MIT Chemical Engineering Class of 1966: July 2006

Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.

In the twilight of age all things seem strange and phantasmal, As between daylight and dark ghost-like the landscape appears.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emuVLVylBiA&feature=related My heart goes back to wander there, And among the dreams of the days that were, I find my lost youth again. And the strange and beautiful song, The groves are repeating it still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." I should not be withheld but that some day into their vastness I should steal away, Fearless of ever finding open land, or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand...RF

Sheila Tempongko Obedoza.........May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.

For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the.......

Am still living in the Philippines, married to Romeo B. Obedoza but with no kids. Am connected with Boysen Paints and teach at MIT part time. My husband is with UPLB so he stays there most of the week and comes to Manila (in Kamuning) on weekends. We do have grandchildren from our nephews who are now married. Three nephews (those I share with Mely Matic) are now in the States. But the others are also here. I have been retired and rehired by my company (they have to retire people who reach 60 - dual citizens na kasi - senior and Philippine citizenships). So I am now a consultant for the firm but on a full time basis.

With Sheila Tempongko Obedoza at Kamuning, MM, RP

This was taken in 1963 on top of the FEU bldg. to commemorate the new Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineering Students (PICHES) then, I was a junior and the seniors like Mely Calueng and Bobby Casrto are sitted at the middle. Alwayne Carino is far left, then me, the rest like Alcaraz, Mitz are the only ones I recognized from this badly focused monochrome................ASC

The Brothers Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Fraternity of the Delta Chapter Philippines circa 1966, from L # 3 - kneeling, me, my back Cesar Frias ChE68, 4-kneeling, Warlito Boquiren ChE66, his back, Jose Catibog ChE66, Advisor Prof. Sevilla and daughter. Standing on the far left the brother of Rosalina Corbett. More than 350,000 members have joined Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity since it's founding, at 366 college campuses here in the US alone, not counting other countries. Our mission is to prepare campus and community leaders through service. Our purpose is to develop leadership, to promote friendship and to provide service to humanity..Songs of the Brothers...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXkWylkGl3Y&feature=related ......Alexander

Politics is part of my life. My full name is Jaime Macapagal Alcantara and somewhat related to GMA. My wife from Baler is related to Sen. Angara and the Senator sister in Chicago is our close friend. We are in both sides of the Philippine political party. We never discuss politics not even with my cousins in Pampangga everytime I visit. Pag talounan pikon ang politico sa atin. Next day after the election siraan na. After election they should work together for the good of the country. If any of you have been in Bangkok and South Korea, you will be envious of the progress. Our biggest problem is overpopulation. Any asian country who countrol the birthrate is progresive. But in our country masyadong maraming anak sa tunay na asawa at sa asawa on the side. The economic growth cannot catch up with the growth of population. Expressing their dissent and opinion is lawful in a democratic country but implementing your belief in a violent way like Honasan is still against the law.

Here are the boys in Bagiuo circa 1966. Boy Dakita, Jimmy Alcantara, Jess Bustria, Rene Valera, Tony Alialy, Rudy Banares... see how these Baby Boomers looked 45 years ago during our Baguio Seminar............................

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Boy Dakita's picture was taken 20 years ago during our reunion in NJ. This is the last photo I have of him. I tried to do the best I can for Boy. I know he will be happy up there to know that he is thought of dearly...................Tony A

Rudy Banares My wife and I are regular cruisers and we always talk to the Filipino crew. When we took the 12-day Mediterranean cruise I asked the Pinoy waiters (because we are in a big group, we usually request for Pinoy waiters to be assigned to us) why all their Asian cruises skip Manila when they go to all the neighboring countries of the Philippines . Tanong ko bakit ba wala sa itinerary ninyo ang Manila . Ang sagot sa akin. Noong una ho may cruises kami na humihinto sa Manila but masyadong hong matakaw ang mga taga Customs sa atin kaya ang management ho namin nag decide na skip na ang Manila . When inspection time comes upon our arrival and departure, yung mga Customs inspectors ho kasama ang mga pamilya nila para kumain ng libre sa ship namin. Tapos bago mag bigay ng clearance para maka depart ang ship namin maraming hinihingi na sigarilyo at mga alak.. http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=e86e79aa804dd988&sid=0AZOG7Zm4bN2TrQ

L to R, 2nd row: Cesar, Me (hiding), Tony, Shirley De Ocampo Che '65, Gus De Ocampo Che '65 1st Row: Josie Asis, Elvie Ramos, Aurora Baby Lozada, Meny, Rudy, Harry Jacalan Chem '68, Cecille Jacalan............................Ben A.

Tony Alialy

"The Young and the 'Careless' (Restless)." Taken somewhere in Upstate, NY more than 35 years ago. Standing L to R: Meny, Rudy, Ben, Nando & Cesar Sitting L to R: Tony, Romy Merhan (ChE'65) The passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 played a very important role in Filipino immigration. Due to the act, there was a dramatic increase in the United States Filipino population. The Immigration Act of 1965 made this change in demographics possible because it had abolished national-origin quotas that had previously hindered migration from foreign countries such as the Philippines. The act had enabled Filipinos to be an emerging Asian ethnic group in the United States, because Filipinos are now the second most populous Asian group in America next to the Chinese.

Hernando De Vera Cruz. I still live in Southern California (Chino Hills). Worked for ARCO for about 18 years. Left in 2001 after the merger with BP and now working for my relative (sister-in-law).Regards,Nando Cruz

Romy Merhan ChE '65 ....

Remember our beautiful instructor, Rosie de Vega Cabrera? Well, they are now residing at East Lansing Michigan, about 100 miles away from where I stay in Monroe MI while I am on my field assignment. Rosie has not changed. She is still pretty as ever. Ben and Rosie both retired and have 3 children who are all on their own. 2 engineers and a nurse. They are both very friendly.................

Standing from left to right: Ben, Angel Almazan (husband of Nita Butiu Almazan), Joe Morales (husband of Susie Mariano Morales ),Nita Almazan BA'66, Susie Morales CHM'65, Romy Merhan ChE '65, Larry Zanis (husband of Perlita Aves Zanis), Tony, Rudy and Meny. Sitting from left to right: Mitz de Hitta ChE'65, Sue (Baby) Sumallo, Perlita Aves Zanis Che '65, Ligaya Loyola Hartjen ChE'65 and her husband Harry Hartjen

My understanding of the Pilipino psyche was probably no better than the average Filipino. My being away from home for almost 40 years, except for short vacations every two or three years, could but have further diminished that little understanding. It is however the love of our country and the desire to contribute to the common good that compels me to write. hopefully - together we can come up and start something. Many a times I hear from our kababayans, here in the Philippines and in America, that our native country is a "basket case". This harsh self criticism stems not from lack of love for our Philippines, but rather out of sheer frustration that our country, so endowed with abundant natural resources and with a citizenry of such education, know-how, and proud history, has lagged behind in development with our neighboring nations. There is despair that nothing can be done; that graft and corruption, now so pervasive and entrenched, will remain the way of life; that no change is ever possible..Ben A

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year From the Asis Family I think what we need is to start reforms. Start educating ourselves to not think of being more equal than others to jump and get ahead of the line; to value the dignity of labor (manual, menial or otherwise); to be the vanguard against corruption; to not blindly patronize imported goods; to demand the media unbiased reporting without merely advancing their own agenda; the movie industry to not merely make bakya theme movies. Let us build water treatment systems for small towns (slow sand filtration) for clean potable water. Let us build wastewater treatment plant in Manila and revive the sewer system. Let us… let us… Maybe we should all apply for dual citizenship and help reform our society. Maybe we should all retire to the Philippines and give more of ourselves towards reformation. I am not the brightest bulb in the block. Most of you are. Give it some thought, figure things out, formulate a program. Lead the way and I will follow.

Ben's busy at work with his boob tube!!.. BENJAMIN R. ASIS B.S. ChE. 1966 Hometown: Infanta, Quezon, Philippines 690 West Side Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07304 USA Email: tu2bi@hotmail.com GREETINGS MORE POWER & BEST WISHES TO FELLOW MAPUANS To those who attended: Thank you for for the pleasure of your company one more time. To those who were not We missed you, but thank you for updating us about yourself. Till we meet again. THE ASIS FAMILY David, Marilyn Perez, Lt. Daniel Josefina Manglicmot, Benjamin & Michael David Perez Asis Career Description:  Worked as Chemist with Johnson&Johnson (Phil.), Inc., then as Project Engineer with Philand Industries, Inc.  Joined the brain drain. Worked as Chemist with Contract Packaging Corp.  Obtained NY State PE license by examination. Worked as I&C Engineer with: 1. Seroka Assoc, 2. Hazen & Sawyer 3. ADP Marshall / Flour Daniels, 4. Hamon Research-Cottrell 5. BBL/Arcadis,Inc. ASC

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Ceasar and the cha cha....ASC

Congratulations Lt. Daniel Asis class 2008

Here's a picture of Cesar, Perlynn, Me, Rudy & Meny at Infanta......Ben

Perlita Aves Zanis Che '65...past president of our sister sorrority Delta Sigma Sigma (APO)...We are voting for McCain not Obama or Hillary based on our own evaluations of what the candidates stand for. Not everyone is in the same situations. Obama may be an excellent speaker but I do not know him, he has no experience at all…I only know him based on what the slanted media reports. Marcos was very intelligent and a very good speaker…see what happened to the Philippines !!! Besides, I am pro-life and proud to be so. Perlita Zanis

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Meny Banares Regarding SS, social security carries over to other countries, but medicare does not. The petition is for medicare, which is for healthcare of those 65 and over, (also for some special situations.) Just a reminder, if you're not aware: Everyone should apply for medicare soon as age 65 is reached, even if you do not plan to get SS benefit at 65 because you're waiting until your full benefit age. (for most of us, full benefit age is 66 or 67). If you apply for medicare later than age 65, you are charged penalties. Same goes for the medicare drug plan. You have to choose a drug plan at 65, unless you never intend to apply for one for the rest of your life. Thanks. .........Meny If you can't see the pictures in this email, click here to see it in a web browser: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?token=400904282506%3A1908417390

Dr. Renato Dimayuga ChE66

Renato Dimayuga's decision to return to Pinas and work as chief of a regional hospital that handles mainly charity cases is quite admirable, especially since the salary is peanuts compared to what he can make in the US .

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A healthier Cesar, always with us in our escapades a worthy friend and a mentor for all of us. Here is another album for us to store in our happy memories about our escapades when we were younger then on our way to El Dorado Hills. Some pictures of Rosalina's devoted husband were included entertaining our group Circa 1992. Some taken in Vallejo at Lilia Antonio's residence around 1993, and the earliest were taken during our 1991 Reunion. Most of these pictures were given to me by various classmates over the years. In recompense here they are for you to enjoy...ASC

Cesar, Mike B. Minnie B., Evelina Adlawan & Me tries to squeeze in a small frame...ASC

Tim Villanueva Hello Alex, It's good to hear from you and thank you for including me to your googlegrouplist. I know I've been out of pocket for a while but it's no denying and I am proud to be in the MIT-ChE 1966 group. It might be ancient now but the wonderful reunion we had in 1991 is still quite fresh in my mind and of course all the gatherings & trips that followed. I still remember the visit and fun we had at your place. Oscar is correct. We live in Sugarland, Texas and been here since 1995. I still work for Fluor and taking advantage of the sudden surge in work demand. Hopefully I can stay employed for the next 2-3 years and then retire. Good thing you set up our communication class website, it's really a great idea. Now everyone can be informed of the latest happenings and undertakings the group is involved with. I would like to include both this address and my personal e-mail address in your list if it's OK. This will allow me to access and respond at either locations.

