Meetup kina kit part 2

natuloy din ang meetup kina kit. dumating sina rino, gabby, cando, mervs, kit, jet, jason, wiron and tyrone (who flew in from cebu just to join us ---hehehe wow talaga ano?). compared to the last meetup medyo hind maingay kami ngayon (kaunti lang) -- namiss si eric tuloy. wara pan-o an mga maribok :-)

it was a little laidback and introspective. we shared more about life experiences and personally it was a very good experience for me to share my lifestory. moreso i really appreciate very much rino, tyrone and kit, jason for sharing their inspiring stories and lifelearnings. bilib talaga ako sa inyo mga padi! tsaka amazing talaga yung mga napagdaanan niyo sa buhay. wow! na-inspire talaga ako sa inyo and humbled.

meanwhile, mervs --hehehe still feeling a bit guilty dun sa "butag incident"- whole heartedly jumpstarted the batch86 fund by plunking down P2,500 as seed money. Junie will open a bank account para dito (junie yung medyo maraming branch na bank ang piliin mo ha para madali magdeposito tsaka bawas sa bank charges). and there was also a suggestion for regular personal contributions para lumago yung fund pero hindi nafinalize. tsaka pala we also brainstormed kung paano matulungan si peewee sa kanyang trabaho bilang pari. maybe during the next meetup, most probably sa olps homecoming sa october we can firm things up.

maaga umuwi sina cando (who brought along his wife and son) and tyrone (has to catch an early flight back to cebu- busy man talaga). kaming naiwan naman e napasarap sa kwentuhan. we split around 4 am.

here are some pix:


si rino naghihimo sin mtv


hintayan sa galleria. iristoryahan anay habang
naghuhulat, naawaton tuloy makahali















anak ni cando si "bosito". lolo niya kasi boss
sa namria, kaya siya "bosito" --little boss. daog
pa an ama hehehehe















family ni cando















mervs led the prayers. kala namin meron
siyang special prayers pero yung grace before
meals lang pala. nabigla kaya tawanan.
Ansarap pala ng pagkain -tenks, tenks kay kit.
















medyo romantic ano. me kandila pa















tyrone sharing his interesting and inspiring lifestory















cando also made a revelation that surprised us all















reminiscing about the funny "olps times" again















kit's wife (yellow shirt) and cando's wife (black shirt)















here, mervs prepares to dig in his wallet while
wiron shares some thoughts on setting
up the seed fund















voila! the seed money straight from maryland :-)
we sent it to junie for safekeeping.
he will open a bank account where we
can deposit our contributions

Pagkirita Gihapon

oks na ang kirita naton sa aga tuesday na gab-i (august 16) sa clubhouse sa condoplex nira kit. (libre silay kay ethel booba, ruffa mae at kris :-)

assembly point naton sa galleria, offhand isip ko sa shakeys, kenny rogers --hehehe boring no? suggest naman kayo ng ok na hintayan dun.

yung mga join ay sina mervs, jason, rino, tyrone, kit, cando, wiron, gabby, jet.

tyrone will fly in from cebu to join the pagkirita :-)

si eric hahabol na lang daw from his work - graveyard shift kasi siya ngayon. makiki-jamming in spirit na lang daw sina junie, dave, nono and fr. gerry

magdala pala kayo ng digital camera ha para madami tayo maipost sa blog

see ya all tomorrow night! :-)

Balikbayan Mervs

here are some pics from the meet-up at Padi's Point Antipolo. Mervs came home from the US to pick up his parents for a little vacation in the US (bait talaga ni mervs no?). They leave this coming thusday.

kaunti lang kami kasi sina eric at jason lang ang nag-ok. si wiron hindi nakahabol kasi superbusy. the rest hindi yata nakarating ang text ko.

after picking up mervs in his house in palmera - valley golf we went to Padi's Point Antipolo. yun kasi pinakamalapit. initially, isip namin sa bagong
mall sa may julia vargas sa likod ng megamall kaya lang baka madami tao tsaka super traffic kaya Padi's na lang. we had a good time and the food was great (hehehe thanks mervs). --this time hindi kuripot si mervs :-)

btw, mervs works as a mainframe programmer in a commercial printing company in the US and has just moved to their new house in a suburb in maryland (he promises to post some pics). sabi namon pakita niya an magayon na balay niya kay kun basi makahapit baga kita didto ano?
















enjoying the "sugar high" from the sungkaan ice cream






























da gwapings sa highway labas ng padi's :-)

Spam and Scam warning

mga padi, medyo damo niyan an mga email scam lalo na mga hali sa nigeria. usually an drama ninda, kakilala sila ng mga royalty or kaya mga government officials na namatay o nakulong at meron silang madaming pera sa bangko. tapos ang problema daw kailangan nila ng investors o kaya depositor para ma-withdraw nila ang pera. tapos hihingi sila ng pera sa inyo as "advance payment", then hihingi ulit ng ilang beses tapos mawawala na lang bigla -- kasama pera niyo.

kaya under any circumstances

1. never respond to an email from nigeria or west africa
2. never email or send to anybody your financial or bank details (credit card, account number, atm pin etc.
3. never pay anything up front for any reason
4. never extend credit for any reason
5. never do anything until their check clears
6. never give your contact info (phone, cell, home address, office address)
7. never accept any money transfer, postal money order, travellers check until they are clear
   

pag me scam email delete agad. here is a website on scam email ---nigeria 419

Here's how a typical message looks like (more samples here):

DOUBLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

NONO AND RINO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAINDO NA DUWA!

WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS



[Intatawahan didi ni Rino si Nono pan-o nagkomunyon sa Fatima. Ha ha ha]

Happy Bday Sanni!

padi kumusta na? ok ba tugtugan dyan sa miami?
do send us some pix of you and your family naman :-)

(this is an old pic of sanni way back coke seminary days)

Tyrone in front of his multi-level house (does it have four floors, or five?) located in the posh subdivision of Maria Luisa Park in Banilad, Mandaue City. This is his 28th house. By the way, Tyrone's willing to sell it if the price is right. Bids should start at _________. Tangkuda nindo. 

Tyrone showed me around three of his project sites. All the units in this picture have already been sold out. Average Price: A little over P2-M. As I was taking this pix, his workers were busy constructing two more units next to the unit on the extreme right.  

Still very beautiful and sexy after six children,Tyrone's Wife, Maricris, not only cooks superb Japanese Cuisine but also sings very well. Tyrone is at the background with his youngest child, Reuben, and the three German visitors of Fr. Gerry: Stefan, Eva and Fr. Joachim. 

Lieutenant Commander TYRONE S. TAN of the Philippine Coast Guard, with wife MARICRIS CRUZ and some of his superiors 

TIA BETTY, College Seminary Cook

TIA BETTY, a part of many a Coke seminarian's life

Tia Betty hasn't changed a bit. If you bump into her, you'd still see the same old jolly person that you'd known years ago. Talk to her, and you'd still hear the familiar hearty laugh that she lets out, even at the most unfunny remark that you make.

She's now with Msgr. Monje at the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Sorsogon City. [picture taken at Fatima's Kitchen]

By the way, anyone who still remembers the names of her twin granddaughters who worked part-time at the College Seminary?

the intriguing baptismal font :-)

hehehe, more pix of that interesting baptismal font (?) in EDSA Shrine











front view
















close-up





(so whaddya think?)

MORE PICTURES FROM JULY 3 BAPTISM

It's more than a week now after the baptism, but i can't pass up the chance of publishing these very interesting pictures.







BEFORE

(around 4 pm of July 3, 2005 at Max's Restaurant, 4th Floor, Robinson's Galeria)

AFTER
(around 2 am of July 4, 2005 beside the swimming pool at the Greenhills Garden Square)

Why would this religious structure evoke in one of the ninongs the image of the female anatomy? Is it true that years after leaving the seminary, we never really lose the "seminarian" in us? or, do we owe it to our priest-formators? ha ha ha ha ha

The last shot before leaving (around 3:30 am of July 4, 2005) Greenhills Garden Square. Hope that the next time we visit we'll catch glimpses of Vanessa del Bianco, Ruffa Mae Quinto and Ethel Booba who share the same address as Kit.

Happy Bday Collins!

padi! diin an irinuman ta?

bonsai in da condo, a splashy fish and a rainbow

After the reception at Max's we went straight to Kit's house. hehehe we took up his previous offer of "drink, drink, drink by the pool" :-)

medyo exciting mga kwentuhan and we probably woke up some people with our boisterous laughter (and probably annoyed the guards no end). as the night wore on -and eventually inumaga na-- Eric who became very friendly with mr. fundador demonstrated a bit of what we missed during the March reunion. junie may post some very interesting pics of goja.















kit shows us his bonsai collection






























By the pool. sumunod pala si Wiron sa bahay ni kit, he wasnt able to come to the baptism coz he had to meet a client

















kamagwapo nanggayud ano?

Gerald Paolo's Baptism

mga padi!

here are some pix from the baptism of gabby's youngest Gerald Paolo, yesterday at the Edsa Shrine. Me, Eric, Junie and Gibbs Cadiz were there for the baptism.
















Gerald with tatay Gabby and Mommy

















Ninong Eric and Junie. Ninong Kit also made it to the baptism (he actually looked more "priestly" than the priest). Ninong Jet took this pic. Ninong Jason got caught in some traffic and didnt make it to the baptism. humabol na lang siya sa reception















medyo malamig yata tubig, nagreklamo si Gerald :-)
















Ate and Kuya
















With the Ninongs outside Max's resto in Galleria Robinson
















Ninongs Junie, Jet, Eric and Kit. Ninong Jason was a bit late





















Gibbs of batch 87 joined us too!

Para Kay DAVID

Happy Birthday DAve, the Farmer!

KInatay mo na an Baka ta dihan sa Dairy Farm?
Makikaun man KAmi!

Jet, Junnie, Kit, Gabby & Gojie are with me now. Also extending their greetings.

Birthday ni Tomas niyan!

Happy Birthday, Erwin. Congratulations to your highly sucessful business ventures! And thanks again to the superb accommodations during our reunion last year. Lain ko nalilimutan. You were a wonderful host!