espaleklek 40th, FEB 3, 2010

Hello mga Brus,
As you all aware, espaleklek will be 40 years old on February 3, 2010. The resident members are planning a merienda get-together treat to UPLB students and friends at the Espa Tambayan at Physical Science Building parking lot on Feb 3, 2010 at 4:00pm. A motorcade around the campus is also being planned.

Details of the 40th (Ruby) Anniversary Celebration are as follows:
What: 40th Anniversary espaleklek Barndance Get-together cum Dinner
When: Saturday, 6 February 2010 at 7:00p.m.
Where: Lina's Orchard , Lopez Avenue, (back of Plaza Agapita, Batong Malake, Los Banos)
Registration Fee: Php1,000 ++ / person for alumni; & Php500/ person for resident members.
Attire: Siyempre Barndance clothes

Note:
1. Contributions and donations are most welcome to cover cost of venue (P15,000), drinks (soft and hard), raffle prizes, talent fees of 'entertainers', etc.

2. Other brus have generously committed to donate litson baka, litson Cebu, litson tupa. Wala pang contribution/ donation for raffle prizes.

3. Games are being planned during the morning (e.g. slow pitch softball) and afternoon (e.g. basketball) at Baker Hall. More details on this later.

4. Bru Al Dangilan et al.: Please provide update re: sourvenir t-shirts, jackets, and hats.

5. Brus who are willing to help in the organizing, or to contribute/ donate please contact me via email or my number (0917-887-9236).

6. Bru Jojo: Thanks a lot for your initiatives and help in soliciting commitments from generous donors.

7: Resident Members: Please attend to the games on February 6 daytime.

These are all for now. Best regards to all.

Cheers,

Felino/ Ino Lansigan
Espaleklek Alumni Association

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Hello mga Brus,

Anent to the announcement re: our 40th anniv celebration, here are some more information:

1. Food catering by the famous Kitchenette (c/o Nette Berris of Bay, Laguna).

2. We will have slide presentation re: espaleklek through the years!

3. "Special Raffle": Sr. Supt, ikaw na ba bahala?

4. Emcees: special request for Brus Jojo L. & Danny M. plus Wally R.

5. Special numbers/ presentations (e.g. song, dance, etc.) - by batch, decade, etc.

6. Fireworks daw: Puede ba ma-request ang Enchancted Kingdom to donate? Attention: Bru Butch Mamon.

7. Please bring raffle or door prizes if you wish to donate.

8. Please bring along your loved one (wife/spouse, GF, orig).

9. Please bring drinks to share.

10. Please bring also CDs of the oldies.


Thanks a lot to all.

Cheers,

Ino Lansigan


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BRU INO'

Here is what I've covered so far regarding FEB 6, 2010 activity.
1. Bru Marcial and Jun Labadan and Jimmy Navarro have agreed to give a roasted calf for the event
2. Butch Mamon is giving 1 roasted Lamb
3. Norman Ramos is giving 1 Cebu Lechon
4. VENUE: LINA's Garden ( owned & operated by Rene Villegas) is charging us 14500
a) Use of the venue 6 to 12 midnite
b) Lights & sounds with operator
c) Tables & Chairs
d) Karaoke
5. Venue has rooms for rent for thoseBrus who are bringing their family or otherwise

LINA's Garden Bed and Breakfast Rates( checkin time 3pm and checkout time 12 noon)

1. Solo/ Twin Sharing- P 1,500
2. 3 people sharing - P 1,800
3. Quad sharing - P 2,100
4. There are 2 rooms with 2 beds and rooms with 4 beds
5. Book early now mga Bru
6. Suggested theme is Barndance style since puro roasted ang karamuhan sa food
7. Have to meet the residents re Slowpitch game in the morning , Lunch then Basketball game in the afternoon.

Thats all for now. Need your inputs on these mga bru, coz we have a few weeks left.

JOJO


4. There are 2 rooms with 2 beds and 2 rooms with 4 beds

Hampaslupa: espaleklek golf

To ALL ESPA BRUS,

The interim group of Hampaslupa met today (lunch compliments of Raymond) re: golf tournament in October 2009 as an initial project of the ESPA Foundation.. Here are the updates.

1. Didi Gonzales will write the letters and the contracts for the hole sponsors. Completion date is June 3, 2009.

2. Raymond Samson will be the person responsible for ensuring that we have at least 18 sponsors (1 per hole). The minimum hole sponsorship is P12,000.00. Raymond promised to complete his job by August 2009.

3.The tournament date is set on October 8, 2009 and the venue is Canlubang Golf and Country Club at Canlubang. Marce Lantican is the person in charge of finalization of all arrangements with the club.

