Yung ating batch motto, “a new day has come to wake us and live in His love” ay lagi ko itong naalala at pinipilit isabuhay.

Nagtapos muna ako ng Guidance and Counseling noon 1983. Natapos ko ang Doctor of Medicine ko noong 1989 sa College of Medicine ng De LaSalle University.

Sana ay patuloy pa rin ang ganitong sama-samang pagkilos ng batch 79. Magkaroon din sana kami ng mga gawaing tutugon para sa Assumpta

After our graduation, I took up Electrical Engineering at UST through a scholarship. Well, I nearly completed it before I transferred to another school.

Jane and I got married in 1982. We were blessed with 2 children. Abecy is now 16 and Amdrel is turning 7 next year.

Assumpta provided me the chance to be strong and confident. It gave me clear direction on what life should be. The most important, I guess, was that it gave me options, and I made decisions. The lessons I’ve learned from the sisters and teachers guided me to discover more of myself.

I wish our batch will reach our diamond jubilee. Sama-sama pa rin sana tayo! Happy Anniversary sa ating lahat! 

Evelyn Tapnio ya lagyu ing asawa ku. Taga San Fernando ya. Mika atlu kung anak. Ing pangane y John Lourd, kadwa y Lady Ann at ing bunsu y Jaypee.

Ing Wish ku sana munlad tangan at misaup-saup tamu ngan. 

Galing ako ng St. Scholastica bago ako naka-pasok sa Assumpta. Kaya nga siguro wala akong gaanong masabing “good memories” noon sa Assumpta dahil ang lakas ng resistance kong mag-aral dito. Hindi ko kasi ginusto na mag-aral sa ATHS. Pero may mga dumarating na pagkakataon upang hamunin ang katatagan natin. At keni pin ababalu mu namu ing lesson ku ketang milabas. Detang “good values at good attitudes” deng dadala ku ibat king Assumpta.

Dakal a mebayu keng biye ku, pero ing e mibayu ata detang “good values and good attitudes” a abalu ku Assumpta.

After high school, I enrolled at Lyceum of the Philippines in Intramuros, Manila where in 1983 I completed my Foreign Service course. High school for me was easy and relaxing while college was a lot tougher. Halimbawa, Ate Lib was no longer there to make my aasignments. I exerted more effort and dedicated my time in my studies and everything paid-off when I got my scholarship.

Later, I got a job and worked for more than a year. In 1984, I met my prince charming, Lewis Wong, a Singaporean citizen who’s so romantic and loving that he made me decide to exchange vows with him in June 1985. God blessed me with three beautiful children: Joyce Anne, Melody Anne and Lewis Jr.

Presently, I am into office machine business. My business keeps me busy but I see to it that I still find time to fulfill my commitment to our batchmates. 

Mekapagyasawa ku y Emily Sampang. Taga Candaba ya. Mika-anak kami y JOVANE a magaral ya San Antonion Elementary School king San Fernando.

Sana pin dakal tamu pang mag-attend keng reunion. Misasan-metung ta sana kareng gawan tamung projects para king Assumpta. I wish na maging successful tamu ngan keng biye tamu. 

Ing wish ku keng batch 79 sana kabang tutuwa kami e kami mipapangalingwan. Ita sanang abalu me Assumpta, itang tiru da karin, sana e milako keng isip mi at maging mababa pa ing kekaming lub. At sana maging successful pa balang metung kekami.

After Assumpta, I completed by BSC-Accounting at the University of the Assumption, San Fernando, Pampanga in 1983. Just right after college, I jumped into my first two years working experience with CarWorld in San Fernando. I started to engage in micro-business which brought mostly to the southern part of the country. It was in Iloilo that I reconnect myself with the Religious of the Assumption who were based in schools and parish.

God is so generous that it was in these ventures that I met my wife, Analinda. We were blessed with two lovely children: Ray Daniel and Rafael. We eventually settled down in Sto. Domingo, Minalin, Pampanga, where I established my own manufacturing business, “Red Daneil Arts and Frames”, inspired my being a family man. I still like playing basketball just like during my high school days.

It was also probably in my travels that I witnessed the different and difficult situations of our Filipino people. With an Assumptan spirit that molded in me the heart of leadership and charity to our community, I started to engage in politics. God is really so generous that he blessed with my present responsibility as Vice-Mayor of Minalin.

God’s blessings really super abound! He gave me back my classmates. I wish we could continue to work together and strengthen the friendship and camaraderie that we started in high school. I think it’s enough that we stop investing in infrastructures and start to look into human development. Our batch may want to start to reach our classmates and other Assumptans who are most in need. May we help Assumpta in spreading the Assumption education to other communities.