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April 4, 2015

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Prayer Meeting with AC Batch ’87

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A few weeks ago, I bonded with my Assumption Highschool batch mates. AC Batch ’87 This prayer group is called GDs. ( Gorgeous Donkeys) We come together for many things and one of them is prayer. But first of all we eat! haha!!

It was Cherry’s birthday so she treated us with Pepita’s lechon with truffle rice. Too bad when I got there it was almost gone! 🙂

Batchmates bring food and share their goodies like my best friend Eds brought her home baked apple pie 🙂 YUMMY!

Toots brings her Red Lady papaya which is so fresh and so sweet

Previous entry: Red Lady Papaya from Tarawoods March 17, 2015

Lindy brought her son’s homemade pastries

Happy Birthday Cherry!!!

Now back to serious stuff 🙂

We have monthly prayer meetings. There is bible reading then sharing. I am not one to really talk and share that is why I don’t really attend this prayer group haha!!

That evening, Cherry’s niece, Mara, was a special guest and shared with us her experience as a cancer survivor

Our batch mate Amy attended the meeting as well since she wanted to thank the batch personally. She and her family needed some help and it’s amazing how the batch helped her in many ways!! When someone is in need – there is no questions asked, in an instant everyone helps in their own way!! I am so lucky to be part of this batch

This is my 2nd time to attend the prayer meeting in all the 7 years they have been doing this but the beauty of it is that I know I will always be welcome to join when I want. I am lucky to be part of a batch that is so supportive of each other. It is amazing how even we are not close to everyone, the batch brings us together some way and makes us feel connected.

March 16, 2014

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AC Batch 87 Reunion SF Chapter

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Thanks to my friend and batch mate, Triccie, for organising this reunion!! Clarissa, Joey and I were in the Bay Area so Triccie gathered the batch mates and chose the venue. It was a sunny beautiful Sunday and Joey picked up Triccie, then Clarissa then me 🙂

We were early so we got a good parking spot right in front of the restaurant!! Not to mention that Joey got a parking ticket for not parking within the space!

Loved our restaurant venue! It was by the Bay Bridge!! That’s all of us 9 + 1, Joy, who had to leave and catch the train back to Sacramento! Missing a few who could not make it that day. Marichit, Joey, Triccie, Sheryl, Me, Clarissa, Camille and Cindy

So happy to see Cindy Manalo Plantilla. She’s like me – we are the only girl in the family- the only difference is that she has 4 boys and I have 3! She lives in Castor Valley East Bay and is a nurse. She visits her patients in nursing homes and does therapy for them and monitors them

So happy to see Sheryll Garcia Tirona! She lives in East Bay near Cindy She is also a stay at home mom with 3 beautiful daughters!!! Just seeing the photo of her girls made me so so happy for her – You are so blessed Sheryll just having them!

So happy to see Joy Laurente Lallana! Joy used to lived in Hanover for 7 years. Her husband is a physician who worked for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Joy worked at the Multiple Sclerosis Research Center for Dartmouth Hitchcock as well doing research for the clinical trials. Dartmouth Hitchcock is the hospital for the Dartmouth College. Two years ago they moved to Sacramento and now Joy is a stay at home Mom with two kids!!

So happy to see Camille Bustamante Consunji! She had a girl and a boy. She lives in Daly City now around 10 minutes away from SF and works in Charles Schwab in the risk department

So happy to see Marichit Bantug Mendoza! She has two girls who picked her up after lunch together with her husband. Marichit lives in Menlo Park and is a pediatrician.

We ate at the Waterbar

Here we are 🙂 FUN FUN!!!

Our view from our table

It was restaurant week in the city and there was a Dine About Town promo so most of us just ordered the Dine about Town menu

Others ordered from the ala carte

And of course we ordered desserts to share 🙂

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December 27, 2013

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Celebrating Christmas with Ricci

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Our annual group Christmas dinner! We can never get enough of each other!!

