignan mo nga naman ang modern medicine.
pictures of la were really nostalgic. good for you guys, i bet those were treasured moments . buddy haven't heard a word from you, hope you did enjoy your trip.
okey ngarud, you all take care. GOD BLESS!
maane
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From: "buddyresurreccion" <jvr5678@y...
Date: Sat Aug 2, 2003 11:03 am
Subject: new yahoogroup rules, pls take note
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From: "buddyresurreccion" <jvr5678@y...
Date: Sat Aug 2, 2003 11:21 am
Subject: hello again
hi maane,
sorry i wasn't able to get in touch. very hectic yung sched ko since i was there for only 14 days, nag east coast pa ako. this meant that i had to spend about 4 days just for travelling. i hope that in my next trip i could find more time to realy go around.
my brother and his wife are both nurses in nyc and they really live a hectic life which includes taking care of 2 growing kids. kaunti rin time with them. hay naku, someone once said that the real problem in life is time. seems like some times he is right. hehehehe
lets keep the ideas coming guys, looks like we are going to have a really grand reunion in december. i hope josie makes it. she said she would try and manny is also raring to come home if only he had the chance. art and the family look like a definite and that would be good for them specially the kids to touch base with their parents rearing ground.
arnel, when is doctor howard coming online? does he need another invite? or does he need extra instruction on how to log in? maybe you can help him out by bringing him to the nearest internet cafe and
opening his vistas to a whole new world.
anybody from baguio coming down this august?? we're planning to have a planning meeting this month. tell us when u will be around so we can schedule it then. nates? arlene? vivien? arnel? joy? anybody??
as usual another call for more email addresses. evelyns? joys? carmens?
till next time guys!
u all have a good one!!
buddy
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From: "agdelenela" <agdel557@y...
Date: Mon Aug 4, 2003 10:50 am
Subject: wood nymph meeting
...hello again classmates...
...hey...where's everybody..?
...anyway last saturday... august 2...... vivs organized a working committee meeting to plan for our grand reunion this december... she came early and prepared...had all our messages with ideas for the reunion printed... for the first time doc howie attended the meeting...and as fine for his previous absences... he paid for the food and the coffee... joy...nates...arlene the luna...and evelyn attended too...
...it was agreed that we first decide on a venue for the reunion...nates told us that the cordillera house is still available...i also suggested the pine breeze terraces at bokawkan road...nates and i will report within
the week reagrding the details of the venues...
...evelyn would go to the science high to check on what is needed so we can also decide on our project...
...ruben and i will design the invitations...maybe a souvenir programme...and the necessary physical arrangements fro the venue...
...the initial schedule of activities agreed to are...friday night december 26... welcome activities... saturday morning december 27... unveiling... inauguration or whatever of our project... the whole day saturday would be for the members of class 73 and faculty...no spouses...no children...at night would be the bonfire...sunday...december 28...family day...
...other details would be fine tuned later...the next meeting would be on august 16...maybe we can already invite buddy...letts...tom...brenda...dinah...to attend that meeting...
...after the serious meeting we stayed on...talked about other more important things...like who farted during the music barn...about why with all the many inspirational songs available then...we had to choose "warm"...a love song...for our graduation song...no wonder there were a lot of love teams in our class...sammy and dinah...buddy and angie...napo and vivien...dax and evelyn...tom and beth...pio and chato...howard and nelda...augusto and arlene...
...we also talked about our teachers...mr. rice bird rice plant...the teacher "nathan the mouse" called sister daoas...miss dauz...the other miss dauz...miss castillo...henrikits ramos...miss rillera...mr estoque...saksak...mr. ruiz..."goodbye miss aquino"...etc...don't worry guys...i don't think we will ever run out of things to talk about...and laugh about come our reunion...
...it was only when someone from the hospital called doc howard that we decided to adjourn..
...nates...if i forgot somethings...please fill in...
...gotta go again...
...arnel
p.s.
...while writing this...the ever dependable vivs texted me to inform me that we are going out with nathan tomorrow to have an occular inspection of the proposed venues...see...we're all excited na...
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From: "pilandol" <Leticia.Pilando@p...>
Date: Mon Aug 4, 2003 6:36 pm
Subject: Things are coming together...
