Annak Ti Santa

it was a very memorable reunion and my heartfelt appreciation to everybody who made this affair a very successful one special mention to manang mildred,chit, manang fe,manang pheng,faye, and manong romy. looking forward for the second reunion in las vegas after a couple of years.

To Manang Mildred,
We appreciate much your patience of posting our treasured
first reunion pictures in the beautiful city of San Francisco.
Don't we all look pretty and handsome, that only show how we had
progressed from our humble beginning in our beloved town of Santa,
Ilocos Sur. We're very proud of our townmates especially to you
my good teacher,ever beautiful, more power to you!
Regards,
Dr. Abe and Nancy Alcantara Cabebe
San Jose,California

Mabuhay! to the BIG FOUR, for the wonderful deeds they've done for all of us,Annak ti Santa Reunion 'o8, this nostalgic, two nights will always be remembered, forever..So again, "hello" to all and "goodbye" to
everyone,hoping someday,somewhere and somehow we will
meet again..Till then....my dear gayyem, Mil...

Dear Virgie:

Thank you too for sharing our table #1! It was a great location ,wasn't it!
It was good to meet you and William. We hear a lot about the Borges and Batins. "Famous Santa names"! We know the Borges in Narvacan and they claim that their origin is Santa. They maybe your relatives too.

Naglaing kayo nga agsala ken ni William. I wish I could dance well like you do. Next time you teach me , okay?

kumusta kayo amin ta familya yo and ingat lagi.
blessings,
-Thelma and family.

To the 4 founders of Annaktisanta,I salute you for starting the organization and hosting the first very successful reunion.The event was awesome and filled with fun. Uray daytoy lakay ko nga saan nga makaawat iti pagsasao tayo ket impusuan nga agyaman ta adu kano ti naamammo na nga kakailian ken kadaraan.Though I grew up in Bantay & spent my vacations in Ilocos Norte my Santa blood runs deep and from now on I'll continue to search for my blood lineage. Dios ti agngina iti adu nga rigrigat yo nga nangformar daytoy nga gimong nga napnuan ti ragsak ken namnama. Sapay koma nga daydiay sumaruno ket naragsak to met ken successful. Manang Perla

to our fellow cailians, we really enjoyed the fun and camaraderie of that memorable weekend in san francisco. we met relatives and made new friends as well.hope to see you all again someday.

hi chit, mildred and faye and manong romie,this is to commend you for a job well done!!! it was such great fun to mingle with our fellow cailians,relatives and friends. we enjoyed every minute and we are still talking about it!!!! a zillion thanx to you. we should do this more often! by the way we are having a" mini gathering" on sep.20,008 at the LJ BALLROOM & DANCE CENTER in COVINA,CAL.this date marks the 24th induction of officers of SANTANIANS USA,INC.it is also a fundraising event.this will enable us to continue helping poor/deserving students in Santa and also will help us maintain the association's FAMILY EMERGENCY FUND.looking forward to seeing you here that evening!please feel free to touch base with us.chit at this no.(909)988-8986;virgie batin (714)995-0280;luz castaneda (310) 328-8632. thank you and may the GOOD LORD BLESS YOU ALWAYS! CHIT AND RICHARD CORPUZ

To Fe, Mildred and Chit,

We thank you for making this reunion possible. It's the only way we met our friends and relatives whom we haven't seen for a long time and had bonding with them for 2 days. Congratulations for a job well done. Hope we can have another reunion again in the near future,

Romy and Lydia Galinato

To the point of being redundant, I would like to express my appreciation to the 3-Woman and One-Man Committee that made the reunion a success. Truly behind every success is a woman and you just proved it. The weekend affair was great bonding with all our kailians. Hope more will join us next time and I look forward to the next one, wherever and whenever that might be. My hats off to you - Manang Fe, Manang Mil and Chit.

Thank you too for all your very warm and sincere hospitality.

To Fatima Corpuz and family,

I am glad to have met your family. I have not met a lot of Corpuz here in the States since we arrived in 1974. Hope to see you again. I know you also have met Richard Corpuz and his wife Chit Bello. When you have time, do give me a call ( 805-527-5020 ), so I can send you our group pictures. My email address is Lgalinato@roadrunner.com.

