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04/21/09 12:44 PM

#10

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Hi Everybody!

It seems that only Joe, Rosalie, Alex and Arsenio are are on the message forum. Maybe others don't have a PC or unable to communicate. How can we get in touch with classmates by writing or telephones. We need a list of names, addresses and telephone numbers.

I was so helpless to learn about classmates until I went back home last April 11, 2009. I met Pacita Filart-Bautista. Pacita called Rosalie and she contacted Joe Purugganan. That's how I came to know this website. But I am no expert of Pc. I still have not done the pictures in my profile.

Hope everybody will find their way somehow and we will get together for old time sake.

Missed you all. May God Bless Us Till We Meet Again.

05/05/09 04:43 PM	#11
Aquilino Lazo Oy carruba ken ca-cabsat... Mangan tayo! Ania ti sida yo?

05/07/09 12:40 PM

#12

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Hi, Lino

No coma nairanacayo idi April 11, 2009 idiay San Vicente, nacaraman ca coma iti kilawin calding, fritada, malaga from the fishpond ta aldaw iti pannacayanat ni Tino Alcantara. Sipin's Argel husband.

Uray no casta, umayca ditoy Chula Vista ket adu nga dinengdeng ken nadumaduma nga Filipino food.

Ket sapay coma ta you attend the reunion in Honolulu on August 14-16, 2010. Sapay coma ta matuloy.

Caaruba mangan tayon.

Regards to all, Erlinda Donato Tengco

05/09/09 10:47 AM

#13

Aquilino Lazo

Linda,

Thank you for your message. I read it carefully and then read it once more. For every food mentioned, I paused to recall the taste. Kilawen a kalding, dinengdeng, fritada, malaga, etc...., ah, how lucky you are to have those! Once in a long while, some of them are available here too, but they do not taste the same as you have there. I think the good flavor comes from the local seasoning you use (bago-ong, patis, sukang iloco, and asin (from the sea) which are hard to find here.

Ala, naimbag nga aldaw yo amin!

Mangan tayo manen!

05/16/09 02:28 PM

#14

Arsenio Cortez

Hi, Linda:
A warm komusta for you and family. Thanks for mentioning me in your posting here. That reminded me of you. Am-ammoka unay ta sikatka idi. You were very athletic then in high school. Ti ad-adda a pakalagipak kenka ket ti patikagkag ti blommer-mo iti valleyball, duakayo ken ni Antonia Coronel.

I dont know if you knew me personally. No am-ammonak man a personal, malagipnak pay ngata? Matandaanam daydi bassit a nataraki a section 2? Saan a siak daydiay. Ni Moises Lazo. Nga idi 2007 Golden jubilee gala night, pinaguniak ket inignornak. No malagipmo nga adda bassit ken timmangkiran ti pugotna a kakuykuyog idi da Antonio Guillen, Braulio Afroilan, Francisco Tabisula, Ale Andrion, Carlito Virtudez ken sagpaminsan a kaay-ayammi ti pinnalsiitan, ( rubber band & rolled paper) ni Aquilino Lazo (dinan malagip), siak daydi.

We use to go there at Chula Vista. That is a concentration of most Filipinos especially those who were in the US Navy. Dita ngamin ti yan dagiti dadakkel, napipintas a balbalay a nabangon idi late 80s.

Ale Andrion was here in Los Angeles area a couple of weeks a week ago. Ngem dikami nakapagkita. He asked me to arrange a meeting and get-to-gether with the rest of our co-alumni around here. But I was then really busy going back and forth to Las Vegas for important things that I need to finish before we go back to the Philippines. We are here on a 3 months vacation. We (with Trinidad) are going back home May 23.

Basbsaek dagiti profilestayo nga adda ditoy USA, naggagasatkayo. Me? I passed a lot of hardship iti panagteggedko ditoy. Agasenyo, nagmo-monlightak a naglako ti kaldero ken Amway a nakaduak Cesar Ramirez ken dagidi Mr. Mrs. Ruben Tagalog. I even experienced selling discount cards with Lani Oteyza.I was also an insurance agent for many years while I worked as CSR of RR Donnelley & Sons (13 yrs) and the Crestec Los Angeles for 15 years wnere I retired.

