batch 87

2012 Maranghudan Trailer

2011-12-24T20:21:00.000+08:00

2011-01-09T01:19:00.008+08:00

"The great thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

Abraham Lincoln

Dandy's Kenya Travel Photos

2010-12-16T08:06:00.018+08:00

Isabelle's 1st b-day party with B87-USA

2010-10-30T22:37:00.009+08:00

Isabella's 1st birthday party.

Si Joven uminabot from L.A., while si Paolo and Ojie's costume were the best!

Si Ojie...bagan sin-o kaya??? Esep-esep!!

Day of Remembrances

2010-10-17T03:20:00.011+08:00

Lord God, Almighty Father,

our faith testifies that your Son died for us

and rose to life again.

May our brothers and sisters

who have gone to their rest

believing in Jesus

come through Him to the resurrection.

"Death is not extinguishing the light.

It's blowing out the flame

because the dawn has come!"

Thoughts to Stop RH Bill

2010-10-03T00:15:00.007+08:00

October is Respect for Life Month

In a statement to mark Respect for Life Month in 2010, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston addressed direct threats to human life and called Catholics to "constantly witness to the inestimable worth and dignity of each human life through a loving concern for the good of others."

Because we are created in the image of God, who is Love, our identity and vocation is to love for the sake of others. Pope Benedict XVI has called this "the key to [our] entire existence." In a homily during his recent visit to the United Kingdom, Pope Benedict reminded us that "our hearts can easily be hardened by selfishness, envy and pride," and that "pure and generous love is the fruit of a daily decision." Every day, he reminded us, "we have to choose to love." In our homes, schools, workplaces, and in public, if we constantly witness to the inestimable worth and dignity of each human life through a loving concern for the good of others, if we allow the dignity of every human life to guide the decisions we make as voters and public policy advocates, we can surely succeed in creating a more just and humane society.

Dates to remember

2010-09-10T22:33:00.004+08:00

Classmates, here is the list of our birthdays:

Gerald - (February 8)
Jong - (August 4)
James - (April 30)
Gibbs - (September 22)
Leo - (May 10)
Cho - (March 29)
Ian - (September 19)
Joven - (June 1)
Henry - (May 1)
Vic - (July 18)
Lito/Danny - (June 12)
Erwin - (June 16)
Linus - (January 2)
Garry - (December 17)
Sammy - (April 7)
+Chito - (March 20)
Jay - (May 8)
Dandy - (September 11)
Joey - (June 5)
Lloyd - (October 17)
Ojee - (January 4)
Tato - (September 6)
Rey - (May 23)
Totep - (February 19)
Paulo - (July 3)
Glenn - (December 6)

Kahaputan

2010-09-01T03:53:00.003+08:00

Totoo tabi ini Ojee, Joven?

EAST COAST BEST PHOTOS

2010-08-03T23:30:00.000+08:00

Dandy's Summer Escapades - East Coast (Part 2)

2010-08-03T23:03:00.002+08:00

Dandy's Travel Photos of Summer 2010 escapades - part 1

2010-07-16T06:50:00.002+08:00

Summer 2010 Escapades - 1st Leg

2010-07-16T06:17:00.003+08:00

2010 Reunion?

2010-07-07T07:36:00.003+08:00

2010 USA Reunion: New Jersey

Come on, boys, Rey Nicolas

is waiting for you!
[Date TBD]

fr. roy in chicago (again)

2010-07-06T10:27:00.002+08:00

relaxing after early dinner

at the lobby of our hotel where my family is staying for a month after the "unexpected event"

enjoying the warm weather

planning in celebrating new year and olps batch87 reunion in orlando

FIESTA sa Sorsogon

2010-06-29T14:19:00.001+08:00

road trip, 5 states in 8 days

2010-06-25T07:43:00.002+08:00

visited rey and aimee in new jersey, on our way to staten island

its da leberte condens melk
with sam, rey and aimee's daughter,wara lamang pag iba an color maski nabulad na

from here to new york, went to the famous times square, may nagtitinda fake na rolex nan LV bags sa sidewalk san times square? naghuhulat lang ako may magsiyak divideee!!! unbelievable an samok san new york, now i'm starting to like chicago

