Kanlaon

Reason # 1:

You got e-mail from hubby. Until a few years ago, you didn’t even know he had an account

Reason # 2:

It’s Monday. Hubby almost never has time to talk/chat when you call, not to mention send e-mail.

Did you mention that hubby joined a start-up? And that he’s supposed to be building some very fancy laser thingamajig? That hopefully will have his Stanford classmates gnashing their teeth in envy or rage? But to date has not resulted in any visible improvement to your family’s financial situation?

Reason # 3:

The e-mail’s a link to YouTube, here.

And this is what it conjures up:

Ateneo: the leafy quad, “The Men” hanging out on the benches leading to the cafeteria
Manila in the late 70s
Mike Hanopol and the Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society

All of this pre-Cory, pre-Erap, pre-Fidel. And you recall a time when Gloria Arroyo was just a very fresh graduate of the Assumption. Brocka still alive, he’d just made “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag”, your son was not even the faintest glimmer in your eye, and the sight of the young Bembol Rocco was like a long draught of water after a walk through a desert — pardon the hoary cliché, dear blog readers — but this actor’s appearance in the movie was the debut to end all debuts, and you are pretty sure he looks horrible now (bald or fat or something) so you sincerely hope he never surfaces, so that you can keep the image of his young self in your mind forever.

Stay tuned, dear blog readers, stay tuned.