Nasken nga immagawaak. Nagadu ngamin ti annakmi. Ket dita met ti yan ti gasatmi. Ditakami ken Mrs. Cortez a nangipakita ti kina-athletic-mi. No nalaingka idi a pitcher ti softball, ken nasiglat met daydi Mang Dencio a catcher ti baseball, I was also a good pitcher; Trinidad was my good catcher! Hehehehe...!

Let us look forward to see each other come 2010 Reunion time in Hawaii.

For Rosalie & Aquilino:
I have been in good company with Reynaldo Alconis for several years until he retired from the DMV in 2002. Since then, I have not heard about him. I suspect that he has moved to the Sacramento area.

Rosalie, adda simmangpet idiay Pilipinas a classmate-tayo, ni Efren Tejada a taga Basug, Santa. Naibilinko iti kasinsin ni Trining nga idanonda daytoy ken ni Pacing. Will you find out from Pacing about this?

05/18/09 01:17 AM

#15

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Iam very happy to see more of you participating in our message forum.I am still trying to locate more classmates and I am happy to let you know that I just located Eldred Mendoza, he emailed me & I tried to phone him but they're not home which I will try again tomorrow. He & his wife are residing in Bethlehem,PA.He mentioned in his email that he will see us soon on our coming Honolulu reunion and I am really delighted to have located them & hope for more.I did invited him to join us in our website,so hope to see his profile soon.I located 2 classmates,Regalado Florendo & Gregorio Llanes, but I'm sorry to say that both had passed away.Regalado Florendo passed away in 1989 in Chicago where he was a Doctor there.I talked to his son & Gregorio Llanes had passed away in 2001 in Hawaii,I talked to his brother mng Romeo who resides in Citrus Heights,Ca. I learned also that Eliseo Aglibut is very sickly & is residing in Palawan in the Philippines, I happened to talked to her sister-inlaw in New Jersey as I was trying to locate him.I tried to locate Quirino Quibol today instead, I talked to his cousin's wife in Stockton,Ca. but they don't know of his present address, I hope they will find him & told me to call me as soon as they located him. This sister inlaw name Aida Quibol mentioned that Gerardo ( Jerry) Querubin will soon be ariving in the US in Stockton, so I hope he can pass his interview today I think & maybe he will join us on our coming reunion.

To: Arsenio, I did talked to Pacing last night but Efren Tejada have not been to see her yet.I tried to phoned you but the number I have for you in Carson had been disconnected.I hope that you can try locating Reynaldo Alconis, Is this Jose Alconis that have an address in 278 - 214th St.Carson city related to Reynaldo? Kindly check if they know of his whereabouts.Also is this Efren Tejada be coming back to the US? If so please email me his address/ tel.no. so I can get in touch with him for our coming reunion.I hope to see you all on our coming reunion if God permit.I just emailed you on 05-12-09 did you open & read it?

To: Aquilino F.Lazo, I hope to hear from you soon.My last letter to you at Bexhill Dr.,Raleigh,N.C.came back and I did forwarded it again to your address in Wilson, N.C. by now, you should have receive it already.Kindly email me as I would like to hear from you again soon. Thank you !

To: Alex, its always nice to hear from you. Good to talked to you today.Take care !

To everyone: glad to hear from you again & for others please don't be bashful,join in with us!
Aloha to all ! Rosalie

05/20/09 05:37 AM

#16

Arsenio Cortez

Rosalie, the information re Nards' stroke came from me.
I mentioned to Alex in our conversation two weeks ago. A townmate of Nards (Mr. Constante Samonte)who came back from a two months vacation told me about that. PLS verify this. My mistake I did not do that before I spread the news. Sorry I might have caused alarm among our fellow alumni.

Re Joe Alconis, he is a younger brother of Rey. I will try to drop by at their house tonite.

05/20/09 11:56 AM

#17

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Hello! Arsenio & Alex, Thank you for clarifying the message about Nards. Yes, please try to locate Reynaldo Alconis. I've learned from the relative of Tomas Pagaoa, Jr. whom I thought I've located, but it was his same name relative & he told me that our classmate Tomas Pagaoa, Jr. had passed away already. Talk to you again soon.
stay well & happy! Rosalie

05/21/09 02:11 PM

#18

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Hi everybody. Good to hear from all of you.

