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SCMA Annual Picnic

SCMA Annual Picnic was held last July 10, 2010 at Furnam Park in Downey, CA. Click here to view photos from SCMA Picnic 2010.

SCMA Golf Tournament

SCMA's 2010 Invitational Golf Tournament was held at Willowick Golf Course last June 19, 2010.  Registration started at 9:00 AM and Tee off time was at 10:00 AM.  Awarding of Prizes was at the Willowick Club House. 

SCMA Christmas Gathering

The SCMA annual Christmas gathering was held last December 5 from 6:00 PM onwards at Pinoy Grillle located at 7921 Valley View Street, La Palma, CA 90623.  See photos below (courtesy of Joey Uy), we will post more pictures soon:

SCMA gentlemen posing for a group picture

SCMA ladies with their best smiles to brighten up the season

SCMA favorite activity - line dancing

SCMA Delegation Attends MapuaWorld 2009

             SCMA President Joe Rigonan led the SCMA group that attended the MapuaWorld event. The Texas Association of Mapua Alumni (TAMA) led by their President Bert Vicerra, BSCE ’66, hosted the four-day event in Houston, Texas. The festivities started on Thursday, March 12, with a Welcome Party and Mapua Tech Student Catholic Action (MITSCA) Night at the residence of Meredith and Norma (Rieza) Benzon, (BSAR ‘70) in Sugar Land, Texas. The following day,  Friday, was a rainy and cold day, but the show went on…the NASA Tour followed by “Texas Night”, the “meet and greet” at the First Filipino Methodist Hall in Houston. It was a fun-filled night of singing and line-dancing, Texas cowboy style. 

            Saturday, March 14, started with a seminar “Technology to the Marketplace” at the Hilton Houston Post Oak. Al Supetran, BSCHE ’70, Owner – ACS Manufacturing Company and Ben Ang, BSME ‘72, Owner – Solid Industries & Machine Shop Ltd. shared their success stories to a room-full of Mapuans and guests. 

             The Gala Night at the Hilton Houston Post Oak was the main event. The program started with the Parade of Colors (NAMA Chapters with their respective banners). There were special presentations from the chapters. SCMA presented a line-dancing number “S’Aimera”. Vancouver, BC, Canada delegates presented the most lively show “Hawaiian/Tahitian Dance” by the male members of NAMA BC. Guest Speaker Former Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco and Dr. Reynaldo Vea, Board Chairman and President of Mapua Tech respectively, were honored for their presence.

             Finally, the picnic held at Eldridge Park, Sugar Land, Texas on Sunday, March 15, was most fun, memorable, and nostalgic. There were games (sipa, for one) that pitted the NAMA Philippines group against the US & Canadian groups. NAMA Philippines showed their superiority over their foreign counterparts beating them in all events. Saying goodbye was the hardest, so we make a vow never to miss one MapuaWorld again as long as we live. Calgary, Alberta, CN will be hosting MapuaWorld 2011. Will they surpass the hospitality, graciousness, generosity, and kindness displayed by the Texans? Abangan ang susunod na kabanata ng MAPUAWORLD! 

SCMA ‘Meet and Greet’ March 7, 2009

 
            The National Association of Mapua Alumni (NAMA) officers and members visited Southern California en route to the MapuaWorld event in Houston, Texas. SCMA hosted a picnic at the Carriage Crest Park in Carson, CA to welcome them.

             The entourage included: President Rod Silvestre, Treasurer Art Cenal, Directors Rod Cannu and Max Daquil, Past President Glecy Estrella, Adviser Dolly Lim, Josefina Ramos,  Jo Recto, and their spouses/families.    Thoughtful and generous as ever, the group presented SCMA with NAMA hats which were raffled off to the local attendees and packages of dried mangoes. SCMA presented them with SCMA keychains and t-shirts. Edith Garcia-Ramos gave them gifts from Victoria’s Secret. Also present at the picnic were Ben & Lourdes Ang from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the San Diego Mapua Alumni group led by Frank and Antusa Enriquez. Special thanks to Ray Deza of San Diego who took pictures of the event.   

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

 

Perfecto “Marte” Tobias, SCMA President 1985-1986, retired from the Los Angeles

 County Department of Public Works on May 4, 2009 after more than 27 years of dedicated county service. His retirement party was held at Almansor Court, Alhambra, CA on Friday, May 1st. Congratulations, Marte!

 

Roel John Judilla, a 1995 Mechanical Engineering graduate and currently an Associate Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Mapua Institute of Technology, and winner of the 2008 Robotics Competition in China visited SCMA members on May 8, 2009. A potluck dinner reception was held at Tino and Glee Quiaot’s residence in Carson, CA. His winning invention: SMART Bomb Disposal Robot.

Ricardo “Rick” Guanio, SCMA President 2007-2008, was one of the recipients of the 2009

“The Outstanding Mapuan” (TOM) Award on May 16, 2009 at the Le Pavillion Metropolitan Park, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines. The TOM award is given yearly by NAMA which also celebrated its 75th Grand Alumni Homecoming. Rick’s award was for Alumni Service. Congratulations, Rick!

SCMA Officers 2009-2010

Election was held last October 11 at the residence of COMELEC Chairman Marte Tobias in Irvine, CA. The following are the incoming officers of the SCMA for 2009-2010:

Everyone had lots of FUN at the Family Picnic 2008! Judge from the pictures below:

SCMA group picture enjoying the Southern California summer afternoon outdoors

Kids playing Calamansi relay..go! go! go! Don't drop that calamansi

Its really hard to eat watermelom without hands... but it sure is lots of fun to watch

Banana swinging the egg race ... no Viagra needed here...

Family & friends share sumptous food and stories