SAHC: the intro

seeing my gelfriends again brought back memories of high school. very special memories. so this series will just be my recollections of that period of my life. and the cast of characters. call this the pagdadalaga ni cc series.

the seventies was transitioning to the eighties when we entered high school. marcos was still president. ninoy was in exile.

middle class exclusive school for boys. after grade school, i was excited to just carry on to high school. it was a big jump, from khaki shorts to blue trousers and short sleeve shirt. i was already branded as one of the effeminate. i didnt care. i graduated from grade school with honors. actually all four of us in the top of the class were pansies. haha.

high school was just a continuation of grade school, i thought. but it wasnt. there were more transferees from other schools, and other year levels. and many of them were badaf (that was the term then. bading is a derivative)

curiously though, we knew we were different, effeminate but during the first two years, we were never talking about attraction towards guys. we followed binibing pilipinas and ms universe. we were never into basketball. but volleyball seemed so natural for us! and even among us there would be hierarchies. the more flamboyant ones were avoided. we felt more mid-stream in our ways.

my first best friend was nathan. he was actually a year ahead but had to stop. so he became a batch mate. he had this low masculine voice but make no mistake, he was as charing as all of us. he was and still is the most likeable, stable among us. everyone wanted to call him friend. nathan, with his big toothy smile, had the right mix of bitchiness and warmth. i shared the most stories with him. because he was always willing to listen and give his thoughts on the issue.

nathan will be a regular in this series...