Back to School
I visited my old school last summer. A wave of nostalgia hit me as I walked through the old halls and came upon old swings and slides, the same stairs, the huge social hall and of course, the mushroom tables.
I’m sure lots of schoolgirl secrets have been spilled over these tables!
I don’t miss the exams and the cramming. I do miss bonding with classmates and school fairs. I miss the lunch bell and running off with my barkada to our regular lunch area, armed with our lunch boxes and a Coleman each. I miss my old English teachers, but I don’t miss some of the other teachers who will remain unnamed (hehehe). I miss the canteen’s banana cake and the staff giving you change in candies instead of coins.
As I walked through the halls, I suddenly felt very old. But at the same time, I felt very blessed with the richness of memories my old school has given me.
Someday when I have daughters I’d like to enroll them in my alma mater. I trust their system and their educators. It’d also be good fun watching the young ones go in and out of the same classrooms I stayed in, run across the same field I played in. And who knows, maybe we’ll share a secret or two over the same mushroom tables. I’ll then add it to my pot of sentiments, making my school memories even richer.
June 18th, 2006 at 3:48 am
Hi Toni! this is weird…I was thinking of my old school just last night, recalling the good and bad times.
I hope like you, I get the chance to visit it, someday.
Take care Toni, and have a fine weekend.
June 18th, 2006 at 9:07 am
hi toni! my cousin went to the same school
it’s always nice to revisit your alma mater. when i go home this january, i want to visit mine.
June 18th, 2006 at 10:13 am
tones,
unlike you, i went to a public school. like you, i also have fond memories of my school days. i am blessed with great friends from school, friends that i am still in constant touch with, and will definitely keep for life. next year, we will be having our 20th HS reunion (geez, im that old!) and i just can’t wait to be there! have a fun week, toni! hugs!
June 18th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
hi toni.
long time no visit :p
aww.. your entry made me miss my old school, specially since it’s celebrating it’s 100th year this year. i think we all have wonderful memories of GS & especially HS, and seeing the old school haunts just brings out these memories. like you, i plan to enroll my future daughters (di pwede sons dun eh, haha!) in my old school. Sana lang kayanin ng budget. mwahahaha!
i hope you’re having an awesome weekend!
June 18th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
me too, just enrolled my daughter in my alma mater. at the end of the orientation, they played the school song, and memorized ko pa rin!!! hubby was very amused hehe.
weirdly enough, i still felt a little scared when i saw some of my old school teachers (imagine, they were still there?!), hahaha.
June 18th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Oh no, it’s Blessed Arnold Jansen again, heheheh! They changed the playground, didn’t they? Is it just my imagination or are there more mushroom tables than usual?
It would be cool to go back to Holy, as well. I think of all the time I spent sulking in the library or bitching about how to get out of the gates during School Fairs, hahhaa!
Btw, Toni! What was the name again of the little resto just outside the main gate of Holy? Where they sell the grilled cheese sandwiches? Is it still around?
June 18th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
great photos! very nostalgic nga
June 19th, 2006 at 4:19 am
hi toni!
naku, ako din, pumunta ako sa ust nung umuwi ako dyan! naalala ko ang nakaraan pero ang dami ng nagbago sa aking alma mater! parang naging commercialized na kasi me me mcdo sa loob mismo ng campus. oh well..
nice pictures btw..ingats..
June 19th, 2006 at 6:12 am
Hi Toni,
Can this be Holy Ghost? If so, are there two of them now? I went to the one on Mendiola half a century ago. Can it be that long ago? We are celebrating our 50th reunion next February; perhaps I will go. Always enjoy your blog. Makes me smile. Take great care,
June 19th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
hey, i studied naman at holy spirit school (ilang-lang road qc) from kinder to grade 2 – before moving to st. scho manila – we come from sister schools pala
June 19th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
i miss buying school supplies. next to household cleaners, this is another quirk of mine. i could just linger in school supplies section, especially when the items are all spread out. oooooh, heaven.
June 20th, 2006 at 12:01 am
What a beautiful campus! I would have loved to go to that school too
June 20th, 2006 at 2:01 am
Para ngang dumami ang mushroom tables. Hehe.
I studied in SHS also– loyalty awardee! Hehe. I was Patti’s batchmate in grade school and Jennie’s clubmate during her first year (HS Glee Club). I love how you write and I love that you’re such a positive person. Reading your entries always makes me smile. Take care always, (Ate) Toni! God bless you. 
June 20th, 2006 at 11:45 am
aaaaah, haha, ito nga pala ang Holy Mumu kung tawagin ng bf ko. hehe, sorry po, ‘syana po kasi ako. it’s beautiful tons.
June 27th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
wow! it’s HOLY! Ü i haven’t been back to the school since my youngest sister graduated hs. i used to get her report card for her every quarter. i’m feeling a bit nostalgic seeing the pictures. maybe this year, i’ll go to the school fair….hmmm