OLPS Batch '82

baragat w/ long time friends

2008-05-13T18:16:00.001+08:00

the only thorn among the roses...wara pakaopod si caloy kay may hapdos(pic was taken at rizal beach). i'm here with my long time friends(l-r): ma. vivian karen pura-bondoc(since childhood), belinda berenguer-aguirre & chona san jose-gonzalez (since freshmen days in olps minor). we went fishing at karen's fish & crab farm in the morning and the tilapias we caught were grilled for our lunch. belinda and chona also brought prime cuts of pork meat to be grilled & fresh fruits. karen was our host for the day and prepared a very sumptous pancit canton, inihaw na bangus & pepino salad from her farm. an ambag ko na asin para sawsawan san green mangoes & tomatoes, nalimotan ko pa hehehe kaya an ambag ko presensya lang hehehe!

bomick

2008-03-28T17:25:00.003+08:00

i got a surprise visit from sano siegfred "bong/bomick" miaco just this afternoon.. he's going back to manila early tomorrow morning and a night trip back to australia.. wara lamang paka-jamming kay sibot si sano.. hope to see him again in better times maybe this december.

holocaust - olps(minor) freshmen band

2008-02-12T10:03:00.000+08:00

a short video clip of their first appearance during the 3rd convocation last january 25, the members are: lead vocals-derek diño, lead guitar-rodney yrureta, rythm-jude celosa, bass-krunimar escudero and drums-tabuena(guest from 3rd year class)

2008-01-08T11:09:00.000+08:00

BEST WISHES TO ALL THIS YEAR OF THE RAT!!!

pakunswelo naman!

2007-11-21T18:53:00.000+08:00

how i wish i could do the same amazing act as david copperfield do hehehe! how about you sano?

tree planting

2007-10-29T16:58:00.000+08:00

padre odin planted two kinds of tree, a mahogany and a narra

we're the only alumni from the silver jubilarians who attended the 62nd olps homecoming

concelebrated mass-62nd alumni homecoming

2007-10-26T12:13:00.000+08:00

fr odin gave the homily w/ gusto, pointing out the essence of looking back to our roots for guidance

and to thank God for everything

parents basketball

2007-10-23T17:38:00.000+08:00

warm up...trying the three point area(w/c didn't exist during our days hehehe!)

playing forward, i'm not a good ball handler...kaya sige lang dalagan from endcourt to endcourt...then came the opporunity of a sure shot from a fastbreak throw...kaplos an lay up ngeee! kasopog! sayang an siyak san mag-ina ko. hehehe! got startled maybe kaya wara paka shoot(palusot, gurang na ugang)

the last time i played basketball was in the early 80s when i was still inside the seminary...hamakon mo yon kaawat na palan...so the end result was a heatstroke(played only for a couple of minutes in the swelltering heat of a midnoon sun- durudismayo baga!) and hyperacidity due to stress(kasukasuka na biyo!). hehehe!

but we championed over the two other teams with the help of our center, padre egay(rector) and the other much abled and younger parents. yeheeey!

parents cheerleading competition

2007-10-22T17:14:00.000+08:00

these were the parents of the celts team where i belong, doing an out of this world cheerleading..hehehe!

it never came to my mind, but for the sake of my son, buhe!

maski nag-uuran, fight an magurang para lamang sa aki nindang seminarista.

intrams pa

2007-10-21T17:21:00.000+08:00

parents of the spartan team

parents of the celts team

parents of the sioux team

clash of the empires

2007-10-19T16:34:00.000+08:00

spartans

celts

sioux

olps intrams 2007

2007-10-15T10:37:00.000+08:00

need i say more?

62nd Alumni Homecoming

2007-10-08T12:09:00.001+08:00

here's the invitation

and here's the sked

1st olps (minor) outing

2007-09-18T16:25:00.000+08:00

i was waiting for padre egay to post some pix of their 1st beach outing (aug 5) but maybe he's very busy kaya lain sya nag post, so here are some pix that i took during that occassion w/c was also the gen. assembly of the pta...

one to sawa pagbabad sa dagat even it's scourging hot! hehehe!

some of the freshmen skipped rope while the juniors & seniors played rugby
my son (center) listening to a senior playing his guitar

AW HARAIN NA KAMO?

2007-08-29T20:18:00.000+08:00

HOYSSSST!!!...WHERE ARE THOU, MGA KLASMEYTS? IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, 49 TO BE EXACT, BEFORE WE CELEBRATE OUR HOMECOMING IN OLPS. AW NANO BAYA DIRI NA KIRITA MAREREUNION? THE HOMECOMING LAST YEAR WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE DEVASTATION FROM TWO TYPHOONS. KUN WARA NIYAN SKED AN OLPS SA HOMECOMING, KIRITA NA LANG ADA NA MAGKARAKLASE (BATCH 1978-1982) AN MAGREREUNION, KAY SILVER JUBILARIANS BAGA KIRITA. ARE WE GOING TO EVEN PASS THIS MOMENTOUS EVENT OF OUR LIVES, THE CELEBRATION OF OUR 25 YEARS AFTER OUR GRADUATION IN OLPS? SUARIN KIRITA MAGBABARAGAT BAYA, PARA MAG-OGMA, MAG-DOMDOM SAN HIGHSCHOOL DAYS TA? KUN SUARIN MALUYA NA MGA LAWAS TA? NIYAN NA KUNTA NA HOMECOMING MIENTRAS MAKOSOG-KOSOG PA MAN KIRITA! HEHEHE! MAGPARAMDAM MAN TABI KAMO, MGA SANO, MGA KAMANGHOD, MGA KAKLASE!!!

