Fr. Manny at 43
Morning of August 28 was not an ordinary day for the Ateneans. Hundreds of students, teachers, staff, parents, and alumni of Ateneo de Iloilo gathered in the main quadrangle of the blue-and-white school in celebration of one spectacular event: School president Fr. Manny Uy's 43rd birthday!
Surprises stunned this bubbly, inspiring, go-getter school administrator especially when he received a phone call from his loving mother straight from Zamboanga City . The music of his mom's voice made the Fr. President remember the lullaby which she was singing when Fr. Manny was still younger.
This and more: giving of presents from respective Ateneo de Iloilo class representatives; party poppers bursting out from above; heart-warming speeches from fellow administrators; colorful confetti everywhere; almost everybody wearing and waving party hats and balloons; and loads of cakes, too. To note, along with the president were seven other Ateneans who celebrated their birthdays on the same sunny day.
Well loved, well cherished, well treasured. That's Fr. Manny at 43.