Roberto Oliver (1980)

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Wilfredo Rubio (1980)

Angelito S. Del Mundo (1968)

WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY VERY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR..HOORAH FOR ALL RIZAL INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CANLUBANG,LAGUNA. FROM 1952 UP TO THE NEXT GENERATION. AND MAY THE BLESSING OF OUR ALMIGHTY LORD BE WITH US...

Lexen Quiachon (2000)

Isagani Sarmiento (1964)

Ernesto B Gomez Jr. (1997)

Shander Sabio (2002)

hello to everyone!!!>... kamusta kayo... to all RI BOYZ... maka 75 ka na masaya na tayo...!!! wahehehe

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Would love to hear your feedback on the last reunion. It will help us better prepare/organize in the future. Your suggestions are welcome. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Ceniza David (Barongan)

Hi everyone,

Kumusta kayong lahat mga Canlubang na kababayan namin from David Family

Ako si Ceniza David Barongan. Sister of Romeo, Serafin & Angel David. Three of them graduated in RI and the rest of the younger siblings graduated in Laguna Institute.

But anyway, nagbrowsed ako sa RI website and I was in tears. Nakita ko ang kasayahan nang lahat nang tao noong mga past reunion nang mga kanya kanyang year batch. Nagkantahan, nagkalilahan, tawanan,  name it lahat nang paraan para maging masaya ang bawat isa. Sa pagpanood ko nang lahat nang kasiyahan na yan ay nasundan nang walang tigil na kasiyahan ang ginanap namin dito San Diego, Ca. nitong nakaraan June 19,20 & 21. Dumating ang mga taga Canlubang sa ibat ibang panig dito sa Amerika at sa kabilang panig din  nang mundo.

Sa unang pamumuno ni Mrs Mellie Contreras Faunlagui ay nag karoon nang pagkakataon muli ang mga taga CANLUBANG ni Mr YULO na ating pinapanginoon noon na nagbigay sa ating lahat nang magandang panimula sa ating buhay. Kung natatandaan nating lahat, tayo ang kaunaunahan tao sa CANLUBANG. Napakaganda nang ating nakagisnan sa kanyang pamamalakad sa ating buhay matanda o bata. ( Ako hindi ko makakalimutan yan).Kahit ang familya David ay maagang umalis nang Canlubang in 1968 , kahit kami ay Lumipat na sa Calamba at nakarating nang amerika ay Bukang bibig pa rin ang Canlubang by remembering & saluting Mr Jose Yulo & Family.Nai i kwento namin sa aming mga anak na kami ay sinuwerte pa rin while we were growing up.

Noong February 2010 ay nasa Pilipinas ako at muling dumalaw sa Canlubang, Bumisita sa simbahan, sa Santa Cecilia, sa RI, sa basketball court, sa Sugar Mills, name it naglibot ako. Nalungkot ako noong nakita ko ang ating hospital na nagdugtong nang maraming buhay sa atin lahat ang naiwan ay yung hagdan na cemento. Ano kay ang dahilan at naiwan iyon? As I asked myself.

The palengke parang bumalik sa pangdinig ko ang boses ni Aling Bebeng na nagtitinda nang pang pancit at gulay, boses ni Commander Lola Fidela Paloma (RIP) na dumarating na sya.Yong bang mga ganyang little thought na maaalala natin na parte nang ating buhay. Di ba naka kangiti. Tapos uusal tayo nang salitang ang buhay nga naman. Ang hindi ko makakalimutan ay ang mga nagliligawan sa atin bata pa ako noon; kung sila ay magtatagpo ay sa may groto nang mahal na birhen na nasa harap nang hospital o di kaya ay sa napakalaking sinehan sa may Casa de Nipa, at doon sa may simbahan na may fountain na alay kay Donya Ceilia Araneta Yulo na pagitan papuntang elementary  Oh! nakalimutan nyo na ba yan. Di bah..Sarap ang buhay. ( Oh! hindi ako yan dahil bata pa ko noon.) Sarap gunitaiin.

So, sa maigsing kwento sa nangyaring walang patid na kasiyahan nang fiesta/reunion na naganap nitong June 2010 sa San Diego, sana ay maulit muli sa taong 2012 na gaganapin sa Pilipinas. Sana ay mapatunayan nating lahat na tayong mga taong nahubog sa kagandahan ugali, sa pamumuhay at sa ating sariling pagsisikap na ating nakagisnan sa pamumuno ni Mr Yulo ay muling magkasamasama na makauwi tayong lahat sa Canlubang. Talagang nakakatiyak tayong lahat na magiging napakasaya at palagay ko ay kaunting panahon na maibabahagi natin sa mga naiwan natin doon ay wala rin silang katapusang pasasalamat sa maigsing kaligayahan nating maidudulot. Sa ating "PAGKAKAISA"

