For the sake of those who did not have the opportunity to have met this \u201cgentle giant\u201d, please give us a short biography.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nYour generous introduction already serves as my short biography. As Sis Cion had said in the aftermath of her own interview, one could get embarrassed to see paraded, even just within our organization, one\u2019s accomplishments and awards, but to be honest, I take pride in sharing with you an award that I received from the UP System (during the Diamond Jubilee Homecoming in 1983) as one of the outstanding alumni of the university, similar to the award received recently by Sis Cion.<\/p>\nI would also like to add one thing that I did not do in my life, rather than tell all the things that I have done. After my studies at the University of British Columbia, I missed the chance to work at the University of Munich, which offered me a job in 1972 and also meant missing the opportunity to watch the Munich Olympics and travel around Europe. The College disapproved my request for further leave for another year, I guess, for fear that I would not return to fulfill my obligations. I acceded to their decision because I was very homesick, having been away from the country for more than three years.<\/p>\n
I rejoined UPLB as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor after three years and later appointed as Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development. My life at UPLB has been worthwhile and quite memorable, so it is but natural that I am and will always be tied to the place. My only regret is that during my last years as a UPLB faculty member, the country\u2019s economy (hence also the university budget) fell on hard times that I could not be promoted to a full professorship because of lack of funds. Maybe Dean Mon can rehire me as a full professor a year from now if no faculty Vrod or Sis would object.<\/p>\n
I have been on full-time consulting work since leaving UPLB in 1986. I was the main writer of the Master Plan for the Forestry Sector of five countries (Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Kenya). After ten years in that line of work I went from macro-level, forest sector planning in 1996 to micro-level forest management planning and plan implementation on-the-ground. Since then I have been working in the shadow of Lao officials as the architect and builder in establishing and developing the Lao forest management system known as \u201cParticipatory Sustainable Forest Management\u201d. From zero management, our project areas have risen within a few years to be included in the FAO list of exemplary managed forests in Asia and later granted a forest certification by the Forest Stewardship Council.<\/p>\n
In the last three years, I had been coming home frequently from my Lao sojourn to look after my pet housing project in Los Ba\u00f1os for low-middle income earners.<\/p>\n
When you are not in UPLB and away from your family, how do you pass the time after work?<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Manny](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/MLB-Family-b.jpg?resize=432%2C313&ssl=1\" "\\"Manny")
Doc with wife Roucelle (sitting right) and their five children.<\/p><\/div>\n
As one nearing the age of a senior citizen, I normally go to bed early and thus wake up early. Before I head for the office at 7 am, I would already have worked for an hour with my computer, jogged for more than half an hour, showered, and had breakfast while catching up with the world by watching CNN. Having started the day early, my day also ends quite early, so there is really not much time between work and bedtime. I no longer go for fun nights unlike when I was younger; I just play computer games until bedtime.<\/p>\n
Tell us some of your childhood experiences, which made you, decide to pursue Forestry.<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/strong>I had always been at least two years younger than my classmates. Mixing with older classmates did not automatically mean losing out in physical games, although it meant having crushes on older girls. I kept my crushes secret, being a very shy guy and afraid of rejection. I had my first girlfriend only after graduation when I was already an instructor at the College of Forestry. She was a College of Forestry freshman at that time but only 2-3 years younger \u2013 a Varron sis \u2013 pioneer Varrons would know who she is. My last girlfriend is 12 years younger \u2013 a Varron sis, too \u2013 you know who, my wife of course!<\/p>\nHow I got into forestry was not by choice, but by fate. I wanted to be a civil engineer. I could not have gone to UPLBCF had I not been chosen as one of five Reforestation Administration Scholars through a scholarship examination held nationwide. While becoming a forester was my fate, being an engineer is still my destiny. My BSF specialization was in logging engineering and I have been practicing engineering by building roads, subdivisions, and houses. I built the Forestry Campus road (the one-way road fronting FBS and FORI buildings) and a couple of other roads in LB. Jubileeville is my creation. My third child, who was born when I was developing Jubileeville, is now a graduating civil engineering student at CEAT (without my prodding) \u2013 her name is Marisse Jubi Lee Bonita \u2013 get the connection? I have designed and supervised the construction of at least 50 houses. I have a really crazy dream of going back to study engineering at UPLB so I can get a CE license. I was the youngest UPLB student then, I would become the oldest UPLB student if I give in to this dream. Who knows? I might even re-establish the lower campus UPVL as an undergrad. At my age, still I have other dreams too, which would take up my time, so I guess that crazy dream would have to remain a dream.<\/p>\n
