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A Few Good Men

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Dr. Kelly Salvador (‘78)and Col. Ernesto Ravina (‘79)

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PLUS Xaverians in National Elections, Tuition Free Three WinnersInternet Attraction Marketing, Microsoft Imagine Cup and Xavier Nuvali

Sports

The Huaquiao’sMissionary

Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

Celebrating Fifty Years of Alumni Excellence

Editorial

by Reginald T. Yu (’84)

ontemporary history has a way of being modest with its gifts and blunt with its reck-onings. Good news comes like a breeze we feel but don’t

notice; it is the bad news that comes with a blast or a crash, to stop us in mid-sentence to stare at our television sets, and shudder.

Thus, amidst all the bad news that literally rocked our seats over the past few months – the devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and Turkey, the rotating brownouts, the senselessness of the Am-patuan massacre, the devastation brought by El Niño, and the obfuscating issues that continue to hound the first automated elec-tions – we, in the Xavier Alumni Times, still find many reasons to be cheerful about. One of these reasons would have to come from our alumni association, as it reaches the big FIVE-O this year.

Yes, it has been fifty years since the pio-neering batch of nine young high school graduates – armed with a Kuang Chi diploma – set out to conquer the world and, with their official adieu as students, eventually became the school’s first-ever alumni body.

So much has been written about how one intrepid Jesuit visionary founded a small school in Echague and how his equally-pioneering small band of Ignatian cler-gymen nurtured an institution to what is now Xavier School – yet, very little has been said about its progeny – the first few assemblage of graduates who had yet to reap the rewards that come with an es-tablished institution’s sterling reputation which today’s Xavier graduates currently enjoy. Armed only with a wing, a prayer, and a hefty complement of key scholastic skills – thanks to the unparalleled brand of didactic learning imbibed by our first Jesu-it teachers – these graduates have gone on to brave the unknown future that awaited them, never letting go of the “Man for Oth-

ers” motto that their Jesuit mentors have worked so hard to instill.

Since those auspicious days, Xavier alumni have consistently stood out from among the best of the lot in whatever field they

chose to be in: academics, business, sports or social services. Scores now helm huge enterprises which fuel our nation’s economy; many continue to make their mark as outstanding profession-als both here and abroad; while a considerable num-ber assume key positions in government.

Indeed, after fifty years, the Xavier alumnus has finally arrived.

As we commemorate this modest mile-stone for our association, we constantly seek to rekindle our valued constituency’s earnest participation in our myriad of up-and-coming programs, starting with our new format for the Xavier Alumni Times. For the first time, our alumni association’s official publication is presented as a full-color magazine, with the hopes of keeping up with our readership’s desire for a better-looking news organ.

We sincerely hope that you, our valued alumnus, continue to support our alma mater, as it embarks on an entirely new journey – the ground-breaking of Xavier South in Canlubang, Laguna. It is a jour-ney not unlike the one made by our fore-bears half a century ago, when it set out to forge a new frontier for a new generation of Xavier students. Because only with a solid commitment from our alumni can we ex-pect that the future graduates of Xavier shall prove committed to the Xavier ideals which we hold so dear.

Yours in Xavier,

REGINALD T. YU (’84)Editor-in-Chief

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COVER STORYKuang Chi Exemplary Alumni 8

NEWSOur Pride & Glory 4

Tuition Free Three 3

World School Authorization 17

Xavier School Nuvali 17

Outstanding Administrator 19

Microsoft Imagine 21

SPORTSStallions Gallop 24

XABL 2010 26

ALUMNI NEWSBatch ‘85 - Our Legacy 6

Batch ‘89 - Fun & Pride 19

Batch ‘63 - The Wonder Boys 20

DISPATCHESVirginibus Puerisque 7

Chinese Window 16

Oh Canada! 22

Internet Marketing Attraction 23

FEATURESThe Huaquiao’s Missionary 14

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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth Tuition Free Three:The AAXS Genie Still at Work

News

by Ryan Anthony L. Siy (‘94)

The AAXS once again spread cheers and made wishes come true upon the completion of Tuition Free Three last May 31, 2010. Tuition Free Three, a brainchild of AAXS Trustees Jonathan Richie Yap (’94) and Joel Raymond Dayrit (’00) back in 2008, has given-away over six hundred thousand pesos worth of prizes. Moreover, the project also supports the Fr. Santos Mena Medical Assistance Program for Faculty and Alumni, Fr. Louis Papilla College Scholarship Fund, as well as the Xavier School Public School Fund that supports the ERDA Technical and Vocational High School.

The Grand Prize of “free tuition fee” to Xavier School for SY 2010-2011 went Eduard Johnson Ti, a Grade 7 student. Other major winners included John William Alonzo (Nin-tendo Wii), Sheilah Chong Bana Lim / Enrico Bana Lim (Nintendo Wii), Joaquin Glinoga (Samsung SGH-a177 Mobile Phone), Christo Samuel Yap (Samsung SGH-a177 Mobile Phone), Raymund Uy Kho (’84) / Russell Kho (32” LG LCD TV with Home Theater), Joaquin Glinoga (Sony PlayStation 3), and Vinson Tan (’97) (Xbox 360).

The Glinoga Boys (Joaquin and Miguel) were the biggest winners of this year’s draw as they won 7 of the 50 prizes given. Joaquin was also the winner of the MAC Mini given in the inaugural draw of Tuition Free.

Slated to launch prior to the year’s end, Tuition Free Four aims to give more prizes gadgets in its efforts to continue supporting the AAXS’ socio-civic advocacies. For the latest news and results, and a complete list of winners, visit http://tuitionfree.net.

“Tuition Free Three,a brainchild of AAXS Trustees Jonathan Richie Yap (’94) and Joel Raymond Dayrit (’00) back in 2008, has given away over six hundred thousandpesos worth of prizes.”

Clockwise from Top: Brothers Vinson Tan (’97) and Varick Tan (’01) with the Xbox 360 they won jointly. Grand Prize Winner Eduard Johnson

Ti with his free tuition cheque. Enrico Bana Lim and mom Sheilah with their Nintendo Wii prize. The

Glinoga boys receiving their Playsta-tion 3 gift from AAXS officers led by

President Jing Velasco (center).

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Xaverians Who Ran and Wonin the May 10, 2010 National Elections

ANG, Bernardito Chua (‘68)Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod of NCR - Manila - Third Dist (1st term)

ANGARA, Juan Edgardo Manalong (‘89)Member, House of Representatives of Aurora - Lone LegDist (3rd term)

CUA, Dakila Carlo Enriquez (‘95), Member, House Of Representatives of Quirino - Lone Legdist (1st term)

DUAVIT, Joel Roy Roy (‘83)Member, House of Representatives of Rizal - First LegDist (1st term) EJERCITO, Joseph Victor Gomez (‘87)Member, House of Representatives of NCR - San Juan City - Lone LegDist (1st term)

GATCHALIAN, Rexlon Ting (‘97)Member, House of Representatives of NCR - City of Valenzuela - First LegDist (2nd term)

RIVILLA, Miguel Cojuangco (‘85)City Mayor, Paniqui, Tarlac (2nd term)

TIANGCO, John Reynald Marcelo (‘90)City Mayor, Navotas, NCR (1st term)

TIANGCO, Tobias Reynald Marcelo (‘85)Member, House of Representatives of NCR - Navotas City - Lone LegDist (1st term)

TIENG, William Irwin Chua (’98)Member, House of Representatives - Sectoral Representative - PL – BU-HAY (2nd Term)

YAP, Arthur Cua (‘83)Member, House of Representatives of Bohol - Third LegDist (1st term)

epresentative Irwin Tieng (‘98) of Buhay Party List wants to help the Filipino people, more particularly the disabled group. His main

priority is to fight for their rights and privileges. He is also actively participat-ing in outreach programs, such as medical and dental missions, of various govern-ment and non-government organizations. Moreover, he has donated ambulances, medicines and medical equipment all over the Philippines for the consumption of the people especially the less privileged.

Furthermore, he served as an instrument in the passing of the lowering of the Amuse-ment Tax Bill. He also became the driving force for the Congress approval of the “Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009”. The bill was approved last November 17, 2009 by the Bicameral Conference Com-mittee. He was branded as “Benjamin” of the Lower House because of his numerous achievements as a congressman. He is one of the youngest statesmen in the country and is considered as one of the young re-vered leaders of this generation.

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Our Pride & Glory


Rep. JV Ejercito Rep. JV Ejercito (‘87) was succeeded by his mom, Guia Gomez, as the Mayor of San Juan after 9 years of service. During his term, the lowest poverty incidence of 2.92% was recorded by the National Sta-tistics Coordinating Body and local gov-ernment revenue increased to more than 200% within four years in office. He was then recognized as one of The Outstand-ing Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for government and public service category in 2006 because of his achievements as Mayor of San Juan.

In addition, he was able to donate a whole fleet of patrol cars (Toyota Hi-Lux, Innova, Altis and Strada) to the city as part of the KATAHIMIKAN Program. In June 2008,

under his term, PUP-San Juan Annex was established. The school now offers BS. Accountancy, B.S. Computer Science, Ho-tel and Restaurant Management, and As-sociate in Health Science (Preparatory for Nursing).

