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Hoping you're doing fine in heaven. It's been a while since we last met for drinking, and I was hoping that we can drink together. However, it's not possible because of the reality that we are facing.

I fondly remember that everytime I'm with your family, drinking together, you were always bringing an extra eye to make sure your daughters are safe. More importantly, you were kindly reminding me to limit our consumption of alcohol.

But don't worry! things went to the opposite direction. While your daughters were always teasing me to drink more, I can somehow sense that they are worried because I may drink too much, especially I am driving. So now, they got your tendency to be protective. I hope you are proud on how they become mature.

Thank you for being a blessing to us.

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Hi Tito Mel!

Whenever I am at your house, you are the tahimik and chill lang and I always find you cool. Thank you for bringing your beautiful daughters in this world! especially Noelley!
She grew up to be a very strong woman. Rest easy tito!

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Dear Tito,

I hope you are doing well up there, it has been a year! At random times, I’d remember you and I would often end up at the chapel praying, with my mind replaying the fun times I had with you and your family (kasama si little Cookie).

I never had the chance to say how much I admired you. You were such a cool dad to your daughters and the best handyman anyone could have. I really admired how you handled things while still keeping your head above water. I have countless memories of you just chilling after a long tiring day but still giving off a legit happy smile whenever I visited. It made me realize that life may be hard but it can be easy at the same time. These are just some of the memories I will forever cherish.

I have always held you in high regard. You are the perfect dad, Tito. You were literally always there for your wife and daughters and never failed to comfort and surprise them whenever times were rough.

I’ll always be here for everyone.

Cheers and take it easy up there, tito! 😊

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To my papa,

Happy 1st year in heaven Papa. You already know how much I miss you cause i talk to you all the time. I hope you're doing okay up there with Nanan and Coke.

I hope that you can see how hard we've been trying to move forward. We've found our own way of coping Pa, and we're getting by. Everything is so different now and we're different also.

I'm happy that you live in my head and I can imagine clearly what you would do or say if you were with me. I hope I can keep remembering all our greatest hits because I never want to forget our life together Pa.

On the day I took this photo, I was on my way out the gate and you stopped me because you want me to take your photo. I was annoyed because I was in a rush but now i'll forever be thankful I have this memory of you. When I look at these photos I am reminded of how simple you were and how that was one of your best qualities. Though I'm very far from perfect I hope you'll still point me in the right direction.

I miss you a lot Papa and I love you so much. Taking care of Cookie for you in the meantime.

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Tito Mel,

I pray that you are doing good up there, watching over Ninang Dina and my cousins while holding a San Mig beer! I often think about the Holidays especially Christmas back when we were still little.. How the you and the dads would hang outside chatting over drinks, the moms inside preparing the meal and us kids watching movies or playing to win some money. If I could go back in time just to experience that one more time, I would definitely do it in a heartbeat. I’m always going to cherish those memories with you and our whole family.

Also, I got married and expecting. I wish you could meet my husband and baby boy, he’s coming out very soon! I know you and dad would’ve love talking about your apo. Don’t worry, we are planning on going home so they can meet him.

Rest easy, Tito Mel. We love you 🤍

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One of my all time favorite pictures of Papa 😎 Pogi

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How are you? I hope wherever you are, you’re happy and at peace— with an ice cold beer in hand in the comfiest lounge chair with your favorite tunes in full blast, I’m sure the speakers in heaven are the best ones there is!!!

Today marks your first year up there. A year already?! That flew by so fast. A perpetual feeling of grief has been a part of my life since you passed away. I guess that’s just what comes with loving you so much. But I choose to dwell in the happy times when we were together, recollections that always make me smile. I love telling people all about you, even people you’ve never met. While I still constantly and inadvertently talk about you like you’re still there at home, my biggest fear remains that one day, memories of you will fade away.

