PCS Grand Homecoming, December 2, 2000From: "Rocky De Jesus" I can never resist an urgent plea for kwento... :D
Friday, December 1. Traffic after office hours was horrendous it
I got home at about 8:15. Jumped into the shower. Just as I got out,
Cameras kept clicking throughout the night as almost everyone wanted
Malen and I stayed till about 3 - left at the party were Marty, Vix,
Saturday December 2. Man, o man. Hindi na pala ako sanay mag-party
Right after the mass, we proceeded to the school grounds for the
Many bands played that night - yung iba nakakahaba ng buhok ang tugtog
The batchmates proceeded directly to the penthouse of City Garden
I know you guys requested for pictures - I have asked Dennis to Rocky ********************************************************************** P.S.
I forgot to tell you guys about the Batch's presentation number. It ********************************************************************** From: Baby Abello-Tolentino wrote:
Hi Everybody,
Dennis/Rocky: As requested ito ang list of attendees ng Batch'75 sa homecoming
1. Apay Custodio-Yuvienco
76. Glicerio Mijares, Jr. - (Ed's note: He was there too with his wife.)
The other "kwentos", itutuloy na lang ni Boots,
Babalik na lang ako ulit bukas.... Baybee **********************************************************************
-- In pcs1975@egroups.com, "Gabby Dizon" wrote:,
I really regret I was not able to attend our reunion in Manila.
Mga 'sleeping beauties' -- gising na kayooooooo ! Kayo rin -- baka
Ang inip na inip niyong batchmate, --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Richie Pilar-Austria wrote:, Hey Guys, hindi lahat ng girls ay 'sleeping beauty'....I'm already here at work at sipsip ako, maski na my flight came in late last night. Eto ako at antok na antok...hirap na hirap idilat ang mga mata. Mahirap magkwento at napakaraming happenings...from dancing to sawa to drinking and talking 'til the wee hours of the morning. Average sleep is about 2 hours dahil hindi matapos ang kwentuhan. We normally sleep at 6 or 8 in the morning...Oks ba? The bonding that occured between some of us is amazing...nakakatuwa talaga and very touching. I believe I have made some new friends. We also learned how to send text messages through the cell phone...very exciting ito. Most of us had cellular phones loaned to us by our dear friends or relatives, to make our lives much easier. After the homecoming, we went to the roof top of this hotel for a party. Of course there was non-stop dancing and drinking again. I think the party ended at around 6am. Ayaw pa sana naming umalis pero nakakaawa na yung mga waiters who were waiting for us to leave. Ano pa ba? Sa susunod na lang ulit at magtatrabaho na muna ako... Thanks to all our batchmates who made this reunion a very special one... antok na antok, richie ********************************************************************** --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Noel Martinez wrote:, Hello everyone, Just got in from from my flight 10 minutes ago. Hindi ko pa nababasa ang 237 e-mails ko but I'm sure I'll have time to catch up later paggising ko. Isa lang ang masasabi ko sa trip to Pinas for the homecoming. I was expecting to get reconnected with my past BUT I was not expecting to get VERY DEEPLY CONNECTED (explanation later). Tawanan at iyakan galore ang nangyari sa amin and it just confirmed my belief that my high school friends are friends for life. Nadagdagan pa nga! I do not know where to start the kwentos but I would really, really like to thank everyone who made this vacation one I will not forget for the rest of my life (totoo 'yan)! "yung mga taga-abroad learned a new skill - text. binigyan nila kami lahat ng tig-isang cell phone for us to use while we are there. namaga tuloy ang mga thumbs namin katetext. Sige, I'll make more kwento later after reading the mail (e-mail and snail mail). Noel ********************************************************************** --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Reina Hidalgo wrote:, my everdearest jovie, i want to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you have done to make my visit to the philippines the most enjoyable one ever. no words can ever express my gratitude to you for taking care of me - to making sure that i am well-fed (to your credit, i gained a whopping 8 lbs, di bale i'll work it off :)) making sure i am well-dressed for our gimmicks (you even chose the clothes i would wear), never wanting to leave me alone at the hotel because you did not feel i will be safe by myself so maski di ako dapat kasali sa dinner with your officemates sinama mo pa rin ako at parati mo akong bitbit papasok sa office