Rep. Toby TiangcoLike San Juan Major JV Ejercito, Rep. Toby Tiangco (‘85) was also a TOYM Awardee for community service. He was also awarded the Ten Most Outstanding Mu-nicipal Mayors of the Philippines in 2002. He was able to build infrastructures to pro-mote growth in the city of Navotas During his term, the modern four-storey Navotas city hall was constructed and the Navotas Sports Complex was renovated. Moreover, the “Bombastik” program of pumping of floodwater was installed in order to pre-vent the rising of floodwaters during rainy season especially during Typhoon Ondoy. His administration also encouraged pro-fessionalism in the performance of all departments of its governance. Other programs in his term includes holding summer sports programs for the youth, organizing social and medical mission support for senior citizens, pushing for a more efficient garbage collection, impos-ing consistent road cleanliness programs, co-sponsoring of job and trade fairs, and awarding of scholarship programs.

Rep. Dakila CuaBeing born in a family of politicians, with both parents having seated in Congress, Rep. Dakila Cua (‘95) is really destined to be a leader. His accomplishments in-clude the founding of the movement for the Integrated Development of the Youth (MIDY), which aimed at developing the holistic well-being of the youth through leadership trainings, academic contests (Youth In Sync, Vice Governor’s Cup) as well as “Iyong Serbisyo, Sagot sa Edu-kasyon Mo” (ISSEM) scholarship project. Besides programs for the youth, he was able to regularly conduct outreach mis-sions to the barangays: giving free health services and medicines. Lastly, he also sup-ports non-government organizations and civic organizations concerned with human resource and livelihood development of the province.

Rep. Arthur Yap Rep. Arthur Yap (‘83) first entered govern-ment service in August 2001 as President and CEO of the Philippine International Trading Corporation of the DTI. There-after, he served as the Administrator of the National Food Authority for two years and served as Agriculture Undersecretary for Luzon Operations. The former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo also appointed Rep. Yap as the Development Champion for the North Luzon Agribusiness Quad-rangle (NLAQ) where he oversaw and ensured the smooth implementation of NLAQ development projects. He was then appointed Secretary of Department of Ag-riculture in August 200 and was said to be the youngest appointed Cabinet of Presi-dent Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He left the government briefly in July 2005 but re-turned in December 2005 to become the Presidential Adviser for Job Creation. He then became the 15th Director General of the Presidential Management Staff. He was re-appointed as Agriculture Secretary in 2006 until his resignation last February 2010 to run for public office.

As a lawyer by profession, Rep. Yap holds a Juris Doctor’s degree at the School of Law of the Ateneo de Manila University. He was also a Dean’s Lister when he took up an A.B. Honors Degree in Management and Economics at the same university where he was fortunate to have had former President Arroyo as his economics pro-fessor. Rep. Yap was previously affiliated with the Yap, Jacinto, Jacob Law Office as Co-Founding Partner prior to his stint in the government. He was once the National President of the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers.

Rep. Rexlon Gatchalian Rep. Rexlon Gatchalian (‘97) graduated cum laude from George Washington Uni-versity in Washington, DC with a degree in Political Science. He is also affiliated with the Recovery Development Corporation, Pacific Rehaus Corp., Westland Pacific Property Corp., and Westland Pacific Prop-erty Corp. He was previously the President of the Waterfront Hotel and Casinos and

From Top: Reps. Rexlon Gachalian, JV EjercitoOpposite Page from Top: Reps. Irwin Tieng, Arthur Yap, Dakila Cua and Toby Tiangco

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Our LegacyAlumni News

by Jonathan Richie Yap (’94)

he Alumni Association of Xavier School (AAXS) is celebrating “50 graduating batches” of Xavier Alumni this 2010. In parallel, the Class of 1985 is celebrating

their Silver Jubilee this year. Provisions for their big day started in 2000 when a “core group” branded together to form the ’85 Luceat Lux Foundation to celebrate their 15th Anniversary. Hence, all their efforts were geared towards realizing their legacy in 2010. Preparation went into full swing starting with Batch ‘85’s Grand Reunion in Xavier last October 2009. A follow-up gathering was held last July 3 when they sponsored the First Saturday Mass and had fellowship afterwards in the High School MPH.

Prior to the 2010 AAXS Grand Alumni Homecoming on 27 November 2010 en-titled “The Blue and the Gold Return to OUR HOUSE” (named after the popular song in the 80’s and to signify that Xavier is indeed “our house”), Batch ’85 has been promoting through different activities to publicize the big day. “Our Roadshows” started with “OUR TIME” in cooperation with ICA Eagles ‘85, a very successful 80’s party last 9 February 2010 at the Strumms (so successful, the team is contemplating on OUR TIME 2 soon). Last July 31-August 1, they pioneered a first ever all transport fair that featured land, sea and air vehicles inside the Xavier campus. OUR RIDES featured a variety of luxury and specialty land, air, and sea transport vehicles. Some visitors were lucky enough to be given a chance-of-a-lifetime chopper ride around Metro Manila. Since the show was using almost the entire campus, this event was actually bigger than the school fair.

The batch is also involved in Gawad Kal-inga “All 85” Group or GK85 wherein the batch 85 of various Catholic and private high schools schools (CSA, ICA, DLSZ, Miriam, Assumption, St Paul, etc) banded together to complete whole village in Tagu-ig City. Luceat Lux Foundation, in their


OUR HOMES project was able to contribute three houses.

The 18th AAXS Golf Cup or “OUR GAME” will be held on 27 October 2010 at the Sta. Elena Golf Club. A Triathlon Family Edition or “OUR RACE”, in cooperation with the XSPA will be held in October 2010 in and around Xavier School. Participants will be required to run, swim and bike within with cat-egories for all ages and skills.

The penultimate event, “OUR HOUSE”, will feature the celebration of Batch ‘85 together with other celebrating batches – ‘60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’90, ’95, ’00, ’05, and ’10. Daniel Dy (’85) is the Homecoming Chairman and will be supported by Vice-Chairs Marcelo Co (’90) and Baldwin Ch-eung (’90).

The 1985 Silver Jubilee Core Group is composed of the following: Francis-co Tiu Laurel Jr. (Luceat Lux Foundation Chair), Jade Bernas (President), Jeremy Sy (Vice-Pres-ident), Benjamin Tan (Secretary), Diosdado Ng (Treasurer), Gary Go, Emerson Go Tian, Warren Rodriguez, Maurice Laude, Ken-neth Yu, Richmond Tan, David Nocom, Wilson Soco, Marcel Chiu, Edmund Poli-carpio, Richie Aquino, Armando Chua and Frank Parulan.

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Batch ’63: Forever Young

From Top: Batch ‘85 having fun at the 2009 Grand Prix AAXS Alumni Homecoming. Chris Tiu (front left) and Charles Tiu (2nd from left) learning their hoops from the one-time XABL Champions.Ironman and Entertainment Executive Jay Sy with friends. OUR RIDES organizing committee.

Virginibus Puerisque“Shok Ko Kiok”

Dispatches

by Jonathan Richie Yap (’94)

French classical author who lived in the 16th century by the name of François de la Rochefoucauld once theo-rized that “The only thing

constant in life is change.” My old Phi-losophy teachers in college however, would often try to knock into our “coconuts” that a person’s essence is what is permanent in life, and not change. They would then go on to explain concepts on Substance and Accidents, Body and Soul, Essence and Existence, Knowledge and Love and so on – just so they can drive their point. At the end of the class, the concepts would just enter the left ear and exit via the right ear. It was so difficult to absorb them since ev-erything seemed too “Greek” to me. I still cannot remember then how I managed to pass the courses (12 units in 4 semesters), but I am not complaining.

Fast-forward to 2010. Even if I have re-turned those Philosophy and complex mumbo jumbo I was supposed to absorb to my Alma Matter, I still encounter a lot of those byzantine concepts that our gov-ernment and society use to justify why ev-erything seems to be going up except my take home pay. When I was still a little kid, the only thing fluctuating day-to-day was the exchange rate and the stock market. All others would remain stable except for the occasional typhoon which would signifi-cantly increase the prices of vegetables and some commodities.

Nowadays, gas prices would go up by a peso or two one week, and go down by some centavo the following. Electric-ity prices would move up and down like a seismograph during an earthquake or so-nar in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. Supposedly the power prices were being determined by the supply and demand transactions in the Wholesale Electric-ity Spot Market (WESM) thus good for the citizenry, but the end result seems to be the opposite. Even the MRT and LRT will be increasing their fares in the com-

ing months. We used to have a rice crisis as well to the point some peo-ple I know would line-up for those 1-kilo NFA rice even if it would eat up almost half of their day. And now media re-ports that we are swim-ming in rice. Wowowee! Midnight Madness!

Lucky for us consum-ers, the service industry, notably the credit card companies, have wised-up and are going full-blast with their Cus-tomer Relationship Management (CRM) campaigns in a bid to acquire new clients or maintain/reward their existing sub-scriber base.

It is now actually possible to go on a date for FREE (well, except for the gas part or transport fare you need to shell out). Lunch, snacks, and/or your dinner can be “on the house” – if you don’t mind eating in Pizza Hut, Red Ribbon, or McDonalds. A minimum single charge slip of PhP1,000 using your EastWest Bank Credit Card can get you a Palabok or Classic Spaghetti in Red Ribbon. PhP2,000 can get you a Beef Salisbury Steak or Bangus Ala Pobre while PhP6,000 can get you a junior cake.

