2nd Anniversary! Aliguas Mangaldan

Viva to the Aliguas Mangaldan community. We all make it happen!

Coincidentally, today, Sep 26th marks the second anniversary of the launching of Aliguas Mangaldan. Special great thank you to Atchi Marie Aquino-Junio for pushing the project into the web world.

Salamat ed sikatayon amin!

Here’s a trail of email showing how Aliguas Mangaldan is bringing together the Mangaldanians from across the seas.

Cheers and peace to all,

Djoma de Guzman

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From: Visperas, Peck [mailto:Peck.Visperas@kcc.com]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:59 AM
To: djoma3@telus.net; livinghopeny@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Request connection

We had a conference call earlier. Aliguas did it again. It’s like Nokia, connecting people.. from Mangaldan, that is..
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Cheers..pec

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From: NORMAN SOLIS [mailto:livinghopeny@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:30 AM
To: djoma3@telus.net
Subject: Re: Request connection

Salamat din Kuya Djoma sa tulong ninyo. I was able to talked to Nida and Lito already. Si Kuya Peck pa nga who called me here and put me on a conference call with Lito.  Thanks for everything!

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From: Jose S. De Guzman [mailto:djoma3@telus.net]
Sent: Friday, 26 September 2008 5:56 PM
To: Visperas, Peck; livinghopeny@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Request connection

Thanks Pec as well as Dadong. Pastor Norman is certainly glad to know how to reach Nida and Lito.
Have a great reunion planning, Pastor Norman!

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From: Visperas, Peck [mailto:Peck.Visperas@kcc.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:45 PM
To: livinghopeny@gmail.com
Cc: djoma3@telus.net
Subject: FW:

Good Day Pastor Norman! Greetings from Down Under.

Djoma has requested me to attend to your request. Lito hasn’t got an e-mail address yet but I will relay any message from you. He knows about the reunion and I think he is coming. Alternatively, you can post comment on Aliguas, Australia site re: his birthday. He will get it.

Regards,

Pec
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Pastor Norman,

Here’s Dadong’s reply.
Thanks, Dadong.

Djoma

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From: GERARDO PALISOC [mailto:dadong@shaw.ca]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:50 AM
To: djoma3@telus.net
Subject: Re: Nida C.

Hi.. Djoma,
Yah ... I already sent it to Alex Caballero & Boying Yap they already contacted Nida C.
as far as i know.
Thanks
Dadong

From: Jose S. De Guzman [mailto:djoma3@telus.net]
Sent: Friday, 26 September 2008 1:31 AM
To: Visperas, Peck; 'Gerardo Palisoc'
Cc: 'NORMAN SOLIS'
Subject:

Pec and Dadong,

Would you be able to work out this connection request from Pastor Norman?
Aliguas greatly appreciates your efforts.

Best regards,
Djoma

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From: NORMAN SOLIS [mailto:livinghopeny@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:55 AM
To: djoma@aliguasmangaldan.net
Subject: NEED HELP FOR OUR BATCHMATES

Some time ago, Rigolito Tandingan (Australia) posted his 50th b-day. Then Nida Carino posted comment the MNHS75 Reunion in Las Vegas.  --these are our batchmates. I'm trying to contact all our batchmates for our Grand Reunion cum MNHS 65th Anniversary in March1-7, 2010. Can you please give me their email addresses or any contact info so that I can send Reunion info to them too? Thanks again!
--
In His Service,
Pastor Norman

Comments

[anne m. evangelista - buaron, b''75]

Dear Sir Djoma and Atche Marie and Sir Djoma,

Good day po. Everyone and everything's geared towards the Mangaldan Grand Reunion in October 2009 in the US. Coordinators are assigned and updates are being uploaded regularly. Everyone's excited to join and be counted. On the other hand, with us here in the Philippines, I hope you will soon upload in Aliguas, the pictures I emailed to both of you re: the community outreach program we recently conducted to our dear kabaleyans in the 30 barangays through the "MADE FOR THIS MISSION PROGRAM - "FEEDING PROJECT", sponsored by Ms. Bonafe De Vera-Parayno and husband Melchor Parayno during their two-week vacation here in the Philippines (October 25- November 8, 2008). We were able to visit all the 30 barangays from October 28-30, 2008 through the 3-day Feeding Project and served more than 6,000 children, young and old alike of simple but nutritious arroz caldo, egg sandwiches and juice in tetra packs which they all called "Fun Chum", no matter what brand the juices were. The chicken arroz caldo were personally prepared by the barangay officials, social workers and volunteers in their respective barangays.

