OLPS Alumni

its been kinda slow here lately, nothing new interesting comin up. but still this post has a "seminary" - in a tangentially religious kind of way maybe- relevance hehehe.

so the question is what if god had a myspace?

"May your year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the year, you surprise yourself."

- Neil Gaiman

Sano Tato Marcial sent me a text informing that Sano Tobing Escobedo (batch?) has succumbed to injuries from a motorcycle accident in Gubat, Sorsogon

godspeed sano tobing...

Big congrats to Larry Manda for winning as best cinematographer for the movie "Maling Akala" in the recently concluded Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival.

heh, its been a slow month here so i'll liven things up a bit... if you're still disappointed with how your life turned out after you went out of the seminary then read this and maybe you'll find something inspiring or whatever. who knows you might be the next tom cruise :-D

From Hollywood superstars to adulterous dilettantes, several seminary dropouts have managed to find success in the secular world. Here’s a sampling of the finest in almost-clergy.

click here to know these famous ex-seminaristas.

Remember the legendary english teacher Ms. Resurreccion and the equally legendary required english lit topic --Beowulf? Here's Gibbs' entertaining writeup about them... (i hope ms. rexy is doing fine these days, any news about her?)

Aha, so it's pronounced “BAY-wulf.” All these years my high school classmates and I have pronounced it “BEE-wulf,” like how were taught in English literature. The release of the movie should prompt us to consider holding one of our usual reunions just so we could officially adopt the proper pronunciation of the name.

You see, “Beowulf” isn't just a story to us. Mention the word, and it brings back a lot of happy memories. We're silly sentimental SOBs like that.

We learned about Beowulf and Grendel and Grendel's monster mother not from Neil Gaiman, but in traditional high school English literature. I'm not sure if students today are still taught this old English epic poem. Our teacher was Mrs. Resurreccion, a white-haired, motherly, tiny bird of a lady, all 4'11" of her (perhaps even shorter).

continue reading gibbs' writeup here...

here's B92 during a recent scrimmage in aemilianum. being that i heard they field the mightiest B-ball team of all sano batches ;-) am thinking is a match between the metro manila champs B83 and the sorsogon champs B92 not too far off?? even unavoidable???

who will win? who will surrender?? hehehe abangan!


more pix in here

here's the OLPS '83 Macho Gwapings Forever! team (from left to right, SF Leo Baloloy, SG, Choy Banaga, Playing Coach PG Gerry A, Center Perry Labayo and SF, Haile Frivaldo) -- who completely dominated and demolished the formidable Pfizer Managers in a thrilling basketball series held these month

head over to the B83 blog for pix and deets

one of the activities during the homecoming was tree planting. this is a good idea since OLPS is almost arot na with most of the tress felled down by past typhoons.

so if you should find yourself in sorsogon one of these days, take a little time out to plant a tree in OLPS. it would be cool to go back again in a few years or so and see your tree all grown up di ba?

here is sano ronny planting a tree

parade pics taken by sano ronny




some pics taken by B92 during the 2007 homecoming. medyo konti lang daw dumating but it was fun day nonetheless



the B92 guys having a great time!!!



and these gals daw ang naghatid saya hehehe. ayan dili magbasol an dili naka-attend san homecoming ha.

view pics taken by sano ronny (B82)

and view the pics taken by the b92 guys

this jolted me a bit when i read inquirer.net today. seems like a sorsogon priest has been excommunicated. his name sounds familiar but i dont remember his face at all. anyways here's the story

A Catholic priest from Sorsogon, excommunicated by the Church for breaking the “seal of confession,” said on Thursday he planned to appeal his case before Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes and the Catholic Church hierarchy in the Philippines.

Father Alejandre V. Galias told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that he would seek an audience with Bishop Bastes and explain his side. He said he would ask the bishop to revoke his excommunication and restore his authority to perform his priestly duties.

When interviewed on Thursday, the 58-year-old priest said he was continuing his normal routine as priest. But when asked if he was still saying masses, Galias refused to comment.

Galias said he found his excommunication questionable as he was not given due process.

