Dave Dumlao with The Hurricane

This is the third of the pictures sent in by Dave with Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton from Daly City, California.

According to Boxing Encyclopedia, the San Franciscan born, 28 year old:

"Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton was a standout amateur boxer. She won the San Francisco Golden Gloves, the California State Championships, was a Diamond Belt champion, and closed out her amateur career by winning the silver medal in the United States Amateur Championships. She is presently trained by famed trainer, Freddie Roach."

Thanks Dave for sharing your pictures with us and seeing your recent photos.

Felizardo "Fely" Dela Cruz

This is the other picture emailed by Dave Dumlao. This was taken at the Manny Pacquaio Promotions in San Diego.

Dave wrote:

"It was indeed an exciting and very succesful promotion by Manny Pacquiao. Photos with Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton, very promising Filipina boxer, yet so gorgeous.....whoah!

Mang Fely Dela Cruz and Buddy Dumlao enjoying the show."

Salvador "Buddy" Dumlao: Pioneer SRF Shop 67

This is one of the pictures emailed by Module Section Shop 67 tropa, Dave Dumlao; of his dad and Shop 67 Module Section pioneer (according to Ved Reyes), Mr Salvador "Buddy" Dumlao.

According to Ved, Mr Buddy Dumlao is one of the pioneers Shop 67 who set up SPS-40 RADAR and Module Section in the old and Shop 67 pre-cursor; Naval Electronics Activity Command, Philippines (NEACPhil).

Welcome to the Balitaan: Marlon Garcia

Ka Ed Triguero said:

"Dear Marlon,

Thanks for the photo. Di kita gaanong nakilala dahil sa buhok, sa facial yon pa rin medyo tumaba lang.

Kwento sa akin ni Elly na nagkita kayo sa Baguio. Sa Baguio kana ba naka base? Kung taga Baguio ka malamang na maging magkababayan tayo pag natuloy kaming sa Baguio manirahan.

Magandang weekend as lahat ng kabalitaan.

Regards,

Ka Ed T"

Marlon replied:

Dear Ka Ed,

Tumaba talaga ako, actually, pinagsabihan nga ako ng Doctor during my last check-up to lose weight na raw kasi nasa early stage na raw ako ng obesity. Ang hirap naman kasing pigilan kumain. Pero nagmemenor na rin ako sa pagkain kasi matanda na rin ako, kailangan na rin maging health conscious.

By the way, hindi ako taga-Baguio pero malapit lang kami sa Baguio. Taga-Bauang, La Union ako, kaya pwede pa rin tayong magkita at magkakwentuhan pag nanirahan na kayo dun.

Maraming kamusta sa lahat ng srf tropang 6167.

Regards,

Marlon"

August 2008 SRF Reunion

For those who have not seen the photos of the recent August 2, 2008 SRF Reunion in San Diego, Ca; above shows (from left): Edna Rivera-Ronquillo, Lito Bustamante and Cha & hubby.

See Edna's blog here.

Dide

Another new member of the Balitaan tropa, Mr Florencio "Dide" De Dios.

I did not know that Dide is here in Oz. I know Leo Bilog, Boy Mendoza, Vaning De Guzman, Rey Ico etc. were all in Victoria, save from Dide.

This is what he has to say when he wrote to Rey:

"Hi Rey,

Ito yong litrato ko pakibigay mo sa tropa para ma ilagay na nila ako as a member. Medyo me pagkakaiba ang buhay dito kaysa diyan, medyo slowdito kaysa diyan. Marami pala kayo diyan ang saya niyo siguro. Ang gaganda pala ng mga anak mo, hope to see you one day, I may visit my brother next year. Take care and God bless.

Regards,

Dide"

Welcome to the Balitaan Dide (for De Dios, just in case you are wondering!).

Al Leyson and Ed Lacbain in Cali

Here is another picture I managed to see sa aking baul ng downloaded pictures. Ka Al sent us this picture not too long ago when he saw Ka Ed sa kanilang street. Ka Hal is from SONAR, while Ka Ed is from ECM. Both are looking fit and well and still working hard (?) or hardly working.

Godo Edquiban Jr: From Haiti With Much Love

After much prodding from Tito Rey to MarMir and Bayani, Godo sent us his picture all the way from Haiti where he is working for a long time with his family. Chick magnet...

He says:

"Seryoso lang,

The life here is not that easy, there is nothing in here like we have in the PI, USA, Canada or Australia. The life of a kid is here is very abnormal, there is no mcdo, jollibee, wendy etc... in here.

Businessmen are afraid to invest their money in here, because of the situation we are having since four years ago. Kidnapping is very rampant, strikes and manifestations. Businesses are close on Sundays. Drug dealers are all around, but the casino needs them.

So, when I get bored I have to go to Miami, once every 2 or 3 monnths, especially when I see that my kids are bored of watching TV.

Our motto in here is YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!!!

Everything is expensive here such as clothing. Ang mura dito ay bayad sa katulong, about a hundred US a month, schools are so expensive too.

The only good thing here is most of us don't mind the law, basta may kakilala ka ayos na. Imagine this, when I get in and out of the airport, I have a police escort for me not to fall in line, entry, ticketing, custom and immigration. But, above all this, I still have fear, when I go home; when my kids leave the school.

We are always praying that all of us will be safe."

I guess kayu MarMir applying there is out of the question. Everywhere there are always pros and cons. But we will always pray for Godo and family that they will be safe; and for Haitian women to be safe from our chick magnet Godo.

Sydney Mini Reunion for Cata

Above are the only two better pictures I've taken of the last mini reunion at Novy and Anthony's house.

We just though of taking some pictures when Mimi was about to leave. Unfortunately we did not managed to catch Mimi as she is not feeling well. She's not the only one as Anthony, one of our hosts is still battling the effects of flu.

The weather was pretty good and Anthony and Novy and kids are such wonderful hosts. As usual there are plenty of food and drinks around. Some of our friends did not made it but we had a fun day never the less. It was nice to see Cata and family back in Sydney for a visit.

If you have a better picture of the event to share, please email it to me or via our Balitaan Yahoo Groups.