Subject: [feumt_1969] Reunion and more thank you! [4 Attachments]
From: <roland_ontog@yahoo.com>
Sent: Jun 25, 2009 01:29:09 AM
To: roland ontog <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
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Hi Friends and Classmates of '69,
We've been home for over a week now, and after 2 months of travelling in Asia and the memorable reunion in San Diego, we're so glad to be home again and back to the "old" routine. Our internet service, which was on hold temporarily, is now back in service and just now getting out some e-mails.
I guess, almost everyone sent their personal comments and extended their thanks and appreciation especially to our hosts. This message is no exception but I still like to share our wonderful and memorable experience, to our classmates who were not able to attend our reunion.
Beth and I had a wonderful time meeting everyone at the picnic, held at a beautiful park overlooking the harbor. Inspite of our age, everybody still looks good...magaganda pa rin ang mga girls. After the picnic, we had a sumptuous sunset dinner, overlooking the bay and it seems like we're on a cruise. The next day, we head up to the Milo's residence for a day long of fun, joyful,and a very festive party, lots of food and music ( I can still hear Basil singing). It was such an enjoyable and unforgettable occasion.
I'd like to acknowledged our classmates and spouses, who really worked hard, despite of their busy schedules, they were able to put all these changes together, to make this reunion possible and a huge success. A Hearty THANK YOU to Auring and Adey Milo, for hosting a festive dinner at their place and arranging the picnic and dinner in San Diego; to Carmelita LC, for bringing food and gifts for everybody; to Brenda ND, for coordinating our cancelled cruise, and encouraging classmates from LA to attend, and lastly, but not the least, those who attended and brought some delicious food for the occasion.
I asked myself from time to time, why come to school reunions? Then, I realized that it is such a great opportunity to get reconnected and reacquainted with our former classmates, as well as to strengthened our old friendship. And each of these gatherings,we found new friends as well.
Hope to see everyone in our next reunion. Please keep in touch and encourage others to join us next time... God bless and take care.
Roland and Beth Ontog
P.S. A special thanks to Ver for inviting us to stay overnight in her place.
In due respect of and by the kind permission of Reverend Mike Rauen, a deacon in the Catholic Church and husband of Cora Naku Rauen, we wish to share with you the prayer he delivered in honor of the FEU MT Class of '69, at the start of the Reunion Dinner celebrated by candle light at Adey and Auring Milo's home.
Please do feel free to keep a copy of and/or share his offering with other classmates, whether or not they were able to attend this special gathering or any of the other outings we enjoyed while there for this grand, memory-filled 40th Reunion:
Dear Lord,
We, the FEU class of 1969 graduates of the Medical Technology Program, have come together to celebrate our Fortieth Anniversary. We praise you and glorify you for all the blessings you have bestowed on us throughout these years.
We continue to pray for all our brothers and sisters who have died and those who could not make it here for this joy-filled Reunion. We ask for your continued wisdom and love for all the med techs and other health care workers who have used and will continue to use their devoted skills and knowledge to further the proper health care of your people.
Empower us, Lord, to love you and praise you more and more each day. Bless us with continued good weather as we take our leave from our friends. Bless our hosts, Aurora and Adey, abundantly and as we say together: "Our Father...............................................................................................Amen. And may
God bless each and every one of us- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen."
Respectfully, and forever,
Corrie and Tom
- On Wed, 7/1/09, rolandsuarezontog <rolandsuarezontog@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's an album of pictures that Beth and I had put together to remind us of our memorable reunion in San Diego. Although, there are more than 200 pictures on it, we enjoyed viewing each and every one of them. Have fun looking at them. Enjoy!
Rolly
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Subject: memorable mini re union à Montréal 2009
From: <lilymarielee@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Jul 3, 2009 10:10:17 AM
To: Narciso Rosario Mejia <cing@mejiafamilytree.com>
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CC: <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
Bonjour Narsing & Ofelia
re: memorable mini re union à Montréal 2009
the next time, I will be the one to give a treat
It was very nice meeting you guys after 40 years, our old memories suddenly pop up to life.
I real apprciate for the nice japanese lunch with you people , thanks again, nancing. esp Herminia, she looks very adorable also Pet , very charming lady, Olfelia, very incredible and Narcing very sharp and amazing.
well, I hope Pet will come back next summer to montréal. it is real very pleasant meeting her again.
