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Vol. 6, No. 23, February 17, 2003

News

Edwin Co is new WM of Maranaw Lodge

EdwinEdwin Co (Batch '68), in photo, was installed as Worshipful Master (WM) of Maranaw Lodge No. 111 in formal induction ceremonies and program emceed by Suniel Lim (Batch '66) last Feb. 8.   Edwin, past Senior Warden of Lodge 111, assumes the top leadership of this premier Masonic Lodge in Iligan City from immediate past Worshipful Master Jose Tolentino.  Gracing the affair was Senator Panfilo Lacson as guest speaker who was visibly impressed by the well attended affair.  During the program Henry Siao (Batch '56) was conferred the prestigous Hiram Award.  Members of the Resurrection of the Lord Chinese Filipino Catholic Community Choir were on hand to present a choral number.  Other entertainment numbers were rendered by members of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Order of the Amaranth. Meanwhile, James Booc (Batch '82) will be inducted as Senior Warden of the Manticao Lodge on Feb. 28.  Another alumnus Willington Yee will be conferred as District Deputy Grand Master of District 36 in April this year.

RLCFCC celebrates lunar new year
By Suniel Lim (Batch '66)

The Resurrection of the Lord Chinese Filipino Catholic Community (RLCFCC) celebrated lunar new year's eve last Jan. 31 with a Holy Mass at the 6:30 p.m. at the ISK Seminary Chapel, Del Carmen, Iligan City.  The mass was followed by a lion dance, fireworks and the traditional lumpia dinner.  Tikoy (Chinese rice cake) and fresh nangka were also served.  Members including their families and friends, clad in their bright red dresses and t-shirts, all came in full force.  The sight of so many crimson red colors inside the church, including the altar and the priests' attire, rendered a festive atmosphere to the occasion.  It was a sight to behold and an affair to remember.

Fire hits Cebu Long Se Temple bldg.

A fire of still undetermined origin hit the Cebu Long Se Temple building along Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City, at about 7:30 p.m. last Feb. 5.  The fire totally destroyed the MTC Optical Laboratory located on the third floor of the building.  Other offices located on the same building, such as the Stanford Medical Laboratory, Geo-Transport & Construction, Inc. of Charles O. Sy (Batch '67), and the Cebu Hearing Center & Ear Products of Dr. Arthur Dy (Batch '75), were spared by the fire that was put under control about an hour later.  These offices, however, suffered considerable water damages.  The Cebu Long Se Temple building is owned by the Cebu Dy Family Association.

New Iligan-Cebu shipping route criticized

Iligan travelers are not happy about a shipping company's decision to implement a circuitous route for its Iligan-Cebu vessel.  The new route of the Cebu Ferries now has to pass Ozamiz City before it goes to Cebu, and vice versa.

The circuitous route has been criticized by Iligan passengers and shippers alike.  They said the new route is too tiresome, inconvenient and creates more difficulties to passengers.  The passengers' complaint has already reached city government officials, prompting Mayor Franklin M. Quijano to meet the city councilors and businessmen to discuss the matter.

The direct Iligan-Cebu route has been around since the opening of the Iligan port. The ship usually leaves early evening, and arrives in Cebu in the early morning.  The same is true for the return trip.  Cebu Ferries' new schedule is for the vessel to leave Iligan at 2 p.m. for Ozamiz, which then leaves Ozamiz in the early evening for Cebu, arriving there in the early morning.  Under this arrangement, the passenger from Iligan has to leave his home at noon and will reach Cebu 18 hours later, or early morning the following day.  On the return trip, he leaves Cebu in the evening, arrives in Ozamiz City early in the following morning, then waits until the boat has unloaded cargoes and passengers for the continuation of its trip to Iligan, arriving there almost noon.  According to PPA records, average passenger load for the Iligan-Cebu route is 250, but the great bulk of the revenues come cargoes.

