I
HAVE PARTICIPATED an anniversary celebration of my fraternity - the
OMEGA PELTA KAPPA - only once and that was during the Martial Law
days. Memories are vague but, I believed, it happened right after an
initiation rite for neophytes in Liloan, Cebu. I could be wrong but
it seemed we were celebrating on the beach.
I
am a Peltan since 1981 by way of the Delta Chapter.
Fast
forward to September 8, 2012, I finally get a chance to attend my
first “real” OPK Anniversary Celebration. This will be my first
time to see the rest of my Peltan family through the years of its
foundation in 1965 up to this 47th year.
The
Municipality of Sibonga is hosting this year’s anniversary which,
incidentally, is the birthday of the Virgin Mary where a feast is
celebrated in the Shrine of Mary in Simala. A motorcade started at
8:00 AM from Cebu city where it converge at the Nuestra Señora del
Pilar Parish for the 11:30 AM Thanksgiving Mass.
Motorcade
then proceed to Coco Beach Resort in Bagacay where lunch is served
and a host of other activities like giving recognition of Peltans who
have made this year’s edition possible, the election of officers of
the Peltans International Society of Professionals, Inc. (PISPI) led
by Brod Edward Cilocilo and the distribution of PISPI ID. Theme for
this 47th Anniversary Celebration is:
Coming
together is a beginning;
Keeping
together is progress;
Working
together is success!
Absent
were my 1981 batch mates, my Delta Chapter upperclassmen and my
recruiter. I solemnly missed all of them but, what I lacked in
familiar faces, are compensated by a present host of my other
brothers and sisters from other chapters whom I may have crossed
paths, in one way or another, in the past and the not-yet-distant
years. Also present were representatives from Iloilo, Negros
Occidental and Misamis Occidental.
The
rest of the day were reserved for socials and bonding activities.
The resort provided cottages, a fresh-water swimming pool, a beach
volleyball court, bathrooms, restaurant, tables, chairs and open
spaces for our activities. It is the best time to refresh my links
within the OPK-PISPI hierarchy and to my individual sisters and
brothers.
The
following are the collage of photos that best describe the 47th OMEGA
PELTA KAPPA Anniversary:
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