STI 28TH ANNIVESARY CELEBRATION AT EK

For the third straight year, the Enchanted Kingdom was transformed to the STI Kingdom as 20,000 STIers trooped to the Sta. Rosa theme park to celebrate the 28th founding anniversary of STI.

Since it was a special treat for the STIers, enchanted kingdom opened at 6:00 am and there are two sets of tickets for the rides, first batch is 8:00 am to 3:00 pm while the other one is 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Here are highlights of the anniversary.

The blockbuster ride of the Enchanted Kingdom is the one of a kind roller coaster ride of the Space Shuttle. The ride is a must ride at the Enchanted Kingdom and like what they say, you should never leave EK without riding it.

STIers love shirts and other STI merchandise. The one day sale of statement shirts, dog tags, bag tags, umbrellas, sling bags, tumblers and other STI items were met well by STI students. There were four sales stations and all got great sales numbers and a lot of STIers were happy with the low prices.

Karen and RJ enjoying their ice cream

STIer's playing some games

JUMP SHOT

Almost everyone had pictures

in this photo wall

Ever wonder where

this stage was placed?

RUN RIO 2ND LEG

5:15 AM AT THE FORT

ABOUT TO START THE RUN

5:50 AM STRETCHING

5:59 AM READY TO GO

PICTURE PICTURE

6:00 AM ...START OF THE

5 Kilometer RUN

FIRST KILOMETER

CAME IN EASY

PASSING THROUGH

THE STI ACADEMIC CENTER

THIRD KILOMETER..

WAS READY TO QUIT

FINALLY THE FINISH LINE

WE CONQUERED THE

RUN RIO 5 KILOMETER RUN

AM SO PROUD OF US

HAPPY 28TH ANNIVERSARY STI

MY TEAM, THE STI COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

MAH GURLZ

SPECIAL MOMENT WITH ROTHZ

ENJOYING MY TIME WITH LOIDA

SHOUTING FOR JOY

DANCING WITH CINDY AND ALPHA

SOME MILD DRINKING

REUNITING WITH LIZ

ONE OF MY FAVE DANCERS, APPLE,

IS NOW A TEACHER!!!

GREAT SMILES WITH JENNY

LOVELY NIGHT WITH JOAN

COOL TIME WITH KAREN

SWEETNESS WITH CRIS

MARVIE ON THE GO

A NOT SO SHY KISS FROM SHY

A KISS FROM MARIS

REWARDS FROM JADE AND MINA

ENJOYING THE NIGHT WITH ALWAYS

LOVELY MOMENTS WITH RJ

PARTY SCENE

THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE BEGINS WITH ME

STI President Nick Jacob with STI College Global City employees

To be able to mold its students well and point them to the right path, STI has sustained it's Citizen STI campaign. This campaign hopes to give STIers added confidence by becoming proactive in whatever they do and more importantly become catalysts of positive change. The theme "The Change I want to see Begins with me!" was launched once again with the STI anniversary celebration for its employees.

STI College Global City Staff

For change to happen, it always start from the people who guide them - the role models. In the anniversary celebration STI President Monico "Nick" Jacob discussed the merger of all STI HQ Schools which is geared towards getting better value for the STI Education Services group and as he said greater things have yet to come.

Behind every STI campaign is the STI HQ Communications Group

After his speech, Mr. Jacob led a toast to the more than 500 STI HQ employees that flocked the STI Academic Center Gym for the celebration. The 500 strong employees came from STI College Caloocan, Cubao, Fairview, Global City, Las Piñas, Makati, Meycauayan, Novaliches, Ortigas-Cainta, Shaw, Taft and STI Headquarters.

After the ceremonies the STIers were treated to great food, great drinks and great music. Two notable show bands SUBWAY and PLAYTIME alternated in giving great dance music that rocked the academic center. The dance floor was full of STI employees putting their hair down and for a while reminisce as though they are teeners once again and enjoy dancing and bonding with each other. The party ended with everyone on a high and full of optimism with the greater things that are yet to come. Happy Anniversary STI.

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5. Sanay kang mag basketball na 10 teams ang nagshe share ng court

6. Mahilig ka kumain ng clover bits sa pergola

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10. Dala mo hanggagn sa pagtanda mo ang pagsuot ng October Medal

11. Naglalagay ka ng AMDG sa taas ng papel mo na size 1-4 ang tawag

12. Looking forward ka sa Feast of the guardian angels

13. Nahihiya ka ipakita ang kwan mo tuwing annual physical check up

14. Inaabangan mo ang Voltes V, Mazinger Z , Daimos at iba pang robot sa TV

15. Ang buhay mo ay umiikot sa tex, holen, trumpo,

16. Kabisado mo ang awiting Fundador Sois Ignacio’y Heneral

17. Alam mo ang apelyido ng sikyo na si Lazo pero di mo alam first name niya

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19. Narinig mo mag mura si Bro. Oscariz ng “Putananamo!”

20. Nagtanim ka at tinuruan ka mag gardening ni Mr Abaoag

21. Naturuan ka ni Mr Laureles gumawa ng lalagyan ng sulat at bolpen na naka barnis

22. Sipsip ka kay Fr. Cuerquis

23. Natuto ka lumutang at lumangoy dahil kay Bana Sailani

24. Aliw na aliw ka sa flash cards ni Mr Selorio

25. Gandang Ganda ka kay Ms Rodriguez

26. Tinawag mong Hitler si Mr. De Mesa

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30. Pinitsarahan ka ni Mr. Badua, hinawakan sa belt, binuhat at isinuksok sa basurahan!

