BLAST OFF !!!

It's Official !!! The New SYSHS Batch '93 Online Community Website is now up and running ... please visit it asap and register in it's very easy to use sign-up page. Membership will be verified before it could be an official member, so rest assured that no intruders will be able to post ... the site address is www.syshs93.org .... Don't forget to check the FAQ link in order to learn how to maximize the use of the site. See You There !!!

WATCHOUT BATCHMATES!!!

Brace yourselves guys! Soon to rise our New and Official SYSHS Batch 93 Online Community Webpage. New features will be available for us to explore and all of you could create your own topics, share your photos and even link your own webpage to the site. The good thing is ... It won't just be me who controls or generate the topics, but it will now ALL be in your hands. So always checkout this site as for the Launch date.

Baby's Day-Out !!!

It's Official !!! Welcome Ciara Veronica G. Gopun to the Christian World. The Baptismal Rites was held today at Sta. Maria Parish Church around 9am, then followed by the lunch reception at Al Dente Restaurant. As usual, many of us were there (except for some absentee Ninongs) to taste Vinson's choices of dishes and his forte, "DESSERTS". This pic was taken the last minute before we parted ways, for the reason i was busy eating that i forgot to take a shot :) Note: Hey Niño, what do you think you're doing in the pic??? Are you trying to hypnotize Baby Ciara??? I guess that's why she was crying that time.

Hooray to Don Vinson !!!

This sunday will be the day of Christening of Baby Ciara Veronica G. Gopun. A number of Godparents are listed, but i will name three of them that we know. (1) Dominador Chu, Jr. - to guide her spiritually, (2)Raymond Coo - to train her appreciate NEW WAVE Music, and lastly (3)Dexter Wilon So - to orient her the tricks of playboy suitors. Raymond and Dexter will also teach her that "Smoking and Drinking" will always be BAD for the health, especially for ladies. That way, Baby Ciara would grow-up knowledgeable of all aspects of life, hehehe. See you there Ninongs !!!

Happy Easter Everybody !!!

Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.

Meet The Paren .. ah ..er .. "KIDS"

Sharon: Meet my kids, 1st child is Anthony Andrei Tan (2 years and 1 month). then the 2nd one is Eleiza Eunice Tan (3 months as of April 10, 2006). Pictures were taken when Eunice was 1 month old.

The Last Supper

Thursday evening was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Jesus and the Disciples shared the Lord's Supper. Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the cross. The meal was an anticipation both of Jesus' death and of the eschatological banquet referred to in several Old Testament passages and by Jesus himself. Christians see the Last Supper as the original of the Eucharist. The Synoptic Gospels depict the meal as a Passover meal. The Last Supper has been a favorite subject of painting.

The Baby Turns "1"

Sean Dominic D. Yap, the baby of Mr. & Mrs. Steiner Yap celebrated his 1st Birthday last March 26, 2006 at the CAP Auditorium. It was a total party atmosphere where friends and relatives grace the occasion. Unlimited supply of foods and drinks (including ice cream!!!) were available and of course, fun games for the kids with clowns to entertain them. As the kids were enjoying their "Play, Play, Play" ... i was doing my "Eat, Eat, Eat".

The Section A of Class '93

It's been a couple of months since i last posted our sections pic, so i think it's time again to reminisce and show you the "last but certainly not the least" group of the batch. I know many of you are waiting for this pic, naks, hehehehe. Anyway, feel free to give your comments on who's looks changed the most, hehehe. Note: Those style of hair-cuts were CLASSIC !!!

LIVING THE NBA FANTASY !!!

A Dream will always remain a Dream, until you get to see it LIVE !!! Well, that's the case for us basketball aficionados :) For Dominador, it finally became a reality last Wednesday March 22, 2006 when the Detroit Pistons hosted the Miami Heat, two of the best teams in the NBA.

Savouring every detail of his new surrounding, i don't know if Doming ever get to focus on the game itself. With all those sexy cheerleaders in the sidelines, who wouldn't??? hehehe. He only get to extremely watch the game during the crucial moments in the 4th quarter when the Pistons eventually routed the Heat 82-73. Hhmm ... when will i ever get my chance???

Lent is Here !!!