Rosalina Derige Corbett

Raymond & Rosalina Corbett

Rosalina search for us came to fruition. Background from left D. Rodriguez, Resty Mandap, Josie V, Tim V. Maurera, Jaranilla, me..ASC

Regina Bermudez Cruz in 1966 BE (before Elmer) The year 2030 is fast approaching, 20 years from now. Most of us will still be living by then. It will be very frightening, the way this planet earth is behaving..so much fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, icebergs melting..The climate is really changing but so many people hate to believe or think that it is happening and all what they do is argue about it. Even just to PLANT MORE TREES to replace the ones that are burned down seemed to be very impossible to do. You are correct Alex that people are just ignorant and stupid... People will REAP what they SOW..I feel so disgusted because we can not just convince everybody even 75 percent of the whole population, to do something better for this world we live in for our own SURVIVAL.. Regina

Elmer & Regina a table behind me unoticed until the end of the cruise...ASC

At Raymond & Rosalina's Place, Regina holding on to little Jim Corbett, her daughter at her side. Marissa my wife at the far right....ASC

Tessie Gardon Graham

Hello Everyone, I have an old picture taken 40 years ago. I want to bring it to date to show how we look at present. I have all faces from the old picture superimposed with the exception of Juanita Isidro. Unless I get in touch with her I will not be able to complete my project. Has anybody seen my old friend, Juanita? If you do, please send me her address so I can ask for her latest photo. I bet that you too are anxious to see how she looks this time. I can only imagine that she looks better now just like all the ladies in the picture. I tell you these girls really know how to reverse the aging process. They all age gracefully and get better over the years just like vintage wine. I am attaching the pictures THEN and NOW and you be the judge. Looking forward to hearing from you. ......................Tony A

Malaya Matic

Late PM at Rosalina's, from left Malaya, Marissa, me, ___?, Leonila, Josie (wife of Tim)....ASC

Merle Briones

The Ladies 1991 Reunion. I'll never forget the first time we met in '91; We tried so hard to impress. We drove fancy cars, smocked big raybans, And wore our most elegant dress. It was quite an affair; majority of the class was there. It was held at a fancy hotel in Annaheim. We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined, And everyone thought it was swell....ASC

Nenet Voloso

Leonila Coronel Matulac

Mely Matic, Amy Chua, Leonila Matulac I'll never forget the first time we met in '91; We tried so hard to impress. We drove fancy cars, smocked big raybans, And wore our most elegant dress. It was quite an affair; majority of the class was there. It was held at a fancy hotel in Annaheim. We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined, And everyone thought it was swell....ASC

Everybody tries to squeeze in a small frame...ASC

Alicia Carnero

At Long Beach in 1991

Pi de Leon..Tagumpay “Pi” M. De Leon - Double Bass Pi de Leon is in engineer by profession and a musician by avocation. His musical experience came at an early age, being the son of the late renowned nationalist composer and Philippine national artist Felipe Padilla de Leon and the late Iluminada Mendoza, an accomplished pianist. He plays all rondalla instruments, the piano, accordion and the violin. The “De Leon Rondalla” was already appearing in various Philippine functions in the early 60s.

At Lilia's place in Vallejo

At Long Beach 1991 Reunion

Zeny and Pi de Leon....Pi De Leon has played in or directed rondallas for annual Philippine Cultural Nights in various universities and colleges. He has also participated in International Folk Dance Festivals held in Marseille, France and Sicily, Italy in the summer of 1990 and 1993 and also in the 1995 Northwest Folk Life Festival in Seattle, Washington. In between his playing schedules, he conducts rondalla classes and workshops, including his current tenure as a rondalla instructor at UC Riverside. In 1997, he was awarded a grant by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department to train future rondalla instructors through workshops designated as “Master Teacher Apprenticeship Class”

Cesar Jaranilla ChE 55........ In 1991 when you had your first reunion here in the states, we were still full of youth, a lot of vigor, no serious health worries and every time I look at the pictures we had at the dinner dance and the picnic at the park, I wish we were back at those times again. But the years pass by inexorably and we have become grandfathers or even grand-grand.

A healthier Cesar, always with us in our escapades a worthy friend and a mentor for all of us. .ASC When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on, as if in pain: And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. ~Christina Rossetti

Tim V. Maurera, Cesar Jaranilla, me..ASC

This was taken at San Pablo Reservoir Memorial Weekend 1993 .

The Adlawans

This was taken at San Pablo Reservoir Memorial Weekend 1993 .

Juliana Tan Siu Eng

1991 Reunion picture taking before Dessert

Almost time to say Goodbye 1991 Reunion see the Rome Reunion …ASC

Lilia Antonio

Taken at Rancho Cordova Park September 1992

Fil Villena......Hi Alex, (Aug 28 2006,) Last Saturday I attended a party and was able to meet people from MIT. I informed them about this google group. Eldy Yap was there. Precy Tagala and Mr.& Mrs Tony Flora were also there. You probably read about the Nov. 26 (?) reunion of the CheChem group in Manila Hotel. Hope, some of you there can come over since this is also nearing the Christmas season. Will continue to be in touch. Regards to the family. Fil Villena

Photo taken March 2005, amongst our MIT friends, Fil Villena (stayed in the Phil, but comes to the US twice a year

A recent meeting at Vivere Suites in Filinvest, Philippines, Jan. 2007 from Far left, Fil Villena, Jun Dijamco, Luis Mendoza and Art Villasol.

Photo taken March 2005, amongst our MIT friends, from left to right - Fil Villena (stayed in the Phil, but comes to the US twice a year), 1966 Art (family in Phoenix, AZ and lives alone in Akron, Ohio, binata tayo dito), 1966, Efren Afuang (stayed in the Phil), 1965, Ernie Ganuelas (stayed in the Phil, but comes to the US twice a year), 1965 ,Jun Dijamco (back-and-forth Phil & US, lost count on how many times), 1966,Lucy Dijamco, our lovely classmate-in-law. 1966.........Art V

I spent for all my kids who had their college education in the Philippines,. but for those who had theirs here, Uncle Sam advanced the payments via educational loan with my promise to my children to pay their loan after they finish; but none of them, luckily, wanted me to pay their loan after they get employed.; they insist they pay the loan themselves. I always advise other parents to do the same, so they won't sacrifice a lot; and what if the child did not finish, the saving goes down the drain; but in this manner, Uncle Sam may be the loser, if the child didn't finish and the child can't pay back the loan. I provided all my children with functional second hand cars that were estimated to last till they finish their course.or for those who had their college in PI till they were able to estabblish themselves.here. Car is not a luxury in the LA area; it is a necessity. Our youngest son who is now graduating, is the only one who got a brand new car.....Jun Dijamco

Dearest Friends, Please pardon my less than prompt response to your emails, but given the situation and circumstance at hand, I'm sure that you all understand. I am extremely thankful and grateful for all of your support and prayers during these trying times; all your love and compassion inspires everyone in the family to remain vigilant and strong when it is most necessary. As of the moment, Jun is steadily recovering from the aneurysm. Although he temporarily needs the aid of a trache and a gastro-intestinal tube for now, all the signs of his health hopefully is an indication that he will eventually recover from his condition. Soon, he will be transferred to Rancho Los Amigos rehab center, which is known to have a 95% success rate. When he is transferred there, it will be okay to finally visit him if you wish to do so. I will inform everyone when this time comes. They stir in the depths of my heart and are felt by Jun and the rest my family. Again, thank you very much. Lucy Dijamco

"Try to Remember That Time in December" By the Classmates Three

I love to have our reunion in PI, and I believe the agreed time is Jan 2008, 2nd week. But with the Mexican Riviera and the Med Cruise, eastern side, I am not sure if there will be a good attendance or it will even push through. Oscar and I and Lucy and Angie had a grand time in PI. There was no boriing moment during those 41 days we were vaioning/touring together. 41 days just passed without us even noticing it. Ben Asis and his small group also went to PI just this month. It seems, from the email of Ben, the group also enjoyed their stay. The four of us is looking forward to have another vacation/tour in the future. We will be glad if other classmates will join us in this kind fun. Jun

Danny, I am one of the MITChe66's. I still remember you and I hope you, also, still remember me. If you don't, please review our Cardinal And Gold Annual 1966 and look for Marcelino F. Dijamco, Jr. I'm based here in the USA but I spend ample of time in PI regularly because of my little business there. Where are you based? retired? Oscar Holgado, Sheila Tempoko, Nanding Salvador, Boy Mendoza, Fil Villena, Ed Serra, and others most likely will see each other in Manila in December this year. Jun

Jun, Boy & Art.....Dear Friends, After 40 years with the company, it is inevitable that we have to move on to the next phase of life, which is retirement. That official date for me is December 1, 2008, where I will be leaving Akron, Ohio enroute to the sunny valley of Phoenix, Arizona, our home state since 1985. I will be dividing my time between family (wife, a daughter, 2 sons & 3 grand kids) in the US, and attending to our 20-acre farm in the Philippines we started 3 years ago – 225 Manila mango trees, 1,500 citrus trees, ¼ acre of tilapia fish farm, and a herd of goats. Let us maintain that good camaraderie by continuing to exchange emails and that little chat on the phone. Art Villasol

Sonia Sales Mendoza Thank you very much for your concern for our country. We always emphasize forest denudation in all our seminar/workshops in ecological waste management and its adverse effects to our environment like global warming, desertification, floods, siltation of water bodies, water supply,etc. We outline the denudation since 1900 (forest cover then was 70% but Rizal already had misgivings). According to Fr. Walpole of the Ateneo and the Manila Observatory, the Philippines will have only 8% of its forest cover in 2010. The present forest cover is 12%.

Sonia & Luis in 2007

On May 6,2007 Sunday, our anniversary, we were lucky to be docked in Venice for 2 days. My grandson, Jose,15, arranged through the internet with the monsignor at the Basilica di San Marco to have our mass there. The monsignor was very accommodating and we were reserved a special place in the church. I heard our names mentioned three times (the mass was in Italian) and after the mass people greeted Boy and me congratulating us. During the dinner that night, the Filipino chef prepared lechon for our table and the Filipino chefs and waiters came out to greet us (special treatment talaga from our kababayans). We had 2 delicious cakes!..Sonia Mendoza

The Mendozas at St Marks Venice....ASC

Photo taken March 2005, amongst our MIT friends, Art (family in Phoenix, AZ and lives alone in Akron, Ohio, binata tayo dito), 1966,.........Art V

Art Villasol.