Charge at least PhP2,000 to your Metrobank Credit Card and you get to enjoy 1-pc Chicken McDo with rice or a Cheeseburger with Regular Fries. A bill or PhP4,000 or more will net you a 2-pc Chicken McDo with rice or two Cheese-burgers with Medium Fries.

BPI just had a Supreme Buddy Pan Pizza or Caesar Salad for a charge slip of at least PhP1,500, Fettuccine a la King or Spaghetti Bolognese with Meatballs for a PhP3,000 bill, and a Family Supreme Pan Pizza for a PhP7,000 transaction.

A For entertainment, Cit-ibank gives you a movie pass worth PhP100 with charge slips of at least PhP1,500. For your “chillax time”, HSBC gives you any tall bev-erage with one add-on (except bottled beverag-es, bottle water and fruit juices) from Starbucks.

If you don’t want to spend for your parking, try malling to Robin-sons Forum in Pioneer,

Mandaluyong. A single receipt entitles you to free 3 hours of parking. Just make sure you don’t go beyond that as they charge PhP30/hour in excess of 3 hours.

BDO used to have tie-ups with Mang Inasal where a Sulit Meal can be availed for PhP1,000 charge slips. They also had a free BBQ Chicken Pizza from CPK for every PhP3,000 transaction. BPI used to have tie-ups with Jollibee and Chowking while Metrobank had something going with Greenwich.

Other “shok ko kiok” deals as my barkada would term it for everyday “savings” in-clude: Petron-BPI MasterCard has a 24-hour price shield that allows cardholders the benefit of paying the old fuel prices within 24 hours from the time a fuel price increase has been announced by Petron; ask for free soup and/or house tea from Chinese Restaurants (i.e. North Park), especially those in Binondo; free coffee grounds for your garden at Starbucks; and some Krispy Kreme branches do give away free original glazed doughnut when the “hot” sign is on.

How about you? What is your “shok ko kiok” deal? Drop me an email at:[email protected].

“Lucky for us consumersthe service industry is

going full-blast with theirCustomer Relationship

Management (CRM)campaigns.”


Cover Story


2010 Exemplary AlumniCol. Ernie Ravina (‘79)and Dr. Kelly Salvador (‘78)by Gary Garcia (’79)

Men fully alive, endowed with the passion for justice and the skills for development, they

embody the 6C’s that characterized theXaverian: Competence, Culture, Compassion,

Conscience, Character and Community

Men of Pride and Glory


This year’s recipients of the Xavier-Kuangchi Award for Exemplary Alumni are Dr. Kelly Salvador (78) and Col. Ernesto Ravina, Jr. (79). The Board of Trustees selected these alumni for their exemplary leadership and service.

Dr. Kelly Siy Salvador, MD (’78) – for his outstanding service in the field of medical oncology, characterized by a passionate advocacy for cancer awareness and prevention, and an enduring commitment to providing free or affordable cancer treatment directly and through various founda-tions;

Col. Ernesto V. Ravina, Jr. (’79) – for his distinguished service in the military, marked by professional-ism, leadership, bravery, and honor, and highlighted by three separate tours of duty for peace-keeping and counter-insurgency, and outstand-ing rescue and relief work for flood victims.

The Xavier-Kuangchi Award seeks to honor the Xavier alumnus who strongly manifests the attributes that define the Xavier ideal of “men fully alive, endowed with the passion for justice and the skills for develop-ment.” He embodies to an outstand-ing degree the 6Cs that characterized the Xaverian: Competence, Culture, Compassion, Conscience, Character, and Community. Each candidate should have graduated from the school at least 20 years to qualify for the award.

They join eleven other distinguished alumni previously honored: Welling-ton Tong (‘66), Amb. Francis Chua (‘67), (+)Atty. William Chua (‘72), Gil-bert Son (‘72), Dr. Edward Wang (‘75),

Vicente Perez, Jr. (‘75), Joaquin Yap, Jr. (‘79), Dr. Ricardo Quintos II (‘81), Atty. Ted Bonpin (‘82), Atty. Richard Alianan (‘83), and John Burtkenley Ong (‘86).

May these Xaverians serve as role models to inspire more of our Xavier alumni and students to lead similarly exemplary lives of leadership and service. Luceat Lux!

Top: Keeping watch over our waters Above: Helping heal others Right: The awardees

ven as a young boy, Ernie had only one dream – to be a sol-dier. His father, after whom he was named, was a decorated military pilot who inspired

him, and his two other brothers, to enter military service. By the time he reached high school, this was all but set in stone. He was a member of both the Model Pla-toon and the Constabulary Police units in CAT, and his yearbook write-up describes him as “A soldier down to his bone and maybe even up to the marrow, this guy is the school’s military nut who is the only one who enjoys CAT classes.”

After graduating from Xavier School, he entered UP Diliman for a year as he did not yet meet the minimum age require-ment of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). He entered PMA the year after and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984.

He was assigned to the Philippine Marine Corps and was immediately deployed in combat operations in Southern Philip-pines as Platoon Commander for the next two years. This was followed by another two-year field assignment as Company Commander in various peace-keeping and anti-insurgency operations in Cama-rines Sur, Palawan, and in the conflict ar-eas of Jolo, Sulu, Basilan, and Zamboan-ga. For his field service in various combat missions, he was awarded the Military Merit Medal (with Bronze Spearhead Device) four times, and was decorated with the Bronze Cross Medal for bravery for operations against the MNLF during the conduct of special elections in Sulu in 1987.

Throughout his military service, he also served in various staff positions in the ar-eas of intelligence, research and strategic studies, weapons, and communications, and was actively involved in formulating programs for the modernization of the Marine Corps.

He obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Information Technology from the Uni-versity of New South Wales and the Aus-tralian Defence Force Academy where he graduated with distinction in 2003. The

An Officeranda Gentleman

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least gave them a glimmer of hope.

We could not and would not let

them down.”

An Officeranda Gentleman

Col. Ernesto V. Ravina, Jr. (‘79)

by Gary Garcia (’79)

year after, he was assigned Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commandant and was given the Military Commendation Medal for his work in information technology. For his various administrative positions, he was awarded the Military Merit Medal with Bronze Anahaw Leaf six times.

Between 2006-2009, he served as Com-manding Officer of the In-shore Boat Battalion, which provides amphibious support for coastal operations and, when needed, for search, rescue, and relief op-erations in times of flood disasters. It was in this capacity that he brought to sharp focus the often overlooked role of the sol-dier as peace-keeper and life-saver. Dur-ing the back-to-back typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng”, Ernie became the de facto field commander in several critical areas in Metro Manila. By the evening of Sep-tember 25, the day of the storm, he was on the ground coordinating rescue efforts and restoring order in the chaotic areas of Marikina, Pasig, and Cainta.

For the next several days, he worked with the US Marines, launching dozens of op-erations to evacuate stranded victims and provide relief goods and medical aid in Metro Manila, Rizal, and Laguna. With the arrival of “Pepeng”, the rescue work transferred to Lingayen and Pangasinan and continued until October 10.

Faced with the sheer magnitude of the crisis, Ernie remained resolute, “Upon hearing the cries of the people, I knew my teams and I at least gave them a glimmer of hope. We could not and would not let them down. But deep down I knew we were only a drop in the bucket, what with the thousands in need of rescue.” Despite the intense and heroic service rendered over a two-week stretch, he remains mod-est about his contribution, “I would like to add a public apology to those we were not able to rescue, those who waited in vain for us to arrive but were not reached. Allow me to say we did our best.”

For his leadership and service during the two-week operations, he was awarded one of the Navy’s highest honors, the Distinguished Navy Cross.

He became a full colonel in August 2007. He is currently the Deputy Commander for Combat and Service Support Brigade. He celebrated 25 years of active military service in 2009.


Above:Tempting fate at the crocodile farm with familyLeft:Col. Ravina with Col. Damren of the United States Marine CorpsBelow:A graduating senior at Xavier

“For his distinguished service in the military, marked by professionalism, leadership, bravery, and honor, highlighted by three separate tours of duty for peace-keeping and counter-insurgency, and outstanding rescue and relief work for flood victims, Xavier School is proud to bestow the Xavier-Kuangchi Award for Exemplary Alumni on Col Ernesto V. Ravina, Jr. of the Class of 1979.”

Kelly Salva-dor is not your a typi-cal Xaverian. He is quiet,

unassuming, and often under the radar. Plain and simple, Doc Kelly does not aspire to be great or wants to bask in the limelight. He is happy to be behind the curtains helping people, and trying to give them a new lease on life. Unfortunately, Doc seems to have a penchant for being in the public’s eye unintentionally.

