All original Mansioneers have left...

PHASE1: CASA GHETTO
Rap, Mac, Prime, Jaja, Me, Rica
June 2000 - Dec 2000

- and Ghetto it was
- with all the manong tricycles whizzing along the market roads, waking us up early in the morning, and eventually lulling us to sleep
- with all the the ghetto drama: "pu!@#$%^** )(*mo! may babae ka na naman! papatayin kita!!!" among other things
- with all the leaks in the roof... and having to feel so poor. those are Matrix moments: "Welcome to the real world."
- having to go to Glorietta to bask in the free airconditioning, eating at McDo and enjoying a P10 ice cream cone
- having to deal with the worst bathroom ever
-having to squash ourselves into one room so that we can all watch TV

PHASE 2: MANALAC MANSION
Rap, Mac, Prime, Jaja, Me, Rica, Nina, YJ, Randy, Kuya Allen, Gen, Cousin Myra
Honorary: Mazjh, Rona, Mike, Bucky, JakeA (at lahat ng naging BF/GF ng Mansioneers)
Dec 2000 - Jan 2009

- jogging around Powerplant while it was still underconstruction
- finally learning how to commute, and learn to toughen up
- fearing that PP will have "clothing price alarms" that will go off if the worth of your clothes is less than PHPxx,xxx.00
- having to feel so poor because the electricity was disconnected (late payment, thanks to YJ. hehehe.)
- having to deal with the creepy Meralco guy after he reconnected the electricity
- having to drink GinPom or Tanduay Rhum-Coke at home due to lack of funds
- writing the Manalac Mansion Chronicles. WHERE IS IT NOW?????
- waking up sweaty because of the summer heat
- staying in PP for the free aircon
- watching Rustans change layout and management
- poker nights at Good Earth Roasts
- eating at Som's when it was still a "karinderya" and we dined with the manong tricycle drivers. chicken noodle was PHP45 and milk tea was PHP12 a glass
- walking along the dark roads of burgos at the middle of night to grab a happy meal and sundae cone
- seeing the apartment owner's black labrador die (what was his name???)
- double deck beds (imagine 7 mansioneers in 2 bedrooms!)
- watching The Ring, the news of 9-11, Sex & the City, and all those series
- having to wake up early para di maunahan sa banyo!
- birthday lunches and dinners
- walking at 3am at the backstreets of Backwell from Grilla, highly intoxicated
- watching ADMU-LASALLE UAAP basketball games, win or lose
- watching Magandang Umaga, Bayan while eating breakfast, blowdrying hair, ironing office clothes...
- having to deal with a constantly dusty and dirty house. and yet we only do general cleaning every quarter. hehehe.

now, all of us have left the Mansion, our comfort-zone for quite a while. life was hard then, but we had fun. maybe one day, we can all get together and catch up. reminisce the old days. and be glad of how life has turned out.