Happy Birthday Kit!

sa 17 na lang daw padi an irinuman hehehe 

Happy Birthday Jet!

Celebrated my bday in beautiful White Beach Sandbar in Camiguin Island with lots of grilled fish, Soju (korean wine) and a bit of kimchi :-) Then had a blast going whitewater rafting




















so much fun to swim here in the sandbar















and get drenched rafting along cagayan river

Minutes of the Corporate Meeting held at Tyrone's Residence in Doña Maria Luisa Park on May 21, 2006

In attendance:

Tyrone S. Tan, Rinofel Q. Coronel, Junnel M Relativo, Jason L. Balbedina, Edgar A. Basares Jr., Henri Arnulfo E. Deri, Eric G. Gojar, Domingo M. Lee III, and Faustino E. Taclan Jr.

The meeting started around 11:00 pm, with Tan presiding. At the outset, Tan broached the idea of the class taking on outreach programs, programs aimed at helping the more needy sectors of our society and programs that would contribute in the progress of our nation, as a way of giving back to the society and, at the same time, doing our part in nation-building.

The idea caught on and everyone agreed to raise funds through business ventures not only to finance the outreach projects but also to generate income for the individual members of the class. In furtherance of this objective, the group agreed on the following:

1. Form a corporation that will go into big business ventures like real estate development.

2. For the corporate identity, the following names (chosen by way of votation) will be submitted to the SEC for approval:

a) Maelstrom Trading Corporation (7 votes),

b) Maelstrom Incorporated (6 votes),

c) Maelstrom 86 Trading Corporation (5 votes),

d) Maelstrom Ventures Incorporated (5 votes), and

e) OLPS ’86 Corporation (5 votes).

3. The Corporation will have:

INVESTORS (the members who will take care of the financial requirements) and

INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS (those who will compose the administrative staff).

A member may choose to be both.

4. Tan, Relativo, Taclan, Coronel, Balbedina, Lee, and Gojar compose the Board of Directors.

Tan was elected Chairman of the Board;

Relativo, Corporate Secretary; and

Taclan, Treasurer.

Since everyone was in the dark on what the other positions were in a corporation, it was agreed that Balbedina, Lee, Gojar, and Coronel, in this order, would fill up such positions, if any, after Relativo has read up on corporate positions.

5. Members of the class who didn’t make it to the Cebu reunion would be sent letter-offers to join the corporation for its first venture alone since the offer of membership to each member of the batch stands for a lifetime. In a general assembly slated for June 17, 2006 at the OLPS, the members will be asked to give their final answers in writing to the offer of membership. Each member who has not joined the corporation is given the leverage to join in the succeeding ventures.

6. The group pegged the paid-up capital at ___ million, with Tan pledging to take care of the balance if the individual share capitals do not add up to that amount.

Relativo has committed P___, 000.00;

Taclan, P___, 000.00;

Coronel, P___, 000.00;

Balbedina, P___, 000.00;

Lee, P___, 000.00;

Gojar, P___, 000.00; and

Tan, P___, 000.00.

Tan’s share capital will decrease as pledges from classmates who didn’t attend the Cebu reunion but who would like to be part of the endeavour start coming in.

Priority of investment is enjoyed by classmates who have not made it big in life (meaning, Erwin, Kit, and Nono will not only be asked to step aside in favour of a “poorer” classmate if there is a shortage of investor slots but also be discouraged from putting too much money should no one else decide to invest in the ventures.)

7. Profit-sharing will be based on share capital.

8. The Treasurer should open a bank account at UCPB Sorsogon immediately upon arrival from Cebu. The board of directors will each have to deposit the 10% of their pledged share capital within this week. The remainder has to be in on the first week of July. Failure to give the total amount would mean forfeiture of the 10 % in favour of the Corporation.

9. Balbedina’s been appointed manager, with Deri and Basares as members of his staff. Upon arrival in Sorsogon, they will immediately get down to work: having the corporation registered, getting the business permits, scouting for prime lots, setting up the office, writing the sales pitch, etc.

The meeting adjourned at 1:30 am the following day, May 22, 2006.

May 18, 2006

Standing beside the ticket booth in Pilar, Sorsogon, shortly after learning that the 4-pm last trip of the fastcraft going to Masbate had gone two hours ahead of schedule. Athletes coming from the recently-concluded Palarong Pambansa in Naga City had descended upon Pilar and taken most of the seats of the fastcraft. 

May 19, 2006

Inquiring from the guard about the day's schedules at the Ferry Terminal in Matnog. 