Way to go, fellows...things are really coming together. Looks like we will even have several "mini" (Arnel gave the go ahead to use this term) reunions before the GRAND one in December. At lalong humahaba yata. At first, we were thinking of one day - Dec 27. Then we thought of Dec 27 half day and then whole day Dec 28, then Art suggested we make it full day Dec 27 and full day Dec 28. And now, pati evening na ng Dec. 26! We might be reunioning for the whole week!
Happy to hear that Doc Howard and Evelyn are now on board, next, they have to be on-line.
I have texted Brenda, Tom and Buddy about the next meeting - August 16. We will plan to attend. Hopefully, nothing comes up... a coup de etat, for example. I have visitors at that time from our Regional QA Center in Singapore and will see if somebody else can take care of them.
Arnel, saan ang Pine Breeze in Bokawkan? I pass this way all the time going home but have not really noticed this place. We trust that you will find the most appropriate and meaningful place for us to gather...
Art and Maane, thank you very much for your offer for financial help. This will surely come in very handy for our project... whatever it will be. I hope in the next meeting, we can really at least agree on what it would be.
So long....
Lettie Pilando
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From: "agdelenela" <agdel557@y...>
Date: Thu Aug 7, 2003 5:14 pm
Subject: reunion venue
...vivs...nates and i went out last tuesday to have an occular inspection of the possible venues for our reunion...
...we first checked out the pine breeze cottages...letts...this is the place between bokawkan road and burgos street...they have a function room...several cottages for rent...nates got a copy of their rates and promised he will have them posted soon...
...we then went to the cordillera house across the mansion...we were all agreed that this was a good place for the reunion...but nates informed us later that GMA will be up here in baguio on the dates of our reunion and the place will be full of media and security people and vans...
...before we dropped vivs off at brent we went around hotel tepeyac...the place dinah suggested...
...anyway we will still check out ating tahanan...the girls scout place at south drive...and i will still talk to my friend at camp john hay...will be reporting again later...
...vivs just texted me that brenda is up here...we might be having dinner with her at 6pm tonight...
...okay...will update you all later...
...bye...
...arnel
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From: "taconsolacion" <taconsolacion@n...>
Date: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:22 am
Subject: Guess who sent word?
Great to hear about the ocular inspections you people in Baguio are doing for the rest of us and the preparations you're putting together all by yourselves, we out-of-towners surely appreciate it. As Letty says, things are really coming together, with Howie and Evelyn now on board. Hmmm, if only we can have them join us online as well.
Over the weekend I received a biz card from Nates, and guess whose number it was? Who else but Fake, who seems to have bought himself a new mobile and then texted Nates a blank message. Well, everything has a learning curve to it, I guess.
I promptly called up Fake to tell him about our December 27 get-together and learned how he and his family are having a hard but happy time building their farm down in Barangay Carayman, Calbayog City, Samar. Seems we need not have worried about him and his family after all. He says they're ok and eating well and they'll try their damnedest to come home to Baguio this Christmas.
Fake complains that only 15 of his jackfruit trees bore fruit this year. That represents 5% of the total. He had planted around 300 and expects at least half up to 80% of these to bear fruit next year. Let's wish him well and pray they do. He also planted more than a thousand banana trees, between 200-300 calamansi trees and other crops. Right now he's doing rice.
I asked Fake if he ever gets the chance to try to get online and visit our website, if only to remind him of his youth and his good old Science High classmates, and also to be reassured that we are all still together as one class, ready to help one another in whatever way we can. He said he will.
Well, Arnel and Vivian and Nates and all the rest of you up there in the (former) City of Pines, great to have you doing all the work but I'm sure you must be having fun. I see you've gone around the candidate venues to size them up, see what's best for us. And our sked seems to be getting longer and longer, having grown to a 3-day affair! We leave it up all to you, please tell us how we can help or what we have to do.
What about the others? I see posts slowing down (including from myself, sorry, really been too busy--but of course not too busy to read your messages). A lot has happened here in Metro Manila in the past month, I guess you've all been following the news. Let's just hope we hear from the others too!
Cheers!
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From: "nathan_bgo" <Nathan_bgo@y...>
Date: Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:39 am
Subject: pumitlag ang puso
That's just what happened when I received the blank message from Fake. Pumitlag ang puso. Imagine -- years nawala, tapos biglang may blank message, wahahahahaha.
This is because I've been ringing him the day I got his cel # from his sis-in-law and there was no response. I even gave his # to Vivs and Arnel when we were treated to dinner by Doc Brenda Cawis Banda-ay last Thursday evening. Rang him up again and still no contact.
