Sunday, March 28, 2010

Meet The Batch Nag

Hello, all! I am the Anonymous Batch Nag who has been tasked by the blog administrator with the job of nagging all batch '86 Scholasticans for anything and everything that needs your attention because the organizers didn't get your attention and cooperation the first time round.

I willingly took on this responsibility with only one condition...that I shall never ever, and I mean, not ever, be identified. I don't want you to hate me. I am rather lovable once you discover who I am! Heheh!

My first task is to bug, hound, tap your shoulder and even enter your dreams and nag you to submit a theme for our homecoming.

This is what we have so far...

• Kulasa Fiesta
• Kulasa Power '86 (EDSA 1986 was "people power", remember?)
• Through The Looking Glass (The person who submitted this loved the dresses in the movie. The dresses reminded her of the ball we didn't have.)
• Denim Ball (Also for the reason that we didn't celebrate for ourselves, a Graduation Ball.)
• Blue and White Scholar Workers (I know. All of you may be saying "huh?!" Well, this is my suggestion. So please suggest some themes so this doesn't get chosen.)
• 25 Years. Blue Without You.
• 25 Years and Still A Coolasa.
• Silver Jubilee Ball (Hmmm...this seems to be a common suggestion. Maybe we should celebrate our homecoming this way! Pero baka mahalia jackson ang costumes!)


So there. That's all we have for now. 8. Eight themes to choose from, from only a handful of kulasas. Come on, batch '86, we can come up with more than this. There are 7 sections with at least 40 women in each class. All I ask is 2 suggestions from each of you...puhleaze?

Write in before July! O, yan ha, that's a lot of time!

The winner gets to know my true identity. (: Maybe.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Garage Sale Post Script

From Winnie Santos Sacro:
We have an additional 1,405.25 bucks, courtesy of the junk collector and passersby that bought 'tingi-tingi'. We were given an official receipt in case daw Winnie gets questioned ;-)

From Bea Serrano Arcenas:
Elaine gave free dental consultation to buyers. And to make the buyer's smiles even bigger, she gave away tagalog komiks, 'Ang Buhay ni San Benito". Salamat, Doktora :-)

From Lala Araneta Cordero:
Lala pledged $40 (Canadian Dollars) so that Elaine's bravery is not all in vain and also so that Bea will have happy thought bubbles.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

VHS Rewinder Stolen at Garage Sale!

(Taken from Bea Arcenas’ garage sale minutes)

Sale Opening:

As early as 7:01 AM last Saturday, thirty five construction workers, helpers, drivers, body guards and bystanders filled the Sacro garage. The morning was busy for our sellers! While all this was happening, Bea heard an obnoxious lady haggling with Elaine Saul Baloloy over curtains. As all this ‘tawaran’ was going on, a man nabbed a VHS rewinder worth forty pesos (alam niya kaya na wala ng gamit ‘yon?) Elaine Saul Baloloy bravely ran after the man!!! And for that, Elaine has been crowned Queen of Garage Sales! Sadly, we never got to earn from that VHS rewinder. That’s 40 bucks down the drain. (Bea’s thought bubble: “Forty pesos?!!!” …as pronounced in the running Dove commercial.)

Garage Sale Donations:

Thank you, all!!! Acy Legarda donated, I hear, a pile high of glamorous gowns. Tina Puno, tons of purple shoes and a balikbayan box full of cassette tapes... sold at 1 buck each. An unbelievable amount of barongs were donated by Coco Raymundo.

Thank you, too, to everyone else that donated old things for the garage sale.

Highlights of the Afternoon:

• Elaine Saul Baloloy is Crowned Queen (of Garage Sales). That now makes her "Reyna Elaine na"
• Winnie Sacro whipped up a fabulous lunch for everyone. Thank you!
• She also served everyone brownies that she, too, baked!
• Priceless stories from Winnie’s mother-in-law which everyone enjoyed.
• The electric fan’s draft must not hit Chinky de Leon! Not even on a hot day.
• Mayet Amora Yap brings asado rolls.
• VHS rewinder stolen.

