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UST High School Class 1980 Website
www.usths80us.org
(U.S. website)
This website is dedicated to all the men
and women of Class 1980 of the University of Santo Tomas High
School. This
site showcases the fun and nostalgia of the best batch USTHS has ever
produced.
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UST High School
Batch 80
Alumni Association
Inc.
Trustess and
Officers 2005-06
Teng Aguilar -
President
Leo Riingen -
Chairman/Vice-President
Gina Bautista-Navarette
- Secretary
Leah
Militar-Castillo - Treasurer
Chie Meneses-Candelaria -
Auditor
Ibe Arevalo -
Chair/Special Projects
Rey Espino -
Chair/Membership
Happy Esquivias-DosSantos
- Chair/Socials
Benjie
Mallari-Alvarez - Chair/Ways&Means
Bong Castaneda -
Legal Counsel
Jo Manalad - Asst.
Secretary
Yna
Valenzuela-Torres - Vice-chair/SpProjects
Nina Rigor - Asst.
Legal Counsel
Growing up in the sixties and early
seventies, you drive downtown and you see painted on the walls the sign,
"POST NO BILL." You don't see those signs anymore. And so with this website, fellow batch members, we
invite you to contribute your bills, your thoughts and your
photographs. Let this be a chronicle of the best works and of the delicate
artistic expressions of our members. Let this photographed volume tell
the stories of all those willing to work side by side seeking to inform
and enlighten thru their lens.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Yna
Valenzuela-Torres
Anthony Fallarme
Rey Espino
Chito Rabadam
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The
Batch's Munting Handog in 2006
by Yna Valenzuela-Torres
We put up an impromptu show;
they presented their lives.
We gave from the excess of our hearts;
they, from their widow’s mite.
The
sight that greeted us that afternoon affirmed we were in the right
place. Wanting to be of true help, we found this place really
needing of one. We come to this place chugging along the excess from
the last gift-giving exercise, which was the Munting Hiling; our
first try in this kind of undertaking. We hardly have settled down
when we found ourselves consulting with each other in hushed tones,
each realizing the gravity of the need-this, is genuine stuff. With
lumps in our throats we looked
around some more and felt both satisfaction and regret. Satisfaction
that finally, we found a place
that could truly benefit from the collective charity of our batch
mates and regret for not having brought more to give. Oh, but in the
end, it was more than enough and more than appreciated.
This time, forming the lucky seven were,
Lou Torres, Benjie Mallari,
Vita Paras, Mackoy Villaroman, Leo Riingen, Jojo Sayson, Mariebeth
Arevalo and myself. The excess fund from Munitng Hiling gave Ibe the
option to do a sequel to it, and timed it with Jojo’s visit. With
the Munting Hiling, the children’s innocence, Leo’s stirring
photographs and the sincerity of the batch to help, made the
occasion a success. This time no skillful photography is necessary
to validate the choice of beneficiary, the actual images were
gripping. It knocked off the cynicism from our otherwise
tenderhearted ad-man, Mackoy. Lou, Vita, Leo, Ibe and I were moved
beyond expected, each vowing to come back. Dra.
Benjie,
cutting short her afternoon clinic, came, saw and was touched to
have drinks and snack bought. Only Jojo, who is not new to
cancer-ward visit had an inkling of the emotional tug this kind of
visitation brings.
The Childhouse is a place of refuge- a
sanctuary- for children with
cancer or children of cancer patients.
It is largely dependent on Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes Office’s annual donation
of 1.2million that barely cover utilities
and administrative expenses, let alone
the medical needs of the patients and their
huge transport expense.
Poverty, sickness and pain are evident
from every quarter and every patient, yet they make do; and
endearing were the faces of gladness, gratitude and optimism they
carry. There is an unmistakable sense of peace (that we would like
to share with you) that resides in the Childhouse.
A
Call to Help Rescue Leyte
UST Batch80 starts Sagip L80 fund drive.
St. Bernard,
Southern Leyte.
