Celebrated my birthday a couple of days ago without any fanfare whatsoever. I liked it that way. In a way, this years' better 'coz I'm already home instead of away from it. I certainly got more presents this year (Thank you! Thank you! You know who you are!) This is one of them....
Gellie, my niece just learned to write (or copy lines from something) and she wrote me this for a birthday gift. She folded and "gift wrapped" it and gave it to me when she woke up. She can't read yet but it's all good!
my birthday cake with the improvised candles. Gellie wanted me to blow some candles but when I asked here to sing "Happy Birthday" she just shyly smile back.
Piye and his Mom looking earnestly after I blew out the candles. (if you can't figure out how old I am, "sorry na lang!" Won't help you there.I took the morning off last Friday to do some errands. I'm a bit ahead of schedule so I decided to visit my old high school before I proceed to Makati. A lot has changed in the scene since I was last in school. It was very apparent that this school isn't the same one I first attended in 1984. So much has changed. Being in the middle of the semestral break, there aren't that many students (or teachers) around, except for a few enrolling for the next semesters subjects. I proudly walked the same path as I did in June 1984 with longer strides than before, I went straight to the security guard and asked to be let in.
" San po sila Sir?" asked the guard.
"Dyan lang sa high school."
Didn't expect them to be as strict as before when we weren't even allowed to go out for lunch, so most of the students had always brought a pack-lunch.
Most of us who went there are truly grateful that they're giving a quality education to us poor but deserving students, so coming back here, after all I've accomplished...
"Ano po kailangan nila?" The guard asked again.
"May i-inquire lang ako sa office. Alumni ako."
The correct term is alumna or alumnus! I only realized this long after I left.
Bwiset! Looks like someone needs to go back to high school!
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Took the boys out last night in the first in a series of blowouts at db (doc boys bar and grill). Twas the first in a long while since I've been with this group.Most of them are my HS classmates. The bash also became a venue to start our preparations for our 20th year jubilee. I am not the type who habitually takes 2 shots of every pose "para sigurado lang". Guess being in the digital age, when you can preview every shot, you'll instantly know which pictures are out of focus.Looks like someone needs to go back to high school! Hehehe.
Being like boys again. from left: Me, Audie, Alvin, Edward, Herman and Jojo (standing). All successful , I think. Our other classmate, Renato who just flew back from Bohol, already left when this picture was taken. (He's in the first picture.)Hope I could go back and take a better shot at this but I'll have another chance when we agreed to meet again in Subic in November and in December for our post-Christmas celebration to finalize things for the reunion.
It's all good just the same.
