It was rather an ordinary day, when out of the blue, a
single message in our Facebook group from lead organizer, J. Charles, sent the
SPUD HS 88 netizens into frenzy.
The message read, “Whoa, guys! Just got a pledge for P10 billion!!! We are revising our plans. We are making our 25th Grand
Reunion compulsory for everybody.
Furthermore, you may bring along your relatives up to the 6th
degree of consanguinity and/or affinity.
All expenses - airfare, boat fare, bus, jeepney, habal-habal, tricycle and
pot-pot fares shall be refunded in full by the steering committee upon
presentation of your ticket stubs. Likewise, we will provide free accommodations
of your choice – hotel, motel, beach resort, pension house and dormitory, for
the duration of your stay. Please get in
touch with us a-s-a-p!”
Moments after J. Charles posted his message, it went viral
in the internet and as of this writing, the original post has already generated
more than 20,000 likes and over 1,000 comments. The hashtags #SPUDHS88BONGGACIOUS
and #SPUDHS88OVAH also became top trending topics in Twitter.
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| Screen grab of J. Charles FB post |
Jasmine P. who is now based in Japan has committed to come with
32 sumo wrestlers. She explains that
that her husband was just recently inducted into the wrestling group’s secret
society so that makes them all the brods of her husband.
A woman showed up at the office of DYWC in Sibulan and
inquired where to register for the reunion.
She claims she was the yaya of Ritchell J. when Ritchell was still
several months old. She said that
Ritchell’s father and mother always treated her like family so that makes her
eligible for the reunion. She came with
her own family in tow - her husband and nine kids.
Annabelle S., from Texas, and her family, will meet her
sister in Dubai. Together they will fly
to Hongkong to meet up with her brother and mother before taking the Cebu
Pacific flight to Cebu and then proceed to Dumaguete via Sibulan. Her sister posted in Instagram a picture of
her business class ticket with the quote, “Thanks to SPUD HS Batch 88! You guys rock!”
The school registrar was also flocked by applications for
honorary membership in SPUD HS Batch 88.
As of September 2, 2013, they already received 4,325 applications. There were also some senators and congressmen
who have written the Board of Trustees requesting to become adopted members of
SPUD HS Class of 1988.
However, Angie, a member of SPUD HS88, a lawyer by
profession, a human rights activist by occupation and a feisty orator by
vocation, felt that there was something murderously wrong with the sudden
change in plans so she flew to Dumaguete from Manila to clarify things.
She demanded from J. Charles to
double-check his source. J. Charles
showed Angie the message from his cellphone.
It read: “hatag ku 10B, bai. Rgrds, Jhan Nap’s uuu”
Angie called up this Jhan Nap’s only to find out that it was
John Napigkit. John explained that he and
his twin brother, Peter, will really donate ten pigs for lechon for the reunion.
J. Charles was aghast.
He had mistaken John Napigkit for Janet Napoles and the 10B for the P10
billion pork barrel scam. Angie
emphasized to J. Charles in the vernacular, “PULO RA MAN DIAY KA BABOY! (shouting
translation: Ten ra man diay ka pigs!)”
and then gave up!
J. Charles immediately instructed Merced to make a reversing
entry in the books of account by debiting Pledges by P10 billion and crediting Accounts
Receivable by the same amount. He also
asked for an aspirin and a glass of water.
Murmuring between gulps of water, he said, “itchtsokey, itchalright,
itchengyawa!”
In other news, J. Charles later confided with Angie at
Kyosko over cups of piping hot cappucinnos that his eyesight has been failing
him and that he already has intermittent bouts with Alzheimer’s.
In other, other news, Angie will extend her stay in Dumaguete
and will call for another “tapok-tapok” particularly with the other lawyers in
the group led by Proceso and Joe. There is a possibility that the reunion will be cancelled as the funds will be used instead to mount a plausible defense against potential lawsuits.
(with reports from
Caryl S. and EdNac’s)
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