A recent meeting at Vivere Suites in Filinvest, Philippines, Jan. 2007 from Far left, Fil Villena, Jun Dijamco, Luis Mendoza and Art Villasol. Dear Friends, After 40 years with the company, it is inevitable that we have to move on to the next phase of life, which is retirement. That official date for me is December 1, 2008, where I will be leaving Akron, Ohio enroute to the sunny valley of Phoenix, Arizona, our home state since 1985. I will be dividing my time between family (wife, a daughter, 2 sons & 3 grand kids) in the US, and attending to our 20-acre farm in the Philippines we started 3 years ago – 225 Manila mango trees, 1,500 citrus trees, ¼ acre of tilapia fish farm, and a herd of goats. Let us maintain that good camaraderie by continuing to exchange emails and that little chat on the phone. Art Villasol

1991 Reunion picture taking before Dessert

Teddy Unite

A reunion somewhere in the East Coast in the '80s

At Long Beach in 1991

Yea, I'm still alive and barely kicking! My oldest boy just got married last 4/29/2010. He met an Irish girl and the wedding was held in Ireland- about 45 minute drive south of Dublin. A golf resort called Heritage! The wedding day was during E-16 (16 letter name) volcano was spewing all kind of shit into European atmosphere. It did halted for awhile to get the wedding consummated! One down, one more to go- A 32 years old youngest son who hates women after his break-up with his high-school sweetheart! I was officially retired Dec.1,2008 but was recalled Dec. 8,2008 to train my replacement. I worked till 6/1/2009. I handled all kind of wastes (except radioactive) generated at Merck Rahway Site, NJ. I been married for 42 years with the same women who was my neighbor back in the old country. She's been very good to me and I think I will keep her until I stop breathing! if I remember right Alex, you drove a BLACK caddy to school from time to time! Or was it a Chevy? Greggie

A reunion somewhere in the East Coast in the '80s

1991 Reunion the second day at Buena Park, a whole day affair, inside the Pavilon on the stage a vantage point, eyeing what's going on

Rey Sequerra

Leo and Zeny Sibal

1991 Reunion picture taking before Dessert

Regina Cruz, Willie Arenas, Florencio Guinhawa

Elizabeth Guinhawa

1991 Reunion picture taking before Dessert

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Lourdes and Nestor Averia

......believe these guys, they are pretty well tanked up from the looks of it.....ASC

Manny Oconer in the Las Vegas Reunion

There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet, and open air. Wait for us, somewhere. There's a time for us, someday a time for us. Time together with time to spare, Time to learn, time to care. Someday, somewhere, we'll find a new way of living. We'll find a way of forgiving. Somewhere. There's a place for us, a time and a place for us. Hold my hand and we're halfway there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there. Somehow. Someday. Somewhere.

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These are my official entries to our Before And After contest. One taken around mid 1946 on a U.S. Army cot bed, another taken in February 1974, then the last one taken early 1971(it was really taken last year).....Rene The toddler Rene; The young man Rene! The middle age Rene?? Holy smokes the man of all seasons will never age... ie. Dorian Grey revisited......Alexander

The mindset of the Filipino is to pray when faced with a problem. And so they pray when floods come instead of correcting the destruction to the rainforest. The church did an excellent job in brainwashing the Filipino from colonial time. Then again after generations of education the Filipino still has not improved. I do agree soon the Philippines will compare with Bangladesh.

Rene Rivera

There were 1.6 million foreign born from the Philippines residing in the United States in 2006. Filipino immigrants made up 4 percent of all immigrants in 2006. The Immigration Act of 1965 enabled millions of Filipinos to make the United States their new home. In the height of the Civil Rights Movement, President Lyndon B. Johnson had signed a bill that drastically changed the admittance laws for immigrants. Priority was now given to family members to U.S. citizens, and permanent residents so they could sponsor the following types of immigrants in this order of these preferences: Unmarried children under 21 years of age of U.S. citizens Spouses and unmarried children of permanent residents Professionals, scientists, and artists "of exceptional ability" Married children over 21 years of age and their spouses and children of U.S. citizens

I retired at 55 in Yr 2000 after 34 years with The Energizer Battery Co. here in Cleveland Ohio. Heavily involved in Quality Controls and Quality Assurances. Thelma. Your trip to Rome in 2007 will be a blast, I will guarantee you. ITS THE BEST PLACE I have ever been, I think. God willing, this coming October, I will be 62 and have no plans of retiring any sooner. I have 4 married sons and have 9 grandchildren. Three are engineers and one is in Marketing. AM very busy serving the Lord in Couples For Christ, evangelizing and helping build homes for the poor in the Philippines. Our target is to build 700,000 homes in 7000 communities within 7 years in the Philippines and make our country free from slums. I am interested in attending the MIT Reunions if time will permit me to. And I hope to see you there too. Am particularly pleased that you found the Post-retirement job that you enjoy the most. Praise God. ..Ric Dimalanta

Everybody, Some group pictures from college with our classmate Jose Lladones, who died on June 3, 2010 in suburban Zamboanga City, due to a health condition called neuritis. Rene

Rey Cadiz, wife and Bing Eugenio

I received your communication through my daughter's email. 40 yrs. ago, I did not like the war policies of America against the Vietnamese. Why? The Vietcom never offended Uncle Sam. That's why I never proceeded to migrate to U.S. And you know very well Rene Rivera wanted me to apply together with Mr. "Magoo". I have three children, 2 are nurses. I have four door apartment and my wife worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the fruits of the labor we were able to place another house. I still drink and I have neuritis. In case you have not heard of the disease I must have to tell you. It is the inflammation of nerve due to inadequate absorption of Vit. b complexes. Ismael, you were not big before, I feel very happy and with gratitude you were able to contact me. You still remember I borrowed your Engineering textbook in which you have written "Friends are rarely true"... but to me once he is a friend is always a friend. These words I will never forget Engineering mechanics by Ferndinad L. Singer.Joe

Everybody, Some group pictures from college with our classmate Jose Lladones, who died on June 3, 2010 in suburban Zamboanga City, due to a health condition called neuritis. Rene

It really has been a long time. My parents are both dead (Father died at age 67 and my mother at age 81). My father worked with Pan American Airlines as a Reservations Manager. So sorry to hear of your seriously ill father. I will remember him in my prayers. I worked in New Jersey from 1968 to 1983 for Conoco Chemicals. I transferred to Houston, Texas in 1983. I worked for Dupont, Oxy Chemicals, and Lyondell Petrochemicals where I retired in February of 2000. I stayed retired to date. My wife, Naty, died in March 2006 of lung cancer. She never smoked. Luckily, my son and his family who were living in San Diego came to live with us before my wife's death. Them living with me helped me cope with the loss of my love one. We have only 1 child. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His wife had a baby girl in June 2007. We named the baby "Naty" which is my wifes name. She gets me occupied for most of the time....Rudy Jose

Seated: 1-Alex Custodio, 2- Tony Diza, 3(back) Oliver Masil, 4-Alwayne Carino, 5-Jess Bustria, 7(back) Rudy Jose, 8-Oscar Santos, 9(back) Romy Reyes ;Standing: 1-Rick, 2-Beda Bera, 3(back) Rene Rivera, 4-Greg Alcaraz, 5-Leon Delos Santos, 7-Ismael, 8-Rudy Banares, 9-Eddie Antonio,10-Mike Bernardino. This was taken at the Balara Water Treatment works. This photo is also linked with http://picasaweb.google.com/ismael.ifurung/MITGroup Most have been posted before in MyFamily.com ; some are from Jerry Ada and from Rene Rivera..............................Ismael

Edgardo Antonio The Quiet Caviteno

Romulo Reyes

Orlando Castillo

Here's another photo I found from our Baguio field trip - circa 1966. My guess is from L to R, top to bottom: Ben Asis, Lando Castillo, Nato Dimayuga, Merle Briones, Sheila Tempongko, Meny Reyes Banares, Lilia Antonio, Tony Alialy, Me, Pedro Palermo, Rosalina Dirige Corbett, Leonila Coronel, Fe Gana & Rhodora Sarmiento.......................Oscar H

We live in Sugar Land, Texas with my wife Nicki. We have two boys, both are on their own but still singles. My oldest is working in Saipan. He like exotic places since he lived 2 years in Juneau, Alaska. He is lawyering and working in a non-for-profit company. The youngest is a sound engineer living in San Jose. I am working for Fluor Engineering. Its kind of close from where I live. Pol Calimbas

Bing Eugenio and Pol K

James Bond 00?...aka Jack Bowwow....ASC

Rene Rivera and Ismael

"Try to Remember That Time in December" By the Classmates Three

Audie Vergara, ChE66..

Rina and Audie Vergara

Mexicans referred to in the article are fair game because they are "illegals" and are costing the US taxpayers billions of dollars. On the other side, I have also heard arguments from sympathizers that these people are not really costing the taxpayers anything but rather contributing benefits to the US economy that outweigh any claims to the contrary. It does not matter which arguments are correct. Many people come to America mainly for economic reasons, Filipinos included. Everyone has his beliefs, when we discuss topics such as this, it just never fails that I look at my own skin, and that of my children and other kin, and I see a glaring "non-white".I just hope that we do not sound the horn too loudly that contributes to the death knell of these poor peoples who are mainly here to better the future for themselves and their children. Many of us are "legals". When America has ridden itself of all these unwanted undesirables, I pray to God that the white man does not train his eyes on other colored people.

Ismael, Audie Vergara, Jon Mazo all ChE66...ASC

Rina and Audie Vergara

hi, i am jimmy dimacali member mit che 66..hope you still remember me.i still rember as the guy with thick eye glasses and with crew cut. i am listed on the mit che 66 google group and i enjoy reading your e mail to rene and our other classmates.. i had a dinner with art villasanta and fil vilena last may 2009. iam looking forward to see you on our grand reunion on 2011.....mayap ala kong balita kang erlnda juat. i fil vilena ampo i francis acda ilang kakontact ko kareng kaklase tamo. di jun dijamco ampoy salvador ating kang contact. masanting ka pa mu rin regards kareng kaklase tam

Hernando Salvador I'm happy to hear from you. It's been so many years since we've been together. Hoping to meet you one of these days. By the way, Ed Serra and I have been neighbors more than ten years. We're just six houses away. You can contact him at.......... We are now both retired from our employment. Now, we're both enjoying the company of our grandchildren. I'm sure Ed will be happy to know your whereabouts. By the way, this is my new e-mail address:..........Regards & God bless,.......Nanding

I guess the courage to go to USA after graduation was not as strong for me, as it was to a lot of our fellow graduates who got applications at the US Embasssy in 1967. More so did the desire disappear in the horizon when I did not make it in my first board exam. I got the frustration of the profession, and devoted my time in marketing products related to chemistry and chemical engineering. But, I guess all of us has each own story to tell, sucess and not failures, or failure may it have begun with inspiration to succeed at the end of our walk thru life. I am restarting from ground zero, and hope that somehow I could still find my nitch in the Sun or rather in the industry within the Philippines. I am following the advice which I gave to my 5 children who have finished their college degrees: "if you fall down, no matter how many times, stand up and try again because the challenge will always be there." Eldy Yap

Celso Chua

Celso Chua.. based south of Fresno California. The last time we talked, he was working as a chief engineer in a cement factory....ASC

Reynaldo Yapchionco Santos

This photo by courtesy of Rosalina D. Corbett many years ago, showing the oath taking of newly registered Chemical Engineers. Taken on June 24, 1967 in Makati, Sarmiento bldg. From far left is Jose Catibog, me, Reynaldo Santos, Maximillan Ui, Audie Vergara, Florencio Roxas, Lorna M. Jereza, Rosalina Derige Corbett, Oscar Santos, Rey Sequerra, Celso Chua, Romeo Olalia........................Alexander

Romeo Olalia

Roger Chu ChE 1969 graduation photo, now retired at 66.