A late-bloomer as he would often describe himself, Doc spent sometime in Spain years back honing his craft before com-ing home to Manila to settle down in his medical practice and start a family as well. He also became more active with Xavier School and the association through his volunteer work to the School Clinic and the AAXS Bowling Club. He was then drafted to the AAXS Executive Committee under the term of then President Jeffrey Siy (’80) where he was tasked to oversee the associa-tion’s Membership Benefits program. His ascent to the the summit of his involve-ment with AAXS came when he ran and won as the association’s 22nd President. His first day in the office was the same as his last day — always giving his 200 per-cent with a smile and kind anecdote. His first major project was institutional-izing the association’s Medical Assistance

Program to benefit both alumni and Xavier School Faculty and Staff (past and pres-ent). He also placed a renewed emphasis in beefing up the Fr. Louis Papilla Scholar-ship Fund in order to help Grant-in-Aid students get good quality college educa-tion. This was borne by his strong belief in famous teaching of Lao Tzu – “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime”. As a result, the Tuition Free project came to be. It was also conceptualized to help support the Xavier School Public School Fund, specifi-cally for the ERDA Technical and Vocation-al Secondary School.

In spite of his heavy balancing act between the association and his medical practice,

Doc also found time to accom-pany Fr. Johnny Go and Fr. Ismael Zuloaga in their various sorties in order to help establish and over-see the various AAXS Overseas

Chapters. One time, Fr. Zu-loaga had a nasty fall in China and couldn’t walk as a result. In

order for them not to miss their flight back to Manila, Doc Kelly carried

Fr. Zuloaga on his back all the way to the airplane

since they couldn’t find a single wheel chair for him.

Together with his wife, Dr. Susannah Salvador, Doc Kelly

setup the Kalusugan Pinoy Group of Clinics to provide quality health-care services accessible to various commu-nities at affordable costs. This is in parallel with his oncology practice where he almost often does for gratis. Doc Kelly believes that every “Juan” should have access to quality medical care.

Even if his term as AAXS President has already ended, Dr. Kelly continues to serve the alumni community and inspire the younger alumni to pursue their dreams in the service of his less fortunate brothers and sisters. His passion and compassion is what sets him apart from his fellow doc-tors and alumni. Kelly Salvador, M.D. a man for others, doctor for all seasons and a model Xaverian.

Dr.

Cover Story


Top: (L-R) Jun Suntay (‘72), Paul Yan (‘83), Samson Lim (‘81), Rudy Ang (‘79), Ruben Tan (‘73), Dr. Kelly Salvador (‘78), and Johnip Koa (‘73) Above: Dr. Kelly Salvador presenting a plaque of appreciation to Mighty Sports Association’s Caesar Wongchuking (‘82) Inset: A young man raring to change the world. Across: Rallying the Xavier faithful.

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“His passion

and compassion

is what sets him

apart from his

fellow doctors

and alumni.”

The Unexpectant President MakesHistory

Dr. Kelly Salvador (‘78)

by Jeffrey Y. Siy (‘80)


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Fr. Santiago S. Leon, S.J.

The Huaquiao’s Missionary

Fr. Santiago S. Leon, S.J.

The Huaquiao’s Missionary

When he preached to

children—often in a

mix of Minnan

Chinese and English

—he delivered God’s

word with charming

simplicity that left

a deep impression in

the children’s hearts.

by Albert Vincent Yu Chang (‘89)


n April 24, 2010, Mary the Queen parish priest Fr. Santiago S. Leon, S.J. joined our Creator. While he did not serve in an of-

ficial capacity at Xavier School, he was a fa-miliar face on campus, and an integral part and well-loved member of the Chinese-Filipino community at-large.

In a career that spanned over 60 years, Fr. Leon’s assignments included serving as: principal of the Santa Maria Catholic School in Iloilo; parish priest for Mary the Queen Parish in Pasay and its present location in Greenhills; and National Eccle-siastical Assistant for the Filipino-Chinese Catholic Youth (FCCY), an organization that currently has chapters in Chinese-Filipino communities all over the country. At the Immaculate Concepcion Academy, he celebrated Masses for and heard confes-sions of young pupils. In July 26, 2009, Fr. Leon received the Sinag ng Karunungan Sesquicentennial Leadership Recognition Award from the Jesuit Basic Education Commission for his outstanding service in Jesuit basic education.

Fr. Leon’s past positions and recognitions did not, by and of themselves, define his priesthood. He will be remembered for his friendship and touching the lives of the members of his community. Being among the Jesuits who were expelled from China post-1949, he was the quintessen-tial missionary for the Huaquiao’s (华侨) (Overseas Chinese) in the Philippines. He spent virtually a lifetime communing with members of the Chinese-Filipino community, visiting them in their homes, engaging in personal conversations over congee (糜) and with his unique ability—even by the standards of the Jesuits in the Philippines—to speak in Minnan Chinese (闽南语), the dialect spoken in most Filipino-Chinese households.

He worked well with the Chinese-Filipino youth. When he preached to children—often in a mix of Minnan Chinese and English—he delivered God’s word with charming simplicity that left a deep im-pression in the children’s hearts. In his role with the FCCY, he reached out to teenag-

ers, channeled their energy toward fun but spiritually enriching activities, and estab-lished deep-rooted friendships that lasted many years.

Born on July 25, 1917 in Salamanca, Spain, Fr. Leon had intended to follow in his fa-ther’s footsteps and become a doctor, until

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(From Top) A familiar during the Sunday Masses. A tribute to MTQ’s favorite parish priest. Fr. Leon back in the 70s.

he found a different calling to join the Jesu-its and, in his words, “to love people.” At age 92, he passed on clearly having fulfilled his avowed mission. His memory will re-main fresh in the homes of many Chinese-Filipinos through photographs of count-less ceremonies and sacraments that lie at the core of every Christian’s life.

The Chinese WindowDispatches

by Michael Tan (’69)

y sister and I were the only ones, in our clan, who had to study Chinese and my parents – like those of oth-er Xavier and ICA students

– kept emphasizing that to speak Chinese was the very essence of being Chinese. Years later, after graduat-ing, there was a shift in the rationale. I would hear Chinese-Filipinos of my generation ex-plaining why their chil-dren were being sent to Xavier and ICA, or other schools where Chinese was taught: “It will be useful for doing busi-ness.” They were refer-ring to the advantage one had with Chinese language skills, to deal with a China that had opened to the world. And indeed, many Chi-nese-Filipinos have been able to use their familiar-ity with Putonghua (Man-darin) – even if heavily laced with a Hokkien or Minnan accent – to get jobs or clinch business deals not just in China but in what is some-times referred to as a the “Greater China area”, including China’s two special admin-istrative regions Hongkong and Macau, plus Taiwan and Singapore.

Not being a business person, I wanted to pitch for still another angle to having our kids study Chinese, and this is what I call a “Chinese window”. All languages are actually windows to the world, offering dif-ferent frames or perspectives into the world and into life.

Chinese, and I’m going to be more specific now in referring to the written form shared across the country by Putonghua, Minnan, Cantonese, Shanghaiese and several dozen


others, is a fascinating treasure chest. Even with phonetic systems like bo-po-mo-fo and pinyin formulated, the complex sys-tem of thousands of words, each with its own meanings, remains in place and can be learned only through arduous memory work.

The Chinese retain these characters be-cause they’re loaded with powerful symbol-ism, and I mean power in a literal sense. Just think of all the homes, even of 3rd or 4th gen-eration Tsinoys, with the word for luck – fu in Putonghua and hok in Minnan – hanging from

the walls. Not only that, the fu signs are quite often inverted because the sound “tao” means both “to invert” and “to arrive”.

In retrospect, it would have been so much more fun to study Chi-nese if our teachers had talked too about how the words evolved. We

knew such words as those for the sun and the moon were directly derived from the shapes of a full sun and a crescent moon. But it was only later, as an adult, that I real-ized the word for male is a combination of li (physical force) being exerted on a tien (rice field), equating male-ness to agricultural labor. Conversely, the word for a woman was actually a person (ren), kneeling down, reflecting the inferior status of women in Chinese feudal society.

I could go on and on with more examples of this fascinating Chinese window in terms of symbolisms that reflect Chinese think-ing, but I wanted to add, too, that Chinese is a kind of door that opens other doors. The Japanese, Korean and even Vietnamese also

adopted Chinese characters and so even if you can’t speak the languages in those countries, a knowledge of written Chinese actually facilitates communication.

As a medical anthropologist often invited to lecture in other countries or to work on research projects, I’ve found myself writing out “kanji” (Han words or Chinese) to ex-plain certain points to Japanese colleagues and students, much to their delight and of-ten leading to a lively discussion. Besides kanji, the Japanese did develop their own phonetic systems katakana and hiragana, but the kanji remain important, especially for scholarly work.

The Koreans, too, have their own phonetic script but in universities, many are famil-iar with Chinese characters that were bor-rowed, and I’ve found myself having long discussions with Korean students, around one or two words.

Most fascinating for me is Vietnam, which used Chinese words for many centuries, even developing their own characters. With French colonialism, they adopted a Romanized script but reading the words often evoked what the old Chinese word that might have been borrowed. For ex-ample, the first time I landed in Hanoi’s airport, I immediately noticed signs like “Chu Y”, which meant “Attention” or “Hai Guan”, which meant “Customs”. Once in a hospital I was asked to go to the radiology department. No problem – it was hard to miss the sign “X Guang”.

A window or a door, Chinese is not just for doing business. It’s for relating to a still larger population besides the Chinese, making the intercultural encounters more exciting.

Dr. Michael L. Tan is from Xavier Class of 1969. He is a veterinarian and a medical anthropologist, and currently professor and Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) at UP Diliman. He writes an op-ed column, Pinoy Kasi, twice a week for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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“All languages are actually

windows to the world, offering

different frames or perspectives into the world and into life.”