We were so happy Ricci could join us!!!! I told Ricci this is going to be every year already when she visits Manila. We love you Ricci!! Ricci lives in New York and works for Ralph Lauren for the past 7 years already

Potluck! Fish from Jeanne, Scotch and sisig from Pael and Yvonne, Lasagna and Chicken relleno from Anto, Bellycious lechon and ham from Ron and Lau and Callos from Bulgin and Lills

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December 24, 2013

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Surprise Christmas Program from the Assumption Ladies You Wish Were Single Ladies

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Sharing with you the video from our Assumption Batch Christmas party. We tried to get the batch together on this special Christmas season and wanted to include our batchmates abroad. Some sent their greetings and these ladies prepared a dance number for us!! What a nice gesture and how fun!! Watch Joy, Irma and Drizzle all the way from Las Vegas performing Single Ladies! 🙂 They sent me several videos and I edited it from the MAKING to the final video. They are the cutest! ENJOY!

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December 6, 2013

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How to Plan for a Batch Christmas Get Together

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Tomorrow, our highschool batch will be having our Christmas get together. We had planned this months ago and after deliberation, we decided to push through with it. We toned it down and made it a simple get together so that we could meet up with the batch.

I found our last year photo when we conceived the Christmas party committee and we are back again

Previous entry: AC Batch 87 Christmas Party 2012 December 28, 2012

Hopefully another team can take care of it to give others a chance to organize for the batch

We had our first meeting in Lills house

Previous entry: From the Kitchen of Lills November 9 , 2013

And then we had a second meeting in my place.

Here is how we planned for the party.

1.) Think Happy Thoughts

We started the meeting with HAPPY THOUGHTS to make my committee be in a HAPPY MOOD because they are always getting mad at me for being strict and bossy! 🙂

Here are their happy thoughts 🙂

2.) Get into the mood of the theme of the party

This was a prelude to our pink christmas party so everything was pink 🙂 We had a pink tea party to get them in the mood

3.) Always have an agenda because when you are friends, you tend to stray and talk about other things that are not Christmas Party related 🙂

Each one is a head of a committee or a particular responsibility – so Lills is in charge of the food. She got quotes and proposals from different caterers and she presented it to the committee

To keep costs low so that everyone in the batch can afford, we get a basic menu and then we ask generous and willing batchmates to donate additional food and drinks 🙂 Though this was scrapped already since we decided to cut down on expenses after typhoon Yolanda

Our host for this year 🙂 I asked her to make a layout 🙂

4.) Take care of your committee

Feed them so they will be good and just follow !BRIBE! 🙂

Give them giveaways to take home after the meeting 🙂

Pink giveaways to the committee members who works so hard and still give so much more even after all that they do

Bye girls! Till our next meeting! I love you all! 🙂

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November 13, 2013

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AC Batch ’87 for Yolanda Typhoon Victims

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Day 1, November 11

Day 2 November 12

Day 3, November 13

Day 4, November 14

Day 5, November 15

Day 6, November 16

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November 9, 2013

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From the Kitchen of Lills

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We needed to meet with the Batch Christmas Party committee, so Lills hosted for lunch at her place 🙂

We requested for fondue but she insisted on serving us homemade French food 🙂

Arugula with Buffalo Mozzarella and white wine vinaigrette – Italian? haha I am teasing my friend

Swiss Fondue! Hmm… could be French depending which side of Switzerland you are in! teasing again 🙂

Tomato Lasagna

Lamb Provencale

Garlic chicken

Homemade apple pie with cheese crust topping by Eds! YUMMY!!

It was also Lau’s birthday so we celebrated her birthday!!

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September 9, 2013

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AC Batch 87 Gawad Kalinga Build

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I was not able to attend the GK build with my batch mates, but thanks to the husband of our batch mate Michelle, Louie Araneta, for the beautiful photos and for documenting this very memorable event

Batch ’87 was able to raise money to donate two houses to Gawad Kalinga!

And an article by Joyce Uy from Gawad Kalinga

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July 19, 2013

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What is a Velada?

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I am sharing this beautiful video which my batchmates made! I was asked to go to the shoot and be part of the video – after seeing the finished product, I regret not showing up. I don’t like to regret not doing things! Let’s not have regrets and show up for the many beautiful events in our life – one of them is the Velada! Thank you to Karla Siopongco Campos for putting together all the videos!!

We have all the souvenirs to keep the wonderful memories of our Velada. This is for my sister’s batch who is celebrating this coming October – For Keena, Bubu, Isabel, Lorraine, Angela, Kai, Fia, Gia and everyone else. I am sure you will have a great time too! Congratulations in advance Batch ’88!

And this is also for future batches not only for Assumptionistas but for upcoming Jubilarians

Eds and I met and she gave me our coffeetable book!