CHAMBERS

by Korina Sanchez

Publication Date: [Sunday, January 28, 2007]

*An Excerpt"

It was like being in a twilight zonewhen, fast forward, about a year ago, Ifound myself in socials – one afteranother – and every girl, I swear,would either be from Assumption or St.Scholastica or Poveda (formerlyTheresiana) or Maryknoll. Only now, asI am writing this, do I figure it’smostly because it would seem most Theresiansare not into the party scene. These arethe types who bury themselves in someobscure activity looking to findmeaning or relevance in even having her nailsdone. I don’t think it’s that much ofan exaggeration. Think. Our brotherclasses of choice were mostly from the Ateneo(you know – the guys whose cheersduring basketball games are in latin and itsattempts to compete with UST’sotherwise household-wordable "Go USTE! GoUSTE!!"). During the same year’s alumni dance reunion of the La SalleGreenhills a couple of months ago they announced that "all girls from the same batch from Assumption, St. Scho, Poveda and Maryknoll were invited to attend." I heard my co-organizers grunt in dismay – and that was it. One fine day I thought, "it’s time togive back" and actually do something about it. I had small projects in mindwhen I called up the alumni association. Fast forward, a few weeks later, it was just about the same time the batch was preparing for its jubilee. I still think I bit off more than I could chew. Just the same I had to gulp it down. My grand dream was to have a spread on St.Theresa’s College and tell everyone about the school with quality graduates who hardly socialize. And what better way to re-introduce the school than through its graduates? See? I was right. Most of the Theresians you will meet have been introduced into society not necessarily because of their surnames or social pedigree but because of their accomplishments. The task I inflicted myself with was to get together graduates in a list the school had in its drawers. While mostTheresians are unsung heroes in theirown accomplishments with not as much ofan audience to applaud, many, Idiscover, do have the world as their stage. I was speaking with Ms. Owen deCastro, one of our teachers in 4th yearhigh, "Why they should be shouting tothe world they’re from STC." Sr. Jo Nebres, the present high school principal, agreed."

***Well, well. Korina Sanchez isn't all bad after all. Thank you for lifting my already damaged Theresian spirit caused by endless criticism and deragatory sentences thrown to us. Let your light shine, ladies.