remembering pisay

I've always loved the month of July. There are so many happy "happenings" occurring during this month. There's my birthday (24), my bro's birthday (28), pisay foundation day (1), and the start of the monsoon season in the philippines aka hakutanay gamit sa balay kay mabaha naman! hahaha

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July 06, 2007 (15th PSHSWVC Foundation Day Celebration)

Our batchmate and class artihan, Jun Ryan Orbina, was the guest speaker during the foundation day. It was imperative that we attend and give our mor(l)al(r) support to him.

Jun's speech was very inspiring. It was about EXCELLENCE and how INNOVATION can help the country. It was so inspiring I was guilt-stricken. You see, we were graduates of the premiere science school in the country. As graduates, we were required to, not only pursue a science degree, but also improve/advance science and technology in the country. Well, most (if not all) of us graduated from a science degree but not all of us became scientists (like jun). Why was i guilt-stricken? Because even though i knew what was expected of me as a pisay scholar and graduate, I became a nurse(w/ a BS com sci degree, just to be clear). Instead of helping develop and advance the country's science and technology, I'm doing everything i can to get out of the country and serve foreigners. Maam Sunico, our former Filipino teacher, and I were chatting in YM when i told her about this. She told me, "do not worry about not serving as of now. damo man paagi maka serve, maabot gd na =)"

Anyhoo, it was always fun going back to pisay. Some of our former teachers are still teaching there. They look the same + some white hair here and there. We were still recognized by the manongs and manangs. The dilapidated bus still sits on the parking lot gathering more rust.

When we arrived, we were invited to the director's office for coffee and chitchat. After the opening ceremony, we went back to the office for some snacks and to view the school's presentation to the Pfizer people. As usual, Dr. Biyo was at her best. She's the driving force in gathering and convincing sponsors to help the school and the students.

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Our high school experience was very different from those from other schools. Aside from the fact that we were trained higher science and mathematics, my batchmates and i were brought up like brothers and sisters. We were soooo innocent. We didn't cheat, smoke, drink, do drugs, have girl-boy/boy-boy/girl-girl relationships. We were the perfect and favorite batch. syempre, pioneer batch! I remember we had to import dates for our J prom! lol



haay, pisay.