Xavier School Receives IB World School Authorization

Xavier School Nuvali Setto Open June 2012

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Last 30 January 2010, Xavier School received official notice from the International Baccalaureate Organi-zation (IBO) headquarters in Geneva authorizing the school to offer the IB Diploma Program next school year. IBO Director General, Jeffrey R. Beard, congratulated the school for what he described as a “significant accomplishment” and welcomed Xavier School as an official IB World School in the growing IB community worldwide. The authorization was achieved after four years of careful study and hard work, and included several assessments and visits by the IB Regional Office.

With this program, Xavier School is taking another significant step towards internationalization by offering a globally recognized cur-riculum to selected third year and fourth year high school students. Prior to these IB efforts, Xavier has been raising its standards by bench-marking internationally through the iPSLE (International Primary School Leaving Exam of Singapore) for the Grade School, the PSAT (Preliminary SAT of the US College Board) in the High School, and the HSK, the inter-national Chinese language exam for foreign students.

The IB Diploma Program offers a rigorous two-year pre-university curriculum that is widely recognized by leading universities all over the world. It is envisioned not only as an enriched program that will prepare Xavier students to be active learn-ers; but also as a benchmark that will continue to raise the school’s overall standards.

In its initial year, the IB program will include English, Chinese, Business & Management, Chemistry, Physics,

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Fr. Ismael Zuloaga gave the AAXS an overview of the plans for Xavier School Nuvali early this year. During the meeting, he mentioned that the idea of opening a new campus was initially proposed by several alumni who foresaw a growing number of enrollees from alumni fami-lies. The present facilities, already operating at near peak capacity, may be hard pressed to accommodate the increasing numbers in the future, and limit the school’s capac-ity to reach out to new families and communities.

However, it was only with the firm proposal of Ayala Land, in partnership with the Yulo family, to donate land and seed money to open a new cam-pus in the former Canlubang Estate, that this idea gathered momentum. By December 2004, the Board of Trustees had approved the proposal and received permission from the Je-suit Provincial to open the new school in Nuvali.

While the school will be grounded on the same mission and vision of Xavier School, it is mandated to allot “25% of enrolment for poor students on scholarship.” This, according to Fr.

Zuloaga, is a great challenge; but can be achieved with the support of the Xavier community. In this way, the school not only expands the ministry of Xavier School, but will also enhance its mission in education by integrating students from different socio-eco-

nomic segments. Programs will be designed “to en-able the presence of these scholars to have a trans-forming influence on the culture of the school as a whole.”

The new school will be co-educational but will follow the co-divisional model. Boys and girls will be educated separately in selected classes, while providing ample oppor-tunities for interaction.

The new campus sits on a 15-hectare property in Nuvali, a development in Calamba, Laguna that is seven times the size of the Makati CBD. In its first phase, the main grade school building and part of the Grade School gym-nasium will be built. In its ultimate development, the campus will have buildings for Primary, Middle, and High School, and will include a sepa-rate library building, auditorium, ad-ministration building, and provisions





Artist’s perspectiveof Xavier School Nuvali

View from the courtyard


Paralegal of Williams and Connelly, LLP in Washington, DC. He also had stints in Air Philippines Inc. and Philippines Estates Corp. Lastly, Rep. Gatchalian has authored or sponsored over 40 house bills and co-authored over 100 house bills.

Councilor Bernie AngThe honorable Bernardito “Bernie” Ang (‘68) obtains a fresh mandate from the voters of the 3rd District of Manila in the 2010 automated elections as their newly elected councilor. He has earlier completed three terms as District 3 Manila councilor and then acted as the Secretary to Vice Mayor, Isko Moreno, from 2007 to 2009. Last Febru-ary 2010, Councilor Bernie overwhelmingly won as Chairman and President of the Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV). ATRIEV is the only com-puter school for the blind in the Philippines. Councilor Bernie Ang has been helping ATRIEV since its backyard days by way of direct spon-sorship of its students, spearheading the conduct of the 2nd ICT conference for the visually impaired in 2002 and the estab-lishment of a PWD Help Line. Councilor Bernie has a soft spot for persons with dis-abilities because he, himself, is a polio vic-tim.

Rep. Sonny AngaraJuan Edgardo Angara (‘89) or “Sonny” finished his undergraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science in England. He then pursued a law degree at the University of the Philippines College of Law, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal, the Debate Society and the Order of the Purple Feather. Angara completed his Master of Laws at Harvard Law School in Massachusetts, USA in 2003. He first worked as an associate attorney with the ACCRA law firm prior to being elected as

From “Our Pride...” Page 5 >>> the Representative for Aurora Province’s Lone District in 2004. He served as House Deputy Minority Lead-er and had a number of laws on women’s rights, economic and fiscal reform, good governance and civil service reform, con-sumer welfare, environmental protection, tourism, health and education. He was reelected in 2007. Angara served as Deputy Majority Leader and Vice Chairman of the Com-

mittee on Rules, also as an ex officio member of all standing and special committees in the House during the 14th Con-gress.

Rep. Joe DuavitJoel Roy “Joe” Duavit (‘83) comes from a distinguished line of statesmen and public servants. Third son of Atty. Gilberto “Boss Bibit” M. Duavit and Mrs. Vilma Roy Dua-vit, and brother of the former representa-tive of the First District of Rizal, the Hon-orable Jack Duavit, he is also grandson of Senator Joseph J. Ex Roy. Duavit has reaped

academic honors, graduating summa cum laude and magna cum laude in Accounting

and Information Technol-ogy courses, respectively. He hopes to raise the qual-ity of education in the First District of Rizal in prepa-ration for the challenges of globalization. Duavit hopes to focus on health infrastructure, tourism, peace, industry and jobs while in the Congress.

Mayor Miguel Rivilla A grandson of Antonio Cojuangco Sr., Miguel “Dors” Rivilla (‘85) comes from the prominent Co-juangco clan of Tarlac. The youngest among seven children, Rivilla is sec-ond cousin to both Presi-dent Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party and former Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD Party.

Rep. John Reynald Tiangco John Reynald “John-Rey” Tiangco (‘90) is a B.S. Ac-counting graduate from the College of St. Benilde, De La Salle University and served as the manag-ing and corporate director of several family-owned businesses. He also acted as president of the Signal Marine Shipyard, Inc., Pt. Sinar Purefoods Interna-tional (Indonesia) and Trinity Marine Ventures (Vietnam), among oth-

ers. Aside from socio-civic endeavors, John-Rey is also into sports. He used to be a Philippine Team member in the World Youth Cup (tennis, 1987) and the Philip-pine Team captain in the World Youth Cup (1988); UAAP champion (DLSU UAAP Tennis 2001 and 2005); and top-ranking player in the Philippine Tennis Juniors from 1984 to 1989.

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Clockwise from Above:Rep. John Rey Tiangco,

Coun. Bernie Ang,Rep. Sonny Angara, Rep.

Joe Duavit and Mayor Miguel Rivilla.

Xavier SchoolDirector ReceivesOutstanding Chinese SchoolAdministrator Award

Fun and Pride: Class of ̀ 89News


by Anonymous of Class `89

Father Johnny Go, SJ, Director of Xavier School, was selected as this year’s recipient of the Cebu Anony-mous “Most Outstanding Chinese School Administrator” Award. He was honored last March 6, 2010 at the Federation of Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Manila.

Fr. Go was cited for his excellence in the areas of 1) Chinese language promotion, 2) leadership and admin-istration, and 3) self-development and formation of others. The award comes with a Php300 thousand cash prize which Fr. Go is donating to the Xavier School Educational and Trust Fund (XSETF), for the school’s Grant-in-Aid scholarship program.This recognition seeks to honor and reward exemplary work of teachers and administrators from Chinese-Filipino schools all over the country. It was initiated by an anonymous philanthropist from Cebu to advance the development of Chinese lan-guage education. After his death, the benefactor was revealed to be Mr. Shih Wei Peng. Now on its 10th year, this annual search is conducted with the help of the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center.

Alumni News

It was the year of the Tiananmen Square Protests, George H.W. Bush’s assumption of office, and Colonel Honasan’s coup d’etat. At Xavier, Class of `89’s graduation ceremony closed with a rendition of the batch song, a medley of “Sometimes” and “If Ever I Would Leave You”. It was a time to move on and reach new heights—in the name of fun and pride.

As the old cliché goes, it seems like only yesterday. We’ve had our share of wacky adventures and outstanding students: Fair Nandito Po sa Xavier (where FPJ made a personal appear-ance), “Joint Venture,” (now a leading

provider of sounds equipment and engineering), and Jerome Khohayting winning the Math Olympiad.

It remains vivid in our minds: Mr. Curato yelling, “You Iskwat!” Mr. Or-tega screaming, “Para kang pinakain ng…,” and our Chinese teacher furi-ously asking, “我不知道你们为什么常常叫我Happy New Year?”

Twenty years after, `89ers have attended some of the world’s best universities—the local “big four,” Harvard, Columbia, Wharton, MIT, UVa and Northwestern, to name a few. Our classmates have served as corps commander of the UP ROTC and chairman of the UP Student Council. A few of us had received academic and other honors and one of us topped the architectural board exam.

