The TACLOBAN ASTRODOME
STI College Tacloban Performers
The hosts open the convention
Microsoft's Robby Manubay
Ricky Bunag was well applauded
Jet Nera shared great stories
STIers sing the STI Hymn
Queenie Padilla entertains
Queenie laughs at my joke
The Hosts of the 16th NYC
Invocation Song
Welcome Remarks 
STI College Iloilo Dancers
Yours Truly Hosting the Show
Robby Manubay of Microsoft
Veteran NYC Speaker Ricky Bunag 
Former PSTD President Jet Nera 
The Beautiful Queenie Padilla
The STI Students from
Jun Castro scoresBlame it on the Holidays. Team Panlilio is in a new division with new foes and new heights to conquer. After winning it all last year in the Andres Francisco division, Team Panlilio was elevated to a new division and will be campaigning in the Oscar Sevilla Division. The Ateneo Basketball League opened on January 8, 2011 with most probably another banner number of teams joining. This just shows the love for basketball of Ateneans.
Gene Afable from the top of the key
Coming from a championship season is quite hard. As they say winning it the first time is a great achievement but winning it a second time is harder. The team composed of me and some classmates, Bong Berbano, Jerome Buhay, Deo Deomano, Bong Marquez, and some batch mates namely Buboy Go, Marvin Tiburcio and Tabs Tabora has been reinforced by other friends namely Dato Arroyo, Dino Ponce Enrile, Johann Ramos, Momoy Lopez, Jun Castro. This year we have also added some friends Alex Evangelista, Albert Mendoza and Gene Afable. Team mates Dennis Manalo and Peter Gonzalez begged off this year since they are still recuperating from their injuries. Both were vital cogs in last year’s run and will be sorely missed.
Buboy Go's Free Throw
Our first game had us fire blanks and were slow to get loose balls and cover the opponent’s shooters. Our opponent, Team Adolfo had three shooters lighting up the score board while our shots were rimming out. The first quarter had us lead by one 13-12 while they took the second quarter 23-24. By the third quarter their team pulled away and erected a ten point lead at the end of the third 28 -38. The inclusion of new team members plus the holiday bulge were big factors in giving up a 48 – 40 loss. Looking at the loss, you can say it was not that bad since we still held our opponents below 50 points but sputtered on offense.
Dato Arroyo on the drive
The road back to respectability is long and we will most probably take it a game at a time so that we will be able to get back to the same groove that got us on top. What is important is that we all shape up, get those outside shots, run the fastbreak and click as a team. As they say, we have done it before and we hope we can have the chance to do it all again. GO Team Panililio.
Team Panlilio vs. Team Adolfo
I never knew it will come down to this. I received a call from my good friend Jem Bengzon and he invited me to go to Makati for a job offering. I was doing well with my current job then at Toyota Cubao Incorporated selling vehicles. I spent five years in TCI and I was transformed from a person who doesn’t know anything about vehicles to the top salesman of that branch. I was doing well and earning well but the offer for an exciting stable job was to much to pass. To make a long story short I eventually decided to join STI College.
The Convention in PICC
After two months on the job there was a big feud between the new management and the former incorporators of STI. I was kinda caught off guard with such happenings that I questioned my decision to join STI, I was thinking that I might have made a wrong decision. In my first four months with the company I had three bosses and no certainty of my future. Fortunately the smoke cleared and the first major event that me and my new boss had became a success, Halalan 2001. It was my baptism of fire and it was something that made me tell myself that STI is the company for me.
The Winners Circle in South Korea
After four years in the company there was a big depression all over the country and the company was affected. For two years we had no salary increase and all we had was the fact that we enjoyed doing our job that was why we held on to it. Word was out about it and some of my friends offered me good salary to transfer but when I was about to decide I found myself still going back to STI. After two years of sacrificing everything paid off and STI took a big leap to what it is now.
Today, as I reflect on my first ten years in STI all the sacrifices and sleepless nights are all being compensated with so much fulfillment in everything that I do. My work then to now has definitely tripled but through the years I have learned a lot and I am happy that I was guided and taught by great people who were instrumental in molding me through the years.
