Conding Joins the Loop!

Sorry but I call him Conding, without the "r." Like me he has aged, but the figure was very much the old friend I knew. He has survived two heart attacks that left him with a visible limp. Otherwise he is alright, still intense in his ways, still wanting to change the world.

Saturday the 7th of October, Terri and I met at Goldilocks on the ground floor of SM North (aka SM West, or SM North Edsa.) We had earlier agreed with Gerardo "Gerry" Cabreros and Conrado "Conding" Salvador to meet there between 6 and 7 pm. Terri, still on American Time arrived first and I followed shortly. There was a raucous event going on at the Food Court on the basement and it was quite noisy where we were so we decided to move to Barrio Fiesta on the second floor. Thank heavens for cellphones, we just called (or texted) Conding and Gerry.

Above photo was taken at SM North Barrio Fiesta with (from left) Jun Mania, Terri Lacson, Conrado Salvador and Gerardo Cabreros.

Conding came as we left Goldilocks, Gerry after we've settled in Barrio Fiesta. After over forty years, I am happy to write that, inspite of some changes, I was able to recognize the two. We had a pleasant dinner after which we discussed matters about our group and the coming reunion in 2009. Conding gave us copies of the invitation and the feedback sheet which he had sent/given out a while back. He rued the fact that he has, so far, not received any response on the matter. Tita and I pledged our support for a reunion in 2009 and that we will start to work on ways to improve the situation. The meeting was adjourned at 9pm.

What we have to do:
For starters, please change Conding's email address to badong_42@yahoo.com . There is an underscore between "g" and "4" thus "badong_42" . I am afraid that if you who sent something earlier to badong42@yahoo.com and you think it is important, you will have to send it again, this but time to: badong_42@yahoo.com .