OCMI members Vince,Richard,Rachel,Ava,Ten and I met last Saturday at UP Diliman. This is where we held our basic mountaineering course for batch XI with only two participants, Sheldon and Jason. Quantity doesn't matter it's the quality of members we produce that matters most. They were already jogging around the oblation when I arrived. They finished jogging past 10:am so we decided to eat early lunch and discussed OCMI's history at the table. Rachel had informed me and Vince to assist in introducing the organization and share to the participants OCMI's history and its culture. I guessed it goes with the age as Vince and I were pioneer in OCMI. I hope Sheldon and Jason will pass the training and become part of OCMI family. Goodluck guys! =)
a bit of trivia:
The Oblation is the iconic symbol of the University of the Philippines, represented by a man with arms wide-stretched and face facing up, symbolizing selfless offering of one's self to his country. The Oblation was made by Professor Guillermo E. Tolentino with the help of his assistant Anastacio T. Caedo, his student apprentice. According to a book tribute to Guillermo Tolentino, it was Anastacio Caedo, not Fernando Poe Sr., who served as the model for the sculpture.
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