4.Printing of tournament tickets, trophies, raffle prizes, give aways will be handled by Jojo Lazaro. The tickets will be printed as soon as Marce Lantican finalized the arrangements with Canlubang Golf and Country Club.

5.Ticket sales will be headed by Marce Lazaro. All tickets must be sold and considered paid by September 2009.

6. Agot Lansigan was unanimously appointed to be in charge of soliciting support from Espa Brus outside of the Philippines. We will not accept anything below USD 200.00 (joke only)

7.The incumbent Espraken and Ino lansigan are likewise appointed as persons in charge of the souvenir program which we intend to release on or before December 2009.

I need to know kung nasaan ang SEC papers ng ESPA Foundation. Can someone tell me.

Mga Brus, the interim members of the Hampaslupa are in their early 40's kaya we will appreciate all the helping hands from everybody. The tournament is to support the scholarship program project of the ESPA Foundation.

Marce Lazaro

espaleklek Fraternity Induction Ball 2008

WHAT: eSPALEKLEK Induction Ball 2008

WHEN: August 23, 2008, 6pm (Saturday)

WHERE: UPLB Senior Social Garden

ATTIRE: Semi-Formal Attire

NOTE: Para sa mga Alumni members na hindi pa na-induct, required na formal attire.

Brus, bale 6pm yung start. 6-7pm yung registration. The formal program will start at 7pm.

Registration Fee: 400Php per head (inclusive of food, drinks, and more DRINKS! )

3 weeks na lang Induction Ball na. Kung maari sana Brus paki-reserve na yung August 23, 2008 ng gabi sa mga schedules ninyo. Kung hindi kaya umabot sa registration time, wlecome na welcome pa din humabol.

Sana maraming Alumni Brus ang makapunta.

Support the Resident members.

**Pledges para sa Induction ball (in any form) ay welcome na welcome.

For further inquiries, please call or text: +639173569049 (Victor)

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State of the espaleklek Address by espraken JP Banayo (07-08)

Pakibasa, pinaghirapan ko.. Hindi ito kalokohan... Thanks!

Gusto ko lang magpasalamat sa lahat ng mga Brus who supported my term as
espraken..

Sensya kung hindi ako nakakapag update these past few months.. Medyo nag focus
ako sa
panliligaw at akads..

These last few weeks of the semester we will be focused on recruitment and
bonding ng
mga residents.. (21 members and growing) Kelangan na namin mag INDUCTION!!

5 residents ang kasama sa list of graduating students.. Hopefully makapag plan
ng dinner
for the graduating brus c/o mga alumni.. hehe..

Election of new set of officers will be on March 11, 2008..

We will also be planning our activities for next school year, kung may
suggestions kayo or
activities na pwede kami sumingit text me (09167826349)..

Malapit na mag 40 years ang UPLB espaleklek!! Sana excited din kayo!!

Pinag aaralan na din namin kung panu mag raise ng funds namin so that by our
40th
anniv masasabi namin that we really know how to work as an org and how to
generate and
spend money. most of the resident members plan to one day become businessmen and
hopefully the UPLB espaleklek will act as training ground. We are also looking
for recruits
who plan to one day become Future Political Leaders or Future Faculty Members of
UPLB..
hehe.. Just planning ahead, para lalo dumami mga brus and kami naman ang papalit
sa
mga posisyon nyo!

Maybe we could plan a simple get together ng mga brus pag summer where the
residents
will be taught the importance of recruitment, the espa way of living, how to
enjoy college,
how to generate income, how to bring out the best in you, how to work as a team,
etc.. sa
umaga mga lectures and teambuilding activities led by alumni. Gets nyo ba yung
picture? I
know it sounds awkward especially since hindi natin kasanayan, pero what can i
say we're
growing and we really need to set the grounds of who we really are sa campus,
community, and country.. it could be a 2days 2nyts event tapos esq yung last
night.. ayos
lang ba yun!? we really need help and simple activities like these could mean a
lot in
making us more productive..

We actually consider yung alumni as a group of guys who are willing to share and
contribute what they have learned about life and to mold us into real men..
Siyempre with
the UPLB espaleklek objectives..

Well enough of my dreams..

anyways Pictures of different activities can be viewed in
espaleklek1970.multiply.com

We will also be sending out solicitation letters para sa mga
activities namin next
year and for reprinting of the different shirts from this year and the past
terms! so if
possible please send your company's address and who the letter should be
addressed to.
you can send the addresses to me tapos ako nalang mag aayos para sa future.
Maybe sa summer we could actually visit some of the brus who are
willing to
entertain us over lunch or dinner.. hehe.. for a change kami naman ang bibisita
sa inyo,
lalo yung mga super busy. It would be an honor s'min to meet and greet you
personally.
Para sa mga brus abroad na gusto magpadala ng financial support hindi ko pa alam
kung
panu ang gagawin namin.

