CLASS OF '62 ALUPANG BEACH FAMILY PICNIC
We had a wonderful time at the picnic. There were lots of food to take home! The dukeduke race and tug-o-war were most popular games! The kids had a great time. The adults found trees/tents to sit under.....Hahahaha.....Julie and Virgie joined in on the tug...We started out with one "BIG" kid, all the esteem mustered and puffed up chest.... against ALL the little kids.....the LITTLE KIDS yanked him across the finish line more than 5 feet (eating sand)...Hahahaha...then 2 BIG FELLOWS joined together, this time ALL the little kids and GIRLS got together,....they too yanked these BIG BOYS across the finish line dragging them thru the sand....there was so much cheering and laughter. I'm painting this picture so you all could experience the event...Heehee... Next...
ALL GIRLS vs. ALL GUYS ....the Girls took them for a loop!.....another WIN!....by this time GIRLS/LADIES (including Julie and Virgie) ...vs. GUYS/BOYS...AND.....wammo!...another win for the LADIES!...that's two..right?..again, the boys asked for another "duel"....well..of course the Girls did not have the stamina after several wins...so they gave the boys a run for their $$$$, puffing, grounding into sand, slipping, sliding, holding and pulling with the might of steel, some so low and knee deep in sand...then... let go!...the boys won...hahahaha.....(really, the boys won!)
Where was I you say????......Coordinating of course!.....and cheerleading.....someone had to start the games and watch the ribbon at the finish line.....GREAT FUN FOR THE KIDS!
Where were the adults????........now, now......you're not listening........they are under trees and tents....out of the sun, siesta, fiesta, dancing!....hahaha.
The dukduk race was a great hit. I brought water spray bottles and water guns to spray the buggers to keep them moving (they like rain)...cut and painted 2 8x4 plywood in a 1/2 circle, put them together and started the race from the center....got the dukduk from Paulino Beach in Inarajan, kept them alive for 4 days on coconut......wrote chamoru names on their backs leaving some for the kids to name them themselves....we had prizes for 3 x's winners....our dukduk names include (but not limited to):
Gutus....Ipe'.....Lasas....Pa'nak....Figan...Toro...Pika...Amot...Piku...Su'on...Biha...Bihu...Guse'...Sufa'....Ma'ok...Da'ok...Tuba...
Hacha(1)...Hugua'(2)...Tulu(3)...Fatfat(4)...Lima(5)...Gunum(6)...Fiti(7)...Gualu'(8)...Sigua'(9)...Manot(10)...Gatus(100)...Ande'...
Acha'...Si'ok...Igi'...Apu...(having fun yet????)
and many more....Amot won...Su'on won...Gunum won 2x's short 1 win....Ande' won the final race...
OK...wasn't that FUN?....Of course I returned the dukedukes back home to Inarajan...environmentalist that I am! Hopefully, their names would stay on and we will see them again next year....Great News!...not one died!
God bless.....enjoy the pictures (go to the HOME page)......lots of good wishes to you and yours!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
GOD'S BLESSINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR!
i che'lumu....si ange
(ANGELLA ALVAREZ. Dededo, Guam)
(ANGELLA ALVAREZ. Dededo, Guam)
You described your fabulous family picnic so well that you wore me out...it was as though I, too, was right there tugging along with Julz and Virgie! And, hey, GIRLS RULE!!! So, it's only NATURAL that the girls/ladies WON!!! So you say the GUYS won the second round of "tug-o-war?" HA! We'll let them think it! We're good sports, and it's O.K. to "give" them a win or two every now and then
How fun the dukeduke race must've been for the kids! How creative and resourceful you are, and you do realize that you'll be immortalized by those kids, because they'll tell the story of the dukeduke race to their kids and their grandkids?! And they'll remember their "cheerleader," too!
Well, Dave and I are in Guam for the Christmas and New Year celebrations with my Dad and our families in islan paraiso!
Felis Pasqua and Felis Anuo Nuebo para todos hamyo yan y familian mi yo, yan pas para todo y tano gi patpat y langhit!
y chelun mi yo este,
si Polly
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Polly, God bless you for all the wonderful things you are doing on the wedsite....Reading the messages, connecting lost friends and renewing friendship, wow, thats awesome.....so hopefully, my old classmates from SJT will stay tune on the wedsite. Gee, I can't remember when we graduated from the 8th grade. Please, somebody out there (my classmates), lets get our lists going....my email address, annieduenas@yahoo.com, or call me at (671) 477-7078 (h) (671) 988-1020 (c). Thanks
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