How did being a member of UPVL impact your life?<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Manny](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/MLB-and-Varrons.jpg?resize=384%2C334&ssl=1\" "\\"Manny")
From the Varrons Archives: Doc (left) in a graduation party with some Varrons in 1980.<\/p><\/div>\n
I joined UPVL at seventeen when I was already a junior student at UPLB. Two of my co-batch members in Magnificent 7 were about 10 years older and were my guardians away from home. I owe much to my UPVL batch mates, who as my older brothers, helped to shape my life. After coming back to UPLB from graduate studies, it became my turn to be the older brother to the Varrons. I was the only Magnificent 7 batch member remaining on campus, so it was up to me to shoulder the task of nurturing the upper campus UPVL. The 1970s though were among the most memorable years in my life. During those times, UPVL was my only life aside from being a university professor.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the Stars, Through Difficulties\u201d is the motto of the organization: how can you relate to this?<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/strong>Our motto has been chosen well by our elders. It teaches us to persevere no matter how difficult the way turns out to be. Equally important is choosing your star \u2013 your goal \u2013 in your life and in whatever endeavor you are engaged in. Although I have generally been lucky in my life, it is perseverance, which our motto teaches, that helped pave the way to my success. Bear in mind that luck comes only 1% from heaven, but 99% from earthly toil.<\/p>\nThrough the years that you had been with the Varrons, tell us some activities, projects or events that you enjoyed most with them.<\/p>\n
During the 1970s the enjoyable activities with the Varrons came flooding rather than in trickles. Our stars shone much brighter during February Fairs. I remember one such Fair in particular when I designed and built with the Varrons a geodesic hemispherical dome booth that won the grand prize. We fabricated its parts at the Forestry Campus from split bamboo and built the booth at the last minute. Other orgs had their booths already built. Spectators watched in awe, wondering what we were up to, as the dome took shape from its vertex down to its base.<\/p>\n
We lorded over the annual Gymkana since it started in the 1970s to the envy of other competing orgs on campus. The Gymkana usually capped its closing night with a skit contest. In one particular Gymkana, it was already 6:00 in the evening and yet, we had not thought about our skit. I came up with an idea and called some Vrods and Sis\u2019s to participate, giving them the plan for the skit. They performed perfectly according to the plan even without any practice at all. Our pretty Sis\u2019s acted as standing trees in the forest and carried branches over their heads as tree crowns. Manny Marquez acted as a kainginero who wanted to pee. He moved to one such tree (sis Vee) and pissed in front of it, balancing on one leg with the other leg raised up dangling, just like a peeing dog. His stance was so hilarious and his \u201cjingling quiver\u201d afterwards made the audience roar with laughter. Towards the end, the pretty Sis\u2019s all fell down like trees felled by the kaingineros. That impromptu skit won. They say that imitation is the best compliment, as a few skits of other orgs after that year also featured girls and boys as human trees.<\/p>\n
However, all was not rosy with the Varrons in the 1970s. Each year we had several evening bull sessions over campfire to mend discords, discuss and resolve problems, and constructively criticize ourselves and our failures as an org. I believe those bull sessions helped us to survive our early years and made us stronger.<\/p>\n