Arsenio, Did you really remember all of the events in our high school days? You have a vivid memory. I have to be honest with you because I can't picture in my mind your little mischevous face or any guy.

You have to count yourself one of the most skilled, successful businessman. Having a three months vacation to the Philippines, business in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and having seven kids.

And I am really wanting to see you one day.

Alex, thank you for your birthday greetings and keeping in touch. You and Arsenio have to plan ahead of time for a short get together for us here in mainland and a big reunion in Honolulu next year, God willing.

Rosalie, I have not talked to you recently because I told you I run out of words. I was busy mailing some pictures to friends and relatives in PI. I called Soledad Quintos, Norma Espirutu, Amelia Gonzlez and Salome Ablaya. Thank you for the rooster you send me.

Take care everyone. I look forward to read the Message Forum.

05/23/09 11:22 AM

#19

Aquilino Lazo

Hello Rosalie, Arsenio, Alex, and Y’all!

I apologize for answering late. It is planting time here in NC. I have been busy planting flowers and starting a small vegetable garden. What have I been planting? For vegetables, so far I have planted a few eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes. Did I mention ampalaya? For flowers, I planted both floribunda and grandiflora roses (Knockout, Peace, Mr. Lincoln, Imperial), vinca, impatiens, and petunia. I also nursed some mums and snap dragons that survived our mild winter.

I am very sorry to hear about “Banning” (Abraham). We grew up together and were almost inseparable from elementary to high school - where I was, he was also there. I remember him for his infectious laugh. He could make me laugh about any subject. And we laughed together until our sides ached. I saw him only a few times more after our high school graduation. I guess that we both were in Manila pursuing higher education but unaware of each other’s location. Oh well, I hope that someday, behind the pearly gates, we will meet and laugh again!

Arsenio…
So, it is you who shot me behind the ear with a rolled paper bullet (propelled by a rubber band). It landed behind my ear and as I recall, it was painful. Brother, you have one coming. Remember, revenge is sweet. I am just kidding, of course!

On a more serious matter…if you happen to find out where Rey Alconis is, please let me know. As you know, Rey and I are from different towns, but we have many things in common. Our moms were from the same barrio in Badoc. During school breaks, I was exiled there to learn the ropes about farming. My parents ruled that if I did not do well in school, I should become a farmer instead. Rey, I suspect, was also sent there for the same reason. Another thing that I have in common with Rey: In Manila during our college days, we shared the same apartment.

Alex…
You and I did not have many interactions and as such you may not even remember me. That is OK. Perhaps, you were not as naughty as Arsenio. As I found out, Arsenio is not somebody you mess with. Hit him and he would hit you right back - harder. Oh well, that is what I got for childish horseplay.

There is one guy that was probably the naughtiest in our class: Mariano Baltazar. Does anybody know where he is? I also want to say hello to him.

Classmates…
This is all again. Y’all write, you hear?

06/20/09 08:28 PM	#20
Alejandro Andrion Hi Rosalie, Thanks for your Happy Faher's Day wishes. Hope everything is well with you. If you can find some spare time on your busy schedule, please come and visit us in Texas. Take care and God Bless. Sincerely, Alex Andrion

07/01/09 09:07 AM	#21
Alejandro Andrion Hi Rosalie, friends and classmates: Hope you enjoy the 4th of July, all the celebration and fireworks, games, gatherings and parties. Alex

01/09/10 08:38 AM

#22

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Happy New Year to all my classmates!

Have you started your new years resolutions? Hope everybody is in good health, happy and prosperous.

I am looking forward for all of you to write in our message forum. It's really good to hear from everyone. Macabang-ar iti panagpanpanunot ken mangted ragsac iti biag. Mailiwac met nga makisao iti cacabsat tayo iti sarili natin wika. Wen, ado iti nalipatac nga ilocano words ta tagalog met ni lakayco ket English met ti saomi kadagiti annakmi. Ngem uray no casta, I remembered some words when I went back home last April, 2009.