But I find that the best way to remember my Papa is to feel and live in all the fleeting moments: whether it be mundane or in silence, when I can just imagine you walking around the house in the background like you usually do, through the daily highs & lows and random pockets of joy that I wish to share with you; because I know that’s what you would have wanted, and at the end of the day— I will always carry and hold on to all our memories in my heart and know you’re never truly gone. I will always look for you in every corner of this house or wherever I go— and find you. Because you live in me. You live in all of us.

In Papa’s voice: Naks!

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Hi Tito Mel!

Although we haven’t met, I feel like I’ve gotten to know you already through Nadine. She keeps your memory alive through random kwentos, super heartwarming ig posts and by how she is as a great friend & person. You’d be proud of how she’s doing really well in our office po :-) (all while walwal-ing responsibly po hehe) Rest easy, and praying for you tito 🤍

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Hi Tito!
We may not have much interactions but I am grateful that I got to know you through Nadine. You are so loved and missed by many, but I know none of it will compare to how much your girls love and miss you.

I know that wherever you are, you are always so proud of them as we are as their friends. You’ve got really great, strong-willed daughters and wife and I know they are just as proud of you. You don’t have to worry about them, Tito. We’ll always be here for your family. Rest in God’s loving arms, Tito Mel! 🤍

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Hi Tito,
I am very thankful for getting to know you through nadine. Not only through her never ending kwentos about you, but also through how she is as a great friend. I wish i have met you so i can hear your jokes personally and listen to bilango (hehe nads said you like this song when it played in the car) Nads and i always talk about these memories and they never fail to make us laugh even after stressful days at work. Thank you for these smiles and for all of nadine’s stories to learn from. You will be in our hearts and prayers. ❤️

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Hi Tito Mel!! We may have not interacted as much but it was fun whenever you would scold Chi when we were still addicted to video games 😂 Hearing you in the background was fun for us (but not for Chi 😂) but we know your intentions were pure 🤍

Tito Mel, I wish I could have spent more time with you especially now na mas madalas na sila Tita sa Rockwell and they would always adopt me every Sunday ☹ but your legacy lives on with your wonderful family and I really feel that whenever I'm with them 🤍

Praying for you and your family always 😊🤍

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Hello po tito!! I just want to say, thank you so much tito Mel for being an amazing father. You may not be my own father, but I am very grateful to have experienced your generosity and hospitality every time Nina would bring home an unexpectedly expected guest almost daily.

Thank you for raising an amazing family that everybody can be proud to call their friend. I'm sure you are here with Nina, her sisters, and Tita every step of the way, and I know for certain that you are proud of who they are and what they have accomplished for themselves, and as well for the community.

Praying for you and your family every day! <3

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I wish I could have gotten to know you po. It's such an honor to be a friend of Nina who you have loved so dearly.

Thank you for being a lovely father to Nina and for sharing so much heart with her and the world. She loves you very much and we're so blessed to have known such a wonderful person raised by a wonderful father.

I know you are proud of her, she misses you every day! Thank you for being the sunshine in people's lives, rest easy in heaven, may all things be yellow for you! Sending love to you and your family 💛

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How has it already been a year?

Everyday I miss being able to hear you honk CRS’ horn and having to stop everything to open the gate for you. I miss greeting you from work as you hand me your lunch box, and even if it’s been a long day you’ll always kindly ask me to take care of it for you.

The world was so lucky to have you in it, thank you for being a part of mine.

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Hi, tito Mel. It’s been a year. Writing this while thinking what I’m going to say if I had the chance to talk to you today—

Tito, I wish you know that you have been a blessing to a lot of people. I also hope you heard the stories they shared about you last year. The commong points from the stories?