when your boss would not give you the leave you requested, making sure that we have gimmick every night (dancing especially), giving up 19 days of your family and work life for me, introducing me to everyone you know in your office, making sure that i have a place to work out and just being with me almost every second of the day. you truly are the epitome of a true friend. i could never ask for anyone more. and the thing that i am truly sorry about is that you got sick the day we parted. you just don't know how bad i felt when gerrard told me that they were taking you to the hospital. i blamed myself for that but your kids especially tintin assured me that you were going to be okay. i felt so helpless coz i wanted to be the one to take you to the hospital, but as you know i had no means to get to you. you were the first one i called from japan because i was truly sad that i did not get a chance to bid you farewell when i left the philippines. i tried but the kids said you were asleep. so soon as i landed in japan, i called you immediately and was overjoyed to learn that you were ok. i know that there must have been times that you couldn't stand my bratiness, messiness and carelessness. yet i did not hear one complaint from you. how can i ever give back what you've given me? because of you, my stay in the philippines is one i will always cherish for the rest of my life. thank you my dear friend. amen to what you wrote in my souvenir program - "here's to our endless friendship"... love yah jov !!!!! Though we don't see each other very much
nor do we write to each other very much nor do we phone each other very much i always know that at any time i could call, write or see you and everything would exactly be the same you would understand everything i am saying and everything that i am thinking our friendship does not depend on being together it is deeper than that our closeness is something inside of us that is always there ready to be shared with each other whenever the need arises it is such a comfortable and warm feeling to know that we have such a lifetime of friendship s. schultz please remember that whenever you need me, i will also be there for you and that's a promise. take care my friend...until we meet again... Reina ********************************************************************** --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Miles Umali wrote:, To all, Buhay pa ako. I totally lost my voice by the time I got back on Sunday and of course, I had to be in a meeting early Monday morning. Everyone was speculating on what sort of "fun" I had the past two weeks 'cause I told them I had an overdose of everything. To the 'Pinas group, thank you so much for all the hard work you have done to make the homecoming a truly memorable experience. This was truly a HOME-coming. Para tayong mga magkakapatid na pinaampon at nagkita-kits after 25 years ... old friendships were re-kindled and new friendships formed ... truly amazing how we all got zapped into this nice feeling of being part of batch '75. Thanks to all, I had a great 38th birthday celebration (I better not hear complaints about this number). Special thanks to Apay and Delfin (I hope you are already in good terms with all your neighbors), Butch Dado for picking up our party tab at Virgin Cafe, Raffy for the arrangements at City Garden, Boots for the hospitality at Oakwood, Mon for being the perfect gentleman and host, Jovie for all that you did (ang mahiwagang black na blusa ay suot na ni Kristine), Alex Israel for all the good time, and of course, all the brothers, sisters, titas, titos, lolos and lolas (you guys know who you are)... I don't want to leave anyone out but this e-mail will go on forever (parang speech sa Oscars). Vixie, bitin pa tayo so pag-uwi mo, text tayo! Take note, dala na namin ni Richie ang habit at text na rin kami dito sa 'Merika. BTW, thanks to the 25 other folks who stayed up until 7 a.m.Sunday. Kahit hindi na kayo sumama sa airport, talagang feeling ko eh big send-off party yung gimmick. I have 4 rolls of film that have been developed so instead of posting, I'll copy them on disk and send it to Padre Damaso para mapili niya ang ipo-post. Yung mga special photos, I will mail to those who may have the most interest in them, k? I can't find the roll of film used during the homecoming night but I'm sure that other folks have tons of photos of the homeconing itself and the party that followed. Great time, good friends, tons of fun ... couldn't ask for a better vacation !!! Love you all ;-)Miles **********************************************************************
--- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Vix Bassi-Delacruz wrote:, Alas, all good things must come to an end! Arrived in Chicago last Sunday night from a very memorable trip. Of course, mother nature did it's share in welcoming me back with a blizzard, dumping over a foot snow on the ground with temperatures plunging into the negative numbers. They even closed the schools so you can imagine how bad it is. However, no amount of bad weather can wipe the smile off my face as I, like everybody else, continue to feel the high that was the result of the reunion. My thanks to everyone, the organizers, old schoolmates and all the new people I met as a result of this trip. It was the perfect ending to the year of reconnections that for me, anyway, started early on this year - from the egroup, to the various mini-reunions, the initial get togethers as we slowly trickled to our home country, the pre-homecoming dinner where we saw a lot of our old batchmates for the first time after 25 years and finally, the Grand Finale, complete with 'closures and openings' topped by the 'dancing at sunrise' scenario at the City Garden. What more could you ask? I could only hope that the 'Grand Finale' ending for this year marks the beginning of rekindled and new friendships that will bind us closer together for a long long time. For at this point in our lives, the knowledge that there is someone out there you can always run to, talk to and share your joys and sorrows is something priceless. Okay, tama na at baka ma-iyak pa ako. Anyway, special mention to the following: Batch '75 Alumni Committee - I can't thank you enough for your efforts and personal sacrifices that you put into this reunion to make it very memorable for all of us. Sa 2005 nga ba ang susunod? Hindi ba pwedeng i-advance? Tirso - You haven't lost your touch. You led the group very well. You were and still are one of my very best friend. Thanks for everything and hope to see you when you come to the US. Miles - One of my very best friend. My enduring friendship with you is something I continue to cherish. Unfortunately, our schedule did not allow for a lot of time together - we do need to spend more time together. We'll start with the phone calls. Talk to you later. Noel - The next time you tell me na walang tulugan hanggang umaga, I will just say 'Amen'.To think, I doubted you! Pat - Another friendship that stands the test of time. Thanks for the post-reunion company. 5 days of walang tulugan. Next time I come back, I'll practice drinking gin/tonic (double) para masabayan kita. Pasensiya ka na at hanggang pineapple juice lang ako. Cecil - The voice of reason. Pakisabi na lang kay Lino, pasensiya na siya. Next time, we'll let you go home earlier than 4:30 in the morning. Of course, I know, I continue to shock you with my weird combinations. Folks, fyi - I was drinking milk (na-miss ko kasi) while smoking cigarettes (i normally don't smoke but it looked good) at the wee hours of the morning.:) Napapa-iling na lang si Cecil. Babes T/Jovie - I am so flattered with your comments. Of course, I never thought of myself that way but thank you na rin. I think it was the smile that kept my face like that. Just for you, I'll make sure to continue to wear a big smile always. Mart - What can I say! 31 years and it was well worth the wait. I really enjoyed your company and my new found friendship with you. definitely, hindi ka na shy. Of course, added bonus was meeting your family (fyi to all-sumabit ako in one of their family celebrations). please thank your Mom again for me-food was excellent. your kids are great(very courteous) - sayang I didn't get to hear them play-maybe next time. And your sister & brothers, they were a lot of fun - they can certainly hang out with the batch '75 anytime. btw, thank Dodje (did i spell that right?) for the tour of the old neighborhood. anyway, hopefully, we'll see each other again sometime in the future. Mars - Our bartender par excellence. Ang galing mo talagang manlasing. Warning to everyone - make sure, she mixes your drink in front of you or deadly talaga ang dating. Just ask Mart!:) Enjoyed your company-till next time! Alex - I really enjoyed your musical selection. And of course, your talents. Next time, duet uli tayo! Boots - always the queen-dancing and everything else! hindi ko pa naibaba iyung luggage ko and of course, my first phone call was from HRH! ambassador talaga. Rocky - You really are one of the pillars of this group. Always there for us. Thanks for taking time to go out with me even if you have work the next day. Make sure to call me when you are here sa US and even if I don't drink coffee, sasabayan na rin kita sa Starbucks! Dennis & Ella - El Presidente ng US group - thanks you for all your efforts