In a decree dated September 21, 2007, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sorsogon declared the penalty of “latae sententiae excommunication” against Galias

read the full story here.....


so i got bored and googled the unfortunate padre's name and got this

and this shows the latin text of the excommunication (this is a nice sorsogon catholic themed blog maintained by fr. abe, crs)

hay naku- parang maintriga dating hehehe.

the 2007 OLPS minor Intrams kicked off yesterday. The intramurals' theme is: Clash of the Empires! Celts, Spartans, Sioux...

more deets and pix at the OLPS Minor website

so after a lot of wondering, turns out there will be a homecoming this year. it will be on Oct. 17, 2007 (its on a wednesday -- why not on a weekend kaya???) anyways here's the sked

Homecoming Sked

October 17, 2007

8:00 AM - Registration

9:00 AM - Holy Eucharist

10:30 - Tree Planting

11:30 AM - Lunch (Agape)
Entertainment during lunchtime

1:00 PM - Bingo Socials

3:00 PM - Outdoor Games
Volleyball: Mothers of Seminarians vs. Faculty
Basketball: Fathers of Seminarians vs. SANO
Priests vs. SANO

6:00 PM - Departure

here's the front of the invitation card


and the inside


so mga maka-attend, please please take lots and lots of pictures and email them to me for posting here.

i may not be able to go coz medyo alanganin ang sked, being on a midweek and all. 3 days ding absent yun.

have fun!!!

ok, time to do this again. nothing much to share. seems like everybody's busy and the blogs aren't updated regularly anymore. its also a bummer that by the looks of it there would be no 2007 Homecoming.


Batch 81

hasn't been updated in long while but do leave a message for sano chuck in their chat box


Batch 82



Sano Ronn joined the OLPS outing ( his son is currently a freshman)


Batch 83



the gang celebrated donnie boy's bday (guested by no less than regine velazquez and ogie alcasid)

they're also in heavy training for the coming basketball game on Oct. 12 where they will battle it out with the Pfizer Managers for b-ball supremacy. maybe we can go and cheer them on. or ipangadyi na lang hehehehe.


Batch 84

haven't been updated for a while now


Batch 86

oh, nothing there but birthdays and exams hehe. inhurugakan na ada. maybe we'll meet again 20 years from now hehehehe.


Batch 87

one of the livelier batch blogs around. they also have lots of slideshow albums and a podcast (first sano blog to make one)




pls confine your eyes to ojee's son ok? hehe.



sano ojee and sano sanni visited fr. roy eco in florida.


Batch 89

i think richard is having a hard time contacting his batchmates. nothing new there


Batch 92



sano mike go had a great time with his kids out on family day. do check out the pupitre videos up on their blog.


Batch 93



allen's team bagged the trophy in a paintball tourney in dubai.


Batch 94



kuki and sasa dugan are proud parents of baby boy dugan


Batch 96



fr. ro was recently ordained priest and serves as parochial vicar kan Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral

they have a cool website with lots of features. go check it now!!. also check out their photo album for pix of the coke college


Batch 97

the newest blog in the sanosphere. go visit for a look see.


Batch 2000



hasn't been updated in a long while. chrisly graduated from his theo studies and is now back in the diocese

the All Blacks (New Zealand's National Rugby Team) traditionally start their rugby matches with the haka

this is the most frequently used version the "Ka Mate"


this is a scarier version - "Kapa O Pango"

Our deepest condolences to totep's and junjun's family on the passing away of their father.

May God give him eternal rest and may his soul rest in peace.

Update:

Tio Nonong's body lies in state at their house in village. Internment in scheduled on friday. to those who can visit totep and junjun, do convey our condolences

mga sano let's offer prayers to:

dante arcos (b86) -brod of ol arcos (b92) who's taking the bar exams -- 2nd week ninda niyan- na sana makapasar and to totep (b87) and junjun perez's (b84) dad who will be undergoing a risky bladder operation -- na sana the operation will go well and that he will soon be back in good health.

here's dondee and the gang rockin' it out