'Twas a very tiring first day. Jet dozing off at Ingko before going back to the seminary at 7:30 pm for the Dinner-Socials. 

padi amo na ini 

Shirt design from rino

(ps: rino di ko makuha ang shade na emerald green)

Attached are two(2) shirt designs which I propose for our Batch Uniform. Imagine retaining the WHITE parts and replacing the colored parts

with EMERALD GREEN:

Design #1 (w/ buttons):

• We can have the OLPS Seal replace the existing print at the front left-breast side part of the shirt…
• At the back, we can have a full-blown rubberized “Maelstrom” print instead of the name…

Design #2 (V-neck) Tommy Hilfiger Design:

• We have the option for a full-blown Maelstrom print infront of the shirt
• At the back, we can have the inscription splashed at the back…”padi man kami”…with a play on the word “padi” as meaning we are all padi as in pards, pare…whatdyathink?

T-shirt Designs

repost: made the images smaller.

here's another sketch. here's another i made during lunch break. i deleted the previous design kasi mahirap i-silkscreen (jet)










Here's a quick sketch by wiron before he left for sorsogon today. the green color is not the shade we want. yun lang kasi ang green sa word (galing ni wiron ano sa word pa niya ginawa ito --wee, mag-adal ka na photoshop o illustrator) :-D

Final Sked for 60th Alumni Homecoming!

OLPS 60TH FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

DAY 1 (October 15, 2005 – Saturday)

8 AM Registration & Billeting
9 AM – 12 Noon Motorcade from OLPS to SNHS grounds
Parade from SNHS – Salog – Burabod – Capitol – Rizal St. – Magsaysay
Fatima grounds
Motorcade back to OLPS
12 Noon – 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 – 4:00 PM General Assembly

• Opening Prayer
• Pambansang Awit
• Welcome Message – OLPS Rector
• Secretary’s Report/Highlights of Minutes of Meetings
• Chairman’s Report
• Treasurer’s Report
• Legal Committee’s Report
• Launching of Chapel Project with Powerpoint Presentations
• Election of BOT Officers cum referendum on Amendments
• Selection of Sponsor-Batches for next reunion
• Closing Remarks – Msgr. Arturo Bastes

4:00 – 5:30 PM Games/Socialization
5:30 – 6:30 PM Showers
6:30 PM Angelus/Marian Prayer in Honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Grotto)
7:30 PM Dinner/Fellowship/Awards Night : “REMINISCING” (Raffle, Socials, turnover of donations to OLPS, launching of projects)

DAY 2 (October 16, 2005 – Sunday)

10 AM Concelebrated Mass
Inauguration of OLPS Alumni Affairs Office
12 Noon Lunch per Batch
1:30 PM – 6 PM Games, socialization, batch reunions, departure


Nota Bene:
Registration Fee - P200.00 (without free t – shirt)
P250.00 (with free t – shirt)

Reunion Updates

mga padi, mervs responded favorably sa ating request na magsponsor. he said he's giving P2,000 for the shirts --yung sobra daw donation na lang niya sa reunion natin.

junie or wiron pakikuha na lang daw sa sister niya --si weng sa casiguran.

siya sino pa ba willing mag-sponsor?

also, rino forwarded an sms from fr. gerry saying na balita raw niya dadating si BJ. hindi ko sure kung confirmed na ito but other sano in the know please verify this news

siya mga padi, an tshirt design tabi.

Reminder re Tshirt design

reminder lang po sa mag-submit ng tshirt design. ngayon po ang last day. calling wiron, jason, gabby, dante and junie (u promised to draft a design di ba?) and of course sa iba ring batchmates na sisipagin gumawa ng design--paki-email na lang po sa akin and i'll post them here.

Weewee caught up with us at McDonalds, about 30 minutes before we broke up.  

Sin-o tabi an ma-attend sa homecoming?

hi peeps! thought we'd set up a list of who will be attending the homecoming this october. i know its kind of nakakatamad kasi ni wla pa announcements o info galing sa seminario and its like 17 days to go na lang. nakakabano kasi kung homecoming tapos 2 or 3 lang ang nandun hehehe. anyways pakunswelo lang:

sino tabi an ma-attend (in person, bakong virtual) sa homecoming/reunion? :-)

Sure na:
1. Gojie
2. Junie
3. Tyrone
4. Nono
5. Wiron
6. Rino
7. Jet
8. Cando
9. Dave
10. Collins
11. Junnel
12. Dante
14. Henri
15. Jason

Undecided pa:
1. Gabby
2. Fr. Peewee (?)
3. Kit

Inhuhulat pa an simbag
1. Rene
2. Erwin

Dili makontak:
1. Dino
2. Montano
3. Espina
4. Nicolas
5. Basares
6. Moonvale

Dili talaga maka-attend
1. Mervs
2. Sanni
3. BJ

GMAIL Invites!!!!

hello people! i'm currently in possession of a LOT of invites from Google mail. if you want to have your very own gmail then send your request and email address to olpsbatch @ yahoo . com

gmail is a free email service provided by google. you can only get an account through an invitation. learn more about gmail here

i like gmail coz its fast, simple and gives me 2Gigs of mailbox :-D

btw, i will give the invites only to batch 86 (first priority) and alumni-sano of OLPS.

From Mervs

here are some pix from mervs:


patrick with mama in front of our house














patrick pogi ;-)

Happy Birthday Fr. Peewee!

diin an karaon ta?

Help for Dex

mga padi naghahagad nin tabang an pamilya ni Dex Marbella. you can send your donation to her mother

Account name: Romana Marbella
Account No.: 0786800633
Branch: Land Bank of the Philippines, Sorsogon City Branch

You can call dex thru her mom's cell at +639205957384

OLPSBATCH86 BANK ACCOUNT

We have finally opened a bank account at Chinabank! On August 31, 2005, Dave and I went to Metrobank all set to open an account there, but were shocked to learn that we needed P10,000.00 for the initial deposit. So, we settled for Chinabank.

The account is joint and allows Dave or me to withdraw without need of the other's signature. It's for a passbook and ATM (to be released after two weeks).

Mga padi, we don't have to deposit huge amounts to be able to contribute (but we encourage our millionaire-batchmates to do just that!). A hundred pesos a month will do.

still another design 

another design 

Pinagibo ko ini na mga designs sa Padi ko didi sa Gubat. 

Happy Bday BJ!

kumusta na padi?

Homecoming T-shirt Design

mga padi! sino an makahimo sin design para sa tshirt naton sa homecoming? mag-submit na lang tabi nin design nan pagpirilian na lang naton.

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?