Just thought I'd point out that today marks 25 years since I had my final exam that concluded 10th grade at my alma mater, Bishop Amat Memorial High School! The test that I took on June 13, 1996 was for my English II class...which I had for 7th period. So why was this date memorable, you ask? Because of a girl I had a crush on, of course! I won't divulge her (full) name here, but she was the prettiest Filipina in my class—and probably in all of Amat, truthfully—and I was fortunate enough to have managed to be on speaking terms with her for much of sophomore year. We hugged after the English II exam ended (she was also in my homeroom and 3rd period World History class, respectively), and that was the last time I saw her for almost the next two years. (She ended up transferring to another high school for 11th and 12th grade, but showed up at a birthday party of one Amat classmate in February of '98, and the graduation party of another classmate four months later.) This hug was so big that my brother's friends (they all graduated from Amat two weeks before) found out about it afterwards...and expressed awe at my lucky moment. That's how significant it was that I was on good terms with Des during the 1995-'96 school year! ***
On another topic, here are photos that I recently took of the new Performing Arts Center (PAC) that's currently under construction at Amat! I'm both excited and sad about this... The PAC replaces the Faculty House (which had the publication office where I served on the school's Yearbook staff in 11th and 12th grade) that was demolished a few years before. Oh well. It's always after we graduate that our alma mater builds something cool on campus! I hope all of you are having a nice weekend.
***-Though I found out through Facebook last week that Des isn't into Star Wars (which doesn't really come as a surprise). My Star Wars obsession was huge in sophomore year—and it was me writing Star Wars fan fics during the weekend (and ahem, during some of my classes) that allowed me to not dwell on thoughts of Des and cause me to say or do anything lame or crappy around her throughout 10th grade! It's okay... This can't be a deal-breaker when she's now married with three children.
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