Usapang lasing

Ang pag-inom ay para ring isang rite of passage na dinaanan ng mga IV-1 boys pagkagradweyt sa high school. Hindi kasama ang kababaihan sa ritwal na ito (at least noong panahon natin) dahil sa dami ng limitasyong ipinapataw sa kanila ng ating lipunan. Bagamat madalas sumama ang ilang IV-1 girls sa mga inumang ito, iyon [...]

Online conference

Over the past few days the peps have been savoring the joys and wonders of online chatting.
Last Sunday, for instance, Ruby, Lito, Eric and Eddie (with John intermittently joining in) were huddled in one chatroom for their first online chikahan. Although they talked about lots of things both mundane and trivial, they also came up [...]

Caroling

Alam n’yo bang kinarir din ng ilang peps ang caroling noon? Pasimuno nito sina Mario Mercado at Ana Marie Joaquin. Ewan kung ano ang nakain at bigla na lang naisipang mangaroling.
Christmas break noon kaya madali para sa mga carolers ang makpraktis sa Fullon St. o Pampanga St. Bukod sa mga tradisyunal na kantang pamasko, paborito [...]

Slumbook

Makukumpleto ba ang pagbabaliktanaw sa ating high school days na hindi nababanggit ang slumbook? Lalo na noong malapit na tayong grumadweyt, sunud-sunod ang dating ng mga slumbooks na kailangan nating sagutan.
 Di rin biro ang oras na ginugugol ng may-ari ng slumbook. Isang simpleng notebook lang ito, at dito’y uulit-ulitin ng nagpapapirma ang mga tanong na [...]

Young journalists

Did you know that a group of peps published a newsletter called The Link when they were still in college? That was how obsessed they had become in trying their darndest to maintain our links after graduation.
The plan was hatched in 1981 at Larry’s place in Pritil, which was one of the peps’ regular meeting [...]