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Reminisce
by Tatiana Villaflor-O'Quinn
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Note: Hi all,
it's been nine years since we found each other on the Internet,
and alot of reunions and updates on each other have been done. From
reunions in California, Las Vegas, and Manila.
As we update our web site, we'd like you to know that our fellow
batchmates are welcome to add articles here. For more information,
send e-mail to moquinn8@yahoo.com.
In the meantime, read on below and enjoy, or select from any of
the best years of high school from the buttons at the right side
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Hold on to your
seats as we back down memory lane as the
late Minnie Riperton would sing...I was asked by Lilybell
Mendoza to write an article for this web site of ours, I
couldn't say no...done in a shallow way but with deep
memories...
Probably because I may have never forgotten the
best days of my life which was high school... all you have
to do is close your eyes...oops...nah..then you can't read
this...just the power of your imaginations and memories are
needed...this is just a start...and everyone is welcome to share their food...oops...write articles...give pictures...
and share your good times in a life we had called high school..sige.. let's go...
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Freshies
- (1980 - 1981)
Color: Green and White
Principal: Mrs. Pura Badoy
Mga Paboritong Teachers:
Math- Mrs. Editha Amiscaray
PE- Ms. Elizabeth Austria
Science- Mrs. Grace Montilla
Pilipino- Ms. Marissa Oreta
Religion- Ms. Jo Duldulao
Character Education- + Mrs. Arsenia Concepcion
...shy and naive..."Freshies, O Freshies ... the class of
Green and White" ... our song...Acquaintance Party - where we are
dressed up in diapers, or something that looks like one... Sanrio
song...pass cases with matching statio...Sharon-Gabby, Maricel-William
days...singing High School Life...writing our short notes to friends...getting
fishy...uso non Sweet Dreams, or Mills and Boons, Gregg shoes mababang
medyas...uso din ang One Mile Shoes, Crayons at Otto...songs were
like I Don't Want You to Go, Just Once and Sweet Baby...Food...
How about
French Fries, sago sa Diners...santol, mais or singkamas sa labas ng Leon Guinto...Intrams...famous Ballet room
rehearsing cheers, yells and songs...PE culminating Activity - remember Ice Castles at the Paseo and all that
Ms Austria taught us...phew...all the contests...We also
had the One Act Play...don naglabasan yung mga artista
natin...Christmas Chorus contest, JMD Glee Club had A Song
Unending Christmas Cantata...then comes March...by this
time hindi na shy...remember the Farewell Seniors
presentation at the Concert Hall...seeing Odette Quesada
sing at the stage of the Concert Hall...then comes...
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Sophies - (1981 - 1982)
Color: Red and White
Principal: Mrs. Pura Badoy
Mga Paboritong Teachers:
Math- Mrs. EdithaAmiscaray
Biology-Mrs. Grace Montilla
Endlish- Ms. Luz Fajardo
Pilipino- Ms. Marissa Oreta
Religion- Ms. Jo Duldulao
Practical Arts- Ms. Amparo Santos
...aaah...medyo may alam nah...this was our
best year I think for our batch...we won a lot of awards in different contests...still same
events, concepts, meetings, rehearsals, learning new songs...gaining more
friends...remember biology room - the skeleton - na
pinapa-litan natin ang position every day, disect ng
frog...the eerie look on the stuffed birds and animals
around while taking tests.
Algebra? took me so long to
understand (a+b)(a-b)- marami sa atin ang alam lang eh
(o+n)!...we did well in Intrams...still going to Ballet
room, Concert Hall, buying sampaloc and kornik dun sa
maliit na tindahan on the way up...remember watching
documentaries and bible stories at the Audio Visual
Room...or were you sleeping!!!PE-folk dancing
naman...Chorus contest...we had Carol of the Bells..we won
2nd place right...
