Sheryll "Sheng" Agustin-Tienzo 96-B | U.P. Sigma Alpha Nu Sorority

Sheng – a thousand prayer salute ...

Sheryll "Sheng" Agustin-Tienzo 96-B Diliman succumbed last November 17, 2008 after days of bleeding and infection after giving birth to her fourth child.

Sisters, brods, family and friends paid their last respects at the San Fabian Chapel in Makati as soon as the tragic news got around.

It was surreal to see a white casket instead of the bubbly and petite Sheng I met four years back, having fun with our kids at a kiddie party to celebrate the birthday of Armi’s precious son. I couldn’t make myself see Sheng in her white casket, surrounded with beautiful wreaths of predominantly white flowers. My tears just welled in my eyes for the loss of a passionate sorority sister who has done a great service to her chapter. A sister whom I met only once but have touched many through her commitment to an organization we all cherish.

Sheng, was one among the few who rose to the occasion when the Diliman chapter was dying. She didn’t confine herself to just replying to my posts but she re-enrolled herself and sifted through what was left of the Diliman chapter. For this, the Diliman chapter exalted her to become Diliman’s first 3-term Lady Chancellor. She had done this with 3 kids to care for and a household to maintain.

Sheng's stay at ICU-6 of the Makati Medical Center, became a magnet for anyone without apathy. Through the call of blood donations and financial support for Sheng's recovery, friends and security forces from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), strangers answering to blogs and threads about sheng and
Diliman, Manila and Los Baños-brods and sisters-BECAME ONE. It didn't matter who took initiative, what mattered was that Sheng lives!

Sheng was in and out of consciousness but on the early morning of November 17, 2008, she spoke with her husband, our brod, Chain. By 6:45 am she was pronounced dead.

Sheng may not be with us anymore but she lives, gloriously in the mansion of Our Father. She's our first sis to be promoted to heaven.

Sheng may have premonitions of her death as her family would say. Mid this year, she was already “planning” on what she would have wanted if and when she dies. She wanted white for her funeral. She wanted to be buried in her old home in Frisco or have her ashes scattered in St. Mary’s QC, in Quezon City Science High School and in UP Diliman. Her plan blueprinted with love and tear, was set to motion last November 25, 2008.

Sheng had 29 beautiful years of a life well lived.

I ask for a final salute. Let us salute Sheng with our prayers of healing for those she left behind especially to our brod Chain and her 4 adorable kids and Sheng’s little sister. A final salute to a woman cherished by her husband, a caring mother, a devoted sister, a well-loved family member and a passionate sorority sister.

Brod Chain and Sheng

Sheryll Agustin-Tienzo 96-B Diliman