First… naku tito, ang daming nagsabing magaling daw po kayong singer! 😆 Sa music niyo siguro dinaan si tita noh! 😆 Kidding lang, tito. 😁

Second… you have been a dependable friend to a lot of people. Prior the eulogies last year, I’ve always wondered kung san nakuha ni Chi yung pagkathoughtful niyang kaibigan and I realized after the stories I’ve heard she got a lot of it from you po pala. Salamat po sa inyo at nagkakaibigan po kami ng isang Chi. 😁💖

Third and last, you have been the best haligi ng tahanan to your family. Tito, you and tita have raised your 4 kids so well. Si Chi, grabe ang kasipagan sa work. You will be proud to hear yung mga stories of growth ni Chi in the last 12 mos. Adulting na adulting na yan tito. Siya nalang po bahala magkwento sa inyo at baka pagalitan pa ako. 😆 Kidding aside, saludo po ako sa inyo tito for being a good husband to tita and an amazing father to your 4 kids. Advance happy happy Father’s Day po. Rest easy, tito Mel!

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It was an evening patio visit for Noelle around early 2021 which also oddly turned out to be tito’s happiest moment to see me (in his usual sando, shorts, slippers + toothpick OOTD). He greeted me with “Long time! Kamusta?” from a distance while grinning from ear to ear.

He was roaming around the garden/patio actively trying to join our conversation since it was his first time to see a visitor and probably because he was so bored at home already.

A year has passed but Noelle and I still fondly remember that night. Long time, tito!

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Thank you for everything...for being such a cool and supportive bayaw… You will always be remembered. We all know that
you're at Peace with our Almighty Father & Creator in Heaven...🙏🙏🙏

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Although I wasn’t able to meet you in person, the stories I hear about you speak volumes about how wonderful you were on Earth. More so as I got to know Nina: a heart of gold could only have been nurtured by the warmest of homes.

Times have been hard especially during the past year but I know you would be proud to see how much she’s grown as a person. And through it all she still listens to your piano recordings — I have no doubts that your soothing music has pleased the Lord and His angels, and that now, you’re playing to a grander audience now in the most beautiful of places.

Rest easy, Tito. I promise I’ll take good care of your Japaninsky.

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I may not have had the privilege to spend much time with Tito Mel, but the brief moments (and drinks haha) that we've shared and the stories that I get to know from Nadine are a testament to how cool and genuine of a person, a friend, and most especially, a father you truly are.

I hope you are here to see how your daughters are shaping up to be, especially Nadine as an architect and a professional; definitely something I know you'll be proud of!

Rest easy, Tito Mel! Cheers!

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Hi po tito mel! I still remember po yung times na kapag binibisita ko si Nina usually tinatawag niyo po kami para kumain. O kapag umuuwi po kayo galing work, pinopause pa namin yung ginagawa namin para makabati sayo.

Hindi po ako madalas bumibisita na, pero sana talaga mas nakilala ko po kayo. The stories I hear from Nina really is a testament to how great of a father you are to her, and I'm so grateful that she has someone like you to call home.

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Parang kelan lng 1 yr na pala...i will always remember you esp every December 31 pag pumupunta ka dito with Letlet for the Lechon...you will forever be missed..I am sure you are in a better place now kasama ang inang at tatang mo .. TITA MARIA

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Parang kelan lng 1 yr na pala...i will always remember you esp every December 31 pag pumupunta ka dito with Letlet for the Lechon...you will forever be missed..I am sure you are in a better place now kasama ang inang at tatang mo .. TITA MARIA

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Thank you Tita and Tito for bringing Nadine in the world! She grew up to be a cool, kind, and kalog person I know you want her to be. For sure she got it from you, Tito Mel, especially from her kwentos. Rest easy there in heaven! Cheers!

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because she has remained beautiful all these years...

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As I write this, I imagine you seated across me, sans your wife, who, perhaps, is my bestest best friend in the world. So, here it goes...

As a lover of fiction, I have always favored happy endings. That is why when I learned that my BFF had decided to go out with you, I got interested in meeting you in the flesh. Siempre naman. I am the type who would get affected when a protagonist gets engulfed in his/her hubris and consequently meets a disastrous end. Fiction lang yun. What more with real people? What more with my BFF?

But you know, when Dina finally introduced you to me, I felt that yours is a soul that was unclouded, devoid of pretensions and insincerity. And I thought that she would be in good hands.

