RMCHS Batch '70

Jimmy Early On Jimmy A Year Ago Sis Beth, Vangie, Jimmy and Daughter, Wife, Sis Tina (sorry putol :-) Jim together with family and sister Vangie,  also our batchmate  are all based in Los Angeles.

After Alex P informed me that he saw Hernani on fb, and was actually just waiting friend confirmation from him,   I decided to follow suit and made contact with this msg: "Hi Hernani. This is Malou D here. Lex Parayno mentioned about waiting for confirmation regarding his request for friendship. I thought hanapin ko rin  si Hernani and here I am now. I know someone mentioned about you turning out  to be a doctor. I can  see from your profile picture that you are because you emit that look that only doctors possess - a distinct aura of gentleness and you don't look a year older except perhaps for the hairline he he I hope we get to have a glimpse of what it's been like after high school and the university. For starters, we know you're a doctor, so what is your specialization? My best regards to you and your family". Sending this message reminded me that from what I heard,  our class produced a couple of medical doctors: Priscilla A, Salome ...

A short family name now - Lo; with first name snipped as well (It used to be Luming), Lu is an anesthesiologist by profession. The husband is a surgeon and maybe soon,  three more additions from  the medical profession (she has two daughters, one in med  and the younger one in nursing school). Who knows the son might just be also a doctor. Lu visited me here in our place last November. Ever so  thoughtful bringing those delicious goodies to remember my birthday. Also one day in November, together with Susan (or Sue) and Chuchi, we ate our stomachs out with seafood - her  treat on the occasion of Susan's visit from Australia. Ooohhhh, that was real  blast, laughing out loud at every memorable high school anecdote. That night was a celebration. And Lu was a super active participant.  But what you don't know perhaps is that she drives like a race driver. She intimated that traffic management people always  ignore her speed. She IS a doctor after ...

Lito M looks very diffferent from before, doesn't he? He looks more gorgeous now, happy, contented. Look at those sparkling eyes and those cheery smiles from the family members. (I had to enlarge this photo kaya medyo blurry but still good.) "Here's a picture of my family. Sarah our eldest, is on her second masteral degree; Paolo is taking his masters in architecture while Philip the youngest is in grade 5". The first time I  contacted  Lito, I asked  him if he became a priest. And I share with you classmates, his response: "Actually I lasted only one year in the seminary. I felt it was not really my calling. Went back to UP and graduated only in 1980. In between student years, I was involved in the first youth exchange program between Canada and Phil. as a participant/group leader in 1974 - 1975. Worked with the government from 1977 to 1989 in the field of development planning, land-use regulations as well as project implementation. Work entailed travel...

We live in Marikina City. My family moved here from Quezon City where I and my children stayed almost all our lives. Lifestyle changes led us to leave.  It was a chore moving  out.  Living somewhere other than Q.C. was almost unthinkable.  But the decision has been made. At the start, it took some adjustment but, as the adage say; we can do anything if we put our minds to it.   This is a map showing where our home now  is located. We 've been here around 5 months. Our house in Provident Village, was flooded when Typhoon Ondoy happened in September 26, 2009. View Larger Map

I will never forget Manuel. Because he was like Susan's crush forever. I hope  Manuel's wife and Sue's husband won't mind this now :-) Nagkita-kita naman sila sa U.S. recently, I think. Anyway, I remember Manuel together with other Ramon guys like our very own classmate, Rolando B, and Ernie De Gu,  and Monching Punz from S-3 going to the PMA. Model Platoon sila di ba. Awesome. I remember always watching their practice drills, together with Sue and Edwina and Bes (dahil kay Lito Valles?) joke lang past na naman yun) I heard that Manuel served the AFP after PMA. Divina,  his wife being  a nurse,  went to the  U.S. Manuel joined the family after some years with the AFP.  Back to the present, Manuel was here  in the Philippines recently to attend his son's wedding. I think we have a photo of that. Anecdote lang, one more reason I wont forget Manuel,  kasi hiniram nya lahat ng Jingle magazine ko nung nasa VLuna sya pero sira na ng masoli ...

Bessie used to be our classmate way back our freshman year at Ramon. We were togther until we were in junior year. I know that for sure because we had this "barkada" called MEBS which basically meant Marilou-Edwina-Bessie-Susan. The four of us always hang out together, studying, doing our assignments, chatting, eating, or watching  Ramon's Model Platoon rehearse on New Orleans Street. When there was an opportunity after our classes, we visited each other's house. Almost always it was Bessie's house we went to,  because their placewas the nearest to our school. Sometimes, it would be Susan's. She lived a few blocks in Kamias. Meanwhile, Edwina lived in Quirino, while I lived the farthest, in Murphy which is now known as Camp Aguinaldo. Here are Bessie's pics which I freely grabbed from her fb profile. She is with her family in the United States. Her son is in the military service. She has a grandchild, another coming soon  from this son.  Her daug...