I went to Hawthorne, California, USA on
August 21, 2015 to attend the Funeral Service of Mrs. Josefa Mariñas. Mrs. Mariñas was a nice English Teacher at Mapua Institute of Technology
High School.
I left from Newark, California at 8:30 am and I assumed that I will
arrive at Hawthorne, California at around 4:00 pm. I did my stop-over at
Love's Gas Station in Bakersfield, California to put gas at my car and
have my lunch at Arby's.
The traffic was so heavy and congested at Los Angeles Area especially along I-5, US-101, and I-405 (Los Angeles International Airport). Thanks God that I arrived at Douglas & Dunaway Mortuary at 4:15 pm. The funeral service was started at 4:00 pm. Many people are late also aside from me.
#Mapua #California
On August 1, 2015, we went to Cache Creek Hotel and Casino in Brooks, California, USA with my mother together with her friends and former coworkers at Portal Publishing, Inc.
They had their mini-reunion at my house in Vacaville, California at noon till afternoon. My mother cooked Filipino dishes like Kare-Kare with Bagoong, Mechado, Leche Flan, Halo-Halo, Biko, and Cassava Cake. After their mini-reunion, we went to Vacaville Premium Outlet to buy their things that they need at home for wholesale or factory price.
After, their shopping at Vacaville Premium Outlets, we went all together to Cache Creek Hotel and Casino. We had a dinner there before we begin with playing of slot machines, roulette, and cards. We spend our night there till 3:00 am.
On July 24, 2015, we had a reunion at
the residence of Mrs. Felicitas Rayo Bertumen (ChE 1974) in Vallejo, California, USA from 5:00 pm to
12:00 am with my fellow alumni members at Mapua Institute of
Technology. Most of the guests there are graduate of Chemical
Engineering and Chemistry and most of them are from batch 1973, 1974,
and 1975.
Most of the members from batch 1974 were planned
this event. Everyone brought their potluck aside from Felicitas who
cooked their dishes at home. With the help of Facebook and Yahoo Group
Messages, we got a good attendance.
We were socializing to
each other while eating and there are some guests who came late because
of their work and some of them were caught in the traffic.
After we eat our dinner, we did singing thru Karaoke and dancing as
well. We played songs from the 1970s. This is a memorable event because
some of them were not see each other for a long time already.
Later, we will have another reunion in October hopefully if some of the
members are available especially for those who missed this reunion.
#MITCHECHM #Mapua #CHECHM1974 #California
