MERRY CHRISTMAS

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete..

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Si Boyet Nasa Texas..

Boyet at his Sister’s new house at Houston Texas. Ano pa! pig para relibak mi naman so mga classmate mi..( Sara sisay daw?)

Batch ’80 E-mail Directory:

Batch ’80 with e-mail address at the directory..

Babasa, Carlos
Baranda, Roberto
Dimaano, Meneleo
Gonzalgo, Rochello
Lomibao, Conrado
Lelis, David
Manda, Emmanuel
Maullon, Francis
Ocampo, Leoncio
Sunga, Eduardo

Please send your update e-mail add. or if you need an e-mail add. of Batch ‘80 At Spartanking_22@yahoo.com

Paki update pa tabi kun me aram pa kamo. Salamatonon....Paco

Minutes of the OLPS Alumni Meeting

Minutes of the OLPS Alumni Meeting held at Southside Bar & Grille, Salog, Sorsogon City on August 22, 2009

Present:

Atty. Tootsie Cubias
Atty. Jess Fumera
Robert Maullon
Cesar Escobedo
Augusto Dematera
Gerald Angeles
Tato Marcial
Kruni Escudero

1. The meeting which was presided by Atty. Tootsie Cubias formally started at 7 P.M. with a solemn prayer, followed by the reading and approval of the minutes of the last meeting held at Mango Grill, Magsaysay St.

2. Matters Discussed:

2.1.Atty. Tootsie will attend the meeting on September 3, 2009 @ St. Gregory the Great Seminary, Tabaco, Albay, to finalize the basketball game set on the 17th of October between St. Gregory and OLPS Alumni. He will render his report next meeting.

2.2.The uniform to be used by the OLPS Alumni during the basketball game vs Gregorians is still being finalized, especially who will shoulder the expenses. (We are now appealing to some SANO who can take charge of the expenses good for 15 players only).

2.3.Sano Cesar Escobedo was designated as the playing coach and shall be the point person to coordinate with those interested SANO who will join the team. The following are the suggested players (Any interested SANO can coordinate with Sano Cesar. N.B. must be 35 yrs old & above):

Nono Yap
Fr. Totoy Alcantara
Cesar Escobedo
Tommy Duran
Philip Duran
Augusto Dematera
Fr. Buchoy Datar
Romelio Dimaano
Lloyd Lopez
Fr. Vernon Zulueta
Fr. Ninoy Lagarde
Fr. Peewee Renovalles
Ping Ocampo

2.4.In addition to the previous minutes, the registration shall start at OLPS Minor Seminary at 7am-12nn (c/o OLPS Seminarians). Registration fee is 100 pesos only.

2.5.Amendment to previous minutes: Motorcade will start at OLPS (Minor) going around the city proper then back to OLPS Minor for the Eucharistic Celebration (c/o OLPS); business meeting follows, then lunch (per batch). In the afternoon, activities will be the basketball game of OLPS Alumni vs Gregorians Ex-Sem (10 cases of beers to the winner c/o SANO), and fellowship (at basketball court) with live band at 7P.M. onwards c/o Batch 84.

2.6.The meeting adjourned at 9: 15 P.M. and was officially closed with a solemn prayer.
2.7.Next meeting will be on September 5, 2009 @ 7 P.M., same place (Southside Bar & Grille).


Certified true and correct:

Renato B. Marcial
Acting Secretary With concurrence:

Atty. Augusto Y. Cubias
Vice-President

Parada Lamang

Where do we stand?

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period... I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show andJane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Hurricane Katrina).. Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said okay.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit.

If not, then just discard it... no one will know you did... But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.


My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

This Old Kaban (2)

OLPS, WHAT IT USE TO BE..



...The Home, where young men called to the PRIESTHOOD live, as they advance in age, and grow towards maturity and strength of character;
...The School Of Learning, where students aspiring to become priests make steady progress in wisdom and understanding;
...The Institution, where future priest grow in favor before God and men...



These pictures brings back a lot of memories..
The frontage road was not a good site to weed grass as consequences for speaking Bicol while you are watching the rest of the your brothers (seminarians) playing basketball to their content.

Para PALA snow an trabaho

This Old Kaban (1)

In the Army....

The art of being well.

If you don’t want to be ill...

...Speak your feelings.
Emotions and feelings that are hidden, repressed, end in illnesses as: gastritis, ulcer, lumbar pains, spinal. With time, the repression of the feelings degenerates to the cancer. Then, we go to a confidante, to share our intimacy, ours "secret", our errors! The dialogue, the speech, the word, is a powerful remedy and an excellent therapy!

...Make Decisions.
The undecided person remains in doubt, in anxiety, in anguish. Indecision accumulates problems, worries and aggressions. Human history is made of decisions. To decide is precisely to know to renounce, to know to lose advantages and values to win others. The undecided people are victims of gastric ailments, nervous pains and problems of the skin.

...Find Solutions.
Negative people do not find solutions and they enlarge problems. They prefer lamentation, gossip, pessimism. It is better to light a match that to regret the darkness. A bee is small, but produces one of the sweetest things that exist. We are what we think. The negative thought generates negative energy that is transformed into illness.

...Don’t Live By Appearances.
Who hides reality, pretends, poses and always wants to give the impression of being well. He wants to be seen as perfect, easy-going, etc. but is accumulating tons of weight. A bronze statue with feet of clay. There is nothing worse for the health than to live on appearances and facades. These are people with a lot of varnish and little root. Their destiny is the pharmacy, the hospital and pain.

...Accept.
The refusal of acceptance and the absence of self-esteem, make us alienate ourselves. Being at one with ourselves is the core of a healthy life. They, who do not accept this, become envious, jealous, imitators, ultra-competitive, destructive. Be accepted, accept that you are accepted, accept the criticisms. It is wisdom, good sense and therapy.

...Trust.
Who does not trust, does not communicate, is not opened, is not related, does not create deep and stable relations, does not know to do true friendships. Without confidence, there is not relationship. Distrust is a lack of faith in you and in faith itself.

...Do Not Live Life Sad.
Good humor. Laughter. Rest. Happiness. These replenish health and bring long life. The happy person has the gift to improve the environment wherever they live. “Good humor saves us from the hands of the doctor". Happiness is health