Plans for 40th

Feb. 5, 2008 - We are calling on all batch mates who are attending our 40th anniversary to pre-register. Kindly fill up our Online Registration Form (Click here to access the form. Please don't forget to click the submit button after filling up the form.) The data you will provide will assist the organizing committee in finalizing its preparations for the 3-day event. Thank you for your cooperation.

Feb. 5, 2008 - Hereunder is the final program of activities for our 40th anniversary celebration:

Program of Activities
UST High School Batch 1968
40th Anniversary Celebration
Theme: Sana Maulit Muli
February 15-17-2008

February 15, 2008 (Friday)	UST HS Batch 1968 Party Venue: Corinthian Gardens Clubhouse, Quezon City Attire: Smart Casual Music: To be provided by the band "Behind Closed Doors" - who specializes in '60s and '70s music Food: To be catered by Le Souffle. We will also have Lechon Baka (donated by a generous batch mate); and 50-kilo grilled tuna (donated by Ricky Yatco) Souvenir: Reprint of Veritas; IDs showing our high school grad picture (to be worn during the reunion) Raffle Prizes: Free Trip for two to Hong Kong; Free accommodation at a resort in Boracay; two electric bikes, and many more.... (All of the raffle prizes are donated by our batch mates.) Note: Vans and cars (courtesy of batch mates) will be available at the gate of Corinthian Garden to shuttle batch mates to and from the clubhouse.
5:00 p.m.	Registration
6:30-12:00 p.m.	USTHS Batch 1968 Party
	Opening Prayer Opening Remarks - Don Mejia, President - USTHS Batch 1968 Welcome Remarks - Bebet Gozun, Chair Organizing Committee Introduction of Batch Members, Teachers and Guests - c/o Odette, George & Jun
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.	Dinner
8:30 - 12:00 a.m.	Presentation of West Coast Group Games / Raffle/ Introduction of Batch Members/ Picture Taking Presentation of East Coast Group Games / Raffle/ Introduction of Batch Members/ Picture Taking Presentation of Manila Group Games / Raffle/ Introduction of Batch Members/ Picture Taking Dance / Singing / Fellowship

February 16, 2008 (Saturday)	UST Grand Alumni Homecoming Venue: UST Plaza Mayor, USTCampus Espana, Manila Note: The fee being charged by the UST Alumni Association for the Grand Alumni Homecoming is P500 per person. Our batch has paid for an initial 50 tickets which we will be distributing on a first come first served basis, to those who want to attend the Grand Alumni Homecoming.
4:00 pm	Courtesy Call - UST Rector & UST High School Principal Tour of the Campus
6:00 pm	Holy Mass
7:00 pm	Start of program of the UST Grand Alumni Homecoming

February 17, 2008 (Sunday)	UST HS Batch 1968 Outing Venue: Eucalyptus Bay Resort, Muntinlupa City (Eucalyptus Bay Resort is owned by our batchmate Gani Buenaflor, who is letting us use the facilities for free... Thanks a lot Gani!!!) Theme: Barrio Fiesta Food: Native Food. Odette Wallace has generously offered to provide for our lunch consisting of chicken and liempo inasal, grilled veggies with bagoong balayan, caldereta, sisig, laing, pancit palabok, puto and dinuguan, lumpiang sariwa, bibingka, and puto bumbong. We also have grilled fish (donated by Gani), 2 lechon from Ed Alimagno and many more... For dessert, we will have ice cream carts. For snacks, we will have mais, banana Q, kamote Q, taho, etc.) Games: Pabitin, Hit the pot, and other fun games Transportation: We will hire a bus with designated pick up points for batchmates.
9:30 a.m.	Departure from Manila
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Lunch Games, Dance, Singing, Fellowship, Batch Picture Taking
4:00 p.m.	Departure from Eucalyptus Bay Resort

During our Batch Party on Feb. 15, we will be having some major raffle prizes like trip for two to Hong Kong, electric bikes, etc. We hope that all batch mates who will attend the party will be able to bring home a raffle prize. We are therefore appealing to all our batch mates to bring a raffle prize (e.g. bottle of wine, etc.) during our party.

