basil apostol celebrates at world trade center mezzanine

basil with lyn manglapus and ching peña, college classmates in la salle.
i got my first leica m6 from basil. he now uses a D70 nikon and sorely misses his m6 which garrie david is now having fun with.
basil, sylvia go and lyn sunico.
lyn sunico, sonia narvasa, my wife joy and basil.
(front) sylvia go, rachy cuna, basil, (back, l-r) lukas (another monk), me, rafaelito (monk-bikemate), ricky cuna, geoffrey go.
lyn manglapus after the accident in one piece.

Another benedictine monk, a classmate from high school, celebrates his birthday. basil apostol was a schoolmate from elementary through high school. lyn sunico, basil's close friend, of makati skyline, gifts him a sumptuous lunch with fantastic creamy adobo catfish (it melts in your mouth without any fishy taste), juicy lechon that looked lean and not too fat (but i did not touch it) and the usual great fare that makati skyline built their reputation on.
One of the guests tripped, dove hitting the edge of the table with her face and fell face down on the tiled floor. with a plate of food on one hand when she fell, she just broke the plate and would be going home with a slightly tender cheek. it was a miracle, rachy claimed after breathing his usual spanish curse of anxiety. she made the celebration more memorable though because she handled the accident so well. it was a great feast with new acquaintances and old friends embellished by a fortuitous incident.