Saturday morning, naubusan pa ako ng load kaya takbo ako sa neighbor naming SS store (that's for sari-sari) and voila! In comes the blank message. Kapapadala ko lang response when the phone rings and who else but Fake is on the other end saying he was just studying his newfangled celfone. Then thats when i sent the bizcard to Tom and el Presidente General Manager Buddy.
Miguel Pedroso (that's his full name) is doing fine; he got Mary Anne's postcard from Florida and also mine. He's working his farm and hopes to build a website next year to market his products as Tom has enumerated. Nagtataka nga raw siya hindi daw ba Maria Ana daw si Ms. Gammad; anyway I hope Mrs. Feliciano wont get too sensitive about this like the old Casimiro Bucayo who got lost in time.
Manny Hitler, apay ngay, you stopped posting after uploading the California mini-reunion photos? Henry, kumusta ka na p're. And how my first prom dance Ms. Josie Juquiana? I-pakaammo yo met a how you're doing, dear friends?
BTW, if any of you Manila- or other Philippines-based guys would care to come, please be around on the late afternoon of the 16th, this Saturday because by then Arnel would have visited Ating Tahanan and John Hay as alternatives for our reunion venue.
Initially at this point, Arnel and Doc Bren, us included with Vivs -- are considering the UB-HRM building -- this is the former yellow building to the right of the Au-Gym if you people would like to know. Remember that little store where we used to have merienda of banana bread and coke? Well, its not there anymore but if you face the site, which is now the site of the UB Diagnostic and Medical Center, the said building is to your right. This was purchased by the Bautistas and its where their HRM students do their practicum. There are some plus and minus factors to consider and the more of you around would democratize discussions and faciltiate the decision.
Also, it is the birthday of Lakay Tomas on the 26th. Talagang tumatanda na tayo lahat! Fake would like to know the b-day of Karla Circe also pala, Tom, and being an August celebrant baka puedeng ikaw mag-host sa 16th.
Hanggang dito na muna at hanggang sa susunod muli... sana'y matagumpay at masaya kayong lahat sa inyong mga pinagkaka-abalahan. (That would have been added points for Bb. Castillo who is now Mrs. Raymundo.)
Sige, kakadwa, agkikita tay to pay met laeng --------
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From: "taconsolacion" <taconsolacion@n...>
Date: Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:09 pm
Subject: This explains a lot of things! Something for ex-UBSH studes...
Does the statement, "We've always done it that way" ring any bells?
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did "they" use that gauge then?
Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.
Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England) for their legions. The roads have been used ever since.
And the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
And bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a spec and told we have always done it that way and wonder what horse's ass came up with that, you may be exactly right, because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses.
Now the twist to the story...
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank.
These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah. The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make thema bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site.
The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The RBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a Horse's ass.
And you thought being a horse's ass wasn't important?
Some things never change!
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From: Arnel Delenela <agdel557@y...>
Date: Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:55 am
Subject: still om venues
...sorry classmates...i haven't done my homework yet...ub is busy the past few days that i decided to postpone my visit to ub pres. gil bautista regarding the use of the hrm house...i will also visit my friend at jpdc (john hay-poro point development corporation) to inquire on the use of one of their cottages... hopefully all necessary details will be in before our august 16 meeting...
...like we have been asking you guys in manila...if you can come up on that date...join us...the more the merrier...so far the most any of our mini reunions had was 7 class 73 alumni present...let's break that number...okay..?
...so glad to hear fake is alive..kicking and doing okay...i think the last time i saw him was when he...tom...and nates were renting a room somewhere in palma...that was in the late 70's pa...baka nga lang maiinggit si fake...but in our small lot in tuding...we have two jackfruit trees...and even after typhoons that came and went...they are both bearing fruits...that's 100 percent...and nobody is even tending them...
...see you all later...on the 16th..?
...arnel
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From: "nathan_bgo" <Nathan_bgo@y...>
Date: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:12 pm
Subject: Re: Something for ex-UBSH studes...
Yeah right.
I would bet that's about the same measurements they used for the railroad tracks here in country.
So come to think of it, those Roman Emperors were instrumental in causing squatting here in the Philippines! Howdathappen? Well its because those two horse asses have the same measurement as the "trambias" or is it called "rakit" which dwellers who live in the poorer side of the tracks use as their public conveyance.