To our foreign-based batch mates, please take note that we have included as one of the highlights of our program for the batch party, a presentation from the West Coast and East Coast Group. The Manila Group has been preparing a special number for our batch. We hope the gals and guys from abroad will come out with their own numbers. (Paging Ernie Morales, the Salsa king from the West Coast and MIchael Mendonez together with Andring Maranan for the East Coast, please do the necessary coordination for your respective groups.)

Due to the kind heartedness of our batch mates who have generously contributed for our 40th anniversary celebration, we are offering our batch reunion and outing, free of charge for all batch mates. For our batch party on Feb. 15, those who wish to bring a companion or significant other, have to pay for their partner at a cost of P700 per person. Our batch outing on Feb. 17 is open to all batch members together with their family, free of charge. (Note: For those who have contributed for our 40th anniversary, we will not charge any amount for their partner or spouse during our batch party on Feb. 15. Any additional guests, i.e. for 2 or more guests, will be charged at P700 per person.)

For arrangements for optional tours, kindly get in touch with Bebet Gozun at bggozun@hotmail.com . We are offering the following optional tours for our batch mates who are coming from abroad:

Day Tours

Intramuros walking tour
Binondo walking tour
Shopping Tour - Mall of Asia, Tiendesitas, 168 Mall in Divisoria or Greenhills Shopping Center
Health, Fitness and Beauty Treatments at a Spa
Golf

We have designated specific batch mates who will accompany those who will be joining any of these optional tours.

Out-Of -Town and Tour of Asian Countries

Bohol - For details of estimated cost and itinerary, please click here. Bohol Tour>>>
Bangkok -
4D3N - US$ 275 Plus: Taxes – US$104 and Philippine travel tax – P1,620
Via PAL
Hotel - Baiyoke Sky or Indra Regent
Free transfers
Free half day city tour
Free breakfast

Finally, the organizing committee has approved the logo for our 40th anniversary, which we have placed as part of the banner heading for our web pages. Here is a bigger view of the logo -

Status of Collections and Pledges for our Ruby Anniversary

Feb. 14, 2008 - Hereunder is the updated list of those who have generously contributed for our ruby anniversary. (This same list can also be viewed in the Plans for 40th webpage.)

