Kapihan stalwart Vince Misa finally had his wish. Discontented with the comparatively small turnout (7-10) in the Kapihan these past few weeks, Vince decided to use his birthday as leverage to get the lazy Batch63 guys to join the Kapihan once more. Other August birthday celebrants like Raffy Villareal and Lito Quiogue liked the idea and joined Vince in his crusade. Prodded with the incessant text notices of Jackie Arellano about the affair, Benny Ang and Patrick Go came out of the woodwork and asked why they were not being invited to share the blow out since their Birthdays are also in August. The result, the Kapihan turnout more than doubled today. The vampires (the night people who could melt down when exposed to the light of Kapihan day) made an effort and the likes of Ed Oreta, Lito Domantay, Tito Lucero, Eboy Cosme and Douglas Marcaida groggily sauntered into Willow Root. This does not include yet the viajeros who, with the high cost of gasoline, now balk at driving all the way from the suburbs to regularly come to the Kapihan. Some of these guys are Ed Lim, Joey Estagle, Tony Estonina, Manolo Cristobal and Bert Saenz.
Because of Vince's Stars of Yesteryears Batch63 project that will be presented in the coming March homecoming, he became an official member of the DLSC Alumni Homecoming committee. Hence, the committee (chaired by Bobong Velez of Batch64) was invited to the bash as well if only so that they can deliver their message to the Batch. According to Bobong, DLS shall be celebrating its centenial year two years from now in 2011. This was adopted as the theme (the bigger goal) for all the preparations they are now making for the March Taft reunion. The March theme is thus TWO TO GO! Keep that in mind guys - and it has nothing to do with take out fast food! One objective of the March event is to raise P2M from sponsors for the event. Hence, given 10 active batches the 'toka' is theoretically P200K per batch. Vince was grinning impishly as he hinted this requirement to the business tycoons in Batch63 like Lito Domantay and Linggoy Araneta among others.
With the presence of all the new faces (including Baby Angeles' balikbayan kuya, Dr. Jaime Angeles) the Kapihan took longer than usual. It included robust singing by Joey Estagle, Vince Misa, Raffy Villareal, Gary Salcedo and Oni Mayo of the special DLS chant song of Batch63 (Hail One La Salle) that will be sang by the Batch at the Homecoming. It was lunch time by the time the group disbanded but not before getting into some serious discussions on motivation, definition and technology. Tito Lucero was being accused of favoritism, coming to the Kapihan only since Vince is an AQQA diehard. Since there were outside people with the group, AQQA was described by Bert Saenz to them as that Fine Dine place serving exotic fare in Quezon B. This new topic brought about again the question of Senior virility and in a roundabout way, the medical issues around it. Gary Salcedo shared his ideas on the new therapeutic theories to prevent prostate cancer and the resulting impotence. We would have believed Gary's attestations (delving on sleight-of-hand maneuvers) to pre-empt colon cancer - until we saw Jim Angeles, successful US cardiologist, hesitantly shaking his head at the audacious and unconventional thought. When Batch63 gathers, you never know what you get, but it's definitely high-plane and cutting edge (albeit mysterious and gaudy), isn't it?
With the presence of all the new faces (including Baby Angeles' balikbayan kuya, Dr. Jaime Angeles) the Kapihan took longer than usual. It included robust singing by Joey Estagle, Vince Misa, Raffy Villareal, Gary Salcedo and Oni Mayo of the special DLS chant song of Batch63 (Hail One La Salle) that will be sang by the Batch at the Homecoming. It was lunch time by the time the group disbanded but not before getting into some serious discussions on motivation, definition and technology. Tito Lucero was being accused of favoritism, coming to the Kapihan only since Vince is an AQQA diehard. Since there were outside people with the group, AQQA was described by Bert Saenz to them as that Fine Dine place serving exotic fare in Quezon B. This new topic brought about again the question of Senior virility and in a roundabout way, the medical issues around it. Gary Salcedo shared his ideas on the new therapeutic theories to prevent prostate cancer and the resulting impotence. We would have believed Gary's attestations (By the way, this August Kapihan event was so successful that the September celebrants want to do the same. The September celebrants are Francis Horn, Dendi Abdon, Boy Carlos. It would be nice if the other September guys like Wally de Leon, Boy Lumba and Manolo Relova could find a way to make it next month. Hasta luego, pendejos - expect two more trailing Emails that will show the rest of the pics during the Kapihan.
