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In Memory of Jocelyn Faraon November 1, 1968 - October 6, 1993 |
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The following are messages exchanged around May/June 2001 and I thought I should post these here for those who will be joining us later. This effort to get in touch again was initiated in honor and memory of Jocelyn Faraon. I was actually waiting for Joy (CS) to be the one to send a note about this, but something is bugging me tonight to do this. I don't know if you are aware (for sure si Ged, and maybe si Beth, Vangie? I don't know if Joy shared it with you during the reunion last March), that Jocelyn Faraon passed away sometime in the early 1990's (1992 or 1993?). She had lupus. I can't remember the exact details so I'll wait for Joy to write about this, or anyone among the recipients of this note who know the details. I believe this is reason enough for all of us to keep in touch. Together, we spent our "carefree" years ... before we knew what we really want to be in terms of career, before most of us even thought about boyfriends, marriage and children. We all have different lives now, different groups of friends, different lifestyles, different paths. But it will be nice to know that we are still in touch. To share our joys and our sorrows. That if someone needs someone to talk to, maybe not offer real advise but just to listen and care, you know that you can reach out to someone through a phone call, an email, a letter, text... Our bond, I think is much stronger than those formed during college or at work, for some of us were together as far back as grade one and even kindergarten. We may not all be able to get together again as a group (not a complete one for sure), but let's not let another sixteen years pass us by. Buti na lang umuwi itong si Joyee and this effort was initiated. If you know someone who is related or a friend of someone sa batch natin, please get in touch with them and just say "hi! kumusta na?" and really mean it. Let's dedicate this effort to Jocelyn. Take care. I love you all... Jayjay Joaquin-Escobido Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Dear all, My God! I did not know about that at all? Jocelyn Faraon was my classmate since Grade 6 (kasi F pareho surname namin). She is a really sweet girl. It saddens me to know that such thing has happened. I imagine what I was doing on that year when she died. I was busy taking MBA... I agree with JJ, we all just seemed to take it lightly... the many years that we have been in LaCo as classmates. We may all have gone different paths but we still can come together because we shared things before. I know that there still is a link that we just need to restore. I do not want to let another precious year slip by missing all of you guys... in the end we will all say "sayang naman". Let's take advantage of technology i.e. e-mail. Let us have things to talk about... keep in touch... Ven Flores Manila, Philippines Dear Everybody, Honestly, I was flabbergasted when i read JJ's email re Jocelyn...ako din napaiyak... i stared at her picture for 30 min, just crying and thinkin about good old high school days we spent together, nakapag-yosi nga ako ng di oras, just to release my grieving for her loss...I had a lot of memories about her...i always sit beside her during first quarter of schoolyear (dahil E ang last name ko, syempre w/ Ven and Jen Espinosa and Tess Espino pa pala)... yeah, she's a very sweet girl, ni hindi ko naalalang nagalit si Jocelyn... I remember her fixing my hair when we had our picture taken for our school yearbook... suggest nya, maglagay daw ako ng ipit, mas maganda, until now nga, naglalagay pa rin ako ng ipit, if i wanna look good...then nung may bivouac (JJ tama ba spelling ko) tayo, i shared the tent w/ her, she won't sleep until i slept, kasi takot ako sa mumu... right now, heto ako, nakaka-stare lang sa screen ng pc ko, i can't even work, hanggang ngayon kinikilabutan pa din ako... bigla ko kasi syang namiss...and after 9 yrs, ngayon ko lang iniyakan ang pagkawala nya...even here in my office, nagtatanong sila, what's goin on w/ me, every morning kasi, i'm always in a good mood, ngayon, heto, super lungkot... it's just probably bec ngayon ko lang nalaman na i've lost somebody that i cared about ... 'Lam nyo guys, ganon yata talaga, if we lost somebody that's the only time we realized na we have to keep in touch and be intact...imagine, after 16 long years, di natin aakalain na magkaka-usap usap pa tayo, di ba...now that we are talkin again, ang sarap ng feeling di ba...we might be busy w/ our own lives, but we still take time replying to our emails, kasi it's a part of us na di natin kayang talikuran (ayyyy, ang Joy, nagdrama, talo si Liezel Tuazon 'no, hehehehe)... O sya, ppl, work muna c me, email na lang ulit... Take care guys... Love, Joy Estabillo Montreal, Canada Hi to all, I am not aware of Jocelyn's death because i have been out of touch for more or less 10 years? I couldn't help but cry when I saw her Grade VI picture. It really saddens me and was caught in surprise. My tears fell when I read Jj's mail. Jayjay, you make me feel so guilty that I was not able to attend the reunion this year. But, I was so busy then and hope all those who attended understand. Joy, my apology that I didn't take time out to see you.... hope you are not mad. Thanks for all the effort in keeping in touch and informing everybody. Chelle Cunanan :-) Manila, Philippines Hi Guys! The news really made me feel sad... alone in my cubicle... grabe... I, too, really wanted to let my tears flow. Kaya lang may biglang lumapit kasi... naudlot tuloy. Then I started to remember also that year 1990 parang may na-dead din akong classmate in college or was it in 1989? Anyway during that year all our batchmates were filled with sadness especially those who were closed to her. I think Jocelyn was my classmate even in Grade 3 or 4. My memory is really not working well these days pero parang I think even my parents once knew her parents too. Let's all keep in touch. I didn't know you had a reunion last year. Sayang! I really miss you guys. Regards to all and to your families. Yrene Bengil-Paguio Cavite, Philippines Thanks for sending me these pictures. I missed Jocelyn so much and seeing her once more through these pictures makes me kind of teary again. Jocelyn never fails to communicate with me even right after we graduated from HS. We even planned to go to the same college for nursing but in some way I ended up in FEU and she in UST. She and her family migrated to US when she was still in 2nd year.. even then she never fails to write to me. She continue her nursing studies in U.S... graduated.. and she even told me that she was planning to pursue a Physician Assistant's degree while working. She keeps on bugging me to go to U.S... that's when I was still in Phil. Heart Center working.. she calls me at work once in a while.. that's how persistent she was. When I finally had my chance to come here in U.S... I got a contract in one of the hospital in New York... that was January of 1993. Month after that , I was working then and I received a call... guess who's on the other line.. si Jocelyn. She was able to track me down.. nagtanong daw sya sa 411. Memorial day (1993) when we last saw each other. She and her family went to Atlantic City New Jersey... and she and her brother drove to New York to visit me. She's the same Jocelyn I knew even though mas modern na sya and medyo slang na. She told me once before that she was sick... but I didn't know then that she was that sick. Months later before she was able to write a letter to me again .. that was before my boards in July... After that I received a phone call from her... she was in the hospital at that time.. she told me she just got out of the ICU.. as far as I can remember she was talking to me while she is in between taking her meds. And then.. she went home. I was able to talk to her I think twice while she's at home. The first time I thought she was doing well because she's up and about again. The second and the last one really broke my heart.. she even told me "hindi na nya kaya.. na masakit na daw." I talked to her and did what I could for her to be calmed... to ease her pain.. she even gave me her father's beeper no. just in case.. I think they're on their way to the hospital then. After that I never heard from her again.. and then I sent her a get well card. I don't know how long did it take before I received another phone call.. it was not from her.. it was her Dad.. telling me that she did passed away...they received the card but unfortunately it never get there in time for her to read it. She died 6th of October 1993. I attached a memoir sent to me by her Dad Cris and Mom Cleo. It was so nice to get in touch with you again... in Jocelyn's honor... in Jocelyn's memory. Cora Dabu-Diaz, June 19, 2001 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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