....helo, helo! pong muli sa mga ginigiliw na sumusubaybay sa ating
pinakamadramang palatuntunang DZUPIS'80!
....sana ay nasa maayos kayong kalagayan and looking forward to something
pleasant...
....oh, we had such a good time at last friday night's Oktoberfest...
....talaga namang hindi mapigilan ang tawanan...
....lately I had been needing my reading glasses more than usual and it would
kind of upset me that the appliance has become increasingly a necessity even for
reading txt messages...aba, last friday night, dahil hindi rin mabasa nila Acis
at nakasalamin na ako, ako na ang tagahanap ng song title and code number to be
keyed in for the karaoke....mabuti na lang at may reading glasses para
tuloy-tuloy ang kantahan...
....speaking of reading glasses, ibig lang sabihin, nasa higit sa wastong edad
na tayo...
....eh bakit ba naman hirap pang magpaalam sa mga partner ang ilan sa atin para
makasama sa mga kitakits....
....si Syl na ang magkukuwento ng harapan ha, not by internet, kung anong
message ang pinarating sa hindi nagpaalam....gugulong kayo sa katatawa...
....baka we're still hung up on the much admired "singleness of purpose"
determination to reach the top translating to 'single destination routine' like
bahay-school graduating to bahay-work...
....pero kung noong araw may multi-purpose hall na, sumunod ang
mutli-dimensional thinking, multiple intelligences, and with the techonology and
mutiple demands around us, multi-tasking, it's time to -- as I've read from a
book, think in terms of multi-destinations eg alongside clinical practice, May
is into running, Rene is into photography...
....for OUR purposes, it's important to establish a track record of honoring
commitments para naman this multi-destination concept doesn't get mangled beyond
recognition, eg - definitely walang kaliwaan...
....the next point is to recognize that in order to experience ourselves in
different ways and settings towards realizing our full potential as human
beings, (this is also from a book, ha) we must have our share of people who are
easy to love AND people who are difficult to love...bahala na kayo kung saang
category niyo ilalagay ang batchmates natin...but if you want to enhance your
chances of being allowed some slack to attend kitakits, ok lang kung maisama ako
sa difficult, makadalo lang kayo...
....come to think of it...ilang dekada na tayong pinagsisilbihan ni Senen? I
suppose early on, he had the wisdom to maintain his share of EASY to love people
and DIFFICULT to love people in order to realize his full potential as a human
being....I will no longer question which category we are in but I suppose the
only logical conclusion is, and nobody can beg to disagree privately or
publicly, that he needs us more than we need him :)
C u at the next kitakits!
MABUHAY!
Monday, October 11, 2010
From Spes: DZUPIS'80 - tips for the next kitakits
Monday, September 27, 2010
FromSpes: DZUPIS'80 - Fw: haiku
.....isang pong mainit na pagbati sa mga ginigiliw na sumusubaybay sa ating
pinananabikang palatuntunang DZUPIS'80!
.....sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan at may kagalakan sa inyong mga puso
( background sound -- roosters crowing, mga alaga namin )
.....sa mga kapwa kong inabot ng Ondoy noong nakaraang taon, let us give thanks
for another year gone by...
.....sa mga kinalampag ko noong dumaan ang Ondoy - sina Paul, Popo, Carlo - at
sa tulong bilang pakikiisa ng batch, maraming salamat....
.....special thanks to Carlo who, despite discovering that I'm the batch
treasurer, carried on with collecting donations, also through his paypal account
( abonado pa nga siya) for the Ondoy Fund...
.....btw, seedlings from the mango seeds I planted last summer have just been
transplanted... a fitting marker a year after Ondoy.... I hope they'll be sturdy
enough by summer....
.....and the roosters and cackling hens providing the background sound are
progeny of the few that survived Ondoy :)
At sa wakas, nay natanggap akong liham! At may kasama pang tula!
Subject: haiku
Ginang, Binibining, DJ Spes,
Isang maiinit na pag-bati mula sa kaibayuhang dagat dito sa lupain na
ginagisnan ni Pochahantas. Ako po ay isang masugid na tagasubaybay ng
inyong palatuntunan magmula pa ng simula . Ako din po ay isang tapat
ninyong tagapaghanga. Ang mga liham at sulatin ninyo ay kamangha-mangha
na nakapag-dudulot ng saya at ng mga balitang kaaya-aya.
Itago n'yo na lang ako sa pangalang John Smith. Ako ay dating si Juan de
la Cruz, subalit pinalitan po ang aking pangalang nuong ako'y
naging lubusan ng mamayan ng bansang dinayuhan.
