January 05, 2007
Had dinner last night at Mister Kabab (corner of Quezon Ave. and West Ave.) with a bunch of my 4th-year high school classmates. Attendance wasn't bad at all: 18 out of 30. Seems like it's been ages since we had a Charm Day Out (CDO), or in this case, a Charm Night Out. I think it was four years ago since we last had this many Charmies in one place, and I don't even remember what that event was.
It was rather unfortunate that we were seated into two tables separated by the length of the restaurant floor. Coincidentally, it was mostly a "boys table" and "girls table" arrangement, just like the old boys and girls dorm arrangement. Didn't stop us from having fun though.
It was a very nostalgic night, mostly spent reminiscing, reviving old jokes and hirits, laughing at high school teachers, and digging up embarrassing moments, all long thought buried in the past. Our outside appearances have all changed, but it's amazing how some things have stayed the same over the years: Moi's hysterical laugh, Morales' antics, Lopao's down-to-earth nature.
On a not-so-positive note, there was a noticeable lack of people "making kwento", updating everyone else about their lives. My theory is that we were mostly too shy of going forward and telling stories about ourselves, lest we be thought of as "makapal ang mukha" for sharing things no one else can relate to. But with a reunion this long in the making, it was inevitable that most of our time was spent just remembering the good old days.
I'm hoping that the next reunion will see us truly reconnecting and building relationships on more than just shared experiences. And I'm hopeful that this next reunion won't be too far off.
("Charm" is the name of our section, and yes, we are named after a quark. The 4th-year sections in PSHS Diliman are all sub-atomic particles. Guess you learned something new today, unless you're a Physics major or a Pisay alumnus.)
It was rather unfortunate that we were seated into two tables separated by the length of the restaurant floor. Coincidentally, it was mostly a "boys table" and "girls table" arrangement, just like the old boys and girls dorm arrangement. Didn't stop us from having fun though.
It was a very nostalgic night, mostly spent reminiscing, reviving old jokes and hirits, laughing at high school teachers, and digging up embarrassing moments, all long thought buried in the past. Our outside appearances have all changed, but it's amazing how some things have stayed the same over the years: Moi's hysterical laugh, Morales' antics, Lopao's down-to-earth nature.
On a not-so-positive note, there was a noticeable lack of people "making kwento", updating everyone else about their lives. My theory is that we were mostly too shy of going forward and telling stories about ourselves, lest we be thought of as "makapal ang mukha" for sharing things no one else can relate to. But with a reunion this long in the making, it was inevitable that most of our time was spent just remembering the good old days.
I'm hoping that the next reunion will see us truly reconnecting and building relationships on more than just shared experiences. And I'm hopeful that this next reunion won't be too far off.
("Charm" is the name of our section, and yes, we are named after a quark. The 4th-year sections in PSHS Diliman are all sub-atomic particles. Guess you learned something new today, unless you're a Physics major or a Pisay alumnus.)
Labels: high school, reunions
Hehe.. tama yung title mo.. unlike yung akin.. CDO
Hey Darren, you have been tagged. Why not share 5 snippets about yourself, we would not usually know?