....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!
.....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!
....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!
