meeting in the mountains

lakeview, pennsylvania-bejasa casa de la familia en las montañas de pocono. new york beta sigma family in the picturesque mountain region of northeastern pennsylvania for a weekend getaway. being the mild summer that it is, the first out of town get together for this bunch of "..few, happy few, band of brothers" finally pushed through, thanks to our host nonoy bejasa, who opened the doors to their weekend home.

kids enjoyed the most, they ate - whenever the food was ready or just about anytime they were hungry, they played - constantly running around only to pause for pictures and not once but twice enjoyed swimming in the neighborhood  pool.  at night when finally asleep, unmindful of the snores of some and cries of an infant girl. kids you just have to love them.

the mamas and the papas, enjoying their fair share of weekend bliss in this beautiful place, the get together was one of its kind, with the unique new york flavor of bonding (kantyawan, kulitan at mga bulungan) wink and a smile.

the meeting part proved to be productive, with the creation of the 2010 fraternity ball committee, tasked to lead in the preparation and implementation of activities for the 1st new york fraternity ball and reunion on the 4th of july 2010 - independence day weekend.

It was a weekend of fun in the outdoors.  a welcome deviation from the daily grind of city life. 

some pics with captions - a lighter side of life...

malmon at work - dr. manny chy at the table operating on the meat assisted by 'doc' francis, nurse james waiting for the marinated meat to be cured while 'senior residents' david and mer prepping some ingredients, unnamed intern wearing a bandana trying to look busy.  making sure that the procedure goes well is deck unit chief babes.

tweety at work - dr. cathy chy operating on the watermelon with 'nurse' tess, partly hidden is kitchen unit 'head nurse' dolly. 

"...reporting for duty, pa..."

"..mahjong! "

betan kids and kid at heart

making sure the bbq is perfect with the beer

top chefs taking a break

ej and the gang

mi unica hija

j, j and d 

double d's

(un)lucky 9-ers

sunday morning- relative 'calm after the storm' - of snores and cries

"..is that spam?"

 

the chairman with the ladies

"malmon swimmers..ready, set..go! "

who me malmon freestyle swimmer? going for the gold...

gold goes to dwcl, silver to ue

who me malmon best friends forever?

simon says hands on the side and don't smile

2010 new york fraternity ball committee

images courtesy of david, james, mer, nilo and malou

Nonoy Bejasa 2010 NY Fraternity Ball Chairman

Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania - New York Beta Sigma is proud to announce the appointment of Mario 'Nonoy' Bejasa Jr of San Beda College batch 1967 - Jaguar, as Chairman of the 2010 New York Fraternity Ball Committee.

In a meeting held by members of the Beta Sigma Fraternity New York Chapter Foundation, somewhere in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, Grand Princep Jun Castro MLQU '78, presiding, moved to create the aforementioned committee and appointed Nonoy Bejasa to the post.  

Members who were present applauded the appointment and assured Chairman Nonoy of their full cooperation and support.  Preparations are well on the way for a historic first, Beta Sigma fraternity ball to be held in New York City on 2010 July 4 - Independence day weekend.

Officers in the know of the pending appointment held on to the information so as not to pre-empt the GP in making the formal announcement.  Assisting the Chairman, who were appointed to sub-committee positions: Rex Francisco NEC '94A, Mer Quimson GAUF '84A, Lambert Parong TCQC '91 and Nilo De Leon UE '79A.

Cheers to the Beta Sigma Fraternity !!

Team NY 2009-2011

Beta Sigma New York Foundation

1st new york beta sigma open

images courtesy of Malou, James, Nilo & Wally  

Vir Mangonon New York Open Champion

marine park golf course, brooklyn - the first ever new york beta sigma open - golf tournament, proved to be a fun filled day of hits and misses for both golfers and non-golfers alike. 

bragging rights until the next tournament belongs to eastern usa chapter betan brother, Virgilio 'Vir' Mangonon FEU-Med '72, having the lowest gross score, he also took home a gorgeous trophy to boot and the honor of being the first champion of the new york beta sigma open.

betan friends who also won by having the lowest net scores are Raymond Buking - class A, Jose Sanchez - class B, Carlos Del Rosario - class C.  longest drive winners, Jassen Passi - front nine and Jay Romero - back nine.  nearest to the pin winners, Clint Mendoza - front nine and Pio Pannon - back nine.

new york beta sigma is grateful to betan friends who played at this fund raising activity, Eric Baldonado, Jose Buitrago, Jose Clemente, Ramon De Los Reyes, Brian Gullian, William Gumpeng, Chris Ignacio, Erwin Kilip, Francis Lulip, Sonny Manunson, Joemel Medrano, Jose Medrano, Ross Ola and Ruben Yaris.    

cheers to eastern usa chapter golfers led by GP Wally Kison, RJ Azcarate, Caloy Keyes, Ipe Gonzales. kudos to canuck brod Mangie Padilla, fresh from hosting the recent fraternity ball in canada, who arrived the night before, for this much needed R & R.

thanks to 'tatay' Torrevillas, for playing and representing his son, our very own new york brod Joel.

new york beta sigma would like to thank all our sponsors, (complete list soon)  Judy & Erv Evall,  AYZA Wine & chocolate Bar, Cafe and Wine Bar 31, Inc., Gramercy Lodge No.537, Manahatta Lodge No. 449, Midwest USA, Laoag City Assembly, Nueva Ecija Colleges, University of the Philippines '94B, Mario 'Nonoy' Bejasa SBC '67, Joe Llames UP '61, Ted Quijano UP, Pio Ramirez UPLB '71, GP Jinggoy Solon USC '66, Roy Antonio UP '77A, Chee Pelaez SBC '77, Dr. Joseph Mendoza UERM '83A, Dr. Rod Castillo, Dr. Jun Bada, Bill Woodhouse PSBA '68B, Rennie Castro MIT '74A, Floyd Laigo BCF '92A, Ruben Torres MSAC '76D, David Gomez MSAC 76E, JR Tumaru TCQC Y2K, Nelson Perez, Rolly Tupas, Paul Guerrero & Family, Mer & Tess Quimson, AJ, Jamie & Bryan Quimson, Trinity Beta Sigma, Royal Air Freight Logistics (USA) Inc.....

thank you's to members of the new york beta sigma family who came and helped, James, Nymie, Jet, Jeush, & Janelle Sta.Maria, David & Daniella Gomez, Mer, Tess, Jamie & Bryan Quimson, James & Rose Madduma, Malou & EJ Aludino, Nilo De Leon and Ted Quijano who was always ready to lend a hand.

three cheers for Rex, Donna & Rex Danielle Francisco, who worked on the beautiful tee hole signs for sposors of this event, we appreciate all your hard work and all the behind the scenes things that you did for this project.

kudos to GP Jun Castro who also served as our tournament director, for a magnificent job in handling this project and all.  and to everyone at the marine park golf course for their hospitality.

again thanks to everyone and we look forward to see you at the next new york beta sigma open.

team NY 2009-2011

beta sigma fraternity new york chapter foundation

image courtesy of nilo de leon

eastern usa beta sigma @ the new york open

GP Wally Kison

former GP Ipe Gonzales

future GP RJ Azcarate

images courtesy of GP Wally

@ the new york beta sigma open

nilo de leon

Caloy Keyes

new york open champion Vir Mangonon

betan tatay & betan friends

betan 'tatay' Torrevillas

images courtesy of nilo de leon