Today, we have amongst us attor-neys, physicians, dentists, bank-ers, financial analysts, architects, engineers, entrepreneurs, a CEO, a newscaster and a top wedding pho-tographer. We have lived and worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, New York, L.A., Chicago, Atlanta, Guam, London and Bilbao (Spain).

Our classmates have been quoted in publications (e.g., Inquirer, Forbes Asia and Crain’s Detroit Business) and made it to “rankings” (e.g., Asia-money Brokers Polls’ Best Analysts in Thailand and Grand Rapids Business Journal’s 40 “Under Forty” Business Leaders in West Michigan).

Life has been full of surprises. One of us proposed to his wife at a Julia Fordham concert. Another survived a terrorist attack in Mumbai.

Also to add, we have Ari Dy, S.J., a servant of the Lord, who is now carry-ing on St. Francis’ “mission”. As well as Hon. Sonny Angara, congressman and a servant of society, recently co-sponsored a law that is envisioned to boost the economy – the REIT Law. They are our humble contributions to society.

All these happened; yet the friendship still continues and will continue until the end – with Xavier89 e-group being very active. Right now, we continue to make things happen. We carry on with our lives with faith in the Lord and with passion for excellence - in the name of fun and pride.


Batch ‘89 having fun during the 2009 Grand Prix AAXS Alumni Homecoming.

Remembering the WonderBoys of Class ‘63

Alumni News

by Tommy Ching (’63)

ife begins at 60,” as Fr. Pineau used to say. In 1960, I thought he only said that to feel good about himself because he was over 60

then. But now that we, the Class of ‘63, are all over 60, I am beginning to appreciate the wisdom of his words. As we approach our elderly years, we are becoming more keenly aware of our mortality. We can feel each creak-ing bone and aching muscle every morning. There are moments wherein we could not spill out the names or other information that rise in the tip of our tongue. However these great changes do not matter after all. For us today, to live means simply to be more ap-preciative of who we are and what we have become.

If you studied in old Kuang Chi in Echague, you probably re-member the sound of two bells that signal the end of lunch break; on the first bell you are supposed to freeze, stop everything you are doing, no matter what. The rule was so inflexible that if you have to pee –you just have to pee in your pants. The second bell signals you to go to your classroom or to the gym to fall in line. Remember the “Ice-Cream Slip,” which you have to pay for, if you were caught talking in any Chinese dia-lect or Filipino. At that time, only English or Mandarin may be spoken within the school campus. It was such a revolutionary rule then, but that is how we were forced to learn and converse in English or Mandarin. The discipline of those days helped to create the environment for learning – those were the days. Xavier or Kuang Chi at that time was already a rigorous educational institution.

Ten years ago, it was big news to all of us to learn who had just become a lucky Lolo. Now


the more remarkable news is finding out that Cenen Sambalido recently became the proud Lolo of fraternal twins: a girl named Monserrat and a boy named Gustavo.

David Ong, who can probably out-run any of us in a marathon, is still waiting for any of his four kids to get married and present him with a bundle of joy – an apo at long

last! Meantime, David has been actively involved with the AIHU (Mandarin for ‘love’ and ‘care’) Foundation that he helped form three years ago. The foundation was inspired by his dedication to help our less fortunate brothers and sisters by teach-ing them how to fish instead of giving them fish. Currently, it has four (4) mobile vans going around Luzon providing free TESDA-certified computer literacy course, with 4,500 graduates, to date. Recently, it launched a mobile culinary van in Makati in cooperation with ABS-CBN Bayan Foun-dation. At present David is asking for vol-unteers, donors and prayers to help set up a vocational skills training center in Binan-gonan, Rizal on land donated by a generous individual. Qualified students will receive free skills training as well as free board and lodging at the center.

Sy Tek Min, because of being too preoc-cupied with his hog farm and with discov-ering herbal and all-natural cure for hoof-

and-mouth disease, is still anticipating his own pride and joy – his first apo. With his achievements as a true and dedicated vet-erinarian, we hope to see his name in the veterinary journals some day!

Winston Uychiyong once imagined build-ing a temple because since he was fourteen, he always found serenity and strength in

meditation. Today, his vision is a reality in Fujian, China, where he built a temple con-sisting of a complex of buildings situated in an area of several hectares. As a matter of fact, during our regular monthly class din-ner in September, he invited us to visit the temple.

Jimmy Ongaigui, who represents us in the AAXS, has a son still studying in Xavier, so the tradition contin-

ues. Not surprisingly, Jimmy has kept him-self young not only physically but also in his outlook, his secret is a hefty appetite and a young and beautiful wife who keeps him on his toes… lucky Jimmy!

Benito Chua is now semi-retired. He is fan-tastic for having survived a triple by-pass many years back; to this day, he remains mentally sharp and lively, but has had to scale down his very stressful corporate life-style.

Leonard Dy has made good use of his knowledge of chemistry from the Ateneo! He has again set up his own soap-making enterprise.

Johnny Lo is a globe-trotter making big deals wherever business can be made.

Edward Sy, still a practicing architect, has an

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Xavier Alumni Team Romps Away with the Microsoft Imagine Cup

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by Kenneth Yu (’06)

Warsaw, Poland- For the first time, a Philippine team prevailed against 400 teams worldwide including fellow finalists from Belgium and France. Team By Implication, all-Xavier Alum-ni team, won the grand prize of USD 25,000 from Microsoft Imagine Cup – a prestigious international technology competition held last July 3-8, 2010.

The all-Xavier Alumni team is com-posed of Philip Michael Cheang, Wil-hansen Joseph Li, Rodrick Simon Tan (from the Ateneo de Manila), and Levi Russell Tan Ong (from the University of the Philippines). Kenneth Greg-ory Yu (from De La Salle University) served as their mentor for this event. They all belong to the Class of 2006.

Wildfire was their entry for the game design category. It uses simple mechanics, emergent gameplay, a striking minimalist aesthetic, and in-tegrated social networking to promote realistic methods of saving the world, through acts of volunteerism and positive social action. Players explore a virtual city, inspire normal citizens to become volunteers, and go about promoting UN-advocated causes like universal education, reduced child mortality, gender equality and global partnership.

The driving force in the conceptual-ization of Wildfire was no other than Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy). It was the moment wherein Filipino community overcame adversity and widespread chaos through sheer volunteerism and heroism.

After winning, the team vows to continue “creating fun video games

that encourage social action.” “We love game design and want to pursue it seriously…I think winning is a good sign we’re on the right path,” as remarked by Philip Cheang.

Team by Implication will offer the current version of their award-winning game to the public, completely free, at their official website, http://byim-plication.com/.

The Imagine Cup is now in its 8th year and is the world’s premier student technology competition. It is de-scribed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates as “The Olympics of Great Ideas.” It is an annual event organized by Micro-soft, where students from all over the world compete in various technology-related categories such as Software Design, Embedded Development, and Game Design to create solutions that address the world’s toughest problems, as described by the United Nations’ eight Millennium Develop-ment Goals.

For 2010, four hundred students from 70 countries competed in Warsaw and these finalists had to beat their rivals in regional and national events around the world over the past few months. According to Microsoft’s internal statistics, more than 325,000 high school, college, and university students in 113 countries and regions had entered the competition.

Ed’s Note: Kenneth Yu is the eldest son of CATS Motors Chairman Greg Yu (’75) and Xavier School Nuvali Coor-dinator Zsa-Zsa Yu while Singapore-bound Rodrick Tan is the younger brother of Real Estate Magnate and Environmental Philanthropist Ryan Sherwin Tan (’02).

From left: Fr. Johnny Go, Philip Cheang,Wilhansen Li, Kenneth Yu and Levi Tan-Ong.

office in Chinatown. Alex Wong...anybody who wishes to do Chi Gong can join him every day at 6 am at the Green Meadows club house...that is if you can pull your six decades old body out of bed that early.

Peter Go is still on the go, attending to his successful business interests.

Alex Tan, if you can catch him, will willingly share with you the quantities and types of coffee that make up the Starbucks coffee blend.

Harry Tan has the inside dope on the quick production of organic, native, brown-shelled chicken eggs – with the help, per-haps, of Alex Tan’s coffee blend.

Red Tansingco, in far away US of A, pres-ently enjoys a near stress free life of a semi-retiree in American Canyon, California.

Now in our 20th year of getting together to celebrate each other’s birthdays, the Class of ‘63 continues to find good fun in each oth-er’s company. Good-natured ribbing and put-downs are part and parcel of the menu for the evening. Some of us often exhibit symptoms of hoof-in-mouth disease for which Sy Tek Min has been trying to find a cure – to no avail. To conclude the night of food and fun, we proudly whip out our se-nior citizen’s I.D.s for the 20% discount.

Out of sight, out of touch and many, out of the country, but not out of our minds (we still talk about you, you know!) are Simon Chan, Lowry Chua, Francis Gaw, Joaquin Gaw, Victor Gosingco, Allen Lee and Rich-ard Sy.

With fervent prayers and fond memories we remember our classmates who are now enjoying their retirement out of this world: Richard Gaw, Greg Barretto, Lee Siong Ling, Antonio Ong and Tony Lopez.