Thank you, Mel. Thank you for loving my friend and keeping your promise that you will provide for her well. Thank you for being a good father specially to my inaanak, her eccentricities and all. Though Facebook was not a fad in the past, I knew that my friend was happy with you because she remained beautiful through the years and that can only be because of love.

Thank you. Thank you very much for being born and coming to her life.

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Tito was one of the chillest dads I know. Whenever I would visit, he would always welcome us with open arms. Such an angel here on earth and up above. Thank you for tito for being open and fatherly whenever I would visit. I hope youre having a blast up there!

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As I write this, I imagine you seated across me, sans your wife, who, perhaps, is my bestest best friend in the world. So, here it goes...

As I lover of fiction, I have always favored happy endings. That is why when I learned that my BFF had decided to go out with you, I got interested in meeting you in the flesh. Siempre naman. I am the type who would get affected when a protagonist gets engulfed in his/her hubris and consequently meets a disastrous end. Fiction lang yun. What more with real people? What more with my BFF?

But you know, when Dina finally introduced you to me, I felt that yours is a soul that was unclouded, devoid of pretensions and insincerity. And I thought that she would be in good hands.

Thank you, Mel. Thank you for loving my friend and keeping your promise that you will provide for her well. Thank you for being a good father specially to my inaanak, her eccentricities and all. Though Facebook was not a fad in the past, I knew that my friend was happy with you because she remained beautiful through the years and that can only be because of love.

Thank you. Thank you very much for being born nd coming to her life.

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Priceless !!! Even though you were so busy then, you always find time to be with our high school batch get-together. 

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Priceless !!! Even though you were so busy then, you always find time to be with our high school batch get-together. 

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Unforgettable!!!!

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We miss you Mel😢 it’s been a year!
It won’t be the same without you the next time we go back to visit. Picking us up at the airport and going on our outing.  It will probably really hit us then.
We know you’re in a better place now. God has a plan for each one of us.
We love you ❤️and will always treasure all the memories we had. Say hi to Inang, Tatang, Tita Jule, Tita Asiang and Tesang. We miss them too
Ditse

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Mahal na araw ng Marcelo will never be the same without you.
Cool ka talaga kasi nag Kachat  pa tayo less than 2 weeks before u go at d ko naramdaman na nahihirapan ka..Till we meet again.
Orlan

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I don’t know what to say until this time that our beloved youngest brother is gone but I knew he is happy and rejoicing with our Lord and personal savior. I knew everybody will miss him and we will miss him forever. I missed you brother. Will see you soon. I love you  and will miss you until I see you again. From your Kuya Larry.

You can play your favorite piece on your piano and everybody is singing with the Lord.

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Nothing like a late afternoon in his white sando with a toothpick between his teeth squinting his eyes and offering his salutations when I ask for permission to enter his home.

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Saniwares days at pasig plant when our friendship have just started bagets days

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Last na pala nating picture ito,all smile tayo oh😁parang kailang lang,di pa rin kami maka paniwala na wala ka na,feeling namin may pinuntahan ka lang malayong lugar dika muna babalik,Salamat sa lahat ng tulong mo sa amin,time ko naman sana na gumanti ng pakonti konti para ikaw naman pasayahin ko,pero iniwan mo na kami,magkakasama na kayo ng Tatang at Inang,pati na ang Tiya Jule at Tiya Asyang,Lagi nyo sana kaming gabayan,Mahal ka ng Diko(Boyet),Mahal kita Utol❤️

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Whenever i'm with Ninong Mel, there was never a time that he did not smile.

I still remember his usual "bati" back when I was still learning how to drive, he'll always approach me and smile while uttering the words "sakay mo ko ahh". My usual response everytime he approaches me would be a simple "hehehehe".

I also remember the time when we went to Pandi with Tita Del to pass St. Peter to the next family host. We just ate some snacks in Pandi  after passing St. Peter to the next family and went back to QC right away. Before dropping me and Tita Del off to project 8, we ate in Chowking and ordered Shanghai Lauriat with halo-halo on the side.

