Of Reunions.........

Last night I attended a reunion of my old college blockmates. We met in1983 when we were college freshmen in the College of Business and Economics of De La Salle University. Our block was called Com 06 which was under the Business Management Program. As a block section for three trimesters we we were classmates in all of the subjects. We went on our way during our sophomore year where some took other majors instead of business management but we still hang out together during our free time in between classes and bonded till the time we graduated in college. It's a yearly thing. It started about three years ago and every now and then when somebody wants to be the host or when our blockmates who lives abroad comes home for a visit a reunion party is organized.

         Most of the time I don’t really go to these type of gatherings. I shun reunions most especially those big ones that are organized by the schools wherein they invite all their alumni and have these big presentations. I know of some who organizes their reunions several times a year.  They hold fundraising activities and parties on special family occasions.  For me it's a personal thing.  I prefer to spend my time on small gatherings of really close friends where we will have time to catch up, tell stories of where we have been and update ourselves about each other.

           Funny thing about reunions is that conversations often reflect on what part of the life cycle you are in.  if it is held when you are in your late 20’s to early 30’s the topics would always be about careers, your job and your social status.  Late 30’s to early 40’s it would be about the kids, career and some about one’s health. From the late 40’s upwards topics would be one’s maintenance medicine, hospitalization, health issues and remembering those whose death came early and untimely.

               Reunions tend to make you aware where you are in life. It shocks you with the simple reality that time had passed by and you feel old. You look at your old friends who looks much different from when you were young and appreciate the bonds of friendships that you were able to share in some other time in the past.