Finally for the still-earthbound members of Class of ‘63 we invoke an old Irish blessing:May God grant us many years to live,For sure He must be knowing,The earth has angels all too few,And heaven is overflowing!

Life, indeed, begins at 60, or better yet, at 63 . . . . and thereafter!



Oh Canada!A Call to Arms: Our Time is Now!

Dispatches

by Dom Bautista (‘76)

eggie Yu, my editor wrote me recently to say that XAT is em-barking on a new path, as you all will

no doubt have noticed, trying to do more with less. And so in keeping with his wish to provide concise but thought pro-voking writing on the subject of alumni, here is A Call to Arms: Our Time is Now. I hope you find time to engage me through a soon-to-be created blog in XAT.

Academic excellence has been the Holy Grail not just of Xavier but of every school. And in recent years, the resur-gence of young Xaver-ians gives us a reason to be proud for after several decades of mediocrity, the sun is shining in Little Ba-guio once more. Yet something continues to beacon, a calling which only a few have taken up … that of citizenship.

Having been desensitized by a squandering of our nation’s material wealth that defied credulity, our alumni, with all their seem-ingly bountiful material, intellectual and spiritual advantages, seem utterly helpless to reverse the freefall in any of these areas. Was it because our ancestors, who had to suffer through the ignominy of being mal-treated as Chinese aliens had repeatedly admonished us to keep our heads down and stick to just earning a living?

Our aversion to social activism may seem at odds with what the Filipinos seem to prefer: that of zarzuela-like “People Power” – continuously reiterating unconstitu-tional efforts to right what could not be done in the hallowed halls of the execu-

tive, legislature and judiciary. Simply put, when the impulse is to change the way the

Philippines is run, the Xavier alumni, who are predominantly Chinese Filipino are more likely to engender a resigned helplessness than to create a sense of will-ingness to demand for constructive change and accountability. And in so doing, we allow it to perpetuate the wrong.

For the Xavier alumni, known for its ability to create a tight-knit net-work of captains of in-dustries, with its cadres of scions, there should be no more excuses. The glacial and stoic silence we have exhib-ited in the face unrav-

eling public institutions, the deterioration of our infrastructure has come to an end and the disappearance of our mores and values. For many, choosing flight over fight has become the norm. For if we do not act now, we will be seen by history as having enablers to the continued Diaspora of the Filipino-Chinese roaming the world for a safe place they can call home.

Well, another decade in this millennium has come to pass. The time to practice good citizenry is now. This is the right time for all of us to invest in teaching our young on the values of spirit, energy and idealism.

True, it will take a while before things get better, but we have to start somewhere. For we, despite what we think, are the favored ones. And therefore, much is and should be expected.

Luceat Lux!

© Dom C. Bautista 2010. All rights are reserved. This article has been licensed for print to XAT.

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“The time to practice good citizenry is now. This is the right time for all of us to invest

in teaching our young on the values of spirit, energy and idealism.”

Mathematics; the core IB subjects of Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Creativ-ity-Action-Service (CAS), and the Extended Essay (EE), plus Christian Life Education and Filipino. Over the next five years, Xavier School plans to expand the number of courses in the sciences, as well as in the humanities. Furthermore, the Board of Trustees would like to make this program accessible to as many qualified Xavier students as pos-sible. For this reason, Xavier School will be offering the most affordable IB Diploma Program in the country. This authorization is a milestone in Xavier School’s history and is yet another testament to the quality of the Xavier Education, known for innovations since its establishment in 1956.

for residences and dormitories. The plan also calls for two gymnasiums with different sports facilities, swim-ming pool, and two football fields.

A special feature of the campus will be its green environment. The campus is bordered by a deep-ravine river in the north and, along its western perimeter, part of the 17-km buffer zone that will be a forested bird sanc-tuary. The school was designed with sustainability in mind. Environment-friendly fixtures and systems will be in place.

Already, several alumni have indicated their commitment to donate for the construction and for the scholarships. For major donors, various buildings and facilities are being offered for naming rights. In the coming weeks and months, the fundraising ef-forts will intensify to raise the funds needed.

The new school will be called Xavier School Nuvali. The initial levels to open in June 2012 are Nursery, Prep, Grade 1, and High 1; adding one grade and one year level every year there-after. For more information, please contact the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) or email [email protected].

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Revealed: InternetAttraction Marketing

Dispatches

by Manuel Viloria (’84)

ore and more people are flocking to the internet, and you start to wonder if you can also use the web to bring in more busi-

ness, gain more support for your advocacy, or even expand your network of contacts. Well, wonder no more because the blue-print will be revealed to you in this article.

Let’s face it. The internet is the easiest, cheapest, and fastest way for you to gain customers, business partners, or support for your various projects through the power of Attraction Marketing.

What is attraction marketing? Instead of you chasing after people and bugging them to give you what you want, you turn things around. You publish web pages online, so that customers will be the ones chasing you for your business.

Can you imagine the traditional way of do-ing business? If you’re into sales, you will try cold calling or even telemarketing. You might even try distributing flyers or man-ning sales booths, if you’re a real estate agent.

You go after people, thrusting marketing materials into their hands. You might even put up a website, showcase your products, and prominently display a large “Buy Now” button so people can pay you online in ex-change for your goods and services.

And while that does work, the amount ef-fort needed to get the word out to so many people can be quite massive, while the re-turn might not be that exciting.

That’s what you’ll get if you focus only on chasing after people. There’s really nothing wrong with that, although it will help if you consider other forms of doing business on-line.

Attraction marketing helps customers go to you, instead of you forever running after them. Here’s why they will seek you out…You will publish relevant and useful infor-

mation that will help solve the problems of the very people you wish to attract. Once you attract them, you will help them go through the attraction marketing pro-gram.

What is blogging? Blogging is, to put it simply, easily publishing online. Each time you write an ar-ticle, no matter how short it is, you create a webpage for all the world to see.

Each webpage you create can serve as a bill-board for you and your business. Unlike those structures that sprout like gigantic mushrooms alongside EDSA, your virtual billboards will remain standing even if a su-per-typhoon threatens to blow down tow-ers along the highway.

Here’s the secret: Unlike traditional ads, your blog posts mainly aim to help people. Once you present solutions to people, and assuming they can clearly see who is behind such a helpful blog post, you open the path towards growing a relationship with oth-ers.

People don’t usually just buy products. They get products because the person sell-ing those items is someone they know, like, and trust.

FACT: Over 80% of your visitors will never return to your website.

Various site statistics show that at least 80% of your website visitors are newcom-ers, so your blog posts should invite people to sign up or subscribe to your mailing list.

While a lot of people will never return to your site, at least half of them will return to their email inbox. And if you’re able to suc-cessfully invite them to join your mailing list, you will be able to keep in touch with them via email.Similar to your magnetic blog posts, your

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email messages should continue providing useful tips that will help the people solve

their problems. In this way, your relationship will grow and you will be perceived as an authority figure who can provide answers and solutions.

Over time, people will value you more and they will tell themselves that if you’re willing to give a cer-tain amount of assistance for free, your paid service

or product must be worth a whole lot more. You will just need to find a balance, and avoid giving away too much information for free.

You have to know what your true worth is, and correctly discern which of your services you need to charge others for. Afterall, if you don’t value yourself enough then it will be difficult for others to value you in return.

So there you have it: Your blueprint for in-ternet attraction marketing success.

Use words to attract people to your helpful articles online. Use words (whether writ-ten or spoken) to invite people to join your newsletter. Then use your newsletter to gradually introduce people to your business in between helpful tips sent via email.

Once you put this plan into action, you will discover how much time you will have for things you deeply enjoy in life, while at the same time attracting customers, part-ners, and the needed cash flow to help you continue sharing quality time and memo-rable activities with your friends, family, and loved ones.

With each passing day, more Filipinos are using the internet to grow their businesses. And the good thing is, you can also make this work for you. Here’s to an attractive year for you and your business. See you on the web!

Stallions Gallop to Dynastic Tiong Lian Rule by Henry L. Liao (‘72)

inning a Tiong Lian title is hard enough.

Successfully defending the crown once or twice

is even harder.

Building a dynasty, though, is probably one mission impossible.

However to Xavier School Golden Stal-lions, this “impossible” is possible after all. They have set a record of capturing the championship in both the Aspirants and Juniors divisions of the 2010 Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association competitions for three consecutive years. Xavier, in fact, is the only school in the 40-year Tiong Lian history to capture both division titles in the same season at least twice.

The Aspirants Division features players aged 14 and under while the Juniors Di-vision involves players aged 15 and above (but no more than 19 years old).

Last February, the XS Aspirants grabbed a mind-boggling eighth straight title with a two-game sweep of Chiang Kai Shek Col-lege in the best-of-three finals following 76-71 and 76-66 victories.

The Aspirants registered an unblemished 9-0 record overall. They were bannered by three-point hotshots by Jarrell Lim and Anton Lapez [son of AAXS EVP and 2009 Homecoming Chairman Atty. Monjie La-pez (’84)]. They are members of the RP Under-13 training pool under Coach Mark Herrera, and big men Isaac Go (a hulking 6-2 slotman) and Chang Gi Hong (a bulky 5-11 power forward from Korea). All four had already completed their seventh-grade studies last March.

