Wrote the Imeldist kids...

Hi there Leandria, Loralie and mr/ms de vera,

Our mothers were classmates in High School in Blessed Imelda in Dagupan Pangasinan.
My mom, Flordeliz Sabolboro-Soriano, is very excited to contact your moms.

So I'd like to ask a favor from you:

1.) Please let your mom read this message.
2.) Show your mom the list below and ask her to
a.) get in touch with Flordeliz and other classmates who have contact info
b.) provide any additional information for classmates

Flordeliz Sabolboro Soriano:
Mobile: 00639179465093
telephone: 0063-74-4426938
email: florsoriano@gmail.com
website: http://imeldist1957.blogspot.com/

It would be great if our mom's can get re-acquainted. Hope you can help. Please visit http://imeldist1957.blogspot.com/ to read up on our progress ;-)


Thanks!

Lola Friendster finds her classmates

• Ana Maria Borlongan
• Josefina Fernandez
• Normita Rosal-Mir - Found via the senior citizen network in Dagupan through Vice Mayor Fernandez. Called on telephone 0063-75-515-0304. Mom and Normita agreed to meet up in Dagupan one of these days.
• Marilyn Pickell
• Aleli Samson-Towers (?) - Based in Chicago +1773-935-7443 (updated April 2, 2007; Source: Tita Lydia Aquino-Mack)
• Edeltrudes Zambrano
• Lydia Castro-de Vera - Found at her residence near the bridge in Binmaley. Currently in the US visiting her son (Sept 2006). Will be back in Phils Oct 29. Tel 0063-75-543-2124 . Can be contacted through son rdevera@rocketmail.com . Telephone in US: 00925-7535418 .
  
• Amelita Briones
• Filomena Fernandez
• Remedios Almonte
  

• Lydia Aquino-Mack - In Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Married to Yow Mac with three grown kids. Can be contaced through daughter leandriam@yahoo.com
  
• Corazon Briones
• Lydia Caparas
• Magdalena Carrillo
• Aurora Castro - widowed twice. Now in Spain, living with her daughter
• Lunas Fabia - Died of stroke in Dagupan in 2004 (according to Alma)
• Carmelita Ferrer - Lives in Lingayen, Pangasinan
• Maxima Flores
• Alicia Golea-Reyes - Lives in an apartment in AB Fernandez St. near Dagupan electric. tel 522-8698 (updated April 2, 2007; Source: Tita Lydia Aquino-Mack)
• Tita Gutierrez
• Rosita Herramia
• Felicitas Llanillo - According to Alma, Felicitas Llanillo died of cancer in 2005 in LA.
• Exida Mendoza
• Juanita Ocsan
  
• Alma Padilla-Arciaga - In the LA area. Tel. 001-310-5183888. She may be able to give information regarding Josefina Fernandez, and Aleli Samson. We tried to call her on Sept 29 but we could not connect (it's late evening of sept 28 at their side).
  
• Remedios Ramos
• Rebecca Rosales
• Flor Sabolboro (my mom!)
• Felisa De Vera-Domagas - Lives in 954 Vienna St., SF CA 94112. Tel 415-333-4946. We can reach her through her daughter at siren62@aol.com .
• Josefita De Vera
• Veronica De Vera - Resides in Calmay, Dagupan. Cellphone: 0063-9195539301. In Metro Manila, lives in Blk 7, Lot 15, Metrogreen Village, San Bartolome, Novaliches, QC.
• Florida Vidal
• Leticia Vitug

Last updated: Sept 29, Flor and Edwin at Figaro, Filling Station, John Hay, Baguio City

Called Felisa de Vera Domagas :-)

We're at an Airborne Access hotspot. We called Felisa at California, USA.

We got the email address of Felisa's daughter. We'll send other Imeldist info so Felisa can help widen the network. Hope mom and Felisa can start exchanging e-mails.