Another thing that I remember was every time he visits us in project 8 just to eat breakfast (usually eats pangat because back then we often had pangat on saturday or sunday mornings) after biking from project 6.

These might be minor events in your life but to me, it is something really precious that I will forever remember.

Wherever you might be right now, I just want you to know that I can still remember these exact moments clearly in my head Ninong Mel. I hope that you won't be able to forget us just like how we'll keep you in our minds and hearts. Thank you for being such a supportive, accommodating, and loving Ninong/Tito to me. I hope you're in a safe and happy place with Jesus watching over you.

Til' next time Ninong Mel.
- bunso of your kapatid na bunso

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When we would drop by or visit, it was almost routine that you would joke about how Im doing with my studies and then would go on and tell me how I should keep it up and that you and my mom were very proud of me.

When I woke up late in HS and miss the bus; one call from my mom and you and Ninang Dina would agree to let me carpool to school with my cousins.

When we would go on family outings, my brother and I can always count on you cracking a joke and making us laugh while your daughters/my cousins will say how corny the joke was.

I could go on but in all these small moments, not once did I not see you to be a loving dad to my cousins, a loving husband to Ninang Dina and a reliable and caring brother to my mom. All these moments speak volumes of the type/kind of person you are making it so much harder to move on even if almost a year has passed.

I will continue to treasure and relive these memories as a reminder of just how blessed and lucky I am that I got to be your niece/goddaughter.

We miss and love you so much Ninong Mel.

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To my dearest brother Mel,
You may be gone from my/our sights but you are never gone from my/our hearts.
Love always,
Ate

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With love,fond memories,respect I will always miss you Pare,you always stay in our hearts...

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Even though I didn’t get much time to spend with tito Mel, I know him enough from the stories told by his family. They always say that he’s a very kind person and a great father to his family (including Cookie), that he’s very hardworking, and always made sure that his family is well taken care of. I’m really sure that you will always be remembered as a great man because of all the nice things you’ve done.

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Normally I always know what to say in every situation but this time is just too sad for words. Kuya Mel will always be remembered with so much fondness, care and sisterly love.  Will always miss him.  Prayers 🙏 Lei.

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Normally I always know what to say in every situation but this time is just too sad for words. Kuya Mel will always be remembered with so much fondness, care and sisterly love.  Will always miss him.  Prayers 🙏 Lei.

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I will always treasure my childhood memories with tito Mel and his family. Every summer, when I was still young, he would bring me along to Manila so I could play with my cousins during the summer vacation. He treated me like his own and I’ll be forever greatful to him because of that. Those memories with him, tita Dina and my cousins we’re very precious and I would still reminise every now and then whenever I feel like revisiting memory lane.

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It's been a year since you left us, your smile and memories will remain alive in our hearts 🙏

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My fondest memories of Mel were when we were still “ kalye kids”. Back in those days when there were still no gadgets like cellphones, computers, laptops, iPads etc I remembered Dondi my brother,Pat  my best friend then , Mel and I were playing games in the street like patintero, tumbang preso,taguan, luksong lubid, luksong baka, biking and volleyball. He was my competitor in playing the piano. He won hands down. I like to think because of homecourt advantage…. He has a piano and I did not have one so he had more time to practice. But I’m proud of him he was able to use this talent to glorify God by playing in church with the choir. Another great thing about him is he is so humble about it. I owe a lot to Mel cause he once saved me. Thank you so much Mel! I miss you my kinakapatid. You will always be in my prayers! 

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My fondest memories of Mel were when we were still “ kalye kids”. Back in those days when there were still no gadgets like cellphones, computers, laptops, iPads etc I remembered Dondi my brother,Pat  my best friend then , Mel and I were playing games in the street like patintero, tumbang preso,taguan, luksong lubid, luksong baka, biking and volleyball. He was my competitor in playing the piano. He won hands down. I like to think because of homecourt advantage…. He has a piano and I did not have one so he had more time to practice. But I’m proud of him he was able to use this talent to glorify God by playing in church with the choir. Another great thing about him is he is so humble about it. I owe a lot to Mel cause he once saved me. Thank you so much Mel! I miss you my kinakapatid. You will always be in my prayers! 