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Roger Suminguit, Batch '73

Jesus Dy the adventurer

Jesus "Hesing" Dy, in photo, is a strange fellow.  When the Canadian government issued a travel advisory that Iligan was Hesingone of the most dangerous places for Canadians to visit, he suddenly appeared in our hometown to play a few rounds of golf.  In fact, Hesing lingered on to celebrate the Chinese new year and demonstrated to friends and relatives the exotic art of lumpia eating.  The occasion was witnessed by no less than the alumni past presidents Christopher "Tek An" Chua, Calix Tan,  Manuel "Bandoy" Te and Arturo "Toto" Samson on the evening of February 9 at the garden of Santi Ong.

This affair was a sort of reward for the alumni officers' efforts and success of the holding of raffle during the traditional Christmas party held at the LCHS campus last Dec. 30.  Alumni foundation president Fe Dy-Quimbo and Juanita "King Dian" Te also graced the occasion.  The lumpia and the special sotanghon soup were painstakingly prepared by past president Dy Siote, the alumni chef in residence.  Prepared with a good variety of ingredients (ho guan diao), the sumptuous dish never left the taste buds of the most discriminating gourmets for three days.

A few days later, when Cebu grabbed the headlines for sensational kidnapping cases, Hesing and wife Melania breezed into the Queen City to the surprise of their friends and relatives.  The surprised but happy friends remarked that we should now forget Jesus Dy the Canadian or Jesus Dy the husband of Melania.  "From now on," they said, "Hesing will be known as Jesus Dy the adventurer."

Seen in Cebu recently was Joselyn Ang (Batch '67) who, together with her sister Gregoria Ang-Sy (Batch '59), took part in the annual charity bazaar of the Cebu Chu-Tzi Foundation.  Members and supporters of the Foundation gathered at the Cebu Filipino-Chamber of Commerce compound last Feb. 8 and 9 to sell a variety of homemade delicacies and foodstuffs.  Proceeds from the sales are donated to charity.  Also spotted at the affair were Lydia Sy-Chona (Batch '65), Jane Sy-Limtin (Batch '70) and Sio Hua Vy-Tan (Batch '70), who gave their individual support to the charity drive.

Profiles

John K. C. Ng:  Leadership by Example

John NgJohn K. C. Ng (in photo) is so low-key that not many people know who he is.  He  is not as well known as Lucio Tan or Harry Angping because if he had his way, he would rather stand in the background and work in the shadow of his more prominent colleagues. But with the untimely death of his predecessor, Benjamin Chua, fate pushed him to the limelight as the new president of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCII or Federation for short), the largest ethnic-based organization in the country with a nationwide network of close to 170 chambers of commerce, trade and business associations.

Surprisingly, many Federation members find his unassuming style of leadership quite effective. "An effective leadership should be one where the chief lives by example.  It can’t all be lip service," says Federation executive director Joaquin Sy, noting that Ng does more than just appeal to his Federation constituents to raise funds. "If he is invited to functions and is asked to make speeches, he makes sure that the organizers agree to sponsor the construction of a school building. Or when there are fund raisers, he sets the trend by pledging a minimum of P200,000. This then becomes the benchmark which members adhere to," reveals Sy.

Although he is proud of the achievements of his organization, Ng is not one to toot his horns and crow about them.  So, over plates of delicious Chinese dishes at lunch at the Shang Palace, Shangrila-Makati during the lunar new year's celebrations, other officers of the Federation regaled the guests with the accomplishments of their organization, which was established way back on March 29, 1954.  John K. Tang and Tan She Ling proudly talked of the Federation's having built more than 2,500 school buildings around the country.  Each building, consisting of two classrooms that can accommodate 50 pupils each, costs P300,000, the money coming from contributions from Federation members. Tang said the buildings are most welcome in places where classes were only held under trees and pupils there were no classes at all when it rained.

Aside from the construction of schoolhouses, the Federation distributes textbooks to schools nationwide and is a partner of the Connect-Ed.ph Program, a private sector initiative that provides computers and internet access to public shools.

One of Federation's key projects, the Buy Pinoy Movement, seeks to boost the local economy by urging consumers to patronize Pinoy goods and services and to develop local industries to be more globally competitive.

