Iliganon Heads Cebu Masons

LCHS alumnus Eddie S. Rodriguez has been elected Worshipful Master of the Cebu Masonic Lodge No. 128, F. & A.M.

He was inducted last Mar. 8, by V.W. William Ko, PDDGM-46, in formal installation rites at the Celebrity Hall of the Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City.

LCHS Alumnus Ends Lions Term with a Bang

Another LCHS alumnus, Constantino 'Jonas' Sy, who heads the Cebu Mabuhay Lions Club, will conclude his term as club president with a big bang.

He leads his club in constructing a day care center at Subangdaku, Mandaue City, Cebu. The two-storey building will serve as a center to care for kids while their parents are out at work. With its construction nearing completion, the center is the club's joint project with its sister club, the Keelung Jin-Ai Lions Club, of Taipeh, Taiwan.

Jonas Sy is general manager of Kenwood Lumber in Mandaue, Cebu.

Former LCHS Student Leader Inaugurates Townhouses

Alumnus Roderick Ngo, former president of the LCHS Student Council, recently inaugurated his newest multi-million townhouse project in Caloocan, Metro Manila.

Called Neo Vista Townhomes, the project has now over 150 units ready for occupancy. Considered a first in Philippine construction industry, the townhouses are erected using a new concrete-casting module of Western Forms, U.S.A. The technology enables Roderick's company, Hammercon, Inc., to complete one unit every two days.

LCHS Alumni Association 1997 Officers

Dy Sio Tee, President; Auturo Samson, Executive Vice President; Fe Quimbo, VP for Internal Affairs; Lim Kim, VP for External Affair; Johnny Chen, Secretary; Juanita Jo, Vice secretary; Luis Kho, Treasurer; James So, Auditor; Calix Tan, Pro; and Christopher Chua, Pro.

Board of Directors: Manuel Te, Alexander Chua, Carlos Dy, Walter Lituan, Henry Dy, Dy Sun Kang, Andy Lee, Guardson Siao, and Vy Beng Hong.

Alumni Registry Web Site

There's a web site where alumni of LCHS can register to enable fellow alumni to contact each other on the Internet. The URL is:

http://www.infophil.com/Philippines/Alumni/LCSC/

LCHS Spectrum on the World Wide Web

Each new issue of the LCHS Spectrum may now be viewed on the World Wide Web from anywhere in the globe. The LCHS Spectrum is now displayed on the web page of Charles Sy's new JOKEBOX home page hosted by GeoCities of U.S.A. The URL is:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2972/

Editors Notes

Since the Internet launching of our maiden issue of the LCHS Spectrum, we have received quite a steady stream of moral support and encouragement in our E-mails. This is a big boast to us. And we are only too glad to pursue this little venture further onward.

Directory

Our immediate goal at the moment is to boost our list of subscribers. Among our alumni in Iligan and elsewhere there is an increasing number who are connected to the Internet. Our problem at the moment is we don't have their E-mail addresses. In the weeks ahead, we hope to be able to gather them as we progress. In time we should be able to publish a directory of E-mail addresses of our fellow alumni in our future issues to share with you.

Home Page

Among our future plans, we also have in mind setting up a home page for LCHS alumni.

The idea comes as an offshoot of the generous proposal of Johnny Po, of Iliganet Internet Service Provider, to host our alumni page on their web site.

But that may take a little time. Perhaps as soon as this Internet newsletter gets more organized and reaches its maturity, we may be able to focus our attention on creating a home page for LCHS on the World Wide Web.

In the meantime, Johnny has also offered to post our newsletter on the web site of IligaNet. The site is at:

http://www.iligan.com/

Photos

We have also received suggestions to include some photos in our newsletter. The idea is good. But we will need to study this option a little bit more. Reason is because graphic attachments can take quite a while to upload and download. Another reason is: not all our recipients are equipped with programs to filter and display graphic files in their computer systems. Nevertheless, should there be any event of utmost significance, we'll certainly have the photo scanned and share it with our subscribers in our future issue.

Features
COMING TO TERMS
By Henry L. Yu, M.D.
Batch 1967

What is TIME? What has it got to do with our life? Most often, we hear people say the proverbial "TIME heals all wounds" or "TIME is too short for so many things to do in a lifetime" or "There is a TIME for everything" or the teacher telling the students "Be on TIME" or the priest during Holy Mass "It's TIME to change for the better." The proverbial list can go on down the hemline, endlessly so it seems. But among the many things said about TIME, it is this particular one ("There is a TIME for everything") that really moves and puts me to ponder. Yes, there is really a time for everything--a time to be born, a time to enjoy life, a time to love, a time to die...and so on and nauseatum.

Life is a process. A cycle. A baby is born full term after a nine-month gestation. Then with a cry, he signals the start of his life. When we were born, we did not bring with us anything. And when we go away, we shall not bring along anything with us. We are all but tourists, on a limited visa. There are only two sure things which we all will experience while on earth whether rich or poor, professionals or not. And these are: gettting old and dying. So, what's in between now and then? A complicated life. Why? Because we allow it to be so. "Life is what we make it" remember?

In a lifetime, there are trials. Lots of seemingly insurmountable ones. The do's and don'ts. The "It could have beens". The "I told you sos". The "I had the feeling". And a litany of them. Having problems, pressures, friction, and all that stuff is part and parcel of a be-ribboned package called LIFE. Problems. Dilemmas. Predicaments. Call them by any name. They all spell pressure which is a very detrimental aspect of one's life system as it causes, aggravates, or precipitates body ailments like hypertension, gastritis, and other organic maladies which we've studied and memorized way back in medical school, or have you forgotten? Having problems is something we cannot control. We have to face the music and dance with it. The most important thing is not the presence of such problems but the way we handle them. For how else will we know our real selves if we live in a very peaceful and organized abode all the time? How else if we are with people who jibe with our vibes from sunrise to sunset? Challenges. Challenges. And more challenges. It is only through these that we come to understand more about the intricacies of life and living, of who we really are, of how far we can really go.

We have to come to terms with ourselves. Give time for things to happen. The most important thing is we learn a lesson or two each time we commit a mistake. Life is indeed a swimming pool loaded with lessons. It is up to us which of these apply to our life. And from those lessons we can say that we have indeed come to terms with our life as an adolescent, as an adult, as a middle-age person, or a retiree.

The other day, I came across a coffee mug which was piled in our kitchen cabinet a long time ago. It was never used. As far as I remember I bought this sometime a decade or so ago. I knew I would be needing this--either just as a decorative piece, or a reminder, or something I could share with my colleagues in the sunset of our life. It goes like this:

HOW TO KNOW YOU'RE GROWING OLD

*Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.
*Your little black book contains only names ending in M.D.
*You get winded playing chess.
*You join a health club and don't go.
*You're still chasing women but can't remember why.
*You sit on a rocking chair and can't get it going.
*Your knees buckle and you belt won't.
*Dialing long distance wears you out.
*Your back goes out more than you do.
*Your pacemaker makes the garage door go up when you watch a pretty girl go by.
*You sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there.
*You look forward to a dull evening.
*You turn out the light for economic rather than romantic reasons.

If upon reading this, you're smiling and nodding, then welcome to the sunset club. At last, you have come to terms with yourself. Congratulations! We are the young ONCE. And we're not alone ...