From: Camatic@aol.com
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:33:28 EDT
Subject: Re: Prepian-filled weekend
To: abu@nfa.gov.ph
Reply-To: Camatic@aol.com
Ditto for us here in Los Angeles!
Saturday, April 17 nagtipon tipon muli ang mga 1965 Prepians
sa Los Angeles
sa tahanan nang mga Matic. Sinundo ko si Jojo Sabalvaro
Tan sa Universal
Hilton - who is on a business trip from Barlett,
Illinois. Pilit na
pinaakyat ako sa room dahil baka hindi ko raw marecognize
ang beauty niya!
maybe for a split second I didn't, but the sparkle in
her eyes are very much
in place! Trust me the sparkle was not only in
her eyes... her neck, fingers
and ears were dazzling as well if you get my drift!
Noel has shown off his homestead spaces on the web to
our guest wala pa ring
ibang dumadating - and that really takes time!
Nag show and tell naman ako
nang aking China trip album dahil pupunta sila Jojo and
Rudy this summer sa
Beijing.
Finally though, eto na ang isang tropa - Hector and dancing
partner Verne in
a very summery top with cut out flowers (she's really
lean and put together
right! inggit ako!). They graciously picked up
our other guests - Ruth
Monserrate Villareal and daughter Nellie all the way
from Tustin in Orange
County. May dala silang embotido.
Ang aming antipasto eh Butong Pakwan (champion pala etong
si Hector sa
pabilisan nang pagbalat! kasalukuyang filling in the
troops about his Manila
trip pa 'yon), may hilaw na gulay with matching dip at
si Nellie naman eh
nakadiscover nang Lychee flavored gelatin, agad naman
ni research ni mom Ruth
kung saan nakakabili noon. We were gathered around
the round table in the
gazebo and pretty soon Ceso drives in. May dala
siyang matamis na saging na
saba. That was quite a treat, may naghanap nang
crushed ice...
By this time the coals were hot and the meat hit the grill
and as soon as the
bell rang for the games to begin (translation ... naluto
ang pagkain) a red
car drives in and out comes Ferdie Torralba! Marami
siyang baon na patawa!
He invited Camilo's twin brothers (Ambet and Robert)
but they didn't make it.
Whoever gets hold of Ferdie should hear his spill
about his "stint" kuno in
producing Minnie Ripperton's hit. Sayang at tulog
yung camcorder when he was
sharing it.
Maraming kuwento si Hector at si Ruth ang taga confirm
nang accuracy, may
tendency sa flamboyance ang isang 'yan kasi, which is
very welcome and much
appreciated naman. May special mention sa mga classmate
na naglalagay nang
panyo sa kuwelyo (specifically Louie) which came in very
handy when Hector
pulled his faux pas about the magic four which will certainly
go down in Prep
'65 history. Ang balita eh Louie broke into sweat
and tears of laughter! I
don't understand how Hector survived that one.
Jojo was just soaking all of this in. We decided
the last time we saw each
other was in '76 when Jomelo treated the group to Chinese
dinner (I don't
even remember the dinner - it's all that anesthesia from
childbirth) and then
we had cocktails at some lobby at the Hyatt on the Blvd.
Natatandaan din
namin si Pocho ang naghatid sa amin pauwi.
Ruth took Nellie on a tour of Ferdie's "Scroll" and showed
Edith's picture -
"she's the one we visited with in Stanford!" Nellie
didn't think that was
Eds in that Pygmalion get up.
Ceso and Verne got talking about their parental roles
(their sons go to the
local Don Bosco) and when Ceso asked if Hector ever picked
up the kids, Verne
just gives him the "are you kidding?" look. I was
duly impressed when Ceso
told us about his annual "Philippine Booth" at his kid's
school where they
make pancit to raise funds, we might all take that in
next year!
We had a few friends over since it is Noel's birthday
on the 20th - a UP
couple, Reuben Domingo and Tita Pambid brought daughter
Vera and baby Jose
and then we had Kariz Matic's boyfriend Mckay and our
friends Geoff and
Beverly. Mckay and Geoff brought some instruments
in with amps and soon the
party went indoors.
Noel of course had the ceremonial candle blowing.
Nagpaalam na sila Hector and Verne dahil mag aattend pa
nang ball (their
usual fare - kawawa talaga itong mag-asawang ito! panay
ang good time) but as
soon as Ferdie joined the jam the house rocked and Hector
had to pull a
dancing Verne out of the house! We heard Ferdie's
rendition of Jose
Feliciano's "light my fire" in Ilocano and mekeni (besang
lani kamuks
ketangks - "sabi nila mukha ka raw tangke") to everyone's
delight - kahit
yung hindi marunong managalog natawa!
Yes the cameras were clicking! Perhaps we'll get
down to putting all this
together after the New York trip and we'll set up a page
for everyone to
enjoy.
May absentees kami, Abet was admitted to the hospital
Friday morning - some
GI problem, Pearl gave me his telephone number at the
hospital but he never
picked up the phone when I tried 3 different times so
we could all greet him
(May procedure siguro sa banyo!)
Aida on the other hand was concerned about her car which
had acted up a
couple of times in the past week but she called for directions,
she never
made it! We'll have to call her.
. . .
Good night and God Bless Class 65!
Daddie
We will await the pictures.