in leading us. & Ella - D' First Lady - thanks for your patience! To the rest of my batchmates who shared the reunion with us - WOW! You are the greatest! And to all who were left over here - Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. You missed a good one! Of course, we all wished you were there. But we do have pictures to share. I'll post some (courtesy of Mart Brillantes) for your viewing pleasure. Ciao, Vixie ********************************************************************** --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Martin Brillantes wrote:, Hi, Vix. It's so nice to hear from you again. Sorry for not being able to write you earlier because, as I had already told you before, I'm quite busy with my work. Specially now that it's almost year-end and also, that I'm leaving again for Manila on the 23rd. I'll be back in Surabaya by the 6th of January. By the way, let me take this opportunity to greet you ADVANCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mga ka-batchmates, lapit na B-day ni Vix. I'm glad that you enjoyed my company kahit ganito ako ka-kulit. Hindi na nga ako shy. "Siya'y walang hiya na ngayon." Di ba? I also enjoyed your company a lot, maybe we can see each other again same time next year. I'll relay your message to my mom. And also to my brothers and sister, specially Dodje. He's such a crazy guy, crazier than I am. Imagine, panganay at bunso, partners in crime:) Sayang nga you didn't get the chance to see my kids play. Buti na rin at hindi sumakit ang ulo mo sa ingay ng music nila. Vix, thank you for everything. You've been so kind to me. To Boots, Miles, Mars, Richie and Noel, I will forever value the friendship that you guys have offered me. And Tirso, I intend to see you when I come back. You're such a kind person. Bakit ba hindi tayo naging barkada in HS? Classmates pa naman tayo in IV-4. I miss you guys, I felt quite sad when it was time for me to leave. Well, some good things just have to come to an end. But I hope to see all of you some other time. And to all our other batchmates, lalo na yung mga barkada ko....it was so nice to see you again. Thank you for everything. Mart ********************************************************************** --- In pcs1975@egroups.com, Pabs Cartagena wrote:, bago ang lahat, isa munang patalastas! seriously folks, Maligayang Pasko at Ma-gimik na Bagong Taon sa Inyong Lahat!!! At sana ay huwag kayong ma-carpal tunnel sa kaka-text! so finally, nagising ako!..para bang rip van winkle ang dating! actually, ngayon lang talaga ako naka-fully recover sa jetlag...bagsak pa rin ako last Friday. anyways, kumusta na kayong lahat diyan? para sa mga hindi nakarating sa reunion..5 words..YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE! para naman sa mga nanduon..two words...GRABE! SALAMAT! ok, nasabi na yata lahat ng masasabi tungkol sa reunion. dagdag ko...the most fun anyone can have in 12 hours or more (para sa mga gimik hounds na nagsimula way before the reunion o di naman kaya yung mga tuloy-tuloy ang happening!). SALAMAT SA LAHAT na nagpunta..you made it well worth the trip! seriously, sa mga hindi nakapunta..jc, gabby, kendee (belated happy bday nga pala..shazam sa 'yo din!), atbp...i can say that you were there in spirit pero parang hindi tama eh! talagang walang comparison sa experience! halo-halong emotions ba..at once exciting, overwhelming, heart warming, nostalgic, happy, sad, etc..! i can't even say 'get the picture'...total injustice, mga kaibigan! hopefullyna lang, may susunod pa para naman sa mga hindi nakarating this time. SALAMAT LALO sa mga organizers on both sides of the pacific. Lou, Tigu, Pat (and your troops), Emil (pare ko!) and Beth, Rita, Rocky, Jovie, Filo, Boots at kung sino man ang nakalimutan ko. Saludo ako sa inyong lahat! Not an easy undertaking but you made it look effortless! Raffy at kung sinong responsible.. ayos ang Century Gardens! Naman, naman! It was really good to see and talk to everyone, reminisce and party with everyone! Good times, great people, excellent vibes and one truly fun night! Just goes to prove that HIGH SCHOOL ROCKS! It seems that everytime I reflect on what made HS as fun as it did... no contest..it's the people! Kaya naman, para sa inyo..konting inspirasyon mula sa reunion... sumilip ang umaga sa ating pagsasama sadyang ipinakita sulyap sa pangarap dala ng pagsikat ng araw paglipas ng panahon tanging alaala nitong munting sandali ay di mapapawi sa kandong ng ating puso sa kislap ng mata sa lumbay ng buhay awit ng damdamin ay ginto sa pangako tayo'y muling magiisa dec. 2000 hanggang sa pag-gising ko uli..kita kits! pabs | |
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