Hi, Linda ( Balete ). I saw your email to Chit, Mildred and Fe. Do you want me to send your pictures ? I forgot to get your email address. If you have time , you can email me at Lgalinato@roadrunner.com. Are you going to attend the meeting on July 27 at Tony Cardenas place ? This is the meeting before the Induction Ball on Sept. 20. You can call me up at 805-527-5020.

To Chit, Mildred & Fe,

Many thanks to you ladies for a job well done. We enjoyed very much the 2 nights we're all together.It's fun and it's really something to remember. See you all in the next reunion (maybe in 3 yrs?)

hi vinn,just read ur message...thanks for remembering me still,get in touch pls. when u have time at gheyyambao@yahoo.com.thnaks a bunch...

It was a night to remember! We enjoyed the event.Congratulations to the organizers, Manang Mildred, Chit, Ate Fe. We look forward to the next reunion!

Estrella Bitonio Bustos
Stockton, California

KUDOS to our three Manangs who organized the fun-filled reunion. We all had a great time!

It was a pleasure sharing Table #1 with the Sorias of Hawaii (Julius is a very good dancer!), Dito Burgonio & family of Anaheim, and Rev. Thelma Burgonio-Watson of Colorado, a truly very, very nice lady!

See you all again in Vegas(?) in three(?) years!!!

To Mang Mildred, Mang Chit, & Mang Fe,

Congratulations for a job well done! It was well planned and

very successful! Everybody had a good time and enjoyed the two

nights we're together. Our hats off to you ladies and may you

always be in good health. God Bless Us All!

Dr. Abe & Nancy Alcantara Cabebe & Fmy.

San Jose,CA

Hello everyone:

My name is Sam Cacas, the annak of Maria Bello Cacas and the late Clemente Cacho Cacas. My wife is Dora Love who is an ESL teacher in San Francisco where we live and where we met. I am a writer who recently published a novel titled "BlAsian Exchanges, a novel" which is the story of a journalist named Earvin Ilokano who decides to become a novelist and winds up writing a novel about his attraction for Black women and Black culture as well as his pride in his Ilokano ethnic heritage as well as his Asian American racial heritage. The book is available on Amazon.com and there is more information on my blog at http://www.blasianexchangesanovel.blogspot.com
And if you want to buy an autographed copy from me at the Annak ti Santa Reunion, please e-mail me at nobhillwriter@gmail.com or call me at 415-238-8497
and I will bring your copy tomorrow (July 12). Also, if you know of any college class that would like to hear me speak about Filipino identity or interracial relationships please contact me. Hope to see you at tomorrow's dinner and dance and keep your Diwang Filipino alive!


Related URLs about my book and recent writings are at:

Sam’s URLs
Television interview on LA-18 T.V. June 18, 2008
http://www.la18.tv/Video.aspx?vid=495888be-45e7-4a08-8add-d9ad1a1f855f

Asian American Journalists Association interview of Sam Cacas & wife
http://www.k9sound.com/aaja/080314sc/blasian1.html

BlAsian Artists Thrive, AsianWeek.com, June 16, 2008
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/06/16/%ef%bb%bfblasian-perspective-black-asian-artists-thrive/

Black-Asian Group fights poverty, AsianWeek.com May 12, 2008
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/05/12/black-asian-coalition-fights-poverty/

BlAsian Love on the web,AsianWeek.com April 13, 2008
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/13/black-asian-interracial-relationships-blasian-love-on-the-web/

Asian American Journalist Association interview March 2008
http://www.k9sound.com/aaja/080314sc/blasian1.html

Black-Asian Unity: An Asian American Celebration of Black History Month,
AsianWeek.com February 29, 2008
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/02/29/black-asian-unity/

Hi everyone,
I am from ssanta,Ilocos Sur,currently working here in Baguio City,Philippines as university accountant of benguet state university

Hi Geraldine

This is Zeny Villanueva, now married to John Sharpe. I hope you still remember me; we were classmates in elementary school at Santa Central. Congratulations, you deserved it. I am so glad to hear that one of my classmates is featured in "annak ti santa of the month".
Can't wait to see you in San Francisco in July. Please send my regards and best wishes to your beloved mum and our former class teacher at Santa Central School.

My, my....Ms. Geraldine, is the closer of annak of the month..for our long awaited event...My congratulation to you my friend...you deserve it, being talented and versatile in so many ways....so hoping you'll be there in that City by the Bay on our festive affair, July 11 & 12th.....

.I'm so eager to see you all especially my childhood friends Mil and the others..so "hasta la vista mi amiga"