Tom, you had a room mate in LB -- forgot his name, Orly or something? -- who lived in such and I think we rode on one of those when we went once to their place.
So if those space shuttles have their SRB's we in the PI have our leg-powered "rakits" made of recycled ball-bearings scrap lumber which span the railroad tracsk and recovered plywood for seats. You can add some bamboo pieces and even a transistor radio to boot and you have a contraption that glides through the railroad tracks in the open air "al fresco," only in the philippines.
Still and all, am thankful because these are the same measurements that made the Asin tunnels possible, the so-called Three-days-n-two nights needed to make it to the hotsprings.
And that, my friends, is part of Science High history. We were still first year (shucks, was it second year? for Biology with the Ricebird-riceplant?) when we went to Asin. I still remember coming up to Baguio leaving the rest of you to ride the bumpy bus because Mars Quinto called me to join them with David Brinsmead (thats DAY-vid, with the Aussie Accent) in his Honda motorcycle. Earlier the guy was cursing because some prank (was it howard, art or that Mon guy a year ahead of us? I never knew) stuck a match stick in his keyhole. "Now all it can do is go in blessed circles!" poor David.
And so even if those Asin tunnels evolved through time because of two horse asses, its no big deal; stories have it even that a lucky hunter recovered a small suitcase made of steel and wood from the walls of the longer tunnel and inside it were bars of gold.
I would not mind that kind of horseshit; lay it on me, man, anytime.
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From: Ferdinand B Feliciano <MGF757@j...>
Date: Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:36 am
Subject: hello again
kumusta kakabsat, i'm glad to know that fake finally responded and remembers me. say hello to him.
so buddy you've seen how hectic life is in this part of civilization, hope the next time would be more time so we can get together.
as always busy schedule i have had no chance to talk to josie or manny I tried calling them but recording palagi.
happy to know too that all is well for you guys. what time are you meeting on sat. can someone let me know? thanks.
got to go now, more next time. you all take care!
Maane
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From: Arnel Delenela <agdel557@y...>
Date: Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:06 pm
Subject: my homework...bow...
...nya ngay...
...went to john hay yesterday...my friend was in a directors' meeting so i talked with the other people there about the cottages near the AIM area...unfortunately though...i was informed that all those cottages will be occupied by the jpdc directors during our reunion dates...
...another friend working in john hay told me that his mom manages one of the cottages at the lizares compound...this is one of the old rich properties across teachers camp...i went there this morning...it was a huge house...with privacy...pine trees...a playground with children's swing and slides (for your apos)...but again...it is booked from christmas to new year...mrs. guzman promised me she will look for other houses with the same amenities...i have set up an appointment with her next week...
...so the other possible areas left are...the ub hrm house...ating tahanan...and whatever mrs. guzman has to show...
...tom...i have downloaded your piece...and would have that printed in the local architects' newsletter...form follows function...right..?
...here's another railroad story...
...when they were constructing the railroad tracks in the old west...three guys applied for positions in the railraod company...an italian...okay...para masaya...a filipino...and a chinese immigrant...
...the foreman told the italian..."you will be in charge of the materials"...then to the filipino..."you will take care of the laborers"...lastly he told the chinese guy..."and you will be incharge of the supplies"
...after a week...payday came...the filipino and the italian...told the pay master..."we have worked for a week...we've been working on the railroad all the live long days...(sammy's in the kitchen with dinah)...we took care of the men...and the materials...but it is unfair to pay the chinese guy...we haven't seen him all week..!"
...then without warning...the chinese guy jumps from the roof.. .shouting... SUPPLIES..!
...okay with that...i'm signing off again...hope we can have more pleasnt supplieses next time...
...arnel
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From: "buddyresurreccion" <jvr5678@y...>
Date: Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:46 pm
Subject: meeting on saturday
hello!!!
been out of the posting for some days kasi we're so busy with our final preparations for our grand opening next month. sabayan pa ng board meeting... well...
anyways, it's so heartening where this is going and seeing that a lot of us are involved and pitching in our efforts to make the reunion in deember possible. let's keep this up para maging really successful na ito.
i'm sorry but i can't make the meeting on saturday because i have a club affair to run. but please do call me when u are all there so we can talk naman. i hope letty can make it and i hope too that anyone of u baguio based classmates can make a trip din dito sa manila.
best regards to everyone,
take care!!
Buddy
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I know, I know, this is going to look like a cop-out any way you look at it.