Names	Amount
I. Donations for Our 40th Anniversary Celebration
a) Peso Contributions (incl. peso equivalent of $ contributions)
Fred Andes ($100)	P4,000.00
Joseph Bautista ($105)	4,200.00
Joey Bote ($100)	4,000.00
Isagani Buenaflor	10,000.00
Albert & Lorna Buenviaje	10,000.00
Juliet Casis	5,000.00
Butch Centeno ($100)	4,800.00
Caloy Corsiga	20,000.00
Baby De Guzman	5,000.00
Fredo De Jesus ($100)	5,000.00
Socorro De Jesus ($100)	4,100.00
Danny Diy	2,000.00
Philip Dytoc	5,000.00
Merle Cruz Encarnacion ($100)	4,800.00
Rowena Veloso Feleo	5,000.00
Cesar Fernandez	5,500.00
Jane Feliciano Fernandez	500.00
Dolores Cunanan Galang ($105)	4,645.00
Socorro Gillera ($105)	4,645.00
Freya Halili	4,000.00
Go Eng Hi	10,000.00
Bebet Gillera Gozun ($100 + P500)	5,300.00
Josie Illescas	10,000.00
Noel King	10,000.00
Albert Laguardia ($100)	4,445.00
Evelyn Del Rosario Laurel	5,000.00
Dra. Flora Baetiong Leyba ($300)	13,335.00
Joji Pangilinan Linan ($100)	4,000.00
Bing Macavinta ($105)	4,645.00
Elizabeth Magpayo	1,000.00
Don Mejia	500.00
Michael Mendonez Jr. ($100)	4,000.00
Timothy Mendonez ($100)	4,000.00
Cherie Mijares	500.00
Ernie Morales	5,000.00
Terry David Munsayac	2,100.00
Renee De Los Reyes Nolasco	5,500.00
Luisa Acal Novenario ($105)	4,645.00
Tisha Reyes Nixon	5,000.00
Jerry Ongsiako	5,000.00
Jojo Panganiban	5,000.00
John Pastores	500.00
Anita Viri Pazcoguin ($100)	4,000.00
Peck Pecaña ($100)	4,000.00
Rey Protacio ($100)	4,000.00
Nonio Cabrera Ramirez	3,000.00
Fe Cristobal Raval	5,000.00
Marie Rañoa Roque ($100)	4,445.00
Asuncion "Sunny" Santarromana ($100)	4,000.00
Teresa Sierra	5,000.00
Gurmel Singh ($100.00 plus another $100 deposited in BPI $ Account)	4,800.00
Peter So	5,000.00
John Tan	10,000.00
Olive Tiburcio	25,000.00
Jun Tullao	10,000.00
Odette Ko Wallace	2,500.00
Alice Yatco	5,000.00
Emma Ruivivar Yeung	5,000.00
Chito Zuñiga ($100)	4,445.00
Total Peso Contributions & Peso Equiv. of $ contributions	P 326,850.00
b) Dollar Contributions
Gurmel Singh	100.00
Sub-Total	$100.00
Total Peso and Dollar Contributions	P326,850.00 & $100.00
II. Advertisers to our Souvenir Program (Veritas Reprint)
a) Whole Page Ad
Don Mejia	P10,000.00
Jun Tantoco	10,000.00
b) Half Page Ad
Ed Alimagno	P5,000.00
Antonio Cancio	5,000.00
Charter Chemical	5,000.00
DN Steel	5,000.00
EBG Inc., St. Cinnamon	5,000.00
Hot Shots Burgers	5,000.00
Katinko c/o Emma Yeung	5,000.00
Evelyn Laurel	5,000.00
Wilson Lim	5,000.00
Teresita Reyes Nixon	5,000.00
Renee Nolasco	5,000.00
Jayvee Omana	5,000.00
Liway Pelayo	5,000.00
Pioneer Insurance	5,000.00
c) Line Ad
Ricardo Gabriel	1,000.00
Rockbuilt Mfg. Inc.	1,000.00
VRA Cartracks	1,000.00
Zeta International Trading	1,000.00
Total Amount Collected from Advertisers	P94,000.00

d) Payment in $ check (for whole page ad)
Gurmel Singh	$250
Total Proceeds from Advertisers	P94,000.00 & $250
III. Donations In Kind
Anonymous Donor - Major raffle prize of $500.00
Ed Alimagno - Two lechon for our batch outing on Feb. 17
Isagani Buenaflor - Free use of his resort for our batch outing and grilled fish
Bebet Gozun - Raffle prize of 1 electric bike
John Tan - Raffle prize of 1 electric bike
Odette Wallace - Lunch during our batch outing on Feb. 17 (consisting of chicken and liempo inasal, grilled veggies with bagoong balayan, caldereta, sisig, laing, pancit palabok, puto and dinuguan, lumpiang sariwa, bibingka, and puto bumbong)
Ricky Yatco - 50 kilo grilled tuna for our batch party on Feb. 15

For our batch mates who would like to contribute to the fund, you can remit your donation to the following account:

a) For Peso Remittances:
Name of Bank/Branch	Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) Corinthian Gardens Branch Sanso St. Corinthian Gardens Quezon City
Account Number	Savings Account No. 242-10-000357-4
Account Name	Elizabeth De Guzman or John Tan
b) For Dollar Remittances:
Name of Bank/Branch	Bank Of The Philippine Islands (BPI) SM Megamall Branch G/F Bldg. A SM Megamall Bank Drive, Ortigas Center Mandaluyong City
Account Number	Savings Account No. 2424-0145-86
Account Name	Elizabeth De Guzman or John Tan
Bank Code for Foreign Remittances	BOPIPHMM

Kindly inform Baby Balatbat De Guzman of the deposit made so she can confirm your remittance. Her email address is ebg114@yahoo.com .

