thelastvoyagesoftheargonauts

  Sail on +Brod Jomelo TAU ALPHA BATCH 1968 Number four of five neophytes surviving the test of brotherhood thru the months-long of mental, emotional and physical challenges of Tau Alpha Fraternity….molding, fine tuning and reshaping each one’s values, character, attitudes and foresight in their lives journey. 1968 it was when Jose Carmelo Espejo Singson together with four others were penned in the fraternity’s roster. Today, there’s just silence and living memories lingering when his name is called. An engineer, musician, loyal friend, comedian, tennister, charmer, fighter and most of all a die hard Alphan. Recollection of throw backs is such sorrow but makes me smile of the sweet memories left behind. It all started when our group of Prepians coming from Billiaran we’re waiting for bus going home. Jomelo saw a big hunk Tau Alphan with us in the shed, without hesitation asked, “Tau Alphan ka, di ba?” Rough looking Tito Aliling looked at him straight to his eyes replying, “Oo, baki...

".. Ramyleo Pelayo.TELAN!!!.."    That was how we ended our rendition of "Working on the Railroad" song - our "term of endearment" of him in our times. Wonder how many brods recall himself shouting that word "TELAN" in chorus. And he took it good-naturedly, as was his character. It was supposed to signify how well we knew his middle name, and only that. We knew his middle name, but we hardly knew him, as he was, in Churchill's famous description of the Soviet Union after WW II, a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.."  Ramy was the quiet type, the kind who did not call attention to himself, a self-effacing fellow content to consign himself in a corner, quietly sipping his beer, or linger in the perimeter of a huddle...never butting in.....who spoke in whispers.. even a rare joke that quietly escapes his mouth, sounding unsure, is directed to one person only. He never addressed a group, he spoke only to one person at a t...