I have been thinking about whether or not I should go to the Appleby Alumni gathering.\u00a0 I went to this highschool for two years when I first came to Canada.\u00a0 I didn’t have much tie with the school nor did it leave me a very good memories.\u00a0 I don’t even keep in touch with any classmates from those days.\u00a0 Somehow, I don’t feel I like the school very much.<\/p>\n
It has been many years since I graduated and the Alumni is having a gathering in Vancouver.\u00a0 I decided to show up thinking maybe I will make some useful connections.\u00a0 After all, it’s a school graduated a few Canadian prime ministers, and the alumni network suppose to be pretty useful.\u00a0 It turns out not many people shows up in the gathering.\u00a0 Other than the school staff traveling from Oakville to Vancouver on his way to visit his daughter, there are only a few old guys and a lady who is working as a school teacher.\u00a0 I do met the president of the biggest construction firms in town.\u00a0 Too bad that I am not a civil engineer.<\/p>\n
I have been out of touch with the school and I didn’t make any effort to stay connected.\u00a0 It is nice to hear some news about my teachers.\u00a0 Most of them are still around and my least favorite one is gone.\u00a0 New buildings are popping up here and there.\u00a0 The dinning hall has become a new library and my old residence has been rebuilt.\u00a0 Maybe I should pay a visit to the school when I go back to Toronto next month to see how much it has changed.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed a relaxing evening with snack and drinks, chit-chating old school days with fellow alumni and listening to life stories of the old men.\u00a0 The alumni gathering is gives me a different exposure to the many faces of life.\u00a0 I don’t get to know people from this kind of social circle very often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"