The Federation also started a hybrid rice program and established vegetable demonstration farms to promote food self-sufficiency.  It also set up the Institute for Business and Economic Research which provides research inputs that aid in decision making, and in articulating the position of the federation in national issues. This signals the Federation’s intention to play a more pro-active role in the policy making process.

Another project is the medical missions which bring federation member-doctors to indigent areas, and medicines. Whenever there are natural calamities like typhoons, the federation is quick to wrap up packs of goodies for the victims.

John K.Tang and Tan She Ling talked enthusiastically about the fire brigades, which are made up of young volunteer fire fighters. There are more than 300 brigades throughout the Philippines (100 around Metro Manila alone), some of whose fighters are scions of rich families who volunteer their services to be of service to the country.

When it was the reticent John K. C. Ng's turn to speak, everybody listened.  He said that "there is a now more aggressive and conscious effort to slowly change the way most Filipinos think about the Chinese-Filipinos in their midst. Thus, the Federation’s programs and projects focus on cultivating, promoting and enhancing Filipino and Chinese relations.  What I want to do is for the Chinese-Filipino community to go further into the mainstream and to harness the potential of the community to go into community building."

"We are facing a difficult challenge," he noted. "Our country may have weathered the worst period of the global slowdown but our problems are not yet over.  We have to focus our energies on working towards economic recovery and poverty alleviation. We have to increase direct investments, sustain and rehabilitate our businesses, preserve existing jobs and create new ones in both our cities and rural areas. This is the only way to win our fight against poverty."

"We want our efforts to snowball, that’s why it’s an honor to be leading the Federation," the soft-spoken Ng said. "It’s both a service and a sacrifice. To be a director, you not only give money but you also have to devote time."

Mail

Congee, batchoy
Whoever is COS, I salute you, kudos alumnus.  Your piece “Congee, Batchoy?” is well articulated.  As most of us are of Fookien origin, we should practice our own language and let the majority get used to it.  Maybe in teepoys, ok langSen ne kuay lok!  Keong hee wat chai!   Thank you and good night. --Dr. Gregorio Dy, Chicago, U.S.A., e-mail: gregdy@juno.com

Kung Hei Fat Choi
Us Cantonese are jumping with joy every time we hear “Kung Hei Fat Choi!”  It is sweet music to our ears.  Throughout the year, we play second fiddle to Mandarin of the north and Fookienese of the southeast.  Why begrudge us the only day in a year when our language is spoken in universal greeting?  Come on, be fair and let's make a deal.  If you withdraw your objection, we will be happy to cook for you special Cantonese-style congee and batchoy. --Rodolfo Soy, Batch '66, Gen. Emilioo Aguinaldo St., Iligan City.

Where's Jennifer Wee?
Is Jerome Wee the brother of Jennifer and Johnson Wee?  I wonder where Jennifer is now and how is she doing? Jennifer was my classmate in the Chinese class while Johnson was my classmate in the English class. --Josefina Rizalina Guiritan, Makati,, Philippines, e-mail: datguiritan@yahoo.com

Paging Dr. Arnel Debalucos
In a recent internet article, Mr. Fuertes mentioned that he was treated by Dr. Arnel Debalucos.  Dr. Debalucos was a close friend of mine in our UP Los Banos days.  I have been looking for him since I came to the U.S. in 1984.  We wrote to each other a few times. --Mat R. Vasquez, M.D., Florida, U.S.A., e-mail: vasq2354@hotmail.com

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LCHS alumni foundation meeting
By Roger Suminguit, Batch '73

On February 9, 2003, the LCHS-A Foundation held its special meeting after the lumpia dinner. The treasurer, Marie Joan Quimbo-Quidlat, presented her report of the total cash flow of the foundation that reached about P1.2 million. The foundation has increased its scholarship grants from 5 to 6 scholars of the school year 2002-2003. The fund raising last year (2001 Christmas Party) also added in the amount of P100,000 for the foundation. The meeting also discussed the raffles proceeds allocation for the improvements of the LCHS library and for the additional fund to the foundation. However, the allocated proceeds shall be discussed further after the ocular inspection of the LCHS library shall have been conducted. For the success of the raffles project, James Booc and Chester Dy-Carlos, the raffles committee chairman and member respectively, reaped the highest marks again.