Landslide
from surrounding mountain slopes triggered by heavy rains buried
hundreds of houses, a school, 90% of the village, leaving hundreds
dead, thousands missing - almost in a blink of an eye. This is
the place, the tragedy, the casualty.
Let
us learn by paradox. Rising form this valley of despair; let
it be a valley of vision. Let hope rise knowing that though
dashed to the ground, we can push and strive for the heights.
Nothing can prepare
us from this misery and trauma of people who have lost everything in
an instant, but we can dig deep into our
Christian
faith: our bedrock as a class, as a people, as a nation.
We will not grouse and add to the despair. Instead, we will be
as light shining brightest in total darkness. Let us help
rescue Leyte.
We call on all our
batchmates, their friends and relatives to donate to the Batch 80
Leyte Fund Drive dubbed Sagip L80. Donations in cash
can be sent via:
-- bank
deposit to USTHS Batch 80 Alumni Associaiton Checking account #
0381-028361-001 Security Bank Branch 101
-- mail check
pay to USTHS Batch 80 Alumni Associaiton (Sagip L80) to Leah Militar-Castillo,
our Batch treasurer, #14 Rose St., Lourdes Subdivision, Mambugan,
Sumulong highway, Antipolo Rizal 1870
-- money
transfer via Western Union to Leah Militar-Castillo. Please
email or text Leah (+63 919 8424270) the confirmation number.
-- For US and north
America residents, you can use Western Union or send/mail check to
Jojo Sayson (840 Revere St., Bourbonnais, IL 60914 USA) Tel (1)
815-933-4291 and cell (1)815-953-7787. Jojo will be in the
Philippines in March.
PLEASE FILL UP THE
SAGIP L80 DATABASE/RECORD AT OUR YAHOO GROUP SITE AFTER REMITTING
THE MONEY. Click this link - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/usths80/database
Donations will be
coursed thru ABS-CBN Foundation (c/o Ronnie Cabanes) or thru GMA
Kapuso Foundation.
Updated March 8, 2006
COPYRIGHT 2005 LEO RIINGEN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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The 1st Batch 80 Basic
Photography Class will be held on
March 11, 2006 at Informatics Eastwood from 9am to 12 nn.
Leo Riingen will facilitate the 3-Saturday session culminating
to an on-the-spot photo contest at Leah's Jala-jala hacienda on
March 25, 2006.
Sign-up
by clicking here.
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Batch 80
congratulates its
own
Jojo
Sayson and Leo Riingen as recipients of The Outstanding Thomasian Alumni (TOTAL Awards) for 2006 in
Health and Allied
Services and Science and Technology, respectively.
The awards were
conferred by the University Rector on the awards night on
February 17, 2005, Friday at the UST Central Seminary Gym.Kudos to Jojo and Leo! Article,
photos...
Leo Riingen and Yna Valenzuela
Torres (receiving the award for Jojo Sayson)
The USTHS Batch 80 Alumni Association
President's Award is conferred upon Rey Espino in
recognition of his selfless and tireless efforts to reunite the
USTHS Batch 80. Through the establishment
and continued management of the USTHS80 e-group, he has been
instrumental in the realization of its Jubilee vision.
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Our very own,
National Coach Jobet Morales, leads the Philippine Taekwondo
Team, to a gold medal haul at the Southeast Asian Games.
Click here for pictures.
- Watch out for Jojo Sayson's
international TV debut at ABS-CBN and TFC's "Nagmamahal,
Kapamilya" hosted by Bernadette Sembrano. Airing in
2006. Abangan is Super Jojo!
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Archives
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UST High School
Batch 80 in US and Canada celebrates Silver Jubilee in Vegas.
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A Toast to Remember - The 2005 Las Vegas
Reunion -Full Recap by Chito Rabadam
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UST High School
Batch 80 celebrates Silver Jubilee at manila hotel
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Batch 80
holds silver trek to
ust high school
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Batch 80
prepares for the jubilee
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