We picked up right where we left off. After 19 years, I was reunited with three of my best friends from boarding school (from left) Debbie Burgess- Gibbs, Hayley McCann and Lucy Puttick- Horder
Being there as the only Filipino, let alone Asian student, at that time taught me, first of all, how to become a proud ambassador of my country. Within months of my first year, in fact, the Philippines had become part of everyone’s bucket list as a beautiful and interesting place to visit. Until then, all that most of my friends, teachers and their own families had known about our country from Imelda’s infamous pairs of shoes to the endless tropical typhoons.