GDHS Kept Me Grounded

It's been quite awhile, I know. Life gets in the way and you tend to lose sight of what's important - like connections with old friends. At least that's the way it's been for me for the past few months. I haven't been lurking around MySpace to find out what's going on with my peeps from GDHS.

However, I've been on a quest ...learning more and more about myself and thinking about the things that have made me who I am. I have to thank God for GDHS because going to school in the Philippines kept me pretty "grounded" as a person. Here in the States kids are very susceptible to pop culture and the media bombards them with what they should wear and how they should act. Sure, I had my own sense of style when it came to fashion, but I was never one to be obsessed with fashion labels and wearing what was "in" at the time...and the people I hung around weren't that way either. We also weren't fascinated with what celebrity was doing what or the latest technological bling (no iPods or laptops for me back then!)

Nope - I think many of my fellow GDHS alumni and I were just content in having fun, kicking it at the bowling alley, and occasionally having a few drinks at the clubs on Magsaysay (shhh..don't tell my dad!)