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Marie Janiefer Q. Lee, Batch '87

Long and Winding Road

One Sunday a few weeks back we decided to revisit Baguio.  What really prompted us to take that trip was to see for ourselves if the temperature up there was really 8 to 10 degrees centigrade.  If so then it would just as cold as Vancouver, according to my sister.

When people heard that we went there on a day trip, most of them would say that we must be crazy.  That we were just wasting our gas money.  Not that there were so many things to see and do there that just a few hours won’t be enough, but it was because of the monstrous traffic going to and from Baguio.  That if one didn’t have the luxury of time on one's side, then one might just as well stay at home.   But we were thinking that it had been years since we last set foot on Baguio that maybe this time the road condition must have greatly improved. Or so we thought.

We were told that it would take us 4 hours to get there.  Of course we learned later that we should ask how did they make it in four hours.  Did they use a pair of wings?  We left our place at around 11am and we finally reached Burnham Park at exactly 5 pm.  That’s roughly 6 hours on the road.

What disappointed me so much was the state of the North Expressway.  It hasn’t improved one bit compared to its sister the South Luzon Expressway or the SLEX.  It’s a lot narrower and there are potholes the size of a crater. It’s seems like nobody is maintaining this part of Metro Manila.  It’s like they’ve been left behind by the rest of the metropolis.

In going to Baguio we were told to take the last exit, we didn’t even have to ask for the name of that exit since there were no signs anyway.  That’s another thing that’s so disappointing, the lack of accurate signs.  As we entered Mabalacat, Pampanga we already had a taste of the traffic jam that was waiting for us.  I was thinking that the only jam I’d find on that trip was the famous Strawberry Jam by the Mountain Maid of the Good Shepherd.  I didn’t realize that there was a new Jam in vogue, aside from the Strawberry Jam and that was the traffic jam.

As we were able to finally free ourselves from the rest of the humanity we found out that we made a wrong turn.  No wonder we had the whole road all to ourselves.  At one intersection there were 3 signs that says “To Baguio” but all three were pointed to three different directions.  If I hadn’t brought an ice bag I’m sure even a saint would blow his head off with anger.  Grrrrrrrrrrrr ... I felt like strangling the neck of the person who hung those signs.  Are they afraid that we would find Baguio?  Don’t they want us to visit the place? Why are they trying to make us lose our way.  Good thing we were there in broad daylight or else we might end up in Basilan. (Ngek!) The lack of street-lights was another thing.  That was the problem we had on our way back.  We had to rely on our mega-watt Mats as in Mata or eyes in other words.  Or else we’d end up in the foot of the mountain and our spirits would end up in heaven.

But after all is said and done, if somebody asks me now if I’d want to go back and take that same trip.  You’d be shocked coz I’d still say “yes.”  Not that I’m trying to do my Holy Week penitensya earlier than most, neither do I find something up there that’s worth all the trouble, but it’s actually the trip.  It’s the challenge of finding Baguio that seems to make me want to do it again.  It’s the thrill of finding the right and fastest route to the City in the Sky that’s making me toss the idea of going there again.

Now I know why the forces in heaven made Baguio a cold place, so that the people who are going there would have a chance to cool their heads before heading down and face another bout of TRAFFIC.  Two hours of crawling traffic before reaching the expressway is really no laughing matter.

So for those who are entertaining the thought of going up to Baguio this summer, make sure that your patience is as long and as winding as the road that leads to the Summer Capital.

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Rediscovering Cagayan de Oro by Night
By Charles O. Sy
Batch 1967

For many years Cagayan de Oro City had merely been a stopover point on my trips in and out of Iligan.  Through all these years I've gone to CdOCdO mainly to catch a plane at its Lumbia airport.  Recent work-related events, however, have brought me back to CdO on a more regular basis that allowed me ample time to rediscover this City of Golden Friendship up close.

