Reunion

What is it about reunion that makes it all interesting? I mean, there’s always a reunion of something and someone from some-where from some time. They have reunions for primary schools, high schools universities, classes, short term courses, etc. Does prisoners have reunions? Do they go around bragging about where they were incarcerated?

“I went to Harvard, class of “99. MBA”

“I went to Texas State county Jail, Cellblock number 9, 95 to 2000, B&E (Breaking & Entering)”

Is it possible that somewhere, right now, in some prison, prison guards are putting up banners ” Welcome Back, Prisoners from 1995 to 2000.  We’re Glad You’re Out But You’re Welcomed Back in Again?

Which makes me wonder, do we have reunion for our kinder garden class? Come on people, we have reunion for every single important (and non-important) phase of our lives, how can we missed out on our kinder garden years? Nothing can be more exciting than meeting up with the kid who ate his boogers (although that does stretches out into primary school … on certain people), or the kid who became your first friend before you find out about the cruel world?

I guess that the unspoken rules to have a reunion of some sort, is that you’d have to develop a stable, concise and articulate memory of a certain period of time….in order for you to actually reminiscence about it in the coming years. Anything below 7 years old does not fit the description. Apparently, below 7 is the stage of bliss and oblivion. During that 7 early years of your life is not really real, it’s not even important (if it was important, you’d have a reunion about it).

What makes a reunion so damn important and interesting? What makes us to cancel our appointments, lie to our bosses, ask for an emergency sick leave (there’s always a relative who seems to be dying all the time), travel million of miles, fork out hundreds of dollars and suffer through the nagging of your spouses/companion, dragging your precious family along with you, preparing to look nice (losing a few pounds) and doing hundreds of other things that you don’t normally do for someone else (or even your own family).

What is it that drives us?

What is it that attracts us to it?

In my opinion, there’s a few types of people that would show up (or not show up) at any reunion.