We---my wife, daughter and I---had originally planned to come up to Baguio this weekend to attend the pre-reunion meeting. This trip is something we’ve been looking forward to (notwithstanding our upset the last time we were up when somebody vandalized the car). We would surely have enjoyed the long drive up and the (hopefully) invigorating nip of highland air.
Unfortunately, this isn’t going to happen after all. Just got an instruction ftom my boss to do this do that and to file a report first thing Monday morning. Aaaaaaarrrgggh!
So like Buddy, I’d just like to apologize to you folks up there in Baguio, sorry Nates, can’t come, sorry Arnel, sorry Vivs, sorry Joy, sorry everyone. Hey, I’ll make it up to you next time. Sayang. It’s my birthday pa naman on the 26th and I had planned to treat you to dinner. Now, you’ll all just have to take a raincheck for that. Who knows, one of these days I might just come up to you without warning and yell as the Chinaman did: “Supplies! Me here, let’s party!”
Nates, that was Orlando Olbes you were recalling, my roommate in UPLB. I wonder where he is now? Yes, we did get to ride those person-driven trolleys-on-railtracks while we were in Laguna. Quite resourceful really how those poor inventive folks could put together a pile of 2x2s, planks and bearings to come up with a free transport system---just mind the incoming train! Just how is Asin Hot Springs nowadays? Buhay pa ba ito? I remember the long ride down and the spectacular views and tunnels and the old swimming pool, including the showers, the nice lunch after, the hanging bridge down by the rocky river and even the long wait for the bus that’ll take us back, the restful doze while riding home and waking up to the cold zippy air when the bus tops the mountains back into Baguio. Never gonna recapture those moments again…
Maane, why so quiet lately, got swamped with work? Same here. Just saw on CNN this morning about a widespread power blackout that has suspended work in Canada and the East Coast. Hope it’s not a terrorist attack and that you’re all safe and sound.
Buddy, good luck on your course’s grand opening, no doubt it’s going to be a splash. Watch out, we’ll come a-visiting later when things settle down for you. Let me just repeat your invitation to Baguio folk to come down here in Manila once in a while naman so we can treat you, have a good time. Now that we’ve gotten this reunion ball rolling maybe we can schedule a regular monthly eyeball alternating meeting venues in Baguio and Manila to consult/coordinate with each other as we count down the months to December.
Arnel, glad the railroad piece got you interested. Maybe Ruben can use it as well to illustrate to his students why “We’ve always done it this way”! And it’s understandable how you can’t get any cottages for December, it’s the holiday season after all and most of the good ones will be in use. At any rate, we appreciate all the work you’re doing, don’t get fed up! I used to meet with Fil-Estate’s Sobrepena and his assistant , Peng Perez de Tagle ba yun? I’ll dig up their numbers and see if they can help with the John Hay cottage.
So there you go, guys, have a good meeting and let us all know what was discussed. Would most particularly want to know further details about our the venue, class directory, budget, fees to charge, program/sked, division of labor for the preparations and other items.
Here’s a poem Letty emailed us. I’m surprised she didn’t post it into our website. Anyway, Let, I took the liberty of sharing it with everyone else, hope you don’t mind…
From Letty: Dear friends, [this is] rather true....take time to read the poem... Kaya nga ba its about time we have a reunion...
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell them. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today.
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From: "howard_tovera" <howard_tovera@y...>
Date: Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:10 pm
Subject: Hello everybody
At last will be able to get intouch with everybody. hows every body doing? Hoping the planned reunion would be attended by everyone!
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From: "taconsolacion" <taconsolacion@n...>
Date: Wed Aug 20, 2003 1:36 pm
Subject: Re: Hello everybody
Hi Howie!
So! Finally you're online! Glad to know you've finally connected, that sure took a long while coming! Anyway, welcome, classmate, and hope you can share more about what's happened with your life, where you've been, where you're at and how you doing now. I guarantee all of us your former colleagues in our teens will be very very interested, whereever we may be.
Nates tells me your meeting which should have taken place last Saturday has been moved to next Saturday. So what happened? At least that gave me hope, now I can try and join you after all, with a 3-day weekend coming up and all that. Not to mention Nates making kulit that I should make an effort to come. Allright, allright! Let's just hope my boss doesn't come up with some totally uncalled for extra work again over the weekend!
