BSPT Batch D: Reunion with Tess and Friends

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Note: Tess Gagui-Ichinose (my college classmate and friend, NSDB-PNC BSPT Batch D at the Phillippine Normal College) and her family who are based in Tokyo, Japan were in town recently. Last Tuesday, 19 August 2008, we visited Tess in her condominium unit in Alabang. Tess recently celebrated her birthday. Aside from Tess, those in the photo are Morey, Ronald, Cora, myself, and Chloe (Cora's daughter who is also my inaanak or godchild).

Below are some photos taken during Tess's post-birthday celebration in Alabang. Note: A Filipino birthday celebration is incomplete without the 'pancit' (Filipino-Chinese pasta). The 'pancit' is for 'long life'.

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BSPT Batch D Reunion: Some Video Clips

Last September 22, 2007 my BSPT (NSDB-PNC Proj. 7405 Ed. at Philippine Normal College) friends and I had a mini-reunion in Makati City (See http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com/2007/09/class-reunion-dinner-and-bowling-in.html)

Below are some video clips of the BSPT Batch D taken during our mini-reunion:

1. Dinner in Makati:

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/video/item/7

2. Bowling, Part 1.

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/video/item/8

3. Bowling Part 2.

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/video/item/9/BSPT_Reunion_Bowling_in_Makati_Part_2_92207


Cheers,

Raffy
9/27/07

BSPT Batch D Class Reunion: Dinner and Bowling in Makati

Note: Last Saturday (9/22/07) my BSPT (Batch D) classmates (at Philippine Normal College) and I had a mini-reunion at the Glorietta Mall in Makati City. Tess (who is based in Tokyo, Japan) is in town for a few days. (The last time Tess and I met was in July 2007 when I visited her in Tokyo). After having dinner our group went to a bowling center. We had lots of fun reminiscing our student days and talking about our escapades in college. Those who made it to the reunion are (standing from left to right): Raffy, Ruby, Tess, Morey, Cora, Ferdie, Erwin, and Ronald). We missed many of our classmates who did not make it to the reunion: those based abroad -- Loy (in Chicago, Illinois, USA), Joy (in Los Angeles, California, USA), Daniel (in Phoenix, Arizona, USA), Toto (in Toronto, Canada), Vangie (in Singapore), and Elliot (in the Middle East ?) and those in the Philippines --Kim, Ivan, Jesse, Jun, Rolly, Irwin, Godo, Ramon, Paxy, and Alelli.

Hopefully, during our next class reunion, there will be more of us.

The more, the merrier :)

Cheers,

Raffy
9/24/07

BSPT Batch D: Photos from Tess in Japan

(Photo Captions: (1) Tess and Jun, (2) Tess and Sachi, in Tokyo, Japan)

This morning (7/10/07, Manila time) I received an e-mail from Tess (via our batch e-group) with attached photos. Tess was my classmate in college (Philippine Normal College) and we belong to a group of DOST scholars (NSDB-PNC BSPT Batch D). She sent us three photos: a photo of Sachi (her daughter who celebrated her 13th birthday recently), a photo of Tess and Sachi, and a photo of Tess and Jun (her Japanese husband). Tess and Jun are living in a Tokyo suburb and they are blessed with three kids. I have visited Tess and her family in Tokyo twice already during some of my visits in Japan.

I will visit Tess, Jun and their children again soon. I will go to Japan from July 17 to 30, 2007 to attend the 2nd ONCO-MEDIA research meeting and to present two papers in JAMIT 2008 (Japanese Association for Medical Imaging Technology) to be held in Tsukuba, Japan.

See you soon, Tess and Jun...

Cheers,

Raffy
(7/10/07, Manila time)

BSPT Batch D: Birthday Greetings Via E-mail

Before the existence of e-mails, e-groups and the Internet, we used to send birthday cards via the post office (or what we call snail mail) to greet a friend, a colleague, or a relative. Now, most people send birthday greetings via e-mail (or text messages using cellphones).

Today (7/9/07 Manila time) is the birthday of Ruby, one of my classmates in college (Philippine Normal College, now known as Philippine Normal University). In college, we were members of a group of NSDB-PNC Proj. 7405 Ed. (NSDB is now known as the DOST or Department of Science and Technology) scholars taking up Bachelor of Science in Physics (for Teachers) or BSPT. We belong to the fourth batch, or Batch D. Now, we maintain an e-group, the bsptbatchd in yahoogroups. Through this e-group, our BSPTD classmates send birthday greetings and other messages.

Thanks for the e-mails, the e-groups, and the Internet. Now, it is easier (and more convenient) to send birthday greetings :)