The Blushing Panda

Class Prophecy of 4th Year Ebony Batch 2011-2012 (Southernside Montessori School)

The Philippines is still scorching hot when I have finally moved in to my newly built bachelorette’s pad in my hometown, Muntinlupa, last May 2022. After working in New York City for 2 years as a corporate lawyer of a multinational-company, I finally get a chance to go home and do some consultation for the legalities of merging companies with my senior year high school classmates and now big-time businessmen and women: NIEL ARIEN B. DE MESA, STEPHANIE NICOLE S. GACAD AND LADY JHEAN D. NICOLAS. We rescheduled our meeting the next day to prepare ourselves more.

Out of boredom, I turned on my tablet to check my e-mail. On the homepage of Yahoo!, I saw an article: “Filipino IT Expert decoded the passwords of China’s biggest illegal websites”. I clicked to read it neither did I know that I’m going to be amazed by the news! JOHN GABRIEL R. ARIAS, my former classmate residing in California, is the IT expert that Yahoo! is boasting about. I picked up my phone and called ALIANA MARIE C. DAGATAN who is now a certified public accountant to tell her the news. She sounded very happy for Gab’s achievements.

I received wedding invitations from EDRINA MAE S. SAWAL and WELMINA BIANCA A. MORTEL, both are certified public accountants. 4^th year Ebony batch 2011-2012 is invited to their weddings.

I went out that night to see what Muntinlupa has to offer me since I’ve been away. While strolling around in a mall, I saw a man; he’s amazingly fit and good-looking that makes every woman take a second glance on him. He looked very familiar to me then I remembered that he was my classmate in my 4^th year in high school. He is RUEL DOMINIC B. RONQUILLO who is now an IT Expert of a big company in Singapore. I approached him and he shook my hand. He asked me if I have a spare time to catch up with his stories; I politely accepted his offer. We went to a café owned by our good friend and pastry chef MARIA LAREZA A. ROJO. She also sat down with us. She reported to us that her café has 70 branches in Asia. KAREN CAENNETTE A. PACUAN is her accountant. They regularly see each other to review the finances of her business and to hang out as well. She told us that ROBERT DAMASO is now an accountant and he’s living in Rome, Italy with his father; CATHERINE D. PUCYUTAN has a good position also as CPA in the municipality of Muntinlupa. Ruel cut our conversation to share what happened to the boys. KARL PAULO D. CAMPO is now successful as a mechanical engineer. ALVIN P. REANO works in the same company with Ruel. BRYAN R. CASTILLO, JOHN VICTOR V. ELIAS and JEROME D. MIRANDA are now licensed engineers and working oversees. We were so excited to stalk each other. Suddenly, a beautiful tall woman came inside the café. We were staring at her then smiled to us. It’s MARIA NINA C. ENRIQUEZ! We didn’t recognize her. She came near to us and hugged us one by one. We asked her to join us but she sweetly declined; she said that she still has a flight later at midnight. She is now a flight stewardess like EUNICE IRISH A. PANGANIBAN Aand JESSIKA JAHNEE O. REGINO. We bid her goodbye. LAUREANA B. JUNIOR, businesswoman, and WILHELMINA LYN F. LOPEZ, creative director, collaborated to put up a clothing line in Tokyo, Japan. The Philippine Fashion designers and socialites are their new best friends. It was already past 10pm when I, Lareza and Ruel decided to go home. We enjoyed this night and talked for about 3 hours!

When I got home, myy loyal friend ACE KENNETH N. VENTURINA, top-paid chef in one of Metro Manila’s 5-star hotel, called me up and ordered me to turn on the television to watch TRIXIE H. ANTONINO, psychologist, MARY CAMILLE G. ABESAMIS, dentist, and QUENNIE MARIE C. ORBETA, medical doctor. They have their own late night TV show that informs people about diseases and they also offer free medical consultation to those who are needy.

I woke up at 6 am to fix myself up for today’s meeting with the businessmen and women of 4^th year Ebony. When I arrived at the offices of De Mesa Group of Companies, his secretary led me to the meeting room. I never knew that JANICA MARIE F. CUSIPAG is his CPA-Lawyer. ERISH DEMANT V. SOBREMONTE is there with Stephanie as her accountant. If the meeting room wasn’t sound-proofed, their staffs would hear our loud talks and laughs. We discussed everything and in the end of it, they decided to merge their companies. A new pact was made as a sign of their friendship. I’m very proud of these people.

We, Niel, Stephanie, Lady, Janica and Erish, went out for dinner. Hearing their stories of success makes me even prouder of them. Speaking of it, we have DWIGHT DARREN D. ALCANTARA, RINGGO GLICER G. APORONGAO and JHULIAN ANZELM M. ZAMBRANO who have already climbed up the ladder of success. They are now pilots except for Jhulian who’s an aeronautical engineer. HEIDI-AN T. TAMARAY is now a stewardess in U.S.A. She took care of me during my flight back in Manila from San Francisco. CHRISTIAN JOSHUA Y. CARANAY is now a cruise ship captain and will go back home for his wedding this June 2022. NEMARCO N. GARCIA is an outstanding seaman. He is now the president of the Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines.

I decided to write SIR ARMAN DIAZ a letter to thank him for everything. Without him, I wouldn’t know these persons. I can clearly remember how he supports us with our competitions inside our campus. The love that he shared to us is one of our inspirations to get the cream of the crop.

DANA ALYSSA N. ABAD

Hi guys! Last Friday, I had my last Farewell party in High School. :)

These were what I wore: A top from the Perfect White Shirt, Levi's jeans, Levi's Belt, Tommy Hilfiger shoulder bag, Guess watch, Forever 21 accessories, Shoes from Janylin.

Sorry for the electric fan! ^.^ I'm too lazy to crop it off.

I have more pictures on my FB account. Sorry I can't post them here. :)

Camille, Me, Trixie, Lala

Me and my friends went to Alabang Town Center. :) Alabang Town Center has changed a lot! It has been renovated and I love its new stores!

The moment we arrived at ATC, we were so tired that we needed to sit down to have a little rest.

Lala and Abebe had to buy new slippers because their feet were already hurt and so am I but I'd rather use my shoes. :)

We went to Gong Cha and tried milk teas. I ordered Honey Dew Milk Tea. I like Milk Teas but I love flavored coffees and fraps more. :) Then, we strolled a little bit more! :)

Lala and I strolled around ATC while Camille and Trixie were reading Justin Bieber's books in Powerbooks. It was very sunny! Why didn't I bring my sunglasses? :)