Laidback Nerd

High School Life

How much do you remember about your high school life? Here are bits and pieces of my high school life:

Freshman Year:

• We used to have a classroom that when the whole class would jump at the same time, the whole building would collapse.
• We made a mini-basketball court at the back of the classroom, balls are made of crumpled paper.
• I used to inscribe the word “Duff” on all the armchairs of seats assigned to me.
• We had two Fil-Am classmates; Roseller Zeta and Robert Elkington
• I had a crush on Emily Solana
• We played “sipa” every morning, lunch time and afternoon
• Once, I had to go home during lunch break to take a shower because I drank too much Punch
• Suzanne once pushed me so hard towards the blackboard that I suffered an asthma attack because I sniffed chalk dust
• The groups SHAQ and SACARY were formed
• We managed to make all our teachers either cry or walk out on our class
• They said our building was haunted
• We used to play with BB Pellet Guns
• Sometimes we would shoplift Pop Cola’s and Siopao’s
• I was in the “Paul” section

Sophomore Year:

• Heterogeneous sections were used for half the school year
• I once fell off a chair because I was rocking it
• I used to sleep during Filipino and Math subjects
• We had a crush on Ms. Nancy Co
• I used to spray paint the word “Pinya” all over the campus in neon orange color
• I shaved my head (for the first time)
• Dropped the idea of courting Emily (basted), turned my attention to Apple
• Got depressed about my grades lowering during the second quarter
• Got sent to the Guidance Counselor’s office for a prank I did
• Seen so many kinds of nippies during the Student Council elections
• A new guy was added to the group; Vladimir Santillan
• I was in the “Timothy” and “Jude” sections

Junior Year:

• Joined the COTC (Cadet Officers Training Corps)
• Was given the nickname “Captain Planet”
• Got involved in a gang war that started with a volleyball and a face and lasted for about 2 hours
• Dancing La Cumbia and Swing were afternoon hobbies
• Got sent to Tanay, Rizal for the Red Cross Youth Jamboree along with Karen, Chris, Potsie and Mara
• Fresh blood were Maribeth Lagman, Cho Fontanilla, Ardee Ponce and Drei So
• Tried out to be part of The Zion team just for fun and I passed the application
• I was Assistant Literary Editor for The Zion
• I was a delegate for the Philippine Math Olympiad along with Christine Sicat
• Did a classroom skit with Apple and Grace, the theme song was Somewhere Down The Road by Barry Manilow
• Our class got into some stints with Sir Joselito Maun
• Went to TAPSA as an athlete for