I am Roger Chu. An Alumni MIT-CHE. I am based in Woburn, Massachusetts about 7 miles from Boston

Marshall Bong Hiong Tan

Alfonso Luis Tiu

Jerry Ada

Marlo Mascarna .....I took a bus from Cab city to Mla right after Pepeng was out of Phil. But the sad observation I noticed was the amount of garbage all over the sides of the roads and waterways carried over by the floodings. So even if sewer pipe lines that you're suggesting are built, garbage will clog those pipe lines. Even the media were announcing that rubber boat propellers were affected by the amount of garbage in the flooded areas, suggesting to use the James Bond type boats with air blower/propeller. My simple suggestion: create a Garbage Barangay Police force on every municipalities. But first the country should do a major clean-up and dredging of all waterways leading to the ocean. Also Dept of of Ed should have environment subject course to educate our students. Marlo

Marlo Mascarna..WAKE UP Everyone!! We're now back to the grind! For those who are working, drink real strong coffee. For the senior retirees, let's get the laundry in gear. And for all, check the damages ($$). Just want to let everyone knows that me and Marietta had such a wonderful time. Thanks to you all, especially to Clarita for the job well done in organizing the reunion, and to Citas & Cip of the NJ/Chicago group. And thanks for those who reminded us when to go when & where (toilettes). It was a priceless memories of a lifetime, seeing each other again and having the fun and laughter of our life. In a few days, we may be ready for the next one, mentally (but not financially yet). Hasta la vista! God bless you all. Marlo

Marlo and Marieta 2007 Rome Reunion...We're still here, at Cabanatuan City, NE. We'll go back "AlisBayan" on March 28, then be back here maybe by June. I have a good caregiver (lived-in) caring for Marietta costing me $200/month plus allowance -also doing cooking and laundry. We're staying/rooming at Marietta's sister for now. Might hire another helper when we come back. Few times we've been to Pagcor Casinos in MM; -ahead so far..... Marlo

Marlo and Jun.....I took a bus from Cab city to Mla right after Pepeng was out of Phil. But the sad observation I noticed was the amount of garbage all over the sides of the roads and waterways carried over by the floodings. So even if sewer pipe lines that you're suggesting are built, garbage will clog those pipe lines. Even the media were announcing that rubber boat propellers were affected by the amount of garbage in the flooded areas, suggesting to use the James Bond type boats with air blower/propeller. My simple suggestion: create a Garbage Barangay Police force on every municipalities. But first the country should do a major clean-up and dredging of all waterways leading to the ocean. Also Dept of of Ed should have environment subject course to educate our students. Marlo

"There is a crisis approaching the United States. This crisis is looming on the horizon and much like a train in the distance, soon it will be upon us. The video link below is a "60 Minutes" interview with David M. Walker, the former U.S. Comptroller General with the Government Accounting Office (GAO). The piece is about twelve minutes in length. I hope that you'll take the time to view it, then pass this on to others. Next take a little more time to write your Congressman and Senators and in your own words express your concern about our nation's deficit spending and the dire need to return to a balanced budget. If something isn't done about this problem then by 2040 the country that you love, the country that you have served will be financially bankrupt. The United States of America will be in deep trouble in the next five to ten years unless something is done now. Thank you..Oscar Holgado"

Oscar and Angie Holgado

Marlo, Oscar & Jun

The foresome...Oscar, Angie,Lucy & Jun

With Renato Dimayuga......Alex....Would you mind including Dr. Renato Dimayuga as member of our group. BSChE '66 MIT - his eMail is on cc. Jun & I, together with our spouses met with him in Bauan, Batangas last December 30, 2007. He treated us to a wonderful lunch at Harbor View Restaurant which overlooks Batangas Bay and part of Mindoro. Thanks...Oscar

Danny Odulio ChE66

PICTURES OF DANNY ODULIO with OSCAR AND JUN and respective wives in Davao

Pedro Palermo

My original nickname is Pano since I was born. At Mapua, my classmates and friends at Eta Sigma Mu did not like Pano and changed my nickname to Cip. In fact, except for Mapuans, I have always been addressed as Pano. I spent all my working career in the energy business, half of which was in the oil and gas industry, including oil and gas marketing, refining, trading and logistics, so I can say with confidence, without sounding cocky, that I know better than this Coke executive. In short, the price of oil is determined by how much the market values the last barrel sold in the market place. It is not the average price and definitely not cost related. It is priced on what the market could bear. Any market with marginal pricing can also be very volatile, particularly when there is a perception of supply tightness and risk of supply disruption (due to extraneous factors such as geopolitical) adds a price premium. Cip a.k.a. Pano

Here's my two cents: From a practical point of view, diesel may be a more favored fuel in the Philippines than gasoline for the following reasons:1. Diesel has a higher BTU content per gallon than gasoline because it is a heavier petroleum product relative to gasoline. Being heavier, i.e more carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon compounds that consist diesel, you get more energy from its combustion. This explains why vehicles with diesel engines get a higher miles per gallon than their comparable vehicles with gasoline engines. 2. As Mael pointed out, the price of diesel in the Philippines is less than that of gasoline. As you know, both gasoline and diesel are produced from refining of crude oil, but their pricing of petroleum products does not have anything to do with the production cost. The prices are whatever you wanted them to be, similar to the pricing of prime steak and lower quality meat from a cow.The prices at the pump are also laden with taxes, not the same for competing products.

Rose Ann and Pano

Digital StillCamera

A better picture of the Gents. THE CLASS ChE 66 GRAND REUNIONS . . . Every year, as summertime nears it seems, An announcement arrives in the mail, A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail....ASC

Considering our hazardous chemical exposures (like sucking benzene in a pipet for use as a reagent) when we were students, we should consider ourselves lucky to be exchanging email today. God bless and take care. Reggie Timonera

Manny Genato

Maurit Pugeda, Resty, Greg Nidoy at the back. Almost time to say Goodbye 1991 Reunion see the Rome Reunion http://picasaweb.google.com/samsondelpilar/Rome2007ReunionPhotos ............ASC

Again Lorna, I think it is mostly the Carpenters

Las Vegas Reunion see the Rome Reunion of 2007 ……ASC

There are times when God uses storms in our lives that He may draw us closer to Him. Our God does not sit still when the storm is too strong. Yes, our God lets us get frightened enough to need Him and then come close enough to see Him and experience His wonderful love. We are confident that your faith in Him will hasten your recovery. He is a Master Surgeon, a Great Physician and above all our Creator. He will surely touch and heal you according to His blessed will. Listen to what David said on Psalm 139: “ For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb, I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. How precious are Thy thoughts to me, Oh God! How vast is the sum of them.” My husband had been there….went through a triple by-pass last May 10, 2002. The good Lord had restored his health and we are praying He will restore yours. .. Lorna

Folsom Lake Reservoir around September 1993...ASC

My only consolation was reminiscing the sexy Vegas-style chorus girls dancing around me at the stage (and behind the stage...heh..heh, I'm one ahead of you, Manny G.) But my jealous Minnie insisted that I looked like an Elvis midget surrounded by long-legged creatures. Oo na.... Later that night (or early morning) at Lido Deck snack time get together, Celia Cruz made a comment to me: Hey Mike, your pants were too big! I thought, "If you only knew what I went through" Well now you know. There WAS stress, but it was all a lot of fun! When I get to be 92 years old, I will watch my free DVD disc of the show (my reward gift from the Carnival Legends performance) and cherish the thought of what I was able to do when I was 62. I might still be able to do it at 92 on a cruise, if you guys promise not only to cheer up for me, but also help me up the stage.....Mike B

Clarita Aragones Albertson Thanks to Jun Dijamco, he has really gone out of his way to search for our classmates, gone visiting most of them in their homes in every State whenever he can (Thank God he & Lucy has the time and they do make time to visit us and get reacquainted) and once he made contact with you, you are in the loop and he keeps you updated. Reminds me of the Godfather, if you are in his family, he is there for you and supports you all the way. Pol, Ismael & Marlo are getting to be the same like Jun. They have been to all the MIT Reunions we had been having and encourage their friends 'Family' to join, etc, etc. I had been cool to Jun's plan for a Philippine Reunion but because of his loyalty to our MIT Class, I promise to help him all the way I can and will encourage Meny and the Calif Core Group to help in his plans. Now we have Alex's website/blogsite for the Group. Keep updated with the group's news and happenings by joining this. So stay in touch.

Until we meet again! That is the meaning Of the familiar words, that men repeat At parting. Ah yes, till then! but when death intervening Rends us asunder, with what ceaseless pain We wait for the Again! The friends who leave us do not feel the sorrow Of parting, as we feel it, who must stay Lamenting day by day, And knowing, when we wake upon the morrow, We shall not find in its accustomed place The one beloved face....HWL

Resty Mandap

Oh, One last Dance, 1991 Reunion

Minda Vinluan

Relan and Minda Vinluan

Carmen Buerano

The middle class is disappearing but if you look around you, the middle class is there. It started to disappear in the last 25 years are the old-fashioned 'middle class' values and work ethic that I am sure your parents and my parents instilled in us. Our parents taught us to put in 120% effort for a 95% reward. They taught us to save first before buying anything and they taught us it is shameful to go in debt. Millions of Americans in the so-called middle class in the last decade lived beyond their means to pursue the "American Dream" which now is not a small cottage with a picket fence, but a McMansion with BMWs and Mercedeses in the three car garage. As one of the TV commentators said a while ago, "Nothing is left in America except our sense of entitlement and that is too bad we cannot outsource that". Maybe we need to redefine middle class and go back to the middle class of long ago when we were happy and made do on a small paycheck. Regards, Thelma

For years, I had been trying to persuade Andy to go on a cruise but he wouldn't do it. His reasoning was, "There are no tennis courts on the ship". He now looks at cruises differently and now agrees with me that "we don't need no stinking tennis courts" to have fun on a cruise. I had to remind him that the reason why this cruise was so much fun was because of my wonderful MIT friends and their spouses. He agrees with me on this one too (he agrees with me most of the time, doesn't he?). Anyway, it was a thrill to see everybody again. Unlike the two other MIT reunions I attended in the past, I felt a difference in the bonding that went on in this cruise. In this cruise, the ribbing and kidding and teasing that went on felt more like family; did we not act like proud family members when we rooted for Mike Bernardino at the talent competition? This to me was truly a HOMEcoming. Thelma

The Winter Gathering of Class '66 The winter gathering of class '66 throws shadows around us, it is the late afternoon For some of us. There is still enough light to see all the way back, but our eyesight that light is wasting away. Soon we will be nothing but silhouettes in the dark as harsh as our fathers'. Soon the engineers will take off their shingles as trees take off their leaves for winter. Let us meet quickly-- let us aquaint ourselves again. the covers of the album are closing behind us...ASC

Adelaida Sanchez

Rey Cadiz, ChE66

Rey Cadiz,

Rey Cadiz, & better half, wife

Melba Nano Chm 69....I will never forget Florence and Livorno and the unforgettable experience about catching the last train for Livorno and the breath taking marathon to catch the train and missing the last shuttle to the ship. I thought we will be flying to Rome then to Civitavecchia to catch the ship. Thanks for answered prayers. We made it even to the dinner. I had a good time during the cruise and I thought I accomplished what I had planned for this trip.