Cagayan de Oro today is progressing by leaps and bounds (in photo). Its economic strides are reflected everywhere around this thriving city of 500,000 residents.  Posh golf courses, elegant villas, giant shopping malls, new enterprises and industries are sprouting everywhere at a frenetic pace.  As vibrant as the city during the day is its beehive of activity after dark. Trendy restaurants, hotels, cafes, bars and other recreational centers are mushrooming everywhere, adding more glitter to the city's already bustling night life.  Around the vicinity of the hotels where I have stayed, there are more than enough eateries and night spots to keep my stomach full and my evenings occupied.

There's Bigby's Café, a trendy food haven on Hayes St.  I go there for its "Roast Beef Down Under," which comes with generous mounds of tender, sliced beef on white bread served with whipped potatoes and gravy.  For authentic Chinese delicacies, one shouldn't miss the Grand Caprice Restaurant at Limketkai Center -- notable for its extensive menu, and Dynasty Court on Tiano and Hayes Sts. -- for its fine cuisine, attentive staff, and spacious hall.  The first time I dined at Dynasty Court was through the compliment of Rene Tio and his gracious wife Miriam upon their return from a European holiday.  Since then the place has become my regular dining place.  For a real quick chow, there's the Mandarin Dimsum in downtown CdO.  The place is unpretentious but its siomai and other dumplings are superb and served steaming hot.  They can give Cebu's Ding How Dimsum House a run for its money.  As in most other cities, eat-all-you-can buffet dinners are fast becoming popular fare in CdO.  One such place is Consuelo Steakhouse on Corrales Ave.  For only P109, one can feast on its buffet of mixed Oriental and Continental delights, minus the steaks.

Speaking of steaks, the Countryside Steak House at the Limketkai Center tops my list.  Its sizzling steaks are to die for. They are a little bit pricey though by local standards.  But since when do good eats ever come cheap?  After dinner time the city is abuzz with trendy haunts suitable for unwinding. There is Ralph's Café, a glitzy coffee shop and favorite hangout among the city's Tsinoy yuppies.  An interior section leads to a music lounge that comes alive after 9 p.m. with a live band whose pop-rock repertoire sometimes gets too loud for comfort.  Of an even more conducive ambience are the Compadres Bar and the Café Cagayan of Pryce Plaza on Carmen Hill.  Compadres Bar features live entertainment nightly while the Café Cagayan offers a breathtaking night-time view of the city with its trademark cathedral windows.

Nowhere is night life more vibrant in CdO than in its downtown area, where bistros and bars are aplenty.  Right across the Philtown Hotel on Makahambus St. where I occasionally stay is the Mamagaya Piano Bar.  The place offers mellow music dished out by personable female singers who hold patrons spellbound with their renditions of Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey and Karen Carpenter hits.  The place enjoys a regular following of executive types who go for standard songs.  I am, however, drawn to the place because of the singers and not their songs. They are gracious enough to keep me company during their break time whenever I sneak in for a night cap.

Exploring downtown Cagayan de Oro by night is never complete without savoring the many KTV pubs and watering holes that come alive as soon as the sun sets.  Among such places where I have left behind my fingerprints on their beer mugs are the Bulldog Music Lounge and KTV Bar on Pacaña St., Mamagaya Colors Disco on Velez St., and Platinum Karaoke Bar on Capistrano St.  There's also the Eurasia Bar & Restaurant on Pacaña St., a favorite hideaway of European night owls with Filipina soul mates. The place has a band that plays nostalgic songs.  Its food, however, does not offer much to be nostalgic about.  My nocturnal sprees have also brought me into less conspicuous pubs like Cuadra KTV and Llamada KTV Pub, whose owner must be a fighting cock aficionado, as can be discerned from his choices of cockfight lingo for the names of his pubs.  Ironically, there are no fighting cocks inside the pubs but sexy chicks.  Not that I'm complaining.  These sexy damsels have the decency to applaud my singing even if it's off-key.  And for those who are out to paint the town red, there's Ontic Bar along Burgos St. with its nightly fare of girlie shows.  The choreography is nothing to crow about but who cares about choreography?  With a little help from San Miguel beer, the sights of alluring dancers bathed in black lights on stage are captivating enough, with or without their T-backs.

