Twenty years flies by fast

... so does 15. But 20 is more :-D

This past weekend, Allan and I went down to Irvine to the Crowne Plaza Hotel to celebrate his 20-year reunion. Hard to believe it has been 20 whole years since he and his cronies graduated from Rowland High School. Time sure flies! I had a surprisingly good time-- though I did not know anyone there, the ones I did meet were fun to talk to.

Since we had to drive 150+ miles to make it, we booked a room at the same hotel and stayed the night. I was worn out before midnight, and it was nice to be able to come up to our room, soak my feet (I hate heels) and relax a bit while Allan stayed downstairs to reminisce with his old friends.

In 5 years I will celebrate my own 20th reunion. I attended my 10-year in 2003. Although the turnout was small (only about 100 out of a graduating class of 500 showed up) the evening was fun. 10 years is a long time, but in the grand scheme of things, it isn't that long, either. Now that I've found so many of my old classmates on Facebook, I am hoping that my 20-year will have more attendees. More of us will have had kids, and we'll all be a bit older and wiser. And I'd be curious as to how most of us will look, pushing 40! No doubt some will look older than that, some will have aged well, and others aged not at all!

Speaking of aging, during the evening, each table was asked to nominate one person who they thought looked most like they did in high school (i.e. aged the least). Our table nominated Allan. I think they did it in jest. Judge for yourself, Allan 20 years ago and Allan today:

  

More pictures uploaded in my photo albums... too lazy to post them here, you know where to find them :-D And the complete set can be found on my Picasa album: http://picasaweb.google.com/hellykwee/Reunion2008

(originally posted at:  http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/416994942)