scenes from the 2008 carlos palanca memorial awards for literature, rigodon ballroom, manila peninsula (1 september 2008)

butch dalisay, wendell capili, jaime an lim, au yumul, jing hidalgo, tony hidalgo

mikael de lara co reads his own work

patricia evangelista reads butch guerrero

they all listened to gabe mercado

ralph galan, butch dalisay, erica valerio

with sandra palanca

with erica valerio

surigao's finest: tara sering and her prizewinning siblings

vim nadera, kael co, mike coroza

with patricia evangelista

with luis gatmaitan, m.d.

with publisher gloria rodriguez and fictionist nadine sarreal

marne kilates and jing panganiban mendoza

with ralph galan and erica valerio

with mike coroza

tara sering, mookie kaitgbak and joy cruz

with nick pichay, jun lana and ian casocot

with marra pl lanot

karina africa bolasco

nikki alfar, chuck syjuco, tara sering, dean alfar and joy cruz

with sarj lacuesta and mookie katigbak

with jun cruz reyes

with celine cristobal

with ian casocot

with tara sering and joy cruz

with glenn mas

with jerry respeto, gil mendoza and jing panganiban-mendoza

with rody vera

with eugene evasco and friend, chris martinez, frank rivera and hermie beltran

tony hidalgo, jing hidalgo, chuck syjuco and jimmy abad

with jaime an lim

charlson ong, tony hidalgo, jing hidalgo

jimmy abad, krip yuson and vince groyon

with mon and nemy bermejo

many events:uaap season 71 (UP vs UST),book launch at ayala museum/shangrila mall, palanca awards judging, u.k.pinoys reunion, u.p.icw parties

uaap season 71:
u.p. vs u.s.t.

( philippine sports arena-pasig, 12 july 2008)

coach salvador antonio (aboy) castro, assistant coach jerry codinera, assistant coach potit de vera with members of the u.p. fighting maroons men's basketball team, including students from my creative writing (cw 10) and introduction to southeast asia (sea 30) classes: michael joseph (mike) gamboa, woodward (woody) co, miguel antonio (migz) de asis, don carlo (don) fortu, dionisio hipolito iii, and mark anthony lopez. the other members of the team include jay agbayani (team captain), kevin astorga, arvin braganza, czarlo de la victoria, francis maniego, andrew marfori, ron pajela, martin reyes, magi sison and paul sorongon.

all in the family: former unesco official lucille custodio ascalon, andre gregorio ascalon, u.p. mass comm alumna / corporate communication expert cecilia gregorio ascalon (wife of jaime ramon torre ascalon, the outgoing vice consul and third secretary of the philippine embassy in brunei), retired u.p. vice president for administration / european languages professor martin gregorio

alumni sisters: u.p. college of arts and letters/ metrobank outstanding teacher awardee priscelina patajo legasto and u.p. law alumna lorna patajo kapunan
u.p. journalism major trish duque does the anchoring for abs-cbn's studio 23

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pinoy-u.k. (association of u.k.alumni from the philippines) reunion
(11 july 2008, saisaki-glorietta 3, makati)

(l-r, standing) edna pana (queen mary, university of london), presidential management staff assistant secretary ferdinand cui jr. (london school of economics), fe abogadie (university college london); (l-r, seated), grace baretto-tesoro (cambridge), u.p. avp for development jaime caro (oxford) and jose wendell capili (cambridge); photo credit: archie tesoro (cambridge)

(l-r) dodge dillague (goldsmiths, university of london), jaime caro (oxford), fe abogadie (university college london), mahar lagmay (cambridge) and jose wendell capili (cambridge)
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book launch:
the legend of mandaluyong by patrick alain azanza,
edited by national artist for literature virgilio s. almario and jose wendell capili
(11 july 2008, shangrila edsa mall)

crowd at the shang

backstage: taking a break from emceeing, as patrick alain azanza delivers his thank you speech

(l-r) prizewinning fictionist efren abueg, patrick alain azanza, former u.p. system university secretary / u.p. arts and letters dean vivencio jose, retired u.p. professor consolacion rustia alaras and jose wendell capili

mandaluyong city major benhur abalos

cultural center of the philippines president nestor jardin

douglas nierras' powerdance
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memorandum of agreement:
signing for the revival of the dulaang u.p. mobile theater
(10 july 2008, u.p. college of arts and letters)

(l-r, standing): teresa paula sangil-de luna, s. anril pineda tiatco, fabiola ortiz, jose wendell capili, dean and national artist virgilio s. almario, dulaang u.p. co-artistic director alexander cortes, johannah bautista, manuel casalan, edna may landicho and niel kenneth jamandre;
(l-r, seated): belen calingacion and buy&sell magazine group of companies CEO / u.p. engineering alumnus ignacio gimenez

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book launch:
si lupito at ang barrio sirkero
written by rowald almazar
art works by jose (john) santos iii
translated and edited by john jack wigley and jose wendell capili
(8 july 2008, ayala museum)

(l-r) with prizewinning visual artists jose (john) santos iii, pamela yan-santos, jesus lozada and leo abaya

melissa salva ramos (with baby lucas, hidden), carla pacis, a friend, and jeric ramos
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2008 carlos palanca awards for literature judging
(1 july 2008, little asia-tomas morato)

with ralph semino galan of the university of santo tomas (L) and dr. benilda s. santos of the ateneo de manila university (R), and palanca awards representatives mon and nemie bermejo (3rd and 4th from the left)
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u.p. institute of creative writing merienda for vim nadera, butch dalisay, joi barrios and anton juan
(30 june 2008, u.p. institute of creative writing)

prizewinning writers gemino abad, butch dalisay (u.p. institute of creative writing director), joi barrios, marnie kilates, charlson ong, anton juan, virgilio s. almario (u.p. arts and letters dean / national artist for literature), joey baquiran, cristina pantoja hidalgo and vim naderajoi barrios and rosario torres yu (former u.p. diliman vice chancellor for student affairs / arts and letters dean)
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the u.p. pep squad