I real like to invite you guys for lunch. this time is my turn to give a treat, I can sneak out on friday afternnoon. I hope mario will also come. it is fortunate that we live in the same city. let me know ahead, so I will not bring my lunch to my work.
there are restaurants on côte des neiges ( intersection côte ste catherine), not far from my private lab is : the restaurant lao-beijing (beijing dishes, the only one in Montéal) , restaurant Talay Thai , Greek restaurant blanche neiges , chez cora. and restaurant Vietnanese in front of the Jewish General hospital.
just let me know when you people are available . keep in touch.
thanks for the photo I just check the site.
thanks again Nancing and Ofelia for your generosity, I real very grateful, and happy that I came.
thanks a lot.
regards, au revoir
Lily Marie Lee (Chan)
À bientôt
Subject: RE: [feumt_1969] Fwd: manila traffic
From: Vicente Festejo <vpjfestejo@hotmail.com>
Sent: Jul 17, 2009 03:05:52 PM
To: vic festejo <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
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Welcome back Basil Hefner, am glad you came back in one piece sans H1N1 virus! Probably the answer to your proposal is to let the expatriates foot the bill so as not to burden the impoverished Techs left behind in the Philippines worry about incurring expenses. I am sure that in their own little way, they can also appreciate our presence by being hospitable and put an effort to realize this event by joining without the finaqncial burden. ALL THEY NEED IS JOIN, BE PRESENT and we should take care of the rest. A headcount of 20 from North America can easily foot the bill by pooling our resources. A care package from each of us can also benefit out local classmates, and maybe FEU can even sponsor a medical mission in a local community where we can participate and volunteer. Then this reunion will be as memorable as can be. THINK ABOUT IT !!!!!!!
VIC F
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From: basiljun@aol.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:58:25 -0400
Subject: Re: [feumt_1969] Fwd: manila traffic
Hi, everybody!!!!!!
I'm back here in heavenly socal..I remember one time i heard on the radio that heavy traffic affect the economy greatly..dahil daw kung hindi makagalaw ang tao sa traffic walang or mahina ang mga revenues or taxes na makukuha ang gobierno dahil mabagal ang mga transactiones at galaw ng mga pera nito.dapat bawasan ang mga jeep, bus atbp sasakyan sa kalye (out of control) at sobra ay understatement na lamang just to describe the real situation back in pinas.
just imagine your being paid P385 a day (minimum) at less pa raw sa iba.lugaw pa lang ay P50-P60 na..i'm sure you get the rest of the story..jeep P7.00 short ride taxi cost me and ray about a thousand to meet and go to feu in fairview qc..sad talaga!!..ray and i agreed that a lot of our 69 classmates in pinas would have a difficult time to attend the reunion 2012..mahal ang gastusin at talagang sobra (just a reminder ibang planeta itong amerika). ray even suggested that we sponsors or pay for some people's ticket to attend the reunion...any suggestions?? HEELLOOOOW do you hear me!!?? sad diba? BABAYU!!
RE: [feumt_1969] Fwd: manila traffic
From: Ma'Lee Panganiban <eagle_birdee@yahoo.com>
Sent: Jul 17, 2009 05:04:20 PM
To: <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
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Naku meron akong proposal.
First of all it is very noble cause ang gagawin natin.
1.. We need to get a centralize point of contact in the Philippines
2. They have to register their full name (maiden name) address, phone number and what is their status now. If married, number of children, ages, and their status. Include also employment status of the MT69 member and her/his spouse.
3. We have to find a place where the reunion will takes place that will be ideal for the majority '69 grads. We don't have to be extravagant but simple area where everybody can mingle and enjoy each other's company.
4. A weekend is a must so we will not interfere if our 69 Phils grads are still working.
For those who will be the Phil Coordinator will be able to consider my proposal. Anyway, we are just an email away and can communicate better if we have a good contact email address and phone numbers.
This is all for now and hope to see some input from the group.
Okay guys, Ching is presenting this info for us to think what we really need to do to plan this successfully. If you have any info about some contacts in Manila/FEU, we need to provide this to Ching. Regarding website for Phil. access, can we use your web Narcing? If we make this available in Manila, and even publish it on the major newspapers, maybe we can notify our classmates in the Philippines about our upcoming reunion ( without the specific dates and venues yet for seciurity reasons ) just a generalized info so we can start planning by getting their attention. EG: ATTENTION FEU SMT GRADUATE OF 1969, AN UPCOMING REUNION IS BEING PLANNED IN 2012 IN MANILA. WE NEED TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM OUR CLASS MEMBERS IN MANILA AND SUBURBS TO COORDINATE THIS EVENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE....( Narcing's FEU web) Hopefully, information will trickle in, and this will help our planning tremendously, and it will also help Ching, who will be our coordinator in Manila. What do you think?-VIC F
From: chingpg1@aol.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:29:04 -0400
Subject: 2012 FEU reunion
To: vpjfestejo@hotmail.com; rolandsuarezontog@gmail.com
CC: chingpg1@aol.com
I'm still here in California and set Sept. 30 as D-Day ---last day of work in my part time job. My second time to retire before I am 60. Anyway, I will probably be in the Philippines last part of October or early November. I met my sister's classmate who is also an alumni and he coordinated their reuinon in Phil. 2 years ago. Since I am an admitted neophyte when it comes to social issues like this, I met with him this morning to ask for some suggestions in starting this process.
