Fly Away with KaJamer 65

We have had so far three monthly ZOOM meetings of my Class 65 high school classmates at St. James Academy.  As usual photographs from high school days as well as past reunions are shared. Up in the list that elicits much attention are class pictures. One in particular that drew comments during and even after the August meeting  was our Third Year high school class photo shown below.  This was shared by our classmate Malou and is actually an extremely clear good copy.  We had a lot of fun the whole meeting but this photo became the most hilarious part of it thanks to a member's sharp observation of a pattern.

The identifying of who was who happened as when class photos are shown.  It has been more than fifty years ago after all when this photo was taken.  When asked where she was, Sylvia identified herself in the photo as the one with the fly away (or flip) hairdo, sixth from the left in the third row from the bottom.   As she carefully scanned the row she noted  that several others had the same hair style and cited in particular Nora who you can see ( third from left, third row from the bottom) had the most pronounced flips almost like hooks you could almost hang a coat to.  Eight of them actually have the fly way in the same row but none as obvious like Nora's. For some reason, the group went wild with laughter.  

This part of the meeting was shown in the unlisted not public YouTube recording  provided for the rest of the class to view. 

Our class happens to also have a so called Chat group in Messenger and one member who viewed the video had a lot to say and you can guess who it was.  Nora!  Here is her commentary that is both hilarious and highly informative in many ways.

"Mga bruha kyo! Mahirap pala pag d kasama sa zoom kc d lng nachichismis kundi nalalait din. Ha ha! For your information, yung lahat ng mga naka fly away, cla yung mga "in" kc nakasunod sa uso. Panahon yan ni Jacqueline Kennedy na naka fly away ang buhok. Ha ha!"

Loosely translated she said, " You are all witches or bi...is more what she meant.  I am beginning to realize it is hard to be absent in ZOOM meetings.  Not only are you gossiped about but also embarrassed.  Ha ha! For your information all of those with fly away are the ones who belong to the in crowd who follow the trends. Those are the days of Jackie Kennedy who had the fly away hairdo. Ha ha!"

Nora in her inimitable, witty way, in a nutshell, has elucidated on teenage behaviours and also showed the social landscape of an era in the sixties.

And then there is also a moral to this story, namely  do not miss meetings  But then again it was more fun viewing what you miss, right Nora? Ha ha! Thanks for being a sport.  

In a way, the fly away hairdo that night of the meeting became a sort of a get away from the pandemic doldrums.  It was an unplanned delightful surprise in the company of wonderful friends. Thank you all!