ASSUMPTION Class 55: Mandy C. Torres, Cora B. Lopa, Chinggay D. Lagdameo, Myrna T. Sanchez, Bea B.Tan, Ana Olondriz

March, the month of graduations, is about the time we seniorsin age, that ismark our own milestone alumni homecomings. And for our own diamond high school jubilee, my balikbayan classmates are busy preparing for a trip home.

Its been 60 years, and with the prospect of 30 of us coming, our homecoming promises to break all records of attendance, at least for diamond classes of St. Theresas College, Quezon City, where we graduated in 1955.

For a class to be able to hold itself together after all these years, there has to be a leaderthe critical linkand for us its always been Fanny Chua Ti Lu. She keeps the home fires burning for us, so to speak, such that, no matter how long its been since leaving school, it still feels important for us to come home.

For our contemporaries from other schools, campus memories and homecoming traditions are no less treasured, and here are some of those nostalgic voices:

Cora Bautista Lopa

Assumption High School 55

One thing about reunions, you cant really say that when youve been to one youve been to all. In earlier reunions, say 25 years after high school we were mostly curious and interested in how we all had fared in life. Our recollections are spiced with vignettes of wholesome fun and misadventures. How come we remember most the naughty ones in class?

Through the years we have realized that weve been growing closer to each other what with more reunions, lunches, trips abroad and celebrations of milestones. The bond has become stronger, and the friendships deeper.

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Why these seniors still attend their class reunions