koji visits fr. henry, newport news, virginia

2010-06-25T07:16:00.006+08:00

our place courtesy of fr. henry, right in the middle of town center

St. Jerome parish, he is now the current parish priest

of course with my wife and d kids

just beside our hotel, nag walking along d park around 12 midnight

karaon anay

dinner was superb

Fathers ... and ... Friends

2010-06-21T03:29:00.007+08:00

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." - Elizabeth Foley

Happy Father's Day

2010-06-13T21:47:00.002+08:00

Mantra for the Day

2010-06-09T21:57:00.000+08:00

Meaning of Life

2010-06-09T21:54:00.000+08:00

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

2010-06-09T10:09:00.000+08:00

Top Gun - Take My Breath Away

2010-06-05T14:27:00.000+08:00

GLORY OF LOVE PETER CETERA

2010-06-05T14:23:00.000+08:00

Maria Vidal - Body Rock

2010-06-05T14:16:00.000+08:00

ghost

2010-06-05T14:11:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Joey (June 5)!

2010-06-03T21:52:00.001+08:00

nanu na mga padi?

2010-06-02T21:15:00.008+08:00

2010-06-02T21:12:00.002+08:00

2010-06-02T20:57:00.002+08:00

2010-06-02T14:52:00.002+08:00

Thank you Kuya Dylan

2010-06-02T14:44:00.003+08:00

Thank you Tito Jong

2010-06-02T14:38:00.005+08:00

THANK YOU!!!

2010-06-02T14:30:00.003+08:00

2010-06-02T14:18:00.000+08:00

Congratulations to all SANO who won in the election!

2010-05-28T11:53:00.000+08:00

Urgent Prayers Needed!

2010-05-07T10:27:00.004+08:00

Casting a vote should not be like casting a net - throwing wildly and then just hoping for a good catch.

Casting a vote should be more like casting a sculpture - a careful process of pouring our dreams into a mold and shaping our tomorrow!

Let us pray for our Filipino people on May 10.

A Mother's Day Prayer

2010-05-05T23:48:00.002+08:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS!

Food Trip: B87 Reunion-May 3, 2010

2010-05-04T10:32:00.002+08:00

2010-05-04T10:22:00.001+08:00

"Daragang Magayon"

2010-04-13T20:23:00.001+08:00

B87's Invitation to Lasala-Frayna Nuptial

2010-04-06T08:39:00.001+08:00

Viva Mexico! (pero mas viva Filipinas!)

2010-04-05T00:32:00.003+08:00

pictures from my study abroad class on NGOs and Sustainable Development. Visited rebel areas of Zapatistas and mayan indigenous communities and NGOs plus tour on some tourist places.

Easter Greetings

2010-04-03T23:38:00.000+08:00

In Other Words

2010-04-02T20:35:00.002+08:00

To Be a Church

2010-04-02T03:27:00.003+08:00

"To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers and hypocrites of every description. It is also, at the same time, identifies you with saints and the finest persons of heroic soul of every time, country, race and gender.

To be a member of the church is to carry the mantle of both the worst sin and the finest heroism of soul because the church always looks exactly as it looked at the original crucifixion, God hung among thieves."

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
(Photo by Linus G. Escandor II)

Good Friday Reflection

2010-04-02T03:20:00.004+08:00

The cross of Christ must be either the darkest of all in the mystery of existence, or a searchlight by the aid of which we may penetrate the surrounding gloom.
B.H. Streeter

"PAGTIRIPON" SA BLACK SATURDAY!

2010-03-30T13:35:00.002+08:00

Palm Sunday Meditation

2010-03-29T02:10:00.009+08:00

Everyone that lined the streets had a different reason for waving those palms. Some were political activists; they heard Jesus had supernatural power, and they wanted him to use it to free Israel from Roman rule. Others had loved ones who were sick and dying. They waved branches, hoping for physical healing. Some were onlookers merely looking for something to do, while others were genuine followers who wished Jesus would establish himself as an earthly king. Jesus was the only one in the parade who knew why he was going to Jerusalem --- to die. He had a mission, while everyone else had an agenda.