There might have been times that you were perturbed or upset by some members, what could be the reason? Can you think of some unpleasant memories?<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/strong>After a search of my aging memory bank for unpleasant memories caused by some members, I really could not find any. Even those bull sessions were not altogether unpleasant. They were rather cleansing after such soul searching. Maybe I am just a forgiving person and hold no grudges that I really cannot recall any.<\/p>\nHow do you assess the Varron members with respect to their relationships with other members during the founding years as compared to those five years after, ten, twenty, and now?<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>The Varron members during the 1960s and 1970s were generally close to each other, but there were also factions within the org, as well as a few who felt lost and could not belong. Some ended up being inactive or even joined other orgs. After the 1970s my contact with succeeding generations became less frequent.<\/p>\nI was less active with the Varrons during the 1980s because I was busy developing Jubileeville and looking after its financing, as well as with other duties as Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development. I ran into debts with colleagues at MADECOR, our consulting firm, and with the firm itself, because I often had to borrow money for Jubilleeville so that our workers would not go home to their family after a week\u2019s hard work without their wages. UPLB allocated to me a quarter of a hectare of residential lands at Jubileeville in exchange for funds that I placed with the project. However, I had to leave UPLB to earn more money as a consultant in order to pay my debts to MADECOR.<\/p>\n
During the 1990s and 2000s, I had contact with the Varrons only when I went home on leave from work abroad. Those occasions were infrequent in the 1990s since my family traveled with me, but became more frequent in the 2000s after I based my family at LB for the education of my children. Although I did not have much personal association with the younger Varrons of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, still I can see that the generations of Varrons have kept their closeness with each other and with older generations of Varrons. We owe this to the on-campus guardians \u2013 the Varron elders who continued over the years the task of nurturing the org. I can also see that we are even closer now because of the Yahoo group which bridges thousands of kilometers in a nanosecond, the support of UP Varrons International and UPVAA, and the pride we see in our org through Tudla.<\/p>\n
What important values do you advise the newcomers to the fold or even old timers in order to keep the spirit of the Varrons alive and kicking?<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/em>Pride, in the positive rather than negative sense, is among those qualities that kept us moving and not wanting to fail as an org. Let us continue to take pride in our accomplishments. Lacking in self-confidence could also be a positive value, often even more productive than being over confident, if it could spur us to work harder to overcome our handicaps. In short, work hard and take pride in what you have accomplished (even though, only silently to yourself). This works not only in terms of keeping the Varron spirit alive and kicking, but also in other endeavors in life.<\/p>\nWhat do you suggest\u00a0that other members should do during weekends in order to keep the spirit of camaraderie always burning?<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/em>Every little thing counts, but I think many things are already going on especially for the undergrads who still have to work hard to finish their studies. We really do not have to think of something out of the ordinary, but it would be nice for alumni on campus to increase the frequency of getting together with each other and with the undergrads not only for basketball games but in nature walks and picnics in mud spring or flat rocks, sing-along sa bahay, etc., and for those on-campus alumni, who have not been showing their faces in past Varrons get-together, to start doing so. This would entice the off-campus alumni to come and join the fun whenever they could spare the time.<\/p>\nAs one of the founding members of the UPVL, which is now a well-established organization on campus, what do you think are the best qualities of the members that brought about this success? Though successful, what are some of the weaknesses of its members?<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/em>Our early beginnings had been one as a gang of idealists. Our early years had been one of trying hard to compete with older, already well-established orgs. We competed successfully because we lived up to our ideals as a group of well-rounded individuals who would like to shape themselves in the mold of Marcus Terentius Varro. In our early years in the upper campus, we cornered the scholars, exemplary athletes, and student leaders into our membership. As a result, we had a succession of one or two cum laudes from the late 1960s to the 1970s and a strong grip on athletics and other competitions on campus. At the same time, we did not discriminate against those who were short in the desired qualities for membership. After all, being a UP student already marks one potentially as a better than average university student. We simply had to help the members to develop their latent qualities. We were quite strict then. Members who failed to maintain an average of 2.5 were put in an inactive list to allow them more time for their studies.<\/p>\nAs for weaknesses, we did not have the flamboyance of an Upsilonian, Betan, Sigma Deltan, or Sigma Betan. We did have members of star quality like Pepot or Meris to bring us some glamour, but our down to earth qualities should not be perceived as a weakness \u2013 these helped shape us into what we are now.<\/p>\n
