Tag: ekyu
Nov
07
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
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Nov
03
Puno ng Mangga
Ten years passed since I graduated high school.
This is for all my batchmates in Ecumenical High School. Go Blue Owls!
puno ng mangga
miss ko ang puno ng mangga
dami nitong alaala
natatandaan nyo ba ba?
noong tayo’y mga bata pa
dito madalas si sarah at suba
dito naaksidente si brian miranda
dito unang nasilayan panty ni secret
at dito kami nag-away ni jobert
tuwing mataas ang sikat ng araw
sa lilim nito, tayo’y nakahambalaw
at kung sakaling uulan
panandaliang kubli ang mararanasan
natatandaan nyo ba pag panahon na
ang punong ito’y kayrami ng bunga
tuwing hapon ay nanunungkit
hanggang sa mga balikat ay mangawit
sa ilalim nito, tayo’y nagtitinda
ng halo-halo at kung anu-ano pa
ano na kaya nangyari sa kanya
tagal ko na ring di nakikita
nariyan pa ba o wala na?
ang ating takapagkalinga
ng mga sikreto at drama
ng ating mga lungkot at tuwa
tunay na natutuwa
kapag aking naaalala
ang puno ng mangga
sa ating eskwela