To really feel the pulse of CdO's night life, I ventured into the Golden Friendship Park in the heart of the city.  As in all public plazas elsewhere, this park abounds with the all-too-familiar denizens of the night: itinerant balut vendors hustling cheek -by-jowl with cigarette hawkers for patronage among occasional promenaders straying into their path.  One night while I was strolling in the park admiring the city's nocturnal skyline, a girl in her teens with bare midriff came up to me and asked, "Are you Korean, Sir? Your first time in Cagayan, Sir?"

"Yes," I nodded with a trademark Korean bow.  "What's your name, Sir?" she continued, her eyes glistening in the darkening twilight.

"My name is Jung Dae Kim.  And you, what name?"  I replied, half trying to conceal my amusement and half intrigued by such unabashed approach from a girl barely out of puberty.

"I'm Alma, would you like to ..." before she finished she was interrupted by her gay escort who appeared out of the shadows.  "You want some good time with Alma, Mr. Jung?" said the gay cohort. "Very cheap, only P800 for whole night."

"Eight hundred pesos? Ka mahal!" I responded. "Kalimti na lang.  Wala na ko'y kwarta mahabilin para ikapa-uli ugma sa Cebu."

Needless to say, the two stood there dumbfounded as I turned around and left.  I walked on into the night where many other pleasurable encounters awaited my discovery in this city of sweet ham and golden pineapple, not to mention instant "golden friendship" up for grabs at a measly 800 bucks a night.
 

LCHS ALUMNI DIRECTORY (40th of a Series)

BATCH 1994
Maricar Abadiano, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City; Haidee Ang, Pala-o, Iligan City; Michelle Awayan, Del Carmen, Iligan City; Romeo June Babatido, Luga-it, Misamis Oriental; Marl Baltazar, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City; Kenneth Bernardo, Tambo, Iligan City; Christopher Bruton, Tibanga, Iligan City; Desiree Dy, Pala-o Market, Iligan City; Hiram Dy-Henry, Iligan Apollo Electrical Supply, cor. Aguinaldo & B.S. Ong Sts., Iligan City, tels. 221-3416, 221-3415, e-mail: hiramdy@abc.net.ph; Atitha Michelle Enoy, Del Carmen, Iligan City; Alvin Fuentes, Mahayahay, Iligan City; Farah Vei Meriam Genobaten, Luinab Bahayan, Iligan City, e-mail: farj.linger@eudoramail.com; Susan Jensen Kennedy, U.S.A., e-mail: susanjensen@usa.net; Mary Grace Khey, Cebu City; Stevenzon Kho, Doña Maria Subd., Bara-as, Iligan City; Bennie Khu, U.S.A.; Bryan Bruce Lai, Cebu City, e-mail: bryanlai@hotmail.com; Charlie Lee, Pala-o, Iligan City; Sandra Nena Ngo, Quezon Ave. Ext., Pala-o, Iligan City; Michelle Pagarigan, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City; Johnson Po, Quezon Ave. Ext., Pala-o, Iligan City; Jefferson Quimbo, B. Ong St., Pala-o, Iligan City; Eden Rosal, Kiwalan, Iligan City; Emafet Charitt Saceda, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City; Jennifer Samson, Isabel Village, Pala-o, Iligan City; e-mail: sammylao@hotmail.com; Raymund Sy, Pala-o, Iligan City; Jennifer Te, Mercado St., Iligan City, e-mail: jenniferte@yahoo.com; George Villabert, Tambo, Tibanga, Iligan City; Charlene An-An Yu, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City; Vivian Yu, DBP Rd., Mahayahay, Iligan City; tel. 221-2377, cell -917-9212360; and Arrah Mae Zorilla, Noria, Pala-o, Iligan City.
 

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