Rose Silang......Dear Everyone, It is so hard to go back to work after a grand vacation. It was such a great experience for a first timer like me. It was so nice to see all of you and your spouses. Especial thanks to Clarita who did such a fantastic job organizing the trip. Of course the leaders for both the NJ/CHI and LA groups are to be thanked also for diligently waiting, counting, grouping and doing the painful collection for the groups. Thanks again everybody and hope to see you all soon. Rose (far right)Rose Silang Clinical Pharmacology Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals

Rose Silang Chm 69

Rose Silang

Edna Uybarretta

Mitz de Hitta ChE'65, Sue (Baby) Sumallo,

Soledad Payuran Marquez

Cely Salazar Herman

Eulogio Topacio Jr.

Nely Aldea

Linda Bandong Rubia

Alberto Francia

Abelardo Buan........ My latest photos by Meny http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=e86e79aa804dd988&sid=0AZOG7Zm4bN2TrQ

Robles Santos Buan

Las Vegas Reunion see the Rome Reunion of 2007 …..ASC

Almost time to say Goodbye 1991 Reunion

Cesario E. Buenaflor

Oh, One last Dance, 1991 Reunion

Cesario Buenaflor

Oh, One last Dance, 1991 Reunion

Ruben Cortez

Pompeya Cadacio

Dante Gilo Ericta

Lina Pabello

Jovita B. Dano

Se Kai Raymundo Ko

Kim Ton O. Lim

Victor Lim Cue

Murphy C. Chu

William Chua Cu

Manuel Tang Chua

Antonio Chua Dy Ching Bing......I met Tony Dy Ching Bing during the LAL Foundation where I got invited. He can locate some Chinese schoolmates of ChE'66. Maybe some of our American based batchmate still remember Tony. Tony was PP of NAMA.......Eldy

Yu Tong Chiang Kwong

Antonio Cheng Co

Rolando de Guzman

Jimmy Gasmen Oliver Please add Jimmy Oliver to the Google Groups. He was an "H Square Country Club" regular. Thanks. Rene

Romana Pineda Canlas

Romeo Sto. Tomas Cardema

Florentina Frianeza Cariaga

Ofelia Pada

Nicasio Alvarez Salazar

Herminia Joson Umagat

Hospicio Vibar Jr.

Josie Gutierrez...... Go to a new link entitled "Time Goes By So Swiftly" to see the story of Class 66 today http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AbSKFJbhkdbKZGM3ODU4OW5fMTc5Z3czYnQ2ajk&revision=_latest Contains enlarged pictures and will take a bit to load.....ASC

Gregorio L. Manalo

Amy Pareja

Eduardo Serrano Reyes

Romeo Cordero Landig

Roberto Sta. Ines Go to a new link entitled "Time Goes By So Swiftly" to see the story of Class 66 today http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AbSKFJbhkdbKZGM3ODU4OW5fMTc5Z3czYnQ2ajk&revision=_latest Contains enlarged pictures and will take a bit to load.....ASC

Erlinda Ubeda

Carmen Panlaqui Jayme

Carlita Alo Jumangit

Tessie Pablo Jovero

Ramon Jugado Valencia Go to a new link entitled "Time Goes By So Swiftly" to see the story of Class 66 today http://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AbSKFJbhkdbKZGM3ODU4OW5fMTc5Z3czYnQ2ajk&revision=_latest Contains enlarged pictures and will take a bit to load.....ASC

Me Me Lim Wong

Esmylina Decano Santos

Julius Belleza

Trinidad Lobenaria Sumbila

Francisco de Leon de la Cruz

Celia Go Co

Bernardo Manankil David

Romeo Tandico Maurera.....Lives in Vallejo Calif.

Picture of Romeo Maurera Circa 1993

Rebecca Monroy Cruz

Erlinda Lao Dizon

Liberato Ipapo Ipapo

Estrella Tuazon

Benjamin Sy Gan

Lucena Maderazo Dimaano

Juanita de Leon Isidro

Rita Uy Siy

Aurora A. Kaw

Sue (Baby) Sumallo,

This was taken at San Pablo Reservoir Memorial Weekend 1993

Pi de Leon, Amelita Chua, Ismael I., ? Liz Guinhawa, Vinluan

Las Vegas Reunion see the Rome Reunion of 2007 ............ASC

FRANCISCO MANALO....CLASS ChE 66 . . . Every year, as summertime nears it seems, An announcement arrives in the mail, A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail....ASC

Manny Genato, Francisco Manalo, Alexander C. THE CLASS ChE 66 GRAND REUNIONS . . . Every year, as summertime nears it seems, An announcement arrives in the mail, A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail....ASC

Pablo L. Gravador

Picture of the whole group with Gravador's family entourage on his right side, our left side. Never saw him again. The same with Maurera

Vicente Reyes.....The latest and the greatest? Pictures of Enteng in his place at Phoenix, Arizona....Jimmy A

Rome Reunion Photo by Ismael

Almost time to say Goodbye 1991 Reunion see the Rome Reunion …ASC

1991 Reunion picture taking before Dessert

I believe a big majority of our class share your dream: PI Chechm reunion. A good number of our classmates, based in PI, have indicated their interest to make this shared dream come true. This early, there are already 10 classmates who will attend the exploratory meeting on Feb 3. Let us campaign hard to make the US based guys come home. The success of this PI reunion lies in the hands of our classmates who are based in US...... Jun

Cesar, always with us in our escapades a worthy friend and a mentor for all of us.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXkWylkGl3Y&feature=related

At Raymond & Rosalina's Place in San Pablo, Contra Costa County

June 1991: Manny Genato Buenaflor, Alexander A better picture of the Gents. THE CLASS ChE 66 GRAND REUNIONS . . . Every year, as summertime nears it seems, An announcement arrives in the mail, A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail....ASC

1960: I became aware of my family's heritage at UP Prep and began preparation for entry at Fort Del Pilar (PMA), a military academy in Bagiuo named after my granduncle. A period in my teen years in High School that I remember fondly, of the hectic days, dashing thru the corridors catching my schedule of classes at Rizal Hall. I recall my bag loaded with books, eager, wide eyed, and quick to learn the tenets of math, and the sciences. I remember past friends and stormy situations that most teenagers weathered through. As in life surviving the unspoken pecking order of bigger classmates and the so called in crowd was the rule. That lone wolf streak that kept me apart, which peers seemed to see as a weakness was a measure of heritage that set me off from the current teenage precepts of the day. Later, when of age after further studies, having ever spurred curiosity, like my ancestors did, aspired a life of adventure, of soldiering and foreign lands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUHglnkdjc&feature=related

June 1965 Manila Naval Station Rectory: What smoking does to the aging process, from that innocent looking teener at the start of the 60's to this mature fellow in 5 years. I took a fancy, and hooked on cigarettes in the next nine years, starting sometime in my junior year in High School, until quitting at age 26. If I can go back in time, I wished I followed my elders advice not to imitate the macho image, with that burning appendage of a smoke stack hanging from my lips.Smokers beware, you will look older than your age,and die an earlier painfull death to boot!!

Sept. 1966: The Brothers Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Fraternity of the Delta Chapter Philippines circa 1966, from L - kneeling, me, my back Cesar Frias ChE68, 2-kneeling, Warlito Boquiren ChE66, his back, Jose Catibog ChE66, Advisor Prof. Sevilla and daughter. Standing on the far left the brother of Rosalina Corbett. More than 350,000 members have joined Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity since it's founding, at 366 college campuses here in the US alone, not counting other countries. Our mission is to prepare campus and community leaders through service. Our purpose is to develop leadership, to promote friendship and to provide service to humanity....... The Brothers ...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZELaNPnaI .........Alexander

1964: Mom and Sister from my sixties album

Back in the late 60's San Francisco with Dora and Joyce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRqh02N8UM&feature=related

Vivere Suites in Filinvest, Philippines, Jan. 2007: During his Heydays "Boy" Luis Mendoza .

June 1967: This photo courtesy of Rosalina D. Corbett, showing the oath taking of newly registered Chemical Engineers. Taken sometime June 24, 1967 in Makati, Sarmiento bldg. From far left is Jose Catibog, me, Alexander

Picture taken Jan 26, 2011 at RC's place Panay Ave, during the 50th anniversary of UP Prep class 61. Nilda passed away April 26, 2011. Nilda's breast cancer, from which she had about a six-year remission, has returned and has metastazied to her stomach.

Check marks,... those who took and passed the board exams in Jan. 1967

It is very sad to know that many Pilipinos are not over the prejudice against blacks and the stereo-type of blacks are still very well in the minds of many. I know many Pilipinos who readily embraced Hillary as their candidate, but find all kinds of excuses why they can not switch allegiance to Obama. and I personally think the excuses were lame and most of them were just embarrased to admit that the color of Obama's skin is stopping them from casting their votes for him. This is a very historic election and all I ask of everybody is to weigh the issues and study the candidates and what they stand for. Please do not let the gender or color of their skin sway you. Do not decide this election on a single issue. The quality of life is important to all of us and it is guaranteed in the Constitution. But no matter what you believe in, please do not forget to cast your vote. Remember, many have sacrificed plenty so we can have this priviledge. Nini Rodriguez Dionisia Rodriguez

Chow Finally!!!!!!!Slowly....chew.... more than swallow.

Mely Calueng, Clarita, Dionisia, ?, back me, Fely

Chow Finally!!!!!!!Slowly....chew.... more than swallow.

This was taken at San Pablo Reservoir Memorial Weekend 1993 .

Irene Meneses, Ermelinda Apolinar, Edna Uybarretta, Dida Sanchez

Irene Dacumos Meneses

Hey Oldtimer..... Good to hear from you again. Sorry am not in the tard or tired zone yet....perhaps next year. We hope to see you in Rome next year. I will probably be flying out of Chicago with Clarita and from the looks of it, we shall be spending a couple of days in Rome prior to the cruise. I was in Rome again a couple of years ago and visited with my cousin priest who was rector at one of the colegios (dorm for priests that go to school in Rome). We stayed at the guest quarters and had our meals with all the priests in that residence. What a great experience.....our tour guides were priests, took public transportation and so we blended quite well with the Romans. Indeed, it was a vacation of a lifetime!... Irene

Picture of the whole group with Gravador's family entourage on his right side, our left side. Never saw him again. The same with Maurera

Amparo Aurallo

Idabel Bernabe Pagulayan

Alicia Cruzado

Evangeline Diokno

Nilda Fulgencio

My High School classmate at the University of the Philippines Preparatory High School class of 1961....ASC

Jovencio Fajarito

Dahlia Tumang

Carmencita Tuazon Martin

Nemesio Usman Payawal Jr.

Editha Relucio Ilustrisimo

Rowena Javier Landas

Zenaida Palaypay Faissoux

Salvador Damaso Lim

Severino Sabiniano Parinas Jr.