Letty paid a visit to our college alma mater (UPLB) last weekend and she says she was able to speak with Mrs. Tiong's sis. Seems our science mentor now makes a living or has settled in Ohio, USA. Maybe you guys in the States can track her down one of these days and serenade her with our famous chant: "Tiong-stop, Tiong-go..."
I was in the middle of a truly boring meeting last Friday when I felt the urge to text Fake. He replied he was in the middle of his orchard pruning his calamansi shrubs and harvesting. I felt the urge to yell, "No fair!" There's certainly no comparison between what he's doing and what I was doing. Lucky guy!
So where do you plan to hold next Saturday's meeting? Letty says sorry she can't come, wants me to proxy for her. Buddy I'm not so sure, but don't count on it, he appears to be very busy nowadays. Give me some advance info on our meeting so I know what to look forward to. Also who's coming and who's not, what's on the agenda and the menu. Hey, it's my birthday next week, I'll treat you (as long as it fits into my credit card, he-he)! See you then!
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From: "v_ftorres" <librarian@b...>
Date: Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:50 pm
Subject: pics, pics, pics
Sorry guys, tatta ko lang nai-post. One was last July 12 at Little John's @ John Hay with Lettie, Arl and Dinah. The rest - from the with howard and evie joining for the first time. Hope arnel, nates, evie and arlene don't mind my posting their pics without their permission. Tuwa lang kasi ako kala ko didn't turn out well. Joy, sorry, didn't realize was not able to take your close-up.
Till next mail - on saturday gayam, with Tom.
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From: Ferdinand B Feliciano <MGF757@j...>
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:31 am
Subject: Re: [ubsciencehigh_class73] pics, pics, pics
my, my howard welcome to the group. haan ka met laeng nga nakatiis, for some reason i think our class really bonded all those years and happy to know that we as a group no matter where we are now care for each other. hopefully in time we will all get together . heard a lot of good things about you doc howie.
looking at your pictures brings back those days of fun memories. Thanks viv for sharing, as always you're an excellent secretary .
nates it was great talking to you, i was hoping i would be able to talk to most of you but then your get together was postponed, there will always be next time.
as we all are busy with our life's schedule i want you to know that I always look forward reading your mails. it is the end of summer vacation , next week kids are going back to school, i'll have more time chatting with you all.
well enjoy the day and have fun at you're meeting. advance happy birthday tom.
hey viv one favor if everybody won't mine can you post everybody's birthdate you don't need to include the year we know we are all young at hearts.
take care you all,
maane
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From: Arnel Delenela <agdel557@y...>
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:36 pm
Subject: tom's birthday
...hello again classmates...
...friday last week...august 15...letty called me up to tell us that she wouldn't be able to make it for our meeting the next day...she reminded me that the next weekend would be a three day weekend...and although she can't still come up to...she figured tom would be able to make it...
...so i texted vivs...nates and joy to suggest to them to move the meeting to this saturday...nates agreed...joy too...vivs said that carmen was leaving the country...so we can make a committee meeting for our reunion...a birthday party for tom...and a despedida party for carmen...
...previously...i was the one who asked vivs or letty the venue and the time of our meetings...this time however nates told me ako daw magdecide...okay...how about meeting at brod pit again...we can reserve one of the rooms for our meeting...as for the time...how about 4pm...it would be later than the 3pm we were used to...and it would be earlier than 4:01pm when most of us arrive...we can have a merienda cena meeting so it wouldn't be expensive for our birthday boy...so from now until saturday...if there are no violent reactions...or betterer alternatives...see you at brod pit...gen. luna cor. brent road...4pm on august 23...so vivs...nates...hope we can again invite howard...joy...arlene...evie... ruben...dax...carmen... the other arlene...brenda...so we all greet tom...
...i don't know about nates...but vivs...okay lang magpost ng pictures...but fair is fair...where is your close up..?
...maan...even if vivs doesn't post ouir birth years...di ba nasa...perspective"73 naman..?
...time to go...see you all later...
...arnel
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From: nathan alcantara <Nathan_bgo@y...>
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:42 pm
Subject: Re: [ubsciencehigh_class73] Re: Hello everybody
HI to everyone!
Bilisan lang ito ...... sori for the quickie ;-)
Arnel will be the one to set the venue for this Saturday's, or perhaps Carmen kung tuloy yung despedida niya.
Tom, you have to tx Arnel or Vivs regarding the venue. Time would most probably be 5:00 pm.
