Lola Lomy

[ Monday, November 01, 2004 ]

Birthday Wishes!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Joseph Jaromay(2); Rowena Lanto(6); Carina Purugganan(7); Aileen Keaney(10); Dino Sarmiento(11); Shae Sarmiento(15); Nick Reppert(21); Ariel Santos(27); Dulce Basco Willis(29). Best wishes for many, many more years of happiness. Occassionaly errors slip by; if I had missed someone, please add in the COMMENTS. also...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Holiday Plans

To all Oyzon-Rosal relations and extended families, You're all invited over for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year Holidays! Come with with bells on, and be ready to enjoy good old-fashioned camaraderie!

[ Wednesday, October 20, 2004 ]

God Speed, Brian!

My friend, LT Brian Clapp http://www.oyzon.com/cgi-bin/BlogEdit/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=581&blog_id=6 is back in Iraq for another six month tour. ?Our Seabee battalion is very much ready and willing to support the upcoming mission. I appreciate everyone's great support so far. I will do my best to remain in contact via email and letters. I hear communication and mail is much more dependable. I would leave you my mailing address, but my final destination is still undetermined?. ?Best wishes to everyone over the holidays, if you don't hear from me before then. See you when I get back?! Brian I have a soft spot for Brian?he is like a son to me. He was a great co-worker, a fine Seabee and a gentleman. God Speed, Brian! Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. I have been a military dependent for a long time that everyone and every military installation always feels I'm with family. No matter where I am, overseas or the CONUS, I feel at home when I am in a US military base. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living. This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of the military. JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13 Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?" Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veteran's hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job. You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job? I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible. I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about you?" For those who don't remember - During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA. Now he is a Senator! For those who have never served in the military, please acknowledge and support our good men and women by, at least, prayers and good wishes. Indignance towards their mission will never do them any good.

[ Monday, October 04, 2004 ]

CELEBRATE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to David Barclay(2); DayO Basco(6); Sean Jaromay(7); Bambi Lanto(14); Benjie Laureano(21); Gabe Basco(26). May you have many more to come! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Bobby&Tessie Liwanag(16); Romy&Bambi Lanto(21)! May past happy memories be prelude to future ones!