1. Date of the gathering...how can we find out the dates that our classmates would prefer.(definitely not June he says because of the rain) Is there any way that classmates from here and the Philippines vote on this?
2. Was Ray and Basil able to contact the FEU Alumni Assn. leaders in Phil? I read that Ray had a lot of contact there, so is there a way for him to set up some kind of a website in the PI so we can contact the Phil. graduates and sgn them in too?
3. Do you think we will have enough volunteers for committees both here and there?
Attendance committee
Committees on Activities
" " Transportation
Ways and Means
Souvenir programs (talented computer guys like you can do this --- with the pictures you had of the
and we can have sponsors too (probably x$ perpage classmates too of course)
He suggested too that each one of us will take care of the accommodations during the stay in the Phil. and we will just take care of the accommodations for a day or 2 for the celebration.(.based on his experience)
Please check Canyon Woods in You Tube---golf resort and everything in the facility. Canyon Cove is 45 min. away & part of the resort so we can deal. We will check some others but check You Tube..it seems OK for our purpose. Oh, for this project, we need 1 yr, to coordinate with whatever venue (and I thought it's still too far away to even think about this but he said No..No.. start preparations early and be also prepared for heartaches and headaches because it will be rough sailing.. not all people think similarly. No wonder why my sister was so surprised that I even said yes to this because she knows me--I'd rather be a mouse and just follow and pay whatever dues than be in the front line hearing criticisms etc. I forgot---I didn't know that FEU has a fund set up for alumni reunions like this...do you guys know this.We can also get funds from them? I just sent this to the 2 of you--I do not want to have email congestion as of yet and this topic better originate from you officers of the club....ha,ha I not brave enough !!!
Vancouver FEU Reunion 2010
Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:30 PM
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Hello Narcing,
I am not in touch for awhile due to my being busy. I sold my Laboratory and completely retired now. I love to travel but my husband do not feel good and get sick when flying. So I travel with friends , or relatives. Sisters or my brothers family.
We have this temporary date: July 31 - August 4, 2010
place: Vancouver , B. C.
Lenght: 4 days
I will contact you when finalized. Thanks, Lily
From: Vicente Festejo <vpjfestejo@hotmail.com>
Subject: [feumt_1969] July 2010 mini reunion in Vancouver
To: "vic festejo" <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 10:57 PM
Attention 'mates, I was just contacted by one of the members of FEUMT alumni group ( mixed years ), and they are planning to hold a mini reunion in July, next year, here in Vacouver. I was asked if I can help out since there are only a few FEUMT grads here in metro Vancouver area. Details will follow for anyone interested. It will be a mini reunion since it is only for 3 days, like a Friday, Saturday and a Sunday. They are canvassing hotels now, and activities are in the planning stage. Those who might think they would like to attend, please let me know, or Narcing, of your intentions so we can get a headcount. Remember this group doesn't encompass a particular year of graduates, it is inclusive of all years, all FEUMT alumni, so we can meet new faces too, ok? Please let us know soon.
Vic Festejo
Vancouver, B. C.
CANADA
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Subject: [feumt_1969] Mini-reunion with Merced Argulla [4 Attachments]
Greetings from Merced Argulla: "Hello, to all my classmates".
Last Saturday, September 5, we met at Cora Quan-Manalang's mansion in Long Beach, California to welcome Merced Argulla, a long lost FEU MT '69 classmate. Merced is accompanied by her husband Dennis and her sister Lita and husband Tito, all from Australia, and are here in the United States on a 14-day bus tour.
At Cora's place, we enjoyed refreshments, singing, sharing old time pictures and stories during our days at FEU, then had lunch at an Asian buffet. We spent the remainder of the afternoon walking around the Lighthouse near the Queen Mary ship. We had several pictures taken and would like to share them with you. More photos to come.
