Rizal High Rizal High SchoolSchool

Batch ‘81Batch ‘81

Rizal High Rizal High SchoolSchool

Batch ‘81Batch ‘81Rizal High Rizal High

SchoolSchoolBatch ‘81Batch ‘81

Rizal High Rizal High SchoolSchool

Batch ‘81Batch ‘81

Twenty summers past.Twenty summers past.Four years of hard Four years of hard

work behind us.work behind us.Countless moments of Countless moments of

happy memories happy memories shared.shared.

We marched out of We marched out of our high school lives our high school lives

full of hope,full of hope,And faced the And faced the

challenges beyond…challenges beyond…

We spent We spent probably the best probably the best four years of our four years of our lives as lives as schoolmates –schoolmates –We parted ways We parted ways as friends…as friends…

The faces may have The faces may have changed, and we may have changed, and we may have moved on with our separate moved on with our separate lives. But we will always lives. But we will always remain as friends. We remain as friends. We parted ways more than parted ways more than twenty years ago as we twenty years ago as we said goodbye to our high said goodbye to our high school life, embarking on a school life, embarking on a journey to seek our own journey to seek our own places under the stars. And places under the stars. And after all these years, it is after all these years, it is time to touch base with time to touch base with each other again and re-each other again and re-kindle the embers of the kindle the embers of the flame that kept watch over flame that kept watch over our young lives… our young lives…

And so after twenty long And so after twenty long years, we gather again on years, we gather again on

hollowed ground. hollowed ground. A place made more joyful A place made more joyful

by our laughter.by our laughter.A place made more A place made more

meaningful by our dreams.meaningful by our dreams.A place made stronger by A place made stronger by

our resolve to excel.our resolve to excel.A place made more A place made more

challenging by our failures.challenging by our failures.A place made more worthy A place made more worthy

by our achievements.by our achievements.

We come today to reminisce, We come today to reminisce, to share memories, to look to share memories, to look

back at days when we were at back at days when we were at the threshold of our young the threshold of our young

lives.lives.We come today to see old We come today to see old

friends, rekindle the fading friends, rekindle the fading embers of friendships lost but embers of friendships lost but not forgotten over the years.not forgotten over the years.We come today to meet new We come today to meet new

friends and build fresh friends and build fresh relationships, to find old relationships, to find old

friendships just waiting to be friendships just waiting to be discovered.discovered.

We come today to start a new We come today to start a new episode in our lives, to find episode in our lives, to find meaning in our newfound meaning in our newfound

solidarity, to move forward in solidarity, to move forward in our lives not just as our lives not just as

schoolmates, but as friends, schoolmates, but as friends, brothers and sisters.brothers and sisters.

We may beWe may beseparated byseparated by

vast oceans vast oceans and miles of lands, riversand miles of lands, rivers

and mountains, but and mountains, but the Internet bridgedthe Internet bridged

that gap. Now, we live in a that gap. Now, we live in a world made even smaller by world made even smaller by

cyberspace. Some may not be cyberspace. Some may not be with us today, but they are with us today, but they are

always united with us in spirit.always united with us in spirit.

Renewing old Renewing old ties,ties,

Forging new Forging new bonds,bonds,Moving Moving

forward!forward!

Rizal High School Rizal High School Batch ’81Batch ’81

2020years after . . .years after . . .

Let the celebrations begin…Let the celebrations begin…