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Member since: Apr 2 2008, 11:16 AM EDT
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Hello, my name is Deacon Tom Buenavista!


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Home town: Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Birthday (09/25):

Current residence
: Cantonment, FL

Occupation: Retired Course Developer, Instructor, Technical Writer, Chef and Band Leader


MORE ABOUT ME...

My guilty pleasure(s): Cooking and music

The best words to describe me are: friendly, fair, firm, and fastidious

My hero(es)
: Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI

Words or phrases I overuse: "Lord have mercy."

My superpower is: Positive Thinking

What else you should know about me: I was an apprentice embalmer at 13, became traumatized with dead bodies and so switched to music lessons on the trumpet, flugelhorn and played in funerals. Served in the US Navy, put in my 20 years. Retired Chief Data Systems Technician (DSC). Attended the Diaconate Formation and was ordained in 1995 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Married for 40 years to Agnes Sears, have 4 sons and lived in Pacifica, CA. Wife passed away in 2003. Married Grace. Now retired from last job in the Computers and Telecomm industries as trainer, course developer and technical writer.



IN MY DREAMS...
THINGS I PLAN TO DO BEFORE I DIE
  1. Get to know all my relatives - close and distant
  2. Visit Scandinavia and the Pacific Atolls
  3. Write a book, compose music
  4. Do volunteer work for charity
  5. Help build a shrine of St. Jude
In the movie version of my life, I would be played by: Tom Hanks

My childhood ambition/career goal: to be a journalist

If I were a breakfast cereal, I would be: Grits with cheese

If I could tame and ride any animal, it would be a: TIGER

If I could live anywhere, it would be: Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

My dream job(s): Teacher, Evangelist, Writer, Musician, Chef

My dream vacation(s): To go home and just relax by the South China Sea


TO-THE-MOMENT ME

Last movie I saw: Pride and Prejudice with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth

Last book I read: What is the Matter with California by Jack Cashill

Last album I listened to: Larry Craig Jazz Trio

Last big splurge: Trip to San Francisco to visit my mother

Last vacation: San Francisco, California


MY ALL-TIME FAVES
Website(s): http://www.humanevents.com

http://kofc7402.wetpaint.com

http://www.wnd.com

http://stjudecantonment.wetpaint.com
Hobbies: Computers, Playing music, singing, writing, desktop publishing, gardening, walking, deep sea or pier fishing, cooking, barbecuing, reading, painting, touring, photography, beer tasting, wine tasting, beach combing.
Food(s): Oriental cuisine, American cuisine, European cuisine, Mediterranean cuisine, Greek and Turkish cuisine, and Filipino cuisine. Gadget(s): Church key, Toyota Tundra, John Deere Z-Trac mower, Computers, Guitar, Bass, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, and sharp Henckel Knives.
Vacation spot(s): My Home town back in the Philippines I like my eggs... over easy.
Game(s): Pro Football Sport(s): Pro Football
World leader(s): Ronald Reagan
TV show(s): History Channel, Fox News, Discovery, National Geographic
Celebrities: Catherine Zeta Jones
Charities/Causes: St. Jude Shrine
Movies: Pride and Prejudice, Passion of the Christ, The Dirty Dozen, Dirty Harry movies, Classics
Musician(s): Chet Baker, Al Hirt, Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Django Rheinhart
Song(s): Stardust, Here Comes that Rainy Day, Stella by Starlight, All of Me, Lush Life
Dessert(s): Ice Cream and Blueberry Pie
Quote(s): "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." Albert Einstein Cartoon character(s): Pogo, The Phantom

MY LISTS
HOT
NOT
  • Catherine Zeta Jones
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Toyota Tundra
  • Silverado
  • Fellowship at St. Jude
  • Separatists and isolationists
  • Team players and collaborators
  • Individualists and controllers
  • Being Retired
  • Hustling with the rat race

MULTIMEDIA ME
DEFINING SHOTS
FAVORITE VIDEOS / WIDGETS
home - Knights of Columbus Council 7402

Nothing like a luau to unwind


"I Can't Get Started"
Maynard Ferguson and Al Hirt
two of the greatest trumpet players to ever play this song.
home - Knights of Columbus Council 7402

Grace and I at Fort Walton Beach


Luciano Pavarotti singing from a concert in January 1980 with the NY Philharmonic cond. by Zubin Mehta.

ME: TAGGED! (The keywords and phrases that best sum me up...)
friendly, fair, family oriented, fastidious, firm, loyal, reliable, polite, creative, brilliant

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Latest page update: Aug 13 2008, 9:16 AM EDT