Leonida Bulaong Perez

Warlina Limguangco

Rosalie Sibal Sumilang....ROSALIE SIBAL SUMILANG Remember Rosalie Sumilang (BSCHEM). She is a constant companion of Dionisia Rodriguez. She used to resides at San Francisco but went home for good. Her married name is Rosalie "Leah" Carbuso and her phone no. in the Philippines is ....... Those were the only information I have. She is also in our annual book...J Alcantara

Anastacia Lee Ong

Magdalena Cruz Roque

Erlinda Marbella Serrano

Jovita Sy

Patricinio Trinidad

Lolita Amandy

Concordia Valladolid

Julita de Jesus YU

Vilma Mendoza de Villa

Dolores Pagkalinawan Carlos

Carmelita Juco Dimabuyu

Teresita Bilan Binlayo

Julieta Tionco Castillo

Alicia Raymundo Dingal

Medina Ortega Espiritu

Cristina Toh Enriquez

Teresa Quibus Fajardo

Perla Tampoya Rabonza

Elna Santonil Gaudier

Las Vegas Reunion see the Rome Reunion of 2007 ............ASC

What instinct forces man to journey on, Urged by a longing blind but dominant! One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, Tis the set of the sails And not the gales, That tells the way we go. Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we, could we

To The Class of '66, We are on to the last chapter of our life. As we age and on to the golden years it is best to embolden our ties that was put on hold because of our priorities to our families. My retirement since 2005 has been wonderful, and hopefully, you are successful in yours. We thank God, that we aquired the education and training in our special profession; The chance to prosper in a land of peace and plenty. Now with the economy on the rocks, it is far arduous and difficult to get to where we are. We prevailed the struggles, temptations, and retreats. To whom much is given, much is expected - Luke 12:48. It is therefore fitting for us blessed, to keep faith with our beloved country. Hopefully, you are all enjoying every moment in this road of life. It was preordained that we should part and be reunited. Death is just a transition and not the end, no regrets. To departed friends, Joe Lladones, Manuel Francisco and others, we will meet again, somehow, someday, somewhere. ASC

The summer sun is sinking low; Only the tree-tops redden and glow: Only the weathercock on the spire Of the neighboring church is a flame of fire; All is in shadow below. When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one, loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

THE TREES are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.

The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.

I have looked upon these brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.

Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold,
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.

But now they drift on the still water
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake’s edge or pool
Delight men’s eyes, when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?….WB Yeats

"Good weather all the week, but come the weekend the weather stinks.
Springtime for birth, Summertime for growth; and all Seasons for dying.
Ripening grapes in the summer sun - reason enough to plod ahead.
Springtime flows in our veins.
Beauty is the Mistress, the gardener Her salve.
A soul is colored Spring green.
Complexity is closer to the truth.
When the Divine knocks, don't send a prophet to the door.
All metaphors aside - only living beings rise up in the Springtime; dead beings stay quite lie down dead.
Winter does not turn into Summer; ash does not turn into firewood - on the chopping block of time.
Fresh fruit from the tree - sweet summertime!
Gardens are demanding pets.
Shade was the first shelter.
One spring and one summer to know life's hope; one autumn and one winter to know life's fate.
Somehow, someway, everything gets eaten up, someday.
Relax and be still around the bees.
Paradise and shade are close relatives on a summer day.
Absolutes squirm beneath realities.
The spiders, grasshoppers, mantis, and moth larva are all back: the summer crowd has returned!
To garden is to open your heart to the sky.
Dirty fingernails and a calloused palm precede a Green Thumb."
- Michael P. Garofalo

"Leaves drift softly earthward toward the grass
Spring and summer blend from green to gold
And so the seasons come full turn and pass
Day follows day and each of us grows old.

Somewhere there is a bright new shining day
And as these seasons pace and turn
We will live in joy complete and never say
That for younger days our hearts still yearn."
- Corby Magnuson,

"Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells."
- John Keats

"Between the dusk of a summer night
And the dawn of a summer day,
We caught at a mood as it passed in flight,
And we bade it stoop and stay.
And what with the dawn of night began
With the dusk of day was done;
For that is the way of woman and man,
When a hazard has made them one.
Arc upon arc, from shade to shine,
The World went thundering free;
And what was his errand but hers and mine --
The lords of him, I and she?
O, it's die we must, but it's live we can,
And the marvel of earth and sun
Is all for the joy of woman and man
And the longing that makes them one."
- William Ernest Henley,

"The season for enjoying the fullness of life -- partaking of the harvest,
sharing the harvest with others, and reinvesting and saving portions
of the harvest for yet another season of growth."

The sun was about to set and the light was going to be just wonderful. but just as it lights up the sky on its way down, it also lights up the rest of the land. Hurling its final rays across the landscape, where a lone farmer is planting rice in an open field,

A Russian boy cools himself off by standing in a fountain near the Kremlin in central Moscow on June 11, 2009 as summer temperatures began to make their way past 30 degrees celcius (86 farenheit). (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images) #

People practice yoga on a rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, Macedonia, soon after sunrise, early on June 21, 2009 -- the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, about 80 kms northeast of Skopje, is more than 4,000 years old. Kokino includes special stone markers used to track the movement of Sun and Moon on the eastern horizon. (ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images) #

The sun sets above the teepee field as music fans start to arrive at the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 24, 2009 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The gates opened for the first of the 140,000 music fans arriving, at what has become one of Europe's largest music festivals. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

5 An Indian motor cyclist travels alongside a yellow taxi cab during a spell of monsoon rain in Kolkata on June 30, 2009. Heavy rains which fell in several areas of northern and eastern India brought respite to the scorching heat in previous days. (DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images) #

BALD heads forgetful of their sins,
Old, learned, respectable bald heads
Edit and annotate the lines
That young men, tossing on their beds,
Rhymed out in love’s despair
To flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.

Lightnings illuminate the night sky of Montevideo as a thunderstorm unfolds over the Uruguayan capital on July 5, 2009. (MARIANA SUAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) #

All shuffle there; all cough in ink;
All wear the carpet with their shoes;
All think what other people think;
All know the man their neighbour knows.
Lord, what would they say
Did their Catullus walk that way?

7 A screen shows a presentation to an audience of hundreds sitting in the grass of Brooklyn Bridge Park across from the Manhattan skyline during the "Movies With a View" outdoor screening series July 9, 2009 in New York City. Outdoor movies are a perennial summer pastime for New Yorkers, with festivals and showings put on in various neighborhoods of the city throughout the warm months. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) #

Youths cool off in the swimming pool near the village of Milosevo, Kosovo, Serbia, on July 25, 2009 as the temperatures reached over 40 degrees celsius. (Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images) #

A row of wicker beach chairs remain empty at the beach near the nortern German town of Kuehlungsborn as dark clouds gather in the sky on July 25, 2009. A mix of sunshine and thunder storms with heavy rain fall make up the recent weather in Germany. (OLIVER LANG/AFP/Getty Images) #

A teenager attempts to use his skateboard to keep dry during an afternoon thunderstorm on July 27, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

A man walks along a street after a heavy storm in Shanghai on July 30, 2009. Torrential rain and landslides have killed at least 66 people and left another 66 missing in south and central China since the beginning of June, state media reported on July 30. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) #

A man tries to open a beach umbrella on July, 30 2009 on a deserted beach in Deauville, northern France. (MYCHELE DANIAU/AFP/Getty Images) #

Under a slate grey sky a fishing boat sits in the sand of Morcambe Bay on July 31, 2009 in Morecambe, England. Many seaside traders are seeing a slow start across Britain due to the inclement weather. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) #

People look out to see and the gathering rain clouds as they walk on the beach on August 4 2009 in Weston-Super-Mare, England. Many popular UK tourist attractions are hoping that the wet summer weather will improve to take advantage of the large number of people who have chosen to take their holidays or 'staycations' at home this year. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

The sun rises over the town of Vineyard Haven August 8, 2009 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) #

A young boy climbs up from the water after trying to catch baitfish August 7, 2009 in Menemsha, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) #

A hula dancer sits on the dashboard of an automobile as crowds line up to order seafood at The Bite, a popular destination, August 7, 2009 in Menemsha, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) #

A young girls fishes as the sun sets August 7, 2009 in Menemsha, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) #

A lawn in Ludwigsburg, Germany, is littered with balls of hail shortly after a thunderstorm on Thursday, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle) #

A man relaxes in a hammock at the sea bridge of Kellenhusen at the Baltic Sea, northern Germany, as temperatures reach 19 degrees Celsius (66.2 Fahrenheit) on Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper) #

Pre-monsoon clouds hover above, as girls carry water in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) #

Christian Jones of Seattle relaxes in the sun at Gas Works Park during a second day of record temperatures Thursday, June, 4, 2009 in Seattle. Jones, said he wishes every day can be like this in the city that has a reputation for rain and clouds. The official temperature in Seattle reached 89 degrees, one degree higher than the previous June 4 record set in 1989. (AP Photo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Joshua Trujillo) #

Children play football as clouds hover above them in Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) #

A young man jumps into the waters of Lake Chiemsee near Chieming, southern Germany, in front of an Alps panorama during sunny weather with temperatures of 25 degrees Cesius (77 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) #

A red sky at dawn is a signal to mariners that the weather changing for the worse, prompting lobsterman Bruce Steeves of Raymond, Maine, to get an early start as he loads traps onto his boat, Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) #

A small boat is seen amidst rain and fog as hurricane Andres arrives in the Pacific resort city of Manzanillo, Mexico on Tuesday June 23, 2009. Andres strengthened into the Pacific season's first hurricane as it flooded homes, toppled trees and killed at least one person on its way up Mexico's southwestern coast. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar) #

A large waterspout forms above the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla. on Friday afternoon, June 26, 2009. The spout dissipated as it reached the other side of the river. The Fuller Warren Bridge is seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey) #

In this picture taken Saturday, June 27, 2009, storm clouds gather and lightning strikes over the Houses of Parliament in London during a break in the hot weather. (AP PhotoPhoto/Lewis Whyld/PA) #

Jeanette Eggleston dries off seats as the start of a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins is delayed due to bad weather at Land Shark Stadium in Miami Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) #

Yesterday as I drove from my supermarket, a jeep loaded with teenagers whipped by on their way to Folsom Lake. I noticed their scantily attire, so I knew their fun beach destination. Summer is almost here and those kids gave me a flashback. They may not be surfing but images of California beaches full of surfers came back vividly. Oh! days of youth, nodding to another instance of daydream, thinking of past vacations in Hawaii .