Arsenio, are you still enjoying your stay in Paing?
Alex, you have been silent.
Aquilino, it's that time to cultivate your yard.
Leonardo P, thank you for the holiday greetings
Pacing F, hope to see you at the reunion.
Joe P, thank you for resetting my password. There is no changes in my profile.
Sr.Lydia Ferino,OSB,kumustacayo.
Rosalie, keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing the news from our classmates. Hope you receive all the reservations for our reunion.
Mely G. and Norma E. hope you receive the pictures I sent to you. Hope to see you at the reunion.

And all of you who have been not mentioned, please share a word. Keep posted.

May God Bless us.

03/25/10 03:57 PM

#23

Alejandro Andrion

Hello dear friends and classmates, Rosalie is right! Share with us your thoughts and laughters even in the form of messages. Short notes would do! We would be happy to hear each and everyone's state of health, especially at the tail end of our happy and successful life and careers... raising our own family and/or practicing our profession/s
Hope to see all soon in our next reunion!

04/02/10 07:14 AM

#24

Rolando Dizon

To All Members of Class '57

Fifty three (53) years ago, I can vividly remember the joys of graduating and plans to go to college; sadness for separating from friends/classmates, teachers, and for leaving the ISNHS campus! A total of 313 graduates- all full of dreams/ambitions/aspirations - composed the Class of 1957. We all remember our teachers (real professionals and dedicated) who molded us to become what we are today.
I, myself, remembered how our class advisers/teachers confided to me that due to lack of residence (I was a transferee from Araullo High School - Manila) I will not be included among the honor graduates! I accepted the decision sadly but I am proud to be a member of Class '57. I learned a lot from our teachers who inspired me to strive for excellence in life and eventually attained my dreams.

As I read the many messages/blogs from all of you, I am really proud of all your accomplishments. The Class of 1957 lives on! Mabuhay!

To the Lolos and Lolas, congratulations! To those who decided to stay in the Philippines like me, let us strive and continue to help in nation building. And to those who are in the U.S. and other parts of he world, we appreciate your continuing interest as Filipinos!

Happy Easter to all and may the Living God continue to guide and bless all of us!

04/02/10 12:37 PM

#25

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Hello!
I am so happy that one of our classmate-Rolando Dizon,
has written us a very good message here. Wishing you, Rolly & your family a very Happy & Blessed Easter! Yes, Mar.29,2010 was our 53rd anniversary as you mentioned.
" Happy 53rd Anniversary to all class 1957!" May we live many, many more to come !
We are thankful to our Lord that we have reached this far in life & let us not forget to pray for the soul of our classmates that have gone ahead to their eternal resting place.May all of them rest in peace! To my count we were
346 graduates.Where we are all? We are all scattered all
over the globe.I wish that all of us will get in touch
here in our website, that would be very nice.Please do it & let our other classmates know about our website for all to join us here! We hope that you can come & join us, class '57 Assoc.of USA on our coming reunion in Honolulu on Aug.14,15 & 16, 2010. Till next time,may you all have a very Happy, Blessed & a Peaceful Easter!!!!
Aloha! Rosalie

04/16/10 01:48 PM

#26

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Hello everybody!

Our class reunion is a few months away. Have you consider having a vacation in Honolulu or meet with our alumni having a reunion once again? This is the time we share some of our life experiences: happiness, family, pain and life during our retirement.

I am sure Rosalie will be glad to receive the confirmation and check so she can reserve our function activities.

For Rosalie, is there a way we can encourage our friends to join the website? You have the list of email addresses. Maybe send it to Joseph Purugganan and invite them in our website. Most of us are retired and by using the computer is one advantage to prevent Alzeihmer.

For example, Rolando Dizon emailed me. I was so happy and surprise to hear from him. I look forward for everybody to do the same---sharing our lives.

Hope that the website is our place of communicating and post some pictures. This is all for now.

04/17/10 11:17 AM

#27

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Good to hear from you Rosalie. You keep updated all the time.

I tried to call Virginia Reynolds but the answering machine was on. I also called Salome Ablaya Javier but she is in Vigan right now and will be back on the middle of May. Her sister said that her big problem will be transportation to join us. I attemped and tried to send and invitation to all our alumni to join the web. I hope they will respond.

Well, we keep up trying to encourage them to join. Like you said, it is good to hear from everybody.

Aloha

05/20/10 03:08 PM

#28

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Hello! Aquilino Lazo, We have not heard from you in ages,

what is going on with you? How is retirement life doing with you?

