Reunions

Reunions, how I love reunions! Over the past few years, I've been privileged to attend class reunions, family reunions, school reunions. Reunions at birthdays, at weddings, and yes, even during funerals.
Reunions allow us to look back to the days when we were young and full of hope, and to the times when we were up and down and up again, to measure our achievements of today against the tentative steps of yesteryears...Reunions remind me that what I am today is a product of my interaction with a group of people like my family, my classmates and schoolmates.
Reunions are times of thanksgiving for being in each other's company then and now, it's a time for remembering, a time for renewal of ties, for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Last weekend, a group of St. Francis School (Guihulngan) alumni got together to help plan a school reunion for the coming founder's day in October 2009. With us during that meeting were members of the adhoc alumni association, namely Atty Anthony Trinidad, Mr Jurdan Erojo, Dr Edgar Pialago, Landbank Manager Ms Jeoferdine Cui, Dr Cesar Carampatan, Dr Wing Baquilta of NORSU, Bro Mayok Ricablanca, OFM, Mrs Charisse May A. Dael who is now an instructor at SFC, and yours truly aka Ana Carla Trinidad Villarmente. Some other officers were not around, on seminars or out of town, like Dr Mary Rose Genisan-Sancelan, Ms Eleanor T. Rodriguez and Ms Marites Rizon. We opted to go on with planning since we'll be submitting these plans to the body.
The adhoc officers would like the coming October 2009 alumni homecoming to be the kick-off for the 50th anniversary of St Francis School Guihulngan in 2012. And because this is worth 50 years waiting for, we would like to solicit your suggestions to make this occassion very memorable. We're even asking all alumni, in the Philippines as well as abroad, to reserve your vacations in 2012 so we'll see each other then.
We're asking each batch, from each year, from elementary, highschool and college levels where applicable (there were years when we only had high school batches) to please organize themselves and have your own batch or class officers.
Please get in contact with anyone of the officers. Dr.Pialago also made an e-group which you may contact at sfcalumni@yahoogroups.com.