Talks with some of the Cast of: The Reunion

Let me start this article first with a fair warning: I am a die hard Eraserheads fan. It is my generation. You probably would have seen me stalking these boys way back in 19## and think that I am crazy. I am that weird then. But I don't regret every second of it because when it comes to these guys I am a in some way or another, a purist. Honestly, I get bothered by reinterpretations of their songs. 

 

Then The Reunion came a long, I watched it two days ago and I must say, we should relatively open our mind to these kind of things. After all, it's a tribute to these guys I idolize. It's more of an interpretation of their music. The movie itself had me reminisce of the times I frequently day dream about. 

 

I connected quite well with Enchong Dee's character plus a little of Xian Lim. It's a good thing it is still showing on theaters nationwide. You can still catch THE REUNION and make sure you bring along friends and families. Together, you can think of the times you shared during high school, and laugh about the mistakes you made a long the way. Because behind it all you kinda  agree with the goal of the movie, that you only become who you are right now because of the past. It made you who you are today and there should be no regrets. Direk Frasco Mortiz and Kean agreed with me when I attended the blog conference. It was enlightening to watch it. You probably think I'd be hell mad about why they are doing this to Eraserheads but for them to give so much time and effort to present something to the masses and let them be in touch with how we used to give a great big deal of respect to their songs was just phenomenal. 

This film had all of the gorgeous men in Philippine TV and Cinema all in one film. Cast includes Enchong Dee, Enrique Gil, Jessy Mendiola, Julia Montes, Kean Cipriano,  Xian Lim, Matt Evans, Tom Rodriguez, Joseph Marco, Ivan Dorschner, Brian Santos, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Kakai Bautista, Louise Abuel, and Ms. Gina Pareño.

Bangs Garica had a pretty remarkable transformation in the film. I don't want to give you too much details because its one of the reasons why you have to watch why. Kean was somehow like my friends in highschool, I was so shocked to see how close it was with some of my closest friends. In one way or another I was a little "Gago" back then and this exactly was the type of people I usually go with. I fear too much that it had me thinking, this is me in a different setting, in a different way. Overall the cast did a pretty good job mixing the scenes, the love teams (which by the way is so shockingly paired) and the music. There are some runs on the film where you just wanna chill. It's meant to be like that because that's exactly what we did back in the days. The song choices were superb and you'll know it was meant for every scene they did in the movie.

I don't want to expound on the story because I don't want to preempt things, but there are cameo roles too that you should definitely watch out for. Even Slater was there, you'll surely appreciate where they will pop up in the story. Make sure you don't miss this one, it is a must watch! I can probably say this will be one iconic film a generation could brag about later on.

Need I say more?

The Reunion

Memories of KES '91

Things that I miss in Grade School?... My first schedule was 2 Subjects and a Recess. My teacher in Kindergarten. My teacher in Gradeschool. The Boyscout thingys and the paniki on the flagpole. The first set of friends I made. The first best friends I had. First crush. First encounter of porn LOL. The cheap nutriban, biko, spaghetti and shake. How cheap? 1peso nutriban, 1peso biko, 5 peso spaghetti, 1 or 2 peso shake. 5peso ice cream on bread. Scramble. Green Mango and Singkamas on stick with bagoong. The cheap toys sold outside the school. Cheese curls with free growing frogs in water. Bioman kids membership. Super Mario. Overnights. The visit to classmate's houses. Uncle Bob's Lucky Seven club. Penpen de Sarapen. Acting workshops. Acting stints here and there. Commercials. First paycheck. First bankbook. The free softdrinks. Free books. Gardening. Pechay from the garden LOL.

Science projects. Science speeches. Corporal punishment on kids. Dance troupes. Choir. Practices. Cleaning rooms. Sewing class. The fine art of pagbuburda LOL. Patintero in the early morning. Fountains. School programs with Lilet. Imelda Marcos. Principals. Supervisors. Tough guys. Bitchy Girls. Closing parties. Christmas Parties. Gumamela and bubbles. Agawan Base. Tumbang Preso. Volleyball. Kalesteniks. Carpentry. Vinyl tiles. Burned down buildings. Graduations. Separate lives.