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One of our family bonding moments… never thought that this will be our last. We love you so much sangko❤️ You will be forever remembered and will forever remain in our hearts. We miss you so much!

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It has almost been one whole year without Papa. But everyday we remember him and keep our memories of him warm in our hearts, that way we keep him alive in our every day still. So I invite you all to recall your favorite, or even just random, memories of Papa today, say a little prayer, and send some love to him up there. ❤️

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di namin kayo malilimutan sa aming magpipinsan kasi tuwing holy week, isa kayo ni tito Boyet na nagtrain sa amin paano ang preparation tuwing prusisyon sobrang hands-on kayo and syempre yung mga kanchawan at biruan mo samin magpipinsan. we sorely miss you tito Mel. i hope that you're having a blast up there with my mom and dad.

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Circa… 1984-1985? One of the best time of my life! Miss you… insan

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Circa… 1984-1985? One of the best time of my life! Miss you… insan

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Kaka miss naman po si Sir Mel i was checking our photos and upon checking naka post napo pala yung meron ako sa file. He was one of our mentors na sobrang naging close ng Purchasing Team ( Sir George, May Olan Joven) napaka bait nya sobra samin di nya kami pinabayaan. Kasama namin sya sa tawanan at iyakan sa kantahan at sa konting beer pang alis stress. Halos sabay sabay din kaming nag resign. Personally napaka bait nya sakin kaya ako nagtagal sa Purchasing never nya akong pinagalitan sa mga mistakes na nagawa namin sa Purchasing tulungan kami ng team nya. Sobrang diko makakalimutan ang tawa nyang malakas at  pag tambay nya sa cubicle namin bago mag mancom mtg. He will surely be missed. We Love you Sir Mel🌷❤️🙏 salamat sa mga happy memories ang isang mabuting boss kaibigan, husband and a Tatay for all of you. Laginnyang sinasabi how proud he was sa lahat ng achievement nyo lagi nya ring sinasabi na me kapangalan ako sa family nyo (chi chi☺️)

Salamat Sir Mel❤️🙏

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We will forever Miss and Love you Sir Mel. Thank you for the Love and for being such a good Friend to all of Us - Purchasing Team

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You are always in my heart and prayers...miss your messages, impromptu Pat punta tayo...hahaha!

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You are always in my heart and prayers...miss your messages, impromptu Pat punta tayo...hahaha!

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…the last Sanghimig group chat with Pareng Mel. 

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…the last Sanghimig group chat with Pareng Mel. 

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…one of the screen shot during our Sanghimig friends group chat, masaya ang lahat and we’re planning to make a music video at that time, but unfortunately hindi namin natapos ang project namin :( - Ariel Pacheco

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Mel’s  Birthday celebration with SANGHIMIG CHOIR and also Gerry’s treat @ Marcelo’s Ancestral House in Burol 1st... December 7,2016

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Mel’s  Birthday celebration with SANGHIMIG CHOIR and also Gerry’s treat @ Marcelo’s Ancestral House in Burol 1st... December 7,2016

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ExeCom of Ex- Ergo-mates.  Our last one with MJM.  

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malamig na San Miguel Beer...Pareng Mel at ang barkada. Inuman na! :)

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malamig na San Miguel Beer...Pareng Mel at ang barkada. Inuman na! :)

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...usually sa harap ng malamig na san miguel beer nag-uumpisa at nagtatapos ang masayang kwentuhan ng barkada kapag nagkikita-kita, tiyak na maaalala mo si Pareng Mel kasi lagi siyang dumarating kapag may time kaming magkasama-sama.

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INUMAN NA Parokya ni Edgar

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Cookie and I miss you so much papa.