My high school batch is planning a reunion. One of the highlights of our reunion is a powerpoint presentation of our THEN and NOW pictures.
Wonder if my new hairdo fits me? :)
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Then and Now
My high school batch is planning a reunion. One of the highlights of our reunion is a powerpoint presentation of our THEN and NOW pictures.Wonder if my new hairdo fits me? :)
Saturday, January 14, 2006
High School 1973
Late last year, I became part of an egroup, my batchmates in high school. This started a series of events that led me to my frequent trips down memory lane. It is interesting to note that I have admittedly become forgetful but there are just some things that stick to your memory. Like when you hear an old song from centuries ago and you start to sing along with it. The lyrics are there engraved in your head and you don't even know it.
Through this egroup, I arranged to meet Bambi while I was in California last November. She was my neighbor in Cebu at one time, aside from being my classmate. The last time I saw her was 33 yeas ago, after we graduated from high school. 33 years!!! It was good that Roly readily agreed to drive me up to Crockett, a 1.5 hour drive from Sacramento. Bambi's house is sooo idyllic. It sits on top of a mountain and everything was so serene. Our tight hug bridged all the years we did not see each other and said so much about how we missed each other.
Yesterday, Evelyn sent me text "Dining with your best friend". I replied "My Tonette?" and Eve texted back - "Call me". When Evelyn answered my call she said "She is not yours anymore. She is now MY Tonette." Their meeting came about because of this same egroup.
It is a nice feeling. Thinking two of my very good friends getting together. I told Monica about how I hope both discover each other's geniune hearts. Not many of my batchmates know that Ma'am Evelyn is my boss. She owns the company that I work for here in the US. Monica said she knows how beautiful Evelyn's heart is because her daughter has it too. Isn't that amazing? Our only daughters are busom buddies. They share the same interests: Borders and Barnes and Noble, running, dancing, and sharing insights about relationships, like they have tasted heartbreak after heartbreak!
Nit. My Tonette. My high school bestfriend. Our paths always crossed. If there is one person, outside of my family, that made the most influence my life, she is the one. My love for reading, dancing, romancing ... heheheh. I am the godmother of her eldest child, Anna, though I do not even know if she knows this (I am such a bad godmother!) . Tonette became my best friend when we were in grade 5, I think. Now, Tonette is an accomplished woman. VP of Academics of the Ateneo de Manila University, and studied and got her master and doctorate degree in Belgium. Wow! Years ago, Tonette met Charo's brother at one gathering. She asked for Charo's email address and they started writing to each other. Soon, Charo started writing to me. It was through Charo that I got here in the US. She hooked me up with Evelyn, who was looking for programmers at that time.
Charo is another story. We were close in high school but we became really really close when we started pre-nursing in USC. I cannot forget how my heart bled for her, hearing her controlled sobs while she asked questions that I can only answer with a hug. She was at one of her lowest moments at that time, just about a week after I arrived in the US. I cannot forget her allowing me to use her Jeep for practice driving and her patience in teaching me how to drive. At one time, she asked me to stop because I nearly hit a car as I merged into a busy highway. When I failed to stop, she slapped my leg and said "What part of stop don't you understand?" Very Charo-like :)
Evelyn said we will leaf through our high school annual book - Semper Paratus when she comes back from the Philippines. I am sure it will be another fun ride down memory lane.
Through this egroup, I arranged to meet Bambi while I was in California last November. She was my neighbor in Cebu at one time, aside from being my classmate. The last time I saw her was 33 yeas ago, after we graduated from high school. 33 years!!! It was good that Roly readily agreed to drive me up to Crockett, a 1.5 hour drive from Sacramento. Bambi's house is sooo idyllic. It sits on top of a mountain and everything was so serene. Our tight hug bridged all the years we did not see each other and said so much about how we missed each other.
Yesterday, Evelyn sent me text "Dining with your best friend". I replied "My Tonette?" and Eve texted back - "Call me". When Evelyn answered my call she said "She is not yours anymore. She is now MY Tonette." Their meeting came about because of this same egroup.
It is a nice feeling. Thinking two of my very good friends getting together. I told Monica about how I hope both discover each other's geniune hearts. Not many of my batchmates know that Ma'am Evelyn is my boss. She owns the company that I work for here in the US. Monica said she knows how beautiful Evelyn's heart is because her daughter has it too. Isn't that amazing? Our only daughters are busom buddies. They share the same interests: Borders and Barnes and Noble, running, dancing, and sharing insights about relationships, like they have tasted heartbreak after heartbreak!
Nit. My Tonette. My high school bestfriend. Our paths always crossed. If there is one person, outside of my family, that made the most influence my life, she is the one. My love for reading, dancing, romancing ... heheheh. I am the godmother of her eldest child, Anna, though I do not even know if she knows this (I am such a bad godmother!) . Tonette became my best friend when we were in grade 5, I think. Now, Tonette is an accomplished woman. VP of Academics of the Ateneo de Manila University, and studied and got her master and doctorate degree in Belgium. Wow! Years ago, Tonette met Charo's brother at one gathering. She asked for Charo's email address and they started writing to each other. Soon, Charo started writing to me. It was through Charo that I got here in the US. She hooked me up with Evelyn, who was looking for programmers at that time.
Charo is another story. We were close in high school but we became really really close when we started pre-nursing in USC. I cannot forget how my heart bled for her, hearing her controlled sobs while she asked questions that I can only answer with a hug. She was at one of her lowest moments at that time, just about a week after I arrived in the US. I cannot forget her allowing me to use her Jeep for practice driving and her patience in teaching me how to drive. At one time, she asked me to stop because I nearly hit a car as I merged into a busy highway. When I failed to stop, she slapped my leg and said "What part of stop don't you understand?" Very Charo-like :)
Evelyn said we will leaf through our high school annual book - Semper Paratus when she comes back from the Philippines. I am sure it will be another fun ride down memory lane.
Monday, January 02, 2006
Celebration Time
December is celebration time. A celebration of dreams fulfilled. A celebration of new hopes for the coming year. It is a celebration of family and friends. Of life and love. Of gracefully letting go of things not meant for us. Of believing ... again. And it is this celebratory mood that I am displaying in the pictures below.
This was taken at our Company Christmas Party last December 17. Me with my children.
Taken at Marta's wedding - Dec 24.
Taken at Christmas eve, just before we opened our gifts.
Grand time with friends taken a day before new year's eve at home.
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