'YUN LANG
Pagsasalin ni Pete Lacaba ng awiting "That's all"
Tunay na pagmamahal sa habangbuhay'
Yan lamang ang aking maiaalay
At ang tanging puso ko'y nakalaan sa 'yo'
Yun lang, 'yun lang
Alay ko sa 'yo'y pamamasyal sa araw
At kamay na kakapitan sa ulan
At mainit na dibdib sa gabi ng taglamig
'Yun lang, 'yun lang
Ang iba ay maraming pangako
At handang ibigay ang mundo
Tunay na pagsinta at pagsuyo'
Yan lang ang maihahandog ko
Kung pangarap ko ay ibig mong malaman
Ang isasagot ko'y simple lang naman
Basta't sabihin mong ako, ako lang ang mahal mo'
Yun lang, 'yun lang ================
THAT'S ALL (Original English Lyrics)
I can only give you love that lasts forever.
And a promise to be near each time you call.
And the only heart I ownFor you and you alone
That's all,That's all...
I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall;
And a love whose burning lightWill warm the winter's night
That's all,That's all.
There are those I am sure who have told you,
They would give you the world for a toy.
All I have are these arms to enfold you,
And a love time can never destroy.I
f you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore,For now and evermore
That's all,That's all.
If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore,For now and evermore.
That's all,That's all.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Is this life all there is
By Willie Jose
Yesterday, it was work, eat, drink, and be merry
Buy that, buy those– and then sleep
Today, it’s more work, more eat, more drink, and be merrier
Buy more of that, buy more of those—then sleep again
Tomorrow, it’ll be much more work, eat, drink and be the happiest
Buy all of that; buy all of those— then have more sleep
Is all this life has to offer to us?
Is this why we are here on this world,
To satisfy our insatiable selves?
If this is the only thing, we have
In life—then something is very
Wrong in our own existence.
Is this not all emptiness
As if everything hangs in the air
And striving after the wind.
Then, let’s all wake up my dear friends
And look around—reflect and meditate,
Now, we know: life’s nothing sans Jehovah God in our lives.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
PLM alumni host grand reunion in Manila
to mark school’s 42nd anniversary
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Alumni Association (PLMAA) is hosting a grand alumni reunion & homecoming in Manila on February 25 - March 3, 2009 to commemorate its school’s 42nd anniversary.
The PLMers belonging to Batch ’68 led by Richard Prado are spearheading the weeklong event. And they are inviting all alumni to join the affair and meet up and renew their bond of friendship and camaraderie with their former classmates and schoolmates whom they have not seen for years.
Prado said the celebration’s theme “4 Na Dekada…Walang Kakupas-kupas”marks the 42nd year since the PLM opened its gates to the first batch of scholars in 1967, thereby making the school the country’s first city-supported university for the poor but intellectually gifted students
As he expressed his gratitude to PLM President Atty. Adel Tamano for “re-opening the campus gates to the alumni community”, Prado also issued the invitation to all alumni to attend the reunion, saying “let us re-trace our steps back to our alma mater, to feel and celebrate the PLM spirit once more”.
The organizers are expecting a big turnout of alumni attending the reunion and this early, some PLMers living overseas—Canada, US, Australia—have informed the organizing committees on their 100 percent willingness to attend the event.
At present, the alumni hosts are bracing up for the coming busy months, preparing the various reunion’s activities such as the holding of sports games , cocktails, bus tour, symposium and Coffee Hour, all aimed at making the homecoming “ An Affair To Remember”.
To insure the success of the event, the Batch ’68 aided by some alumni from the pioneers group have lined up a number of activities that will give those attending the reunion enough time to be together in reminiscing their fond memories and dreams that they have kept to themselves through the years.
On Day 1, there will be a parade and review with President Tamano making the welcoming remarks and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, delivering the keynote address. A symposium on the” PLM—Responsibility to Moral Accountability and Social Responsibility” and a Coffee/Music Hour with Tamano, faculty members and the students body are scheduled in the afternoon session.
On Day 2, the whole morning is reserved for the holding of a medical/ dental project billed as “ Mula Sa Puso ng Nagbabalik-tanaw”.And cocktails/dinner/dance is slated at the Manila Hotel Fiesta Pavilion-- alumni groups including those from PLM overseas chapters are expected to show off their musical/ entertainment talents.
On Day3, it’s a 3-day, 2-night “Sagada Tour”. See you all on this once-in-a-lifetime homecoming!!