Vivs, you forgot to scan and attach the photos, I think; you have to repost this. If the venue has been decided on, try to tx Ramon Panaoen Lee he was asking about updates in his text to me sometime Tuesday during the Kapihan probgram and I could not respond properly. all I told him was that I would text him about decision for this Saturday's meeting. his # 0920-921-0578
other matters
-- Talked with Mrs. Joy Ruff over the phone and while he offered the Loakan coffeeshop as venue for the reunion, there might be flights on those days and the cafe would be busy. The cafe has a garden in the back though it would be cramped if 15 of us came with spouses and kids. She said she will look for other houses as venues. She was not feeling too well about to go down daw with a bad cold.
Earlier, when I passed by thier house and she was sleeping, I talked with their caretaker (who is also a kababata daw of Henry; how cruel lang I forgot to ask his name) and he said he is refurbsihing apartments beside their house and the front yard with a basketball hoop can be a place for the bonfire. If you are thinking what I'm thinking this coming reunion could be a redux of our night out which was hosted by the Ruff's then.
--- That Saturday that the Baguio group was supposed to meet, surprise of all surprises, I got a call from MaAnne! Shucks I could not believe it and I told here her voice has not changed much and the image in my mind's eye was still the Hi School girl with a toothy smile, sunburned long brown-blond hair and with that toothy smile. Parang transported back, time travel kung baga... Kaya lang may echo and scratchy yung linya at may delay na couple of seconds. Couple that with my stutter and voice catch plus the rain was really hard around 7:30 then at that time and you would have had an idea how we were communicating. Pero okay lang, I think we talked for less than three minutes but there was so much said in so short a time.
HOW MUCH MORE IF WE COME TOGETHER FOR THE REUNION, DI BA!
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From: nathan alcantara <Nathan_bgo@y...>
Date: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:51 pm
Subject: MonLee's e-mail
Hi everybody!
Paalalay gamot sa taong nakalilimot... shucks shades of then Ms. Castillo.
Buddy, this Mon Lee's (panaoen) e-mail add [email protected] or perhaps you can course it to [email protected] I txd him and confirmed about this, am also Cc-ing this note to his address so we can confirm if the mail has reached him and thus we can add to our on-line group.
Sorry about my phone, Bud, when you called during the meeting; my ringer si defective it seems.
Lets, thanks for calling and thank you for not fretting -- huag kang mag-alala we will not forget your helpfullness with JOL.
Vivs, sori I think I was rushing when i opened your post. I went to our web page and all the photos like you said were there. Next will come the photos took by Tomas.
OK. kitakits uli nagmamadali lang.
nathan
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From: "taconsolacion" <taconsolacion@n...>
Date: Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:16 pm
Subject: Reporting for duty; check out the pics
Friday last week was a holiday (to honor Ninoy's day of infamy), affording me and my family time to drive up to Baguio for a breather. Also for me to attend the consultation meeting between organizers for our December reunion (more on that later).
And what would greet us up there but a raging typhoon? Bummer, right? Well, not exactly. My teen daughter and her friend enjoyed it immensely. So did the wife. Especially when I drove them around rain-laden John Hay, Mines View, Pink Sisters, Wright Park, Teacher's Camp, Burnham, and those little winding pine-tree canopied side streets of suburban Baguio at late afternoon with the rain coming down in sheets as the fog descended, rendering visibility to nil. You all know the scene, typical Baguio rainy season weather, that's all. And we were kinda thrilled to the person, for different reasons.
Monday I opted for a quick company-sponsored medical check-up at Makati Med, in lieu of the regular annual 3-day work-out that meant going through all kinds of tests and procedures. Buti nga, I was getting tired of that early morning "cleansing" routine with the labatiba, the endless x-rays while they fed you this milky radioactive stuff, the terrible poking and peering into my rectum by that nasty doctor with the procto-tube or something. And yesterday (Tuesday), having been given a clean bill of health by the doc but to mind the diet and weight, I availed of my birthday leave and spent time with some friends for a few beers.
Today's my first day at the office after that long weekend. D'you think I hunkered down to attend to my accumulated work? Nah. I chose to write this post.
I'm happy to report that our classmates Arnel, Nates, Arlene L., Vivian, Carmen and Howie are reasonably okay. My cousin Joy was indisposed with a mild migraine, but she sent hubby Jess to proxy for her. As you can see fro m the photos I posted, we're all fine and dandy. (Don't forget to click on each picture to view it full-size.) A little older to look at, maybe, a bit rounder and thicker at the waist, hair sparser and eyesights poorer generally, but what the heck, all still the same quick-thinking, beautiful people we remember, sprightly and jolly and bright, the laughter and talk and wit undiminished.
