For photos by Drake, click here.

For photos by Leony, click here

8:00 O'CLOCK MASS AT UP CHAPEL

Photos by Doc Leony, PhotogorapherDin

2008 Golden Jubilarian Dennis Quinto greets 2009 Golden Jubilarian Boy de leon

BEAI top honcho Roger Buendia '81 greets Jabby Jazmines '51, 30 years apart.

Seems like Jabby gives tips to Roger and Roger listens attentively

Brod Dennis Quinto '58 shakes hands with Brod Oca Arcinue from the batch of 2008

The photo tells us many things other than the fact that they joined the fraternity 50 years apart. One must read again Beta Epsilon history to grasp the key link in the story (or read an article in the ENewsletter 2009).

Lino greets UP Vice President Maricon Alfiler who was taking her own Sunday stroll with her husband.

From Joselito D. Alzona <jdalzona@pldtdsl.net
Subject [be_matters] Feb 1 BE@80 Kick Off: Mass at the UP Chapel, UP Stroll, Engg Photos and Lunch at Bahay ng Alumni

Brods,
 

It was a very festive kick-off for the BE@80 in February, marked with lots of kwentuhan and kantyawan and kainan and of course, photo opps, with the brods, residents, alumni, and family and friends. Everything were fine and fun...the stroll, however, became limited to the trip towards the Bahay ng Alumni for the lunch (halatang gutom na).

Tito Aliga 63 even posted a welcome and congratulatory banner for the brods at the tennis court fence. (Mon R, please post the pic also)

Total attendance : 104 warm bodies, at least, as I may have missed listing some (my aplogies to them).

To borrow, Mr. Kapihan Joe Arvisu's words...wished you were there.....

Ojie

Those who were present:

1 Abel Calamlam 08 1
2 Al Daco 62 (BEFAAA) 1
3 Ambo Gaspar 55 w/ wife and g/daughter 3
4 Beau Santos 78 w/ son 2
5 Bernie Abis 80 w/ Rachel w/ kids 5
6 Bobby Tinio 60 2
7 Bobit Castro 08 1
8 Boy Angeles 59 (BEFAAA) 2
9 Boy de Leon 59 w/ Bing (sausages) 2
10 Carlo Alzona 99 w/ sis Anna 2
11 Cenon Carolino 64 w/wife 1
12 Conrad Fajardo 81 & Jing & Bea 2
13 Danny Lopez 81 1
14 Daryl Lopez 08 1
15 Deni Cuayo 82 & Chona (kakanin) 2
16 Dennis Quinto 58 (BEFAAA) 1
17 Didin Manahan 84 1
18 Drake Lopez 74 1
19 Dwight Galsim 67 1
20 Egbert Abiad 62 1
 

21 Francis Bianes 08 1
22 Gene Corpus 76 (BEFAAA) 1
23 Ilde Rubrico 66 w// wife 2
24 Jabby Jazmines 51 1
25 Jake Mendoza 01 1
26 Jay Araullo 90 1
27 JC Morales 05 - EB 1
28 Joe Albano 64 w/ Fae and sis Emma 3
29 Joe Arvisu 49 w/ wife 2
30 Junjun Gumafelix 06 1
31 King Pallatao 08 1
32 Larry Laraya 63 w/ Shiela 2
33 Leony Liongson 67 and Pilar 2
34 Lino Angeles 66 2
35 Lito Manahan 58 1
36 Mon Ramirez 63 and Bing 2
37 Monty Dioniso 60 (BEFAAA) 1
38 Oca Arcinue 70 w/ Lucia 2
39 Ojie Alzona 74 and Tet (okoy, bopis) 2
40 Ots Estrella 83 1
41 Paul Tayag 71 2
42 Ralph Avedillo 06 1
43 Rey Bautista 58 1
44 Ricky San Juan 70 1
45 Robbie Arceo 90 1
46 Rod Reventar 58 w/ wife (BEFAAA) 2
47 Roger Buendia 81 w/ Marilen and kids 4
48 Rolly Dy 70 1
49 Rolly Narag 73 w/ Judy (BEFAAA) 2
50 Roly Reventar 58 1
51 Roman Buenafe 82 1
52 Sarcee Monzon w/ Menchie 68 (BEFAAA) 2
53 Sonny Gancayco 75 (BEFAAA) 1
54 Sonny Ramos 54 w/ Emma (BEFAAA) 2
55 Sonny Tumaneng 68 1
56 Ted Cresencia 62 w/ Suzette (BEFAAA) 2
57 Tessie Toledo w/ Kat and Jenny 3
58 Tim Cruz 08 1
59 Tito Aliga 63 w/ Nita (ensemada) 1
60 Toots Sebastian 80 w/ kids 5
61 Vic Ahorro 80 w/ Selene and Bianca 2
62 Vic Villagracia 69 w/ wife (BEFAAA) 1
63 Vince Gaspar 92 w/ wife 2
64 Yats Obias 56 1
65
66
67 my apologies to those I missed listing
 