Allen, Samar

Getting our luggage into the LTO Service Vehicles for the long haul from Allen to Ormoc City. We were very lucky to bump into Mr. Edgar Cabase, Assistant Regional Director of LTO, inside the ferry boat from Matnog. With his officemates, he was transporting from Manila 3 brand-new Adventure Vans to Cebu. We hitched a ride, an 8-hour very bumpy ride to Ormoc City. 

Trip to Cebu from Ormoc

On the ship that left Ormoc at 12 midnight. We stayed up until around 2 pm at the bow of the ship and went back inside only to find that people lay asleep on our Economy beds. Fortunately, we were able to find vacant seats inside the Jetseaters Room and slept there.

May 20, 2006

Finally, we arrived in Cebu. Here we are at the corner of the road leading to Pier 4 where we disembarked. 

The Karate Kid flew in from Manila on a rescheduled flight. He missed his flight the previous night getting Yayes a plane reservation. They spent the night drinking at the Baywalk until it was time for Yayes to check in at the Airport around 3:30 am 

Collins arrives from a seminar in General Santos City

Collins arrived around 1 pm. 

Breaktime

This room had Collins, Rino, Tivo (in green shirt) and Eric while Yayes, Jason, Henri and I occupied the other room on the fourth floor coming down of Tyrone's house. Tyrone had the rooms ( and the CR betwen the two) constructed for the reunion. 

at the Living Room

Lazing around at the Living Room, waiting for everyone to get dressed up for a visit to a stand-up comedy bar downtown. We had to abandon the idea and went instead to a place of quiet, the Mountainside. 

Fear Factor

Tivo is holding on for dear life as Rino keeps on pulling at the hanging bridge, an attraction at the Mountainside (located on, well, the side of a mountain) where you get a panoramic view of Cebu. 

Nightcap

The drink at the rooftop capped our first day, Rino's second. Sorry, can't show the frustration written on the face of Tivo for failing to get a "local talent." Maricris should get the award for the "defensive player of the year award" 

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Taking breakfast. Maricris is a great cook. 

On the rented boat still docked at the Boyla Resort, one of the many that dot the shoreline of Mactan Island, waiting for Tyrone to return with his SCUBA diving gear before we set sail. We had to cancel the scheduled two-day trip to Bohol in favor of Island Hopping to allow our tired bodies to recover from the punishing trip to Cebu. 

At the Playground of the Subdivision

After dinner, the group took a walk, mostly downhill, around the subdivision and rested at the playground. (Before dinner, Tyrone, Collins, Tivo, Eric and Jason played a bruising basketball game. Collins was forced to retire (Jason subbed for him) after taking an elbow in the jaw from Junnel.) 

The Theology Instructor from University of St. Agustin takes the floor

Collins giving a lecture on Interfaith Dialogue. An animated religious debate ensued that ended around 11 pm 

Corporate Meeting

Tyrone presided over the organizational meeting of the Corporation. This was one time when the spirit of fun was a little suppressed and everyone turned serious. 

May 22, 2006

Eric and Rino ready for their separate flights to Manila in the morning of May 22. The rest wouldn't leave until 6 pm. 

The Singer

Jason discovered the joy in singing during our reunion. While the rest of the class would retire to bed for the much-needed rest during free time, he and I would take turns at the mike. He promised to set up his father's videoke upon his arrival in Casiguran and regularly sing his heart out. 

Nagbabakal Pasalubong

A trip to Cebu would not be complete without buying Danggit. This is in Tabu-anMarket where the best dried fish from Cebu can be found. Maricris served as our Sherpa. 

At Pier 5 in Cebu

Arrived at the Pier around 5:30 pm for the 6-pm boatride to Masbate. Henri was queuing at the ticket booth nearby. 

Trip from Cebu to Masbate

Just gotten on board TransAsia. We got 3 aircon and 3 economy accommodations. Junel, Yayes and I enjoyed the comforts of our respective beds while Collins and Henri, who sneaked inside the airconditioned room in the middle of the night, slept on separate benches. Jason endured the heat and smoke upstairs, at the economy section. 

by Yayes Basares

Where are you now? What are you doing? Have you heard the trumpet sound?

There is a call for you. It comes from the conviction of one man and is shared by many. Tyrone calls it payback. Having received so much in his life; a good wife, wonderful kids, a fleet of cars and a single engine cesna plane, a palatial house, he wants to give back to others what he has. And his invitation is being extended to you.

MAELSTROM is being organized as a corporation. Its aim in engaging in business alongside profit is to assist others members of the class foremost and charity work later.