KAYA, AKO AY NAG KAKAMPANYA SA ATING LAHAT SA BUONG MUNDO NA TAYO AY MAGKAISA NA MAKAUWI SA CANLUBANG AT MAG BIGAY NANG KAUNTING KASIYAHAN. UUNAHAN KO NA KAYONG LAHAT.....IISA LANG ANG PINAGIISIPAN NATIN. KUNDI TRABAHO, PERA ANG DAHILAN, O DI KAYA HUWAG NAMAN SANA NE ME MERON KAPANSANAN. ME AWA ANG DIYOS AY MAKARARAOS DIN TAYO. MAIGSI LANG BUHAY. HABANG ME BUHAY PA TAYO NA BINIBIGAY NANG PANGINOON AY SAMANTALAHIN NATING LAHAT. LAHAT TAYO ME MISYON SA BUHAY. ISAMA NATIN ANG ATING NAIWAN SA CANLUBANG AT GARANTISADO HINDI KAYO MAGSISISI. ANG KASIYAHAN SA BUHAY AY MASARAP ..............ANG LUNGKOT AY MALUNGKOT. OH! TAWA NA KAYO DYAN. Mag si sign off na ako. At sana ay huwag kayong magsawa sa aking kapirasong pananawagan.

SALUDO......SALUDO..... SA IYO MELLIE....FOLLOWERS LANG KAMI......WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP WE WILL WORK HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY UNITY...

PLEASE MAGHANDA TAYO SA YEAR 2012 REUNION SA PILIPINAS,CANLUBANG, LAGUNA 

HANGGANG SA MULI.....CENY DAVID BARONGAN(858-705-2217)

Hope, i did not offend anybody...Thanks.

Ceniza David (Barongan)

Ay Mellie, ang galing hanap mo naman ako nang picture ko. At baka pwede ikaw na rin mag post di ako knowledgeable dyan. Kita kita ko agad ang new picture mo pag ka post ko nang storya ko. Thanks.Ceny. Galing pala nito.kung pwede lang.

Romeo David (1962)

Good Evening Po Sa Inyong Lahat,

I hope each one of you had a blast and grand time during our three days of Canlubang festivities here in San Diego. These events are planned for the last seven months for the purpose, pure enjoyment and relaxation of all Canlubang legacy. That legacy is "YOU". We are the true wealth and important resources of Canlubang. Togetherness for three days gave us time to renew our soul and express our lonesome feelings towards another. It made us feel really home again. I even imagine "bagaso" floating right above us, the smell of fresh sugar cane, and sugar mill horn blasting at 12 noon.  

Execution and success of these events was thru the leadership and hard work of Ms. Mellie Contreras Faunlagui and her team.

It was a short acquaintance. It feels like having a boyfriend or girlfriend for the first time and can not wait to see each other again. Do you feel the same way? I do. I can not wait to have another. What's your's.

Sincerely,

Romy

Romeo David (1962)

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Many Canlubang folks have suggested to change the name of this website to www.canlubangcommunity.com instead of just RI alumni association. Members will include everyone who lived, worked and studied in Canlubang. What do you say about this? Need your feedback.

Raolito Beltran (1963)

Response to #17

Dear Mellie,

It will be a great idea to welcome those who do not go to school at Rizal Institute. Those who are willing to come and join us. There should more better name and ask everybody about this. What ever will be the highest vote then I will just be there. My childhood playmate in elementary, Ma. Suzette Reyes whom I told to come at the re-union in Canlubang before told me that she cannot join cause she did not graduate at Rizal Institute? Perhaps you can still add the Rizal Institute Alumini & CSE Association? In that case , we do not loose all your potential in creating this website. God bless us all!

Raolito alias Raul & Rickybel Beltran

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Thanks for your input, you have good suggestions and I believe the best solution  is to retain this RI website and establish a new Canlubang Community site.  However, there is a  yearly fee involved. Now I need your input as to how we can cover this yearly dues. Some suggestions that came up -
1. by monetary donation -
2. charge each member $5.00 per year

And with the money collected,  the surplus will be used toward future gatherings. Great idea???
 

Remedios Pusag (David) (1961)

 hello there! I spent almost a week (pasingit-singit lang) viewing the videos of the 2009 Grand Reunion of RI Alumni Class 1952-2008, the messages posted by some of our kababayans, and the uploaded old photos of our beloved Canlubang. Sad to say, I became teary-eyed, almost choking to control my sobs because all of those pictures are now just memories - the sugar central, the asphalted roads, the verdant greens (where our famous homegrown golfers caddied and putted holes), the baseball field that produced the famous Canlubang Barons, the kampamentos, the duplex and staff houses, the Casa de Nipa, the single engine plane flying over every 15th and 30th of the month which always signified that workers of the Pabrika would be receiving their sahod, the market, the Cooperative, the open cinema, the happy valley swimming pool, the recreation hall, and countless other amenities that provided residents of Canlubang comforts and privileges no other azucareras in the country could duplicate. As I occasionally visited my siblings in Canlubang, I saw how it transformed from a well-known sugar-producing central into a hub of countless factories. The lushed sugar cane fields were divided among the children of the  Jose Yulo,Sr.-Carmen Araneta, the Pabrika ceased operation, and now what is left of the Canlubang Sugar Estate is becoming a ghost town . . .the hospital is nowhere in site, dilapidated houses, roads impassable, no electric power lasting for more than a month, no potable water to drink . . . . the former People's Paradise way back 1950s is now a haven of  what-nots. . . really frustrating . . .lucky for those who were able to acquire housing at LEDC and the neighboring subdivisions. Is it possible to bring back the hand of time and make rectification so that we could preserve the jobs, the comforts, and the privileges our parents and we have enjoyed then? Wishful thoughts are free . . . . 

Remedios Pusag (David) (1961)

 Response to message #17

Dear Mellie,

I really appreciate the idea of changing rizalinstititealumniassociation to the suggested website to encourage not only alumni of Rizal Institute to browse the web, but also give way to past and present residents of Canlubang to share inputs/comments/uploads photos/videos about our beloved Canlubang Sugar Estate. The suggested collectible fee is reasonable but how will you collect?

The core group of Class 61 is now preparing for our Golden Anniversary next year. frantic na kami and the majority would like to hold the reunion as early as January 2011 before daw maubos ang members ng Class. Menchie Tapay and Robert Yabut made pledges and Ching Trinos, our appointed President won't divulge how much she would contribute to subsidize the contribution of our less-fortunate batchmates. Considering that most of us are all connected to PAL (PALamunin na lang ng mga anak) or CHEMIST (KE-misis na lang umaasa), we are really at a lost when it comes to financial aspect of the celebration. You may note that Benben Julve passed away a couple of months ago and we feel handicapped because he was the most active of our Class. We intend to make the reunion a simple but memorable one with the common wish na everyone of us would still be around (alive and kicking to do the boogie and cha-cha) for the planned grand reunion in 2012. Through this Message Forum, I hope I can reach to some members of Class 61 and hear their comments. Regards to you all, and hello to the one who commented on my post (disguised and hid behind the alias of "you don't know me"). 

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Kudos to class 1962 for all the mini-reunions we have been doing for such a long time. Every year, when someone comes home from abroad, we always make it a point to get in touch, eat out, go shopping together, and catch up. We maintained communication alll these years and it was really easy to organize a 1962 class reunion. Not only that, class 1962 has the most number of graduates living and working overseas and they are all very generous when it comes to contributions.  
My suggestion, have someone be incharge of class 1961 here in the states/abroad and let him/her communicate, collect the dues and be the main contact. In the meantime, the hardest part is getting the class 1961 from the Philippines join in. They might feel embarrased, but invite them to come and just bring something - a basket of fruits, kakanin , whatever they can bring.  On weekends, go to their house, and invite them personally. Have some tarpolins displayed - the best place - by Mercury Drug...... at our age, this is where we see most of our friends -(joke lang).  We had our class '62 reunions at Ding Hao, Blusyl Pansol, also day trips to Villa Escudero, Hidden Valley, Island Cove, RSM Calamba.  These are some suggestions and I hope helpful. Good Luck, Class 1961..

Remedios Pusag (David) (1961)

To: LITO REYES

By this time you must have known from Rod the stat about the Class 59 Yearbook which we tried to borrow from some members of your Class. I am not losing hope the possibility of getting a copy from your batch who are still living and residing here in the Philippines, like Luring Partoza Amistad, Florentino Catura, and several others listed on the web. I even requested my former colleague at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas whose cousin is the wife of the late Ling Briones. Mahusay mag keepsake ng memorabilia si Vicky Briones and I am sure she must have kept intact all the records of Ling. We really appreciate your effort of uploading at the web the Rizalian Pioneer of various Classes. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned before, from Class 61 (our batch) what used to be a yearbook turned out to be a simple magazine of 50 pages. Sana ma-include mo na din yung sa amin kasi madami ding Batch 61 ang overseas na like Ernie Q, Danny Q, etc. Thanks for your effort and regards.

Jayson Punzalan (1999)

TO admin:

Please add my Brothers to the list of RI Alumni:

Jeffrey Punzalan -  Batch 1994

Jefferson Punzalan - Batch 1995

Jonathan Punzalan - Batch 1997

Thank you and more power to Rizal Institute Don Bosco!

-Jayson Punzalan

Mellie Contreras (Faunlagui) (1962)

Hello to all you dear friends of CANLUBANG -
Pretty soon, you will be receiving a letter from the Balik-Canlubang Homecoming team about the progess of the reunion..  We ask that you help out pass the message along to your families, friends and associates.   We need FUNDS in order to make the occasion a success, and most importantly to help out in all the proposed events of the homecoming.
Hoping you will pay much attention to this letter. Thank you.

Necito Zamora (1953)

Boy, I missed out on the reunion at San Diego in June 2010.  I hope i can join some reunion here in san diego again inas much as i cannot travel long distances anymore due to health.  If anyone is thinking of doing a Reunion for Calubang in San Diego, let me know.

'Necito B. Zamora

11717 Petirrojo Court

San Diego, CA 92124-2819.

Romeo David (1962)

Prayers for Mellie"s Mom

I would like to express my deep gratitude to all who responded with prayers and best wishes to Mellies mother during this trying times. I am looking forward to see you all during our 2012 Balik-Canlubang reunion. God bless.