SMA-Pasay 30 Years Na...Humihirit Pa! Part 2: Prepping for the Batch Events

The day before the main event, a welcome dinner was hosted by Bernadette Perez-Cortina at their house in Paranaque to organize all the things we needed to prepare.

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Generous batch mates donated stuff like toothbrush, toothpaste, soaps, colognes, notebooks, pens, snacks, and books. We had to pack fifty loot bags to be given to our sponsored children...

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Thanks, Grace Tee, for the free blue batch t-shirts! But hey, please pay for your white batch shirts, ok?

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We couldn't wipe out the smiles on our faces...

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Our two travelling bear mascots, Mari and Ria, were all geared up in blue uniforms...

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We also had to practice a song we would use to pay tribute to our teachers.

"Especially for you..I wanna let you know what I was feeling too....
All the time that we're apart I think of you...You were in my heart...
My love never changed...I still feel the same..."

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All set for tomorrow's main event!

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Meanwhile, my close friends--Edna, Clara, Mary Rose, Melizza, Cecilie--and I went home to my house in Las Pinas for a sleepover. We arrived at almost 12 midnight, hungry and exhausted. But that didn't stop us from drinking some red wine, putting on some facial masks, and laughing the night away.

We had a big day ahead of us in a few hours...

To be continued...