Ipagpaumanhin po ninyo kung 'di gaanong maayos ang aking
pag-gamit sa wikang tagalong. May katagalan na rin po kasi akong
naninirahan sa labas ng ating bansa at 'di na ako gaanong bihasa sa
pag-sulat sa ating sariling wika. Pero, nakakahiya 'man pong ilathala, 'di rin
po ako bihasa sa wikang banyaga.
….blah blah blah ... here it goes, my first stab at Haiku, I
don't know if you could write more than one block at a time, but this is
what I came up with. All I know is that each block should have 4 lines,
7 syllables per line and that end of all lines rhyme.
Para Sa aking "BFF":
Heto na ang address ko
Dalawin naman ako.
Dos-ocho, tabing Poso,
Kalyeng puno ng Osyoso.
Kung ikaw ay maligaw
Sa balak mong pagdalaw,
Sundan lang alingawngaw
Sankatutak na langaw.
Sa tabi ng bahay ko
Maraming galang aso.
Sa tapat ay may bangko
Sa lasenggo ay puno.
Kaya naman kaibigan
Dito na manuluyan,
'Di kulang sa inuman
Nagkalat pang pulutan!
-John Smith
....maraming salamat, John Smith sa iyong ibinahaging liham at tula. I am not
too sure of the structual requirements of the haiku but your creation is much,
much welcome! Nakakabuhay talaga, ng kalooban!
O, ayan, mga BFF, magpadala na rin kayo ng sulat dito, and share your creations,
too!
Mabuhay!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
From Spes: DZUPIS'80 - paalala lang para sa mga tropa-tropa
kakupas-kupas na DZUPIS'80!
...sana ay nasa maayos kayong kalagayan at nakapili na kayo ng inyong katropa na
kakatawan sa inyo sa bagong board ng ating UPIS'80 Foundation
...nasasabik na ako kasi wala pang nagpadala ng kanilang attempt at poetry kahit
anonymously to be shared here at DZUPIS'80...malamang obra maestra ang inyong
ipapadala dahil natatagalan...
...kaya isang liham na lang muli muna para sa isang kaklaseng itatago natin sa
pangalang...Marycil
Minamahal kong Maricyl,
Kahapon ay tinawid ko ang dalawang siyudad upang makanood ng isang pelikula na
pinalabas bilang paggunita sa ika-40 anibersaryo ng pagdeklara ng Batas Militar.
Aba, yung paborito mong bagets na si Marvin Agustin really looks like a star in
person, ha, in fairness.
Btw, I can forgive you for missing MJ's This Is It
movie but please don't miss the chance to see SIGWA directed by Joel Lamangan. I
heard the film will be screened in the US, too, kaya kahit doon mo na lang
panoorin in October.
Watch it and....see also your favorite Kuya Pip!
Nagmamahal,
Spes
...ahhht...huwag pong kalilimutan, ang kasama pong reindeer ni Rudolf ay si
Olof...(Olof, d oder reindeer:))
Mabuhay!
Monday, August 16, 2010
[upis1980] DZUPIS'80 - calling on tropas
....isa nanamang panawagan ang sumasainyo dito lamang sa pinaka-aabangang
palatuntunang DZUPIS'80!
....sana ay nasa maayos kayong kalagayan, mga ka-batch....
Sa kasalukuyan ay binubuo na po ang panibagong board para sa ating UPIS Batch
'80 Foundation.
Inaanyayahan ang mga tropa na pumili ng kani-kanilang representative para maging
board member. Syempre, dating mantra- dapat lahat kasama- kahit silent type ang
tropa niyo. Ok lang kahit puro good-looking kayo basta ang mahalaga may
kinatawan kayo para marinig ang inyong tinig at makibahagi kayo sa mga proyekto.
Hindi rin naman kailangang magpasikat dahil magkakabatch din lang naman ang
magtatawanan at magkukwentuhan kapag may mga meeting. Culinary & bartending
skills will help para naman exciting ang menu kahit potluck ang meetings. Kindly
submit names to Herman.
Oh, this early please block off December 29, 2010, wednesday, for our annual
pre-New Year gathering. The following day will be a holiday so it shouldn't be a
problem. It will be held at Mariko & Dave's Luyong Restaurant in Marikina, to
start at 5pm. Start thinking of a nice hat to wear to the party, and a white
elephant item for exchanging and stealing gifts. Siguro naman, your tropa will
have more than enough time to prepare for a song or dance number :)
And, Janina, naaalala ko 'yon. At yung mga sikreto natin noong araw ay top
secret pa rin! At alam mo ba, yang si Syl? Si Manny? Nito ko na lang naman
nakahalubilo yang mga 'yan....ang lulutong kung tumawa...
