A Party and a Journey
Sunday, August 23, 2009
When neighbor and walking buddy Doret Tombo's daughters graduated from nursing at the Angeles University Foundation earlier in the year, he treated us close friends and some of his relatives at the Fortune's Restaurant in Balibago. He promised at the time, there'll be a much bigger thanksgiving celebration once they pass the RN board exams. That promise was fulfilled last Sunday.
Our guest, the new Ari Ning Parnaso, Rene Alzadon and I were taking a nap when a text message woke me up. It was from Doret saying there was a mass before the dinner. Only then did I realize that I forgot all about the party. I immediately sent Donna a text message telling her about it. She decided to leave school right away so we'd just meet at the Greenfields Country Club where the party is being held.
It was almost 8 pm when Ca Rene and I arrived. Everyone was asking why we were late and where Donna was. I introduced Ca Rene to everyone, then we got ushered in and after we chose our table we went to the food line to get our dinner. The line was actually non-existent when we got there because almost everyone was already settled in having dinner. Entertainment was provided by an acoustic trio, two male guitar players and a girl singing. I was pretty impressed the way the guys harmonized 70's folk songs. The famous aLa Creme catered the event. We're about to start our meals when Donna arrived.
It's as if the whole of Greenfields was there, it was indeed a huge celebration.
There was a bunch of chicahan after dinner.
I stressed to my neighbors how lucky they should feel in the presence of the new King of Parnassus (Ari Ning Parnaso). And the conversation evolved from there. The King even gave them a sample of a short Capampangan poem.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Ca Rene told me when he was much younger, the former Ari Ning Parnaso, Jose Gallardo, gave him the poem "Potang Mete Na Cu" to recite over his grave when he's gone. So Myra from CKS scheduled the trip Journey to Parnassus for Ca Rene to visit the graves of all the three deceased and former Ari Ning Parnaso.
We woke up early to go to CKS to pick up Joel Mallari along with Ria from Sunstar. We then went to Angeles City Pampang Public Market to fetch PL Imang Ofring dela Pena, PL Frank Guinto and the daughter of Jose Gallardo, Luzviminda Gallardo-Nolasco to guide us to the great poet's grave in Candaba. One last stop was Anunas, Angeles City for PL Amado 'Doy' Gigante.
Our first spot was to Barangay Maquiapo, in Guagua for the grave of Amado Yuzon. After several stops asking for directions, we finally found it. It turned out, he was buried right in front of his ancestral house. The idea was to turn the property into a memorial/museum type place but due to political red tape, the plan didn't materialize leaving the place in a sad state of disrepair and neglect.
We had lunch at Jollibee and then it was time to go to the Candaba cemetery for Jose Gallardo. And it's here that the new King recited "Potang Mete Na Cu". It's good that we had his daughter with us, otherwise we wouldn't have found Gallardo's unmarked grave.
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On the way to Vedasto Ocampo's grave in Magalang, we dropped off Luzviminda Gallardo-Nolasco and we also dropped by Imang Ofring's ancestral house in San Luis.
When we arrived in Magalang, we picked up Edward, Vedasto Ocampo's grand son to guide us to the memorial park.
Once we were finished with the prayers we went on our way back to Angeles to drop everyone else off. This time we went the other way towards the Angeles City exit of the NLEx. It was a little past 5 when Ca Rene and I got back to Sindalan. After unwinding a bit from the day trip, we had dinner at Sylvia's restaurant.
When neighbor and walking buddy Doret Tombo's daughters graduated from nursing at the Angeles University Foundation earlier in the year, he treated us close friends and some of his relatives at the Fortune's Restaurant in Balibago. He promised at the time, there'll be a much bigger thanksgiving celebration once they pass the RN board exams. That promise was fulfilled last Sunday.
Our guest, the new Ari Ning Parnaso, Rene Alzadon and I were taking a nap when a text message woke me up. It was from Doret saying there was a mass before the dinner. Only then did I realize that I forgot all about the party. I immediately sent Donna a text message telling her about it. She decided to leave school right away so we'd just meet at the Greenfields Country Club where the party is being held.
It was almost 8 pm when Ca Rene and I arrived. Everyone was asking why we were late and where Donna was. I introduced Ca Rene to everyone, then we got ushered in and after we chose our table we went to the food line to get our dinner. The line was actually non-existent when we got there because almost everyone was already settled in having dinner. Entertainment was provided by an acoustic trio, two male guitar players and a girl singing. I was pretty impressed the way the guys harmonized 70's folk songs. The famous aLa Creme catered the event. We're about to start our meals when Donna arrived.
It's as if the whole of Greenfields was there, it was indeed a huge celebration.
There was a bunch of chicahan after dinner.
I stressed to my neighbors how lucky they should feel in the presence of the new King of Parnassus (Ari Ning Parnaso). And the conversation evolved from there. The King even gave them a sample of a short Capampangan poem.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Ca Rene told me when he was much younger, the former Ari Ning Parnaso, Jose Gallardo, gave him the poem "Potang Mete Na Cu" to recite over his grave when he's gone. So Myra from CKS scheduled the trip Journey to Parnassus for Ca Rene to visit the graves of all the three deceased and former Ari Ning Parnaso.
We woke up early to go to CKS to pick up Joel Mallari along with Ria from Sunstar. We then went to Angeles City Pampang Public Market to fetch PL Imang Ofring dela Pena, PL Frank Guinto and the daughter of Jose Gallardo, Luzviminda Gallardo-Nolasco to guide us to the great poet's grave in Candaba. One last stop was Anunas, Angeles City for PL Amado 'Doy' Gigante.
Our first spot was to Barangay Maquiapo, in Guagua for the grave of Amado Yuzon. After several stops asking for directions, we finally found it. It turned out, he was buried right in front of his ancestral house. The idea was to turn the property into a memorial/museum type place but due to political red tape, the plan didn't materialize leaving the place in a sad state of disrepair and neglect.
We had lunch at Jollibee and then it was time to go to the Candaba cemetery for Jose Gallardo. And it's here that the new King recited "Potang Mete Na Cu". It's good that we had his daughter with us, otherwise we wouldn't have found Gallardo's unmarked grave.
>On the way to Vedasto Ocampo's grave in Magalang, we dropped off Luzviminda Gallardo-Nolasco and we also dropped by Imang Ofring's ancestral house in San Luis.
When we arrived in Magalang, we picked up Edward, Vedasto Ocampo's grand son to guide us to the memorial park.
Once we were finished with the prayers we went on our way back to Angeles to drop everyone else off. This time we went the other way towards the Angeles City exit of the NLEx. It was a little past 5 when Ca Rene and I got back to Sindalan. After unwinding a bit from the day trip, we had dinner at Sylvia's restaurant.
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