Many popular surfing destinations, such as Hawaii, California, Florida, Rio de Janeiro, Ireland, Australia and Costa Rica, have surf schools and surf camps that offer lessons. Surf camps for beginners and intermediates are multi-day lessons that focus on surfing fundamentals. They are designed to take new surfers and help them become proficient riders. All-inclusive surf camps offer overnight accommodations, meals, lessons and surfboards. Most surf lessons begin by instructors pushing students into waves on longboards. The longboard is considered the ideal surfboard for learning, due to the fact it has more paddling speed and stability than shorter boards. Funboards are also a popular shape for beginners as they combine the volume and stability of the longboard with the manageable size of a smaller surfboard.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 04: A surfer performs an ariel maneuver in large swell at Bondi Beach January 4, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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EHUKAI BEACH, HAWAII - DECEMBER 11: Rob Machado of the USA wipes out during the trials of the Xbox Pipeline Masters at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, USA on December 11, 2002. (Photo by Grant Ellis/Tostee/Getty Images) #

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Fabio Gouveia of Brazil in action during the 1999 Rip Curl Pro Surfing Championships from Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. Jack Atley /Allsport #

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A surfer jumps in the sea at the beach in Durban on 16 June, 2010 as the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa continues through July 11. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A surfer tries to catch the early waves at sunrise on the North Pier Beach in Durban on June 25, 2010. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Australian Matt Wilkinson performs during the third round of Tahiti's surf event, part of the ASP world tour on September 1, 2010 in Teahupoo Tahiti, French Polynesia. (GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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VICTORIA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 11: Surfers walk across the rocks to reach the ocean for a sunrise surf on June 11, 2010 in Victoria Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) #

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VICTORIA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 11: A surfer watches the waves from the breakwall at Victoria Beach on June 11, 2010 in Victoria Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) #

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VICTORIA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 11: A surfer rides a wave during an early morning session on June 11, 2010 in Victoria Bay, South Africa. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) #

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - AUGUST 07: Cory Lopez executes an off the lip during the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing on August 7, 2010 in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) #

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Australian Chris Davidson performs during the third round of Tahiti's surf event, part of the ASP world tour on September 1, 2010 in Teahupoo Tahiti, French Polynesia. (GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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US Andy Irons competes during the final of the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2010 surf event, part of the ASP world tour on September 3, 2010 in Teahupoo Tahiti, French Polynesia. Irons won the event. (GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A surfer enters the water before tribal elder Mati Waiya from the Chumash Nation conducts the dedication ceremony for the iconic Malibu Surfrider Beach to become the first "World Surfing Reserve" (WSR), in Malibu on October 9, 2010. The WSR program, inspired by UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, helps the surfing community to identify and preserve it's surfing heritage, raise environmental awareness and issues at important surf breaks. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) #

Combing the shores of Lake Seloton for photographs, I was greeted by a dear old friend who I often meet during my travels. Let me explain.
You see, reflections are one of my best friends when shooting at twilight. They can multiply the ebbing colors of a twilight sky and brighten-up my compositions at a time when most light and color have left the land. To be able to continue shooting long after the sun has set, reflections are great friends indeed.

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POLZEATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 20: Surfers brave the cold to take advantage of the Cornish winter waves on January 20, 2011 in Polzeath, England. Improved wetsuit materials and technology has meant that surfing has now become a year-round sport for places like Cornwall, with many dedicated surfers able to take advantage of the better waves and less crowded breaks the winter offers. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

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POLZEATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 20: A surfer braves the cold to take advantage of the Cornish winter waves on January 20, 2011 in Polzeath, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

Philippines: The best time to photograph Batanes is when the weather is bad and unpredictable. Why?We're in Rakuh-e-Payaman in Batanes. It's a clearing-of-sorts atop a series of gently rolling hills on one end of the island. Here the wind blows with abandon, gasping to almost howling, under a grayish sky with an intermittent drizzle. Just like my vantage point, on the horizon is Mt. Iraya under a shadow cast by a canopy of fast-moving clouds. And every so often, sunlight would pierce through, momentarily lighting up the terra firma. These shafts create ripples of light that race across the shadowed landscape, lending character and drama, transforming a mediocre scene into something much more interesting. Now you don't get that effect when the weather is all nice and sunny!

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POLZEATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY
20: A surfer braves the cold to take advantage of the Cornish winter waves on January 20, 2011 in Polzeath, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

We all have our comfort zones, fortresses beyond which we rarely stray. Could we be missing something?
We were on Badian Island off the western coast of Cebu, in a small cottage that looks out over the Badian Channel. The waterway itself is narrow and so shallow that you can literally walk across at low tide. In the distance is the Mantalongan, an imposing mountain range rising to nearly a thousand feet above sea level. The sun rose from behind those mountain tops today, an experience that will be hard to forget, followed by a simmering mist that hovered over the water's surface all morning. The view is as beautiful as it is calming.
We're tempted to stay in the cool cozy indoors, sit back, and just enjoy the grand view. But the world looks very different up-close. To see the world, we need to step out of our comfort zones, into the new, into the unknown, and into destiny. Who knows what tomorrow brings? After all, we're much like what they said about ships in a harbor: they're safe there, but that's not what ships are made for

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 12: A surfer makes good use of the waves during the Day of Giants Surfboat race regatta at Piha beach on February 12, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: Beau Foster of Australia competes in the Open Trials during the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 12, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Owen Wright of Australia competes in the final of the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 13, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Jack Freestone of Australia competes in the heats of the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 13, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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This photo taken on February 7, 2011 shows surf boards piled up at the Ha'atafu Beach Resort on Tongatapu in Tonga. There are no signs pointing the way to Tonga's oldest surf resort, only a palm-fringed road riddled with potholes that presents many blind turns for the unwary traveller. (NEIL SANDS/AFP/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: A bodyboarder rides a wave at Mackenzies Bay on May 1, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: A surfer rides a wave at Mackenzies Bay on May 1, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

Philippines: The best time to photograph Batanes is when the weather is bad and unpredictable. Why?We're in Rakuh-e-Payaman in Batanes. It's a clearing-of-sorts atop a series of gently rolling hills on one end of the island. Here the wind blows with abandon, gasping to almost howling, under a grayish sky with an intermittent drizzle. Just like my vantage point, on the horizon is Mt. Iraya under a shadow cast by a canopy of fast-moving clouds. And every so often, sunlight would pierce through, momentarily lighting up the terra firma. These shafts create ripples of light that race across the shadowed landscape, lending character and drama, transforming a mediocre scene into something much more interesting. Now you don't get that effect when the weather is all nice and sunny!

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POLZEATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY
20: A surfer braves the cold to take advantage of the Cornish winter waves on January 20, 2011 in Polzeath, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

We all have our comfort zones, fortresses beyond which we rarely stray. Could we be missing something?
We were on Badian Island off the western coast of Cebu, in a small cottage that looks out over the Badian Channel. The waterway itself is narrow and so shallow that you can literally walk across at low tide. In the distance is the Mantalongan, an imposing mountain range rising to nearly a thousand feet above sea level. The sun rose from behind those mountain tops today, an experience that will be hard to forget, followed by a simmering mist that hovered over the water's surface all morning. The view is as beautiful as it is calming.
We're tempted to stay in the cool cozy indoors, sit back, and just enjoy the grand view. But the world looks very different up-close. To see the world, we need to step out of our comfort zones, into the new, into the unknown, and into destiny. Who knows what tomorrow brings? After all, we're much like what they said about ships in a harbor: they're safe there, but that's not what ships are made for

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 12: A surfer makes good use of the waves during the Day of Giants Surfboat race regatta at Piha beach on February 12, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: Beau Foster of Australia competes in the Open Trials during the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 12, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Owen Wright of Australia competes in the final of the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 13, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Jack Freestone of Australia competes in the heats of the Boost Mobile Surfsho at Bondi Beach on March 13, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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This photo taken on February 7, 2011 shows surf boards piled up at the Ha'atafu Beach Resort on Tongatapu in Tonga. There are no signs pointing the way to Tonga's oldest surf resort, only a palm-fringed road riddled with potholes that presents many blind turns for the unwary traveller. (NEIL SANDS/AFP/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: A bodyboarder rides a wave at Mackenzies Bay on May 1, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: A surfer rides a wave at Mackenzies Bay on May 1, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) #

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A surfer sits on a surfboard during the Malibu Longboard Invitational of the Ocean Festival Series in Malibu, California in July of 1997. Harry How/Allsport #

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HOSSEGOR, FRANCE - OCTOBER 5: Kelly Slater of the USA in action during his victory over Paul Canning of South Africa at the Quiksilver Pro at Hossegor, France on October 5, 2002. Slater advances to the quater finals where he takes on Australian surfer Luke Hitchings. (Photo by Grant Ellis/Getty Images) #

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A surfer carves the wave at the Jaws Tow-In World Cup in Pe'' Ahi, Maui, Hawaii in January of 2002. Donald Miralle/Getty Images #

Megan Abubo of the USA on her way to victory over Melanie Redman of Australia in the final during the Roxy Fiji Surf Jam at Cloudbreak, Tavarua, Fiji in May of 2001. Allsport Australia/ALLSPORT #
We were in Busuanga, Palawan, on a banca speeding towards Cayangan Lake on the island of Coron. Half an hour later found us in a lagoon at the foot of an imposing wall of limestone. Up a steep flight of steps, we eventually huffed-and-puffed our way to a look-out point with an expansive view of the islands. Then it's down a jagged trail until we descend onto the shores of an emerald-colored sea. Nice, very nice. And the brackish seawater? It's less than salty because of an an active underwater freshwater spring.
Cayangan is, after all, a sea lake completely enclosed by limestone cliffs. Along the water's edge, there's a faint echo that gently envelopes you, like whispering waves inside a seashell. And the water? The color is alive... my photographs fail... this place is enchanted... put it on your bucket list

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The Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti May 8-19 2001. Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) world number 13 Michael Lowe (Port Kembla, NSW, AUS) flies off the back of a wave and claims his victory after winning his heat against Paul Canning (SAFR) in round three of the Billabong Pro at Teahupoo, Tahiti. Allsport Australia/ALLSPORT

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A surfer rides a wave in South Africa in April of 1997. Mike Hewitt /Allsport

With the start of the new school year in the United States and across the world, the last days of summer are upon us in the Northern Hemisphere. Below is a look back at the hot days and nights of summer.

Two children play on bales of straw in a field in Petersdorf, eastern Germany, while the sun sets behind a red-colored sky on July 15, 2010. PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images #

A woman walks down a set of stairs from the High Line public park on May 26, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

People hula hoop on the beach on opening day of the new Luna Park amusement area at Coney Island on the first day of the Memorial Day weekend May 29, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Luna Park opened on the former grounds of the famed Astroland amusement area as part of the revitalization plans for Coney Island. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

A man floats on the water in Houhai lake in central Beijing during a hot day on July 8, 2010. LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images #

Visitors enjoy the weather as they row boats on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park on June 3, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) #

A man enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park on June 3, 2010 in London, England. The United Kingdom was enjoying the first period of prolonged summer sunshine in 2010. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) #

At 8:30 p.m. a late customer pulls into the ticket stand at the Star Drive-In in Montrose, Colorado in the summer of 2010. ?Running the drive in is not a ?have to? situation. It is a passion, a love for, it?s what we?ve be taught to do. It?s what we?ve done for so long I can?t even imagine not doing it and it is not a matter of dollars and cents. It is a matter of what do we give to our community and in turn what our community gives back to us.? Owner Pamela Friend. Saturday, June 5, 2010. (Photo by Joanna B. Pinneo) #

A festival-goer relaxes in a hammock at sunset during Day 1 of the Glastonbury Festival on June 24, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. It was the 40th anniversary of the festival which was started by a dairy farmer, Michael Evis in 1970 and has grown into the largest music festival in Europe. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) #

Music fans watch Dizzee Rascal perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

People cool off by splashing each other with water near an opened hydrant on July 6, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) #

The audience watches the screening of the film 'Maenner al Dente' at the open air cinema Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz on July 12, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) #

A child dives into the pool to cool off at the Gruga Swimming Pool in Essen, western Germany on July 9, 2010. PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images #

A Pakistani couple share a moment as they watch circus performers from the Jan Baz troupe during a performance on July 20, 2010 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Jan Baz Circus performed as part of the Summer Festival at the Pothohari Village in Islamabad. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #

Guests gather in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to see Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during a garden party hosted by the Queen on July 22, 2010 in London, England. At least three garden parties are hosted by the Queen every summer, an event which dates back to the 1960's and are held as a way of rewarding and recognising public services. (Photo by Dan Kitwood-WPA Pool/Getty Images) #

Vacationers gather at the water's edge at Harlyn Bay near Padstow on July 28, 2010 in Cornwall, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

