From : "Jun Mania"
Date : Mon, 5 May 2008 00:35:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject : [SMCHigh59] The Great SMC Class of 1959 Cyber Chat!!!

Today at around 7:40 am Ph time / 7:40 pm (US) East Coast time, Gene (Generoso Rivera) and I (voice) chatted to our hearts' content over Yahoo! Instant Messenger. The best part was that we did not get to pay a cent! No pesos nor centavos, either! Yes, all for free- too bad Gene had a prior appointment so he had to leave his home and leave his PC behind.

He said he phoned me a while back but my phones were not up to the task. Well, my listed cellphone (0920 530 6122) was lost about a month ago so I updated our classmates list and sent him the updated list over Y!IM. Marami akong naipong kanta at inalok ko siya kung may gusto siya. "Ok lang," sabi ni Gene "marami-rami na kaming naipon dito pero kung mayroon kang pambansang awit ay wala ako niyan!" kaya ipinadala ko siya sa Y!IM pa rin!

About my landline, it is a Bayantel account- and even a sister-in-law has commented that most times she called from Bahrain she could not connect. She never had a problem when we had a PLDT connection!

I've had a PLDT connection since 1968 but had it disconnected in 2007- after asking for some three years that they replace their badly rusted entrance service box and they wouldn't!

I wonder how Globe compares for when I switch!

Gene and I had hoped that Jose "Pepe" Lopez would be back from work by 8:30 and join our chat but, unfortunately, he didn't sign on before we did at a few minutes to 9.

Terri was out in the garden then but promised to join the chat next time.

We hope that you will join us the next time that we connect. I find that early morning here is a good time to connect to NY and NJ and a few other states in the US. But I've chatted with Pepe and Terri at odd times due to SCSPS - sleep challenced senior people syndrome - something that I also suffer from!

Classmaes with Yahoo! "handles:" maniajr, generosorivera, toobeemeejogizar (for Terri Lacson,) csogoy (for Elena Sadang,) and roybrisenio (for Ma. Luisa "Ching" Villadelgado. )

Let us warm up for the reunion by having a chat before we meet at the Reunion. If you feel that you could use some help, ask your teenage child- just tell them to put our handles into a Yahoo Instant Messaging group - say, classmates - and to help you connect with us. Email me your "handle" if I do not know it yet and the dates and times that you will connect and I'll also help out. .