JRI Orion Batch 1963

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y

1.Generoso De Guzman 17

2.Antonio Apolinario 20

3 Julia Santos 21

4.Lucila Quicho 29

5.Alberto Bautista 29

Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Month of May

Batchmates born in May

Ofelia Florendo 18

Crisostomo Canaria 20

Ernesto Santos 23

History:

The month of May was named for the Greek goddess Maia. She was the goddess of fertility. The Romans had a similar goddess named Bona Dea. They held the festival for Bona Dea during the month of May.

The Romans called the month Maius. The name changed over the years. It was first called May in the 1400s near the end of the Middle Ages.

Symbols of May

• Birthstone: Emerald

• Flower: Lily of the Valley

• Zodiac signs: Taurus and Gemini

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Jesus and the Two Thieves, Dismas and Gestas

One of the Icons during the Good Friday procession. This is a beautiful shot .

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Day of Valor 2014

Looking back, Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as the Day of Valor, marks the greatness of Filipino fighters during World War II

The day commemorates the heroism of Filipinos and American Soldiers when the Japanese occupied the Philippines during World War II. Major General Edward P. King, of the United States Army, was forced to surrender more than 76,000 Filipinos, Chinese and American soldiers to theJapanese at dawn on April 9, 1942. The soldiers were forced to take a 90-mile (about 145 kilometers) hike to Camp O’Donnell in Tarlac. Thousands of prisoners died during the hike (also known as the Bataan Death March) due to starvation, dehydration and diseases before they could reach the camp.

Despite the trials of defeat, the captured soldiers stood strong and heroes emerged from the event. The surrender of Bataan hastened the fall of Corregidor. However, without this stand, the Japanese might have quickly overrun all of the US bases in the Pacific. Bataan forced them to slow down, giving the allies valuable time to prepare for conflicts such as the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, which followed closely thereafter. American and Filipino liberation forces eventually retook the Bataan peninsula on February 8, 1945.