Black Saints '65 Celebrate 44th Anniversary

by Pol Moral'65

 

Our 44th batch anniversary was held at Gammy and Sis Dulce's place. Present among the Black Saints were balikbayans Ding and Danny, Ricky, Pol, Gammy, Chax, Ollie, Mon V. Spouses present were Sis Dulce (Gammy), Sis Melot (Pol), Phine (Ricky), Julie (Ding).  Guests present: Jun A'63, Eding'63, Rolly'66, Gilbert66, Ely O'68.

It was an afternoon and evening of reminiscings, barbs, witticisms, camaraderie, brotherhood, and fun! Drinks included scotch, beer, red wine, and coke. There were cash and in-kind prizes donated by Brod Norman. Ricky ran away with the USD 50 bill, the rest got socks, chocolate candy, shaver, anti-perspirant, alarm watch, etc.

The annual batch anniversary celebration has become a tradition. The Black Saints are as strong as ever. Cheers! Some of our kabatches are working towards broader, quality recruitment, focus on scholarly endeavors, and ultimately, a return to campus dominance.

Cheers too for a stronger UP Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Pol65. UP Beta Sigma . Diliman. Black Saints. We Shall Overcome.

12-26-2009

 

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Dear Kabatches,

The 44th batch anniversary was a rousing success!


It almost was not for Mon V. At 4pm, he still had not showed up. I called him and found out he thought the affair was for the following day. What? Yes, it's Mon V running true to form - often lost and confused. So I "ordered" Mon to drop everything and come to Gammy and Dulce's place on the double. He arrived at 6pm, just after Danny got there. So the kabatches celebrating were Ding, Danny, Gammy, Ricky, Ollie, Chax, and Pol. Larry was in Laoag. Jun L unavailable. Mon was in Infanta. Tolits was in Lingayen.


Guests were: Jun Advincula63, Eding63, Pat Roman64, Rolly66, Gilbert66, Ely "Ugat"68.


Spouses present were: Sis Dulce (Gammy), Julie (Ding), Phine (Ricky), Sis Melot (Pol).


Food was very good and much more than we could consume. It was potluck (padlock sabi ni Willie Nep) style. Lechon, inihaw na baboy, relleno bangus, kaldereta, chicken, pasta, etc. Drinks varied from soft to hard - soda, beer, champagne, red wine, Johnny Black. It was a 2pm to 10pm thing. Chat, jokes, reminiscings, alaskahan, pundihan, updates, usapang sober, usapang tipsy. Kwentuhang Lonsi, Rosig, Po-aps. Walang nalasing. Matibay pa rin si Ding at si Ugat - hard sila. Kami hard-ly drinking. Happy ang mga guests. Asikasong-asikaso. Pero walang gumapang tulad ni Tatang noong araw na bisita natin siya.


Norman, thanks so much for the prizes galore. Pareho-pareho sagot namin sa quiz - kaya't ni-raffle namin ang prizes. Ricky got the USD 50 prize. Ding got the anti-perspirant (he needs it for his marathon). Ollie got the shaver (to shave away his Beatles mop), I got the alarm watch (so I can keep track of Mon V.'s arrival time ). The chocolate bars (for non-diabetic kabatches) were distributed according to preference. I ended up with the truffles. Ollie got the M&Ms for his apos.


Ding will mail the filled up quiz papers as well as the list of raffle winners to you Norman. As I said our answers were uniform - did we return to Slug's place for the 3rd session?


Norman and overseas Kabatches, it is now 2010. Soon, we will be celebrating another milestone - 45 years of Black Saints brotherhood.
It is brotherhood that is founded on blood, sweat, tears, pinagsamahan, pinaghirapan, kasayahan, inuman, rumbles, at tulungan. It is brotherhood that transcends both petty and serious tampuhans. It's good we found Teddy; Norman, please work on Dog. Ding, please work on Jun Dionisio. Let us not mind potential rejection or rebuff. We just need to keep trying because we owe it to our brotherhood to keep trying. The prize of success is just too great to ignore.


Other notes: We now have 50 resident Brods. Many are science-based and are in the College of Engineering. Ricky and I from '65, Rolly Reyes, Roy Lising, and Henry Gutierrez are involved in helping revive the UP Beta Sigma Fraternity and helping nurse it back to campus dominance. Increasing membership to 100 is doable!

Cheers!
Pol65. UP Beta Sigma. Diliman. Black Saints. We shall overcome.

1-01-2010

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                       [See complete Brods' ids at pictures below]                          Seated: PhineT. Standing: DulceM, JulieC, MelotM.

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

                                l-r: Gilbert Joven'66, Pol Moral'65, Ricky Tolentino'65, Jun Advincula'63, Gammy Manikan'65,

                                     Ding Cavestany'65, Ely Ongtangco'68, Ed Baldoria'65, Rolly Reyes'66.

 

                                       l-r: Gilbert Joven'66, Gammy Manikan'65, Ding Cavestany'65, Ollie Santos'65, Pol Moral'65,

                                  Ricky Tolentino'65, Ely Ongtangco'68, Rolly Reyes'66, Jun Advincula'63, Ed Baldoria'65.

 

           

          Seated:     Pol Moral'65, Gammy Manikan'65, Jun Advincula'63, Eding Hizon'63, Ely Ongtangco'68, Pat Roman'64, Mon Ventura'65.

          Standing: Ollie Santos'65, Ding Cavestany'65, Ricky Tolentino'65, guest?, Danny Galoso'65.

 

 

 

 

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Batch '73D Get-Together

 Dec. 23, 2009

 

Diliman Batch '73D - "Haribon"

                     Front (l-r): General Rico Salapong, Joel Paredes, Ed Aldana, M.D.

                     Back (l-r): Cris Michelena, Dante Agulto, Rudio Oviedo.

                     Not in picture: Edsel Arceo (Los Angeles, CA), Aris Macasero (Houston, TX), Dodong Castillo (deceased).

 

 

(l-r): Joe Lalas'69, Meng Canlas'74, Rudio Oviedo, Ben Abon'70, Nandy Paras'75.
 

                              Front (l-r): General Rico Salapong, Joel Paredes, Ed Aldana, M.D.

                              Back (l-r): Butch Madarang'74, Cris Michelena, Dante Agulto, Rudio Oviedo, Raul Terso '74.

 

 

 

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