Total Sale:

PhP 21,000 bucks! Congratulations!!! We would have had an extra 40 bucks though if that man had not stolen the rewinder.

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A Note from our host, Winnie Santos (not the one from Apat na Sikat):

Just to add to Bea's minutes...thanks again to all of you for your contributions; whether it's time spent selling under the hot sun or thru donated items or even just a note to wish us luck. Our concerted effort earned us 21K, kudos to all !! (May pang bayad na tayo ng bulaklak para sa Homecoming mass heheh) I will let you know what the junk collector or Eloy's pays for the remaining stuff here in Magallanes. They should be coming some time this week. It was a pleasure hosting those who got to stay for lunch..so until the next garage sale, keep on clearing your cabinets!!

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Thank you, ladies, for manning the yard sale! :-)

There's no place like home...There's no place like home…

Remember when we were all arranged alphabetically? This is what I recall…..

One day in the middle of Sophomore year (sometime August or Sept. ) someone suddenly sat between me (Bea Serrano) and Vanessa Santos.

As far as I was concerned, her name was a dead giveaway. I was so sure, Winnie Santos was a member of the group called "APAT na SIKAT" and that she is the sister of Ate Vi.

We had just finished a class with Ms. Galan (P.E.) and I was getting annoyed with the "new student" as she spoke in a somewhat psuedo-british accent.

She said, "B (as in Bee) Listen to this"..... all in one swift motion sticking the left ear phone into my right ear while sticking the right ear phone into her left ear..... it was the first time I heard the words....

"Don't you worry 'bout the situation ..ah a... the message from the telephone.... we're only fighting for the State of the Nation!...."

Back in the prehistoric days of the ipod... being the nerd I was, I thought it must be some kind of back-masking a Michael Jackson song with hidden evil hypnotic messages!!! The British Pop group Industry was never heard of in Manila at that time.

The Nerve! She brought contraband (a really high tech walkman) to school and she was trying to drag me as her accomplice!!!! Plus, I suffered the rest of the day with LSS (as in Last Song Syndrome) without knowing what to call it then.

Many pounds, years later and after thousands of pesos on therapy.... I finally accepted the truth that those three years sitting next to Winnie did not go to waste and I must confess that she is "the Coolest Seatmate Ever!"

To Winnie, I'm so sorry I never let you copy from my test papers!

Hugs!

Bea

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(2nd from left, the other Winnie Santos of Apat na Sikat)


















(The real Winnie Santos, now Winnie Sacro, with her three lovely daughters, Jacinta, Lucia and Francesca.)

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Thank you, Bea Arcenas, of section 4S, for sharing this post with everyone :-)

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Words That Inspire

A Silver Hangover

by Ginge Pagulayan Salud, SSC Batch'85
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 8:47am

Now, I can see what 25 years can do. At high school graduation, I was just raring to move on - from the confines of both my physical and metaphysical Benedictine upbringing; from high school to college; from old friends to new ones. I chide myself today for how easy it had been for me to let go and forget.

I jumped at the invite of my old high school friends to be part of silver homecoming plans. Immediately, I was reeled in as I happily immersed myself in the work. More than that, I had a foretaste of happy little reunions, rejoicing at the surfacing of old friends I thought I had forgotten.

I used to think the old days were all behind me - where I had charged everything to the folly of my youth, and committed them all to memory. Today, I am realizing how sweet it is to go back, to go home. Homecoming day was a mere backdrop to a grand reunion of old friends. At this age of introspection, I have picked out my life's greatest blessings. Apart from the gift of family, I value the gift of friendship. Luckily, I have crossed paths with many who have managed to weave a colorful tapestry of memories into my life.

It's been a week after the grand homecoming - where we 40 something old ladies are all rocked out and yet giddy still over successfully converging at our alma mater. We love talking and laughing about yesterday, as if we were all donned in our old blue jumpers yet again. Of late, we keep finding reasons to get together - to celebrate the past and toast to the many happy memories we have yet to make together.

At this age I thought I made all the friends I need to make. I am happily finding that I am wrong! And so I thank you, dear classmates and friends - for the shining years that will always ring with much love and laughter. Cheers to another 25 more!