For particulars, call or contact the following:
The Secretariat: e-mail: jeyeyvee@gmail.com
Jojo Velasco, 869-2623 or 09218582911
Marketing & Invitation:
Cesar San Pedro, 932-5767 or 09175293289
E-mail: cesar_sanpedro@yahoo.com
Steering Committee:
Richard Prado, 09205914701 or rprado@yahoo.com
Racie Freires, 562-2787 or 09214305099
E-mail: schytech@yahoo.com
For alumni living in Canada, please call:
Lilia Jose, 416-265-3129
Ping Nacua, 416-439-5427.
Delia Manguba,416-444-7340--WJ
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Our Manila PLM reunion--"An Affair To Remember"
Let’s make the PLM reunion
“Our Affair To Remember”
I’m very sorry for this late response; I was so busy the past week. Anyway, I read the minutes of your meeting-- and that you’re planning to get a high profile speaker to grace our forthcoming alumni homecoming, hoping that with this popular speaker we could get enough media mileage and exposure
If I may suggest, I think our reunion should focus more on the alumni and the members of the university community: the teaching and administrative staff and the students. We are supposed to hold this affair with one objective in mind—to meet up and renew our ties with our classmates and schoolmates whom we haven’t seen for years, thereby reminiscing with them our fond memories and dreams
Our reunion is a great time to relax, exchange a never-ending kamustahan and be ourselves, free from the cares of the world. In short, let’s make this gathering Our Affair to Remember. After four decades, the PLM has produced outstanding men and women in various professional fields- school deans, lawyers, doctors, nurses, journalists, professors businessmen, engineers, board topnotchers, officials of national and international organizations and many others. I strongly believe we can get one good, home-grown keynote speaker among us who can speak for all of the alumni--.someone who’s the epitome of the PLM ideals. If we could do this, then we have all the reason to commemorate our “4 Na Dekada na Walang Kakupas-kupas”
.
Being an alumni event, could we possibly de-politicize the reunion, meaning no-speeches from politicians and I’m sure even our school president Tamano would understand this stance. Well, we can just have a tour on the PLM with him and a courtesy call with Manila Mayor Lim.
Another point is why we don’t take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime gathering to come up with a big, really big project for the benefit of the poor students. What I have in mind is the putting up of The Pamantasan Café. We have a captured market, the thousand alumni the PLM has produced’ through the years and the profits generated from this venture could be used to fund the scholarships and other programs. To raise the needed capital, all we have to do is, invest $ 100 each, and if there are 500 alumni joining in, then we can have enough capital to start the business. The 500 investors will have one share of stock each, entitling them to have one vote and no one should be allowed to have more than one share of stock, thereby preventing anybody from having controlling interest in the business. So all the 500 will be shareholders of the corporation. As shareholders, now we could elect the members of the board who would eventually manage the business. This is just an idea, I don’t know if the project is feasible.
As regards, Edith’s concerns on generating awareness and insuring maximum attendance to the event, I think all the committees should get involved in making sure that all these alumni are contacted through e-mails, phone calls and text messaging Aside from on-air plugs, press releases, web sites reports, we can also have banners and posters placed in some strategic places in Manila to generate awareness.
Another way to create enough stir is to revive the Coffee Hour and through this program, these students will have a chance to hear some encouraging and inspiring stories from the alumni themselves while enjoying their free coffee/tea/cookies. To get the students attention and interest, we can hold an exhibit of old photos, books, uniforms, souvenirs and other memorabilia. Willie Jose.
Posted by williej at 10:59 AM 0 comments
to mark school’s 42nd anniversary
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Alumni Association (PLMAA) is hosting a grand alumni reunion & homecoming in Manila on February 25 - March 3, 2009 to commemorate its school’s 42nd anniversary.
The PLMers belonging to Batch ’68 led by Richard Prado are spearheading the weeklong event. And they are inviting all alumni to join the affair and meet up and renew their bond of friendship and camaraderie with their former classmates and schoolmates whom they have not seen for years.
Prado said the celebration’s theme “4 Na Dekada…Walang Kakupas-kupas”marks the 42nd year since the PLM opened its gates to the first batch of scholars in 1967, thereby making the school the country’s first city-supported university for the poor but intellectually gifted students
As he expressed his gratitude to PLM President Atty. Adel Tamano for “re-opening the campus gates to the alumni community”, Prado also issued the invitation to all alumni to attend the reunion, saying “let us re-trace our steps back to our alma mater, to feel and celebrate the PLM spirit once more”.
The organizers are expecting a big turnout of alumni attending the reunion and this early, some PLMers living overseas—Canada, US, Australia—have informed the organizing committees on their 100 percent willingness to attend the event.
At present, the alumni hosts are bracing up for the coming busy months, preparing the various reunion’s activities such as the holding of sports games , cocktails, bus tour, symposium and Coffee Hour, all aimed at making the homecoming “ An Affair To Remember”.
