News From Classmates

"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely." - Pam Brown

    The purpose of this page is to know the whereabouts of classmates - where they are or have been or where they went to and what other classmates they had met and how are these classmates doing, what they've done or have been doing, what family news they can share with others, etc. The knowledge they each learn about each other can be reassuring.

    There are many events in many of the members of the Class 1972 and their families that I wish these classmates would send for publication in our web site for other classmates to read and hopefully appreciate and enjoy. Somehow, for whatever reason, good and happy news are hard to come by. They are readily ignored while sad and bad news like death circulates and spreads like wildfire. News of death moves every one to act fast as if something needs to be done at once in order not to disappoint the dead, for if we disappoint the dead, it could mean a curse.

     Death, of course, is a moving event. Grief shakes, stirs and even tears our inside. But do we have to wait for someone's death to wake us up from our slumber and indifference, and move? Is it preferable to learn or know the death of someone among us because it gives us the reason to wonder and speculate of who's the next, who's healthy and who's not, and who's going to be the last man standing? But if we get anxious or get that compelling urge to share and circulate the news of who has died, why can't we get excited too to share and circulate the happiness and excitement of our lives in those of us who are alive? Is the death of someone more newsworthy than the birth of a child? Does a funeral motivate more than a wedding?

    Well, what is it that makes it hard to share good and happy news and seems so easy to share and circulate bad and sad news? Is our tolerance threshold on what is good so high that we rarely, if ever, reach it? Can we not lower the threshold then? But why is it easier to embrace the news of death and say, "Goodbye, and May he rest in peace" than to appreciate the good news of life and say, "There's my man. Go for it!"? Is it because the death of someone makes us realize the value of life? Wouldn't it be better to learn about each other by sharing good and happy news while we are still capable of doing so than when we are transferred to an underground residence where we no longer have a way of communicating? Or, are we to say that when we pray for the dead or say good things about them as we often do, they'll hear us?

    So let's start lowering the threshold of tolerance on what is good so we can provide each other more good and happy news about ourselves and our family, for such news can be comforting to others. Let's not wait until it's too late that we may only be forced to share and circulate bad and sad news like death and accident. Of course, good and happy event and whatever else event in your life and family are none of anyone's business, but yours. Certainly it's your choice to share or shove it.

    Now here are the news for the Year 2005 that we choose to share rather than shove:

      Celso Costelo got married again in California after more than two years of “sexual starvation” according to him. You deserve it, Cel. Anybody of our classmates have access to free samples of Viagra or Cialis? Please don’t be stiff. Send it to Celso.

      Class 1972 donation turnover to CIM was held on June 21, 2005 attended by our classmates Gaming Erum, Osita Godornes-Nimis and Flor Tuyac-Miel and by few of the members of the faculty – Dr. Poblete, Dr. Mesola and Dr. Linda Rodriguez-Abellana.

      Lando Tiu’s son, Rolando Jr. (Jojo) got married on June 11, 2005 in Cleveland, Ohio.

       Cle Estrera helped move her older daughter to Rhode Island where she is going to have her Residency Training in Internal Medicine after quitting OB-Gyne. It was quite an experience for Cle Estrera, driving a 20-feet Penske Truck from Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island for two days on June 10-11, 2005. He had to use the mountain Interstate highways to avoid traffics. At least he can look forward to another job when he retires - driving Van trucks cross-country.

       Rene Bollozos who is practicing in Canada called sometimes last month, May 2005, and indicated that he plans to attend our next get-together next year at Joseph and Elena's residence in Wisconsin as long as he is notified in advance.