BTW, may mga nakakausap din akong mga ibang alumni and we're also trying to come
up
with a way to make espaleklek merchandise accessible to all brus no matter where
you are.
Medyo nakakainggit na yung mga nakaka attend lang ng mga activities ang
nabibigyan ng
shirts. Alam namin na one day kami naman ang nasa posisyon nyo at mamomroblema
kung panu magkaka shirt.. so kung may mga suggestions kayo feel free to e-mail
me..

Thank you to everyone who helped build the UPLB espaleklek and to those who
contributed in making the UPLB espaleklek what it is today!!

UPLB eSPALEKLEK.... HA-LE HA-LE HOY!!

Thank you Brus!

JP BANAYO (eSPRAKEN 07-08)

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espaleklek - the beginning

IN RETROSPECT

As you know, I said that I would like to write a history of our organization and this is a first step toward that end. I would like to present my recollection of the founding of the espaleklek. I also would like to trace how many older members came to join the organization. This is not an attempt to highlight differences among members, but to explain how our group evolved from its early days.

Although the official birthday of our group is February 03, 1970, in my mind the espaleklek was formally established from perhaps May to July 1970. During this period, the members got organized and elected its first set of officers. Certainly, many of the original members were friends and hung out together even before February 1970; many of them had the common bond of being UP Rural High School graduates, and the others were their college classmates. All were drawn to the others because of shared interests such basketball, church activities (many of the original members were regular churchgoers and sang in the church choir), love for music, the desire to appeal to girls, etc. This group enjoyed each other and had lots of fun together and decided to create a formal organization.

I was still in high school in February 1970 and so I don’t know the details about how the organization was formally established. My guess is that an application to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) was filed on February 03, or the application was approved on that date. I started hanging out with the other espaleklek members in summer of 1970.

Basketball again was the magnet that brought us together. There was a basketball league at Los Baños at that time and some of us played for the Anos-based EYC team, and those who were not on the team came to watch and cheer. After the games, all of us would go drinking but we spent a lot of time together even during days when we did not play.

I could recall that some talked about the things that we wanted to do in the coming academic year. We were proud of who we were and I believe that there was a desire to let the rest of the campus know about this new organization. One might say that the espaleklek’s coming out party was the first day of classes of First Semester 1970. All (or perhaps, most) espaleklek members wore a bright yellow T-shirt with the group’s name written twice, one on top of the other, in the front and back of the shirt. Man! We stood out from the rest of the world that day. I remember one guy, obviously a freshman just like I was, looking with envy at my shirt and finally asking me where he could buy one. (I believe that the shirt was designed by Toti Laforteza). And so this is my criterion for a founding member. If you wore the yellow shirt or had one that you could have worn that day, then you’re a founding member.

These are the names of the founding members that I can remember (this list may or may not be right; I need help from Glenn, Vic, Ando, Agot, Emmy, Oca Diongco, Boy Manoto, Toti, Felino and the others on this). The founding members are Ding Almoro, Ando Aquino, Ric Bartolome, Ernie Carpio, Ed Casas, Boy Catalla, Regie Cortez, Oca Diongco, Fernando Dizon, Vic Feliciano, Turbek Juliano, Agot Lansigan, Felino Lansigan, Marce Lantican, Priv Lantican, Marce Lazaro, Dempo Maligalig, Doo Maligalig, Abet Manalo, Rey Manoto, Joe Olivar, Glenn Paje, Beda Priela, File Palis, Andoy Rola, Wally Rola, Emmy Serrano, Paulet Umali, Toti Umali, Rene Vega, Osnof Vidal, Bert Villa, and Gene Villareal.

Early in the first semester of 1970, we elected our first set of officers with Glenn Paje as eSPRAKEN (President). The titles of the other officers are eNHANS (Vice-President), eSPIKEN (Public Relations Officer) and eSNATS (Treasurer). I can’t remember the title for Secretary (although my recollection is Oca Diongco was the first secretary). In case you’re wondering, the position/titles came from a TV show that was popular at the time – Super Laff-In, which occasionally featured skits with Ramon Zamora acting as a German Nazi officer saying “German-sounding” words. What sounded like “espraken” was a word that could be easily made out from the string of gibberish that Ramon Zamora let loose in those TV episodes. By the way, “sprechen” is the German word for “speak”.

