The D Spot

email me at:  bracoma@gmail.com

3 January 2010 (original post)—Find UPDATES below

Sometime in September last year, I was surprised to receive a comment in this blog from a former classmate in college—my barkada at that. She said she was searching the Internet using “UST Med Tech Class 78” and she found me. Mind you, even I could not find a single soul when I used those keywords when I made a google search. Until now, the wonders of the Internet still continue to amaze me.

We have been in contact since then and became friends in Facebook, sharing updates, reliving the good old days—yes the good ole days of fun, frolic and folly.

And the rest is history—now there are 8 of us friends in Facebook and we hope to gather as much of our batchmates as we can.

We’re 19 as of 3 February, who knows in a few days, or months, our numbers will increase as the days pass by:

(1) Marivic (Meme) Bueno (Ma. Victoria Bueno Barba on FB)
(2) (Felicisimo Thong) Luna (Felicisimo Luna on FB)
(3) Francis Gutierrez (same name on FB)
(4) Ma.Victoria (Vicky) Gautane Mangrobang (Ma. Victoria Mangrobang on FB)
(5) Reuel Enriquez Dimalanta (same name on FB)
(6) Flor Mordeno (Ma. Flordeliza M Sanchez on FB)
(7) (Elizabeth Beth) Pineda (Elizabeth Pineda on FB)
(8) Bernadine (Dine) Baluyut (Dine Racoma on FB)
(9) Estrellita (Talits) Paras (Estrellita Barretto on FB)
(10) Doris Villa (Doris Villa-reyes on FB)
(11) Romeo Valles (Romeo Raul C. Valles in FB)
(12) Cynthia Santos, section C (Cynthia Ruth Santos Abelgas in FB)
(13) Ma. Flor (Maphle) Pizarro (Ma. Flor P. Manuel on FB)
(14) Teresita (Tess) Navalta (Tess Agda on FB)
(15) Lynne Manulid (Lynne Bayani on FB)
(16) Ma. Fe Vendiola (Fe Villamor in FB)
(17) Imelda (Meldee) Quiballo (Imelda Q. Tiglao on FB)
(18) Laulet Yambao (Laulet Yambao-Laquindanum on FB)
(19) Vicente (Vic) Perez (Vic Perez on FB)

Ma Socorro Manalangsang Crooc is from the UST Faculty, but she is our connect to UST@400

Thong Luna has been suggesting a grand reunion. Most of us missed the one in 2003 at Club Filipino. Oh well, we did not know about it then, and Facebook has not yet born at that time.

UST’s 400th anniversary is on 28 January 2011—we should have enough time to organize Thong’s dream of a grand reunion.

What to do:

(1) email me at bracoma@gmail.com /> (2) be friends at Facebook
(3) contact classmates that you know and suggest that they be in our loop
(4) form committees—the the most important committee should be, secretariat committee that will find and coordinate with all batchmates, then the finance committee
and program committee
(5) organize chapters, Philippine chapter, USA chapter, Canada chapter, Europe chapter, Middle East chapter or what-have-you-chapter considering that Filipinos are everywhere and assign coordinators per chapter
(6) set up an egroup
(7) make a class directory, and update it regularly
(8) send suggestions
(9) send pictures of our college days which we can post in a blog
(10) good luck to us and let’s keep our fingers crossed

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