JMD Glee Club...this was a successful
year...had the Himig Contest at CCP,and JMD swing
choir...our school won awards for that...we had good
basketball players too for PWU WNCAA Team...go
Ellen!...remember Flag ceremony having to do cheers...yells like ung...unggawa...with matching elastic cheerdancers
jumping up and down...students running late or else,IDs
would be confiscated by Mrs. Miranda...having to write "I
WILL NOT COME TO SCHOOL LATE AGAIN"...to ask your ID
back...binigyan ko ng xerox copy...lagot na
bata...kasikatan ni Kuh...hearing Bulaklak and Dito Ba...go Pia...
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Juniors - (1982 - 1983)
Color: Yellow and White
Principal: Mrs. Josefa Luciano
Mga Paboritong Teachers:
Chemistry- Ms. Paciencia Miranda
English- Ms. Violeta Elago
Pilipino- Ms. Marissa Oreta
Arts- Ms. Josefina Isorena
Music- Mrs. Lourdes Almando
 Junior year...Zapped...the Movie shocked everyone...remember sneaking
with your barkada at a friend's house and watching it while the parents are away...may alam na tayo dito...how about
statistics...or trigonometry...those were the days of
Broadway...different ones...my class had Grease 2...which
turned out not to be broadway musical kaya 2nd place
lang!...iba pa ang gel non..Food?...naaalala nyo yung
papunta sa Chemistry Dept. ng college...Aling Betty, pabili ng isang cheese at isang ham
sandwich with matching vendo..
Sapatos...kausuhan ng Sperry topsiders...we had to
make bonsai for Practical Arts...i made one...bougainvilla lang nga...songs...King and
Queen of Hearts and Got to Believe in Magic...kausuhan ni Boy George at Duran Duran...
how about dressing up for our j.s. prom sa paseo...ongoing activities...who will forget
the nervous hearbeats while waiting for your turn sa oral exam in Chemistry with
Mrs.Miranda....hala...
better check the length of your socks before reciting or else...
shakespeare plays and novels with sexy Ms. Elago...Miss Oreta's braided hair...
remember our soiree with all the classes of Ateneo...we've discovered BOYS!!...how
about COCC training...matira ang matibay..camping sa Batulao...
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Seniors - (1983 - 1984)
Color: Blue and White
Principal: Mrs. Josefa Luciano
Mga Paboritong Teachers:
Physics- Ms Ciedelle Yu-Hico
English- Mrs. Nanette Ladrido
Geometry- Ms. Orogo
Computer- Mr. Menguita
Practical Arts- Mrs. Erlinda Chincuanco
PE- + Mrs. Monina Guanzon
Senior Year...physics and geometry time...F/M=A (no nga
bang ibig sabihin nito, Ms Yu-Hico...hmmmm???) science...math...ang hirap naman...recess na bah?...
...remember being the first batch to go into
computers instead of....typing??!!!!...buti na lang. Mr.
Menguita and the history of vaccuum tubes and
transistors...remember HE Practicum when we had to buy
tickets for lunch at the HS kitchen...at least a break from Diners or Jesters...pero...pag hapon...may banana-Q ka pa
rin o kaya turon sa tapat ng Nakpil gate...o kaya papasyal sa Robinsons...
big deal non yon...how can we forget CAT on Fridays...black socks....fatigue...naku hair net...it was the day that we had to be nice to the top officers like Sheila Hermoso, Sybil Montegrande and Elaine Villanueva..technic non...dumikit sa officer para you don't have to salute...Batulao camping...intrams pa rin siyempre
pero leaders na tayo...we had to pass on what we had
learned all those years ago...setting good examples to
lower years...more activities...JS Turnover...iyakan sa Paseo...tapos convocations sa concert hall...yipee...
CAT graduation sa Fort Bonifacio...itlog at kamatis?...how about singing We Made It through the Rain habang umiiyak sa Concert Hall for Farewell Seniors...having your uniform signed by everybody...yearbook...graduation ball..ano yun?...we didn't have that...austerity raw!..time rin ng pagkamatay ni Ninoy....now we know! then comes
Graduation day..wearing our terno sa Manila Film Center.
Off to a new life...without the shelter of the four walls
we called home...We learned a lot, didn't we? We made it
through the rain...
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