Merced will be available again on September 19 before she goes back to Australia. You can send her an email at: meragp@gmail.com.
Auring and Adey
Subject: Re: [feumt_1969] Mini-reunion with Merced Argulla [4 Attachments]
Thanks for complimenting my younger looks. Anyone interested in looking younger and prettier, just send Adey your picture and he will return it to you with a smile on your face and stars in your eyes for free; in lesser time and inexpesive compared going to a plastic surgeon. Really!!! Adey spends a lot of time on the computer and it amazes me how good he is doing his virtual projects like enhancing one's face. I hope that is my real looks you are complimenting.
Well, more on Merced Argulla why it seems no one can recognize and remember her except Cora Quan and myself and those who came in contact with her during our internship. Merced graduated with class 69. Previously she was with class 68 but stopped for a year then continued on to complete her internship along with Cora Quan and myself at the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Quezon City. After graduation Merced opted to go to London but was not able to practice MedTech due to additional schooling requirement which would take her longer to get employed and so she became a Nurse when offered a free education by the host hospital. After getting married with Dennis in London and working for a number of years as a Nurse, they moved to Australia where they call it home with their 3 girls. Merced is still working as a Nurse in Australia!
When Merced comes back from the tour, she will come to my place with Cora and we will have another mini-reunion for about a day before she will depart for Australia. 'Til then, I will keep you posted.
Aurie and Adey
From: Eduard Genazki <genazki@yahoo.com>
Subject: getting in touch wt class '69
To: roland_ontog@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 1:47 AM
hi Roland,
I'm not sure if you can still remember me..I'm Eduardo dela Cruz of batch '69. I'd like to join the yahoo groups, if you can add me so I can get connected with our former classmates. By the way, do you know how to get in touch with Joseph Carpio? He was our class president, and I was the vice president of class '68 proper. Also, Ed Frondo knows me through Pascual Laboratories Inc. We worked together from 1972-79 as medical sales represantative. I've been living here in the bay area for 8 years now. I hope to join the upcoming reunion and see all of you again. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.
Eddie
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Subject: [feumt_1969] Crisanto Buenflor's wife Rose passed away last October 18
Leaving for California to attend the viewing of Rose Buenaflor in Pasadena , California . the viewing is today and tomorrow and the funeral is on Saturday . She died from bone cancer . Cris , also belong to our class MT 1969 .
On behalf of your group, I am stepping in to initiate asking donations for the family of Dan. It is one of those things that I do best as a member of the Order of the Knights of Columbus. I propose that donations would start at $10 from each family member of the MT69 group. You can send me a check payable to me, Adey Milo. I will make a listing and send you the names of those who donated. Make sure the donations will reach me before the end of November 2009. I will then send a one check to Virginia Hopkins who is the secretary of the FEUMT69. Your President Rolly will send a Card together with the check to Dan early December in time for the Pamasko.
My Address: Adey Milo, 27859 Watermark Dr., Menifee, CA 92585. Pease help me do this. I would be very glad to coordinate it as I did for your 40th Class reunion. Viva Jesus+++
Adey Milo
Subject: Re: [feumt_1969] A Happy Birthday song from Ed dela Cruz
From: Eduard Genazki <sentto-12001213-4400-1258231653-cing=mejiafamilytree.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com>
Sent: Nov 14, 2009 03:47:36 PM
To: <feumt_1969@yahoogroups.com>
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yes, i think were in institute of arts and science 1965-67. i remember very well rene tameta and jack almazan, paul herrera( we called each other payeeee) whom i usually asked favor money because im poor eddie. about dan ferrer, their house is still in deep water, but the trouble is that he is in RP, while most us are here in US.HE MIGHT THINK he is forsaken and totally abandoned, because nobody cares to give him a chance to reunite and reconnect. you know what i mean. please send him emails too. thank you and GOD BLESS US ALL.
I have received the donations for me thru the courtesy of our charming friend cora nacu rauen. I met her at the residence of her sister dolly in san fernando. pampanga. I enjoyed the few hours I spent with her reminiscing the schooldays and identifying our classmates thru the class pictures [ she was well-equipped with pictures in her cell phone ? or what do you call that thing} Me and my family are very grateful to all who participated in this fund raising campaign for us. Your donations will surely helped us a lot to our early recovery from the disaster that hit us.I hope to see all of you in 2010 grand reunion{ which I understand is being planned to be held here in the phil} so that I could extend my gratitude to all of you personally.Merry chritmas. happy new year and May GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU and your families. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU,
[feumt_1969] Reunion and more thank you! [4 Attachments]