High School Reunion

This afternoon, the Manuel L. Quezon University High School will be having a Grand Alumni Homecoming. It will be nice to see old faces and personalities. I hope many of my classmates will be able to attend so that we can catch up stories of how life has been after we stepped out of the Arlegui campus.
I am a true blue Junior Quezonian and I am proud of it!

Let us all think of thoughts that once flourished,
now withered-
Yes, let us all play ‘make pretend’,
For yesteryear is made alive today,
We go back to MLQU once again.
The halls are bright and shiny-
As once they were before,
They lie in wait for us to see one time again-
Open your ears to hear old voices
Let your eyes blur for a moment
And see the glorious past.
Many of us has come and gone
Roads we followed who knew we would
But the dreams may yet still be engraved
On the light blue walls of the Arlegui campus.
Think back, look back
The memories are wondrous and eternal
An opportunity such as this comes in a whileLet’s grab it’s hair before it passes us by.

-Tooth and ENT Doctor

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