I won’t be attending the reunion

some  beautiful flowers from our garden
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
January 20, 2016 7:52am CST
This Saturday is the date of the grand reunion of the graduates of Nursing from 1978 to 1983. It is in line with our foundation day (St. Paul’s day) on January 25th. A colleague who is senior to me facilitated the event since last year; from here to other countries, she started calling the pioneer graduates to come home and attend the reunion. I am here in my place, and I was tasked to be the coordinator of my class. I however gave the responsibility to a colleague because she works in the university; besides, I told the over-all coordinator that I cannot join the event because I should not “get tired, and get over-excited, and I have to take care of my heart”. She understood my reason. Now, I checked on the wall on FB about the pioneer nurses, our class of 25 will only have 4 attendees. Other classes will also have single digit-attendees as well. Activities are now scheduled, but with the very few colleagues who will be present, I hope they will enjoy and have fun. For how can you play volleyball if you only have 3 players? I wish them the best, but for sure, I won’t be attending the reunion.
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@moondebi (1199)
• Bangalore, India
20 Jan 16
Reunion is a nice place to have fun, but if you have a problem with your condition of heart, you must restrain.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
20 Jan 16
You are right, because health matters most.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
@salonga to the highest level my friend. I can see their pics anyway
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
I would not want to make my heart have problems again, that is why I begged off.
@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 16
I do not believe that playing volleyball with only 3 participants is really funny.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
20 Jan 16
at least beach volleyball has 4, 2 on each sidewonder how they can play with 3
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 16
@louievill Three is not enough, if they at least were four.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
no beach volleyball, but the lawn volleyball where 6 players are needed in a team. our university is not near the beach but it is in the center of the city.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
20 Jan 16
So you mean you have heart condition that prevents you from engaging in tiring activity?
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
@ridingbet You made the right decision.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
yes, and I should keep my heart at the least stress as possible.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
24 Jan 16
It is smart move to understand what your body is capable of and protect it . Hope the reunion goes off well.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Jan 16
I saw the pictures on FB, and it is true, only 4 of our class attended the reunion. One class had the maximum of 8 members only; the rest, with 4 and 5.
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
21 Jan 16
I had also a reunion of my 10th class . It is really exiting and funny. If you have health problems it if fine to take rest and you have social medias and mobile to enjoy with your friends.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
thanks! I agree.
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
still sick that is why you will not attend?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
yes, and besides, I do not feel well just yet.
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
@ridingbet I hope you will rest, my dear. you are a nurse, so I know you can take care of yourself
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
@Yar_Joey thanks! even doctors need other doctors to get well, right?
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
Oh that's sad . You cannot partake the fun . But if it is for your heart's wellness , then it is indeed better not to attend . Anyway , you can just view their FB posts after that .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
true, my lady. better to keep myself good and safe, rather than enjoy and compromise my health.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
20 Jan 16
Is this the one in Q.C. or Manila?, Iloilo?, most nurses from those batches i guess are abroad so naturally attendance would be low
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
no, I live up north. my school is the very first St. Paul university in the Philippines and world.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Jan 16
Life happens and people can't always be part of every event presented to them.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
that is so true. Not every event can we be present if we nodded to previous activities.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
20 Jan 16
That seems as if it will fall a bit flat with so few attending. I've never been to a reunion in my life.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jan 16
we had reunion for our elementary class last 2012; now, it is collegiate level. I will miss them all but then...
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