HIGHSCHOOL memories..

In honor of my Highschool uniform..I am using BLUE for my font.

Yeah, that's me. Unbelievable how I looked like a girl. ahahah...I vividly remember wetting my hair to make it look so neat in the photo, and am glad it did! ahihihih..till this day whenever I see this photo I remind myself how simplicity is indeed beautiful, no make ups just a plain water and that's it! ahaha...

This is just a small tribute back to memory lane when I met my highschool classmate last night after 14 years. And as we go further, it makes me go back to our silly days, the days we thought all of us can't graduate because all of our teachers hate us including the sister principal and Ms. Mabayag.

So join with me for a little trip back to 1994.

This is May Rodriguez, now she is Mrs. Pereles. She now lives in Duluth, Georgia and works as a HR Manager for United Airways. We've been planning to see each other a few years ago and our schedules didn't jive together.So to keep the long story short, we finally met last night. Since her hotel is just nearby Brooklyn, I figured it would be best to pick her up in front of Junior's Restaurant and go from there to Grill 21 ( a Filipino Restaurant in the West Village) where she told me via Facebook that she was craving for filipino food..and that place was the first thing that came into my mind.

We talked a lot of things and of course the first reaction when we saw each other was like a never ending screaming...(like you would imagine it right? ahaha) The first words were..OMG! OMG! OMG!!! She was screaming..CAROOOLLINEEEE!!! and I screamed back..MAAAAYYYYY!!! ahahahaha..now it seems we were back in highschool once again! Except that we're in New York, me being pregnant and her, a successful career and handsome hubby and a beautiful house in Georgia.
So off we go, we took the subway..we both speak in english most of the time and a little bit of ilonggo. It's not that we're ashamed of our dialect but I guess we were both so used of speaking the language since her hubby is also american (puertorican-american to be exact). Anyways, we couldn't stop talking about how our classmates end up and how big of a difference from way back when and now. Here's an example of our conversation:

May: OMG, do you remember Claire? She has like two kids..and there's a rumor..that _ _ _ _ _ and her had a child that's why she came over here in the states because of that??!?

Meow: Err..REALLLLY?? I have no CLUE. duh. I have my own world when we're in highschool! ahahaha...

May: And who is that teacher of ours in coop?? who speaks soooooo sloooww..

Meow: wait..wait..hmmm.. dli lang..hmmm I can't seem to remember her name!!! waahhh how about Jethro Job Hucalinas???? ahahahah..Si Sir Balidio..( QUOTE: there's a thin line between normal..and abnormal!!) And I have seen Ms. Villamarzo gone crazy! She is selling plastic bags near the plaza!

May: ayy Hoo gle! waahh OMG, OMG! really ms. villamarzo? Who is she??? can't believe that! And remember our English teacher..who is she..ahmm..she was crying after our retreat..because you stood up and told her in a loud voice. MISS, IF YOU WANT US TO RESPECT YOU, YOU BETTER RESPECT US FIRST. aahahahahah..you are sooooo kabalan,Meow!!! ahahahah!!!

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It was never ending..even when we parted ways..we were laughing so hard we forgot where we were..and it took us like half an hour to get a cab to take us to her hotel, and from there I took the car service home.We said our goodbyes and till next time May! Next time it's my turn to visit you in Georgia with Carey and baby!

Life is indeed has a lot of surprises to all of us.I remember May was a very intimidating person by the way she looks, and I just knew lately that she wasn't really like that and she thought of me as a very quiet person..wahaha yeah right. quite ka da! I even told her, kasuplada sa imo lantawon ( You really look like a nasty person) and very maldita..(er..I dont have the word for that) and so i never bother making friends with you. wahahaha...and she was really surprised and happy at least despite our differences before we were growing up, we realized how much we have grown.

So my friends and loved ones..if you've got a story to tell about long lost classmates and friends that you have shared some old memories left behind that came alive, please do share!