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Lonely for the Tanjayanon
It has been quite a
while since I received
a copy of the ATN (Ang Tanjayanon Newsletter - published when in the
mood).
What's going on, guys? You know, the next issue you'll come out
with
would be too late for spring, much much too late for
winter,
and very very late for fall. If ever you decide to publish
another issue, I suggest you call it the Tanjay Newslater.
Basilia Ramirez
via email
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We know the Ang
Tanjayanon Newsletter
is "published when in the mood". Evidently, you have been "out of
the mood" for a long, long time. I suggest we change our banner
to
read: "Ang Tanjayanon Newsletter: published ug mag-milagro!"
Here's my check for the
year 2000.
(Now you have money to buy stamps, ha, ha, ha,)
Lossiette Oracion
Union City, CA
(Mr Oracion, a retired colonel and a
former instructor
at the Philippine Military Academy, is one of the advisers of the
Tanjay
Association, USA.)
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Sa mi-aging pila ka
mga bulan, nagduda
jud kong wala nako madawat ang atong newsletter kay siging gi-kawat sa
among silingan (mora juy iyang
kawaton, wala'y lain). Apan sayop
diay ko kay 1)
kining among silingan Amerikano cannot sabut da binisaya,
ug
2) wala pud diay newsletter.
Ay, Ginoo ko ninyo!
Pablito Manapol
Washington, DC
(Ed's note: Pablito, who was once
rumored to be
a bodyguard of Yassir Arafat (of course, it's not true), is one of the
three Tanjayanons who have fully paid their membership dues up to the
year
2005. Yes, 2005. 'Blits, everybody is looking forward
to seeing you during the 2000 Tanjay Fiesta celebration here in
California.
If Air Force One is busy, please take a commercial
flight.)
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Dissenting opinion
So, you have stopped
publication of
the Tanjayanon Newsletter? Good !!! At last, you have come
to your senses. I've told you once before and I'm telling
you
again, the money you spend for publishing it will be more
beneficial
if it is given to the poor people living in the slums of Manila or in
the
flood-ravaged places in Mindanao. At least you'll make some
people
happy.
I read every issue of
the newsletter
and I always conclude that a stinking piece of crap like the Tanjay
Newsletter
is only good for wrapping
fish, building a fire or to be used as a
substitute for
toilet paper.
Al Moranas
Los Angeles, CA
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Grateful for the Tanjayanon
I'd like to thank you
sincerely for
the Ang Tanjayanon Newsletter. It is a tie that shall bind us
together
- you who have been designed by Fate to seek fortune in foreign lands,
and us back here whom you have left behind. Inspite of fame and
fortune,
you have remained loyal and give honor to this place you once called
home.
And this makes us happy and proud, especially those who are now in the
twilight years of their lives.
The cover of the
Souvenir Program
depicting the golden years of Tanjay, and designed by Ramon
Señeris
Gil, grandson of the late Judge Ramon Señeris and Feling
Banogon Señeris, was nostalgically wonderful. I could
recall myself as one of those in the crowd going to Farmacia San Rafael
to buy APC (the most popular fever medicine at that time), Cafe
Aspirina
or mercurochrome (which now is no longer available.) There we
were
met by a smiling Rosa, who was kindly instructed by Mrs. Señeris
to give her friends credit when their cash was low. And many a
time
I was one of those.
So much for the
reminiscence which
makes my old eyes water and my sentimental heart cry a little. As
I close, let me share these quotes with my fellow Tanjayanons out there
in foreign lands, as a reminder for them never to be discouraged
but
to stand up again and fight everytime they fall:
"None but a coward
Dares to boast
That he has never known
fear."
Very sincerely,
Brad Dodo
(Brad Dodo, Mr Mariano C. Real, was
one of our teachers
during our elementary
school years. A clean-cut
good-looking type
of religious person, he was a role model and was known for the way he
generously
imparted lasting words of wisdom and inspiration to his
classes.)
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Mga Tanjayanon, salamat
Sa tibo-ok
kong kasing-kasing, nagpasalamat
ako sa Tanjay Association sa hinabang nga inyong gipadala kanako
gumikan
sa wala damhang kamatayon sa akong bana, nga si Cesar "Butchok" S.
Romero.
Ang inyong
tabang nakalu-ag ug
daku uyamut sa among kalisud sa takna sa among pagbangutan.
Gi-ampo ko sa
Kahitas-an nga Iya
kamong hatagan ug maayong mga panglawas ug tultolan Niya kamo sa
maayong
dalan nianang inyong pagpanimpalad diha sa halayong dapit.
Abut sa langit
ang akong pagpasalamt.
Melinda B. Romero
Tanjay, Negros Or.
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