[My dear ALEE started out as a ballet dancer at age 3 at the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet and snatched her first solo GOLD MEDAL award in an international dance contest held in Singapore in July 2006 when she was 7 years old. Now Alee, has switched to HIPHOP and as a member of the CADS aka COMPANY OF ATENEO DANCERS; she will, with her CADS team mates compete at the DANCE EXCELLENCE contest in LA, U.S.A. in April 2018. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEE!!!!]
Being a SCORPION1 born on November 6, NINETEEN NINETY-EIGHT…
You’re so FOCUSED, BRAVE and truly STRAIGHT2…
You always wants things done RIGHT,
Being BRAVE, you won’t back down from a FIGHT3!
You are a giving person who always HELPS…
And your KINDNESS extends even to the WHELPS4,
And you love beautiful and expensive THINGS,
You surely would refuse being given FARTHINGS5!
As a TIGER6 person, you’re POWERFUL and TOUGH…
You were born with stately CONFIDENCE; that’s hard to TOP…
But you’re also seen as somewhat TALKATIVE…
That’s not good, as you could become your teacher’s PET PEEVE7!
As regards your health take some extra PRECAUTION,
You are easily angered and is prone to DEPRESSION…
Getting angry so quick, may damage your LIVER…
Don’t be angry so much, as you might not find a LOVER!
But you are by nature truly HEALTHY…
In fact, you seldom get SICK, that’s quite DUCKY8…
And as a BRAVE person you’ll not lose sleep over FAILURES…
SCORPIONS always take head on difficulties unto quick CURES!
Just recently ALEE wowed some PEOPLE,
As she danced a BALLET INTERPRETATION in a HALL…
It was a surprise party for DOC ANDY9…
ALEE plied,did a releve and did some GRAND JETE10!
Indeed, ALEE’s passion for dance is quite AMAZING,
She could switch from ballet to hiphop with much ZING11…
And as an endearing father’s advice to a DANCER…
Reach your dream with a GRAND JETE –sans any FEAR!
On this your natal day my dear ALEE…
I wish to greet you with laughter and much GLEE12;
You have brought much joy to our FAMILY;
I’ll pray you’ll reach your NORTH STAR13 so truly QUICKLY!
[Alee is shown here doing her ballet rendition/interpretation of the song popularized by the duo of ANDREA BOCELLI and CELINE DIONE-THE PRAYER, as it served as the invocation/opening number during the surprise DESPEDIDA party for Doc ANDY TAN held on October 21, 2017 at the ATENEO’s UNIVERSITY DORM.]
2 – The use of the word STRAIGHT here carries an ambivalent meaning; one, of doing things rights; and the other, of being UNBENDING or STUBBORN, at times ONLY.
3 – ALEE is competitive as she has been competing in her younger days in international ballet dance competitions and nowadays, in international hiphop dance competitions.
4 – WHELPS are PUPPIES.
5 – FARTHING or FARTHING means the least possible amount especially, in the case of ALEE, she would plead for a slightly bigger amount (slight lang naman) in regard to her school allowance.
6 – Being born on November 6, 1998; ALEE is governed by the Chinese zodiac animal sign of the EARTH TIGER.
7 – PET PEEVE is something that is seen or perceived as annoying.
8 – DUCKY means DELIGHTFUL.
9 – The currently active parents of the ATENEO SCHOOLS PARENTS COUNCIL staged a surprise DESPEDIDA party in honor of Doc ANDY TAN, the outgoing President of ASPAC on October 21, 2017 at the University DORM basement HALL at the ATENEO.
10 – The terms used are ballet dance moves, such as: plie (plee-ay): to bend or of keeping both feet flat on the floor at all times, thence bending the knees; releve (ruh-leh-vay’), which is to rise which can be done on one foot or both feet together. And finally the GRAND JETE, which is a jump or jeté, preceded by a grand battement or high kick, in which a dancer leaps from one leg and lands on the other leg, foot actually.
11 – ZING means energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness or to move swiftly.
12 – GLEE means DELIGHTFUL or with much DELIGHT.]
13 – NORTH STAR connotes one’s ambition and/or goal in one’s LIFE.]
I am a litigation lawyer in the Philippines and a graduate of the UP College of Law. I also hold an AB Economics degree from the University of the Philippines. While taking up Law at UP Diliman, I was working at the Tondo Foreshore Development Project which eventually became part of the National Housing Authority (NHA), where I started out as a Research Officer and eventually rose as Estate Manager. When the EDSA REVOLUTION happened, I resigned from the NHA in May 1986 and got employed as Legal Officer with Allied Banking Corporation's Legal and Collection Department, which got merged with the Philippine National Bank. In 1998, together with my UP Law classmate, the late Jaime G. Nagrampa, we put up a private law firm which originally was named NAGRAMPA & YOUNG Law Office and now, as THE YOUNG LAW FIRM.
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