The long-debated topic on the expulsion of a member had not come to an end. From your perspective, being a member of a valued opinion, when does a member deserve to be sacked?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nI come from a very large family. As the lucky one, my not-so-lucky brothers often come to me with their problems, and for countless times I have been disappointed with them. However, how can we sack our own brothers? Within the Varrons as well, I believe no one deserves to be sacked for whatever reason. If some Varrons do not seem to belong or have done something really wrong, we should try to make them belong or let us give them all the chances to right the wrong. If that does not work, then let them come and belong at their own pace. Expulsion burns the bridge and closes the way back. I do not believe in burning bridges but in rebuilding them. Of course others do not share this idea, which is why we have a provision for expulsion. If we change our by-laws I would support removing that provision and always leave a way back for a prodigal son or daughter to return.<\/p>\nThere is no doubt that UPVL is now in command in Forestry. What do you advise the members in order to meet the expectations of maintaining supremacy in College?<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nPerhaps this statement makes more sense to the Forestry Campus Varrons of the 1970s and 1980s when rivalry with other organizations was most intense, especially in the battle for supremacy with much older orgs and one org, in particular. I think the UPVL of today is already at ease with its place on campus and not as engaged in being supremely in command. Even so, let us all remember that life and things that are dynamic tend to go in cycle, what comes up could come down and what is down could come back up.<\/p>\nDo you see any threats as to the disintegration of the UPVL?
\n<\/em><\/strong>Not any right now.<\/p>\nWhat viable projects should members invest money, time and effort into so that in 5 years time we have something we can all be proud of having supported?<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/em>I am into housing business so that is the first thing that comes to my mind. There is already a Gawad Kalinga housing program for the poorest among the poor, which was started by Couples for Christ. It is already well supported from all corners, but it would be a great experience for many of us to spend time as a volunteer in one of the many Gawad Kalinga projects; there is one nearby at Putho, the largest GK project in Laguna.<\/p>\nConcerning my own endeavor on housing, I am targeting the not so poor \u2013 the low-middle to middle income earners, especially civil servants \u2013 who, although having steady incomes, are still lacking in savings required for building their own houses. I am also catering to the high-middle class for a cross-subsidy scheme, so that quality houses can be built for the low-middle class at low prices.<\/p>\n
My ambition is to spread this program \u2013 I have no name for it yet \u2013 all over the country, just like Gawad Kalinga. Since we now have Varrons everywhere who can spare efforts, if not invest money on it, I think spreading such a program would not be difficult. I can devote my time on this program after I retire from my current consulting project.<\/p>\n
We are aware of the plight of some of our members especially during times of emergencies, how about devising a sort of contingency plan or putting up something like a Varrons Bank\/Credit\u00a0Coop?<\/p>\n
A Varrons Credit Cooperative, which could grow into a Varrons Savings and Investment Bank,\u00a0seems like a good idea. We don\u2019t have to be limited by space since international links via the web have shrunk that space. We have some banking and credit experts among us like Berong and Eloy who should study this and, later on together with others like Neneng and Terry, could work to realize it. Passing the hat in times of emergency will still be there, but I am not so keen on getting everyone to contribute in advance for an emergency fund. It\u2019s better for them to invest so that their capital remains intact while part of the profits go towards meeting the immediate needs of Varrons.<\/p>\n
Any words of wisdom or advice?<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Not that I already felt great when I was young, but even as a small boy, I had always opted for humility. It is enjoyable to indulge in a self-admiration society; it is not wrong to enjoy one\u2019s fruits, so long as you realize what you are doing, humility is not cast aside, and you come back with your feet on the ground.<\/p>\nOne of many memories that bring me down to earth is that of our batch\u2019s finals at flat rocks. Already a junior with four consecutive semesters as a college or university scholar awarded by the UP President, I was asked by Sis Cion to define \u201cscholar\u201d — I could not give a good answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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