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Begging your indulgence for this personal aside, I went to a most unusual reunion a couple of weeks ago with my classmates from Section 7-D of La Salle Green Hills, who graduated from grade school in 1966, before EDSA, before Unimart, before Tropical Hut. I hadnt seen most of them in nearly 40 years, and I was amazed I should admit saddened by how you could be a grinning boy in button-fly khaki shorts one minute and a balding, gout-ridden man the next, wondering where all the brightness and the bravado went.
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By Butch Dalisay | July 11, 2005 - 12:00am
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