To insure the success of the event, the Batch ’68 aided by some alumni from the pioneers group have lined up a number of activities that will give those attending the reunion enough time to be together in reminiscing their fond memories and dreams that they have kept to themselves through the years.
On Day 1, there will be a parade and review with President Tamano making the welcoming remarks and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, delivering the keynote address. A symposium on the” PLM—Responsibility to Moral Accountability and Social Responsibility” and a Coffee/Music Hour with Tamano, faculty members and the students body are scheduled in the afternoon session.
On Day 2, the whole morning is reserved for the holding of a medical/ dental project billed as “ Mula Sa Puso ng Nagbabalik-tanaw”.And cocktails/dinner/dance is slated at the Manila Hotel Fiesta Pavilion-- alumni groups including those from PLM overseas chapters are expected to show off their musical/ entertainment talents.
On Day3, it’s a 3-day, 2-night “Sagada Tour”. See you all on this once-in-a-lifetime homecoming!!
For particulars, call or contact the following:
The Secretariat: e-mail: jeyeyvee@gmail.com
Jojo Velasco, 869-2623 or 09218582911
Marketing & Invitation:
Cesar San Pedro, 932-5767 or 09175293289
E-mail: cesar_sanpedro@yahoo.com
Steering Committee:
Richard Prado, 09205914701 or rprado@yahoo.com
Racie Freires, 562-2787 or 09214305099
E-mail: schytech@yahoo.com
For alumni living in Canada, please call:
Lilia Jose, 416-265-3129
Ping Nacua, 416-439-5427.
Delia Manguba,416-444-7340--WJ
Posted by williej at 9:46 AM 0 comments Links to this post
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Our Manila PLM reunion--"An Affair To Remember"
Let’s make the PLM reunion
“Our Affair To Remember”
I’m very sorry for this late response; I was so busy the past week. Anyway, I read the minutes of your meeting-- and that you’re planning to get a high profile speaker to grace our forthcoming alumni homecoming, hoping that with this popular speaker we could get enough media mileage and exposure
If I may suggest, I think our reunion should focus more on the alumni and the members of the university community: the teaching and administrative staff and the students. We are supposed to hold this affair with one objective in mind—to meet up and renew our ties with our classmates and schoolmates whom we haven’t seen for years, thereby reminiscing with them our fond memories and dreams
Our reunion is a great time to relax, exchange a never-ending kamustahan and be ourselves, free from the cares of the world. In short, let’s make this gathering Our Affair to Remember. After four decades, the PLM has produced outstanding men and women in various professional fields- school deans, lawyers, doctors, nurses, journalists, professors businessmen, engineers, board topnotchers, officials of national and international organizations and many others. I strongly believe we can get one good, home-grown keynote speaker among us who can speak for all of the alumni--.someone who’s the epitome of the PLM ideals. If we could do this, then we have all the reason to commemorate our “4 Na Dekada na Walang Kakupas-kupas”
.
Being an alumni event, could we possibly de-politicize the reunion, meaning no-speeches from politicians and I’m sure even our school president Tamano would understand this stance. Well, we can just have a tour on the PLM with him and a courtesy call with Manila Mayor Lim.
Another point is why we don’t take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime gathering to come up with a big, really big project for the benefit of the poor students. What I have in mind is the putting up of The Pamantasan Café. We have a captured market, the thousand alumni the PLM has produced’ through the years and the profits generated from this venture could be used to fund the scholarships and other programs. To raise the needed capital, all we have to do is, invest $ 100 each, and if there are 500 alumni joining in, then we can have enough capital to start the business. The 500 investors will have one share of stock each, entitling them to have one vote and no one should be allowed to have more than one share of stock, thereby preventing anybody from having controlling interest in the business. So all the 500 will be shareholders of the corporation. As shareholders, now we could elect the members of the board who would eventually manage the business. This is just an idea, I don’t know if the project is feasible.
As regards, Edith’s concerns on generating awareness and insuring maximum attendance to the event, I think all the committees should get involved in making sure that all these alumni are contacted through e-mails, phone calls and text messaging Aside from on-air plugs, press releases, web sites reports, we can also have banners and posters placed in some strategic places in Manila to generate awareness.
Another way to create enough stir is to revive the Coffee Hour and through this program, these students will have a chance to hear some encouraging and inspiring stories from the alumni themselves while enjoying their free coffee/tea/cookies. To get the students attention and interest, we can hold an exhibit of old photos, books, uniforms, souvenirs and other memorabilia. Willie Jose.
Posted by williej at 10:59 AM 0 comments
Friday, April 25, 2008
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