The batch is oozing with talents both in the administrative and technical aspect in business and many have the capacity to finance projects. You are being called not only by Tyrone but by the whole batch as well (MAELSTROM VENTURES INC.) to participate, invest and or assist.

With the golden hands of Tyrone, Erwin and Nono in business, their combined expertise MAELSTROM VENTURES INC could go far, the dedication and commitment of the rest of the batch would surely make it a success.

Each and every one of you will receive a formal letter of invitation from Tivo who has been elected as Corporate Secretary. You will have to respond with your intention to join either as investor or industrial partner. Along side this, another group based in Sorsogon is working on the paper for the legal personality of the group while another group is already scouting for the location of our first project/venture in Sorsogon. An office is already prepared courtesy of another batchmate. Sorsogon shall serve as our launching pad inasmuch as it is where Maelstrom was born.

By June 2, 2006 Manila based Maelstrom shall meet with Tyrone. Rino shall coordinate with each of you. In the meeting Tyrone shall fully explain the project to all Maelstrom based in Manila.

By June 17, 2006 the first general meeting to finally kick off the project shall be held in Sorsogon.

We cannot forever spend our lives like kids on a seesaw there is always a time to make decisions. As Tyrone says it, we cannot spend the rest of our lives holding reunions and living the good life for a day or two and in the end faces a blank wall.

Happy Birthday Yayes!

nano an handa mo padi? balita ko ok an cebu reunion a :-) 

ORA STUDE ET LABORA (The pride of every SANO)

by Yayes Basares

During the wake of Nono’s mom, we were able to talk to Mayor Roque Sr. Glad to note the good mayor is still up and trim, vibrant and still as handsome as he was before. He asked us this question?

“So how does it feel being a sano? What if you did not come from OLPS and instead say came from a high profile reputable and distinguished school, would you still feel the same pride you have now of being a sano?”

ORA
Yes our voice were too low to reach the gates of heaven that when God prepared the list of who shall serve Him in the ministry we were thought to be absent, but we prayed. The rituals and doctrines practiced and professed continue to guide us. The daily meditation and weekly benediction taught us reverence, the monthly retreat made us value silence in communion with God, the daily rosary and mass built in us the walls of Troy that many sect tried in vain to penetrate, the confessions and counseling made us realize that the runner has to stumble sometimes necessary to redirect its focus for the long run, and the novena taught us devotion and loyalty.

Yes during the roll call we were absent, but never astray!

STUDE
We were prepared well. The mind honed razor sharp to conquer and did conquer; in arts, education, medicine, public service, law, business, music,….. Success came in varying levels. For some can be measured by well lit mansions, a fleet of cars, a fat bank account, for others none of these but with a feeling of contentment in the company of their own families and/or in the exercise of their professions.

We did not grow up merely as intellectuals, we grew up as educated men. For OLPS taught us not to let academics interfere with our education. Along side the wealth most earned came the values of civility, of compassion for others less fortunate, the selflessness in rendering service, the fair play in personal and business transactions, the fortitude to stand up in every failure.

LABORA
We learned to value work no matter how menial. Inside OLPS we scrub lavatories, polished and mop floors and cut grass. We learned to accept responsibility in a communal spirit. We realized we cannot simply drive down the roads and say to hell with the barbarians killing themselves on the country sides. Many of us today in exalted positions at one time or another perspired, cried and literally drag his body to work.

Yes, Mayor Roque Sr. sir, there is pride in being a SANO. And yes you are correct in saying that the fact that we are SANO tend to put limitations on our acts and ways to conform with the values of OLPS, like children thinking of how our acts and lives would affect family reputation, that we sometimes negate ourselves with the little luxuries and pleasures of life because we are SANO.

And yes mayor, Roque Jr is SANO. He may be more handsome than you now but be assured that such is an improvement of the father.

Happy Birthday Victor!

hey Victor Montaño! hain ka na ngunyan? happy bday padi wherever you are

At Nono's Mom's wake

So 7 of us were able to make it to the wake - Yayes, Jet, Rino, Gabby, Gojie and Jason and Cando. Kit wasn't able to make it coz his travel from Tiaong, Quezon took a bit of time. Wiron, the birthday boy - also didnt make it because of choir practice.

It was fun to see each other again after sometime and despite it being a wake we couldnt help but be boisterous and noisy. We also had a fun time talking with Nono's Dad who shared with us some fine points about politics

thanks to rino and cando pala for the pizza :-)

first pic was taken inside the room. while the second pic was taken outside the main door- with the latest arrival- Jason. Gojie and Gabby left early coz of of work