I marched the green grass brown and loved-hated every moment. I worked and got scared and grew strong in Tondo and cried when it was time to leave. I kept a record of grammatical errors that I heard, right beside the record of mannerisms that I saw. I loved the retreats and hoped that they would last forever. I wished upon a lot of stars and chased a lot of rainbows. I believed in a lot of things and fought for them...I was a Theresian.
Our Class graduated from St. Theresa's College QC, on March 28, 1978. There were 151 graduates at that time, but our Class encompasses all those who were our classmates at St. Theresa's, from the time we completed kindergarten in 1967, our elementary education in 1974, our high school in 1978, and the years in between.
Speak their names, like a string of pearls, in prayer...
The Class
CLASS 4-1 Corito Abella Chona Almario Anna Atienza Gert Baron Bessie Canseco Debbie Coquia Connie Cruz Dudi Cruz Leo Daquel Faith Delfin Nina Encarnacion Alys Enriquez Ilse Espinosa Izza Eulalia Meann Evaristo Nancy Fernando Bing Floro Jeanne Gallardo Vicky Garcia Ayet Gonzalez Grace Gorospe Anzelle Guevara Rachel Halili Lulie Laxamana Owie de Leon Yette Maranon Yvette Mata Yoli Palanca Suzette Quiambao Tess Rances Peachy Reyes Joy Ringler Gina Santos Tina Vince Cruz Ruby Yap Syl Ysip CLASS 4-2 Wilma Abundo Lulu Acosta Tetet Anolin Tereret Arguelles Jean Atienza Mayette Balili Cecille Catapang Lucianne Cham Becky Chan Jojo Dalupan Norabel Domingo Nanan Gener Aleli Guevara Maricor Guinto Levis Innocents Tes Jaramillo Therese Krueger Ruthie Lagman Leonie Leonardo Ellen Manalastas Vikki Mendoza Tsaa Mulintapang Doris Nacu Corrito Narvasa Patty Navarette Delby Panaguiton Edna Pastor Rose Payawal JoAnn Ruiz Beng Sancho Terry Soriano Ditas Tayao Chuchu Tiu Ebeng Torres Annie Valenzuela Basto Valenzuela Joy Yamane CLASS 4-3 Arlene Abesamis Susa Ablaza Winnie Acosta Nah-Nah Adrias Bonnet Aguila Mon Asuncion Lorna Belandres JoAnne Bretana Aring Cochico Alice Elepano Diana Fernandez Lani Gomez Yam Gonzalez Olga Inocentes Bolen Jopson Jane King Mayet Ligad Eileen Llamado Mars Lorenzo Maique Maiquez Maricelle Narciso JingJing Narvasa Lo Ong Jojo Pagarigan Rica Pagtalunan Glenda Paulino Owee Pena Susie Policarpio Celine Roque Gwen Salva Kleng Santos NetteNette Sison Bea Tan Lily Tirol Monette Torres Juls Valderama Cecille Valdez Marlyne Yujuico Eileen Zshornack CLASS 4-4 Lily Concepcion Abbie Cruz Jaycee Cudiamat Agnes Esguerra Carol Evidente Chit Florentino Tina Garcia Mai Garcia Lala Gonzales Nina Guevara Flor Gutierrez Anet de Guzman Anae Ilar Dang Isada Marichu Javier Mela de Jesus Peewee Lagman Mel Magno Abel Manalo Celia Maniwang Vicky Mercado Gigi Molina Nitz Munoa Beth Narciso Ginky Orejana Divina Pantaleon Carina Quiambao Sonia Ramos Terry Reyes Dett Roxas Hazel Sabas Dianne Samson Rachelle Shaw Jojie Sta. Maria Chicky Suarez Chichi Verzosa Hermeeh Victoria Gwen Villasis Leah Yap CLASSMATES Sandy Alicante Mel Bautista Ditas de la Cruz Louvette Hammond Dottie Ilagan Ana de Jesus Luisa Legaspi Cherrie de Leon Agie Paras Ditas Rodriguez Mariflor Roldan Emilie Sobrepena
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Lulu Acosta Vinna Adrias Chona Almario Monina Asuncion Gert Baron Mel Bautista Becky Chan Connie Cruz Alice Elepano Agnes Esguerra Nancy Fernando Chit Florentino Nanan Gener Lani Gomez Anzelle Guevara Levis Innocentes Mayet Ligad Mars Lorenzo Yvette Mata Maricelle Narciso Jojo Pagarigan Delby Panaguiton Susie Policarpio Sonia Ramos Ditas Rodriguez Joanne Ruiz Kleng Santos Chiqui Suarez Bea Tan Cecille Valdez Chichi Verzoza Ruby Yap Eileen Zshornack
Children of the Sixties
Some of our mothers drank coffee, tea, soft drinks, and maybe even beer with a raw egg, while they carried us. While pregnant, they took cold or cough medicines if they were sick. Our baby cribs and walkers were made of hard wood covered with lead-based paints. We had no soft cushy cribs that played music, no disposable diapers. As children, we would ride in hot un-airconditioned buses with wooden seats, or cars with no airconditioning and no seat belts, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads, and our feet were our brakes. We drank water from the garden hose, or even from the faucet, and not from a bottle purchased from a convenience store. We shared one soft drink bottle with four of our friends, and no one gave this a second thought. We ate rice with margarine, and drank soft drinks with real sugar in it. We ate dirty ice cream and street food. And we survived. Maybe that's because we were always outside playing. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, and get back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day and we were fine. Patintero, habulan and taguan were games we played. We fell out of trees, got cuts, broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We did not have video games, cable television, video discs, surround stereo, cell phones, computers, the Internet, chat rooms, and friendster. But we had real friends and we went outside to actually talk and play with them. We walked, rode bikes, or took tricycles to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them to come out! And yet our generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, creative thinkers and successful professionals ever. The past 40 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had failure, success, and responsibility. We learned from our mistakes the hard way. We were more than lucky. We were blessed.