We also wrote the espaleklek constitution early that semester, and I recall that we spent several long nights at the Student Union debating about provisions in the constitution. The motivation for all these works was to have the espaleklek officially recognized as a bona fide student organization at UPLB. Official recognition came with certain privileges, like for example, being able to use SU for parties, sponsor activities such as concerts, etc. This was the reason a decision was made to make the espaleklek a formal organization.

Because many of us loved to play basketball, we tended to congregate in or near Baker Hall, especially in the afternoon when classes were over. We would shoot baskets or play pick-up games inside, or just sit and talk on the benches of the little Coop store just outside Baker Hall. That place was also the hang out of friends such as Boy Villareal, Oskie Fajardo, Nilo Icalla, etc. We knew and were close to them because we shared the same background and interests such as basketball. (Boy and Oskie graduated from UP Rural High, Nilo Icalla lived at that time with the Maligaligs, whose house we used to frequent. Boy was a standout player for the UP varsity team and was the first from Los Baños to play in the MICAA, the precursor to the PBA. Nilo and later Oskie, refereed basketball games at the UPLB). These guys were slightly older than we, but we had great rapport with them and many of us spent more time with them than with the other espaleklek members. I forgot the details but at one point these guys formed a basketball team called the Kickbackers, and the team included Ray Bader, Porong Laude, Kiko Balmaceda, Afin Garcia, Ange (I’m not sure of the last name. David comes to mind; he lived at the YMCA), and they also started doing things with us, drinking in particular.

Eventually, the Kickbackers name just faded out and many of their members became espaleklek members through osmosis. I would say that by the time Martial Law was declared in 1972, the distinction between Kickbackers and espaleklek had disappeared. There was no initiation or formal induction, it was never mentioned by any one but nevertheless understood by everyone that these guys and we belonged to the same organization. This is how Ray Bader, Oskie Fajardo, Boy Villareal and Nilo Icalla became espaleklek. I’m not sure if Kiko Balmaceda or Afin Garcia considered themselves as espaleklek members, I hope they do. Some of the other members were sort of absorbed in a similar way. There were many points of connection between them and the other members of the group and after a while, they found themselves espaleklek members. Consider my compadre, Camilo Opeña as an example. He was in the Ag. Econ. Department with Ando and Marce Lazaro, who is a fraternity brother of his. Later he and Vic Feliciano became faculty members in the Agribusiness program. We then became colleagues when I was hired as an instructor in the program. The point is before he became a member, he was interacting socially quite a bit with many of us and so it only was natural for him to be officially recognized as a member.

In those early days, some espaleklek members were also members of other fraternities: Rene Vega joined Upsilon Sigma Phi; Glenn, Ric and Joe were brothers with the Beta Sigma; and Marce Lazaro was a member of Gamma Sigma. It didn’t bother the rest of us and it didn’t affect their standing with the espaleklek. We understood when they couldn’t be with us and we did not treat them any different when we all got together. The key point here, I believe, is that we were all friends even before the espaleklek was formalized or before they joined the fraternities. Likewise, we harbored no ill feelings when members dropped out. Fernando Dizon for example, did not participate in any activity after opening day 1970; and Archie Brion, Ernie Carpio and Ed Casas, after a while, also went their separate ways, and it was fine with us. We understood and respected their decisions. I guess the philosophy is, once you’re an espaleklek member, you’re one as long as you want to be one.

Now back to the original group. One of the first recruits was a guy named Rollie (I forgot his last name) who was originally from Olangapo and lived with Bert Villa at Gapud’s. Then through the basketball connection we got Heracleo Alto, Jr., whose nickname at the time was Jon or Jhon. (I can’t recall how he got the nickname Bangaw). He became a member of the UPLB varsity basketball team and that’s how he started hanging out with us. Through Bangaw we met Archie Macatangay. They both lived in the Men’s Dorm; Archie also played a lot of basketball. The practice of giving recruits nicknames started with Archie Macatangay and Archie Brion (he was batch 1970 also maybe we had classes with him, found him to be a nice guy and invited him to join). We had two Archies and so to make a distinction between the two of them, we called one Akong and the other Cadio. As far as I know, both of them hated their nicknames but Archie Macatangay at least endured it pleasantly. Maybe that’s why his nickname stuck. Rupert Diaz, another early recruit, had the worst nickname, however (it’s the Filipino word for the female genitalia).

