Ten

My college kada recently celebrated our 10th year together. Even if it was supposed to be last year and we have such busy lives na it had to be moved to this year, no one complained. Excited pa nga kami! It was Paolo's idea that we dress up in our 90s clothes! Hahahahaha! So I had to rummage thru my closet & luckily found an oversized Regatta shirt, the one that even had a longer back! Medyo kupas pa nga ung collar, haha! The brand alone is a genuine 90s icon! Haha! I coupled it with loose khaki pants that I wore in my senior year & sandals (i tried to wear socks, but the sandals were thong style, haha!). I even wore my hair in GQ (the name of the hairstyle, bwahaha!) mode. Donning my backpack & my original DLSU ID, i troop (much to my shame) to Kitchen in GB3 where the rest of the gang, in 90s getup (!), was already roaring with laughter reminiscing about college days.


Jaws left her hair in curls & wore it in a low ponytail, complete with dark matte lipstick (haha!), Paolo & Cathy had their glasses on & were wearing authentic shirts from college (that now serves as their house clothes!).


There were photos (the hair! the hair!), pagers, CD players, tickets, old filos & notebooks scattered around the table. I also put together a collage of our photos from 1996-2006. I included receipts, graduation tickets, course cards, & post its.

The changes we went thru all these years, the only thing constant is the bond. Evolution. Things like from eating at SPS canteen to Trevi Cafe & Henry's to Kitchen & Max Brenner's. From Hard Rock & Mars to Temple & Mezze. From Punta Baluarte to Boracay.

From a big group of nine, we became 6. Gained 1 [Paolo]. And are now expanding due to the marriages that are happening (or have happened) in the kada. Liz is now in the US, happily married to Uhodari. Jamie is tying the knot in March, with Andro. Cathy just got engaged to Kenneth & is reserving the end of the year for the big shindig. Of course the rest of us have our own love lives to live (wink, wink!) and will look forward to the next decade of memories, photos & trips, including new additions to our kada.

They are my anchor when I get lost. My cheering squad in all my endeavors. Im lucky to have found friends in them. Funny how we are so different from each other and yet have found a uniform solace in the group. I love my core :)