3 and a half Hours of saying thank you and goodbye...

March 22, 2006... Wednesday...The Tribute... some JPIA oldies told me before this activity is one of the best ever in the myriad of JPIA activities. Now i know why. This is because some of our beloved graduating JPIAns will be given of a simple tribute by their respective committees. As part of the Exte EB, of course, I have the task to make this activity to the zenith of my capabilities be memorable to them. However, I think that the juniors (Addie, DK and Boiboi) already made our presentation. So there...

The Tribute was held at Shangri-La West Ave. I believe it has lasted for 3 and a half hours. That 3 and a half hours made me realize that being a part of this organization is really wonderful, coz my heart has been filled with wonderful memories whom I shared with these people who are, sadly, graduating. Everyone's been giving their best to make this event possible, especially the MEMCOM EBs, the facilitator of the activity. TRIBUTE was a very big success...

The program was started by of course, dinner... WHoa... the viands were great, albeit I had to help first Roger (the new president) and my fellow co-Chairs with our Exte tribute. There has been a difficulty with regards to the video, according to Boiboi "3 years pa yan". Addie followed: "Hinihimas-himas pa namin yan ni DK, sabi namin, kaya mo yan,sige pa". I laughed because Boiboi is panicking already. That's why we waited until it has been finished. While waiting, I left them to eat coz my stomach is already aching. I savored the food, haha (patay-gutom)... leche, magtatagalog na nga lang ako...

Ayun, nagstart na din yung committee presentations. Una yung PEP, tributing Anie, Daryl, Carlo, and of course VP Owen. Sabi nga ni Jeff, wag daw muna silang pumunta ng SM north, dahil dun binili yung tokens, mga tsinelas... hahaha... then yung MEMCom... grabe, I love the presentation.. lupit ng flash... at may tribute pa sila sa TT corp... ang PP corp na daw ang bahala (composed of Jean, Anna, and KC, ang ayaw pabalikin ni Jeff sa PEP). tinanong ko si jean kung bakit PP, she simply answered "ano ba ang kapartner ng TT, diba PP?" grabe labo. then sunod na nagtribute ang FINANCE. Graduation song ni Vitamin C ang kanilang theme song. Then ang INFOPUB. wala me ma-say. then kami na... nakakatuwa ang tribute namin... video. After that, binigay namin yung tokens, guess what, halaman... fortune plant for the boys, cactus for the girls. after that bigay tribute kami kay Ate Iris, our beloved VP. Kinanta namin ay JOurney. Naiyak si Addie at Iris after that, pinigilan ko lang yung iyak ko..haha.. Then nagsori si BOiboi sa hindi pagkakalagay ni Elay sa video.. naiyak siya kasi naguiguilty siya,pero kinomfort naman siya ni Elay. Di daw siya nagalit... ;p den anf E&R naman yung nag-tribute. hay, natapos yung mga committee presentations. Then, nagtribute ang mga committe/adhoc chairs sa mga EOs. ang mga tarpaulins with their pix yung binigay nila with the song In My Life ata or Graduation song ulit. then ang LEAP ang nagtribute kila Kuya Jay at ROma. GO Leap, grabe, nakakatuwa yung presentation nila... powepoint na umiikot yung word na leap...hahaha... ;p

Then, ang mga EOs may special presentation... Kinanta nila yung experiences naming lahat sa JPIA dun sa kanta na "Sa Lahat" or something, i dont know the title e. Nakakaiyak talaga... sobrang nakakatouch...

After that, inacknowledge yung mga new set of EOs. Roger, President;Richard, VP for Internals; Janno, VP for Externals; Manu, VP for InfoPub; Lawrence, VP for Finance; Myo, VP for E&R; and Jeff, VP for LIaison. i was so happy coz finally, complete na ang roster ng JPIA EOs. Now, I can say that UP JPIA is "politically stable". hehehehe

After that, ay ang walang kamatayang picture taking. Umupo kaming lahat sa stairs, at ngumiti forever. Then, ang mga pagpapaalam... Waah... TRIBUTE is really one of the best JPIA memories I ever had... Bye graduating students, thank YOU for sharing with me your lives... :)