"Tiripon" Sa Black Saturday meeting

2010-03-24T15:19:00.004+08:00

Don Robert, Tootsie & Batot seriously discussing the plan for the Black Saturday reuinon.

Odi, Gerald, Don Robert, Tootsie, Batot, Bernie & Tion Tom finalizing the members of the alumni who are expected to join the reunion come Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 6pm, Sorosogon College of Criminology, Inc in Piot. (Photo by Tato)

Tio Tom double checking the list of his classmates.

"TIRIPON" SA Black Saturday

2010-03-24T09:09:00.002+08:00

CALLING ALL SANO, THERE WILL BE A BLACK SATURDAY "PAGTIRIPON" AT THE SORSOGON COLLEGE OF CRIMINOLOGY, INC IN PIOT, SORSOGON CITY AT 6PM. NO REGISTRATION FEE, JUST BRING AS MANY CLASSMATES AS YOU CAN. YOU MAY ALSO BRING WHATEVER DRINKS YOU WANT...PLEASE PASS TO OTHER SANO..SEE YOU THERE.

The Graduates

2010-03-17T21:27:00.004+08:00

The jurassic diploma we received during graduation day @ Embarcadero, Legaspi City

Sana ganito din na-receive namin na diploma sa OLPS

Lakwatsa sa Embarcadero

2010-03-17T21:08:00.003+08:00

Gerald, Jay & Ian pose as the new model of a sport outfit called "ukay-ukay"
Sten, Cha, Ning & Ging joined the B87

At the embarcadero train.

Trio Los Panchos

They enjoyed the train but not the ride

Taken at the wharf of embarcadero in Legaspi City

The new dance craze group

The usual antics

A law abiding citizen

The unlucky little mermaid

The prince and the paupers

More Pics on Minette's Visit

2010-03-01T16:01:00.003+08:00

Of course lain mawawara an mga pa - cute moments, diin man mamana an mga batit...

Sunday Lunch with Minette 02.28.2010

2010-03-01T14:39:00.002+08:00

Hello Philippines and hello world.... Kyoji on the line..

Coffee break after lunch, hay kasiram buhay Pinas...

Cha checking her shots. Nuarin man daw ako magkaigwa Canon EOS, pd mag-utang cmo Kyoji hehe (totep)...

Mayad ngani kay mana sa nanay hehe...

Daddy Lloyd connects with Kuya OJ...

Some church bloopers!

2010-02-24T19:21:00.001+08:00

Praying Lent This Year

2010-02-17T08:39:00.007+08:00

Lent offers us all a very special opportunity to grow in our relationship with God and to deepen our commitment to a way of life, rooted in our baptism. In our busy world, Lent provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon our patterns, to pray more deeply, experience sorrow for what we've done and failed to do, and to be generous to those in need.

"Father in heaven,
the light of your truth bestows sight
to the darkness of sinful eyes.
May this season of repentance
bring us the blessing of your forgiveness
and the gift of your light.
Grant this through Christ our Lord."

Kung Hei Fat Choy

2010-02-11T20:57:00.000+08:00

Sunday Night with Jane

2010-02-11T20:36:00.002+08:00

Food and drinks were overflowing and we are monitoring our cholesterol levels. Why is it that when we were younger, we're not "blessed" with this abundance, how ironic....

Many are to be consumed but few came... anyway till December si Jane, there will always be next "times."

More Feeding Pics

2010-02-06T16:24:00.003+08:00

We never expect to "feed" Ma'am Rexy that day. She was looking for a tuo-turo to buy lunch, good enough, Gerald and Joey just finished cooking. We had Beowulf as "dessert." Oh, the good old days...

Ning was out trying to coax JM to join the pictorial. Sukat gusto magpa extra na - upstage siya san mga ninong hehe.

We'll be back soon, my dear lolos and lolas.

Bahaw Na An Feeding Pics

2010-02-06T15:59:00.002+08:00

Gerald and Joey supervising the Marcial team in preparing the food.