I hope with the Feeding Project, which is also first in the history of Mangaldan, our kabaleyans wil be be reconnected with their own barangays and barrriofoks back home and consider some worthy projects for them during the Mangaldan Grand Reunion in October 2009.

Our kabaleyans could see the happy and innocent faces of the children, the anxious look of the young mothers and the senior citizens. But of course, the Project would have not been successful without the cooperation of all the barangay captains and kagawads headed by Mangaldan Liga ng Barangay President Melchor De Guzman, at the same time Barangay captain of Buenlag, the social workers and volunteers who cooked and assisted in the preparation of the food that were served to their dear constituents and the ever-supportive (some members) STCS B'75 volunteers.

Balbaleg ya salamat.

Anne

[Marie Aquino Junio]

Dear Mariel ,

Thank you for your comment and concern .

This site is for all Mangaldanians , young or old or whether they are still residing in Mangaldan or abroad . Everybody is welcome to send news or activities with pictures to be published and to be shared with our kabaleyans .

Our goal is to bridge the generation ( senior citizens , teenagers or pre-teens ) gap as well as the geographical gap . You can read my message on our Second Anniversary of the launching of our website Aliguas Mangaldan under " Vancouver With Love " dated September 25/26 ,2008 . It reiterates our goal and what we have accomplished so far . It would be a pleasure if you can share with us any article or pictures which we can publish . I would like to know more about you , too .

Keep in touch , Mariel ....

Marie

[mariel]

i just wanna ask...is this a site for SENIOR CITIZENS and BALIKBAYANS only??? coz i observe almost all of the photos and write ups are for them..hope u can showcase also the young and also the people that are not balikbayans..we are tired of looking photos of same people..i appreciate ur efforts to build this site for our hometown and for us balikbayans but i hope you will take this comment as a positive one to make this site even more interesting and informative..thank you and more power kabaleyan..

[Bona devera-Parayno]

Dear Atchi Marie and Kuya Djoma,

Teamwork is a nebulous thing.The fabulous combination of your wisdom and flair in writing and reporting brought Mangaldanians together from all four corners of the globe.Your tremendous effort and timeless appeal contributed in bringing aspiring writers and concerned Mangaldanians together showing off our rich traditions and culture driven ways makes this website extraordinaire.CONGRATULATIONS!

[Rusty Cervas-Miraflor]

Hearty congratulations on the 2nd anniversary of "Aliguas Mangaldan". To Djoma
and Atchi Marie and the numerous correspondents: thank you for your tireless efforts at giving us snapshots of the goings-on in your area which feature Mangaldanians back home and in other parts of the globe.

Indeed, it is delightful to see pictures and read about people we know and grew up with. Hopefully, such warm feelings of nostalgia and desire to reconnect will be harnessed to bring about collective and sustained action to assist our old hometown.

And to Kuya Sil Moulic and former Mangaldan Councilman Philip Fabia, your proposal to have a Mangaldan Grand Reunion outside Mangaldan is a fabulous one. You can count on a lot of us ...

Again.....onwards to more success on your 3rd year!!!

[s. moulic from manyjer]

Congratulations "aliguas Mangaldan" on your 2nd birthday..Thx Ate Marie & Sir Djoma for your valuable time and efforts for connecting Mangaldanians together..pls. keep on posting...my warmest regards to all kabaleyans and hopefully we can all get together for a "grand re-union" outside Mangaldan...

[anne evangelista-buaron]

Dear Atchie Marie and Sir Djoma,

A VERY WARM CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF OUR VERY OWN "ALIGUAS MANGALDAN". SO PROUD TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED STORIES, EXPERIENCES AND SHARED PICTURES TO OUR DEAR KABALEYANS IN MY OWN LITTLE WAY. I'VE ALSO RECONNECTED TO A LOT OF LONG LOST FRIENDS AND KABALEYANS. KUDOS AND THANKS A LOT TO YOU, ATCHE MARIE AND SIR DJOMA.. MABUHAY, MORE POWER and GODLESS!

Anne