Sa mga heartwarming na pasalamat na pinahayag para sa inyong lingkod, allow me
to take a really slow & deep bow....ooops, yung reading glasses ko, baka
malaglag nga pala....my reminder that it's been over 30 years....
O, yung salamin niyo, baka malimutan niyong atop your head lang pala....but of
course, let us be like wine, getting finer as we age... ayos ba, Syl?
hanggang sa muli,
Mabuhay!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
From Spes: DZUPIS'80 - pasasalamat
out of my reverie
it flashed through may mind to say, "ako rin, ho" and then
I realized she was handing me her fare to be handed over to the jeepney
driver...
and she was getting off at the PAG-IBIG (Home Development Mutual Fund) office
along Buendia Ave., in Makati....
with that let me welcome you once again to....
isa nanamang yugto dito sa pinkasikat na himpilang DZUPIS'80!
kumusta pong muli mga ginigiliw na sana ay sumusubaybay pa rin sa e-group kahit
nagkakanda FB na talaga ang mga mid-lifers....
ngunit ang yugtong ito ay hindi tungkol sa pag-ibig kundi pasasalamat sa inyong
pagmamahal na ipinamalas sa ating Batch para sa ikatatagumpay ng ating Pearl
Anniversary reunion....
Dodo and Syl
Mario and Chyn
Cesar and Zar ........for hosting meetings at their homes
Senen and Nina for the fund-raising ballet recital
Cesar for providing the bus to take the UPIS group to and from the Teatro in
Pasig where the recital was staged
Noh for being there when he still could
Chaela for the technical and logistical support, and getting her niece to
choreograph and teach us the legendary dance number
Pia and Jess for the fundraiser commemorative CD's
Donors through Pia-- all in US$ -- Cynthia, Mabel & Bernie, 30 each; Nena Tahil
100 and anonymous 250
Mitch and Queenie for forging on with the San Diego "satellite" reunion that set
off the different convergence points for batchmates in other parts of the globe
Beng for scouring continents and racking up phone bills to look up batchmates
and get them into the loop
Manny for the steady, focused yet magnificent multitasking, plus seamless
emceeing pa with Eva
Andoy, Ricky for navigating cyberspace to get us connected...for a non-techie
like me, it's almost mystical how it happened
Peachy and Boogs for the Bingo fundraiser that paid for the mobile disco,
souvenir bags, and much of the live band
Nolly for capturing donations from Maan, Ninoy, Benny, Millie, Tintin and Mat
Fr. RV, Benny and Leny for sending in so many pictures
Tweed, Joel Nicdao, Chaela, Eric Recto, Mabel for the fabulous give-aways
Gerry Gabriel for tossing us a lifeline when things were threatening to sink
Senen for weaving into the scene to loosen tight spots, providing tactical
support, & ladypower for the reunion registration
Photobooth sponsors (in PhP) Herman 2k, Leny Silverio 5K, Pia 4K, Isi 2k
Crispy-skinned, tender & flavorful lechon sponsors Leah Columna, Joylegs and
Nestor Pamatmat
Tweed, Acis, Mabel, Ruby, Joylac and others for food, drinks and nuts brought to
the reunion and the batcave
Beth Deyhilos for the athleticism & spirit of generosity creating ripples beyond
our batch, wtih special thanks to Dinna
Grace Sanchez, too, for throwing in knee socks and knee pads for the UPIS girls
volleyball
Joylac for hosting the Matabungkay post-reunion get-away
Mike for the Cawayan Cove treat on the return trip from Matabungkay
To those I've failed to mention, you know who you are
At sa lahat ng nakibahagi sa ating Pearl Anniversary reunion, live, or real-time
via internet, maraming, maraming salamat!
In closing, let me raise your hand-
MABUHAY!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
From Spes: [upis1980] DZUPIS'80- meeting at Mario's June 19 sat 6pm
....take a look at your calendar...guess what's coming up in about a month?
....tumpak, mga kaibigan! It's out Pearl Anniversary event! Simula na po ng count down...ilang tulog na lang upang...
1....mag-insayo ng inyong presentation...malay niyo, matamo nyo ang premyo...namamaos na ako, ha, sa kauulit nyan...nawa'y hindi
niyo ako biguin...at baka hindi ko ma-take...
