It has been awhile since my college barkada had a get-together. If my memory serves, it's been more than 5 years since we last saw each other with the obvious exception of Cedric, who is also a faculty member at UP (Computer Science) and Tony, who's become a good friend of the Clairvoyant. In the latter case, Tony and Marian have even met up on trips in Bangkok and Hong Kong when Tony was going around Asia during his breaks from work. And so we finally had our reunion of sorts last weekend after some exchanges on FaceBook finalizing the venue and time of our get-together.
There were more than 20 of us in the UP College of Engineering Block I-13 that entered UP Diliman in 1988. Curiously, the members of our block were mostly from different schools and most were private ones. This compared with other blocks that had compositions of mostly Philippine Science HS (Pisay) and Manila Science HS (Masay) graduates. I do remember that our barkada within the block included one each from Claret, Don Bosco Makati, Lourdes Mandaluyong, Manila Science, Marist, Pasig Catholic College, UPIS, USJ-Recoletos, and Woodrose. It was an unusual bunch considering we came from different schools and had different backgrounds. We did get along very well and shared laughters and meals while blending in at UP.
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| L-R: Laura, Angel, Ericson, Cedric, Regin, Marian and Tony |
Unfortunately, we only remembered to take a few photos after our friends Tin and Alex have already left with their lovely daughters for another commitment (fetching their son) so they aren't in the photos. And so we've resolved that we should definitely meet up again, perhaps sometime in February when two members of I-13 will be celebrating their birthdays. It's mid-December but I am looking forward to February and another chance to exchange stories and reminisce about life at the university back in the day.
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