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... Atty. Eduardo Meneses Jr. played the role of Claudine Barretto's lawyer in her
TeleNovela entitled "Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan"?
... Francis Pangilinan, Michael Arroyo, Julius Babao (Co) & Jon(athan) Santos are some
celebrity namesakes from our batch?
... Mrs. Alvarez is Jojo Ungson's aunt? She is the sister of Jojo's father.
... we were the first LSQC batch to have girls? Then in 1986, the girls were no longer limited
to a single class but were spread among all sections as well.
... our batch has the most number of brothers & sisters within the same batch? Count them:
Dalangin, Fausto, Furagganan, Sarte, Sta. Maria, Venturina & De Mesa brothers
plus the Mangahas sisters.
... being the biggest batch, we caused a splitup of high school class schedules into
AM & PM; and the only ones to ever use the Annex Bldg. near Dapitan St.
... we're the only batch who ever got suspended en masse after boycotting classes.
... the youngest batchmates are Rhodora Mangahas & Dale Abraham; while the oldest are...
well, I won't name them anymore, except that they're born in '62 (you know who you are).
... about 40% of our batch celebrate their birthdays between March & June?
Hmmm, let's count back 9 months no wonder... rainy days.
... about 14% of our batch (known so far) live abroad?
... about 16% of our batch (known so far) are married?
... about 47% of our batch (known so far) have e-mail? Click here for the complete list.
... about 28% of our batch (known so far) own cell phones? Click here for the complete list.
... Time Magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" for 1982, less than four months
after IBM introduced the PC?
Other key events in 1982 were:
... Lydia de Vega was crowned Asia's fastest woman at New Delhi Asian Games.
... the word "Internet" first came into use (replacing "Arpanet").
... Liposuction was introduced.
... the first artificial heart transplant took place, where the recipient lived 112 days.
... the Tylenol scare.
... the Doobie Brothers split up during the week of our graduation.
... Simon & Garfunkel reunited.
... John Belushi (b.1939), Leonid Brezhnev (b.1906); Grace Kelly (b.1928), Ayn Rand (b.1905),
Ingrid Bergman (b.1915), Marty Feldman (b.1934), & Henry Fonda (b.1905) died.
... Gandhi swept the Oscars, winning Best Picture, Best Actor & Best Director.
Other contenders for Best Picture that year were E.T. & Tootsie.
... An Officer & a Gentleman's Theme, "Up Where We Belong" won Oscar's Best Song.
It beat Rocky III's "Eye of the Tiger", Best Friends' "How Do You Keep The Music Playing"
& Tootsie's "It Might Be You".
... Michael Jackson's "Thriller" sells 20 million albums to become the largest selling record
of all time. Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" hit #1 in Billboard.
... Graceland, home of Elvis, opened to the public.
... Atari and Game & Watch were the ultimate gaming systems to own.
... Night Driver & Breakout looked awesome.
... having cable TV meant putting up a 60-foot antenna for FEN.
... you had to get up to change the channel.
... you only needed to memorize 6-digit phone numbers.
... you used a rotary phone & a manual typewriter.
... LPs, Betamax & large Walkmans (complete with Saudi-pirated tapes) were in.
... there was only one flyover in EDSA.
... only women wore earrings.
... Crayon shoes, Ralph Lauren longback shirts & Jordache stretch (or baston) jeans were cool.
... black rubber shoes & oversized shorts looked funny.
... you knew all the members of Voltes V by heart.
... you owned a Rubik's cube.
... you bought Paper-mate ballpens, Bensia pencils & Cattleya notebooks at Alemar's.
... Veto, Mum, Oxy, Klim, Tancho & Botak were some popular products then.
... you had a colorful metal lunchbox which came with a matching thermos.
... Sunkist tetrapaks were tetrahedron in shape (triangular on all sides).
... kornik with sili was a staple in our daily diet.
... Jojo, Tarzan, Texas were our favorite candies.
... we hummed the instrumental theme song of John en Marsha during classes.
... any argument can always be settled after classes "sa likod ng simbahan".
... common expressions were Appear!, Kadiri to death, Kilig to the bones & Yes Yes Yo!
... debate topics were: Star Wars vs Star Trek; Vinnie Barbarino vs The Fonz (ayyy!);
Hardy Boys vs Nancy Drew; CHiPs vs Starsky & Hutch.
... sexy stars were named after softdrinks Coca Nicolas, Pepsi Paloma & Sarsi Emmanuel.
... Erap was still in showbiz.
... Ricky Martin was still part of Menudo & Michael Jackson was still black.
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