Literally, "lent" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for spring. Spring is the season when all of God's creation comes back to life from the death of winter. Easter is the day when we celebrate Christ's resurrection--His victory over sin which brings us back to life from the death that separates mankind from God. Lent is a season of penitence and preparation for the resurrection day. May you be filled with joy in your humility, and purpose in your preparation.

The season of Lent is forty days, not including Sundays. Christ fasted in the wilderness forty days after his baptism. It was a time of prayerful preparation for the years of ministry that lay ahead for him.

Super Bowl XL comes to Detroit!

DETROIT (FEB. 2006)-- The once in a blue moon hosting of the biggest sports event in USA is in Doming's homestate this year 2006.

World Welcomes Chinese New Year

Also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, one of the traditional Chinese holidays, is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, which falls on the day on which the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs .

I haven't had the chance to get an actual pic of the celebration in the downtown area last night, since i just recovered from my sickness. There were the traditional food festival like the previous years hosted by our local Filipino/Chinese restaurants wherein most customers dining are chinese, hehe.

And of course, let's all be proud .... coz the SYSHS Dragon Performers were featured in GMA Morning Show "Unang Hirit" as part of their Chinese New Year Episode. I saw it myself on TV while the group were performing in Lapaz Plaza. It's a good feeling to be part of it. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Who's "DA MAN"?

Who's the guy??? Is he a Celebrity??? Oh yeah, he looks like Winston Segovia, hehehe. Yo Wins .... Wazzup MY MAN??? Could you please introduce us to your wife? You never mentioned her name to us yet :) Click HERE for additional pics during the holidays.

Happy 29th Birthday Mr. Gurrea !!!

This is the 2nd time Stephen's Birthday has been posted here in the blog. I think he's the youngest among the boys in our section ... Hhmm ... If i'm not mistaken. I didn't post his pic coz it was already been posted last year. Instead, i just inserted the pic of his lookalike, hehehe. Macho Macho Man ... Well ... Steph .... Chibogan Na !!!! Btw, I don't have the birthdate list of all our batchmates ... If anybody here could inform me ahead of their birthdays, so i could also post it here. Happy Birthday Amigo Stephen.

Dominador's Relatives Last New Year's Eve '05

Dominador: "This is what we do (and/or what american's tradition is) when we celebrate new year here: just watch the countdown and the ball drop at New York timesquare live on tv while popping up wine and raise it for a toast, shout happy new year and hug one another. Wala lang, hehehe.. daw wala excitement no? hehe.. sorry no firecrackers, hehe."

New PAPA Vinson !!!

I just wanna say congrats to "Papa" Vinson Gopun for having a new bouncing Baby Girl. Carol gave birth to their 2nd child on i think 3rd week of December 2005 if i'm not mistaken ... i wasn't informed until the following week. Another baby means another blessing for both of them ... Congratulations !!! To Vinson: Pics please .... hehehe.

Happy Birthday Raymond Coo and Dexter So !!!

Belated Happy Birthday to Raymund (Jan.02) and Dexter (Today Jan.03) ... Time flies .... We are all getting older, hehehe. It's just makes us feel that time is too precious to be wasted :) Feel free to greet them here guys ......

The Section B of Class '93

Here is Winston and Normalita's been waiting for. I still can't forget losing the Basketball Championship Game on our senior year against them, right Doms??? hehehe. It's just unfortunate that Dexter was in foul trouble and Doming was injured during the crucial minutes of the game ... hehehe (reasons .. reasons .. reason ... hehehe ... still can't accept defeat ) Hhhmm ... will there still be a chance for a re-match ??? :) Click the pic to view the large image.

Happy New Year Fellow Batchmates !!!

It's almost 2 hrs before 2006, i just wanna greet everyone a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :) May we have a good year ahead of us. Don't forget to wear your "Polka Dots" attire, hehehe. And also, let us jump as high as we can at the struck of midnight, we might still have chance to grow taller, hehehe. Let's welcome 2006 with a Bang !!!

The Section C of Class '93

Well .... Those were the days .... Hhmm... It seems like almost all of them in the picture are not signed-up here in the blog, which means there's still many of them we have to persuade to post here. And also it gives us a list of whom we have to contact for our soon to be reunion. Please click the picture to view the "Large" image.