In Academic Year 1970-71, word about espaleklek, especially among the girls, spread around campus. Two activities, I believe, helped establish the group’s reputation as a “cool” organization. First was a party at the SU organized by Oca Diongco and others. They invited the popular girls at UPLB and we had great music, plenty of food and the other ingredients of a really memorable event. I remember that Oca had an ice-breaker kind of activity or game that involved people doing funny or silly things and this game relaxed everyone. After this party, there was positive buzz about the espaleklek.

Second, many of the musically-inclined members serenaded the girls living at the Women’s Dorm several nights during the year. Our group had been blessed with people with musical talent and they sang very well together. Girls at the Dorm would open their windows and sit and listen, almost mesmerized, as the group sang one love song after another in beautiful harmony. I’ll end my reminiscence for now and though I’m pretty confident that most of my recollection is correct, I won’t claim that I am right on every detail. Time, and perhaps the alcohol I drank at UPLB have caught up to me and dimmed my memory quite a bit. And so I appeal to the older members in particular, to share with us what they remember.

I encourage the Philippine-based alumni to come “home” to Los Baños on Loyalty Day and try to relive the good times. Think back and tell your stories to one another, it’s a good way of keeping our past alive. We’ll try to do the same in Las Vegas. And let’s try to say a prayer for our brothers who have passed on: Nilo Icalla, Boyet Aquino, and Rupert Diaz. Mylene, thanks for connecting us to your Uncle Archie. Take care everyone and keep the spirit alive.

Abet Manalo

UPLB Loyalty Day

This year, the UPLB Loyalty Day will be celebrated on Oct. 10, 2007, falling on a Wednesday. According to current espraken Joseph Banayo, the foot parade will start at 7:30am. After the foot parade, at around 11am, the brus will proceed to the espaleklek tambayan at the parking lot of Phy. Sci. Bldg. where some food and refreshments will served. ESQ will follow at the Bagong Kalsada 'Royal Springs Makiling' Subdivision courtesy of Bru Patrick Leonardo.

espraken is asking for a headcount of those who will be attending the Loyalty Day. They will be printing T-Shirt for the aforementioned event.

Aug. 18,2007 eSQ Report

Hello To all Brus,

It was nice to see many Espa brus during our last ESQ on August 18,
2007 at Silver Spring Resort, Pansol, Calamba City. We wish to thank
you for coming and sharing with the fellowship as well as in the
business meeting regarding the future of Espaleklek. Let me first also
thank brus from North America who provided the financial support for
making this ESQ possible.

FYI, before fellowship proper and dinner, we spent some time discussing
how to help our Espa brus who are in need. As a strategy, we need to
re-activate the ESPA Foundation, Inc. registerd with the SEC in may
1990 but whose SEC registration was revoked in 1997 for non-reporting.
Anyway, we all agreed that we really need to revive the Foundation.
The lawyer-friend (who used to work at SEC) of bru Alex Reyes will
facilitate the lifting of the revocation order. Fee for this is Php25K.
We wish to thank the following brus for their contributions to cover
the fee as follows:

1. Oca Barrameda
2. Mitchel Jamias
3. Danny Maligalig
4. Agot Lansigan
5. Butch Mamon
6. Doy Salacup
7. Marcel Lazaro
8. Dado Lopez
9. Pepe Manalo

Pledges:
10. Lito Oliveros
11. Tabo Zamora
12. Ynot Alleje
13. Norman Ramos

The amount will be given to the lawyer-facilitator through bru Alex
Reyes. Bru- I will send you the money and the necessary documents
within the week.

BTW, in the interim, bru Luis Ranit is Exec. Director; Alex Reyes as
Secretary; and Ino Lansigan as Chair of Foundation for ESPA, inc.

As I have emailed earlier, there are several projects in the pipe-line
once the ESPA is operational.

During the fellowhip cum business meeting, we also discussed the
following plans and projects:

1. Golf Tournament(c/o Jojo Lazaro and Alex Reyes) to raise funds for Espaleklek Alumni Association.

2. Tambayan Beautification at UPLB Campus (c/o Residents and Jojo
Lazaro) - Budget required is Php39k which already exclude labor c/o Jojo Lazaro.

3. Leadership Orientation and Training for Resident Members - to be
conducted by EspaAA

4. Recruitment program of UPLB Espaleklek under Espraken JP Banayo). There are at present 12 members. Five or six are expected to graduate
this academic year.

5. Explore possibility of re-classifying the UPLB Espaleklek other than a 'Fraternity' to attract more potential members.

We invite you to view the photos taken during the ESQ. Comments and
suggestions welcome on the projects, activities discussed, etc.

Best regards to all.

Felino/ Ino Lansigan
Espaleklek Alumni Association