Lourdes School QC (Batch 1982)

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Trivia & Tsismis Corner

Did you know that...?

... Mrs. Alvarez is Jojo Ungson's aunt? She is the sister of Jojo's father.

... Kulas Toribio is a distant nephew of Raul Clemente?

... Atty. Eduardo Meneses Jr. is currently playing the role of Claudine Barretto's lawyer
    in her TeleNovela entitled "Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan" M-F 7:30pm ABS-CBN 2?

... Francis Pangilinan, Michael Arroyo & Julius Babao (Co) are some celebrity namesakes
    from our batch?

... 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.

... 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 10.5% of our batch (known so far) live abroad?

... about 13% of our batch (known so far) are married?

... about 36.8% of our batch (known so far) have e-mail? Click here for the complete list.

... about 22% 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.

... 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.

80's Memorabilia

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80s Icons

Movies of 1982

Pinoy

Miscellaneous

80's Game Emulators (Game & Watch, Arcades, etc)

Gary Puno's Shirt (Click to enlarge)

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Back (162 kb)

Remember the days when...
... 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 used a rotary phone & a manual typewriter.
... there was only one flyover in EDSA.
... Crayon shoes, Ralph Lauren longback shirts & Jordache stretch (or baston) jeans were cool.
... you owned a Rubik's cube.
... you bought Paper-mate ballpens, Bensia pencils & Cattleya notebooks at Alemar's.
... you had a colorful metal lunchbox which came with a matching thermos.
... kornik with sili was a staple in our daily diet.
... any argument can always be settled after classes "sa likod ng simbahan".
... we hummed the instrumental theme song of John en Marsha during classes.
... 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.
... LPs, Betamax & large Walkmans (complete with Saudi-pirated tapes) were in.
... sexy stars were named after softdrinks — Coca Nicolas, Pepsi Paloma & Sarsi Emmanuel.
... Ricky Martin was still part of Menudo & Michael Jackson was still black.

Then & Now — LSQC's Believe It Or Not

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	Sonny Borja
	Mon Correa Morph (300 kb)
	Alex Cruz
	Dr. Jonas Del Rosario
	George Escarraga
	Hernan Espiritu
	Philip Felix
	Shirley Garrobo-Felix
	Roy Fernandez
	Tommy Fortun
	Dennis Ilagan

	Atty. Aids Lecaros
	Atty. Joseph Literal
	Miel Magana
	Atty. Jun Meneses
	Donny Pile
	Dr. Ben Racela
	Glenn Rosales
	Gretz Rivera
	Boom San Agustin
	Edan Surtida Morph (200 kb)
	Leo Virtucio