Moreover, a son of Barako Bull team physi-cian John Lim (’77) in the Philippine Bas-ketball Association, Jarrell Lim was voted

the Aspirants Most Valuable Player after pacing the tournament with a 19.1-point average.

Equally dominant in the Tiong Lian games were the Xavier Juniors, who scored a title “three-peat” with twin victories of 82-77 and 83-75 over back-to-back runner-up St, Jude Catholic School in an exciting best-of-three titular series.

Just like their Aspirants counterparts, the Xavier Juniors completed their 2010 cam-paign, with a lily-white 9-0 card. Overall, the Golden Stallions own a 19-game win-ning streak over three seasons (including the Game Three win in the 2008 finals and 9-0 in 2009).

The XS Juniors additionally became the second school in Tiong Lian annals to win three straight championships on two oc-casions. Chiang Kai Shek College was the first to accomplish the feat, turning in the trick from 1978 to 1980 and from 1990 to 1992.

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The Gold and Blue Juniors team also claimed a title “three-peat” from 2001 to 2003 behind the terrific trio of Joseph “The Ninja” Yeo, Tyrone (TY) Tang and Chris Tiu.

Overall, the XS Juniors have won nine Tiong Lian titles – trailing only CKSC’s league-high 14. However, the San Juan City-based Gold and Blue team has topped the competitions in seven of the last 10 seasons.

The 2010 XS Juniors squad was built around sophomore Jeron Teng and gradu-ating senior Jose Anton (Jett) Manuel – the tournament’s No. 1 and No. 2 scorers with per-game averages of 23.3 and 20.1 points, respectively.

A key member of the RP Under-16 Team that placed fourth in the 1st FIBA Asia Under-16 Championships in Malaysia late last year, the bull-strong 6-2 Teng sprained his right ankle in the early in the first quar-ter of the Tiong Lian title-series opener and scored just five points in five minutes of action.


The 15-year-old son of former PBA strong-man Alvin Teng, however, bounced backed in the series-clinching Game Two with 25 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals in 35 minutes.

Jeron also succeeded older brother and co-Xavier alum Jeric Teng – who’s now with the University of Santo Tomas in the Uni-versity Athletic Association of the Philip-pines (UAAP) – as the Tiong Lian Juniors scoring champion and MVP.

Manuel was Xavier’s leading scorer in Game One with 21 points. The 5-10 swingman who is now strutting his wares for the University of the Philippines in the UAAP, knocked in 15 markers in Game Two despite being benched for the entire third quarter and limited to 16 minutes overall due to foul trouble.

Manuel, Kevin Lim and Alejandro Dizon, all of whom have completed their high school eligibility, are the only Xaverians to suit up for the school’s Tiong Lian champi-onship team in each of the last three years.

Next season, the XS Juniors will enter un-chartered territory as no (Juniors) team in Tiong Lian history has ever won four straight championships.

Moreover, in their quest for a “four-peat,” they will have to do it without graduating seniors Manuel, Lim, Dizon and Harold Ng. Surely, it will take a Herculean task to accomplish the unprecedented feat.

Then again, time can wait. The next Tiong Lian games, after all, won’t commence again until January next year.

The AAXS in cooperation with the Mighty Sports Association (MSA) and Wong Chu King Foundation once again bank-rolled Xavier School’s participation in the MMTLBA.

Opposite Page (From Top) The RoboKids Jeric Allen and Jeron Alvin. Future King Stallion Kyles Lao (’13), Aspirants MVP Jarrell Lim (’14) with his famous dad, Dr. John Lim (’77).Below The Repeat 3-Peat Juniors Team

XABL 2010: Still the Sunday Morning Delight

ostilities for Season 2010 of the Xavier Alumni Basket-ball League (XABL) started last 6 June 2010. This year’s tourney is named as High-

lands Steakhouse/ La Campana 65th An-niversary Cup.

Competing Teams for XABL are divided into three divisions. Division I, aka, Cort-ina Conference eyes ’82-’95 Mighty Sports, ’98 La Campana Blue Sapphire, ’99 PC Express, ’96/’97 G-Teknika, ’04 San Juan Heroes as well as ’01 Prudential as the conference’s favorites. Pineau and Clifford Conferences, Division II, eye ’94 Emerald Pipes, ’87 Seattle’s Best Coffee, ’06 Bantex, Defending Champions ’93/’96 Audi, ’02 Pacific Pipes and ’92/’95 Moneywire as their own title favorites. Lastly, Mena Con-ference or Division III’s favorites include ’02 Guardians/Timberland, ’06 Reva, ’08 Colts and ’05 Atlanta PVC Industries and’04 TGPI.

Division I opened their league a few weeks later, July 18, with Defending Champion ’01 Prudential matching up against ‘04 San Juan Heroes. Sadly, the absence of Joseph “The Ninja” Yeo took its toll on Prudential as they lost, 62-71 – even with Lucio “Bong” Tan Jr.’s 22 points and Ezer Lim’s 18 points. It was San Juan’s “ B a ya n i h a n” that led them to victory– spear-headed by Dexter “The Dobberman” Lee (17 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl).

On the other hand, the official opening games last June 6 features the division champs ’93/’96 Audi and ’04 TGPI against separate opponents. The ’04 TGPI jugger-naut manhandled ’95/’97 XAVIER, 54-45, thanks to a spirited efforts by the troika of John Ross Lim (10 pts), Henricson Tan (10 pts) and Miguel Ledesma (12 reb). Unfor-

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tunately, ’93/’96 Audi was upend-ed by former Div II Champs ’02 Pa-cific Pipes, 64-75. Audi’s Benedito Coyuito tried to carry his team with a Herculean effort (21 pts, 6 reb, 3 stl) but was easily trumped by former Div II MVP Jason Pua (28 pts, 10 rebs).

Other opening day results had ’97 Cutting Edge winning over ’86 Oakwood, 51-44; ’02 Guardians/Timberland walloping ’87 Stallions, 70-59; ’06 Reva escaping ’10 Dos Mil Dies, 59-54; and ’05 Atlanta PVC Industries massacring ’08 Colts, 53-41.

Martin Syjuco (’04) and his team organized the Opening Day Festivities. DLSU UAAP Courtside Reporter and now SM Executive Sharon Yu hosted the programme. Former Philippine Sports C o m m i s s i o n ( P S C )

Chairman Harry Angping (’68) was the Guest of Honor. He implored the

XABL players and other alumni to always do their best and give back to the school as well as being of service to the country, es-pecially in sports.

Also in attendance were AAXS President Arnold Erich Velasco (’83), Xavier School Board of Trustees Chairman Fr. Ismael Zu-loaga, PBL League Physician and Red Bull Team Doctor John Lim (’77), Past Presi-

dent Art Dy (’75), Basketball Godfather Benedict Chua (’76) and other AAXS Ex-Com officers. Samuel Uy (’73) and Jerome Howard Lim (’94) once again reprised their roles as XABL Commissioner and Finance Officer respectively. John Ramirez was the Head of the Table Officials.

Furthermore, members of the Xavier As-pirants and Juniors Teams led by Coach Jonathan Reyes and current King Stallion Jeron Teng (’12) were awarded Plaques of Appreciation for winning the Division II of the 13th Chiang San Ching Memorial Cup Basketball Tournament. A selection team of Xavier Alumni powered by Jeric “The Robo Kid” Teng (’09), Eric “The King Stal-lion” Yao (’98) and former National Youth Player Michael “Mr. Steady” Sy (’04) were also recognized for winning the high com-petitive St. Stephen 2010 Inter-School Alumni Basketball Tournament. Other members of the team included: Charles Tiu (’06), Constantine Ong (’06), Donnel “Mr. Smooth” Ong (’99), Ezer Lim (’01), Gabriel Sia (’05), Henson Tan (’98), Joseph Ngo (’97), Marvin Sioco (’99), Paul Chua (’03), Prudencio Coyiuto (’01), Randy “The Kamikazi Kid” Chua (’04), Sammy Young (’02), and Terrence “The Triggerman” Tang (’98). Both teams were supported by the Mighty Sports Association (MSA) and the Wong Chu King Foundation (WCKF) of AAXS Sports Czar Caesar Wongchuking (’82).


Opposite Page Best Muse Winner Jahziel Manabat flanked by XSPA Chair Lawrence Cobankiat (‘87) (3rd from left) and Team ‘87 Stallions. This Page, Clockwise from Left The charming and vivacious Sharon Yu. Sammy Uy (’73) awarding the Plaque of Appreciation to XABL 2010 Sponsors Willy Ocier (’73) of Highlands Steakhouse and Caesar Wongchuking (’82) of La Campana. XABL Commissioner Sammy Uy (’73). XS Board of Trustees Chair Fr. Ismael Zuloaga. Former PSC Chair Harry Ang-ping (’68).

The Xavier Alumni Times

Editors-in-ChiefJonathan Richie L. Yap (’94)Reginald T. Yu (’84)

Contributing EditorDomingo C. Bautista (’76)

Photography EditorJoel Raymond F. Dayrit (’00)

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Contributing WritersTommy L. Ching (’63)Henry L. Liao (’72)Jeffrey Y. Siy (’80)Ryan Anthony L. Siy (’94)Michael L. Tan (’69)Manuel Enrique M. Viloria (’84)Kenneth Gregory G. Yu (’06)Albert Vincent Y. Yu Chang (’89)

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