PLM alumni host reunion
to mark school’s 40th year
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Alumni Association (PLMAA) based in Toronto is hosting an international grand reunion in August to commemorate its school’s 40th anniversary this year.
The group is inviting all alumni to come and join the four-day affair to meet up and renew their ties with their former classmates and schoolmates in reminiscing their fond memories and, dreams which have been locked for decades...
Danny Nacua, one of the organizers, said they are expecting a big turnout of alumni coming over because a number of PLMers in Australia, San Francisco, Texas, New York and the Philippines have already signified their willingness to attend this once-in-a-lifetime gathering.
Although , the reunion is still months away, the organizers are already gearing up for the coming busy months preparing the event’s activities —ballroom dancing, bus tour, hotel bookings, picnics-- to insure the joyful and memorable stay of those alumni attending the gathering which will kick off with the holding of a dinner- dance party at the Renaissance Hotel in Niagara Falls on August 12.
The Bayanihan spirit—a well-known Filipino kind of hospitality-- is well alive among the alumni-hosts, Nacua said , adding that “ since many of us have decided to accommodate and welcome some of our guests and friends in our own homes, particularly those coming from far-away places..’’ .
“Paano tayo noon?”—Kaibigan, kaklase’t kaeskuwela, sama-sama nating gunitain ang masasayang alaala at pagsasamamahan sa nakalipas na apat na dekada,” the group’s flyer says.
The scheduled fun-filled activities are the tour of Niagara Falls and its environs, and dinner at the Starwalk in Mississauga on Aug. 13; picnic at Centennial Park, Toronto and dinner at Ellen’s restaurant, Aug. 14 and a bus tour to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, Aug. 15.
“ We know that there will be a never-ending kamustahan and kuwentuhan during the reunion but to add a little dose of nostalgia, we are holding an exhibit of old photos, books, uniforms, souvenirs and other memorabilia that will surely jog our memories, sort of touring the memory lane, thereby making this affair a truly memorable one,” Nacua said. .
At present, the PLMAA has an on-going projects such as the scholarship program—now on its 12th year—benefiting hundreds of poor and talented students, and the magazine- book drives..
For more information, please call ; Ping Nacua, 416-439-5427 and Beth Lacanlale Romero, 416-283-1851 --WJ
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The PLM Reunion in the Philippines is in full swing. 25-28 of February 2009 is the chosen dates for grand reunion, at the Manila Hotel. The highlight of that date is the Gala night which the Philippine contigency will be hosting. Reps from various countries will be there. The weather is great, Feb. is busy month for many tourists in Manila and other parts of the country.
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