2....ilabas sa baul at pahanginan ang disco outfit na siyempre naman, may mapre-premyohan for the most outstanding if not
outrageous disco outfit...at kung kukuha kayo sa ukay-ukay, pakipa-fumigate nyo na rin muna...kahit hindi na iplantsa...
3....ipadala and inyong photos kay Manny or Andoy for the Noon at Ngayon slide show
4....confirm your attendance plus number of guests coming along sa e-vite c/o Raffy or David or by other desperate means basta
makarating ang pangalan nyo kay Syl for the reservation
5....if you have some foxy way of stating the announcement for our Pearl Anniversary for broadcast on REAL radio and tv, please
send it to Rose Barin...btw, Ronald C, didn't you have something sounding like rap for an announcement before?
6...at syempre naman, kalampagin nyo yung mga ka-tropa niyong ayaw magpabisto na they've clocked in 30 years since UPIS
days...tell them it'll be more fun if they come...grey to white hair and all...but still hitting the dancefloor...
at kung mayroon akong nakaligtaan, do drop us a line via DZUPIS'80....
Since the panic button is about to be pressed, we're having a meeting at Mario Molina's on June 19, saturday 6pm, to tie up still the many loose ends for our big affair. Of course, dating gawi, potluck pa rin ang food and drinks...at para sa mga unaware. matagal na po kaming naka reunion mode so do come and join us for another festive gathering...mabuti na rin to familiarize yourselves with the 30 years later faces and match them with your mental images of them from way back...ito naman kasing si Syl, sasabihan akong kamayan ang isang kasama tapos tatanungin ako kung sino yung kinamayan ko...aba, hindi naman madali malagay sa ganoong spot, 'no?
oh, some people were asking who sent the pahabol line last time and for whom...sorry, my lips are sealed....but welcome that because it assures you your secrets are safe with me... :) ok, ito, ah, na-e-entertain ako sa pag-d-dj...
and yes, mga ginigiliw na sumusubaybay, pati pala cigarettes, na ka-sachet na ngayon sa sari-sari store katulad ng mga hair shampoo...
Mabuhay!
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From Spes: [upis1980] DZUPIS'80 (8 June 2010)
...sana ay nasa maayos kayong lagay, mga ginigiliw na sumusubaybay....
...at bago kayo mag-relax ng tuluyan, siguraduhin nyo lang po na nakapagpahayag na kayo ng inyong pagdalo sa ating July 10 Pearl
Anniversary affair at kung ilan ang inyong panauhin na isasama upang mabuo ang ating guest list at headcount for downpayment purposes sa venue...aba, pati pagpaparis ng table cloths at napkins- as in texture and color combinations ay kasama sa usapan which goes to show how much attention and effort is being poured into this event....sayang naman if we will miss your company at such an affair....
....A number of classmates have communicated with Syl, and a classmate I spotted at church confirmed he'll be there, contrary to the rumors I earlier heard...so, mga ginigiliw na sumususbaybay, please make sure your attendance to our affair has been confirmed...
....also, start airing the disco outfit from your baul...we don't want to be mothball scented as we indulge in those unforgettable dance moves and steps...kaya nga habang nagpaplantsa ako, sinasabayan ko na yung tugtog ng dance steps at kahit markings lang muna yung arm and hand movements...kasama sa insayo yan because it primes the brain for the full execution of movements...ingat lang na hindi masunog ang pinaplantsa...
....by the way, maybe we can do another fund raiser....since many of us are part of the diaspora, or some are simply wanderers/adventurers/obligatory travellers, how about a collection of landscape pictures taken by batchmates wherever, over the years and turning them into a set of single fold cards to serve as any occasion greeting cards...why landscapes?...eh kasi wide appeal even to non-batchmates and more importantly, because our Pearl Anniversary is a collective marker of a point in our individual journeys.... and landscapes as silent witnesses to these journeys ...at sa totoo lang, this is to substitute for the fund raiser sale of nude paintings some classmates were more than willing to pose for, for the sake of (abstract) art... So, just label your wonderfully awesome landscape pictures and send them with pride and utmost generosity -with no expectation of compensation kasi fund raiser nga eh- to Andoy for compilation...
....yung mga presentation niyo sa program natin, ha? Dapat polishing touches na lang ay bonggang-bongga na for the big night!
Who knows! You may just be the next "surprise batch idol"
....pahabol na message....miss na miss ka na raw niya. At sabi niya, the moment you read that line you'll know who it's from....ohhhh
diiiiiibaaaaaaH!
Mabuhay!
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