Ah, The Lola Friendster experiment is working! :D

ka edong

E-mail from Tita Garing

Got an e-mail from Tita Garing. Here's some info. Yey! :

Edwin emailed Al seeking whereabouts of your classmates.We have been contacting our friends here in the Bay Area ( San Francisco & surrounding
cities) and so far we have the following
information:

• Aleli Samson - in LA or Chicago
  
• Aurora Castro - H.E. Teacher (Bolusan)
  
• Lunas Fabia - Lives in Bolusan ( before the bridge to Bolusan)
  
• Tita Gutierrez - atchi nen Ramon Gutierrez, formerly of BPI Merchant Bank, husband of Cecile Evidente
  
• Felicitas Llanilo - Tandoc, resides in Dagupan
  
• Felisa de Vera - now Mrs. Romy Domags of Calasiao. Resides at 9xx Vienna St., San
  Francisco, California 941xx: Tel: 415-333-49xx
  
  As soon as we gather more info, I'll let you know.

Google searching

keyword search:

• dagupan alumni
• dagupan alumni 1957
• dagupan alumni 1950's
• dagupan high school 1957
• dominican dagupan
• http://ds88.awardspace.com/ - alumni from a different generation
• Alumni.Net registry - I'm sure I've visited this before. Registered on mom's behalf. Maybe I'll get some leads from there.
  
• http://ds82.net/
• Names Database for Dominican School in Dagupan City -- will pursue this lead next time
  
• Milagros Capio, Class of 1961
  Jovelyn U Hamada (Uriarte), Class of 1968
  Edilberto Sanchez (Mogan), Class of 1972
• Will look for surnames that match the 1957 Imeldist's surnames, they might be relatives.
  

That's it for now. Sent emails to some of the contacts I found.

Renewing my search

I'm renewing my attempt to find my mom's classmates.

Today, I sent emails to contacts I found on the web. I also posted messages on some forums. Hope they can lead me to Pangasinan organizations who might have contact with the Imeldists.

Can you refer me to groups (federations/organizations) that may have contacts with Alumni of Blessed Imelda's Academy Class of 1957 (Dagupan, Philippines)?

I am helping my mother find these classmates. See here: http://imeldist1957.blogspot.com/ .

By the way, I found my way to the blog of Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez. http://vmalvinfernandez.blogspot.com/ There's one person who we expect to have many contacts.

Let's see if there's any response to my emails and forum posts.

edwas

The Plan

Because my mother's class was all girls, most of the names I have are maiden names. This will be a challenge when I search for classmates.

1.) Google search each name
2.) Search for Netizens in Dagupan with same last surnames - they might be relatives of the Imeldists of 1957
3.) Contact Domincan School
4.) Make a list on Alumni.Net

That's it so far. What other strategies can I use to find the Imeldists?

Edwin

The hit list

Blessed Imelda's Academy Class of 1957
New name: Dominican School

Honor students (top 10):

1. Ana Maria Borlongan
   
2. Josefina Fernandez
   
3. Normita Rosal
   
4. Marilyn Pickell
   
5. Aleli Samson
   
6. Edeltrudes Zambrano
   
7. Lydia Castro
   
8. Amelita Briones
   
9. Filomena Fernandez
   
   
10. Remedios Almonte
    
11. Lydia Aquino
    
12. Corazon Briones
    
13. Lydia Caparas
    
14. Magdalena Carrillo
    
15. Aurora Castro
    
16. Lunas Fabia
    
17. Carmelita Ferrer
    
18. Maxima Flores
    
19. Alicia Golea
    
20. Tita Gutierrez
    
21. Rosita Herramia
    
22. Felicitas Llanillo
    
23. Exida Mendoza
    
24. Juanita Ocsan
    
25. Alma Padilla
    
26. Remedios Ramos
    
27. Rebecca Rosales
    
28. Flor Sabolboro (my mom!)
    
29. Felisa De Vera
    
30. Josefita De Vera
    
31. Veronica De Vera
    
32. Florida Vidal
    
33. Leticia Vitug

Edwin

Last updated: June 23

The Crusade

Over the past couple of years, I have been trying to teach my mother to use e-mail. Since she's in Baguio while I'm in Manila, I don't get the chance to coach her for long periods. She easily gets tired staring at the monitor so I get to coach her just around half an hour when I'm in Baguio. And that's not very often.

Long story short: I've been trying to find ways to motivate her to e-mail more often so she gets used to it.

And finally, she found one good motivation: To write her long lost elementary classmates.

Thus, this blog which aims to find her classmates and get in touch with them through e-mail. And then later, maybe even through skype or yahoo messenger! (?)

Let's see how it will go.

Goodluck to us, Mom!

edwin