The UPIS Batch ‘87 10th anniversary reunion was successfully
held on 27 December 1997, Saturday, at the UP Bahay ng Alumni, UP 
Diliman. Around 110 alumni, comprising 1/3 of the batch, attended 
the affair. 

   Registration started at 7:00 pm. (Class Valedictorian, now a 
lawyer, Jamea Garcia was most eager, arriving at 5:30 pm.)  By  
8:30 pm, everyone was enjoying the sumptuous dinner prepared by  
Cabalen. 

   After dinner, a program ensued, hosted by Bubuy Balangue and
Vanessa de Leon. Atty. Adeliza Magno-Guingoyon led the singing
of the UP Naming Mahal. During the invocation, led by Jamea,
those present remembered their departed batchmates - Roy Alcudia, 
Cesar Espina and Mike Garido.
 
   Tina Agbayani started the show with a love song aptly entitled 
"Hello". Then came the giving out of special awards. Ten trophies 
were especially made and handed out to the following awardees: 
Tina Panganiban-Perez for GMA News (Most Telegenic Award); Hazel 
Arboleda-Dado and daughter Arielle (UPIS Parent-Baby Look-a-Like 
Award); Ronald and Diday Alcudia (Heaviest Couple Award); Nikko 
and Liza Vicencio (Lightest Couple Award);  Marcia Reycio-Cruz, 
now Mrs. Matute, and Joel Vinarao (Most Remembered Couple); Paolo 
Arevalo and Mireille Gose (Dream Tandem Award); Mary Grace 
Tolentino (Most Productive or "Pinakamaraming Anak" Award); 
Vanessa de Leon (Most Surprising Transformation or Pinakamalaking 
Pagbabago" Award); Pong Landicho (Male Star of the Night); and, 
Liza Laudico-Vicencio (Female Star of the Night). 

   Eric Suguitan was comic as a presentor for the Most Telegenic 
Award. He somehow managed to convince Mike Saenz to come up the 
stage and accept the award for Tina (who was absent) much to the 
delight of the crowd (Tina and Mike used to be paired to each 
other). Among the nominees for this category are: Tracy Socco for 
Lucky Me commercial, Liza Laudico for Teysi ng Tahanan, Liza 
Lazaro for Partners: Mel and Jay, Diday for Eat Bulaga; Bubuy for 
Mel and Jay; Edmund Pike for Kapag Tumibok ang Puso MTV; Vanessa 
de Leon for Safeguard commercial; and, Rida Jurado-Pascual for 
Mara Clara.	
 
   For the Most Remembered Couple Award, almost all high school 
sweethearts that you can think of were nominees, but what drew 
the loudest cheer was this list: Ton-ton and Mireille, Ton-ton 
and Diday, Ton-ton and Winnie, Ton-ton and Joy. 

  The batch also had fun playing Trivial Pusit with Sidney 
Ventura as the game master. Two groups of six were randomly 
chosen and were asked to answer trivia questions such as "Who won 
as Ms. Intrams in Gr. 9?"; "Who was our CAT Commandant whom 
Florence had a crush on?" and "Who was Mr. Diaz’ teaching 
assistant?". 

   Married couples were asked to come up the stage to play the 
newly-wed’s game which was won by Diday and Ronald. Other 
contestants were Weng Soriaga and Gussy Villa-real, Rida and 
Sandy Pascual, Winnie and Dennis del Castillo, Trixia and Ariel 
Arias, and Liza and Nikko. 

   Diday and Ronald granted the batch’ request for them to sing 
"How Do You Keep The Music Playing?", the same song they sang 
eleven years ago during the Culture Shock concert at the Abelardo 
Hall Auditorium on 29 November 1986.

   Prof. Ma. Theresa de Villa, presently the UPIS principal, 
graced the affair. In her brief speech, she congratulated Batch 
‘87 for organizing such a successful event. She announced that 
the UPIS will definitely be moved out of its present location and 
relocated inside the UP Campus, although no definite site has yet 
been identified.

   After the program, the entire batch trooped to the stage for a 
batch picture-taking. Quite a few still came in by midnight, 
rushing from their previous engagements. 

   The crowd broke up at 1:00 am. The past six hours was 
undoubtedly too short to catch up with what’s been happening to 
long missed batchmates. But those present definitely had a great 
time looking back at the ten years that had passed. They went 
home with the thought that the next reunion will surely be an 
event worth looking forward to. 


Special thanks to:
 
· Rida for providing excellent support
· Liza Vicencio for taking care of the food and drink 
  arrangements
· Elsa Lacanilao for doing a good job in preparing the art work       
  for the board where pictures of UPIS babies were posted for 
  everyone to enjoy
· Elsa and Winnie for the phone brigade
· Winnie and Paolo who designed and decorated the stage
· Vanessa, who produced an MTV which we played at the gate
· Vanessa and Bubuy for hosting the program
. Bubuy for producing newsletter which we distributed and to 
  Florence de los Reyes for her contribution
· Sammy Alcantara for producing the give-away car stickers
· Lorenzo Hernandez for contacting the mobile sound system 
· Jessie Catral, Matthew Aguilar and Bobby Altamirano for the
  drinks
· Raymond Yap for helping us solicit
· those who patiently manned the registration table - Hazel and 
  barkada; Mae Abiva-Leung and barkada;  Lyndee Anne Eugenio and   
  barkada; Jowill Torres and Yumi Endriga
· Yumi for the pictures used in this newsletter
· our sponsors: Procter and Gamble, San Miguel and Coca-cola 
· all those who attended and those who, in one way or another, 
  extended their help

We hope we could get the same support for our future activities.

From: Lyle, lead organizer