With trumpets, balloons, flashing pendants, neon streamer and poppers! This is how the former University of the Philippines College Baguio (UPCB) freshmen who experienced the 1990 earthquake in Baguio City celebrated the UP Baguio Alumni Homecoming Pasiklaban Parade last December 5, 2008.

IT was fun watching the young battle it out with the “oldies.” Still possessing that competitive spirit, the alumni pushed themselves as they competed with the younger varsity players in exciting and fun-filled matches in basketball and volleyball.

Siguro sa tinagal tagal ng panahon na di na tayo nagkikita, it is but natural na marami tayong pag-kwekwentuhan.

Hello to our dear alumni:

It’s two weeks to go before reunion time! We’re very excited; full swing na talaga ang mga preparasyon dito sa UP Baguio. We hope you’re planning on coming over — do be here early. After the inauguration of the College of Arts and Comm building and the Medical Clinic to be open to UPB sectors and their dependents — we have registration, then lunch, and other events onwards up to the artists night.

We know that things have been really quiet here at Sayote Republic and at times, it can’t be helped. Anyway, we know that there are people waiting for some updates on the upcoming reunion on the 5th of December. I gave a little yoo-hoo to the members of the Executive Committee who are part of the e-group about it and big thanks to Ma’am Vickie Rico-Costina for giving us this information.

Read on to know on what events and gimiks are planned on December 5.