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It is November 22, 2027 and it will be my Alma Mater’s 60th Founding Anniversary.
I am waiting for my flight home to the Philippines from KrabiCity, South Thailand. I will be attending our Alumni Homecoming.
It was a connecting flight from Thailand to Hongkong to the Philippines.
I was naïve and was not really engrossed to going out of the country. But there I am teaching the kids in Prakhun Language School, a school established by a Filipino Pastor to teach English while integrating the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I
am sitting inside the boarding lounge while surfing the World Wide Web
in my laptop computer set up with Macintosh operating system and with a
wireless internet connection. I am checking on LCCC’s website. Later
did I know that the website is built thru the efforts of Albert
Carbajusa, now a Radio Productions Supervisor of 101.5 FM Bacolod. He was once addicted to going on internet cafés when I taught him how. The website is linked with abs-cbninteractive.com and is having sponsors from different prestigious companies. I now remember that Albert is a very good solicitor during our college years. Amazingly,
the proceeds go directly to the city college’s Metrobank account and
were used to build the first skyscraper in La Carlota City.
I checked on the graduates tab on the page and noticed the “staff box†hyperlink. There I see Roselyn Dorado, the chairman of the formation and networking committee of lacarlotacitycollege.net. Her staffers are researchers Mike Pabalate, Racel Esparagoza, Jinnah Grace Tamagos and Anna Liza Ortega. They are considered the researchers of researchers in the year 2017. They create links with other schools round the world to much better enhance the quality of education of our Alma Mater. They are also the people who track the current statuses of our batch mates.
Going back to the homepage, I am opening the internet radio, linked to My Only Radio 101.5 FM Bacolod. Just
on time, I hear DJ’s Nicolas Roca and his partner Richard Canja
inviting LCCC’s alumni to attend the homecoming on November 27, 2027.
In a while, somebody called up on air, it was Sprite Manangkil, asking if the homecoming is KKB (Kanya kanyang baon) or not. Sprite then is already one of the leading internship uniform designers round the Philippines.
Thrilled
with my friends’ achievements and endeavours after 20 long years, it is
inspiring me to search for the rest of the gang.
As I was skimming the web pages, there is this acoustic band in the advertisement page that caught my attention. I was shocked when I realized Julesis Abraham is already leading an acoustic band with Raffie Salazar as their soloist. Girls and gays scream to the max at their gigs. Besides, they have Cindy Cagayanan, Vinecar Cobilla and Juvy dela Cruz as their back up. Not back-up singers, but back-up dancers.
Then I proved my friends right. There are not just good in teaching, they are also superb on entertainment.
I clicked on the graduates tab of the website then opened the 40th batch link. There is a list of the graduates with their profiles and their current jobs and indulgences at the left side.
Unfortunately, the plane arrives at 10:30, so I got to turn off the computer and board the flight.
I was seated on E7. I was stunned when I saw Merly Roquero and Glaisa Geniebla on seats near front. Good thing, nobody seats beside them so I transferred for awhile to have somebody to talk to. There I learned that these two were working as teacher-volunteers in a remote area in South Thailand. But it is just temporary since they will be finishing their doctor’s degree in the Philippines and apply in their Alma Mater.
On
the way, we keep a steady stream of conversation generously sprinkled
with animated ejaculations and spontaneous peals of laughter. There is a series of do-you-remember stories about old jokes, parties, common friends and classmates. Before
long, it is common knowledge that the Artist of the Year is Jien Omar
Mendoza who is presently having his arts exhibited at Shangrila Hotel
in Cebu City and gained distinction of his uniqueness. And
he is now one of the master teachers in art in the school founded by
Drs. Anthony Espanilla, Ryan Canja, Zyrus Leones and Belle Mar Layson,
the officers of the Association of Aspiring Artists of the Philippines. Glaisa
suggests that they’d better convince the four founders to give a part
of their proceeds to Drs. Ysann Gel Genovis, Juliet Baliguat and Donna
Mae Tubianosa who are rumoured to be the three missionary educators in Africa who have refused to reveal their identities.
We’ve been hearing about the coming revolution of location-based services on our mobile phones for years, but yesterday’s announcement that Sprint signed a deal with the self-described “social-mapping†company loopt
could help those grand prognostications prove true. By taking advantage
of the GPS capabilities in certain Sprint phones, loopt allows you spot
the location of friends and family members on a map, and easily text
them to figure out if you want to meet. Last year the service became
available on Boost Mobile, and could pin people down to within 30 feet
of their precise location, but Sprint has the capacity to deliver it to
far more users. And don't worry, you're not always on the grid. With
the loopt service, you can switch yourself off to your approved network
if you don’t want friends tracking you down—or your wife discovering
that you’re not really working late at the office.