All those happened 20 sumthin years ago. I got to see that again a couple of days ago. I reminisced and drank a couple of bottles of beer with them again. I got to sing with them too. I bet we'll be doing it again soon. How? I don't know yet but I am hoping we'll see more of each other. Right guys? Did I miss anything?! =)

Are you ready for the November get together?!

Reconnecting with KES Batch '91

Hmmm... where do I start.... well here goes...

I live in a quaint town in the metro called Kamuning. It's comprised mostly suburban and residential houses. The nearest Elementary School is owned by the government; and to tell you honestly its not that appealing to look at that time. I don't have any qualms against Tomas Morato but man even when I was a kid I didn't like going there. My Grandma taught English classes and had duties on the other nearby school. Well it wasn't nearby for a 5 year old kid and since I didn't want to end up on this one, they all decided that I had to be sent to Kamuning Elementary School. I then had lots of Tito's and Tita's... had lots of friends. I did dance troupes, choirs, the works! School made me creative more than I ever wanted. Even if my siblings went to private ones and I stayed there, I guess it did a lot for me. I saw how real people were at those times. I grew up barely knowing what I'm good at but it has equipped me with a lot of things... but what I cherish most was the friendship. It was the first time I encountered other kids than me who were not from the same neighborhood I was in. What's funny is that I'm analyzing my childhood ha-ha!Anyway to make the long story short, yesterday was the first time in 20 years that we got to meet again. The Batch 91 of Kamuning Elementary School and all its cohorts were as excited as I am. It was something I wanted to do since we were all just talking and posting on Facebook most of the time. Even if it was only a handful, I wanted it to start something big. I always dreamed of reconnecting with the past... Just imagining 20 years of stories and lives we had; it was bound to be as big as I thought.

I got an event posted on FB and of course the response was positive. I wasn't worried about the attendance, but anyway; as long as I see some of them I'm good. This is just the beginning and I'm sure once those who are outside of the country or were busy at that time would be envious after seeing the photos. Need I say more?!
I graduated there. Got to high school, college and a job... well a couple of jobs ha-ha! I guess it spelled the 20 years for me. When the day finally came I wanted to be at the venue first so I did my best but John Lloyd beat me to it! Haha! Then after a few short stories, Enclid, Abby and Julius arrived. Sherwin came through the rain. We waited a bit and got RC, Christine and Shiela too. I guess a bit of my dream to see them was comin true... =)

L-R Christine, Lloyd, Julius, Abby, Sherwin, Enclid
RC and Shiela (seated)

Pretty soon the place was filling up. We decided to start the party and got a few more guys and gals to arrive.

(Top) Shiela, Lloyd (L-R) Enclid, Lyn (Warner's wife ^_^), Warner, Rodel, Abby Sherwin, Christine, Gina, Freddie, Maryann, Jerome, Julius, Jon-Jon, RC and Me

We drank a few bottles and ate a few things but what kept us busy most of the time was the laughter and stories. I never imagined how petty and innocent we were back then. And oh how time flies! Some of us look quite the same and some of us look VERY different... but you can't discount one thing... we all still look good. I guess time has been good to us and in fact I wouldn't wanna say how old we are, after all we're all probably the same age haha! I was a little weird in some way because I practically could occupy 1/4 of the photos, I guess I was that big! I was already big when we were kids ^_^.

I did see my closest friends though I never got the chance to talk to them that much this time. I know there will still be more of these gatherings. I want to get to know them more. We've all lived different lives, chose different paths and had been doing a lot to reconnect. It was indeed an evening to remember. It was exactly as I hoped it would be as it made me happy... I hope it was the same for them!

Here's some of the highlights!









It was a fun day for all of us. I'd like to take this part of the post to thank each and everyone who attended this small gathering. I know I'm not much of a planner or organizer but we did have fun and that's what is important. For our classmates who weren't able to come, you saw how much fun we had on this reunion... so try and be there next time okay?! Again thanks to everyone who made this successful!



PS I think everyone got home late after a few rounds of beer in Tomas Morato. Until we meet again! Au Revoir!