Yesterday night was Kaingin’s acquaintance party entitled “Kaingin Goes Retro”. Kaingin is an socially-aware organization in the Ateneo where we tutor public school kids. *sigh* Public schools here are downright pitiful. There’s a serious lack of classrooms, books, chairs, everything else. Classes are held beside the canteen just to accomodate them all the students. The books are so outdated and even the grade four kids don’t know how to multiply, let alone divide. The public school buildings are so dilapidated and the environment is really not conducive for learning.

Anyway, the acquaintance party was held at BF Homes clubhouse. Obviously, the theme is retro. The place was decorated nicely, and all the people were in 70s outfits. Although hunbun’s hawaiian shirt didn’t fit in with the party. *lol* The committee heading the event really prepared. Except for the catering service and food which was inedible. The games were really original but were too rambunctious for my taste. I prefer nice parlor games. Hunbun won a lot of prizes for games which were too weird for me. Okey, so I didn’t have that much fun. But I did enjoy the conversations I had with my friends. I love catching up on their lives. And I did enjoy the disco dancing.

Neal, Dianne, hunbun, and I left the party at about 10:30pm. We headed straight to McDonalds to eat because the food was really horrible. I ordered a BBQ burger meal. *yummy* During the car ride to Dianne’s apartment and Neal’s house, we gossiped a lot and gossiped some more. *haha*

Hm… I was on YM the other night with one of my close friends. I even considered her my best friend. We were inseparable during high school. But now we go to different colleges so we we’re not that close anymore. I’m feeling sad and really lonely because she has a new best friend now. I’m glad though that she’s well-adjusted in her new school but I can’t help feeling like I’ve lost a very special part of my life. *sigh* I miss the special sisterly bond we had.