Don Alfonso from Mexico arrived 2 hours late and got to be greeted by brods who were already lined up for the photo-ops at the Beta Epsilon Way. He got a lot of camera clicks -- as this page shows -- because the fine SLR camera he gave me a year ago would automatically click itself whenever he was in focus as if to say, belatedly, muchas gracias, Señor  ;-)

Tito Aliga put up this banner at the side of the Tennis Court near Engineering. Thank you, kabatch, for the warmest welcome to brods and Betanettes on this special day.

Batch 58 at the UP Campus Stroll

Lino, who heads a university in Taytay,  with former CHED chief Ester Garcia,

who is Joe Albano's sister

Bobby Tinio with UP Vice Presdient for Finance, Dr. Maricon Alfiler

Magkabatch Boy De Leon and Boy Angelesm, this year's Golden Jubilarian

Betans at the famous Beta Epsilon Way with the beloved Melrchor Hall in the background

Joe Arvisu, Jr was the MEB when the Beta Epsilon Way was conceptualized and first laid out in 1952. It was, in today's language, a brilliant idea in connectivity, a step towards the internet.

Joe: I am just curious -- what do you feel whenever you see the Beta Way of your youth? Maybe you can write an article for the BE@80 yearbook.

Report by Leony

From leonardo liongson <leonardo.liongson@up.edu.ph
date Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:21 AM
subject [be_matters] Full set, Kickoff Photos (UP Chapel, Engg Steps/BE Way, Consunji Rm)

Slideshow: click

http://s723.photobucket.com/albums/ww239/betan2009/2009

%20Feb01%20BE80%20Kickoff/?albumview=slideshow

Thumbnail Gallery: Click:

http://s723.photobucket.com/albums/ww239/betan2009/2009%20Feb01%20BE80%20Kickoff/?start=all
 

*Highlights:
*Mass at UP Church of the Holy Sacrifice
early birds at 8am: Sarcee Monzon'68 & Betanette, Rolly Dy'70)
*Assembly & Photo-ops at Engg Steps (twice)
*Free Merienda of Sausage-Bun Sandwiches and Hot Sausages (given by Boy & Bing
de Leon) --- Peppers.deli (see photos)
*Photo-ops at Beta Epsilon Way
*Campus Stroll to Palma Hall & BE Theatrum (cancelled, due to wishes to
proceed to the comfort of Bahay ng Alumni)

Attendance: more than 100 according to Ojie Alzona, exceeding the listup &
expected attendance of around 60. This upsurge explains why we ran out of
plates and spoons/forks, making do with glasses and chopsticks. However, food
was enough due to prepared budgeted food plus several food donations:

Preliminary Expenses Report:

 Allocation = P5000 (BEAI) + ($300 x 47) (BEFAAA) = P19,200

 Prepared Budgeted Food & other expenses:
 P1397 - Groceries (12 bottles soda, water, coffee mixes, tableware for 60
 pax)
 P1000 - 1 order of chopsuey (for 50 pax)
 P1000 - 1 order of lumpiang ubod (for 50 pax)
 P1100- 2 bilaos of maki
 P0960 - x dozens mangoes =
 -------------------------------------------
 

 P5457 - Food sub-total
 P3240 - Consunji Room (3-hour rent + corkage)
 P0050 - Minimum mass offering fee
 -------------------------------------
 P8747 - Mass, venue, food
 P5000 approx - Ojie's buys (lechon, ice, extra rice -- for confirmation)
 ------------------------------------------------------
 P14,000 approx - expected total expenses
 P5,000+ approx - unspent allocation (to be returned by LQL to BEAI treasury)

 

 DONATIONS & Acknowledgements:

 Thanks to the following donors of more food:
 Sausages & Buns - Boy & Bing de Leon
 Kakanin - Deny Cuayo
 Ukoy - Ojie Alzona
 Pastries - Tito Aliga
 Oranges - Joe Arvisu
 Bopis - donor?
 Dinuguan - donor?
 Pansit Malabon - donor?
 What else & Who else?

Thank you to Ojie Alzona & Betanettes for helping in the chores , the BEAI &
BEFAAA management for the budget, the donors for the caring and the food, and
everyone who came to make the BE@80 Kickoff a very succesfull well-attended
event!

Special thanks to the MEB, EB & other residents, including esp. Batch 2008b, for
providing the streamer and the assistance in food hauling!!! BE Mabuhay!

Drake has excellent photos of the UP campus stroll, Canonized, as Leony described them. Here is Leony's report:

"Cluster" Kickoff Photos, by Drake Lopez '74 - Feb. 1, 2009

Thumbnail gallery:
Click here

Drake Lopez'74 gave me one CD copy of his superb Canon-ized photos of last
Sunday's Kickoff activity at UP Diliman campus. People interested in
full-resolution photo-files (2 mb to 4 mb per photo) can email me in
leony1948@yahoo.com (not this address).

Thank you, Drake.

 Thank you, Bing! Thank you, Boy!

The timing of the snack was perfect:

between the 8 o'clock mass at the UP Chapel and the 12 noon lunch at the Bahay ng Alumni

Please click on the link below for photos of the UP Campus Stroll taken by Boy and Bing:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cmdl.surequest/9B1BE_DILIMAN_KICKOFF?authkey=ssmLWvBU99c&feat=directlink

Special Guests: The family of our Brod Doming Toledo '64:

Tess, Jenny and Cathy

Forever members of the Beta Epsilon Family

LUNCH AND MORE FELLOWSHIP

AT THE DAVID M. CONSUINJI ROOM AT THE BAHAY NG ALAUMNI

Teddy and Al walking from Engg to the Bahay ng Alumni

Three BEFAAA at the Bahay, whose project managers were Betans led by Dean Juinio

The owners of the Manahan Express corner a client, with only a handshake as receipt.

Doc Leony, far left, is the inventor of the UP Campus Stroll to kick off the 80th anniversary celebration, which everybody enjoyed. Following tradition,  he was put in charge of this activity, being its author.

Leony has now discovered that it is not only the professor who can order people around - the photographer can do it even much better with compelling authority and still be loved. Just observe how people would rush to obey the photographer's instruction to compress, to smile, to hold high the banner, etc.

Only Yats and I had our name tags. I display my tag, which has an automatic counter which now displays 80 instead of the original 75, with Drake Lopez, its inventor. Drake was the BEAI president when we celebrated the BE@75. He did an excellent job at  the preparation and implementation of that milestone of a celebration. It is only my personal summing up, but the BE@75 preparation and conduct is a good model in Beta Epsilon Project/Activity Management. Thank you, Drake! Hindi ka pala IndiEngineer, true blue engineer ka pala.

For a flashback to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Beta Epsilon, click the appropriate links below: