I was lucky enough to meet with Toño Iniguez a week ago and was able to meet his lovely wife and Kids. We had a nice dinner at his house and called Fernando Fuentes who had Mark Buhler visiting at the same time. We will try to plan a mini European Reunion.
I am now working for a new Tequila Buen Amigo and Don Alvaro and am traveling about 90% of the time it is hard on me and my family. Any thoughts on the subject?
Cindy: my best wishes.

Cindy: Hola! My respects to you and Trent. I hope you can have the 4 1/2 home soon. Things are busy for me. Between Qwest (lawsuits and all), our laser hair removal company and the kids, I have pretty busy. I had been away from the chat for a few days, but it is good to see more activity.

Elena: Please tell Beck that I hope her recovery is fast. How is the job going for you?

Ingrid: Mil felicidades por tu casa. Espero la disfruten mucho.

Saludos a todos

Cindy: Nice to hear from you again. I am hoping for more snow...any moisture for that matter <g>. I like the name of your place! Good luck on getting back to the Ukraine.

Regarding Guiliani--looks like V. Fox and his regime is trying to make an impact before Rudy arrives. Definately not making nice with the narcotraficantes <sp?>. Interesting to see what the reprocussions are from the special military loyalists. I also heard that the Mexico City police is dressing up the patrolmen in the Zocalo area to add color to their apperance and not disturb tourists as much with their upgraded pressence...anyone see this change yet overthere? Don't know what Rudy and his consultants can do to change a system that has been corrupt for so long which in turn would require to change a society that has worked within the corrupt system.

Cindy: How courageous of you to go through the adoption process once again. In life, there are thermometers and thermostats, and you and Trent are definitely thermostats! God bless!

Elena: Thanks for the update on Becky. I can't imagine how devistating that is for her and her family! Please let them know that they are in our thoughts and prayers!
Jennifer WS: Also send our support and hugs to your mom!!
Ingrid: Por fin!! Congrats on your new house. Isn't it great to see your children develop and begin to interact with you? Our daughter now covers us up with her special blanket when we aren't feeling well.
Our son is doing great, Marivi, thanks for the suggestions on the bathtub. It was rough at first, but now her loves the pool!
Georgina, donde estas? The chat is almost non existant without you!
Dominic: Do you think we can get frequent flyer miles for the "drug free trips"
Meanwhile, back at "Rancho Rasca Nalga" we have snow on the ground (Alessa loves the snow) and believe it or not, we are going to go back to Ukraine to get the 4 1/2 year old little girl that made "ojitos" at us in the orphange. It has been a real struggle to get her out--over 30 phone calls, an attorney in Ukraine, bribes, crying, you name it. But it looks like it will happen. Trent is forbidding me to look at ANY children in Ukraine when we are there...
AnaCeci: how's Julia? How's your mother in law doing? Holidays must be rough for her.
I understand former NYC major Rudy Guiliani is being paid 4 million US dollars to help Mexico City turn their police department around, que piensan?
Alex J. Como estas?

Elena- Please send Becky my love and call me if there is ANYTHING I can do.

Anaceci- Con la mudanza y con obreros...no he tenido tiempo de NADA. Deje ir dos Peliculas" The Hunted" con Benicio del Toro y Tommy Lee Johnes, y "Imagining Argentina" con Banderas y Emma Thompson. Nimodo...ya vendran mas. La casa ya esta casi terminada. Solo faltan unos pocos detallitos. Creo que en 1 semana ya se van todos los obreros.
Xanique esta divina!!! Te tira besitos, te hace ojitos y te da unos abrazod de oso deliciosos. No camina sola todavia, es una flojis, pero gatea...rapidisimo.
Le deje de dar pecho despues de 12 meses y medio...y ahora ya empeze mi dieta...:) Ya baje 12.5 libras, solo me faltan otras 26!!!!
Slowly , slowly I will get back to my wight (I hope).
:)
Que tal estas tu? Y Julia?
Dejame saber, y ya sabes que aqui tienes tu casa en LA.
Besitos,
Ingrid

Elena, please tell Becky and her husband that we are praying for her. She WILL be ok. Let us know when she goes back home. Que duro!

I was also gone for a while. Fuimos a Veracruz y esta padrisimo. Me encontre a Ana Mari Caraso, class of '80. 22 years later y las dos estamos igualitas.

Ingrid, me preguntaba por ti y como iba Xanique. One year, wow.

John B. Way to go! (yo no tenia ni idea!)

I will be going to SF for Thanksgiving, any mini reunion planned for then?
In the meantime "GO GIANTS"

Edited by author 10-23-2002 06:12 PM
My sister-in-law had ARDS. She was in an induced coma for nearly a month. She is now well and leading a healthy life. Throughout this, the power of prayer was just as important as all the monitors and medical machines. Spiritual and physical strength walk hand in hand. We know the extraordinary circumstances you face and we offer our thoughts and prayers.

To any Vets out there. Why are horses at risk for the West Nile virus? We have 9 horses and are wondering about vaccination.

This is a prior message from Becky Nelson's husband, but I post it in case anyone reading this might have some insights on what Becky might have been going through.

I wanted to pass along a quick update on how Becky is doing. The good news is that her lungs have shown significant improvement. The bad news is that despite this progress, her fever has continued to spike on a regular basis, suggesting that the source of infection might be somewhere other than her lungs. She is still unconscious, as she has been since they first put her on the ventilator 11 days ago, although there’s talk of starting to let her wake up a bit.

 

Here’s a quick run-down of steps over the past week…

 

After showing some slight improvement the weekend of 9/21-22, no real progress was made 9/23-24, neither in her breathing nor identification of the infection. While her oxygen through the ventilator had been reduced to 55%, any time she was moved the slightest bit – to bathe her, change her bedding, etc. – her oxygen saturation would drop. A condition known as Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome began to be discussed quite regularly. This is when some adverse condition in the body causes the lungs essentially to go into shock. It is typically brought on by pneumonia, but can be a reaction to pretty much any infection or injury. The result is severe inflamation in the lungs, which then takes on all of the characteristics of another infection. The treatment for ARDS is a course of steroids. However, if the problem is not ARDS, but rather a fungal infection, these steroids would feed the infection. An open lung biopsy was scheduled for 9/25, which would be the most direct means of ruling out a fungal infection, clearing the way for a steroid treatment. When they wheeled Becky 40 yards down the hall to the operating room for the biopsy, her oxygen saturation dropped so dramatically that they determined it was unsafe to operate. Prior to this, I had believed that I’d fully absorbed the reality of the situation. Then came the statement from the surgeon that had he proceeded with the operation – for which I had issued consent – she wouldn’t have survived. Her ventilator was turned back up to 100%, and the process of gradually reducing it started over.

 

Later in the day on 9/25, the decision was made to begin the steroid treatment empirically, keeping a close watch for any signs of an adverse reaction. Becky’s lungs have shown improvement every day since, both visibly in her x-rays, and statistically in her blood gas measurements. Her ventilator is now at 45%, and yesterday the air pressure was reduced slightly for the first time. Also yesterday, Becky was bathed, her bedding was changed, and a few tests were done, all of which required jostling her around a bit. Not once did her oxygen saturation drop below 98%. Her hemoglobin has been fairly stable for almost a week now. Last night she finished up the transition fom IV nutrition to an NG tube pumping food into her belly. This puts her digestive track back in action, and she’s been tolerating it quite well. (Gilbert remembers the tube feedings during his stay at the ISCU, and wants to know when his mom will graduate to bottle feedings…).

 

This is all tremendously encouraging. But the daily temperature spikes are still a concern. Today she’ll be getting an abdominal CT scan, looking for any signs of infection in her liver, gall bladder, and pancreas. Her central arterial line will be replaced as well, as that can become infected, particularly when it is used for nutrition. The only other noteable change is a rash that has developed on her back and the underside of her arms and legs. But after considering several possibilities, this seems to be a topical allergic reaction to something in her bedding, rather than anything to do with her fever or infection.

 

So that’s where we stand. We are cautiously optimistic, based on her significant lung recovery, and hopeful that the fever is easily resolved with the central line change. Gilbert and I are indescribably grateful for the onslaught of support we’ve received from family, friends, and strangers. It has not only given us hope for Becky’s recovery, but faith in the potential for compassion in the world. We ask that you continue to remember Becky in your thoughts and prayers, and visualize her healthy return home.

For those of you who remember Becky Nelson who was in our class, she has been Very sick but is now "out of the woods" Here is a note from her husband:

A just over week after coming off the ventilator, Becky is medically out of the woods. But her discharge has been delayed by a complication. The rash described earlier – an alergic reaction to one of the medications she received – blossomed over the weekend, from itching to burning to blistering. It’s comparable to a severe sunburn all over her body. Adding to the difficulty of this is her total lack of strength. She has to be lifted into and out of her bed, which is brutal on her fragile skin. This is an unfortunate cycle, as the lifting worsens her skin condition, which prevents her from doing any physical therapy, which delays her regaining the strength to overcome the need to be lifted. She is now being treated as a burn victim, with daily lower-in whirlpool baths and extensive skin dressing.

Several new specialists have joined the team. One is a plastic surgeon, who indicated that the condition appears to be superficial, and will make way for new, healthy skin. This means that after an incredibly painful and frustrating extention to her hospital stay, Becky will come out looking like she’s had a million-dollar laser skin peel. Another new consult is a neurologist who indicated that her lack of strength and coordination is wholly due to muscle loss and the course of steroids from which she is still being weened. This is good news – that there are no signs of neurological complications.

As for next steps, we are leaning heavily toward the healing power of home. Our current plan is to get Becky into an aggressive, daily physical rehabilitation program, and to let her spend her nights at home. The therapy she will undergo each day will be the same as if she were in an inpatient program – she’ll just get to go home at night. While there are benefits to an inpatient program, we believe that returning home to her family will do the most to rejuvenate her strength. And we all know that, once this skin condition is resolved, nobody will push Becky harder than she will herself. Our hope, though it will depend on developments with her skin, is to have her home early next week.

Becky is hanging in there, emotionally, but the time away from home is wearing on her, and the extent of the rehabilitation ahead is daunting. Hopefully, the next update will report that she’s back at home.

Hola a mis queridisimos amigos!!!
Ya me mude a mi casa nueva
:)
Mi nueva direccion es:
1918 Fox Hills Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Mi telefono sigue siendo el mismo:
310-205-0659.
Xanique ya cumplio 1 año, y se lo celebramos con Mariachis!
Estamos encantados en la casa nueva. Ya casi se ha terminado toda la obra.
A ver cuando nos vienen a visitar.
Me despido con un fierte abrazo ya que me voy a la clase de "Mami & me".
Ingrid

Is it Friday yet?

Edited by author 10-18-2002 10:35 AM
Toño: thqnks for the lessons on French "ordinateurs". Reminds me of the famous Saturday Night Live line: "Geez, the French have a different word for everything!"(Steve Martin, I think).

mike b: in the place of the q...the m is in the right side of the middle row, colon and semi colon on the bottom, if you want to use numbers you have to shift since the "small" numbers are letters and symbols...etc, etc, etc

Toño: So where did the French leave the a?

Alex: Congratulations on your demonstration of faith and thanks for sharing it with us. I certainly enjoyed reading it and I realize that your faith has provided you with both meaning and purpose.

ramon: careful with the French keyboards, the q is in the place of the a...
everyone: no problem i already called him

dominic: always the right comment, right on time.

Hey everybody can somebody post or e-mail me the phone for Antonio Iniguez. I need to contact him if he is in France, please help. you can also email me at ricoyr@yqhoo.com

The amazing thing,this trip is drug-free.

Alex McG.: Unfortunately, based on some of the postings, there is nothing that can save our reputation <g>.

Edited by author 10-14-2002 01:24 AM
Hello my friends. It is now 12:45 at night, and everyone I can talk to is asleep. But I need to communicate this with somebody before I explode! I am so ovwerwhelmed! So I hope you will indulge me for just a minute. As I am writing this, I am going through one of the most awesome, strongest experiences in my life! You all recall about a month ago I shared some food for thought about finding your purpose in life, how only in He who created us in the first place can we truly find why we are here... Wheew! Man! Am I going through an awesome realization and revelation as I share it with you right now!!! When I was a very young kid, a little bitty boy, before I started going to school, one of my earliest memories, almost like a dream its been so long, is of a picture I saw hanging on someone's wall. I don't remember whose house or where this was, but I remember walking down a hall or room when out of the corner of my eye I saw a picture hanging on the wall. I turned to look at the picture and I remember, as little itty, bitty that I was, the picture "arrested" me! I remember I stopped going where I was going and I just stood there, captivated by the picture. It was the picture of a Roman soldier on a horse cutting his red cape with his sword and handing half of his cape to a naked beggar who was sitting on the ground. I remember standing there looking at this picture and feeling this "odd" feeling, kind of mystical, magical, I guess spiritual. I "felt" this feeling fill my being inside, It was a warm, cozy, comforting and cleansing feeling. I stood there experiencing this for a minute, and then I went on with my business. That image and feeling, however, has never left me, its always been back there somewhere in the old, dusty archives of my mind. Well, you all know my story, all through my life I've been military minded, joined the U.S. Marines, became a Christian while in the military and was called to prepare for the ministry and recently, I shared with you why I believe the Lord is calling me to the military ministry, the chaplaincy. I have gone through the process of endorsement to the military, my wife had to come along with me through the process and I just received a message from Chaplain Dave Mullis, of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, that they have sent my endorsement to the U.S. Army. Well, since I feel the call so strong for all the reasons I have shared with you, I have been studying all I can get my hands on about the military chaplaincy. I was just a few minutes ago reading on the history of the chaplaincy when I read, again, the history of the etymology of the word "Chaplain" and "Chapel". The history behind it says that in the 4th century, a Roman soldier, an officer by the name "Martin" was riding on his horse on a cold winter day when he saw a naked beggar begging for people's help. No one would help the naked beggar, so Martin, having compassion for the beggar but having no extra clothes, took his heavy Roman Officer's cape "cappa" and with his sword, cut it in half and gave half of it to the beggar. That night, Martin saw a vision of Christ in a dream wearing the cape he had given to the beggar. Martin became a Christian as a result of that vision, and staying a few more years as a Roman soldier, later became a soldier for Christ, a monk. It is said that his cape was kept as a relic and was carried by the Frankish kings into battle to represent the Presence of God coming with them for their safety and victory. A priest would go into the battle with the army, caring for the cape. The portable shrine where the "cappa" was kept came to be know as the "cappella" or "chapel" and the priest in charge of caring for it, and for the troops' spiritual needs, came to be know as the "capellanus" or "chaplain". As I read this just a few minutes ago, all of a sudden like a warm, soft leaflet floating out of an old, dusty archive in the back of my mind, I remembered that portrait of a Roman soldier giving his red cape to a naked beggar, and the "odd" feeling that I had experienced. I said, "Wait a minute! That's that picture that impressed me so much when I was a little bitty kid, too little to go to school!" I went looking for that picture on the internet, and all I could find was the portrait by "El Greco" of "St. Martin and the Beggar". When I saw El Greco's painting, however, it was different than the image I had in my mind. El Greco's depiction of St. Martin and the beggar depicts a soldier dressed in 14th or 15th century clothing, giving his cape to a standing beggar. The image in my mind was that of a Roman soldier with a red cape giving it to a sitting beggar. Apparently El Greco's depiction is the famous one because that was all I could find. But it came to me to search for a gallery of prtraits of St. Martin and the Beggar, and, lo and behold, I found it! I found the picture I saw when I was a little bitty child and which had had such a strange effect on me! As I was looking at the picture, I was overwhelmed as I realized that 35-37 years ago the Lord had showed me the picture of the man who came to symbolize the military chaplain and who became the representative of God to the Christian soldier engaged in a just war for a just cause! And now that I am in the process of obeying the call to the military chaplaincy, He brought it back to me and as I read the description and saw the picture again, I felt and realized that from the time I was old enough to notice a picture on the wall, the Lord had revealed his call to the military chaplaincy to me, which call I did not discern until now! Wheew! Man! That, my friends, is an awesome thought! It is overwhelming! That I have actually found what I was specifically born and made for! What if something happens and I don't make into the military chaplaincy, you ask? Then I will say "I guess I was wrong! But still I know that my Redeemer lives, and I shall see Him at the last day!... Thanks for listening! I had to share this with somebody before I explode!

Ya'll can view that portrait at
 http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm07.htm
(let me just say that, historically, when St. Martin was accused of cowardice for not wanting to fight in that battle, he offered to go infront of the troops without a weapon and without armour and to so penetrate the enemy lines. His superior officers were going to oblige him, but then the Barbarians sued for peace)

the man is good , I say the man is good,,,
I never thought he'd get STAMP

the man is gooood !

Mr Bauer, you have just saved the reputation of an entire class. Go ahead, Trivi, knock your head against the invincible Mr Bauer.

BTW, Trivi, it is okay to post who you are...

I'd like to stamp these out all day, but my hands and feet are getting a bit tired.

Mr Bauer , very quick ,,, Hmmmm...
the first was a bit harder than the second try these.....

The worlds first adhesive , used on what item , went on sale in England in 1840 ?

A chiropodist treats what part of the body ?

If these are too easy I will increase the level of difficulty

start the clock....

Most of the time that I've dreamt about going to Maine, it has also coincided with dreaming about lobsters. Has anyone else???

just to keep it lively , and also knowing that the "class of 81" had a collection of some of the worlds brightest minds . Please tell me :

Which is the only word in the English language that ends with the letters "mt" ?

Which is the only state whose name is just one syllable ?

start the clock !

Edited by author 10-11-2002 09:54 AM
Dale: Great to see your posting. Your comment at the end reminded me of the following story sent to me by Maria Warner some time ago:

The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just
one fisherman docked.
 
o Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

o The Mexican replied, only a little while.
 
o The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
 
o The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.

o The American then asked, "but what do you do with the rest of your time?"

o The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife,
Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy
life."

o The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with
the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually
you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the
processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution.
You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."

 
o The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"

 
o To which the American replied, "15-20 years."

 
o "But what then?"

o The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and
sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."

o "Millions.. Then what?"

o The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late,
fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you
could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."

With this said, does anyone want to stay late at the office tonight???

I've been off the chat board for too long - I certainly despair of catching up on several thousand messages...

Anybody know how to get ahold of Jackie Kassem? She is coming up to Chicago with her husband to run the marathon this weekend. I have her phone number, but haven't been able to get through on it. Her email address (kassem@asf.edu.mx) also bounced back to me. They are probably coming in tomorrow. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to hope she calls me when they get in.

School has been really busy this semester, with a total of 250 student between my 3 classes ( I teach at the University of Illinois here in Chicago). Hopefully my life will become more sane next semester. It reminds me of how often we run around being successful so that we can later enjoy life, only later never comes.

Elena: Congrats on the job! I'm still consulting, though it is certainly more famine than feast. (My last *paying* gig was months ago.) I'm starting to interview for full-time jobs now, but it ain't pretty. Argh. Any tips?

I'm baaaack. Been off the chat for a while as I started a new job with Capital One Auto Finance (yes, part of the credit card company) It was supposed to be a relatively easy job, but it has expanded to the point that I don't get home till 7 or 8 everynight. I then have dinner and enjoy my husband and pets. Last thing I think of doing is getting back on the computer.

So what have I missed?

Did everyone hear that Becky Nelson has been REALLY sick for over a month? It was an unknown infection. She has been on a respirator as she could not breath on her own as the lungs were totally involved in the infection. Scary stuff

Alex L.: Muchas felicidades!!!!! Remember the saying "La familia pequeña vive mejor" I think you should follow Fernando's advise and go buy a TV. In the long run it will be less expensive.
All kidding aside, congratulations.

CLASS OF 1983 REUNION UPDATE: In the next couple of weeks, we will be posting the details on our upcoming reunion on our class website. In the meantime, below is the latest info on our 20th reunion. Needless to say, all alumni are welcome!

Please note that all meals and special event fees are included in the cost quoted below. (We didn't want to stress out collecting additional fees from classmates in advance.)

REUNION DATES: Friday, May 23 to Sunday, May 25, 2003
(Monday is Memorial Day in the US)

LOCATION:
Copacabana All-Inclusive Resort in Mexico’s Riviera Maya
(closest airport: Cancun)

COSTS (include all meals & special event fees):

For those sharing a room:
• $176.00 USD for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday Night) per person in a double room (2 people sharing a room).

For those on their own:
• $236.00 USD for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday Night) per person in a single room

Additional night rate:
• $60.00 USD per person in double room
• $90.00 USD per person in single room

The additional night rate is for nights before Friday and after Saturday and is valid three days before and three days after the scheduled group dates.

Children’s rates:
• Children up to the age of six, sharing a room with their parents are at no additional cost, including meals.

• Children 6 - 12, sharing a room with their parents pay
50% of the cost of the adult packages.

• Children over the age of 12 pay full rate.

The above packages (and additional night rate) include:
• Room and Tax
• All Meals & Special Events
• National Bar Service from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
• All Service Charges and Tips
• Kids Club

NOT included in the package rate (to be charged to the room if used):
• Mini Bar in room
• Pay Per View Movies
• Imported Liquors
• Motorized Water Sports
• Massages & other specialty treatments at gym
• Babysitting Services ($15.00 USD per hour)
• Gift Shop purchases
• Tours or other transportation requested from Hotel, or
agencies on premises.

Day Rate for Cancun residents: TBD

RESERVATIONS:

Reservations can be made directly to the hotel using their 800 numbers:
• FROM MEXICO/Lada 800 Nacional: 01 800 500 0101
• FROM THE U.S./Lada Internacional: 1 866 321 6880

Ask for Ms. Blanca Rodriguez.
Use group code “REUNION COLEGIO AMERICANO 83” to obtain the
negotiated rates.

If you are sharing a room you must state so when making the
reservation and give the name of the person you will be sharing with even if you are not paying for that person or making the reservation for them at that time.

DEPOSITS & PAYMENT

You must provide a credit card number when making your
reservation. Full package payment can be made upon arrival at the hotel with a credit card or cash, or a bank deposit can be sent in advance to the following account.
For those depositing in advance it is necessary to fax to the
hotel your deposit slip so that they have record of it to check
with the bank.

Deposits: Banamex
         Cuenta Numero 8397
         Sucursal 742
         Plaza 002
A Nombre de: Compañia Hotelera Villa Blanca S.A. de C.V.

GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT:

We have negotiated a special rate with Olympus Tours Cancun.
The cost: $30.00 USD per person, round trip. We will post a
reservation form on the website so folks can deal directly
with them. Group code: “Reunion Colegio Americano ‘83”

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!

Alex, congratulations to you and Sandra! Is this 3 or 4? Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm with Fernando. Buy a TV. Big screen at that.

Alex - ¡Felicidades! ¿Con este cuántos se juntan? Have you considered buying a TV so you have something else to do at nights? LOL. I'll pray for the baby to be healthy.

Ann, let me say happy birthday too! I guess I must be one of the babies of the class of 81! Man, when you gotta say you feel 30 again!... you really are getting up there! I'll catch up with you all next year!

By the way, y'all, my wife Sandra is pregnant again! Y'all believe that?! I don't know what it is! It must be the water or something! That's cool though, cause I felt like I was not finished having babies, now I feel satisfied. My quiver is full! I just pray the baby is healthy. Anyway, thought I'd let y'all know!

Purple Hooters ,, I can dig those!!

Thanks for the great b'day wishes. You all are too cool. 40 is not near as bad as I thought it would be! I feel 30 again. Oh, is that a good thing?!? Were going out tonight as last night was filled with baseball and soccer practices and take-out for dinner. Will have some miller lites, but no more tequilazos. Well, maybe 1. Jeff, ever have a purple hooter? Those will knock you out. Kind of remind me of a mind eraser. Hmmmm......

Edited by author 10-03-2002 02:21 PM
Hope you guys don't mind the intrusion from another year.

Ann, just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday. Have a few tequilas on me!

Nick, glad to see you are alive and kicking. I'll drop you an email.

Ann - Happy B-day!

Jennifer - I'm still some 10 months away from mine, but I do not think it should feel that bad... Provided you greet it with 2 tequila bottles, 12 cubas, and 8 caguamas for old time's sake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN CONSTANTINO NEGRATTI! (Oct 3rd) Please let me know how it feels. I want to be well prepared.

Oh Mike, aren't we the witty one? Maria! Very good of you to remember. I'm impressed. BTW, we are currently living in DFW area - Mansfield - most southern of the metroplex. We are in the country. Quickly growing into a big little town. Has its pros and cons.

Nick, you're back.....good to hear from you. You know, from all the time we spent at the bar in Aca, we very well could've had another sister......How's NYC? Busy with work? Don't be such a stranger.

Jennifer, Your mom will also be in my prayers.

Well, I was traveling. Not to fancy places like everybody else but it sure was interesting. I was hired to give a two day seminar on team building, problem solving etc. so I flew to Villahermosa, Tabasco with a team of 4 other people. We got there on time before the weather started getting nasty, (only the people from Cancun didn't make it) and left on Wednesday when the worst had passed. Es increible pero ni se sintio adentro del hotel el huracan. Anyway, what made it interesting , aside from the fact that it was the first time I left Julia behind alone with John, was my audience. It was the national convention for the "meats department" of the Chedraui convenience stores (something like Aurrera). Well, it really turned out great. Julia and John had a great time together and I had a real "breather" from routine.

Edited by author 09-26-2002 04:41 PM
Ann: My sincerest apologies to your sister Maria... (early onset of alzheimers induced by too many caguamas outside that pizza joint in Lomas). How embarrasing; with all these voyeurs looking in. I definitely second the motion on the beach party although the good thing is that our 25th is still four years away so everyone can start working out, do a tummy tuck, or whatever to look presentable in their speedos. I'm sure Toño still has a few speedos lying around. Finally, Miami's great. I live in Pinecrest (south Miami) and am looking forward to the fall/winter/spring months which are the nicest. Where are you?

Jennifer: We'll pray for your mom. Glad to hear that the Hershey community is so relieved.

Nick: Another voyeur comes out of the closet. Disregard the comment about the tummy tuck, I hear you would make Arnold Schwarzenneger look like an anorexic.

Anne , whats up baby ? BTW thankyou for clearing that up .
  Mike had me fooled , I really started to wonder if you
had a sister Amy and why I didnt meet her in Acapulco .

Jennifera: Sorry to hear about your mom! I'll keep her in my prayers, sweetie.

Buhler, Buhler, anybody there? By the way, Ferris Buhler is one of our favorite movies. Mike, you are too funny. My sister's name is Mimi (how could you forget?) and we both went to the reunion in Aca this past May. And we both saw your brother. He looks great. Should've had the class of '81 reunion at the beach also!!!! Maybe the next one, no? How's Miami? Is that where you are living?

Have to run. Have PTA fundraiser dinner/bookfair at school this evening and these crazy moms have me busy!!

Jennifer, I'm sorry to hear that about your mother. But it seems she's got the right attitude, which seems to be half the solution.
BTW, it's ALWAYS a good time to visit Ireland :) You'll always be wet and cold so...

ANN ... I got your message or should I say Marie's! I was in Montana visiting with the parents. My sister, brother-in-law and nephew were there too! It was good timing for us to visit. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in August and has since had a mastectomy (sp?) and actually started her chemo today. Her spirits are good and I know that she will beat this! As I told her, she is a tough broad!

My sister, brother-in-law and I are going to Ireland in November. We just finalized the plans yesterday. I am SOOOO excited. I have never been to Europe and am jealous of anyone who has been there! I know its not the best time of year to visit Ireland, but we couldn't resist the price ... 6 nites, airfare and rental car for $750 each!

Mike - The sale of Hershey Foods is officially off! Now the community is rallying to oust the Trust board of directors. I understand both sides, but really tried to stay out of the middle of it. It was pretty emotional with alot of people in Hershey. Just glad its all over.

Business at the hotel and spa continue strong. We are in the midst of a busy month of corporate meetings at the hotel. Easy business for the hotel compared to the family/leisure business during the summer. It was soooo peaceful the day after Labor Day. NO SCREAMING KIDS! Can you tell that I have no kids. I love the peace and quiet!

I hope that all of the other voyeurs out there are well!

Ann Constantino!!! What a surprise to hear from you. How/where are you? My brother, Marc ran into your sister Amy in Acapulco. Seemed like they had a blast at their reunion.

Jennifer: Are you worried that Hershey's sale is on again off again? How does it affect you?

Fernando: How was Fien's birthday party? Getting cold in Europe already?

Alex Mc.: I've had no news regarding Argentina leather producers. Maybe John Bauer knows someone in Argentina that can provide you with some names of leather producers in Argentina?

Somebody, anybody, everybody I always say :)

Jennifera: You don't return phone calls now??? Did you like our message? Houser lives. Who would've thought?!When are you taking off on your trip? Europe? Mom and your sis, or just you and your mom? I can't remember!

On the topic of "no one out there," I believe we've all turned into voyeurs, no?

**POOF** Just noone around!!!

I guess everyone is gone!

Not one person?!!?!??

Nobody

Anyone? Anyone?

MARIVI: IT'S ALL ALEX JUAREZ FAULT

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Receta para crear un Gallego:
Tomen tres botes vacíos de hojalata tipo chocomilk de “Pancho Pantera” tamaño familiar. A uno lo llenan de agua, a otro lo llenan de mierda, y al tercero le van vaciando cuidadosamente el contenido de los dos primeros, en proporciones iguales, revolviendo la mezcla lentamente.
PERO OJO: Deben tener mucho cuidado de que las proporciones sean iguales, porque si se distraen y se pasan de mierda entonces les sale un Argentino!!!

Dominic/Alex: Are you guys competing for some sort of prize for the longest message?

ALEX LOYA:
LEI CON MUCHO GUSTO TU CORTA HISTORIA, ESTAMOS EN ESPERA DEL RESTO DE LOS CAPITULOS. MIENTRAS TANTO, LES RELATO LA HISTORIA DE LOS ARGENTINOS (ESTO ES PARA NO ABURRI A LA OTRA MITAD) QUE ME ENVIO NUESTRO AMIGO HOMERO.

Existió hace muchos años, un profeta; un día un grupo de personas que lo rodeaba le comenzaron a pedir con cierto temor....
* "Maestro, háblanos de los argentinos"...
El Profeta recogió su alba túnica y dijo:
"Los argentinos están entre vosotros, pero no son como vosotros. No intentéis conocerlos, porque su alma vive en el mundo impenetrable del dualismo.
Los argentinos beben en una misma copa la alegría y la amargura. Hacen música de su llanto - el tango - y se ríen de la música de otros. Los argentinos toman en serio los chistes y de todo lo serio hacen una broma.
Ellos mismos no se conocen."
Prosiguió en tono calmo diciendo:
"Nunca subestiméis a los argentinos. El brazo derecho de San Pedro se supone que es un argentino, y el mejor consejero del Demonio también.. Argentina
nunca ha dado ni un gran santo ni un gran hereje, pero los argentinos pontifican sobre los herejes y heretizan a todos los santos. Su espíritu es universal e irreverente. Creen en la Difunta Correa, la interpretación de los sueños y el Horóscopo, todo al mismo tiempo. Tratan a Cristo de "el
flaco" y se mofan de los ritos religiosos, aunque no se pierden Tedeum ni misa alguna.
No creen en nadie, pero se creen todo.
No renuncian a sus ilusiones ni aprenden de las desilusiones.
¡No discutáis con ellos jamás! ¡Los argentinos nacen con sabiduría inmanente! ¡Saben y opinan de todo!. En una mesa de café arreglan el mundo, que siempre funciona como ellos piensan,... no como es. Cuando los argentinos viajan, todo lo comparan con Buenos Aires.
Los argentinos son "El pueblo elegido"... por ellos mismos. Se pasean entre los demás pueblos como el espíritu sobre las aguas: ¡sin absorber nada de ellos!
Individualmente, se caracterizan por su simpatía e inteligencia, pero en grupo son insoportables por su griterío y apasionamiento. Cada uno lleva en
sí la chispa del genio, aunque los genios, ya se sabe, no se llevan bien entre ellos. Por eso, reunir a los argentinos es muy fácil, pero unirlos es imposible...
Un argentino es capaz de lograr todo en este mundo, menos conseguir el aplauso de otros argentinos. La envidia es una enfermedad genéticamente arraigada en estos sudamericanos incurables.
No les habléis de la lógica. La lógica implica razonamiento y mesura. Los argentinos son hiperbólicos y desmesurados. Si os invitan a comer, no os invitan a una comida sino "a morfar la mejor comida del mundo"...
Cuando discuten no dicen: - No estoy de acuerdo con usted, sino: "Usted está total y absolutamente equivocado". Tienen una gran tendencia antropofágica.
"Se la tragó'" significa haber sobrepasado o aventajado a otro.
Muchísimas otras de sus referencias son igualmente gastronómicas.
Para referirse a una mujer bien dotada, suelen decir que es una "yegua" o un lomazo". Si las cosas salen bien con ella, dicen que se "morfaron una mina riquísima", y si en una fiesta alguien cuenta buenos chistes, se hicieron
"el plato".
Aman tanto la contradicción que llaman "bárbara" a una mujer linda, a un
erudito lo bautizan "bestia" y a un mero futbolista "genio". Cuando acceden
a hacer un favor no dicen "sí", sino "cómo no"."
El Profeta hizo una larga pausa y continuó:
"Son el único pueblo del mundo que comienza sus frases con la palabra "No".
Cuando alguien les agradece por algo, dicen: "No, de nada", o simplemente
"No", con una sonrisa.
Los argentinos, además, tienen dos problemas para cada solución. Pero
intuyen las soluciones a todo problema. Cuando estuve la última vez en
Buenos Aires me admiró que cualquier argentino dijera que sabía como pagar
la deuda externa, enderezar a los militares, aconsejar al resto de América
Latina, eliminar el hambre en África y enseñar economía en Estados Unidos.
Cuando quise predicar mis ideas, empezaron por enseñarme cómo tenía que
hacer para llegar a ser un buen predicador. Se asombran de que los demás no
vean que sencillas son sus recetas y no entienden por qué el mundo no les
hace caso."
El Profeta adoptó un tono solemne y añadió:
"Los argentinos también eligen cuidadosamente metáforas para referirse a lo
común con palabras no comunes. Por ejemplo, a un aumento de tarifas lo
llaman: "rebalanceo de ingresos", a un incremento de impuestos:"modificación

de la base imponible", y a una devaluación del peso: "una variación en la
relación cambiaria". Un plan económico es siempre "un plan de ajuste", lo
que daría a entender que en la economía Argentina ya no quedan tornillos por

apretar. A una operación financiera de especulación la llaman con el
inocente nombre de "bicicleta". Todo argentino que se precie ha pedaleado
alguna vez.
Viven, como dijo el filósofo Ortega y Gasset, una permanente disociación
entre la imagen que tienen de sí mismos y la realidad. Jamás se miran al
espejo para verse bien cómo son. Tienen un porcentaje altísimo de
psiquiatras y psicólogos y se ufanan de estar siempre al tanto de la última
terapia de moda.
Poseen un tremendo súper-ego, pero no toleran que se lo mencione. Tienen un
espantoso temor al ridículo, pero se describen a sí mismos como liberados y
pertenecientes al llamado "primer mundo". Son convencionales y prejuiciosos,

pero creen ser amplios, generosos y tolerantes.
Había llegado la nave al muelle. Alrededor del Profeta arremolinábase una
multitud dolorida que había acudido a despedirlo en su largo viaje a la
remota Argentina, lugar al que debía ahora regresar.
El Profeta quiso hablar, pero la emoción, como a Carlos Gardel, le embargaba

la voz. Hubo un minuto de largo y conmovedor silencio, hasta que de repente
se oyó una apreciación del timonel del buque que decía:
"Vamo, che, decidite y a ver si subís que estoy apurado."
El Profeta, recordando aquellos inefables conductores de autobuses de Buenos

Aires que se llaman "colectiveros", hizo un gesto de resignación y
lentamente subió al pequeño barco y desde allí saludó a sus fieles por
última vez.
El timonel, ARGENTINO HASTA LA MUERTE, lo miró con indiferencia y puso proa
al horizonte.....
¿REALMENTE SOMOS ASÍ?

Saludos

Dominic

Edited by author 09-17-2002 09:57 PM
David L. que gusto oir de ti! Welcome home!
Nick, I agree with you, we will never forget and should never forget, not only to honor the memory of those who were murdered, but because those who perpetrated that act are just a sample of many who hate us without a cause and who will strike again as soon as they are able to. Since you ask for prayer, let me ask those of you who pray to pray for our Armed Forces, because the truth is that the only thing that stands between each of us and the loss of our life, liberty and persuit of happiness are the boots of the American fighting man...

Marivi, briefly (para no aburrir a medio mundo), I don't know which boat my grandparents sailed in, but it was way before 1939. My father was born in 1919, and his parents were born fourty something years before that. I believe my grandparents migrated with group of 30 families from Navarre
when they were children. My grandfather had one brother who I believe never married, my grandmother was adopted as a baby. It is my understanding they actually arrived to the lower coast of Texas and travelled as a wagon train(the thirty families) Northwest establishing themselves in the mountains of Chihuahua, at a time when the Apache Indians were still violently active in Texas and Chihuahua. In fact, it sounds like fiction but it was harsh reality, apparently the Apaches attacked the wagon train on their way from Texas to Chihuahua and my grandfather's father was one of those killed when an arrow in his leg got infected, so that my grandfather pretty much grew up father less. In the 1930's, like I said before, some of my dad's cousins and uncles (his dad's cousins) did migrate from Navarre, lived with my dad and his dad for a couple of months and then walked on over to the Texas border and came to the U.S. never to be seen again, I don't know their boat either. But let me clarify that the Loya are originally Tuscan, of course we are all partially Basque, but the clan's migration from Tuscany via Sardinia to Navarre is fairly recent, since the Basques are such an ancient people, and I believe my grandfather's family's migration from Tuscany via Sardinia to Navarre is even more recent than the rest of the clan. In fact, doing research I found a distant cousin in Tuscany, and we did establish the relationship, and when my son was born they toasted for him in Italy. You can see my cousin Vincenzo Loia's picture at http://www.dmi.unisa.it/people/loia/www/ Il cugino Vincenzo has the Loya/Loia forehead, nose and smile!... sorry Alex and Dominic, I rambled on again!

Mike B. I'm so happy to hear of your faith and trust and akcnowledgement of the Lord! It is true, we can all take comfort in that God is not surprised and nothing escapes His control, although we may not always like it or understand it. In fact, I would just like to share with you all once in a while some food for thought about God, I'm sure ya'll won't mind, just a few words, no need to go crying home to mama! Besides, you can always skip on over to the next message!

In the Book of Revelation we have the account of an awesome experience the Apostle John had. While living in exile on the Isle of Patmos, the Lord gave him a vision of the throne room of God. John testifed that he saw awesome things, incredible colors and beauty, angelic beings and people who fell on their faces before the throne and Presence of Almighty God! When the people fell on their faces they cried out "You are worthy, oh Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for you have created all things and for your pleasure they are and were created!" This can also be translated "you have created all things and by your will they exist"... and here is an awesome thought, and here is the vision of those who find their purpose in life, here is the conviction of those who know why we are here: God is worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because it is for His pleasure that we were created, not ours, it is by His will that we exist. Only when we understand this, only when we too catch this vision will we be able to understand why we are here, and only then will be able to find our true purpose in life, why we were made and live, because, again, it is by His will that we exist, not ours, it is for His pleasure that we were created!

Edited by author 09-13-2002 03:05 PM
Nick, great hearing from you although we all wish it was under better circumstances. From what you and David wrote, one can barely fanthom being at the receiving end of a terrorist attack.
Alex and Alex: yes, mankind needs help. However, I believe in a merciful Lord who calls each of us to identify what role these events play in His plan for us and, in so doing, how we can react in a positive way. I heard an interview last night with the widow of a passenger who helped bring down the plane in PA. She has given a face to the many victims to which Nick refers and she sees her role as part of God's plan. This has given her strength and provided a way for many others to identify almost personally with the victims without having been in NY on 911. I wonder what our role is...

To all my friends , today is a sad day here in New York as
I am sure it is all over the country. Today is a day of reflection and a day of mourning. It is also a day of
remembrance for those who died . I lost a number of friends that day , one year ago today . I ask that you all pray for
the walking wounded , those are the people who saw and lived through this terrible day of horror . Those who still carry on without a father , mother, husband , sibling, or just a friend .To those who made the ultimate sacrifice ,,
and to their families ........

               WE WILL NEVER FORGET !!!!

Dominic: You had to rub it in didn't you. By now we are immune to all that goes on to the Cardinals.

David: que bueno que escribiste unas lineas. Muchos saludos. Oye otra vez mil gracias por haber puesto el lugar para la taquiza. Me saludas a Helen cuando la veas.

Father McGrath: Vaya que si este mundo necesita de ayuda. Estamos mal, muy mal.

David, que gusto oir de ti. Happy New Year. Me encanto eso de que en las tragedias la gente siempre se porta bien!

I don't know why I turned on the TV that morning before going to work, I rarely do. The Spanish news had the first Tower on fire. No, ALL the channels had the first Tower on fire. Then the second plane hits. The dumb things one thinks when faced with something too big for the mind to grasp, 'Jeez, first a fire, then a plane hits, these guys at the Twin Towers are so unlucky today.' Then I started to get it. I spent two hours glued to the TV and the Internet trying to figure it out. That's a lot of hatred to gulp down in one morning.

How has it changed us? It's probably too early to tell. In a few years we might be able to answer that one. But one thing is clear, mankind needs help.

Hola a todos:
Es la primera vez que tengo tiempoi de meterme en el chat.
Yo llegue a New York el 10 de Sept. Se supone que fui a trabajar y el 11 me quede atrapado en N.Y. Fue una experiencia impresionante estar ahi. La gente en la calle estaba en shock, con ataques de nervios. Todos leyendo las noticias, taxis con el radio prendido y las puertas abiertas para que la multitud de gente hoyera las noticias. Las tiendas cerradas y la gente amable (En N.Y.). No se porque pero siempre que hay un desastre todos se portan bien. El dia 12 tambien fue impresionante. No habia ningun coche circulando en la ciudad y ver al ejercito con tanques y equipo entrando por Fifth Avenue fue como de pelicula. Yo todavia no lo puedo creer.
Este incidente afecto mucho las exportaciones de Mexico a USA, incluyendo las nuestras. Apenas estamos regresando a los niveles del año pasado. Pero la crisis en EUA va a seguir por un rato.
Saludos,
David

Alex:
I think it has been the most embarrasing defeat in Cowboys history. Now I know how Cardinals fans have felt forever.

Saludos
Dominic

Dominic: CReo que aprendi la leccion. Oye que friega le metieron a tus Cowboys.......Los Texans!!!!!!!!!
Marivi: Ni le muevas mas, por que la proxima contestacion de Alex L. va a ser un poco mas extensa.

Alex: Mis abuelos maternos tambien son vascos y llegaron a Mexico como refugiados en el '39 (en el primer viaje del Sinaia...no se si sabes en que barco llego tu familia).

JANITO: ES LO QUE TE PASA POR PREGUNTON.

Alex Loya: Does it answer my question?????????

Alex J. No que yo sepa, aunque el clan Loya es tan pequenio que todos los Loya estan relacionados aunque sea en parte. Cuando escribi mi libro "Storia Della Famiglia Loia/Loya" encontre que en Norteamerica hay dos solares de el clan Loya, uno en Chihuahua/Texas y el otro en Quebec/New York State. Aunque tengo unos pocos familiares immediatos en Chihuaha, los papas de mi papa eran originarios de Navarra, en el pais Vasco, "consequently" todos los familiares de mi papa "beyond" sus 3 hermanos y 2 hermanas eran de Navarra. Mi papa me dijo que cuando la guerra civil en Espania tomo lugar unos tios y primos de el emmigraron a Texas via Chihuaha, pero eran nacidos en Espania. Osea que Javier Loya es probablemente una relacion mas distanciada. Interesamente los Loya de New York State se consideran French Canadian aunque han estado en New York desde los early 1800's al menos. En el viejo continente el lugar de los Loya en el Pais Vasco esta localizado exactamente en la frontera entre Espania y Francia osea que hay Loya en los dos lados de esa frontera, pero tanto los Loya Vasco-Franceses como los Vasco-Espanioles encuentran su origen ancestral en Tuscany, de donde el clan emigro al pais Vasco a finales del siglo 16 y principios de el siglo 17 exactamente al punto donde Francia y Espania competian por "sovereignity", y acabaron dividiendo a Navarra en el Pais Vasco, y al clan Loya/Loia. Osea que Javier Loya es probablemente relacionado con distancia, asi como los Loya de Chazy,New York y toda esa area tambien estan relacionados con distancia. No se si esto conteste tu pregunta.

I had slept in that morning, when my wife Sandra came running and she very excitedly said "A plane crashed on the world trade center!" I said , "what?!" as I thought she was talking about the world trade center in the central business district of New Orleans. I hurried on down to the living room and as I watched the tower burn, I told my wife, "This is a terrorist attack, there will be others." She told me she thought "There he goes again!" because just the preceding Thursday I had told her that the Lord was warning America and that we were fixing to be attacked. Well, a few minutes later we too watched live as the second plane slammed into the second tower, and then we heard about the Pentagon. I was blown away because the Lord had actually told me just before it happened that we would be attacked and then as the first tower burnt He told me there would be others, and so it was! It was an awesome experience! I was grieved and sad and angry and offended and appalled at the evil some people are capable of! Specially when later on I saw the Palestinian people, men , women and children, dancing in the streets and passing candy to each other and rejoicing that we had been hit and hurt so bad. That is the epidemy of wickedness of a people! To rejoice over another's calamity! And then when we retaliated and beat the tar out of them, they stopped laughing and passing candy and started saying it was actually the Jews who had destroyed the world trade center! Imagine that! I don't know if it was related, but the company I was with just a few days later began to go out of business and I found myself in the soup line for the next six months, struggling to find a viable contract. I haven't recovered financially since, but I have reduced my expenses a lot. Now I am a full time student again, just to the end of this school year, and then I will be an Army Chaplain, a Captain in the U.S. Army, so I am just concerned about surviving the school year and going in the Army. Sandra an I had an interview with a Navy Chaplain the day before yesterday, and he warned us that if the bubble blows up in Iraq, I will be there. We believe, however, that it is the Lord who is calling me to that service, and the Lord's biddings are his ennablings. By the way, I went to the military entrance processing station for a pre screening, and they told me I was too fat, that I would not pass the physical. Well, I suppose I just needed a little motivation and a wounded pride, but I finally purposed to loose the extra weight I've put on in the last 7 years, and in three weeks I have lost about 16 pounds. For the first time in 7 years my stomach is flat again, and the left side of it doesn't jiggle when I slap the right side, I'm finally getting back in shape like a used to be! Soon you can call me hulk again instead of ex hulk! Alright my friends, its always good to hear from all of you!

Alex Loya: No sabes si tienes un familiar llamado Javier Loya (33 años). El nació en El Paso TX pero sus papas son de Ciudad Juárez. Ahora el es parte dueño de los Houston Texans y dueño de otra compañía financiera.... Se que tu familia también era de Chihuahua. Saludos

I was in LA for the Latin Grammies (they were scheduled for that evening) Fortunately my husband had flown over the night before to be my date at the show. I was there as the lead on a Hispanic promotion for Nissan so I had a whole crew of folks looking to me for direction. I was fast asleep when I got a call from one of my Dallas Ad League board members asking if we still intended to meet (I was president that year) I asked here why the Board would not meet. She asked "don't you know what is happening" "no, I was sleeping, I'm in LA" I said. "Turn on the TV now! We are being attacked!" Turned on CNN, waking my husband, and we watched as building 2 was hit. We sat there stunned watching for hours, till my crew started calling in various states of panic. The day was a blur of having to shelve personal reaction in attempts to handle the client issues. Three days later, after all our attempts to fly home were fruitless, we drove home to Dallas in our rented Volvo. I will forever remember Hertz's kindness in allowing us to take the car halfway across the country for no additional charge!

Mike: I was in my office when my wife called and told me an airplane struck one of the World Trade Towers. I went down the hall to an office that had a TV, turned it on, and saw One World Trade Center heavily damaged and smoking. I ran across the hallway and got my boss to tell him what was going on. A few minutes later we watched live United Airlines flight 175 slam into Two World Trade Center. I jumped back (in fear and horror) and knocked my boss's glasses out of his hand. I'll never forget that moment and the feeling of realization that our country was being attacked. I work at NIOSH, a CDC safety research laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio. Within two hours our facility was evacuated, as were other federal buildings and potential civilian targets around the country that responded to the potential of more attacks. Our building is one mile from Lunken Airport, the second largest airport in Cincinnati, and right on a hill overlooking the approaching valley to the main landing strip. While I was leaving the building I thought how easy it would be for an airplane to veer off course and slam into my 4th floor lab.

Since 9/11 security here has increased, as it had been since the Oklahoma City bombing. As John said, the US is and has been a terrorist target, it's just that 9/11 made us more aware of it. Remember all the bomb threats we used to get in school? I always felt that we got those because we represented the United States, not that it was students calling in pranks. John is right, living abroad made us more aware of our vulnerability.

Personally, for me it's more of a defensive feeling now. I'm not gun ho to go out and attack everyone who we think may have been involved. Personal freedoms and conveniences we took for granted in the past and have lost since will just have to be accepted. Traveling by air has been different, and to tell you I haven't minded the carry-on bag and body searches, especially when it's a good looking girl asking me to fold down my belt area of my pants :)

Ok, seriously now, related to 9/11 we were also terrified by the anthrax attacks. During that mayhem, CDC requested volunteers to deal with the increasing work demands of employees. There were different ways employees were asked to help. I volunteered to assist the field response teams. Although I wasn't called up, I probably made the short list due to my involvement in other field studies and laboratory experience in handling biochemical toxins, human fluids, and radiological and infectious agents. For me, that was the closest I've ever felt to doing something really patriotic for our country. My best bud, who is an industrial hygienist for NIOSH did get called as part of a multi-agency effort to assess the cleanup efforts at buildings around Ground Zero. The main concern was cleanup workers being exposed to asbestos, silica, dusts, and compounds. The majority of the material was found to be concrete dust, with asbestos levels below the permissible exposure levels. Anyway, that's probably too long of a response to your two questions Mike, but a great topic to post. And, this was a great opportunity for those AHS alumni who found this site in recent months (me being one of them) to share our stories of 9/11.

ANACECILIA:
THIS CHAT IS BECOMING VERY INFORMATIVE, THANKS FOR THE F WORD EXPLANATION.IF ANYTHING, THE AHS AEDUCATION CONTINUES IN THIS FORMAT.
ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHERE ANY OTHER WORDS COME FROM?

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Ahi Dominic! y do you know where the f word comes from? In old England one had to ask permission of the king to have children. So, when a house was granted permission to have children, the initials F.U.C.K. were posted outside the door. This meant that Fornication Under Consent of the King was taking place! y yo creo que tambien se uso muchas veces on 911.

Has it affected us? Of course ! One of the companies we used to work with went chapter 7, some of my inlaws were pinked slipped, and worst of all we became aware that the world is so small now, that it could have happened to anybody, anywhere. And that it might happen again.

John was in Las Vegas and I can only say that it was a very lousy week for me, kept feeling that things were never going to be the same again.

I was at home getting ready for work and turned on the TV to check on the day's news before showering. The first plane had just hit and from the images I thought they were reporting on a fire in one of the towers. I mentioned it to my wife as I entered the bathroom. By the time I re-entered the bedroom, the second one had hit and they were reporting on the Pentagon. I stayed watching with my wife and daughter through the destruction of the towers. Then I headed to work.

By the time I got to work, the plane in PA was down and folks were all glued to their computers streaming CNN, ABC, and any other news agency that we could get real-time coverage on (Internet, what a beautiful thing...). I took my project team out to an early lunch and hung out at the restaurant for most of the day chatting, speculating on future events, and being thankful for what we have. I looked around at my project team (33 of us) and saw many different nationalities and religions amongst us, including Muslims. It was great to see everyone sharing this with no hatred towards each other but all angered at those who perpetrated the attacks. And then the debates started as to how to respond...<sigh>.

In any case, has it changed me much? No, not really. Living abroad, as most of us had an opportunity to do, has always made me aware of how vulnerable we all are. It was a matter of time before the US became part of the foreign terrorist statistic. We've always been targeted for some terrorist activity or another, whether it was from local or foreign activitsts (e.g. Unabomber, Oklahoma City, UofT Tower Sniper, MTA Subway attacks, 'Rodney King' Verdict, etc.).

This year, I am once again taking my department out to lunch, but not as rememberance to the September 11 attacks but because one of my employee's birthday is September 11th. We're celebrating that he's here with us.

Dominic: Thanks for sharing the meaning. Pretty interesting. Como esta el pequeño Angus? Muchos saludos.

Mike: 911 sure has changed things for all. We no longer travel without having a doubt of who could be a terrorist in the plane we travel in.

I remember that morning very vividly while driving into work and listening of the first plane crashing into the tower. Once the second plane hit you could see people in other cars crying and with an empty stare in their faces.
It will be a day I will never forget. Once I arrived at work, everyone was gathered by TV sets thoughout the building. Many people left work by mid day to be with loved ones.

How will we react on 9/11/2002? I don't know, but I think it will be a hard day for many.

Should the US attack Iraq?

Saludos a todos

On 911 I was driving from Saltillo to Monclova Coahuila, once I got to my hotel room, I poped a a cold one, turned CNN and probably said the word shit 1000 times.
Ever wonder where the word "shit" comes from. Well, here it is:
Certain types of manure used to be transported
(as everything was back then) by ship.
In dry form it weighs a lot less, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began
again. A byproduct of this is methane gas.

As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what
could (and did) happen, methane began to build up below decks
and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern.

BOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was discovered
what was happening.

After that, the bundles of manure where always stamped with the term
"S.H.I.T" on them which meant to the sailors to "Ship High In Transit."
In other words, high enough off the lower decks so that any water
that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start
the production of methane.

911 has certainly changed my life, now everytime I say shit, I actually know what I talking about.

Saludos
Dominic

Mia, feliz cumpleanios adelantado! *sept 10

Edited by author 09-04-2002 04:42 PM
As you all know, the Sept. 11 anniversary is coming around and I was curious to hear from you guys on the following:
1) Where were you when you heard about or witnessed the attacks?
2) How has 911 changed your life?
Perhaps in ten or twenty years, we can look back at this time and see whether it was a watershed event or just a news flash.
Ok, ok, since I suggested it, I'll start:
1) I was in Brazil in an early-morning meeting when a colleague's husband called to say that a plane had crashed into the WTC. At first, I thought he was talking about an errant Cesna. As I tried to verify the news through CNN.com, the site was already saturated and my only available source were incomplete news snipets on daily newspaper web sites. Eventually, through a Brazilian TV station playing in our trading-floor type offices at Nextel Brazil, over 50 employees and I witnessed in horror and shock the tape of the 2nd plane crashing into the South Tower. At the same time, I received calls from my wife, my parents in Berlin, Ronnie in Mexico, Marc in Geneva to make sure I wasn't in NY or Wash DC that day. I remember crying for the loved ones of the 15000 people feared dead and praying for God to save us (and indeed, the buildings held up to allow the majority of people to evacuate). That night I spent the night glued to CNN barely waking up in time to fly to Buenos Aires. I noticed that everyone's reaction in Brazil and Argentina was as incredulous as those of people in the US. I longed to fly home to my family that night, but with all flights suspended, I ended up traveling to Mexico City and playing golf with Ronnie; returning to Miami on Saturday night. Of special comfort was the ability to look up this chat site and to share with all of you guys the strong feelings surrounding the event.

How has life changed? To be honest, 911 has had an important impact on my life. Realizing that life is not a dress rehearsal, I have become much more spiritual; which has translated into me focusing my efforts at being a better husband, father, brother, friend and colleague. Perhaps outwardly I am no different, but I spend a alot more time trying to search out the presence of God in my everyday life. As a result, I am much more aware of the many blessings showered upon me, including my faith, my family, health, and the ability to do something I enjoy.

Zarella Rendon:
Everyone is invited whether you get the invitation or not. I was finishing up at 3am this morning, so please forgive any mistakes or omissions. Please e-mail me your address and I will add it to the "Evite" list so you can have all the information. cridermichelle@msn.com

All Texas/All Class AHS Reunion
October 19, 2002 in Round Rock, Texas
Contact Michelle (Crislip) Crider if you want the “Evite” sent to you

cridermichelle@msn.com

Anaceci: Por fa mandalos a beckyhazama@hotmail.com

becky, me estan regresando tus mails. Saludos a todos.

THE MEXICAN WIFE ....

The viejo (old) Pancho was laying on his
death bed. He had only hours to live when
he suddenly smelled tamales (no translation,
tamales are tamales).

He loved tamales more than anything else in
the world, especially his wife Chepa's tamales
which were known through out the barrio as
"Lo mejor de lo mejor." (the best of the best)

With his last bit of energy, Pancho pulled
himself out of bed, across the floor,
down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Here, his wife was spreading the masa (paste
or flour) for a new batch of tamales.

As he reached for one of the freshly steamed
tamales, he got SMACKED across the back
of his hand by the wooden spoon his wife
was holding.

"Leave them alone, pendejo! she said,

" THEY'RE FOR THE FUNERAL ! ".

_________________________________________________

Saludos,
HM

Hola a todos!!

A few of us are planning to do the Polar Bear Swim at English Bay, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Roman Party to follow.

Date: January 1st, 2003

If you are interested in joining us or if you are planning to be in the surrounding areas, please contact me at rsh@telus.net

Do any of you have siblings or friends in the Class of 1983? If so, please send me their contact information and urge them to:

SAVE THE DATE

WHAT: Class of 1983, 20th Reunion Celebration

WHEN: Memorial Day Weekend 2003

WHERE: Mexico's Riviera Maya (near Cancun)
Copacabana Resort http://www.hotelcopacabana.com/rivieramaya/english/servicios.htm

For more information:
- Visit our class website http://asf83.desde-mexico.com
- Enter contact information at http://asf83.desde-mexico.com/contactform.htm.

Or get in touch with one of the following:
- Paco Meza: fmeza@charter.net
- Felicia Ferraez: FFERRAEZ@techdata.com
- Willie Florance: wflorance@earthlink.net
- Gilberto Ramirez: ramirezgil@prodigy.net.mx
- Jorge Ceballos: jorge@desde-mexico.com
- Silvia Keoseyan: keoseyan@prodigy.net.mx,
- Paul Camhi: pcamhi@prodigy.net.mx
- Marivi Lerdo: marivi1@aol.com

Please help us spread the word.

Needless to say, you are all welcome to attend. Como dicen los gringos: The more the merrier!

Alex, Espero Elizabeth este mejor ya que te extanamos.

As always, it is o much fun and so great to get together with AHS friends. John and Javier talked and talked and talked. Jodi y yo, no nos paraban! Just Great!!! So many things to say and so little time!

Ramon, tambien te extranamos pero hay que vernos! El sabado estuvimos en casa de los Dudley jugando baraja hasta las 2 de la manana. La proxima te aviso con tiempo.

Anacecilia, desafortunadamente tenemos otra cena pero Elizabeth esta medio enferma, asi que si cancelamos, me escapo y me les uno. Gracias!

REUNION Miercoles 21 de Agosto, a las 8:00 pm en el Charco de las Ranas (el original) de Av. Revolucion y Rio Mixcoac.

Alex y Elizabeth McGrath, estan cerca, y los que no estan tan cerca, en miercoles a esas horas no hay tanto trafico.

QAA members are also invited.

Ramon, que buena noticia porque el viernes que hable, no me contestaron y pense que ya no estabas. Hablanos en la manana no, haber si nos vemos para cenar con Jodi.

manana miercoles es el dia que quede con Jodi. No me he puesto de acuerdo con ella en el lugar pero en la manana que le hable, I will post the meeting place. Espero que varios puedan llegar.

Toño: mandame tu CV/Resume a ricoyr@yahoo.com para ver en que te puedo ayudar. Trata estos Headhunters en Europa:
mail@chrbealeassoc.softnet.co.uk
gej@kuantumsearch.com: esta es Gweneth Johnson, estudio conmigo y esta en Madrid, dile que lo mandas de mi parte.

Anaceci: no me voy a AGS, ahora voy a vender un nuevo Tequilas que se llaman Don Alvaro y Buen Amigo. Voy a trabajar en mi casa, les hablo para unos pointers en instalar un home office.

QAA CEO: Muy mal, ahora ya todo el mundo sabe que nos soy el subcomandante y yo queria el titulo de VP.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL ASF ALUMNI WORLDWIDE CONCERNING YOUR
ALMA MATER’S SLOGAN.

RE: BACKLASH! HOGWASH!

Esteemed QAA members and sympathizers:

First, thank you for your slogan input and donations, which have filled my er the Association’s bank account. Special thanks go to Bernardo San Bernardo, professional Hijo de Papi, original Class of ’77 (but graduate of ’87) and his lovely wife Fifi Chihuahua. Thanks to their and your generosity we will continue hiring and firing staff in the pursuit of Our Cause, and pay ourselves in more than stock options.

Speaking of staff stuff, our VP of Communications, author of that very successful plea to y’all, was ABDUCTED by the enemies of Justice, Understanding and Truth, and is being held hostage in the AHS science lab, tortured with Bunsen Burners laden with the worst kind of acids (aminos), where the only food is ethyl-preserved frogs! Then again there is a possibility that heshe simply quit to produce infomercials.

But unquestionably the administration is striking back at us right where it hurts: in the middle management. Which is why we are hiring the following new QAA MULTICULTURAL executives for the coming fight, all of whom have ASF-linked credentials, and then some. Disclosing their identities should alleviate some recent concerns expressed here about anonymity, but you must understand we do have to protect my own ass from The Doctor:

1) Ida Nevasayneva: VP of Special Operations. The secrets of Ida’s beginnings lie shrouded behind the Kremlin Wall I mean wall (it’s not like it was Berlin’s). In fact, no fewer than six lie in the wall (in jars of assorted sizes). Dancing lightly over pogroms and other sordid reorganizational measures, Ida has emerged as a middle manager whose pungency for Truth is indisputable. You might have heard of her already, as she briefly attended AHS under the plume-de-nom Oralea Sicomonova. Coach Everest once publicly acknowledged her contribution to a key Bears victory after she freely admitted to spending the night before the game with each and every Tepeyac Fraile over 6 feet tall.

2) Veronica Malaise du Mer. VP of Special Effects. Mlle. Du Mer began her career as a doorstop at the Moulin Rouge, but rose through sheer determination and coke. While searching for more in Bolivia, she recovered from her constant dizzyness when it was explained to her that Lake Titicaca is not an ocean. Because nature did not smile kindly upon her, she chose to explore unconventional means of revolutionary behavior, such as genetically modifying cafeteria lunch avocados. We expect her to at least generate some diarrhea in, on or about the enemies of Justice.

3) William Vanilla. VP of Speechwriting. Naturalized American, born to riches, this artist formerly known as Prince Ali Ababwa bin Bolas, was the first to identify our predicament while hanging out with his female co-singer Whitney, to whom, upon reading about the slogan scratch-off, formally told her: “Houston, we have a problem” He’ll be targeting the opponents of Understanding by boring them to death with speeches about corporate responsibility to Third World nations.

4) Jacques D’Aniels, VP of Undercover Action. His political adaptability saw him through five high schools and numerous police actions before entering the world of alumni protest. Sensible, but given to lewd behavior, he was once romantically linked to Doctor Lujan, which will prove invaluable to us despite the recent sex change operation.

5) El Subcomandante Ramon, aka “el Chiraspelas”, a.k.a. “el hastatras”, a.k.a., “el topo chabacano” but also a.k.a. “el mero mero GTPTP”, which during our background check emerged as ese “guey tan pero tan pendejo”. VP of Underground Operations. Ramon, who dropped out in tenth grade once he realized that the reason he didn’t understand any of the classes was that they were in English and no one had figured out he didn’t speak it, having always cheated on written tests by exchanging questionable favors and hiding behind a façade of Primero el Nahuatl proto-nationalism, but who would have eventually blamed his gray matter’s inability to process the proffered curricula because it was green and half-missing anyway, fought in Chiapas, participated in the triumphant recent Zapatista march on Mexico City and, as most campesinos do upon arrival in the metropolis, remained. Ramon’s main contribution to QAA will be his uncanny ability to dig himself into holes, which will be very useful once he completes his current assignment (the building of a tunnel connecting the Metro’s Observatorio station and the dressing rooms underneath the high school gym, in order to lead commuters into what they’ll think is the new Constituyentes exit but which will give the administration a real taste of their loved proletariat one of these unsuspecting mornings).

Please join me in welcoming them to the QAA and rest (assured) we won’t ditto until victory is accomplished or the money runs out!

QAA VP, good laugh pero en este chat todos ponemos quienes somos! Animate we don't bite, bueno, occasionally.

Eduardo, que buena noticia! Hablanos el tel de casa es el 55704827. Saludos a Lucy y Oriana.

Everybody, Jodi will be in town next week (D.F.) We are planning on going out for tacos. Yo pense en el taco inn, on Wednesday. Jodi viene de Coyoacan, yo estoy en Vista Hermosa. Any suggestions of an in between? Of course, a ver si se animan todos y lo hacemos un mini reunion.

Ramon, cuando te vas? No te puedes ir sin que Julia vea a Iker y a Jose Ramon. Te hablamos en la noche.

HOLA ANA CECI.

ESPERO TODOS EN CASA SE ENCUENTREN BIEN.
DESPUES DE MUCHO TIEMPO HE TENIDO LA FUERZA DE VER LO QUE ESCRIBEN LOS DEMAS.
OYE. ME PODRIAS DAR TU TELEFONO?
SIGO VIVIENDO EN MONTERREY Y ENCONTRE TRABAJO CON LA USDA.
MI TEL ES EL 0181'83'33'52'89
SALUDOS AL BUEN JHON.

ALEX; YOU MISSED SPELLED LOMAS HIGH, IT'S LO-MAS-HIGH!
I BET THEIR LOGO IS REALLY COOL AND PROBABLY DESIGNED BY QAA VP.

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

QAA VP: Caps, Gowns & Togas.

The "High" School.

The Stepping-stone to Lomas High.

Alright....my husband is traveling, my 5th grader's math is stumping me, and my 4 year old has an ear infection. I turned on the computer, logged onto the AHS page, and LAUGHED MY LITTLE (alright, not so little) BUNS OFF!!! That QAA VP thing was a hoot! Thanks, to whomever posted it! Too funny...

Fumando - Borracho - Chingando

Anybody - Somebody - Fornication

(oops...I used the F word!)

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL ASF ALUMNI WORLDWIDE CONCERNING YOUR
ALMA MATER’S SLOGAN.

You may or may not be aware that ASF recently changed its logo. Of particular interest is the removal of the school's long-standing slogan: Justice - Understanding - Truth .

For more information look in:

http://www.asf.edu.mx/logo/ASFlogo.htm

Since alumni were not consulted AT ALL, the newly-formed Queondaconestoscuates Association of Alums (QAA) intends to file a formal protest with ASF authorities. The QAA has in fact spoken with someone on the logo redesign committee and, this person being very well versed on the reasons for the change (multicultural, anti-American values) heshe confessed that deleting the slogan was simply an intermediate step before replacing it with a slogan more to their liking. We secretly obtained their top ten choices from a locker locked with one of those cheapy non-Master locks which are very easy to pick that you would sometimes find in the AHS hallways and wonder whose it was, and realized that all of them suck. Big time. For example, their top proposal is “Leadership, Unity, Security” really!

So, the QAA has been polling fellow alums from the classes of 1926 to 1999, skipping 1979 of course, for new slogan suggestions, and would like to submit them to Jacque Barriga (I’m not making this name up), who is the current head of ASF personnel, prior to the administration making a further Alternative Slogan System (ASS) of itself.

Below is a ballot with the QAA’s arbitrarily-selected (just as the new logo) top five submissions thus far, as well as the possibility of a write-in (of course, Justice Understanding Truth is definitely out even as a write-in since it does not reflect Doctor Lujan’s (current schoolmeister and head physician) educational values in the least). Oh and F words are not allowed on any new slogan, except for Football, Fetishism, and FijatequeaChuchitalabolsearon. The idea is to come up with a slogan that truly conveys the ASF experience in only 3 concise words. Or not.
  
Vote for your favorite one and submit it today! You can mail it to Calle Bondojito 215 Colonia Tacubaya Observatorio darn I forgot the address already.

=========OFFICIAL BALLOT==============

Alternative ASF slogans:

1) Injustice Illusions Ignorance

   Comment: the closest opposite to the old slogan, with an III feel of Roman decadence

2) Virginitium Non Sequitur

   Comment: Latin conveys Permanence while warning parents of likely AHS consequence

3) Our Chicharrones Truenan

   Comment: note bilingual yet disgustingly attitudinal Popis tone while honoring traditional fat-laden Mexican food

4) Finger Lickin’ Good

   Comment: kinder, gentler, more nutritional alternative to #3 while subtly preserving parental warning of #2

5) 69's Since '69

   Comment: A sixties love-one-love-all values conveyance with a historical feel and not-so-hidden allusion to what really goes on behind them Bondojito walls

6) Write-in: ________ _________ _________

====================================== cut and fold here

You can also post your write-ins on this chat page, in which case a QAA representative will quickly contact you and ask you for membership dues. A Bottle of cheap tequila will be awarded to the best write-in, to be subjectively and arbitrarily decided, just like the new logo.

By the way: Sex Drugs Rock 'n Roll has already been suggested and rejected. Too true. A speck of deniability must be preserved vis-a-vis La Embajada and Mexican parental units.

As to the old logo, we’ll be holding a multicultural-style candlelight vigil for it on Calle Bondojito sometime soon. (Eso si: EL primero que empiece a tirar velas por encima de la barda sera enviado a Detention. Y si las echa por encima de la barda del Junipero o del Columbia, su diploma de high school sera cancelado por imbecil o por tratar de distraer la atencion hacia instituciones que nunca figuraron en nuestro collective mindset a pesar de ser vecinas, que es una actitud muy poco multicultural.)

Act or be acted upon

“!Los alumnos, unidos, jamas seran vencidos!”

Toño: Me encantaría ayudarte con lo de la chamba. A que le estas apuntando? Si quieres, mandame tu resume a michel.buhler@nextel.com. A ver si te puedo poner en contacto con algunos contactos que tengo.

Toño, of course you saw more cars with Dutch license than you did with Moroccan... As far as I know it is still not required to put plates on Camels! LOL!!

En re. a trabajo, esta semana estoy hasta las chanclas de trabajo. Yo te hablo a principios de la prox.

I agree with Alex M. Morocco for me was quite magical. And yes...it helps to be a man...it is still a somewhat traditional muslim society.

For us since we were going as a family people were very respectful of us plus...we were lucky to meet a family that practically adopted us in the last week we were there.

It also depends were you go...we went on the northern coast which is still very traditional and not touristic at all...then we went somewhat south but by then we were already with the family we met and they took care of us...

Dominic: I did see the "ladrillos"; I did not ask the price but I doubt there are more expensive than that.

Fernando: I did see the business potential of the "affaire". But I guess all the Netherlands are in it too since the only car plates I saw were from there (on the road I saw more Netherlands cars than even Moroccan cars)...with the legalization of drugs and all it is a great business for them. Plus...if you are caught crossing the border with that junk, you end up "en el tambo" very fast...Actually we found out that now it is typical that a group of youngsters sell it to you and they tell the cops that will catch you several kilometers after...they are all on the take.

HEY!!!! to all the community!!!! Does anyone have a business to be taken care of or a job position in Europe for me??????? I want out of the company where I work and I am starting to look for something else!!!??!!??? So before I find anything, I want to avoid the "Ah, you should have told me we were looking for someone over there!"

Fernando!?!? Any ideas or suggestions? (Ideally in the Paris-Ile de France area but if the job is good I would gladly relocate.)

Saludos
Toño

Edited by author 08-13-2002 11:17 PM
There are nice places and then there are magical places. Morocco is magical. In those narrow, crowded streets you're suddenly transported back thousands of years. But as Dominic and Homero point out, it helps to be a man over there! Moroccans seem to be so good at languages, you constantly find people speaking several. And children have the most beautiful, expressive eyes.

Cindy, congrats on your new kiddo! One small step for mankind, one giant leap for you guys.

Totalmente de acuerdo Dominic, m&#E9;ndigos morocotopos son peor que los naquitos que le chiflan a las chavas porque estos cuates son hiperjodones. Yo iba con unas espa&#F1;olas y no manches parec&#ED;an moscas.
Antonio, no s&#E9; c&#F3;mo aguantaste tanto tiempo a secas. Yo me surt&#ED; de whisky en Algeciras y pude mantener un nivel de alcohol adecuado durante los 12 d&#ED;as que estuve en Marruecos.

Cindy: Have you figured out how to get Breighton to enjoy bath time yet? I remember hearing about a couple in the same situation who simply turned the bath tub into a play area for a couple of weeks. Little girl would be put in the tub, clothes and all, to play with her favorite toys WITHOUT water at the same time each day. After a week of that, containers with water were introduced into the tub with her so she could slowly get into the 'water play' without being immersed in water or necessarily getting wet. Then she got to play naked. Eventually, they were able to transition her to a normal bath, but it took time to get her to think of bath time as a fun ritual. Buena Suerte!

Elena: Have you been to Sanibel Island before? My family started going there in the 1940's, before they build the bridge from Ft. Myers! Imaginate.

ANTONIO: LA VERDAD NO ESTABA PENSANDO EN TAPETES, MAS BIEN ME ESTABA ACORDANDO DE UNOS LADRILLITOS CAFES QUE VENDIAN COMO A 1 DOLAR CUANDO FUI HACE COMO 12 AÑOS.
LO QUE SI ME RESULTO EXTRAÑO ES QUE DIJIERAS QUE SON MUY BUENA ONDA, YO FUI CON 1 AMIGO Y 2 CHAVAS Y COMO JODIAN A LAS CHAVAS LOS MARROQUIS, LA VERDAD SE ME HICIERON MALA ONDA. PERO EN FIN, QUE BUENO QUE TE LA PASASTE MUY BIEN.

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Toño, te falta la mentalidad de businessman! No se trate de que le entres, sino de ver que rendimiento le puedes sacar una vez de regreso en Europa!!!

Dominic: Chefchaouen es conocida tambien como Chaouen...es una pequeña ciudad mas o menos turistica, la "medina" no es tan grande como la de Fess pero casi todas las construcciones estan pintadas de color azul cielo y blanco. Es un lugar donde te la pasas muy bien...Has de cuenta un Bazar Sabado (el de San Angel) en grandote y verdadero...En cuanto a souvenirs esta grueso...que quieres? arena, rosas de arena, vasijas de barro? (mejor vete a la Lagunilla, estan igual), tapetes? (que los cargue tu "abuela", digo con mucho respeto), en fin...y para acabarla de fregar, ahi no toman ni por defensa propia...me pase diez dias en Marruecos y nadie nunca me invito un trago de nada alcoholico (pero el Kiff esta grueso y te lo venden hasta los chamaquitos... y pues yo soy fresa y no le entro a esa "mother")...eso si, la gente es super, nunca experimente una bienvenida tan calurosa ("no pun intended") que en Marruecos...la gente te adopta e inmediatamente te vuelves de su familia...

Despues les escribo algunas de las aventuras...

Saludos,
Toño

ANTONIO:
NOS TRAJISTE ALGUN SUVENIER DE FESS? POR AHI HAY OTRA CIUDAD BIEN FOLKLORICA EN LAS MONTAÑAS QUE SE LLAMA CHAUVEN, PASASTE POR AHI ?

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

A reminder to all:

Los Angeles was chosen as the get together city this time!!

Conga Room - 5364 Wilshire Boulevard
(323) 938-1696
Saturday August 17th
7:00 pm

Let me know how many are attending in your party and see you Saturday!!

rsh@telus.net

Hello my friends! Cindy, let me join all in congratulating you about your new child! Truly, if more people did what you are doing it would really make a difference in the world! It´s always good to hear about something good going on, there is so much evil done by people to other people it´s terrible! I will pray that God will give you more wisdom and strength to bring up your children with their special needs. I do what I can to make a difference in the way you are doing now... when I met Sandra, my wife, I thought she was very pretty, but there was a major hurddle in the way of me persuing a relationship with her. I had been single never married for 33 years, and she had a 5 year old and few months old baby. The natural father refused to take responsability. As I began to go out with Sandra, Keenan began to call me papa, and KIrsten would only eat if I would feed her (I would sneak her peas in the mashed potatos, and she would never notice), and my heart would break at the thought that they had no father. One day, little Kirsten, with her blonde hair sticking up in the air, walking in her diapers came to me while I was sitting in the sofa. She came over by my right knee and began to try to get on the sofa. It was a major struggle for her to climb on the sofa because she was so little! But she persisted on her own as I watched without intervening! Finally, she climbed on the sofa, crawled to my side and laid her little head on the side of my chest, just loving me! Well, to make a long story short, I adopted two children and married their mother. Today, the Lord has given me two more of my own blood! When we thank the Lord for the food at meal times, all of them pause in reverence to God and say amen, I make it a priority to teach them to love and to respect God, the God of the Bible. A couple of months ago Kirsten, the one who stole my heart when she worked her way up the sofa just to cuddle at my side, began to ask a lot of questions about God and heaven and eternity, and I had the privliedge of leading her in prayer to a true profession of faith in Christ. Two weeks ago I had the priviledge of baptizing her in water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Let me encourage you, and all of you, to not only be concerend about your children´s tempral needs, but of their eternal ones as well.

Jody, you are a Proverbs 31 woman!

Toño: Just got back from Marbella and a visit to Granada/Alhambra. What a pity to have missed you during your travels. I did get a peak of the Atlas Mountains in Northern Morocca early one morning when it was clear (and all the Spaniards were still sleeping at 9:30 AM!). It sounds you had as much fun as we did.

Hello People!!
I am back from vacations...on a 4X4 from Paris to Morocco and back (IN ONE PIECE!!!). With its obvious and necessary stops in Barcelona for a walk in "La Rambla", in Valencia for a REAL paella, in Murcia to chase around some bulls, in Granada to visit the Alhambra, we passed by Marbella but did not stop (I thought the Buhlers' were going to be around there at that time but had no way of contacting them.), down to Algeciras, grab the ferry and in half an hour you arrive to Sebta in Morocco, took the northern road between the mountains and the Mediterranean (great views), all the way to Al Jehba (little fishermen village), down to Fess (through the drug plantations and its traffickers in Ketama), up to Ain Mendiouna, up to Chefchaouen and then back. Phew!!! 6,500 kilometers!!! Morocco is fascinating but HOT.
Anyways, I am glad to hear everyone is fine.

To all those birthdays...congratulations!!!!
To all those magic new additions to the families...kisses, hugs, and more!!!!
To all those new life projects that I've read...congratulations again.

Toño

shhhhh...don't write, that way they'll think you're on vacation too!

                     Just a Reminder...

If you are in Washington State this weekend...we are meeting in Bellingham for lunch on Sunday August 11th at noon.
 
Place to meet:
 
The Old Town Cafe
316 W. Holly St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 671-4431

I'm posting this for Lisa (Cooper) Gordon:

AHS Reunion in NYC. RSVP to Lisa Cooper Gordon at 919-387-6675 or gordonlc@yahoo.com.

Who: AHS alumni, friends and family

what: friendly gathering

when: Saturday, Aug 10 at 7pm

where: 250 W. 50th St.The Gershwin, 4P (at 50th and 8th Ave)

phone:212-969-9671

Jodi, cuando llegas? hablame para vernos ok? 55 70 4827

CINDY: FIRST YOU GET ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS OF ALL THE DAVID LEE ROTH YEARS WITH ALL VH TUNES (NO SOLO STUFF) AND THEN ABOUT THE SAME 1 1/2 HOURS OF SAMMY WITH SOME SOLO STUFF, SOME MONTROSS AND LOTS OF VANHAGGAR. MICHAEL ANTHONY (VH BASS PLAYER) PERFORMS WITH SAMMY BUT YOU WILL NEVER SEE DAVID AND SAMMY ON STAGE TOGETHER,GOT TO KEEP THE BATTLE GOING.
I DID HEAR THEY ARE NOW THE BEST OF FRIENDS BUT SINCE THE FANS ARE INTO THE ROTH -VS- HAGGAR DEAL, THEY DON'T MIX IT UP. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT MISSING THIS ONE!
GOOD LUCK WITH THE KIDS, I THINK ANTONIO IÑIGUEZ SAID IT BEST IN ONE OF HIS MESSAGES "LET THE GAMES BEGIN !"

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Thanks for all of the congradulations! Yes, life with a 2 year old and a 1 year old is a little busy. Breighton is now starting to feed himself, drink from his own bottle, climb the stairs and throw his sisters toys. Alessa is doing great (although we hear quite a few "thats MY mommy")
and has even taught him how to sneak food to the dogs from the high chair.

Elena:--yes, that was a non PC comment, but to make matters worse, I have used the same analogy!! But you are absolutely right. The hard thing with the orphanage is that the 3 and 4 year old (groups of 25 children) run up to you, with their arms outstretched and they say "momma, pappa). It was impossible to not scoop them up, 3 and 4 and a time, give them a hug, and tickle them. Trent and I were always getting in trouble for paying attention and playing with the other children. BTW...if you are interested in adopting let me know. Yes, yes, I know you have a husband, a dog, 4 or 5 cats, and of course, the beloved Pepper--te falta un nene or 10! Adoption is addictive--we fell in love with a 4 year old and we will probably go back next fall to pick her up. I say probably because Trent won't give me the "go ahead" until the two we have at home sleep a full night.

Jodi: that was great for you to get your son so young! There are definately advantages to that. Breighton screams at the sight of a bathroom or water (they bathe them by putting them under a cold faucet (hot water is turned off in the summer time to save energy)--so we are adjusting). I found the adoption process very frustrating. There are so many things outside of your control, and based on other peoples schedules. It was emotionally draining. However, my pregnancy was stressfull until the day I delivered!

AnaCeci: Your right about orphanages world wide. I found the caretakers (there were a few exceptions) to be very cold and uncaring towards the children. Overall, Ukrainians aren't into public displays of affection, and I found them overall to be a little indifferent and cold towards children overall. What a contrast to Mexico where waiters in restaurants flirt with your children and pinch their cheeks!

Dominic: Are Sammy and David Lee performing together? I heard somewhere that pompus David Lee won't be seen on a stage with Sammy. Trent is wanting to go that one when it comes to Denver.

AIN'T TALKING BOUT LOVE!
IF THERE ARE ANY VAN HALLEN FANS OUT THERE, YOU GOTTA GO CHECK OUT THE DAVID LEE ROTH TOUR WITH SAMMY HAGGAR. I JUST SAW IT SUNDAY NIGHT AND IT'S KICK ASS ROCK N' ROLL!!
THAT SHOW BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE OLD AHS LOCKER ROOM WHEN WE WOULD BLAST OUT JAIME'S CRYING AND HAVE WET TOWEL FIGHTS, OR DRINKING A CAGUAMA AT THE TIENDITA WHILE SOMEONE'S CAR STERIO JAMMED TO ATOMIC PUNK!
ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE, DON'T MISS THIS ONE!

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Cindy, Muchisimas felicidades a ti, Trent y Alexa. That is one lucky little fellow! Como esta Alexa? Your story gave me goose bumps, Que tristeza que haya tantos ninos vivendo en esas condiciones en Rusia, Mexico y en todo el mundo. Ahora a disfrutar tu familia y los terrible two's!

Jodi, mi telefono es el 5570 4827 y mi mail apvdlf@avantel.net espero tu llamada para ponernos de acuerdo.

Cindy congratulations on your new son. As they say the whole process makes up for the 9 months of pregnancy. There is nothing like it. We also had a difficult time with our adoption process and it has taken me 3 years to psych myself up to do it all again. There is nothing like it. We had our son though from the time he was born. It was just the government process that was a bit of a nightmare. My husband and I can never look at another nino de la calle without thinking that could have been our Ian. Adoption has taught me many things. It has shown me that God's love towards us is something amazing because he has adopted us as his children and calls us his own. You will see even though people will question it that you could not love Breigton anymore than you do had you birthed him. Blessings to your family.

Muchas felicidades.

Ana Ceci what is your email add. so we can set a date. Our trip is definent and we would like to try and get together.

Cindy may joy abound in your household as well as sanity in dealing with two toddlers. I imagine that Breighton is going to need a great deal of attention these next few months so he can bond with you. Some really good friends of ours are also adopting from Russia. They are going through Buckneer Children's Home and the orphanage that their child will come from will probably be in St. Petersberg. What is sad though is that there are so many children and there are those who wish to adopt but the Russian government doesn't make it very easy to get these children adopted. Best of luck

If you are travelling to Washington or would like to get together, please let me know.

Place: The Old Town Cafe
        316 W. Holly St.
        Bellingham, WA 98225

Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: Noon

E-mail: rsh@telus.net

Sta. Cindy (and Trent): Welcome back with your new son! I echo all that Fernando said. We should all be so wise the next time that we feel we are having a really, really bad day, to think of those children in the orphanage and give thanks to God that we were born in such a priviledged and loving environment. I am awed by the mercy, courage and love that you have shown through the many ordeals faced in the course of adopting Breighton.

Cindy: Si todas las personas de este planeta fueran como ustedes no habría miseria, hambre, guerras, y todos seríamos considerablemente más felices. Mi mas profunda admiración para ustedes dos. Al mismo tiempo, muchísimas felicidades. Les deseamos lo mejor para su familia.

Cindy! I am so excited for you. To be TOTALLY non-PC, hell I cannot walk into a animal shelter without adopting an animal. I CAN NOT immagine surviving the experience you had. I am just so grateful you guys have gotten home safely and have a wonderful new addition to the family.

Cindy: Congratulations again!!! I was very touched by your story. It is sad to know there are millions of kids around the world lacking the most common thing for all....love. Mis respetos to you and Trent.

One more thing...I've tried politics, the economy, and current events but what takes hold is the insect topic. Is head lice next???? Long live the glorious COCKROACH REBELLION!!

Cindy: Welcome back! Can't wait to see and hear more about Breighton. What an emotional rollercoaster ride you and your family have gone through. And to the points directed at Alex may I say "BRAVO!"

Trent and I are now back in the US and are proud parents of a 14month old baby boy! It was an incredible emotional journey. Once I recover from the fatigue I will share more with you--it was long hot train ride from Kiev to Kharkov (on the Russian border). The country's economy has tanked since their independence in 1990--many people want to rejoin the former USSR. I was amazed at how middle "upper class live"--we stayed in a place that would be considered a ghetto here in the US.--The children, oh, my God. We would go to Breighton's room and be overwhelmed by 15 crying toddler's to 1 caretaker. Daily we would sit on the floor and scoop five children and put them on our lap. Children weren't allowed to play with toys, crawl on the floor, and weren't allowed to feed themselves. They were fed one at a time--one caretaker for 15 children. And this hungry children would sit squarely in their tiny chairs and rock back and forth to comfort themselves. And it looks like we will return in 6 months to a year or so for a 4 1/2 year old girl whom we fell in love with.
Alex L. if you want to make a big difference in the world--travel to an orphanage an adopt a child! Preaching fire and brimstone won't save these children! Breighton's orphanage had children from 2 months to 4 1/2 years old-200 children hungry for the love of a mother and father. This is one of 5 orphanages for small children in Kharkov. Or, support affordable birth control in 3rd world countries so that this travesty doesn't keep repeating itself. Girls leave the orphanage at the age of 17 and if they haven't been raped already, they become prostitutes and the cycle repeats itself. The economy is so poor, they have no family, and this is the only way that they can support themselves. There is no goverment subsidized family planning or education. Throwing a bible at them won't change their situation or the reality of the harshness that they face on a daily basis.

So, if the mascot is the cucharacha, I am envisioning what the cheerleading uniforms would look like--so would the "tiendita" be known affectionatly as the "roach motel"?

Mike B: Miss my cruise? I think not. Heck it is just a job for goodness sakes. My sanity takes priority. Gotta get out on the water. We are already booking the Hawaii cruise for January too (gotta do something fun when you turn 40, right?) We fly into Tampa on the 8th as I have meetings at our office there the 9th (wonder how that happened??) then drive to Sanibel Island. Then on to your area. Ship leaves Lauderdale the 10th.

Cindy P: we are all waiting to hear from you...

There is going to be an all Texas reunion in Austin. Send me an email if you want to be on the invite list! elena143@aol.com

Jennifer- Sounds like you need to go and visit a spa not just work at one. Someday I hope to be able to try one out. Wow it has been a long time since I last bumped into you. I have done alot of different things and lived in different places since I left Baylor Med. We left Dallas in 91 and came back at the end of 97. I taught school, worked for Drs., was a children's Social Worker now I am blessed to be doing something which I truley love. I am at home raising my 3 year old son. By the way I got back in touch with Katie Mitchell. She is now raising 4 kids and still lives in Mass.

So what is this they want to change our beloved bear mascot for a cucaracha?

Hey Mike how is the job going? Are you still working for Nokia? They laid alot of people off in this area.

Talk with you all later

Elena: What is Capital One? How does that interfere with your cruise plans? I hope you have your priorities straight and take the cruise!

I do not like Cucarachas, although if you think about it they ahve been around since the Jurassic period. i think we should be more Radical and Go for something slimier and blood sucking like: Leeches!
Elena:As soon as you start cooking please let us know!

Ok, so Fighting Cucarachas it is. Is it possible to draw one that is snearing? Hmmm any artists who care to take on this challenge?

Good news about the logo change is that we can now sell all our "old" logo items as "collector's items" and probably all make more cash than we are on our stock portfolios!

Too insane. I started working for Capital One this month. We announced earnings on Monday. Exceeded EPS by 6 cents, increased forcast for FY 2002 and STILL saw our stock drop 30 pts. It's enough to make you want to cook the books and run off with all the money..... did I just say that?

Jodi, the spa biz has been nothing but my life for almost 15 years now ... I need a massage! My most recent spa adventure is in Hershey, PA. I opened the spa at The Hotel Hershey about 1 1/2 yrs ago. Every day is a busy day for me. Its a tough gig working hard to make people relax and enjoy themselves. Check out our website at www.spaathotelhershey.com OR www.hersheypa.com
If you're looking for a great place to get away with the family (kids included), Hershey is THE place to be.

Are you still in Dallas. I remember bumping into you at BUMC when I was working for the company that managed the fitness center at the hospital. That was MANY years ago! Hope all is well with you.

Hey Jenn it was great to hear from you. How could anyone forget that one of a kind Halloween Costume. I have never seen anything else like it. Are you still in the spa business?

Ana Ceci we are looking at arriving around the 25 of August A mi marido se le ocurio manejar. It's been around 13 years the last time we did it. We will spend a few days in DF and then go to Acapulco for a few days. So hopefully we can hook up.

¿Alguien sabe algo de Karla Roberts?
Vivía en Texas.

Jodi, just set the date! Yo voy a ir a Queretaro el fin de semana del 30 de agosto. (Friday-Monday) Jackie Caballero, Carlos' baby sister had triplets (si tres ninos) y voy a ir al bautizo. Seria padrisimo vernos.

Esta semana vamos a ir a Acapulco, alguien mas va estar ahi?

Alex: What a great story. You are a fantastic story teller. After all that, who can argue with the signs?

By the way, my sister-in-law is moving next week. Can you help her with getting her some boxes?

Jodi, apparently you are not the only one that remembers Billy's halloween costume. I mentioned it on the '80 chat board and a couple of people also remembered. For those of you that were not there or have forgotten ... just think male body part ... Billy was pretty creative!

Hey Guys,

It's been quite awhile since I've written anyone. It's great to see that the chat room is continuing and there is no lack of dialogue. I too saw Billy Gormley or Dr. Bill on tv and thought oh my goodness the practical jokster is now operating on peoples brains. I remember his Halloween disfras one year. Does anyone else? :) Ana Ceci we are contemplating a trip to Mexico the last two weeks of August. A ver si nos podemos juntar todos para cenar una noche. Happy Birthday to all of those who turned 40. Alex it appears that God is pointing you in a direction sit back and wait though. His final plan may not look exactly how think it might. Has anyone heard from Cindy have they returned from Russia?
Has any of the AHS gang in Dallas had any reunions or gatherings? I really must be more diligent in reading the chat room. Saluditos a todos

Love Jodi

Edited by author 07-16-2002 06:33 PM
Hello my friends!
Dominic! Feliz cumpleanios! 40! You are now officially over the hill and on your way down! I appreciate your kind words! You truly showed wisdom beyond la tiendita! Thanks also to all of you for your kind words as well, John and John and Mike, I really do appreciate them and you! If I didn't feel so strong the tug in my heart to serve I wouldn't even consider going back in the military. Not that I don't love the military, but that I am now a husband and father... although it is true that wars are not just fought and won by fatherless men. I really do take your words to heart in considering what I must do. It's more than just desiring to be a military man, it is that it seems clear the Lord is calling me to the military ministry, let me share my call with you (got time? its interesting if anything!)

Yesterday, Monday, I sat with 7 seasoned ministers and went through my ordination questioning. They questioned me on matters of theology and doctrine and on personal, family, moral and ethical matters. I passed, next Wednesday, not tomorrow but next week, I will be ordained to the ministry. I have been licensed as a minister since 1995, but the Baptists don't ordain you but until they believe you are being called to a specific ministry. In my case they agree that God seems to be calling me into the military ministry. My call to the military ministry is as follows:

Back in January of this year I began to "hear" the Lord whispering that I should go back to seminary and finish another Master Degree. I figured I'm already finished with that, but the tug was insistent. I came to the seminary just to see what was up, and the chaplain recruiter happend to be here. I didn't know this then, but I know now, that the chaplain recruiter is in charge of 18 states, he is not like a regular recruiter where you see them at every mall, he is one man for 18 states, so it really was a "coincidence" that he was here. I went and talked to him a little because I have always liked the military and military oriented things (some of you may remember me wearing my boy scout uniform to school on Tuesdays when we would meet under Mr. Sam Atkins on Tuesday nights. I used to like the military look of the uniform of the Boy Scouts of America). My wife and I decided to move back to the seminary campus (in fact, my wife was kind of aggravated with me because she thinks the Lord spoils me. Since January she was telling me to get boxes to move and I had not been too concerned about it. Well, the time was getting near for us to move and I hadn't gotten the boxes and she was there insisting that I should go get a bunch of boxes. Sometimes I think my wife is an angel because she is always up there harping about something! Anyway, she is on the phone harping to her mama about me not getting the boxes. I went to our room to pray and asked the Lord for some boxes, and I asked Him to show me He is with me. At that instant, as I am praying, I hear this large vehicle outside, I interrupt my prayer to look out the window and I see this big 18 wheeler truck pull up infront of the house. Next thing you know, they start unloading 120 boxes on my neighbor's drive way! I came out and asked Wallace, my neighbor, if I could have the boxes. Next thing you know Wallace is carrying the empty boxes to my front porch! My wife was happy but also aggravated because she thinks the Lord spoils me too much!)
Anyway, before we moved back to the seminary, I really began to get a desire to get back into the military, at least as a reservist. I called the chaplain recruiter and told him my situation. You see, and this you all don't yet know but I will share it with you, I served 2 years in a 4 year enlistment. I got an early discharge due to medical causes, it was honorable, but early. But although they gave me an Honorable discharge, they gave me what is called an RE-4 reenlistment code which means I can't reenlist. I told the recruiter and he told me to send him my DD-214 (discharge papers) to see what I got. By this time I'm getting all excited about going back in the military to be a chaplain. As I go to the post office to send him my papers, as I'm thinking about being in the military as a Christian minister, I turn on the radio and, lo and behold, they happen to be talking about Christians in the military! I change the station, and they happen to be talking about ministry to the rear echelon, the military families! I got really excited, I figured God was confirming my desire! Well, that next Tuesday I'm sitting at the insurance class feeling like I'm licking sand paper, when I thought how I feel at home in the military and in the Bible so then I said "I should be a chaplain!" I called the recruiter all excited about it and he tells me "I got your papers. An RE-4 from the Marine Corps is non-waverable." I said "What do you mean?" He said "You can not waver it, you can't get in." All of a sudden I came tumbling down! I was like, bummer! But I told him "Well, I guess this is good because if I do get in the service it will be only if God really does want me in" he said "Yeah, only if God wants you in, there is no other way, it is non-waverable!" Well, about an hour and a half later he calls me and says,"I got an email back from the Army chaplain's board,they will consider you for waiver!" I was like "What?!" he says'"We still got to send it to the Chief of Chaplains, Major General Coffee, for his approval" Two days later the recruiter calls me and says "The General said to proceed! Its a go!" WOW! Now, that in itself is an incredible miracle! That in itself is enough to convince me of God's call, because RE-4 is non-waiverable! Then I started taking some classes to finish up a second Master Degree. The first thing I learned in this one class was a statistic that 56% of people ages 18-31 are still looking for purpose in life, that goes down as people get older. And I thought "Hmm, that's military age people." I went to the library to try to find something on the military chaplaincy. As I 'm walking to the library I'm thinking "What is the role of the born again chaplain from God's perspective?" And a passage of the Bible where Moses is interceding for the Israelite army kept coming to my mind, I got to the Library, got a book "The Military Chaplaincy" opened it, and the very first thing I read is exactly the passage of the Bible I am thinking about at that instant, Moses interceding for the Israelite army! I go back to class and they show a video of a young lady they interviewed at the mall just to see where people today are at in regards to God. She had all these weird ideas about God, then they ask her about her background and she says, "I grew up everywhere, my dad was in the military." I saw the need! Well, with all these little "coincidences" telling me to go into the Army chaplaincy I really wanted to talk to an Army chaplain, but I didn't know where to find one! That first Monday of class I sat in the back of the class and I figured that would be my seat for the rest of the term. Tuesday I came in a couple of minutes late, and someone is sitting in my chair. I'm like bummer! Cause I like to pick one chair and stay there! I came down a row a little to the left and picked another chair and figured this would be my chair. Wednesday I came in, and someone else is sitting in that chair! I was really aggravated, but I came down a third row, a little to the left and chose yet another chair. I'm sitting there taking notes with a pen the recruiter gave me that says "U.S. Army Chaplaincy". All of a sudden, the guy next to me says' "Hey! I got one of those pens! Are you a chaplain candidate?" he says as he shows me the exact pen I have! I said "Well, I've been talking to a recruiter" As we talked, it turns out that this guy is a chaplain candidate and is already operating as a full time U.S. Army Guard chaplain! I was blown away! I was really happy too because, like I said, I had been wanting to talk to somebody about the Army chaplaincy and didn't know where to find someone. The Lord delivered him right next to my chair! Just like the boxes! Anyway, he told me how last Sunday he had gotten a map, pinpointed 6 camps of soldiers in the field, got on a jeep and went around the circuit of Army camps preaching to all these soldiers! Then he turns to the guy sitting infront of him and says "Hey, you taught chaplain school for 5 years, didn't you?" Turns out the guy sitting infront of him had been a chaplain's assistant for 20 years and had taught in the U.S. Army Chaplain School for 5 years! I was blown away again! The Lord had brought me down one row of chairs at a time, aggravatting the daylights out of me, to bring me to sit next to two men who had much of the information I was craving! They told me if I can get past the political correctness of chaplain school, there is much ministry I can do once in the force. Then, I was telling my wife about all these coincidences and she says, "Well, guess what? I was watching JAG for the first time in 6 months last night and they had not one, not two, but three chaplains in the show! And it was all about the great service and good they had done for the troops in Vietnam and Korea and stuff!" I asked her if she felt that was a call, considering all that was happening to me, and she said "I don't know." I prayed that God would show her again if we are being called to the military chaplaincy, and a couple of days later she tells me "Guess what? I never watch Bonanza, but I watched it yesterday and it was all about an Army chaplain who had gotten the medal of honor in the civil war for rescuing wounded union and rebel soldiers in combat!" Then I went to talk to a Navy chaplain, he gave me a book and a video, I came to check on you guys and here is Mike B. saying how he talked to a, squadron commander?, who told him how he appreciated the ministry of a chaplain. For several weeks I've been wanting to buy the move "Black Hawk Down", I wanted it for Father's Day and I've been wanting it ever since, but I haven't cought up with the times, I still don't have a DVD player and that's all they sell it in. Well,yesterday, at my ordination questioning, brother Donn Cannon, a good friend of mine and a true man of God, says "You know, I was watching an interview with the guy from Black Hawk down, with the real guy that was actually there, and they asked him if he could've had one thing different through their ordeal in Somalia, what would it be? The man replied, " if I could've had one thing different, I would've had a chaplain with us." Not a medic, not a jag lawyer, a chaplain.

Anyway, all these things together make me think the Lord is calling me very strong to the military ministry, coincidence is way out of the question. Never the less, the proof is in the pudding! I am continuing with caution, always keeping in mind that I have a young family, but trusting that God who calls me knows this, He will take care of us! God's biddings are His enablings! Dominic, I really do appreciate your words, which truly are wise (in this instance at least!), but if God calls I must go. Thank you for the offer of not calling me ex-hulk, I don't really mind, my pecs have now turned into boobs and are hanging down to my belly button (just kidding, it ain't that bad!) and thank you for the promise of going to church if I decide to stay. I tell you what you can do, though, if I decide to go through with my enlistment, you can start going to church, give your life to Jesus and pray that the Lord will be with me and my family regardless of what happens! That would be cool indeed!

Alright my friends, I hope to see you all sometime soon!

Dominic. Felicidades!!! Do you remember the Tlaloc rain dances before football practice? I think it worked once or twice. We could use Tlaloc around here...has not rained for awhile. We have 50 acres of corn and 30 of soy beans in need of un buen trago.

Alex L. I am in agreement with Dominic. Es mejor quedarte con tu familia.

Craig Dudley. Que ondas tu?

Eres un amor Anaceci!!

Felicidades Dominic!!

Dominic, Muchas felicidades! Que paso con las fotos de Japon?

Rebeca, Organizing another one? WOW. El puro nombre del salon suena divertido. To those in the area: don't miss it! This lady knows what she is doing!

Fel&#ED;z cumplea&#F1;os Dominic. Aqu&#ED; tengo una botella de tequila esperandote en Monterrey para celebrar.

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                      Los Angeles, California


Let's all get together again !!

Place: Conga Room on Wilshire, Hollywood
Date: Saturday August 17 2002
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Please confirm your attendance A.S.A.P. and number of people in your party to:

Rebeca Sato: rsh@telus.net or to
Paul Elwood: paul.nuria@verizon.net

Alex L. I am glad that my sharing my squadron commander story (not admiral) was relevant as you search your calling. I pray for God to help you make the right decision. However, I entirely agree with Dominic that your responsibility to serve your children is your highest calling.

Dominic, I was impressed by your comments to Alex. How wise and how caring. Happy Birthday - may we continue to enjoy your company for many years to come.

Dominic: Felicidades!

Alex L: Would love to see Dominc follow through so what say you...stay and be a father to your children or go and put your life on the line giving comfort to some, annoying to some, and definately fatherless (even if nothing happens to you but you're not home)?

Alex J: Small world. Yes, Jessica is quite the raquetball player there in FL. Apparently she's raising in the amateur ranks and is seeded highly in her division. We're all quite proud of her.

Mike B: Claudia is moving to Brazil this week. She'll be forwarding info when she get's settled and I likewise.

Guess who just turned 40? Nada mas y nada menos que nuestro Dominic. Felicidades!!!!!!!

LOYA:
IF YOU JUST STAY HOME AND BE THE CHAPLAIN OF YOUR KIDS IT WILL BE THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO! LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, BEEN THERE,DONE YOUR DUTY FOR YOUR COUNTRY, NO SENSE RISKING LEAVING YOUR KIDS DADYLESS. I PROMISE TO STOP CALLING YOU EX-HULK AND WILL GO TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY IF YOU DECIDE TO STAY!

TU AMIGO
DOMINIC

John Bauer: Some good friends of mine that live in Ft. Lauderdale just sent me an e-mail yesterday saying that they had invited a mutual raquetball friend to dinner. During the dinner they talked about their past and they found out that she had lived in Mexico City and had gone to the AHS. She ended up being your sister Jessica. My friends are Tony and Virginia and apparently Virginia and Jessica play raquetball. Que chico es este mundo....

Tentative Date for an AHS Reunion for all Texans:
October 12 or 19.
Please send feedback to cridermichelle@msn.com
Anybody in the Austin area want to offer their house for the gathering?
I'll keep you posted!

Hello my friends! Thanks to every one for your encouraging words about me getting back into the military as a chaplain! Mike B. your words kind of blew me away! you see, I had just come out from interviewing Navy chaplain, he had given me a book and a video about the chaplaincy, I went to the computer, put the book and the video down on the desk next to the computer, checked the chat here, and there were your words, telling me to go for it, that you just had happened to talk to an admiral who had just happened to tell you how he had appreciated having a chaplain available to help him make decisions! You didn't talk to him after or before, you talked to him and told me about at the exact time I am thinking about, right after talking to a Navy chaplain! I took it as one more confirmation of the call! One of these days I will share more of the call into the military chaplaincy that is coming very strong! So, I am proceeding with caution, I need to be really sure the Lord is calling me to that ministry! You see, Army chaplains are considered pretty essential to the well being and morale of the troops, the Army chaplain represents the presence of God to the soldier who is engaged in a just war, fighting for a just cause and in immediate danger of death. Consequently, Army chaplains are thrust into the forward edge of the battle area and go through all the experiences soldiers go through, except he does not carry a weapon. They are expected to show unusual valor, to go the extra mile, like the chaplain who stayed behind with the wounded troops who were left behind in order for the rest of their company to survive the North Korean Army incursion. As the American troops who were retreating looked back, they saw the North Koreans catch up with and murder the wounded troops, and also the chaplain who had stayed with them to comfort them and pray for and with them. Then there was the chaplain who was placed on solitary confinment as a POW in a cage so small he couldn't stand or lie down, for smuggling food to the other POWs. Chaplains are targeted both in the field and as POWs because by breaking the chaplain the enemy breaks the morale of the American soldier in combat or in a POW camp, I think there have not been any chaplains who were POWs who came back alive, at least not in Vietnam. Anyway, I'm not afraid to die, you can't threaten me with heaven, but I am afraid of leaving my children fatherless. So I must be sure it is God who is calling me to that ministry because the way things are looking, I will probably will be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan or something as soon as I come out of chaplain school. Thank you all for your words of encouragement.

Hey, mala onda that they are changing our school's logo and stuff! They should leave it as it was! I say they re-open la tiendita but instead of beer they can sell Dr. Pepper!

Pretty impressive about Billy! Is he on this show all the time or was it just a one time deal? God bless him and enable his hands to do even more good!

Speaking of loogies, does anyone remember los tarzanes?

Hey Mike B., I would love to hear more about your conversation with the Admiral, how is it that he told you about his interaction with a chaplain? What else did he say?

Alright my friends, ahi nos vemos!

What's so guacalaaaa? The real guacalaa would have been catching someone elses gargajo! However, come to think of it, some call this french kissing and it seemed to have been quite a sport back in high school!

So young, so sick.

GUACALAAAAAA!!!!!!!

John: You are absolutely right. My mind is all messed up. Astrid is 82, Billy is 80......All the guys I mentioned were 80.

Dominic: Que grueso estas con tu memoria....

Mike: Claudia is moving to Curitiba which is not far from Sao Paulo. I'll let her know you're interested in getting together down there the next time I chat with her. I don't even have her phone # right now <g>. We're still waiting to hear from her.

Dominic: Ahh, the classy stuff that went on in soccer <g>. Are you going to be posting your mundial pictures anywhere? Would love to see 'em...

I KNEW BILLY WAS VERY TALENTED PERSON . HE PLAYED SOCCER AFTER SCHOOL, BEFORE COACH CONTRERAS MADE IT UP TO THE FIELD,SEVERAL GUYS WOULD SPIT (UN GALLITO) UP IN THE AIR AND THEN WOULD TRY TO CATCH IT INTO THEIR MOUTHS. HE WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD AT IT, GOING UP TO 6-7 TIMES BEFORE HE MISSED AND IT WOULD HIT HIS FACE!

SALUDOS

DOMINIC

John, Glad to hear that Claudia is doing ok. Is she going to Sao Paulo? I travel there every couple of months so pls pass her tel# once she's installed. Markus Hekma and Guillermo Novo are there too, so we can have a mini Brasilian AHS reunion. By the way, visiting BsAs is pretty cool now a days, great shopping and super cheap steaks!

Anaceci: I think the tiendita and the toga parties have a direct correlation with the success of our school mates. Lest everyone run to a bar, well developed social skills are a critical element to a successful career. My favorite saying in college was "get yourself and education and don't let books stand in the way".

Actually, Billy Gormley graduated in 1980 <g>.

sorry for my typo.....graduated

Astrid: Billy greaduated in 82. He hang out with Randy Ransom, Carlos Mauleon etc. etc..

Jennifer: Thanks for sharing the info.

I say bring back La Tiendita. Students at the AHS can't get thier full student exeprience without it.

Jennifer, thanks for the info on Billy! WOW, although guys, its not Billy anymore its Bill (I wonder why?) I opened the site and if all the bio info weren't there I would've thought that he was an actor and would have thought, wow he made it to prime time! It is amazing what some of you have accomplished! I took Julia to the dentist the other day and it turned out to be Roberto Solares class of 78. It always assures me to know "era del Americano". Mike, did those toga parties have anything to do with this? Maybe they can do a study on how the lack of these and La Tiendita will affect new generations.

"la cucaracha" still has me LOL!

Hi Guys! I also caught that show "Houston Medical" last night and Billy Gormley looked so familar to me. What year did he graduate?

Mike: Claudia and her family are doing well, but with the economic situation down there, they are headed to Brazil, where Claudia's husband was able to find a suitable position. They're moving to Brazil this month. The economy down there is pretty shitty and the rest of my relatives are going to remain there. My wife, daughter, and I were down there a couple of years ago and are glad we went when we did. Who knows if we'll be able to get back any time soon...<sigh>

Jennifer WS: Thanks for the heads up on Billy. How studley of him and what a great thing for him to do something he likes and is good at. I wonder how many people, at Tom Page's toga party in the fall of 79, would have signed up for Billy to do brain surgery on them!?! It must a tough job however. When things go tough at work, I find myself saying "at least it's not brain surgery" - what would Billy say?
Dominic: 100% de Acuerdo, bring back la Tiendita. However, to make it more accessible, let's franchise it and put one in Polanco, one in Dallas, one in Miami.
John: thanks for the link. To tell you the truth, I never noticed the logo while I was at school (see Tiendita above). By the way, how is your sister Claudia doing? I was in Bs.As. last month and remembered that I had bumped into her in the Calle Florida back in 1980! Hope the economic problems aren't affecting her.

Cucaracha?
School anthem would be easy for everybody to sing along...

la cucaracha
la cucaracha
ya no puede estudiar
porque no tiene
porque le falta
m&#E1;s cerveza que tomar

Hey everyone,

Check out the link below. I was watching Houston Medical last night on ABC and who do I see operating on some guy's brain tumor but Billy Gormley! He was awesome. The wife of the man who was operated on actually said that Dr. Gormley is a gift from God! It's awesome what the good 'ole AHS puts out!

http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/specia...l/bios/gormley.html

Hope everyone is well.

Carambola taco pool, carambola taco pool, arriba, arriba Cucaracha High School!... Naaah!!!!

Elena: They are not changing the colors and I don't think they're contemplating changing the mascot...though you bring up a compelling argument about the cucaracha. They're pretty resistant to many catastrophic events and therefore would prove to be a worthwhile opponent. Just think of the wonderful cheers or cheerleading outfits that could be designed around the cucaracha theme! I say we start a grass root movement towards changing it and we'll name Elena as our head leader...YEAH!!!!!

What is next? Change the mascot from the Bear to a cucaracha?

I am NOT a fan of the new logo. And changing the colors is heresy.

Mike: Yes, the logo has already changed. Check out http://www.asf.edu.mx/logo/ASFlogo.htm. Oh, and as far as turning our school spirit into something productive, I don't think sponsoring sports would be worthy. As you've mentioned, the Bear Boosters already do that and throw enough money their way. Now, as for using it to improve the arts, sciences, or other educational areas, that seems like a good direction. Although, resurecting La Tiendita is also a good idea <G>.

MIKE:
IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT TODAYS AHS STUDENTS, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING CRITICAL MISSING IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPIRIENCE. LET'S REBUILD LA TIENDITA AND STOCK IT TO THE MAX WITH VICTORIAS BIEN FRIAS AND PLENTY OF CUERITOS WITH SALSA BUFALO. NOW, THAT'S SCHOOL SPIRIT!

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

Edited by author 07-09-2002 01:18 PM
Logo?? Who remembers what the logo look like? Is it the bear face looking straight out or to the side (like the Bear Boosters logo?) I thought I read from Barbara that the logo is not changing, hence it seems to be a moot point. However, it's great to see everyone act so passionately; it reflects your school spirit! Let's turn that passion into something productive, like sponsoring a team's uniforms, a scoreboard, or something similar. I am open for suggestions.

The new logo? The first question is indeed why change it (or why not). If there is a strong reason, then you decide if it needs a redesign or if you really do need a completely new logo. Add gold but don't get rid of the maroon and white is a good example of sensible redesign.

Either way, you choose the designer and the winning logo very carefully. I'm sure there are plenty of alumni who are accomplished designers and who would happily take a shot at redesigning the logo. Why not make a student/teacher/alumni contest? How was the new logo chosen?

Fernando: Just think, your rings will become a collector's item! Year's from now, folks will be offering these on eBay for thousands! With the several different representations, start a trend...collect them all!

Cindy: Anxiously awaiting an update...

Regarding the Harvard's logo change, it is technically correct that the logo, or shield as it is better referred to as, has not changed for about 150 years. However, you must remember that Harvard College, the predecessor to Harvard University, was founded back in 1636. The shield that is used today was based on an old sketch drawing from the archives found in the 1800's. The shield has gone through various incarnations and was stabalized late in the 1800's.

You can't discount the sentimentality folks have about our logo, but it also has gone through many changes prior to its current version. Needless to say, hopefully it too will stabalize soon and not take 200 years for it to do so <g>.

HELLO EVERYONE:
BACK FROM JAPAN, I HAVE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO HIRE THE WORLD CUP REFEREES FOR A SOCCER LEAGUE OF MY OWN WHERE MY TEAM WILL ALMOST ALLWAYS WIN! KIND OF WHAT EL AMERICA DID IN MEXICO BACK IN THE 70'S.
PICTURES FROM THE WORLD CUP ARE NOT DEVELOPED YET. A FEW WILL DEFENITELY HAVE TO BE DESTROYED (LAS BRASILEÑAS Y SUECAS) BUT MOST WILL BE POSTED.
REGARDING MEXICO AND JAVIER AGUIRRE, I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND COULD HAVE GONE FURTHER HAD JOSEPH BLATTER (FIFA PRESIDENT)WISHED SO. IT'S FUNNY, I MET THE GUY AFTER THE MEXICO-ECUADOR GAME, HE TOOK THE TIME TO SHAKE OUR HANDS AND TALK TO US FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I THOUGHT HE WAS A COOL OLD MAN, JUST WISHED I HAD A SUITCASE FULL OF GREEN BILLS FOR HIM. I RECALL A GRINGO, A GERMAN, A KOREAN AND A CROATIAN ALL STANDING NEXT TO ME WITH SUITCASES.

FERNANDO:
MAN, YOU REALLY START TO SOUND LIKE AN OLD MAN, RELAX!! IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE LOGO TO A HORNY BEAR AND WEAR T-DYE UNIFORMS, LET IT BE!! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HARVARD WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPINOSHIP IN ANY SPORT EXCEPT FOR MAYBE CURLING?

SALUDOS

DOMINIC

Homero - Estoy en desacuerdo. Ejemplo para ilustrar mi punto: Harvard representa lo que Harvard siempre ha representado. Hay muchos ex-alumnos que están orgullosos de haber estudiado ahí por este simple hecho, y los alumnos actuales no tienen el derecho de ponerle en la torre a eso. Si a un alumno actual no le parece tal o cual cosa de la TRADICIÓN entonces está en plena libertad de buscarse una escuela más acorde a su opinión. Y enfatizo TRADICIÓN para no entrar en la discusión de si está bien hacer mejoras académicas, actualizaciones en la forma de enseñanza, etc., que por supuesto son indispensables para mantener un nivel de enseñanza alto. At the end of the day, we are talking about tradition here: Maroon and white, with the added gold (I agree that as of late the gold had become more of a yellow so it is good to go back to gold). Regarding the logo, I have to agree with Anaceci: Not that the new logo is ugly, it is just that what is the point? Again, I don’t think Harvard and the likes have ever changed their logo (someone please correct me if I’m wrong!). Final thought: If the logo is changed, does that mean that our class rings will become obsolete (on account of having the old logo on them)?

Aunque habr&#ED;a que conceder que los que actualmente estudian en el colegio tienen derecho a hacer sus propias elecciones. Las tradiciones son importantes pero es a las nuevas generaciones a quien les toca decidir si las adoptan o no.


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Wow! Cambio de colores? Cambio de logo? Suena demasiado caro sin ningun gran beneficio. En fin, necesito mas informacion antes de poder opinar gran cosa.

Barbara: Mi email es Gmblack63@aol.com. Me encantaria recibir cualquier info.

Barbara: Gracias por aclarar la situacion. Creo que todos tenemos en la sangre los colores del colegio y no quisieramos ver un cambio. GO BEARS

Fer: Que crees? Si llovio!

Edited by author 07-05-2002 02:18 PM
Hola a todos :)

Anaceci, Claro que me acuerdo de los inicios de la Sociedad de Ex-alumnos, esa primera reunion, las juntas, etc.

Tambien recuerdo que no habia apoyo de parte del colegio.

En esta ocasion, el Colegio esta tendiendo la mano y nos apoya 100%. Lo que le interesa al Colegio, no es tener una "rivalidad" Colegio-Asociacion, sino una VERDADERA Comunidad, como lo mencione en mi mensaje anterior.

Por ejemplo, si a un exalumno le interesa que sus hijos ingresen al Colegio, creo que lo minimo le debe interesar es saber que pasa en el Colegio, y que mejor que a traves de una publicacion de la Comunidad ASF :)

Georgina, si no recibiste el email, seguramente es porque no lo tenemos en la Base de Datos del Alumni Office. Por favor mandamelo para actualizar tus datos y mandarte el comunicado anterior :)


Fernando, Homero, Alex, Anaceci, Georgina, the colors are still maroon, white and gold. Our former Athletics director, Rob Simmons, insisted that a darker shade of maroon be established and gold (not yellow) be used. The teams are STILL the Fighting Bears... these things don't change!

For many years the colors were maroon and white, and it was in the early 80s or late 70s that gold was added.

Please don't think there are problems. As in every situation where changes are involved, there are disagreements, but I, both as an Alumna and ASF staff member, can tell you... The American School is looking for an integration of the entire community.

Take care y abrazos :)

Barbara Estrada ('76)
Coordinator of Alumni Relations
The American School Foundation, A. C.

totalmente de acuerdo con Alex

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Geor, no se que esta pasando con la escuela y su relacion con el Alumni Association. Lo que si es que es muy triste pero en cuanto tenga los detalles y vea en que nos puedes ayudar, creeme que tu seras de las que pedire apoyo!

No se que colores! Y lo peor es que no consultan nada con nadie. El logo esta bueno pero I wonder... How many times has the UNAM or Harvard or Stanford changed their logo? To me it just sounded something stupid to do.

Dominic, como te haces del rogar! Ayer en el 4th of july party I went to, I met Patton's brother and he gave me Eddie Rose's phone. I'll try him tonight.

Ana Ceci: You go girl...... I agree with you. Too may years of hard work. We will support you!!!!
Absolutely not to the change in colors. The BEARS must remain maroon,white and gold.

Georgina - New logo can be seen in the Schools web site.

Anaceci - What are the new colors?

Anaceci y Barbara: Yo no recibi ningun email. What new name? What new magazine? Estoy como completamente out of the loop! What's happening?

Cindy: Felicidades y buen viaje!

Barbara, me extrana de ti! Que ya no te acuerdas? You all probably don't know this but the Alumni Gazette started in 1983, when the alumni association began. It all started with a group of people who wanted to make a party. I was asked to help and the party was amazing, 700 people showed up from all classes. The first Gazettes were black and white, sometimes even brown and white. It was so hard to raise the money to send them. Then a bunch of volunteers would gather round in an elementary school room and would staple them by hand, would lable them and would make car routs to deliver them! People in the embassy or going to the US would help us deliver the ones in the US and Europe. Fue una labor de LOCOS y de mucha gente. Finally after almost 20 years, it is what it is. I am VERY VERY UPSET that the school, not the alumni association, has decided to change the magazine and change the Gazette's name.

By the way, what did everybody think of the new ASF logo?

Did you all know that the school is planning on changing the school's colors? A mi me dan los chils!!!!

Happy 4th of July to all!!

Remember how in good ol' ASF this holiday was celebrated yearly... in May?!! I seem to remember the excuse was that in July it was always raining, but I also seem to remember that we would always get rain anyway! Fun times!

Sarracco: Am still waiting on your e-mail!!! Mims has even heard from you. She was supposed to forward me your address, but she is going out of town for the holiday, so I suppose I'll have to wait another week.....

Hola a todos!

I am sure most of you received an e-mail from the American School about a new magazine.

Please rest assured that all the information of the Alumni Gazette will be included in our new magazine (we’re going from 36 to 48 pages), along with other sections such as:

· Articles of general interest (written by Staff, Alumni, Parents, Faculty or Students)

· Interviews (Our first issue has 2 great interviews with alumni)

· Information on the Annual Giving Campaign and Donations – (I bet you didn’t know most donors are…. Yes! ALUMNI) Find out where your money is going – either the security plan or Financial Aid this year.

· The ASF Past, Present & Future


Although some people have expressed their doubts about our new publication, I can tell you it’s being worked on with great care, with marketing, design and editorial specialists.

Some people may wonder….
“Why should I care about students, teachers, staff, etc.?”
“Why would a parent care when my Class is having its reunion?”

It’s very simple… We are all part of the ASF Community!

Our first issue is programmed to come out in October, so you still have time to send in anecdotes, news, photos, etc.

Un abrazo a todos

Barbara Estrada ('76)

Ferd: you have as many weeks vacation in Europe as I have days! Que envidia. Enjoy the golf!

Mike, vacation during summer? I will take a few days in August to go play golf in Luxembourg with the family and in-laws. The bottom line is I don’t have any vacations left: I took 1 week off in Jan. to go ski in Italy for Nat’s B-day, took 2 weeks off around the birth of Stephan, took another week when my parents were here for the baptism, will take another week to travel to the states later this year, and will finally take an additional 2 weeks for Christmas and New Years... I love the amount of vacation one gets in Europe!!

Marc and his family will come over the week before going to Marbella to celebrate our B-days together. Should be fun. (Talk about a mini-minute class of ’81 and ’82 reunion in Belgium!)

Fernando: [bleep], [delete], [bleep] y tu [bleep] tambien!
          How is the summer in Europe? Are you taking any vacation with your wonderful family? We'll be in Marbella with Marc and my parents July 31 - August 8th. Will anyone else be in that region???

Cindy - I am very happy for you. What excitement! Even though the "pregnancy" lasted a very long time with this child, the good news is the "delivery" will not be as painful! My most heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS

Mike – What’s happening? Are your comments getting soooo bad that you decide to delete them before people have had the chance to read them and fall asleep?!! Haha!

Cindy, felicidades (good things come to those who wait) y ya era hora!! and have a great trip!!!

Ramon, Aguascalientes es padre, platicanos mas.

Dominic, we are all waiting!

Cindy: Great news and congratulations. What a lucky child to get you guys as parents. Felicidades!
Dominic is developing all his Japan pictures and opnce he has them he will post them and also contribute with his commentaries.........

We are off to Ukraine to pick up our son!!!We leave tommorow am and will be back around the 17 of July. Kelly, AnaCeci, and Elena--sorry I didn't email directly but we have been swamped trying to put some of our stuff in storage (fire danger)before we leave--plus we have had company this week. Breighton will be 14 months old on Tues July 2--and that will be the first day we see him. I can't even explain the alivio that we have to finally be going!
I hope everyone's summer is going well.

Where is Dominic? he needs to fill us in how his trip was.

Greetings, Class of 81!

Nicte-Ha Zamora (77) and Sue MacIntosh (80) are hosting a Southern California AHS All class picnic in San Diego on Sunday, August 11th from 10am to 10pm. We're targeting the classes of 75 through 83, but all are welcome. Significant others and kids are also welcome. We'll have food and fun in the sun... details to follow.

If you are interested, please send your email address to Nicte-ha (nzamora@san.rr.com) or me (suemac@san.rr.com) so that we can add you to the Evite.

The new Tepeji Gang message board just started:
http://www.quicktopic.com/14/H/GTQWZynb29Qw

Marc B: You bet, here's Linda's email: lindarei@hotmail.com
You should have asked your bro! or your sister in law, Edith, who sees Linda pretty regularly since one of your nephews is in the same class as one of her sons.
Have a good trip to Iceland (I recommend seeing the new Robert De Niro flick (Insommnia).

Nick: I heard you terrorized Acapulco! What's going on?

Nick, my e-mail is Negratti@aol.com. Thanks. Can't wait to hear from you!

Greetings earthlings!

Does anybody have Linda Reichard's new address or email? I just met someone named Barbara, married to Ernesto and now living in Geneva, who knows Linda from T-bird. She is trying to get in touch with her.

If you have it, please email it to me at marcbuehler64@bluewin.ch

Thanks.

Marc

Anne Constantino : I misplaced your Email address , give it to me again , or if anyone else has it, thats great also.

Ya regreso Dominic de Japon, pero tiene problemas para entrar al message board.
cuenta Dominic que tal estuvo Japon.......

AnaCeci: Todo parece indicar que Aguascalientes para poner un negocio de distribucion de Licores.
Mi grano de Sal: Se imaginan que pasaria si Italia, España, Argentina e inclusive Mexico y USA, deciden salirse de la FIFA, solo por el arbitraje?

Time for
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Date: November 16, 2002
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Alex- Following your line of thought: Si este mundial lo llega a ganar Corea (would be pretty ridiculous, huh?), y el próximo lo gana Alemania, entonces México debería tratar de conseguir el mundial del 2010 para ver si así ganamos! Haha

Ingrid, los partidos que he visto me han dado la misma impresión: En US vs. Mex, el jugador americano mete una mano frente a su porteria. La vio hasta el entrenador mexicano que estaba A MEDIA CANCHA pero el arbitro a unos metros de la jugada no la vio. Claro que ademas de penalty el jugador hubiera tenido tarjeta amarilla, su segunda del partido y US se hubiera quedado con 10 jugadores.

En US vs. Alemania, el jugador aleman para el balon con la mano adentro de la porteria! No solo no marcan el gol sino que no marcan la mano!

Y a España le anulan dos goles. Rrrrridiculo este mundial. FIFA tiene unos antecedentes de corrupcion que saltan a la mente cuando uno ve estas cosas. El proximo mundial es en Alemania. Hmmmm, sera una pista para saber quien va a ganar la final?

Ese arbitro estaba comprado. Como que le descontaron ese PRECIOSO gol a Spain??? No se vale !!! BOOOOOO a los de Corea...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
:)

Alex J. pues ni Espana! creo que le voy a ir a Corea!

Ramon, a donde se te antoja ir?

Alex Loya:
Stop licking sandpaper, I know exactly how you feel, go for it.
I am also considering a big change in my life, I am looking into moving out of Mexico City, yes I will become a CHilango terrorizing some poor provincianos, I will keep you all posted.

Fijense como es el futbol, hoy EE.UU merecio ganarle a Alemania y no se pudo. En el juego contra Mexico, creo que Mexico jugo mejor y no pudo ganar.

Mike: Totalmente de acuerdo contigo. Es triste que muchos mexicanos toda piensen de esta manera.

Loya: Por fin que decidiste?

AnaCeci: Ahora si que EE.UU no esta mas, arriba Brasil y España.

Fer: Ardooooorr!!!! (yo más porque no calificó Holanda..) La verdad es que a este nivel cualquier cosa puede pasar en el mundial (mira lo que le paso a Italia) y las oportunidades no le favorecieron a Mexico. Lo que mas me entristesió es el comentario que leí en un articulo en cual un hincha Mexicano se quejaba que al ganarle en lo único en que los Mexicanos eran mejores que los gringos (el futbol) que entonces los gringos iban a seguir maltratando a Mexico. Que triste; que alguien piense que un pais tan único como México con una riqueza insuperable en terminos de historia, arte, cocina, paisajes naturales, y mas importante, la calidad humana de su gente, tenga que sentirse inferior por un juego. Mira no mas lo que esta pasando en el resto de latinoamérica, México se distingue como una joya en terminos de economia y emprendimiento - I don't see anyone bragging about that one. Anyway, I'll get off my soap box now. I saw the pictures of Stefan Alexander's (did you know that my nephew in Miami has the same name) baptism. You all looked great!

Ingrid: Best financial decision ever to own a house. I pray you and your family enjoy it in good health.

Loya: Do it! I just met a Navy squadron commander who mentioned how important it was to him to have the availability of a Chaplain to hear him out and make better decisions.

Como que arriba Brasil (o Espana). Ya que se hizo la chica... USA, USA, ! A Julia le sale muy bien, claro que le gusta gritarlo con la bandera al reves.

Hey Alex! (Loya) You should go for it dude! I think your future as a US Marine or Army Chaplain would be a great career move, especially with your years in the Marine Corps. Plus, it's an officer level with promotion potential to a captain! Our commissioned officers at NIOSH are in the US Public Health Service and are various levels up to captain and they make great money, have unlimited sick leave, free medical, and other benefits. Sounds like a sweet opportunity to me! Later.

Hector y Fer: Eso de si se hubiera marcado suena bien pero pues no paso. Asi que ni modo. Espero que por lo menos se aprenda de esta situacion.
Ahora a esperar que nombren a Hugo Sanchez como nuevo tecnico.
Estoy de acuerdo.... Arriba Brasil

Alex. Nunca dejé de darle credito a los gringos. Jugaron al contragolpe y les salio perfecto Ellos hubieran firmado el cero-cero para irse a los penales. Se encontraron con un gol y de ahí pal´real, México jugó INFAME. Esa es la verdad. No puderon (como siempre) con la presión.

Y estoy de acuerdo con Fernando: si hubieran marcado ese penal, otra cosa hubiera sido...

Un saludo a todos!!!
(Arriba Brasil¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡)

Janito, mientras estoy de acuerdo contigo que USA jugó inteligentemente (¡al vil contragolpe!), pienso que no se merecen todo el crédito que les das porque definitivamente el pésimo arbitraje los ayudo a ganar: Si el árbitro hubiera marcado penalti por esa clarísima mano dentro del área chica entonces el partido se hubiera empatado, México no se hubiera gastado corriendo como locos todo el partido, USA no se hubieran podido dar el lujo de jugar al contragolpe, y por lo tanto su segundo gol probablemente no hubiera caído... Hubiéramos visto un partido completamente diferente. Aparte, Berhalter debía haber sido expulsado por ese golpe que le aventó a Blanco en el segundo tiempo (y me pregunto que hubiera pasado si de repente USA hubiera empezado a jugar con 10 hombres). En fin, pienso que la FIFA bien haría en modificar algunas reglas, empezando por poner más árbitros en la cancha e implementar el sistema de re-play para que en las jugadas críticas de torneos de esta importancia y magnitud no sucedan este tipo de fiascos.

¡Ya es hora de que el soccer se modernice!

Edited by author 06-19-2002 12:27 AM
Queridos amigos,
Se que no soy muy buena en participar en el chat.
Hoy les comunico que he comprado mi primer casa
:)
Lo chistoso es de que NO estaba buscando csa...y luego un vecino a 3 casas de donde estoy viviendo ahora puso su casa a la venta. Me enamore de ella!!!
So , I did a little shopping y me la compre.
:)
Despues de tener hijos, creo que es el sentimiento mas padre!!
A ver cuando vienen a LA a visitarnos.

FIFA world cup: Pues ya que mi madre patria perdio... pues le voy a SPAIN.

Saludos,
Ingrid

Asi es... es solamente un juego. En un Mundial de sorpresas.
Ya ven lo que le paso a Italia con Corea.

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: QT - Alex Juarez "81
> [SMTP:qtopic+1-yW3mK4HhigT3Tr9s7J@quicktopic.com]
> Enviado el: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:50 PM
> Para: hmenchaca@gan.com.mx
> Asunto: AHS Class of '81
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Hector: Se le tiene que dar credito a EE.UU. supieron como jugarle a Mexico hasta el punto de la desesperación. Aunque Mexico domino 90% del juego, EE.UU jugó inteligentemente esperando los errores mexicanos. No es que México haya jugado mal sino que el equipo americano supo como variar sus ataques y resguardarse muy bien. Honestamente fue muy inteligente como le jugaron. Quien hubiera pensado que a Claudio Reyna lo hubieran puesto de carrilero y a Donovan en el puesto de Reyna. Ahora creo que el Vasco la rego en sacar a Morales y en meter a Luis Hernandez. En fin, ya paso. Solo es un juego........

Hola a todos:
México no pudo jugar peor. Jugaron verdaderamente como equipo de quinta!!!
Es el colmo. Nunca saldremos de ratoncitos verdes!

Durante la trasmisión el infumable Perro Bermudez dijo que entrevistaron a Erick Wynalda, quien afirmo que a ellos (los gringos) los educan y les enseñan deportivamente que siempre y por sobre todas las cosas tienen que ser mejores que los mexicanos, en todos los deportes y hoy en día, con las nuevas generaciones, más aun con el futbol.

Es la diferencia de culturas, de un país de primer mundo al nuestro. Mientras uno sale a intentar ganar, convencido de que puede lograrlo, el otro sale a jugar pensando que con el puro nombre va a ganar. ¡Que pena México, como siempre, a la hora buena, se achicaron, y más aun, ante un rival que en teoria no es mejor que nosotros, aunque si lo fue en la practica.

Por cierto, yo vi a Pominic dos veces, contra Ecuador y luego contra Italia. Sí, era el de la peluca.

Alex, las fotos están muy buenas!!!!

Saludos a todos!!!!!

Las fotos del Tecamacharlies y de la reunión de Acapulco están en el nuevo site. (Al que pronto todos tendremos que ir):

The forums can be found here:

http://www.asfalumni.com/vb/index.php

Alex J. gracias por las fotos!

What a bummer having Mex play USA. It could've been any other team. Wouldn't it be a surprise if the USA wins the cup. Hector y Alex. Puede llegar USA vs. Senegal? Wouldn't that be something!

On the Pominic alert... Si lo vi! En unos cortos de los Protagonistas, con un sombrero de bufon tricolor, cara pintada but it was the shouts "Conejo! Conejo!" that made me recognize him.

USA 2, Mexico 0....... Good for Team USA. I hope they can beat the Germans now.
Alex M: Raza posted the pictures, that's why there is no gossip.

So tonight's the, how should we call it, Pancho Villa Special maybe, US vs. Mex. Who's going to win??

Loya did you decide on rejoining the Armed Forces? Go for it, it sounds like one of those perfect 'why didn't I think of this before' situations. Whatever you do, stop licking sandpaper!

Cindy, I've been thinking of you guys with all the fires. Aguanten, aguanten!

Alex, nice pics of the reunion. But where's the gossip?

To all: Raza Zaidi has posted a few pictures of our mini class reunion at Tecamacharlies.
http://www.big.net/raz/class82/assorted/jano.php
Saludos a todos

Ramon : Sorry it took so long to get back to you , I have not been at the computer for a while . First let me thank you , not for one bottle of Agave , but the hotel actually left three bottles in my room !!! I had met some people from Newport Beach Cal. while on the 82 reunion , and between them and both of my brothers , we did those bottles justice . Thankyou so much !!! As for the reunion ,, that class of 82 throws one hell of a bash !!!

Viva Mexico!
Ramoncito, que descarado eres! Pero si ojes chismes, make sure you post them!
Alex L:What a great opportunity you have to do two things that you believe in strongly. Good luck. Let us know what you decide.
AnaCeci and Ingrid: Happy belated birthday
Fer: don't worry about the virus. It was sent to me 38, yes 38 different times in 5 days from various AHS'ers. Although Norton Antivirus caught it, it somehow messed up our FireWall which took a bit to repair. So I am hoping I didn't sent it to someone! As far as the adoption, we are leaving two weeks from today! And this date looks like it is going to go. I was just talking to Elena and e-mailed Kelly that I am having those funky pregnancy nightmeres we women get before delivery, so it must mean that it is going to happen.
Meanwhile, here in Colorado, we are concerned about fire, although the big fire is over 30 miles away from us. In town last week there was so much ash in the sky that our clothes and car where covered! It was probably similar to when Popo exploded.
Hope summer is going well for everyone!

Mexico 1, Italia 1......Vamos a octavos................
Despues del gol de Mexico enseñaron a la tribuna y estoy casi seguro que Dominic trae puesta una peluca verde, roja y blanca.
Espero se la pasen super bien hoy en la ciudad. Ahora a ganar el siguiente juego. Espero no sea un juego Mexico vs USA.

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico At this time(10:00 a.m.) there are thousands of people in Reforma, which is closed of course. Its going to be hard to get work done today. I wish for a match with Corea.
Now that the people from '82 are gone give us some gossip about the reunion.

Saben?...En estos momentos los franceses no hablan mucho porque no tienen idea que les pegó. Por lo pronto yo camino con una gran sonrisa y me ando "balconeando" a todos, preguntándoles que les pasó. Espero que en el juego de hoy mis ratoncitos verdes no me hagan quedar mal para poder REALMENTE hacerles la vida imposible a todos estos franceses. Veremos...no está fácil pero...pero...tenemos arbitro brasileiro que no creo que nos haga jodederas y los ecuatorianos no nos pueden quedar mal...Veremos...Yo tambien he andado buscando en la tele al Pominic y no lo he encontrado...Esperemos que en mi mensaje de mañana continúe el sarcasmo...

Ana Ceci, Hector, Ricardo, George, Alejandra, Karen, Craig, Lorena Luke: Les mande un e-mail con fotos de nuestra mini reunion. Ojala alguien las pueda poner en un web site para que otros puedan verlas. Ana a ver si les manda al alumni para que salgan en el gazette.

Alex M: Creo que si era Dominic. Hoy en la madrugada de seguro sale.

Go Mexico, Go USA...................

Viste a Dominic, Alex? No lo puedo creer! Yo he andado en Dominic Alert tambien pero no he visto nada.

Question. Is David Rae starting to look like David Letterman or am I imagining things?

Fer: A mi me parecio verlo en Univision durante el juego de Ecuador. Traia puesta una peluca y creo que andaba sin camisa. Arriba los ratones verde. Hoy le tienen que dar un buen susto a Italia.
Toño: Has de andar caminado con una gran sonrisa en Francia, mientras todos los demas estan con una jetas horribles.

Toño, ¿cómo está el humor de los franceses hoy día? Defending champs y no anotar ni un sólo gol... ¡ya ni la muelan! Y ahora ya también les podemos decir adios a los Argentinos... No hace mucho, justo antes de que empezara el torneo, alguien me dijo que los dos grandes favoritos eran Francia y Argentina... Si chucha, ¡como no! No pasaron ni a la segunda ronda. Que vergüenza. ¡Hasta nuestros ratonse verdes tienen buenas posibilidades de pasar! Mañana habrá que concentrarse y tener sólo buenas vibras.

En los partidos que he tenido oportunidad de ver me he estado fijando a ver si sale Póminic, pero aún no lo he visto.

Edited by author 06-11-2002 10:48 AM
Alla nos vemos, pero dejame les digo que ya se esta apuntando gente para la reunión de Los Angeles.

Toño, Isauro y demas que no pudieron asistir a la reunión, sería buenísimo que nos juntaramos todos allá.

Y a los que si pudieron ir, es hora de juntarnos otra vez!!

Pueden agregar su nombre en:

http://www.evite.com/r?iid=FZLNNKMEINBOVHFYOMMB&li=iq

Becky S:Nos vemos en el messageboard del 82...

Class of 82 Reunion
Los Angeles, California

Let's all get together again and join classmates who were missed in Aca!!

Place: Conga Room on Wilshire, Hollywood
Date: Saturday August 17 2002
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Please confirm your attendance and number of people in your party to:

Rebeca Sato: rsh@telus.net or to
Paul Elwood: paul.nuria@verizon.net

Other classes are more than welcome to join us!!

Hola Todos,

The MSN communites site created over two years ago for the ASF alumni is shutting down soon . All the pictures will be moved to a new site that is using vBulletin technology. You can find the new site at http://www.asfalumni.com/vb The new site will cover all alumni, not just 1978-1982.
 
You will need to register again at the new site in order to view the pictures. Recently uploaded there are all the new pictures from the Acapulco 2002 Class of 1982 reunion and old color pictures by Denise Rosenfeld '82 circa 1980-81.
 
Hope to see you there!

Ana Ceci: es alexajuarez@terra.com o el de la casa es alexnancyjuarez@netzero.net
Gracias

Alex J. de nada! Pofa avisame cuando te contacten del alumni office. Por cierto, cual es tu mail?

Edited by author 06-05-2002 11:51 PM
Alex L: Muchas felicidades si lo haces. Creo que seria bueno que hagas algo que realmente quieras hacer. Go for it.......

Ponch: Where are you? Don't hide! Que paso con Portugal?

Ana Ceci: Mil gracias por tomar el pago para el ex alumni. No se si te di las gracias.

Hey Dwight! Good to see you here! Welcome home!

Alex J. el Ponch si lee el message board, he is the quiet type though. Hey Ponch! Say hi to all!

I was sitting in an insurance class the other day, every two years you have to renew your insurance agent license in the state of louisiana and you have to take continuing education classes. Anyway, I'm sitting there learning more about insurance fraud indicators and such when all of a sudden it hit me, what am I doing here?! I hate insurance classes! It dries me up and it feels like licking sand paper! I remembered how when I was a young man, a kid, in the United States Marine Corps, I actually felt at home in the military, and how I feel at home in Biblical, theological circles. All of a sudden it dawned on me! I need to get back in the Armed Forces! As a chaplain. Other things have happened that make it very obvious to me that the Lord is calling me back into the military, so, I have been talking to a U.S. Army recruiter and I am about to decide to join the U.S. Army as a chaplain. They have a great need for chaplains in the Armed Forces. If I join, which I probably will, I will be an officer this time, I was just a little Lance Corporal in the Marines, this time I will be comissioned as a first leutenant and after 6 months I will be promoted to Captain. Age 40 is the dead line to join as a chaplain, but they will extend the dead line for me because I have prior service. If I join, I look forward to staying there for the long haul, until its time to retire. Anyway, I just wanted to share this with you all, although I am not 100% sure yet, I'm about 98% sure. Well, I didn't intend to bore you but I know I like to know whats going on in you all's lives.

Hugs to all.

Team USA 3 vs Portugal 2...... yeahhhhhhhhhhhh.
Luis DoSantos (alias Ponch) if you are reading, sorry........

Toño: No sabes que gusto me dio ver perder a Francia. Espero que Urguay le de otra lección más. Saludos

Fer: Creo que Belgica podía haber sacado mejor resultado, pero como jugó contra la nación sede, creo que fue buen resultado para los diablos rojos.

Hector: No que el Tri no podía ganarle a Croacia?

Saludos a todos.... Fue bueno ver a los cuates y cuatas en el Tecamacharlies.

Hola a todos. Como pasa el tiempo. Creo que desde que nació Stephan no había regresado.

Que lastima lo de Carvajal. Yo también en más de una ocasión agarre la jarra con él.

¿Cómo vieron el 1-0 de nuestros ratones verdes? Si no la regamos yo creo que hasta pasamos a la segunda ronda.

Cindy, que pena con lo del virus. No me había dado cuenta que mi PC esta infectada. De hecho yo también tengo el antivirus de Norton, al cual también le hago sus live updates un par de veces al mes... Es más, ¿estás segura que fui yo el que te mando el virus? En fin, cambiando el tema ¿cómo va lo de tu adopción?

Ingrid, y a todos los que han cumplido años, ¡muchas felicidades atrasadas! Y muchas gracias por los buenos deseos para Stephan.

Mike, si todo salé acorde a lo planeado, Nat y yo nunca tendremos que hacer cobertura por zonas. You made me laugh!

Wendler a born again Christian? Now that is something I definitely did NOT see coming!

Toño, ya no nos hagamos tontos... Para como van las cosas yo nunca voy ir a Paris... ¿Cuándo vienes a Bruselas?

Me da gusto reportar que en comparación a Oliver, Stephan está saliendo un niño muy fácil – muy pocos cólicos por lo que duerme mucho y casi nunca llora (como dicen: ¡Una de cal por las que van de arena!) Recientemente alguien me mandó lo siguiente. I liked it and thought I would share it with all of you:

Las presiones para que se fuera habían comenzado sin preámbulo. Llevaba desde que podía recordarlo en aquel lugar y no entendía por que lo echaban. El lugar era cómodo, cálido y lo alimentaban bien. Se ajustaba perfectamente a sus necesidades y, aunque era cierto que últimamente había empezado a sentir que le quedaba chico, en ningún momento se había quejado. No creía haber nunca molestado a nadie. Por lo general se mantenía sin moverse mucho, con lo que le parecían incomprensibles los gritos que le llegaban exigiéndole que saliera.

Resistió lo más que pudo, pero al final las presiones pudieron más que él. Tras varias horas de lucha tuvo que salir. Tenía miedo. Afuera las cosas le parecían frías y poco amables. Todo lo que él conocía había desaparecido, dejado de existir: su hogar, sus medios para alimentarse, su seguridad. No podía evitar llorar. “¿Por qué me mueven tanto?”, “¿Por qué no me dejan en paz?” gritaba, pero nadie parecía hacerle caso.

El esfuerzo que representaba todo el cambio era sobrecogedor. Estaba agotado. El sueño empezaba a cerrarle los ojos cuando se dio cuenta de que habían dejado de moverlo. Algo ocupaba su limitado campo de visión. Trató de enfocar la vista. Dentro nunca había tenido la necesidad de ver y todo estaba borroso. Por fin, pudo distinguir una cara. La cara parecía tan agotada como él mismo se sentía y, sin embargo, sonreía; sonreía y lloraba a la vez. Otra cara se acercó a la primera. También esa cara sonreía. Un calor agradable lo envolvía; era un sentimiento extraño. Algo relacionado con aquellas caras lo hacía sentir como si estuviera en casa. El sueño se iba apoderando de él. Ya no podía mantener los ojos abiertos; necesitaba descansar. Cuando los cerraba trató de sonreír como aquellas caras que ahora reían, pero no supo como, ya tendría tiempo de aprender. De algo estaba seguro: ya todo iba a estar bien.

Edited by author 06-04-2002 06:23 AM
Anaceci: ¡Felicidades! Qué bueno que te la pasaste padre.
Me quede pensando toda la noche si hice lo correcto al regresar ese día...

Alex: Fue un placer verte nuevamente y en el bello puerto de Acapulco. Espero que te la hayas pasado padre!!

Hector: De mi tampoco te despediste...

Fotos de Aca:
 
 http://www.zaidi.com/class82/assorted/aca02rina.php

 http://www.zaidi.com/class82/assorted/acabecky.php

(courtesy of Mr. Zaidi)

Hola gente!!!!
No sabe que gusto es andar caminando aqui en Francia viendole las "jetotas" a los franceses...y Mexico???? TRES PUNTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dominic, no te hemos visto en la tele!

Our first reunion turned out to be a great birthday party! Estuvo muy divertido gracias a Alejandra A.,Alex J., Karen, Craig, Hector, George, Ricardo, all of our significant others (que por cierto son buenisima onda)and Alex's friends from Arizona, tambien muy buena onda. Special guest, Lorena Luke representing class of '82. Sorry Lore que no llegaron mas de tu clase pero por lo que escribio Becky, todavia no se reponen!

Ingrid, como pasaste tu cumple?

Hector A: Sorry we couldn't see eachother either. Immigration was crazy as I had to catch my connecting flight to D/FW. Before doing that I ran outside to say hi to a friend who was picking up Mims and Lori. She in turn drove me over to terminal C, I cut through the security line letting everyone around me know I had 3 mins to get to my gate and board. After running - yes, running FULL SPEED, the flight was delayed! I was a lovely sight once I came up for air. I'll get with Mims and Rina on when I will be down in the Houston area and perhaps we can get together then.

Hola amigos! Que ondas? It's great to finally connect on the web with everyone from Colegio Americano class of 1981! I'm beaming in from Cincinnati, OH. I've scanned a bunch of the posts and see that Jennifer WS is in PA and John Hendrix is in the DC area. Hey, John, remember when we skipped school, jumped the wall, and took the Metro down to the zoo to watch the pandas? Hey, Jennifer, nice photo collection posted on the MSN site! Hope to link up with some of you in person soon. Gee, it's funny what 21 years does to you like marriage, 2 girls (13 & 10), research biologist, now computer programmer for CDC, PTA president of the local elementary school, and La Tiendita is still the greatest social learning experience in the universe!

luego....

Anacecilia, how was your Tecamacharlies meet? I had the chance of hooking up with Mike "Miami Vice" Buhler some days ago. We were supposed to meet for lunch but he raided some Seven Eleven just before that so he basically saw me eat. It was great meeting again, exactly one year after our Reunion.

Then he invited Elizabeth and me for dinner at his home. Mike & Fam. recently moved to this very nice house with a special ranch ambiente, a really nice place. He prepared some Sushi he's apparently famous for, though I don't recall ever seeing him hanging out at Mrs. Marentes (?) Cooking class. His Sushi turned out to be out of this world and that's where I almost ended when I overdid it with the Wasabi, that green super-hot thing. Never combine Wasabi with a very sore throat or you might end up shot-gunning everybody around you with rice and algae, which I almost did.

As it usually seems to happen with wives, Tessy and Elizabeth made the intelligent remarks of the evening. Mike and I tried not to talk about the good old days at the ASF and boring them to death in the process, but I suspect we ended up doing exactly that. What is is with this school?

Mexico 1 - Croatia 0 Si se pudo, si se pudo, Next is Ecuador and then Italy...... Viva Mexico

Ana Ceci: Mil gracias por organizar la mini reunion en el Tecamacharlies. Nos la pasamos padrisimo.

Rebeca: too bad you couldn't make it, we had a fantastic time. It was great to see you in Aca..

Anaceci y Alex: Me quede con muchas ganas de acompañarlos en Tecamacharlies...me imagino que la pasaron a todo dar.

Anaceci: Gracias por todos tus consejos sabios. Me dio gusto verte en Aca y conocer a tu bella familia.

Ann: I apologize profusely for not having said a proper "goodbye" at IAH. I just lost sight of you guys at the passport check line (huge, wasn't it?). Anyway, it was great to have seen you and Mimi. This is my 1st time on this message board, but I felt obliged to make ammends...

Hola todos, la reservacion en Tecamacharlie's es en el BAR, 8:00 pm under Generacion 81 del Colegio Americano. Me dijeron que podian hacer cuentas separadas de 4 personas en 4 asi que esto va a facilitar todo.

George, felicidades a ti! (El leon cree que todos son de su condicion!). Nos vemos mañana.

Felicidades a Todos. En su dia. Hoy es Corpus Cristi (Day of the Mulas) So you remember Mexican Culture.
 See you all tomorrow.

Ann, great to see you too! Estas igualita! glad you are posting again.
It was so much fun meeting some of the class of '82 by the pool. Maybe we can organize something together with the class of 80 and 82 in the future.

todos, don't forget tomorrow, Friday May 31st en el Tecamacharlie's a las 8:00.

Elenita: Count us in! Would love to join you for din-din. Can't wait to see Heather, and you and Craig of course. Hechame un e-mail con tu telefono - OTRA VEZ!

ANN: Count Craig and I in for anything you guys work out. Heather Fraser is in town. I held her new baby - Summer - for about an hour. Friday she is coming over for dinner. You want to join us? 6pm at 6509 Cypress Point, Plano. Dinner served.

Just got back from the '82 reunion in Acapulco. I'm sure you don't need to be told what a blast we all had!!! Wish I could have made it to our reunion last year. Ran into Anacecilia in the hotel lobby as she was playing babysitting aunt for her brother. She is too cool. In any case, when we have our 25th, I definitely plan to be there (even if it's in Alaska)!

Elena, what is up with the reunion in Sept. on a SUNDAY???? I've already made my reservations at the Hotel Constantino-Cook. John looked at me funny when I told him to take that monday off and the boys could miss school. If Stephen could miss school last year for "THE BOSS," surely they can miss it for this, no? Also, I am going to get with Tennyson and Carolyn this week so that we can plan a get together in the next couple of weeks. Are you and Craig game?

Later, Ann

Dear Fellow AHS Alumni:
We are planning a one day celebration In Houston, Texas. ALL ALUMNI are invited. We had a lot fun last year. This year we are planning on having it on the 15th of September which will be a Sunday, so that we can have the Grito here in Texas.
The menu consist of: Fajitas brought from Mexico
                                Frijoles Negros
                                Guacamole & Chicharon
                                Rice & tortillas
And what ever you want to bring. We will have soft drinks, but BYOB and your own Beer.
The address is: The Old Goat Farm ( Charles Buddy Plumb)
    About 30 miles south of down town Houston
    Phone: 281 369-0588 Long Distance 1866-502-GOAT (4628)
You may contact Buddy Plumb at: oldemex@wtez.net
            Lalo Calderon at : joycelalo@yahoo.com
            Steve Blaise at: ahsmex61@aol.com
The cost is great, give what ever you want to help pay for the food and entertainment.
All AHS alumni are invited.
Let them know if you are planning on attending

Jessica: Can you send me your photos some other way. MSN Communities hates me for some reason. Send to elena143@AOL.COM

ANACECI:
Te escribí, no te escribio jejejejej

DOMINIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

URGEN TUS QUINIELAS PARA MAS TARDAR EL MARTES!!!!!!!

Alex Juarez, nos vemos las semana entrante. (Ya me estoy saboreando los tacos al pastor que Pumas me debe jejejeje)

ANACECI: ¡Que onda, te escribio ayer y NO ME CONTESTASTE!

Saludos a Todos!!!!

Edited by author 05-23-2002 07:31 PM
George, you sound just like me when Alex McG. told me there were no girls in heaven! Not to worry, you guys, and specially you girls, there are girls in heaven, plenty of 'em! In fact, the Muslims think that if they die killing one of us infidels they'll get 75 young virgins for each man... or is it one 75 year old virgin?... I'm not sure... but anyway, yeah, girls are allowed in heaven, McG. was mistaken.

Hijole! mugre Dominic! Ahora si me estan rubbing the wrong way con eso de "ex-Hulk"! This is it! I'm reallly getting back in the gym this time! Of course, I've missed working out all this week so far... although "surfing the net" counts as exercise, doesn't it? I hope so, then I'm doing just fine!

Bummer I won't be able to attend the one year reunion! I sure would love to be there to point out the dangers of alcoholic consumption... just to try to help you have a good time!

George: Yo me porto mal contigo - after all, we did hit it off on the dance floor pretty darn well!

The SF Bay Area Alumni Picnic in Oakland is coming up on June 8.

Believe it or not, there may be folks attending from as far away as Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles.

Let me know if you'd like to attend or if you know of anyone on the West Coast who should be invited.

Or go to the link below for more details:

http://www.evite.com/respond/view/titleOnly?iid=CGIXYOCEUKDODISJ
GHFV&closeJSHeader=OK&previewAfterSend=ok

GEORGE:
DON'T BELIEVE THE EX-HULK!!! HE JUST WANTS TO STIR A BUNCH OF CACA INSTEAD OF PUMPING IRON LIKE HE SHOULD. THERE ARE GIRLS EVERYWHERE, IT'S JUST THAT THE ONES IN HELL ARE MORE FUN!

HECTOR:
QUE PASO CON MIS CAMISAS DE LA SLECCION?
ESTA SEMANA MANDAMOS NUESTRAS QUINIELAS.

ALEX J.
EL RAZA SE VA TAMBIEN A JAPON, TODAVIA HAY TIEMPO!

SALUDOS
DOMINIC

¿¿¿¿¿¿¿WHAT??????????? No girls in heaven!!!!!!!. That does it. I am going to Hell. A comportarse mal para que no tengan duda que voy para abajo. Who will join my club; to continue the party down stairs. All the women are going anyways. !!! I am following them.
Saludos a todos

Edited by author 05-22-2002 03:18 PM
Alex J. What do you mean at my age?! I won't be old till next year! But I'll take you up on the challenge, 150 lbs. bench press it is!

McG.Yep! That's exactly what you told me, no girls in heaven! And, of course, I thought no heaven without girls! But that really didn't turn me off to the Lord, I just figured you were just one of those crazy Christians who are always carrying their Bibles around quoting from it...

Hey, both Alexes, didn't someone say its time for your bi-yearly teeth brushing or cleaning or something? I may have heard wrong... I'm just saying...

Ana Ceci: Si, era a lo que me referia con la tarde. Mejor que sea a las 8:00pm. Nos vemosla proxima semana. Yo le aviso a los de la generacion del 82, tu encargate de los del 81....

Edited by author 05-20-2002 12:33 PM
Alex y todos. El viernes 31 esta bien, en el Tecamacharlies pero Alex me temo que si lo quieres hacer en la tarde, en viernes de quincena, tendrias que salir a las 2 para llegar a las seis! Que tal si mejor lo hacemos por hay de la 8:00 de la noche. George ya confirmo tambien. Si alguien tiene otra sugerencia, se acepta ya que todavia hay tiempo. Ojala animes a los mas que puedas que van a Aca y pasatela padrisimo! Mi telefono es 55 55 70 48 27.

Hector: Ni hablar, tus Aguilas ganaron. Felicidades, fueron mejor que Pumas. El proximo campeonato no cabe la duda que sera Puma, en este solo alcanzo para tocar la puerta. Ahora espero que las Aguilas se lleven la Libertadores.

Hector: Ya vas... Unos tacos al Pastor sera. Hoy Pumas pasa a la final. Felicidades por el pase de las Aguilas a semifinal. Ahora duro contra los Brasileños. Ana Ceci esta organizando para el viernes 31 y quizas sea en el Tecamacharlies. Ya le avise a Helen P.

Ana Ceci: Si puedes confirma con Helen. Manden sus telefonos por si acaso no los encuentro. El tel. en casa de mi mama es 5673-9059 o el de mi hermana es 5673-9214.

Alex Mc: Ojala puedas ir...

Hola!!!!

¿Cómo andan?

Yo con muchisimo trabajo, con esto del Mundial. Por cierto, SIGO ESPERANDO SUS QUINIELAS.

Toño, hoy te la mandé.

Alex Juarez: Doble contra sencillo, o lo que significa,¿otros tacos al pastor para el juego de mañana?

Ustedes llegan con la ventaja de los puntos; nosotros con el ánimo por las nubes. Pase lo que pase, no dejes de leer mi editorial en mi página éste lunes, seré más objetivo que de costumbre!!! (www.realidadamericanista.com/editorial.asp)


Ya hablé con Anaceci, solo estoy esperando que me diga cuando y en donde nos vemos. Te lo haré saber. Ricardo y Alejandra ya confirmaron. Espero que Alex McGrath igual.
¡Y claro, todo aquel que esté leyendo este mensaje y viva aquí!

Dominic, ¿Vives?, hace tres semanas no se nada de ti. Por lo visto guey, solo para pedir estas listo, verdad, una vez que te mande los datos, te me haz desaparecido.
Ya no te dije que paso con tus camisetas.
¿Que paso con los hermanos Flores y contigo?, no he recibido sus quinielas!!!!!

Homero, también te escribí hoy, espero tu mail.

Georgina: que tal tu viaje???? Escríbeme!

Un saludo a todos, un beso a todas!!!

¡Arriba el Águila!

Edited by author 05-15-2002 02:34 PM
Ana Ceci: Creo que el Tecamacharlies para acordarnos de buenas epocas...Pon la hora (mejor en la tarde si funciona mejor para ti).

Homero: Claro que si. Despues de ayer lo unico que Pumas tiene que hacer es sacar un empate de CU. Claro que van a ganar, pero por si las dudas. Creo que Hector mejor prefiere no hablar de esto. Muchos saludos

Alex J., Por supuesto! El viernes 31 esta perfecto, solo que no se donde. Se me ocurre el Tecamacharlies, La Barraca de Pabellon Polanco, el MP donde fue el cocktail el anho pasado. Ustedes que opinan? Se que Hector, Alejandra, Ricardo, estan puestos. Quien mas? Of course everybody is invited and if some class of '82 se quedan picados, estaria bien que vinieran.

Edited by author 05-15-2002 11:54 AM
I've just put some photos up on the msn site (seemed easier than making you do it Raza).
 http://communities.msn.com/ASFClassof19781982/pictures . The album is called "Jessica's old fotos" and there are a couple from 6th grade graduation and a bunch from 9th grade. (includes photos of Elena, Jennifer M., Kelly S., Margarita, Anne c., Marisa, Beth Argus, Julie C., David Laird, Mike Meaney, Judd Austin, Rebecca Blom, Jeannie Vonjidis).


By the by, Jennifer Meaney just moved up here and she's coming over for dinner tomorrow!

Tono: You're low balling me. My minimum charge is $85.00! Pero para los cuates it's on the house!

Mike: All dogs and cats should get their teeth cleaned every 6 months. Tartar build up predisposes them to bacterial infections which can migrate to the heart causing a valvular infection. The kidneys and joints can also become infected. Should your beloved Cocker develop one of these conditions you would probably end up having to take him/her to an internist (like me!). After the small sum of $85.00 for a visit and probably $2,000 to $3,000 for testing and treatment, you will have a dog who will hopefully return to having a good quality life. The smarter way to go about this would be to get pet insurance (1-800-USA-PETS) and have them pay for the whole thing - including the teet cleaning! Happy dog, happy owner, happy vet, happy everyone!

Wow, I'm not into lenghty messages but I guess I can get rather verbose when it comes to vet stuff!

Ojala tengas razon respecto a lo de los Pumas.
Odiaria tener que soportar a los del America. De por si se creen hechos a mano...

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: QT - Alex Juarez "81
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> Enviado el: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:54 PM
> Para: hmenchaca@gan.com.mx
> Asunto: AHS Class of '81
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Mike: Its always good to add a little spice to the message board. Specially if it involves Alex Loya.

Alex L: Sorry my friend, but your Hulk days are over. At your age you will be lucky if you can bench press 150lbs...

Hector: A donde estas? No te escondas. Hoy los Pumas iniciaran la masacre Americanista. Hoy ganan 2-1 y en CU Pumas gana 2-0. Creo que tus aguilitas mejor se deben concentrar en la Libertadores.

Ana Ceci: Que onda... nos vamos a poder juntar la semana del 27? Tenemos que celebrar tu cumpleaños.

Alex Mc: Bien hecho por no dejarte influenciar por Alex L.

Geor: Now that we are on the subject, do cocker spaniels need to get their teeth cleaned (tartar build up)? Or is this a merchandising opportunity for my vet?

Depressing news, but thanks for the info, Geor. Can I pay you with a couple of stray cats?

And McGrath...
that is fifty dollars please...invoice is in the mail.

Alex: It's just something that happens because their hair is short. Each hair shaft has a shorter life cycle than pets (or people) with longer hair. Their hair falls off as soon as it reaches a certain length. Therefore, the shorter the hair the more frequently it will fall off. However, it never hurts to have your vet check them over to make sure there's no underlying problem. Brushing them every day (or as often a s possible) to remove all the loose hairs can help. Having lots of rollers that pick up hair around the house is always convenient. Sorry! Just a fact of living with a cat.

Mike, so you got your five seconds of fame too? That's why we have to look out for The Sumo Fighter with a Penacho Azteca among the crowd in the World Cup.

Loya, girls not allowed in heaven? Ooops, sorry (ifffff I actually said that). And that's what turned you off in our discussion that time or what.

There's a rumor going around that Elena is giving away free tickets for the Stones concert :)

Georgina, I need your advice. We have a couple of cats (short hair). They constantly shed A LOT of hair, which drives me crazy. Is this normal? Just another Chernobyl aftereffect or what? It's been going on for 24 months (yeah and they're two years old!). Is there a solution to this? Vitamins, anything?

Anyone a Rolling Stone fan? I can get special seats at the Oct 23 concert (Wednesday night)in Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena. Tickets have yet to go on sale but I can get Gold Circle seats (sections 105-108 and 117-120) for $500. Seats with VIP pre-concert party at the Club Chivas Regal Lounge (food, beer and wine included) and "Official Rolling Stones gift package" (I don't know what this includes) are $950. I can only get 8 seats so first come first serve. Send me an email if you are interested. elena143@aol.com

Edited by author 05-13-2002 07:03 PM
Mc.G., I'm glad you feel my pain!... But I'm telling on you now! Hey everyone, Mc.G is the one who got me started! He used to come to me with his Bible at school and tell me all about the battle of Armageddon and how there would be no women in heaven (I think he meant that it seems as there will be no women in heaven because the Bible mentions thirty minutes of silence in heaven. Obviously, some think, with that length of time of silence, there must not be any women in heaven!) to which I replied we didn't have to worry about Armageddon since it is in the Middle East and how could it be heaven without women? But Mc.G. started it, and now he leaves me to fend for myself!... thats ok Mc.G.! I'm the one racking up all the eternal rewards from this board!

Ya vez mugre Alex J. First you blackmail me about why I was late to football practice, and now you got our dear Pominic calling me ex Hulk too! I'm telling you, I'm going to pump iron even harder!

Mike B.thanks for the compliment! I'm not bored like McG. claims, but my wife tends to think sometimes I can be a little stubborn!

Happy mothers day to all of you beautiful AHS moms!

Alex McG: Super Naco! Great story. Wasn't it Ms Gonzalez (Biology??) that said that to impress a date and have her fall in love with you you had to scare her (seems that the body's stress response to fright and love are very similar). A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me 50-yard, first row tickets for a Dolphins-Jets game on Monday Night. When the Fin's intercepted, I noticed a TV camera filming us just as I was in the process of going ape-shit. I think I got about 10 emails from people about that one.

Alex L/Alex J.: Thanks for putting some spice into the chat. Alex L, I admire your persistence and conviction. You are quite an energizer bunny with a mision!

Ingrid: You go girl! Hechale ganas. Vas a quedar hecha un cuerazo! No voy a poder ir a tu cumple porque ese fin de semana nos vamos a Ixtapa por una semana (voy a dar una conferencia). Pasatela padrisimo!

George: Gracias por tus felicitaciones. Pase el dia de la madres en avion de regreso de Hawaii. Mis nenes me dieron dos albumenes que hicieron en sus pre-schools con fotos que les han ido tomando desde enero. Fue un super regalo! Mi esposo me sorprendio con un upgrade a una super suite de pelos en el hotel en Maui durante toda nuestra estancia. Ser mama es mucho mas increible que lo que me imagine.

ALEX McGRATH:
PARA ASEGURAR LO DE LA TV, VOY A USAR UN PENACHO AZTECA Y UN PAÑAL DE SUMO! VAMOS, MEXICO! MEXICO! MEXICO!

EX HULK:
LIVE AND LET DIE

TO ALL MOMS:
REMEMBER THAT MOTHERHOOD IS NOT FOR WIMPS!
DEMAND A VERY NICE GIFT, YOU ALL DESERVE IT!!!
FELICIDADES A TODAS.

SALUDOS

DOMINIC

Edited by author 05-10-2002 09:33 AM
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!! From Mexico. To all the Moms and future Moms. Happy Mothers day . Will repeat message on Sunday for Mothers day USA.

Loya, are you asking for help in dealing with Juarez? Sorry kido, you're on your own. You can take care of yourself. The one thing I do have to say about Loya is that he's been kicked out of this board, insulted, hammered time after time, and he keeps coming back. How many of us would do that?

Maybe he's just stubborn or bored, or likes to be pushed around. His style of saying things and some of his thoughts can certainly drive you nuts. But perhaps the importance and urgency he transmits in his message will one day get us thinking that there is something important here. Maybe it already has.

Edited by author 05-09-2002 11:12 AM
Alex J. Ahora si me ofendiste! What do you mean "ex-Hulk"? Ok, but I am now pumping iron again every day, I'll be back... You know, years ago I was in the streets of San Antonio, by the River Walk, telling people about Jesus Christ and the salvation He offers from eternal misery, when this young airforce guy, whom I was trying to talk to, began to come at me like he was going to beat me up. I didn't know what to do, should I follow the impulse I had to thump him good? I was young then, right out of the marines, a bigger and in better shape hulk than you knew, on the other hand, I was representing the Lord and, as the song says, it would be hard to witness to him stretched out on the floor. Just as I was about to snap and sin by knocking him this huge man with a beard came out of no where put his big huge arm and bear hand around the kid and told him, "What are you doing? He is trying to show you a better way!" The giant disappeared, but the airforce guy listened to the Gospel. Now, I dont know who the giant bear of a man was, for all I know he could have been an angel, but what he told the kid is true, there is a better way. Besides, it seems to me that it was our dear Pominic who came to change the way coach Wendler had found to enjoy life to the max, by appealing to his sinful nature. Christ said, "I have come that you may have life and have it to the full.." Like the giant,big bear of a man, perhaps an angel, said, there is a better way.

Ex Hulk Loya: I don't mean that you have to be drunk in order to fufill your life, but no matter what you believe in or who you believe in, you owe it to yourself to live it to the max. If people do it by drinking, smoking etc, etc, well so be it. I am happy for you that you are enjoying life to the fullest your way, but don't try to change a way another person enjoys his or her life..

Edited by author 05-08-2002 10:32 PM
Alex J. Me sorprendes, tocayo! Oh, I see! In other words, being happy and living living life to max is attained by being drunk... ok, I see many living life to the max as you define, if it wasnt for their broken homes, venereal diseases, premature deaths, cyrrhosis of the liver, drunk driving deaths and cripplings and so forth... mi tocayin, me thinks you are mistaken, in God's Presence there is fulness of joy, it is in living for Jesus that our hearts are satisfied... and that without being a slave to alcohol and other destructive vices... I'm telling on you! Hey, Alex McG! Hey Dale! Hey many of you others of like faith, Alex J. thinks you re not happy or living life to the max! ... no but really, how could I get in touch with coach Wendler? If I dont, the Lord will anyway, He takes care His own.

Dominic, we'll be looking for you among the spectators at the Mexico-Ecuador game. Take an oversized sombrero de charro, paint your face, do whatever it takes to get a close-up shot of "Our Man in Osaka." You have a strong personality, just wear something and surely you'll be seen on a billion TVs.

Once I went to a Formula One Grand Prix race here in DF with this girl and took this horrible mask with me. It had slimy red hair and wrinkles all over, a pretty disgusting thing. Next day my friend was at work talking about the race with some guys who had seen it on TV, when somebody asked, "Y vieron al naco ese con la mascara? Pasaron un super naco con una mascara horrible". The brave girl had the nerve to admit she not only knew the guy but was also actually sitting next to him. In fact, so brave she ended marrying me years later. Must have been the mask.

Alex Juarez- amazing de como vuela el tiempo!!! Felicidadez de sus 9 meses.

Kelly S- if you come to LA on my birthdy, you know girl, it will be fun
:)

Saludos a todos

SF BAY AREA PICNIC
Due to popular demand, the date for the SF Bay Area alumni picnic has been changed to SATURDAY, JUNE 8. (Something about '82 graduates wanting time to recover from the alcohol poisoning they expect to suffer at their Memorial Day weekend reunion in Acapulco.)

If you are interested in attending or know AHS alumni in the SF Bay Area who should be invited, please drop me a line at marivi1@aol.com so I can send the details.

Dominic: Me hiciste reir un buen rato con lo de Wendler.
Oye, ni pez... Maggie tiene que entender que biene primero el mundial. Por lo que a Mexico se refiere, yo estoy seguro de que si pasa a segunda y tercera ronda,pero hasta ahi llega. De todas formas hara un buen papael por alla. Que envidia me das.

Alex L. Its probably better that you don't get in touch with coach Wendler. I bet he is happier living his life to the max.... We all know Allan Carvajal did.

Alex J: Thanks. As a friend of mine says I just need to "keep my knockers up!" And being here close to the Richardson telecom corridor we have seen first-hand how hard that industry has been hit. Fujitsu just announced another 17,000 to be let go. Then we have Ericcson, Nokia, Verizon, and all the others who have had tons of layoffs.

May 16-20 Craig and I will be going to SF to celebrate his parent's 65th anniversary. How impressive, no?

Hello. Sorry about all the bad grammar in my last message, I am actuaaly and was actually typing is and that messagenat e gym while working out, doing the stationary bike, at the same time. The computer keyboard is kind of awkward and you cant correct mistakes. Anyway, Dominic, its great to hear Count Wendler's hope is no longer the eer bunny! Apparently you got him before he was well grounded in the true Hope of eternal life, how could I get in touch with him? He needs to come back and rember that it is possible to have a good time and remember it next day... wout a headache. Alrits, see ya!

Is it me, or does Ingrid always have the wildest parties? Girl - you certainly know how to live it up...Hope you have a GREAT day...

We can look forward to that or the ether bunny!

CHEERS TO EVERYONE:
I KNEW ALLAN CARVAJAL PRETTY WELL, WE FIRST REALLY STARTED HANGING OUT DOWN AT THE TIENDITA. ALLWAYS READY FOR A GOOD DESM*&$%, PACHANGA OR JUST HANGING OUT BEING COOL. I SAW HIM A FEW TIMES IN AUSTIN AND HOUSTON AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, ALWAYS READY TO ROCK AND ROLL!!. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW HE ENJOYED LIFE AND LIVED IT OUT IN HIS OWN TERMS.

KENNETH LANE:
HOLA, HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL, WHERE THE HECK IS YOUR BRO?
ME LO SALUDAS MUCHO Y A TUS JEFES TAMBIEN. IM STILL NOT SURE SI TUS JEFES ME HALUCINABAN O LES CAIA BIEN ?
LA VEZ QUE FUIMOS YO Y GANEM A VISITARLOS EN HOUSTON NOS QUEDAMOS EN CASA DE TUS JEFES Y NOS LA PASAMOS MUY BIEN (TE ACUERDAS)?.
ME ACUERDO QUE FUIMOS ACHUPAR CON ALAN Y EL COAH WENDLER (ALIAS LUCIFER) Y WENDLER NOS SACO DE ONDA PORQUE SE CONVIRTIO EN BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN Y NOS HIZO REZAR EN SU CASA ANTES DE IRNOS AL BAR. DEL SUSTO, NOS ACABAMOS TODO EL CHUPE EN EL BAR Y REZAMOS PARA QUE LA PEDA QUE LE PUSIMOS A WENDLER LE HICIERA RECAPACITAR.
LO ULTIMO QUE SUPE DE WENDLER ES QUE YA ERA BIEN DESMADROSO OTRA VEZ, OJALA SEA CIERTO.
SALUDOS A TU ESPOSA Y HIJOS, A VER CUANDO LOS CONOSCO.

ALEX JUAREZ:
ME VOY A JAPON EL DIA 7 DE JUNIO PARA IR A MEXICO-ECUADOR UN DIA DESPUES, DE AHI VAMOS A INGLATERRA-CAMERUN, MEXICO-ITALIA Y OTROS 7 JUEGOS. NUESTRA BASE DE OPERACIONES VA SER LA CASA DE JOE LECUSAY EN OSAKA. CURIOSAMENTE, LA NOVIA DE UN CHAVO QUE TRABAJA AQUI EN NORBAC TAMBIEN VA A ESTAR EN OSAKA Y PUES COMO SABE JAPONES SERA DE GRAN AYUDA CON LAS MESERAS EN LOS BARES.
PARECE QUE SI MEXICO CALIFICA (LO CUAL MUCHOS DUDAN) TENDRIAN QUE JUGAR EN KOREA Y PUES TAL VEZ NOS ANIMEMOS A UNOS TAKESHIS DE PERRITO.
LASTIMA DEL REUNION DEL CLASS OF 82, PERO MI SEÑORA NO ESTA MUY CONTENTA DE ESTE VIAJE (LE EXPLICO PERO NO ENTIENDE QUE ES UN MUNDIAL!!) Y SI LE DIGO QUE APARTE ME VOY A ACAPULCO ME MATA.

SALUDOS A TODOS

DOMINIC

Edited by author 05-06-2002 05:11 PM
Thanks to all who wished me a happy b-day! Happy b-day to you next June 2, Ingrid! It blows my mind to think our thirties will soon be history! Of course, me como el abuel Ramon are now offially over the hill and on their way dow! I am sorry to hear about Allan, I do kremember hims. it seems so untimely every time one of our number paasses away, it always reminds me of our frailty! We have a strong consolation and solid hope that, if we will trust in Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, one day our bodies will change from mortal to immortal, and from corruptible to incorruptible, and that day we will no longer be ubject to deseasor aging, or sorrow or pain, and we ll never again hve to say goodbye! And, that, my friennds, is methibg to look.. rward to!

Elena: Hang in there, there are some signs that the economy is starting to recover. I still think we will see a sluggish economy for a few more months and then we should start seeing an increase in employment. Unfortunately, the Hispanic market is hit even worse. It takes twice the time for it to recover from a recession. Telecommunications has been affected by the recession real hard. All telcos are suffering from line losses and heavier competition.
Keep plugging away......

Ingrid: Espero que pases un feliz cumpleaños, y te felicito desde ahora ya que voy a estar en Mexico y Acapulco en esas fechas. Que rapido se va el tiempo, mi bebe casi cumple 9 meses. Felicidades...

Edited by author 05-06-2002 03:15 PM
GEORGINA M- PASATELA SUPER PADRE!!!! Sobre lo del exesso de peso.... empeze una dieta hace casi 2 semanas... ya baje 12.5 pounds....pero me faltan otras 25-35 libras!!!! Sigo pareciendo como embarazada por la gordura :(
Mi chiquita esta sensacional!!!! Sigue durmiendo de 11-12 horas por la noche. Sigue comiendo de lo mejor. Todavia no le han salido sus primeros dientes, y ya casi va a cumplir 8 meses!!
A ver si puedes venir a mi fiesta de cumple el 2 de Junio.

Fernando- congratulations on Stephan!!!!! :)

Alex y Kelly- Happy B- lated.

Kenneth Lane- thank you for the music tip.
:)

A todos:
June 2 is my birthday, I will be having a BBQ at my moms place con mariachis , y todo. For those of you in the area or those who will be in the area....come!!
Call me for details (310) 205-0659

Alex: How nice of you to ask. Business is slow because of the economy. Marketing/advertising/PR tend to fall by the wayside when money gets tight. At the same time, some freelance work does shake out, yet there are hundreds of marketing folks who have lost their jobs and are freelancing to make ends meet till they find a new gig. Since many have not been in business on their own before, they tend to lowball bids which hurts my business.

Everyone: if anyone needs some contract marketing assistance, call me! (can't hurt to ask right?)

Aloha to all. We'll be leaving for Maui tomorrow and we'll be gone til Saturday. I hope to return to a very busy chat room!

Kenneth: Thanks. I'll give it a shot when I come back from paradise!

Elena: If a come to Dallas it will be over memorial day weekend. Hope to see you!

Ana: Llegamos el jueves 23 y el viernes nos vamos a Acapulco. Regresamos a la Ciudad el lunes por la tarde. Nos regresamos a Phoenix el domingo 2 de junio. Espero que nos podamos reunir. Le decia a Hector que creo que el sabado 1 de junio es el unico dia que tenemos un compromiso.
Si tienes tiempo reune a un buen grupo.....
Saludos

Alex, cuando llegas? cuando te vas? I think I'm in "denial" porque el 31 es mi cumple y no habia yo visto el calendario para ver en que dia cae. Quien mas va a venir? Cuando empieza el '82 reunion?

Ana Ceci: Are you sure you want to work? Oye dile a Memo que muchas felicidades por el nacimiento de su beba.

Dominic: Cuando te vas para el lejano oriente.....que mala madre que no vas a Acapulco, pero si tuviera la lana yo tambien iria al mundial. Espero te la pases de ....Eso si, mas te vale salir en la television cuando juegue Mexico.


Hector y Ana: Organicen una mini reunion la semana del 27 de mayo en la ciudad. A ver quien se anima.

Elena: How is business going for you?

Kenneth: Saludos y creo que vere a tu hermano en Acapulco en unos dias.

Este mensaje es para Georgina (Marquez) Black. Ya no gastes tu dinero en musica. Tu puedes bajar la mejor musica atravez de Audio Galaxy o Kazaa. Yo he bajado mas de 3,000 canciones y todas tienen la calidad de CD.
Tienes que ir a la pagina de Audio Galaxy para bajar el programa, luego, conjuntamente con el programa, te vas a la pagina de Audio Galaxy, buscas las canciones que quieres, y lo bajas. Rapido y economico.
I am also a music freak, and I used to spend lots of money on a weekly basis, purchasing cd's....Good Luck!

Georgina: Cool that you are a vet! Just let me know when you are getting into town and we will see what time you'll have free for us to get together. I just hope your travel is not between May 16-20 as Craig and I are going to San Francisco to celebrate his parents 65th anniversary. What an achievement, no? Since none of us married at 18, I guess it would be difficult for one of us to make this mark.