Bagan last supper an blocking hehe

Gerald delivering his homily, hehe.

Yes, JM is helping distribute the food.

Tato giving fire safety tips hehe. Please take note of the apt caption on the wall.

My recent visit to OLPS

2010-01-31T23:17:00.006+08:00

With my kids, getting ready for a ride to OLPS which is a few meters away from our home. Our eldest, Mai-mai, is down with chicken pox and is quarantined at her grandparents' home in OLV Bibincahan.
Lia, JM and Steffi showing the "precious" stones they found under the "bahay-kubo"

This was taken under the coconut tree. At the background is the OLPS Chapel.

Lia showing her favorite pose; at the background is the "bahay-kubo," built by HS Seminarians as part of their intramurals contest.

Lia and Steffi doing their "pa-cute" souvenir shot while JM was busy collecting his "precious" stones under the "bahay-kubo".

An Satuyang Harong

2010-01-20T20:27:00.005+08:00

"Batingaw"

The library
Hallway outside the library

The study hall

Home for the clergy near the Study Hall

"If you can't be a highway, be a trail"

2010-01-19T09:29:00.008+08:00

"When you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job. Set out to do such a good job that the living, the dead or the unborn couldn't do it any better.

If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well. If you can't be a pine at the top of the hill, be a shrub in the valley. Be the best little shrub on the side of the hill.

Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are."

Martin Luther King, Jr. to students in Philadelphia, 1967

Remember When

2010-01-13T03:23:00.007+08:00

Piot, Sorsogon rocked that January 2003 night, not because of the band across the pond, but because a motley crowd of rascals yelled, whistled and heckled with displeasure and dismay at a rather pretentious hard rock music in the air? "An chit na? Chit na?," nervously asked Fr. Henry whose name was at stake as a newly ordained priest. Have we really changed?

Hot half-naked Aussie firemen--see my traffic zoom!

2010-01-11T15:09:00.003+08:00

[Reposted from my blog:www.gibbscadiz.com]

My cousin and high-school batchmate, Tato, received a most unusual gift last Christmas. Not knowing what to do with it, he passed it on to the one guy he knew would look at it with more than passing interest: me.

The gift was a 2010 calendar with pictures of hunky Aussie firemen--half-naked. Why me? I demanded to know, not very convincingly.

Tato happens to be the fire marshal in our province. The chief bumbero, in other words--the alpha male in that most macho of cultures, the tough, crusty, testosterone-y world of firemen. In high school, Tato was already into karate/aikido while we, the rest of his classmates, still made do with unformed, fleshy (or, in my case, bony) adolescent frames. He was smoking and drinking before many of us learned to, had his youthful share of wild, raucous adventures involving girls and brawls and booze, and, in the seminary where we spent six years together, broke as many rules as he could--including, at one point, pilfering ice cream from the priests' pantry with his bare hands.

All that, until he married the smart and lovely Agnes, one of our kababata, and became father to four kids. More, he morphed into something we didn't imagine him becoming, at least during our devil-may-care years together: a pillar of the community.

Before Tato was designated fire marshal of our hometown, he rose from the ranks to become the national spokesperson of the Bureau of Fire Protection. He would appear on TV for interviews and updates on fire incidents, spiffy in his navy-blue uniform, the camera belying his slight frame. Somewhere along the way, he acquired a gravitas and sense of authority that suited him well and made us his friends very proud. (Not bad for someone who, as a seatmate on the first pew during evening prayers, once pronounced “oblivion” as “oblivation.” Tandang-tanda ko pa!)

Imagine this accomplished, no-nonsense he-man, then, receiving the glossy calendar with page after page of topless hunks--firemen like him, but still. The gift came from Agnes' sister Ging who, on a trip Down Under, remembered having been asked by Tato to bring home samples of decals, buttons, brochures, flyers or any informational stuff the Australian fire department gives away to the public, which he could then replicate. The fire chief, serious about his duties, is always on the lookout for new ways to spread the gospel of fire prevention. Perhaps his Aussie counterparts had new ideas he could use?