And the stories we told...! I cannot even begin to recount to you the scraps and snippets of info, tales and anecdotes told as the evening wore on, both funny and sad, all of us harking back to the old days as unforgettable escapades and experiences were brought to mind. We treated ourselves not only to a feast from the menu of Brod Pit's resto, but also to a preview of the fun to be had by all those who can make themselves available on reunion day.
In fact, we were so caught up with the lively talk that we almost forgot to discuss plans for the reunion. Which brings me to the following developments:
Venue:
Team Baguio appears to be having trouble looking for a suitable venue for the reunion per the parameters we set (quiet stand-alone house or cottage, lots of trees, spacious grounds for a bonfire, an accessible enclosed hall for chit-chat and dancing, etc.), mainly because of the date of the event when almost all good sites in Baguio are engaged by out-of-towners. Not to worry, however, lead scouts Vivs and Arnel are working hard pursuing at least two hot leads for a site that would suit our purposes very nicely.
Emmett Fund:
Everyone agrees that all things being equal, each UBSHS alumnus regardless of batch owes his or her classical education to Emmett---or at least to the curriculum devised largely by him---whether to a greater or lesser extent, with or without the heartaches. Accordingly, it makes sense to acknowledge this truth by coming up with something that would make our mentor's waning days more comfortable, considering his present status. A variety of means was discussed, all requiring work and upkeep. In the end, to make it easy for everyone to help in the least bothersome way, all those concerned (not just members of our class) will simply be asked to make a pledge to contribute a fixed amount monthly to an Emmett Fund, no questions asked as to how the money would be spent by the recipient. Each contribution will be deposited into a bank account accessible only by Emmett---either an existing account or one to be opened for him. Someone will be asked to graciously approach Emmett about this undertaking to make him accept it.
Other community/school payback projects:
The particulars of this effort have not been discussed fully. It would be nice to do an activity that would mean a lot to our alma mater, or to a community that can benefit from an UBSHS-sponsored project. Ideas anyone?
Program:
Members of UBSHS Class '73 will be invited, together with their respective families. The invitation committee will make a separate effort to invite any of our teachers and school staff who can be prevailed upon to attend. The proposed 3-day reunion package stays.
Day 1, Friday, pm - Registration of attendees. Reunion kits to be issued, consisting of a commemorative T-shirt, pin, multimedia CD about our class, copy of Perspective '73 (2003 Edition), tickets, and the like. Formal dinner. Speeches. Impromptu get-togethers after dinner entirely optional.
Day 2, Saturday, whole day - Main activity. Start off with an early morning jog-walk, followed by morning Mass in a nearby church. Breakfast. A brief break. Holding of project-related ceremonies toward noon, then lunch. Speeches. Afternoon break. Start of assembly for get-together party around 4 pm. Speeches. Dancing. Booze. (Group sex? Joke.) Presentations, acts by classmates. Up to sawa.
Day 3, Sunday, am, optional – Family day for those who can join. Possibly a drive down to Bauang or Asin. Anything goes!
Financials and division of labor:
Depends on work and expenses to be incurred for the venue, food and drinks, give-aways and other collaterals. We'll know more about this in a few weeks.
Next eyeball:
Dinner on September 19, 2003 in Metro Manila. Select members of Team Baguio coming down (Arnel, Arlene, Nates, etc.), to be hosted by Team Manila (that's us, Buddy, Letty, Brenda)
Whew! Guess that's all for now. Arnel, Nates and the others will fill in what I missed in their own posts. All I can say is, 'twas truly heart-warming, our mini-reunion last Saturday. Can't wait to find out what happens when the real reunion unreels!
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From: Ferdinand B Feliciano <MGF757@j...>
Date: Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:54 pm
Subject:
whew you all look like you really had a good time with those shots, nakakaingit kayo, tuloy nagugutom ako. sarap kumain at magkwentuhan.
tom it was great talking to you, ferdie says hello.
arnel, my perspective is back home so pasensiya na no way na malaman ko ang b-day natin lahat.
well guys keep us updated on the happenings, sorry short lang itong mail, got to go.
josie says hello.
you all take care!
maane
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