Our 40th anniversary celebration is just a few weeks away and your contributions will help the organizing committee in realizing its plans and programs for our ruby anniversary. So, we encourage our batch mates to send their contribution to our fund. Let's keep the Thomasian spirit alive!

Dollar Account for Remittances from Foreign-based Batchmates

June 17, 2007 - For our foreign-based batch mates who would like to contribute to our 40th anniversary celebration next year, please be informed that we have opened a dollar account for your remittances, the details of which are as follows:

Name of Bank/Branch	:	Bank Of The Philippine Islands (BPI) SM Megamall Branch G/F Bldg. A SM Megamall Bank Drive, Ortigas Center Mandaluyong City
Account Number	:	Savings Account No. 2424-0145-86
Account Name	:	Elizabeth De Guzman or John Tan
SWIFT Code for Foreign Remittances	:	BOPIPHMM

For peso remittances, we have maintained the same peso account with Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom), details of which are as follows:

Name of Bank/Branch	:	Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) Corinthian Gardens Branch Sanso St. Corinthian Gardens Quezon City
Account Number	:	Savings Account No. 242-10-000357-4
Account Name	:	Elizabeth De Guzman or John Tan

Kindly inform Baby Balatbat De Guzman of the deposit made so she can confirm your remittance. Her email address is ebg114@yahoo.com .

May 15 Meeting of Organizing Committee

June 6, 2007 - Last May 15, 2007, Baby Balatbat De Guzman hosted the meeting of the Ruby Anniversary Organizing Committee at her residence in Corinthian Gardens, Quezon City. The following were present during the said meeting: Albert & Lorna Buenviaje, Baby De Guzman, Arminda Espenilla, Bebet Gozun, Jimmy Guieb, Evelyn Del Rosario Laurel, Manuel Manuel,Jojo Panganiban, Fe Cristobal Raval, Peter So, George Tadena, Jimmy Tan, Jun Tullao, and Ricky Yatco.

Bebet Gozun chaired the meeting. It was agreed that our ruby anniversary celebration will be a three-day affair which already includes the UST HS Grand Alumni Homecoming.

For our souvenir program for our ruby anniversary, the group agreed to have the Veritas reprinted, with ads and sponsors at the back. The cost of ads are as follows:

Full page - P 10,000.00; Half Page - P 5,000.00; One-fourth Page - P3,000.00

A 10% commission shall be given to those who can solicit ads for our souvenir program.

The duties of the various committees which were previously formed to handle the numerous tasks involved for the ruby anniversary celebration were reiterated that night. The following are the committees and their respective members:

Committee	Members
Finance	John Tan, Albert Buenviaje and Baby De Guzman - for Phil. based batch mates Chito Cardenas, Odette Wallace, Ernie Morales and Batch Cuyugan - for Foreign Based Batch Mates
Food	Baby Balatbat De Guzman and Josie Illescas
Program	Odette Wallace, George Tadena, Jun Tullao
Venue, Logistics and Physical Arrangement	Peter So, Jimmy Guieb and Ofelia Ramirez
Give-aways	Evelyn Del Rosario Laurel, Fe Cristobal Raval and Armina Espenilla
Promotions, Souvenir Program and Ads	Jojo Panganiban, Jimmy Tan, Ricky Yatco and Manuel Manuel
Announcements	Chito Cardenas, Odette Wallace, Ernie Morales and Bach Cuyugan - for foreign based batch mates Don Mejia, Lorna Buenviaje, Baby Balatbat De Guzman and Ricky Yatco - for Phil. based batch mates

We are open to other batch mates who would want to volunteer their services to ensure the success of our 40th anniversary celebration. Kindly contact Bebet Gozun (Cellphone no.: 09175305854) or Don Mejia (Cellphone No: +639209241801). Let us all work hand in hand to make our 40th year a fruitful and unforgettable year.