Well, how about posing half-naked in a calendar--for charity? The Perth Firefighters Calendar, already on its second year, aims to raise funds for the burns unit of a local hospital and “to support the West Australian team competing in the 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York.” It has the endorsement of the city's Fire and Emergency Services Authority via the message of its woman CEO on the calendar's first page, so you know these are real firemen and not porn stars or some blokes hired off the street.

Ging remembers walking around a mall and seeing a long line of people clutching copies of the calendar. Several of the featured guys were there to sign copies, and since they were also terribly good-looking firemen, Ging queued up and innocently bought a copy to be autographed for Tato. The firemen, perhaps aware of the natural constituency of their beefcake photos, then proceeded to write notes to the recipient that, when I read them, had me shrieking at the subtext--unintended or not:

“To Tato, stay hot!,” said Doug.

“Hey Tato, have a great Chrissy!,” wrote Scott.

Chrissy!? Who says “Chrissy” for “Christmas”? That's it, I told the clueless fire marshal, there's the proof your fellow firemen had mistaken you for, ahem, people like me.

More bemused than nonplussed--the guy's never one to be caught off-guard--Tato asked, a merry gleam in his eye: Ano kaya if I ask my men to do this, too--for charity din? At that, we his batchmates howled with laughter. His city firemen, if you must know, are regular Joes--plain, tubby, big-bellied (many of them), no doubt good and brave workers but nowhere near the ripped, spectacularly fit variety embodied by their Aussie counterparts.

Speaking for my choosy confederates--'Wag naman po, busy kami! Unless--wait--there's a diamond in the rough there?

Also, I wonder how this prudish country would react at real firemen baring for the camera, even for a good cause, and the civic establishment itself underwriting the project. The moral busybodies would be cluck-clucking endlessly, while probably snapping up their own copies of the hot calendar. Still, if you do have men in uniform this good-looking, it's not such a bad idea--and look at the photos, they're not prurient in any way. The Aussies, bless their matter-of-fact spirit, are saying there's a good-natured, non-malicious way of doing it, and for something worthy yet.

I for one have had my fill of buffed, tweezed, plucked, scrubbed and microdermabrasioned pretty male starlets clogging our sights for far too long now. How about real men, for a change? I promise to buy the calendar--for myself this time, not for the honorable Fire Marshal.

Miss Sosogon

2010-01-11T13:46:00.002+08:00

Got very busy sked last December, i have plenty of beautiful reasons and i'm posting it here. Enjoy and indulge like I did! I love Sorsogon!

white x'mas break

2010-01-10T06:49:00.002+08:00

happy new year!!!

2010-01-01T17:01:00.003+08:00

MERRY XMAS TO ALL!!!!

2009-12-27T23:01:00.002+08:00

2009-12-27T22:57:00.001+08:00

B87 Christmas'09 Reunion @ Otats' Home

2009-12-27T09:04:00.002+08:00

Gerald & Gerard

Taken after the fellowship that ended at past 1am. (Bakit lahat may sumbrero?)

..more fun & laughter

2009-12-27T09:00:00.001+08:00

Joey enjoying the night
With visitors from SLMCS B91 & Rhea Lastica-Espedido
The youngest "B87" member, Yuri Hermida
Yuri trying to parry the beer offered by Totep

Cheers to B87!

2009-12-26T06:51:00.001+08:00

paulo in the house for christmas

yana & bella

2009-12-26T06:38:00.000+08:00

merry christmas

2009-12-26T06:34:00.001+08:00

Behold a Child is Born Among Us!

2009-12-23T00:41:00.008+08:00

"To understand faith, ponder at the infant's first smile."

A Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful New Year!

Indian Highlights

2009-12-13T12:50:00.000+08:00

Taj Mahal

2009-12-13T12:05:00.004+08:00

Visiting the lovely and romantic Taj Mahal...where a king showed his immortal love for his deceased wife by building her this magnificent mausoleum.

More pictures later!