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12. Mahilig kayo mag bull session ng mga classmates mo

13. Kilala mo kung sino Conan d Balbunan at Si Billy Idol

14. Tinatawag mong Popoy si Popoy

15. Sumisigaw ka ng Kabayo pag nakikita mo si Mr. Rolly Salazar

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25. Kaya mo pa umubos ng isang yosi sa CR habang 5 minute break

26. Lahat ng 3rd year at 4th year gusto sumali sa Days with the Lord

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Blue Eagles survive Tamaraws in overtime

The new look Kirk Long

2010 UAAP MVP Ryan Roose “RR” Garcia sank a cold blooded three pointer with 1:16 to go to give the Far Eastern University Tamaraws a 63 – 57 lead over the Ateneo Blue Eagles and was on the verge of giving the three time defending champions their first defeat in season 74 of the UAAP. In seasons 72 and 73 it can be remembered that it was the Tamaraws that inflicted the first loss of the Blue Eagles and they were banking on their depleted all hustle line up to do the trick once more as the Tamaraws controlled most of the game until the final 76 seconds of the game.

Emman defends RR

After an FEU time out and with 1:02 to play, the morayta based Tams were ready to chalk up win # 5 but unfortunately the Blue Eagles were not yet finished. The Blue Eagles showed what they can do when faced with tremendous odds and when faced with adversity. Emman Monfort stole the ball from the reigning MVP and was off to the races to convert an unmolested lay up. The Blue Eagles then forced the Tamaraws to a bad shot and in the ensuing play found rookie sensation Kiefer Ravena scoring on a drive. Then after another good defensive stop, Kiefer Ravena tied the ball game. Ravena was finding the open man but decided to drive to the basket and scored on another lay up. The Tamaraw’s final heave was met by a storm of Blue Eagles patrolling the air as their final shot, a pass by Terrence Romeo to Carl Cruz was blocked by both Salva and Slaughter as the Eagles forced the game into overtime. In overtime, the Blue Eagles got their game going and unleashed an 11 – 4 run to chalk up their 8th consecutive win 74 - 67.

Golla and Ramos jockey for position

The Blue Eagles started the game flat while the Tams were firing on all cylinders. What was more amazing for the Tamaraws was that they were missing the services of 6’10 center Christian Sentchiu and forward JR Cawaling due to various problems, both of them joined Pipo Nondou in the sidelines. But that personnel problem did not deter the hard fighting Tamaraws to control the first half as RR Garcia, who was playing to his 2010 numbers, scored at will in the second quarter as he scored 12 first half points. His offense eventually rubbed on his team mates as Carl Cruz and Rusell Escoto combined with Garcia to erect the biggest lead of the tamaraws 36 -20 in the second quarter. The Blue Eagles were firing blanks and their inside game was not in sync while the fabulous rookies Greg Slaughter and Kiefer Ravena were both in check. The Tamaraws ended the half with a baker’s dozen lead 38 – 25.

Kirk was not his usual self

but the Eagles still won

The Blue Eagles did not win seven consecutive games for nothing, at the half the coaching staff deciphered the plays ran by the Tamaraws which were the ones they used last year and not the ones they used in the first round of the UAAP. After adjusting to the plays, the Blue Eagles defense was in full throttle in the third quarter as they limited the Tamaraws to only nine points. It was in this quarter that the kid named as the Blue Mamba and is known as The Phenom went to work as he scattered seven points to jumpstart the Blue Eagle comeback and awake the Ateneo gallery which has been very silent this whole season.

Nico Salva scores

The decibel level of Ateneo’s familiar “Get that ball” and “One Big Fight” cheer was so high that it pumped up the Blue Eagles to further play better defense. Greg Slaughter woke up in the fourth quarter as the Blue Eagles went exclusively to the sleeping giant who unfortunately went 3 for 6 on three trips to the free throw line and this went on until the last 1:16 before Garcia scored his triple with the Tams on top 60 - 57.

Bringas offensive rebound

The Blue Eagles who were playing catch up the whole game and for the first time a veteran topscored for them as Nico Salva was brilliant all game long. Salva, who scored only 8 points in the Adamson game, scored in double figures for the 7th consecutive game. While the Tamarawas clamped on the rookies in the first half it was Salva who kept them at bay. At the same time, Justin Chua and Tonino Gonzaga kept the Blue Eagles in the thick of the fight when the second unit came in by scoring 9 and 6 points respectively. Expect all teams to play the way the Tamaraws played in the second round. This will just make it all the more exciting for the Blue Eagles as in every game there are different challenge that arise. Luckily there are always different heroes that rise to the occasion that always put the Blue and White on top.

Blue Eagle defense

The scores:

Ateneo (74)

Salva 18, Ravena 15, Slaughter 14, Chua 9, Monfort 7, Gonzaga 6, Long 3, Austria 2, Tiongson 0, Golla 0

FEU (67)

Garcia 17, Romeo 11, Cruz 10, Ramos 8, Escoto 7, Bringas 6, Tolomia 5, Exciminiano 3, Pogoy 0, Mendoza 0, Knuttel 0

Quarter scoring: 13-21, 25-38, 42-47, 63-63, 74-67

Thanks to Diane Moraleda (Inboundpass) and Aly Yap (Fabilioh.com) for the pictures