After five long years, it felt good seeing familiar faces who helped me make it through high school the fun way. It was really a sight to see all these people who made me laugh and cry back in the early days.
It was a talkathon for six hours as stories flowed from one lips to another. Topics on being a single parent to first real jobs filled the air as we spill the beans.
Most of them already graduated. I think there's just two of us left. Some of them are registered nurses already and we are all very proud of them. Others, still reviewing for the board exams, and sure we wish them the best of luck. Other people already have their babies and we can't wait for their christening. Some, just broken up with their girlfriends and so we told them to just drink the night away.
I look at us and it seems like nothing's change. We still all look the same, we still talk like we did before. It felt as if we have never been separated that long. Together, we seem like the old bunch from high school who loves karaoke and ginpomelo, but I stared closer and realized there were changes individually.
The highschool-secretary-turned-bonafide-nurse attended reunion for the first time! Lorena never attended any of our reunions, but it was really nice finally seeing her after five years. She really looked pretty and I was almost tempted to ask her what sun screen she's using. Even Angelo noticed how fair her skin is. Her signature lavender color was still in the atmosphere as she walks with purple pants and tote her grape-colored bag.
Our highschool big brother Willy, is still pretty much the Kuya of the batch. He was the promotor of drinking session and videoke stint that night, and we all sympathize when he sang break up song after another. But as the night went, we just made fun of the whole situation and guaranteed that he'll find another (I hope we're right.)
Jen-jen, the campus crush who broke Willy's heart just came back from China and did not even bother bring goodies! (But yea, I did not bring stuff from the States aside from the mini bars I brought.) We weren't really able to talk besides our casual tuksuhan of who is prettier, who is gaining weight, and petty stuff.
Our four stooges, Ramir, Rhyan, Lexy, and Gaius were also there, parading their silly stunts as they did in high school. I really admire their brotherhood. The blokes never ceased to make us laugh over Eagles' songs they sang in their own remix version.
Ah, how could I forget the high school best friends Anna and Sarah. Their friendship could not be even compared to that of Paris Hilton and Nicole Ricci. They're still the sweethearts of our group. Kudos to our certified nurses!
Angelo-the black sheep has become a looker! That night I kept telling him that he looks really gorgeous and I would joke saying he looks sober. I'm glad he got to change for the better. I'm really impressed at his maturity in comparison to his high school records. We have been in a lot of fights, literally, where we would actually hit each other and God! We just really laugh at it now!
Chelsy, our so-called entertainment showcase still speaks with her high-pitched voice. She still loves singing. Our Pinoy Idol pambato sang Celine Dione after Celine Dione, while reminiscing all the singing contests she joined in high school. She was like before, just with longer hair, and a baby son she's very proud of.
Reina, Lexy's quees, is still the same fun-loving girl in high school. Everyone just love her for being friendly and easy-going. We talked about how we bumped to each other one time in a mall and that mall was even far from where we both live. In the course of the night, we asked her to sing with Lexy their theme song and she did. Lexy didn't though, he was such a bummer!
If Sarah and Anna's friendship can not be compared to Paris and Nicole, surely, Monica's weight loss is beyond comparison to Ricci's. She was always in good shape but for some reason, she looked like she totally lost a lot. Everyone was almost pushing all the goodies at her and was eyeing her to eat. I guess we love how she was before. We're still a little curious though. Never the less, she is still our Monica who loves the flash of the camera!
Two years ago when we had our last reunion, we were pretty much talking about our courses, our terror professors, and how we are coping with college life. The wind must have gone the other direction when we started talking about future plans, and work life between shots of rhum.
Funny how our love for the camera never ceased. We are the wacky team, the humor clinic of the batch, the fun-loving group! We are still the same, almost.
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