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Thank you, Ginge, for sharing this with us :-)

'86 at '85's Homecoming

Just sharing some pics of some of us batch '86 kulasas at SSC batch '85's homecoming. Remember Miss Buñag and Miss Balgo :-) All of you will get to see them, too, next year at our homecoming!


















This was the day batch '85 passed the baton (in the form of a ballot...it's election year) to Chinky de Leon, SSC batch '86's representative.


















Let us all do what we can and help Chinky make our homecoming a success! :-)

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The picture below is at Alexandre Restaurant, the meeting Chinky de Leon got elected president and where everyone shared ideas for fund raising projects.


















(Your ideas are still welcome. Please leave a comment or email your class representatives for your brilliant ideas :-)

The Suggestion Box

Hello, all! We hope everyone's having a wonderful weekend...taking a break from the busy week...waking up late...relaxing. While you're doing all that, we ask you to do something for the batch. It doesn't require much effort on your part.

We need a theme for our homecoming :-) Please suggest one (or ten) homecoming themes before we present the choices to St. Scho this July.

High school batch '85 just had a very successful homecoming and their theme was Baranggay St. Scholastica.

Somebody from batch 86 suggested "St. Scholastica, You've Got Talent!" See?! That only means all of you can come up with more suggestions!

Remember, the more, the many-er!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Time Is Ticking for the St. Scho Swatch



(This design is work in progress. We'll show you the final design soon!!!)

Gift Gate Phils., Inc. President Virginia Ramos recently announced the ongoing production for a limited edition St. Scholastica’s College commemorative Swatch watch. This project is being undertaken as a joint venture with Gift Gate by St. Scholastica’s College (SSC), Manila High School Batch 1986 as part of their 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration. The watch strap design features symbols of the Scholastican ideals of “Ora et Labora” and “Pax” in the school’s colors of blue and white.




Under the agreement signed between Ms. Ramos and SSC Batch 86 representatives Aurora Legarda and Myra Castillo, only 500 numbered pieces of this commemorative watch will be produced which will be exclusively sold through authorized Swatch outlets.

The watches will be available by September 2010.

Tick tock! Tick tock!

Tears for Fears

We enjoyed them then...



















...and we can still enjoy them now!



















Tears for Fears tickets selling fast!

May 2, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum.

10 tickets of P4,752 lower box and 50 tickets of P2,640 upper A

This is an SSC batch '86 fund raising project that is piggybacking on a La Salle batch '86 project.

Please watch the concert or help sell tickets to raise more funds for our homecoming. It'll be fun! Plus, all around you will be familiar faces ;-)

See you all at the concert!!!

Garage Sale at Magallanes
















One man's junk is another man's treasure!

There will be a Garage Sale on March 20, 2010
8am-4pm at 60 Victoria St. , Magallanes Village

This is a fund raising project headed by 4S!

We hope to raise some funds this weekend for our homecoming and we need the help of the whole batch to help out in any way you can!

Here are some items to donate with their suggested pricing:
P100 - P50 – P20 ~ Clothes - suits, blazers, prom dresses, kids clothes
P20/pack ~ Underwear
P50-P20 ~ Shoes (all kinds)
P200-P100-P50 ~ Appliances/electronics (even broken ones)
P10 ~ Books
P20-P10 ~ Toys (or bundles of toys)
P50-P20 ~ Linens (sheet, pillows, blanket, towel, table cloth)
P5 ~ CDs, VCDs, cassettes, VHS, Betamax (meron pa ba nito? haha) – or you can bundle these

Getting there:
For those w/o stickers, please enter thru the gate nearest Shell Magallanes. Enter gate, go straight along Magallanes Ave. Turn left San Gregorio St. (a major intersection). Turn right Victoria St .. House is about 2 blocks down, left side, watch out for Noynoy poster!!!

* Please price your items if you can
* Transport them in clear trash bags or balikbayan boxes (label main items inside)
* Also bring recyclable junk (junk collector will come to weigh all items)
* Newspapers, phone directories, all paper items
* Old metal things, golf clubs, old computers etc
* Glass bottles, Plastic bottles

…sige, hakutin na lahat!!!