high school memories

leo, a schoolmate from high school, is in town again after settling in the US many years back. friends visiting has always been a reason to pool together friends into a "you can't get out" get-together. i wasn't expecting to see either ron or troy at dinner last night (Cyma forever!) but i was happy to see them after a long time. along with biboy & leo, we reminisced like always, about high school and how it was one of the best years of our lives. both troy and ron are married - troy with two going three kids this december and ron, after years of trying finally has a 3-year old daughter. we realized how much older we are that night - ron & troy both looking like daddies while biboy, leo and myself seemed so much younger (this is a fact!). we all have different lives today - troy is with accenture, ron still with sunlife, leo is a structural engineer in new york and biboy is famous for his bowling prowess. in different ways, we are all successful in what we've ventured into and though we all probably have varying degrees of success - all seemed happy - me included.

sixteen years after high school, its hard to remember names and people. we talked about the teachers back in high school, our CAT adventures, riding the train on a whim, walking long distances going home during the rains, including our out-of-town gimiks. high school was a time of just enjoying - at least for most of us. i think when you're still a teenager, you sort of get a free pass to not think of anything except when you're next gimik is. no money problems, no family dilemmas or relationship dramas. it was really easy being happy back then.

one thing troy, ron and i agreed on over dinner is how tired we were from the hustle and bustle of working. maybe at this age, you really start feeling this way - almost twelve years of working already feels like a lifetime. is this what mid-life crisis is all about? shouldn't this happen much later, probably when we're at our 40's (insert cringe here!). Gee, the thought of saying "Hi, i'm 40yo!" is mortifying - am i like those who dread the thought of aging? I hope they find the fountain of youth soon. i pray though that whatever it is we all are searching for, that we find it soon.