People soak in the water at one of three portable dumpster pools in midtown Manhattan August 7, 2010 in New York City. The recycled dumpster pools on Park Avenue were open to the public on Saturdays when Park Avenue is closed to vehicular traffic as part of the city's Summer Streets program. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

A hot air balloon is inflated in front of Bristol Cathedral on August 9, 2010 in Bristol, England. The dawn flight was a preview for the International Balloon Fiesta. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

Maari Pegnoglou, 11, Irving, plays in the water at Cimarron Park Family Aquatic Center as temperatures exceeded 100F Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Cody Duty) #

Nine year old Kelsi Mckay of Ponca City, Oklahoma, out in Colorado at the end of her summer vacation, plays on a rope swing with her brother Shawn, 12, not shown, early in the morning. The kids were visiting friends of their parents who lived in the area. Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post #

Sunflowers stand on a field in front of the "Wilder Kaiser" mountain in Ellmau, Austrian province of Tyrol, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, as temperatures reached up to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson) #

A couple looks at windows at the High Line public park on May 26, 2010 in New York City. New York City, and much of the Eastern Seaboard, was experiencing temperatures in the upper nineties as Americans prepared for Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer activities. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

Helena Econn, 7, jumps off the diving board as she plays in a backyard pool on August 25, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images #

A firework display is seen above sailing vessels in the Old Port of Bremerhaven, northern Germany, on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Dozens of sailers met in Bremerhaven during the Sail festival. (apn Photo/Focke Strangmann) #

A life guard watches swimmers on a hot afternoon at Coney Island on August 31, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

A father and daughter head out of the subway towards the beach on a hot afternoon at Coney Island on August 31, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. While much of the east coast is expecting temperatures in the 90`s for the early part of the week, forecasters are keeping an eye on Hurricane Earl which is now a category 4 storm. The National Hurricane Center predicts that Earl will move north along the East Coast and could affect New York weather by Thursday evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

A rainbow appears in the spray as Holly from Scotland enjoys the fountains outside the Southbank center in central London on May 23, 2010. The weekend saw very high temperatures come to the UK with the population heading out to enjoy the first real weekend of summer heat. LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images #

A festival goer plays his guitar at the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 24, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. The festival was celebrating its 40th anniversary. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

The famed Wonder Wheel is seen at Coney Island on the first day of the Memorial Day weekend May 29, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

A young woman reads in the sun during nice warm weather in Bamberg, southern Germany, June 5, 2010. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

Young people cool off in a fountain during the "Rock in Rio" music festival in Arganda del Rey near Madrid on June 5, 2010. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images #

Two women walk on the Ponts des Arts on May 22, 2010 in Paris. Frequently used as a spot for picnics during the summer, the Ponts des Arts is a wooden pedestrian bridge that links the Institut de France to the Louvre museum. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images #

Revellers celebrate the pagan festival of 'Summer Solstice' at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in southern England, on June 21, 2010. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images #

Participants take part in a mass yoga session in Times Square in New York June 21, 2010. The day-long event which attracted hundreds of yoga students over five free public sessions was organized to mark the summer solstice. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images #

Almost ready for harvest ears of corn are seen in a central Illinois cornfield near Buckhart, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. An early corn harvest is predicted by some growers in Illinois after a long week of triple digit heat indices and high night time temperatures pushing development way ahead of normal. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) #

Indian youths jump into a local water pool in New Delhi on June 20, 2010. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images #

Young boys jump in the water of Lake Chiemsee near the village Chieming, southern Germany on July 2, 2010. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

A group of Chinese men jump into the Yangtze river in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province on July 6, 2010. The National Meteorological Centre had warned that large parts of northern and central China would again be hit by "sweltering heat and very little rain", with temperatures set to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). AFP/AFP/Getty Images #

Howard Wai, a gardener at the High Line public park, works among plants along the walkway on May 26, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #

A child dives in a pool to cool off at the Gruga Swimming Pool in Essen, western Germany on July 9, 2010. PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images #

Spanish tenor Jose Carreras performs during a concert on the roof of the Duomo Cathedral in Milan on July 9, 2010. A series of concert were organized to finance the restauration of the Duomo. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images #

People paddle on Lake Starnberger near the village Possenhofen in front of the Alps, in southern Germany, during hot weather on July 12, 2010. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

Children play in the river Ruhr in Essen, western Germany on July 9, 2010. PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images #

Brittney Potter waits in the concession stand during a lull at the Star Drive In in Montrose, Colorado. Brittney has worked at the drive in for three summers. Friday, June 4, 2010. Photo by Joanna B. Pinneo #

Tourists drink water off Trevi's Fountain in central Rome on July 17, 2010 as central and east Europe continued to swelter in a heat wave. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images #

A young girl refreshes herself in a fountain by central Rome's Ara Pacis monument on July 17, 2010 as central and east Europe continue to swelter in a heatwave. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images #

A woman looks at municipal employees working to set up an artificial beach with palm trees on the banks of the Seine on July 19 2010 in Paris, as part of the installation of "Paris-plage". For the nineth summer in a row, Paris recreated a beach on its river bank with palm trees, outdoor showers and hammocks. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images #

Thousands of Chinese people gather at Asia's biggest floating-swimming pool to cool off from the summer heat in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 20, 2010. STR/AFP/Getty Images #

People enjoy the sunny weather on a beach on July 18, 2010 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, on French Riviera. VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

A man jumps in the Black Sea in Sochi on July 6, 2010 to cool off from the hot temperatures. MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP/Getty Images #

Circus performers from the Jan Baz troupe perform during their show on July 21, 2010 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Jan Baz Circus performed as part of the Summer Festival at the Pothohari Village in Islamabad. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) #

A young girl observes the feast during the 'La Vela de Triana' traditional summer fair in the Guadalquivir river in Seville on July, 22 2010. CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images #

People are lying down on deckchairs on the opening day of "Paris-plage" event on July 20, 2010 in Paris. For the ninth summer, Paris transformed the banks of the Seine into full-fledged beaches with palm trees, outdoor showers and hammocks. FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images #

Sailors compete on Liptovska Mara dam near the city of Liptovsky Mikulas on June 23, 2010. Liptovska Mara, Slovakia's popular summer destination, hosted sailing's World championship in Vaurien from July 19 to 24, 2010. JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images #

Participants take part in the the so-called 'Strandzesdaagse', a six-day hike at the beach, in Hoek van Holland, on July 26, 2010. The event takes place from Hoek van Holland to Den Helder. MARCO DE SWART/AFP/Getty Images #

A tourist hides from the sun as she walks by the ancient Colosseum in central Rome on July 25, 2010. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images #

People cool off in the Berounka river in the village of Cernosice, some 25km from Prague, on July 12, 2010, as temperatures rose over 30 degrees Celsius. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images #

Hundreds of people enjoy sunbathing on the beach in the French southeastern city of Nice on July 25, 2010. VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

Fishermen load their traps and prepare to head out Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at the seashore at Malkiya village in western Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) #

Muscovites dance on the embankment of the Moskva river in central Moscow on July 22, 2010, relaxing after a midday 36 degree centigrade heat. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images #

Palestinian children in Gaza attending UNRWA's (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Summer Games attempt to smash their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously on the beach in Gaza City on July 29, 2010. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images #

Russian schoolboys enjoy skateboarding through a park in Moscow on August 2, 2010 during their summer holiday break. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images #

A child touches the glass enclosure as visitors view tropical fish swimming among coral at the Blue Zoo Aquarium in Beijing on August 3, 2010. First openend in 1997, the walk-through aquarium remains an ever popular tourist attraction with more than a million visitors over the year and especially with students during their summer holidays. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images #

Miguel Pupo of Brazil does an aerial as he competes beside the pier during the men's third round heats of the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach, California on August 5, 2010. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images #

A swimmer jumps into the sea in the Stanley district of Hong Kong on August 4, 2010. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images #

Israelis and Palestinians swim in spring water in Ein Prat, located some 10 kms east of Jerusalem, in the Judean Desert in the West Bank on August 7, 2010 as a record-breaking heat wave hit the region. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images #

Kids play in a lake during sunset, outside Minsk, on August 6, 2010 as temperatures in Minsk have been hovering around 36 degrees celsius, 97 fahrenheit. ALEXEY GROMOV/AFP/Getty Images #

A woman throws back her hair swimming pool in the village Velka Mana southern Slovakia, on July 11, 2010. SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images #

Residents and tourists crowd on a beach of Rabat on August 11, 2010 on the eve of the Ramadan beginning in the country. ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/Getty Images #

A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars during a meteorite shower early August 13, 2010 near Grazalema, southern Spain. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images #

Children jump to cool off in the river Treska, a hundred metres below the Matka Dam, 10 kilometres west of Skopje on August 15, 2010. ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images #

A hiker takes a break in front of Germany's highest mountain Zugspitze (2.962 meter) in the Alps near the village Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, during nice weather with temperatures by 20 degrees on August 14, 2010. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images #

A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, on August 10, 2010. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images #

A Segway tour passes the historic Codori farm which sits in the heart of the battle field on August 11, 2010 at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images #

Tourists look at static information displays among the many memorials at the "High Water Mark" on August 13, 2010 at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images #

A boy jumps from a bridge into the river Drim in the southwestern Macedonian town of Struga on August 21, 2010. ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images #

A boy splashes along the river Drim in the southwestern Macedonian town of Struga on August 21, 2010. ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images #

Tourists ride horses near the Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 22, 2010. MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP/Getty Images #

Wheat awaits a harvester at the Kubankhleb farm in Tikhoretsk on July 14, 2010 in Russia's southern Krasnodar region near the Caucasus mountain range. MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP/Getty Images #

Chinese schoolchildren with their families wait for their train to depart the railway station to head home to start school after the long summer holidays, in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province on August 26, 2010. STR/AFP/Getty Images #

Young residents play football in central Castel Gondolfo's Piazza della Liberta, on July 7, 2010. The small village on the ouskirts of Rome is known for being the papal summer residence were Pope Benedict XIV spends his holidays. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images #

Children and their families make the most of the good weather at Formby Point, Lancashire as children in England prepare to go back to school in the coming days on August 31, 2010 in Formby, England. Much of Britain basked under a cloudless sky as the holiday season draws to a close. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (EDITORS NOTE: A TILT AND SHIFT LENS WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE) #

Fishermen load their traps and prepare to head out Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, while a taxi driver takes a break and sits by the seashore at Malkiya village in western Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) #

Joey Carter, 16, right, and his little brother Matthew, 14, race down a concrete support into the rapids of the San Marcos River near the Zedler Mill Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Luling, Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) #

Lightning bolts light the sky above Rosenblatt Stadium where South Carolina plays Oklahoma in an NCAA College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Francis) #

Rambo, a three-year-old pit bull, sports a pair of sunglasses as he rests his head on the window seal of his owner Hector Juarez's car on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 as they wait at a stop light on West 20th Street in Cheyenne, Wyo. Juarez said of his dog's sunglasses, "He's just got lots of personality. One day I put them on him and he looked at me like, 'Oh, these are chill.'" Temperatures in Cheyenne reached the low 90s on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, AAron Ontiveroz) #

Fireworks over the bay of La Concha in the Basque city of San Sebastian northern Spain, Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010, as the light illuminates several ships during the summer festivities in honor of Saint Sebastian patron. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) #