Meet Mrs. Catherine Minerva Sarte

Catherine: These are the pics that we got when we went home last april for my daughter's baptismal and her first birthday...That's my husband, ronald and my daughter samantha..she's a year old on that picture..i don't have her latest pics yet so amo na lang na..kaw na lang bahala mag publish..Thanks gid and Gobless!

The "CHU" SEN ONE

Many people tried ... but only "ONE" could succeed. He is of course, our very own ... Mr. Erwin Chu, the man who is now P5,000.00 richer :)

Many entries were gathered and only one was selected to be the Official Logo of SYSHS 80th Foundation Day. As you can see, the logo was all over the stage of the new building, and also on the invitation letter for the occassion. I stared at it long before i knew it was from Erwin, admiring who could have thought of this brilliant design, till his name was called that evening to receive the reward for being the "CHUsen" one.

SYSHS 80th Foundation Day

This weekend considered to be a very special occassion for our beloved school. It's the annual event we usually celebrate during our high school days, except that it's now on it's 80th year. To think that it was not long ago that we participated on a parade/motorcade (with costumes and floats) on the year ... hhmmm ... i think it was the 60th year, not sure. I remembered i was dressed as Jose Rizal and my good friend Vinson as Dr. Sun Yat Sen, hehehe. Time flies.

The affair started today with various pictures exhibit at the hallway, you guys should have seen the renovation they've done to the old as well as the new building, it looked great, we should feel proud :) I just attended the dinner function held at the new building auditorium in honor of the previous chairmans of the board since the birth of the school. Tomorrow's schedule is a thanksgiving mass, then followed by a late breakfast at The Grand Hotel. Then the finale dinner tomorrow night will also take place at the same hotel. To those who would be attending the event tomorrow, please update me some info or send me pics if possible, coz i won't be able to make it there.

NOW @ ONE

Today marks the 1st Anniversary of our site ... Can you all believe it was just a year ago that we started to communicate through this site ??? Let's all greet each other a Happy Anniversary ... and more power to us !!! hehehe. Spread the word ....

Filipinos Glued To PBB !!!

For our other batchmates who are not up-to-date with the Philippines TV Scene, read this ....

For approximately 100 days, the viewers will sympathize with the 12 housemates’ daily tasks, weekly assignments and challenges that will display their true feelings and test their abilities to win over an allowance to buy anything they wish (like cigarettes, chocolates, etc.). All these while struggling everyday inside a house with 26 cameras in its every nook and cranny. On top of it all, the 12 housemates will try to survive without television, telephone, cell phones, radio, newspapers, computers, watches and without any form of contact with their loved ones for 100 days, or until the time they get eliminated.

The music track that is currently playing in our website media player is the official song of the show, which others considered as the "National Song" today, hehehe.

Soong Ching Ling , The Wife of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

During my recent trip to Shanghai, China, i was fortunate enough to visit the residence of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Wife, Madam Soong Ching Ling(1893-1981). She was the honorary president of the People's Republic Of China, a famous politician, an exponent of the world peace movement. She had devoted all her life to the progress of mankind and was respected as one of the greatest women of the 20th century.

THE WEDDING DAY !!!

Here it is, My Wedding Pictures last July 17, 2005 at San Agustin Chapel and Amigo Hotel Ballroom. Click Here for More Pics.

THE HOMECOMING !

It's nice to see some old faces in Normalita's recent trip back to Iloilo last May 2005. See MORE.

Music Video Of SYSHS'93 Premieres Today

It's the collection of Pictures that i have with me, so hope you all like it. Thanks to "Dao Ming Chu" a.k.a. Dominador Chu for suggesting the idea and also for providing the picture of "The Doctor SYS" and the music track for the video. My apologies for our batchmates that were not included in the Video. Send me your pic, so i could include you in the next one :)

CONGRATULATIONS !!! Ms. Shelley Sy is now Mrs. Rechel Tundag. The Ceremony took place last May 07, 2005 and was held at Sta. Maria Parish Church followed by the Reception at Hotel Del Rio. Here are the Pictures.