PS: HEY, KLASMEYTS! WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY DONATE TO OUR ALMA MATER AS A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY YEARS SHE TOOK US INTO HER CARING ARMS? ANY SUGGESTIONS, MGA SANO?

pakunswelo lang

2007-08-19T09:51:00.000+08:00

Granny in court...Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a Southern smalltown prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"

She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you."

The lawyer was stunned! Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?"

She again replied, "Why, yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him." The defense attorney almost died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, "If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you to the electric chair!!!" :)

eruption of bulusan volcano

2007-07-31T10:36:00.000+08:00

mixed emotions were felt when i was taking these pix (9:45 am); amazed or bewildered by the picturesque moment but also fear and panic at the same time because this eruption seemed so near

padre odine's birthday!

2007-07-23T15:47:00.000+08:00

PLUS ANOTHER 21 YEARS PARA SA EXACT AGE MO, PADRE ODINE! HAHAHA!

padre cacoy's bday!

2007-07-19T16:03:00.000+08:00

hi padre! it's your birthday today and it's just like yesterday that we celebrated your day at your parish there in sangay, camarines sur. kadali san panahon...gururang na kirita! hehehe!

horop-horop

2007-07-14T16:12:00.000+08:00

We never know when some little gesture can make a great difference in someone's life.

THE PASTOR & HIS SON

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, Dad, I'm ready." His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?" "Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out." Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain." The boy gives his Dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?" Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather." Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go? Please?" His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son."

"Thanks Dad!" And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE."

With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless You!" Well, the following Sunday morning in church, Pastor Dad was at the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday, I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live. So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted, I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away."

I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, "Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me." I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder. When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, " Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU." Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand. As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more. You see, I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell." There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated. He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for One. This Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named. Blessed are your eyes for reading this message. Don't let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. Heaven is for His people! Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the life of someone close to you. Do not be too shy to share that wonderful message.

PRAISE GOD!

First Day

2007-07-06T18:42:00.000+08:00

These are the parents' of the Gubatnon freshmen, huddling around during the entrance and first day of the kids in their new world, under the caring arms of the Our Lady of Penafrancia Seminary.

In here are the same parents' who are squeezing the remaining minutes before going back to Gubat and leaving for the very first time their dear sons.

These are the freshmen, also huddling around and getting to know each other.

olps freshmen night

2007-06-25T17:59:00.000+08:00

here's my son during the freshmen night, a photograb from olps minor blogsite mentained by fr. egay cleofe(rector). wara pakamana an ama sa bata hehehe!

OLPS(minor) blog

2007-06-17T19:03:00.000+08:00

HEY SANOS! Do check out the newly created online site of our dear alma mater and see what's happening there. Also discover for yourself the devastations that Milenyo & Reming brought last year to the seminary (published in Scintilla 2006-2007 issue). You'll probably feel very sad upon seeing the pix of seminarians sleeping in pair inside the cubicles in the bathroom and a seminarian covering/hiding inside his cabinet. CLICK

HERE

ANO DAW?

2007-06-15T10:00:00.000+08:00

Ano Daw?

Ano daw an maitatabang ta
Sa satuyang eskwelahan
Eskwelahan asin harong nyatong dinakulaan
Nagsasakit o naghihingak-hingak na padaba
Rinabasan ki duwang bagyong
Garo mas makosog pa
Kay Padre 29 asin Padre Tony
Na sabay na naangot

Ano daw baya
Bilang sarong aki
Aki na dapat ibalik an grasya
Grasya na nakua
Nakua sa tabang kan seminaryong mahal
Mahal na an board & lodging
HeHeHe!

Ano daw baya
Kitang mga silver jubilarians
Tabang na maitatao sa saiya
Ngonyan kita mas kaipohan
Ngonyan kita maghiwag
Mientras may kosog pa
Mientras maray pa an memorya
Igwa lamang kitang padomodoman
Tabang na naitao

Madalion umagi an panahon
Mala garo man sana kahapon
Na nagbabarahaw sa kusina
Na nagdorolag paduman sa village
Na nagsirigarilyo sa pantry
Na nagrolombod sa likod

Maski hilaw na langka
Di pinatawad
Tinago sa kisame
Paghinog parong man giraray
Hamot kan langka
Angot ni Padre 29
Sa gibong sala
Sa kosog kan pakol
Pajang naputol

Kun romdom pa
An mga naka agi
Di na maghalat
Na malingaw pa
Malingaw dahil sa kagurangan
Ngonyan an panahon
Panahon kan pagtao

Ano daw?

d' gate

2007-06-14T16:40:00.000+08:00

the gate and mt. bulusan as backdrop