From: stanm@comm.mot.com (Stan Macasieb)
Subject: Re: Where is everybody?  :-)
Reply-To: stanm@comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:30:04 GMT


Maybe we're just so tired to talking all weekend that we forgot to log in
and talk about it here. :)

I'll answer Odilio's first Q only because I'm not prepared to answer #2
and #3 and 4 do not apply to me. 

Anyway, two events this weekend. 

1) The annual Founders' Day picnic for Chicago area alumni from Silliman 
University in Dumaguete City was held last Saturday at the Blue Star
Forest Preserve in north suburban Glenview. 

As usual, the fun and fellowship flowed freely as alumni, families, and friends
came together for this annual event. For many who attended this picnic, this
is one of the only times of the year that they get to renew old acquaintances.

This picnic also marked the biennial election of officers for the Chicago
chapter of Silliman Alumni International. My dad stepped down after a second
two-year term in favor of Carlos Sheng. 

As for me, I got in my last licks in volleyball for the season. Since I only
play basketball in the winter, my volleyball skills get dusted off during
the company intramural season and this picnic.

2) I had to leave the picnic early to wash up and attend the wedding reception
of a couple of friends of mine, Filipinos who graduated from UIC over the
last year or so. They got married at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago
and their reception was in Rosemont, on the outskirts of O'Hare Airport.

I dunno if you ever attended a reception like this one, but I'd never been to
one where the tapping of silverware to glassware started as soon as the couple
arrived in the ballroom. I also had never been to one where, in order to get
the couple to kiss for the audience, your table had to stand up and sing a
song that contained the word "love" in its lyrics. Like "The Love Boat", 
"Love Me Tender", or "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling." 

To be honest, I couldn't tell you if I was at a typical Filipino wedding reception
only because I haven't been to many of them in my lifetime, so far. The money
dance lasted around 20-30 minutes. The removing of the garter was definitely
more risque than what mom and dad would allow a four-year-old to observe,
and there were many of them there in attendance. And I can only recall two
OPMs from all the songs the band played all night. At least we didn't do the
Chicken dance or the Hokey-Pokey!

Result: Very little sleep. So far I've been averaging around six hours 
every night for the last four or five weeks. I'd better start making up 
for lost time soon.



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--Stan Macasieb (stanm@comm.mot.com)              |  Hey, at least I didn't
--Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector           |     get to see more than
--Schaumburg, IL (just another suburb of Chicago) |     5 mins of Jerry Lewis!
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