The Purpose of Life

2009-12-08T08:19:00.006+08:00

"Here is the meaning, the purpose of your life: to create yourself, to create who you are. To express, to experience, to declare, to fulfill, to be, who you really are.
Every decision you make -- every decision that you make every second -- is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.
Once you understand this, things start to change. You start seeing everything with a new perspective, you start placing everything you do in context.
With every decision, every thought you have, every word you say, every deed you do, ask yourself: Is this Who I Am? And things will start to change. And you will know who you are."
--Neal Donald Walsch

We condemn the gruesome killings!

2009-11-27T20:54:00.005+08:00

We pray for all the vicitms of the massacre in Magindanao as we strongly condemn the barbaric acts of those people behind the killings. Let justice prevail!

What went wrong?

2009-11-23T21:40:00.000+08:00

Update Pix

2009-11-22T10:33:00.003+08:00

Me & Mai at Organo Gold coffee shop in Tugos, Sorsogon City

Our visit to Sorsogon Museum with the kids. Totep was the tour guide "narawa an poise niya kan JM sa kahisdalan"(more pix to come).

Tepi & JM all set for the museum.

Spot the Difference?

2009-11-22T08:55:00.003+08:00

This picture was taken at the intersection along Cabid-an Sorsogon City, near the city hall. Can you spot the wrong spelling? Take note that this sinage was placed to guide the travelers and has been there for quite sometime now.

Smart Lia

2009-11-19T13:31:00.002+08:00

My cute 3rd daughter Mary Lilea "Lia" Marcial
During her graduation day as kinder @ King of Glory School in Bibincahan

"Primum Nil Nocere"

2009-11-19T09:59:00.001+08:00

To all Triskelions (OLP Seminary Chapter) particularly B87, belated happy anniversary to all!

Be Content

2009-11-19T00:28:00.008+08:00

"Be content with what you have;

rejoice in the way things are.

When you realize there is nothing lacking,

the whole world belongs to you."

Lao Tzu

"YURI" (10 mos old)

2009-11-15T21:42:00.002+08:00

Hermida's Family

2009-11-15T21:35:00.004+08:00

Maceda Days Circa 1991

2009-11-12T14:35:00.005+08:00

This picture was taken by Linus, when he was just a newly gradute college student of San Beda.(L-R: Ian, Bebet, Jong, Otats & Jay)

What's so funny?Mga "pacuters" sa bubong san baording house along Maceda St., cor Loyola in Sampaloc, Manila.

Trio Los Panchos: Tag gutom pa noon, the reason why mga payatut pa kami.

The photographer with Otats, taken at Camp Crame during Otats' oath taking as Licensed Criminologist.

Xmas Party 2009 @ Otats' Home

2009-11-11T10:26:00.002+08:00

Calling all B87 local or foreign, we will be having our xmas party with the kids & wives this coming December 26, 2009 at our humble home in Suarez Compound. Leo De Castro, Mella & kids will stay at our place. Our batch will sponsor gift giving & feeding program at the Home For The Aged in Roro, Sorsogon City.Please keep us posted for the big event! Merry Christmas to all of you!--from Otats

Pahabol pix with Msgr. Gerry

2009-11-08T20:50:00.004+08:00

The "jurassic" juice
Gibbs on diet
Seriously taking time out after the "iskaramusa".

The host, enjoying the time with B87 as they reminisce seminary days. Thank you so much Msgr. Gerry!

Sleepy JM with Lollipop

2009-11-06T20:24:00.001+08:00

All Saints Day at Joey's

2009-11-05T12:10:00.001+08:00

2009-11-05T11:17:00.001+08:00

Manila bulletin

2009-11-02T18:08:00.003+08:00

The Prodigal Son

2009-11-01T11:12:00.001+08:00

Remembering MJ @ Erwin's Condo

2009-10-30T11:19:00.004+08:00

"Unbelievable move"!..Erwin exclaimed while hosting the B87 reunion sometime in June 2009.

"This is It!". It took Otats the guts to do MJ's signature pose with the direction & insistence of Jong.

Reminscing Jong's idol.

Gibbs, Jong & Linus watching the antics of MJ.

COOLNESS

2009-10-28T10:26:00.005+08:00

THE BATCH

2009-10-28T06:41:00.003+08:00

The batch live in Chicago.