Times change but the brotherhood remains

ASSOC ALumni with Eric Salamat

There is only one group in the Ateneo that students from the College know their alumni farely well - ASSOC. From a group of friends this brotherhood has gone a long way from its rowdy and noisy ways to various community projects. Unknown to many, a lot of projects done by ASSOC are not the ones that they like to brag about but they would just humbly finish the project and keep it a secret and just go about their usual way of sharing what they have.

Former Blue Eagles and Former Cheerleaders

One of the favorite ASSOC members past and present are the Blue Eagles. In the 1990's, the Sison twins, Brian and Brandon together with Ryan Acosta, John Palafox and Johan Ramos were the Blue Eagles who became Assoc member. Sonny Tadeo of the 2002 champion team also followed suit. Just recently three members of the Back to Back champion team joined ASSOC. Rabah Al-Husaini, Ryan Buenafe and Eric Salamat. After the championship they were into a lot of celebrations and we just delayed our celebration to a later date. The quiet celebration was held it at the Bahay Pangarap at Malacañang Park. Unfortunately, only Eric Salamat was present among the three since Rabah and Ryan had commitments with Smart Gilas team that day and they weren't able to join us.

Nevertheless , the simple celebration just shows that the ASSOC is thankful of its brothers who bagged the crown. Here's hoping we recruit other Blue Eagles to join Assoc and be a part of this unique organization. Imagine, celebrating at the Palace...its a unique organization indeed.

Yours truly with the Salutatorian