I hope you are enjoying it in a good health & situation.

I would like to invite you personally here to come & join us on our

coming ISHS class '57 reunion in Honolulu on Aug. 14, 15, & 16, 2010.

I did send you the invitation together with the rest still last Nov.2009.

Kindly response here in our message forum , we would like it very much

to hear from you. Your "Tokayo, Teodoro Lazo & family are all coming &

it would be so much fun to see you here also. Please try to come for old times

sake!. Stay well & happy. Aloha, Rosalie

06/30/10 01:16 PM

#29

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Hello! Classmates, how's everybody getting along? Hope that all are well and happy. Its almost here, our Honolulu reunion- Aug 14,15 & 16th.Please for all of you who have not responded to my invitation to please send it in,we are again inviting all of you to come and join us for old time's sake. I know some of you are still working part-time or so but, not working 24 hours. Please spare us a little of your precious moment to get in touch with us here, we love to hear from anybody. Some of you won't even care to answer my emails or letters,why? please don't be saying " I don't have time" because I already said you are not working 24 hrs! Don't be in the Maniana habit!

I am again appealing to all of you who have not responded to our coming reunion to come & join us, we are all in our mid-golden years,we should take this opportunity to travel while we still can get- up on the plane & walk!.Our time is running out,we don't know how we feel or how we are a few more days-years coming? So enjoy life while we can & get together with old friends, with us your former classmates & everybody.

I want to mention it here, about our classmate,Ronaldo Cajigal, he is seriously ill, please include him in your daily prayers that he gets well.He is confined in the hospital having kemotherapy now & is very weak.He & his wife -Heddy had planned to come & attend our Honolulu reunion but sickness overcome him,so with Antonia Coronel Figuerres & Melchor Ines are not in their normal condition,so all of them are unable to come & join us.Lets all pray for all of them to get well to their normal health & condition. I hope to see you all in Honolulu on our coming reunion if God willing. Please have a little of your moment in life to jot some lines here to say Hello! to us,we love to hear from you! Aloha!

07/03/10 02:53 PM

#30

Erlinda Deceased -Husband -Danilo Donato (Tengco)

Dear Rosalie,

I am glad to hear from you encouraging and reminding our alumni to join the reunion in Honolulu. How else can we persuade them to attend. I hope that they give importance to you who work so hard to have this event to happen. Only our presence will culminate the completion of our social occasion. But I still have hope that they will wait for the last minute and will surprise you.

And to you my friends, have a happy and safe 4th of July.

08/19/10 05:19 PM

#31

Rosalina (Rosalie) Arruiza (Armington)

Aug 19,2010

Hello! Honolulu classmates attendees,

On behalf of our USA Assoc. Mahalo to all who had came to Hawaii & joined us on our 53rd class 1957 reunion.I hope that you enjoyed your island stay especially to our reunion festivities.Sorry for our classmates that were not able to come,you've missed the fun of our joyous gatherings & get-together. We,Hawaii kamaina enjoyed all of you & we hope that we are all in good health for our next reunion in the Phil.in Vigan City come Jan. 2012 as we attendees present in Honolulu,had voted/planned for our next reunion. We had agreed & collected $25.00 each as an initial funding since we don't have that much fund left on our account,so we collected from all present about $525.00 to be deposited in our acct.as our initial funding.I will have to collect from each & everyone of you class '57 USA member who were not present at this reunion for your share for the initial fund.

Some of you who were not able to give your payments for this Honolulu reunion to please send your payments to me or to Josefina= $30.00 each for the dinner/dance & $ 35.00 each for the island tour,sorry I myself or our co-officers was not able to collect it from you in Honolulu. Its only fair & equal to everybody to follow what our organization rules so our organization can prosper.Maybe it was out of your mind & forget due to our excitement seeing one another.Our organization is in need of funds for our help to our next planned reunion.Again, my apology & hope for your understanding for this
reminder for the unpaid Honolulu dues.

Thanks to all of you, for your efforts in coming to Honolulu for this reunion.Thanks to all classmates who financially send their help altho'they were not able to come & attend. To all who had volunteered in bringing foods to our pot-luck party,thank you & we appreciate all your efforts & patience. We hope to see you all again on our next reunion, so take care " da body".