September 7 Batch Meeting

Merienda of pancit,palidosdos and suman courtesy of Rosa, Ofelia and Ramon

The meeting was attended by 17 batchmates at Rollie's place . Other than the usual attendees, Rene Feliciano and Joey Mariano were present . We reviewed the topics taken in the previous meeting .
The following agreements were reached :
   
         * Venue and food for the Hawaiian Night  -    Abucay Garden Cafe, Abucay, Bataan
         * Rollie's Band will provide the music free of charge
         *Gift giving venue will be at San Vicente Barangay Hall
         * There will be a raffle draw during the Dinner Dance , 3 major prizes will be
             given.
         *  There will be group presentations during the Dinner Dance ; Balikbayan group,
        ,      Bataan Residentss and Manila and outside Bataan   residents   .  
         *  Different committees were organized.

        Details of all the activities/program will be discussed in the next meeting on October 12 at Violet's place.
               

Happiness to all September-born Batchmates

May your lives be decorated with as many colors as they are present in the world !

  May God continue to bless you throughout life .




Rosa Villegas Balmaceda   4
Ofelia Angeles Calimbas     6
Alfredo Gabriel                    9
Ramon Lacson                  16

Highlights of the Batch Meeting

Highlights of Meeting

A . Date : May 17-19 , 2013

 B.Activities :

Day 1

*Thanksgiving Mass---- St. Michael’s Parish Church , Orion

*  Outdoor Fun/ Batch Picnic ---   Francesca’s Inland Resort , Orion

      **Fellowship

       ** Lunch

      ** Games

Day 2

*Gift Giving----School bags with school supplies to pre-selected school children from a poor barangay previously identified in coordination with barangay officials.

* Dinner Dance/ Hawaiian Night

      **Raffle 

Day 3 --- Free Activities

     Activities may include visits to nearby tourist destinations , small group gatherings which may be sponsored by groups , and other events .

C . Attire

    Picnic—Gold T-Shirt – To be provided by the committee or sponsored by a group of batchmates.

    Hawaiian Night – Hawaiian costume

D. Food --- Filipino food

      There was a suggestion from those in the US that during the picnic, we will not get a caterer instead the suggested food will be assigned by groups who will take charge of the preparation,  PotLuck style, however funds will come from the collection.

          Boiled Vegetables and bagoong, halabos na hipon, adobong posit,alimasag, inihaw na bangus, pritong tilapia, paksiw na darapa,tuyong udyong, tinapang alugasin/tunsoy/lapad, bagoong na isda halubaybay,/ /itlog ng alugasin,itlog maalat, sinigang na baboy,  okoy ,ginataang kamansi /laing. Inarnibalang  saging na saba,manggang mura with inabagoongan, ilada, halo –halo , bibingka  at iba pang kalamay fruits in season .

The next meeting was scheduled September 7 and the snacks will be sponsored by the September birthday celebrators. Please send your comments and suggestions.

Batch Meeting at Violeta's Place

There were 13 attendees at  

 batch meeting held August 19. Birthday celebrators from January to August shared merienda while the ever gracious host, Violet cooked pancit . Most of us were affected by the recent flooding ,so there were many accounts of the experiences before the meeting formally started. The previous sugestions during the December 2011 meeting were recalled and the recent suggestions from batchmates abroad were discussed too.   Please read highlights of the meeting in the next post .

Last Sunday,I took a day off and went to Malibu with Michael. We went to  Paradise Cove Beach Cafe. It's a very nice place, a  private property where the Hollywood stars go even in the 1950's . Their black and white pictures are hanging on the wall,famous stars like Marilyn Monroe,Clarck Gable,etc. That restaurant has been there for decades but this is the first time  I've been there. And that is where they film some Hollywood movies. Here are some of the pictures.

BP: Baha sa ilang bayan sa Bataan, patuloy na tumataas dahil sa pag-ulan

Our  thoughts and  fervent prayers are with all our people, and  most especially those of our home province. May you all be safe as this calamity continues to devastate our country.