Gerona.bendzg.com should have been online by now had I not gone through a life milestone, that is, having my first job call center job. Although I only started yesterday, May 22, my preparation started a few days before that (I’ll post about that in the following days).

Anyway, since I promise my relatives that I’m going to make the Clan’s Family Tree available for download online, I just thought a quick post with the downlinks would be a suitable temporary replacement for a dedicated clan blog.

File 1. Minutes of the Clan Meeting – Contains list of elected and appointed clan officers, proposed clan activities, schedule of next clan reunion and shirt color codes. I should have wrote in details how aunty Charity was appointed chairperson for the Medical/Dental Mission. Hehehe.

File 2. Assorted Files — Contains the “Family Tree” painstakingly gathered by lolo (I really should not be calling him lolo) Willy G.; Geographic Clusters; Journal of Meeting; List of pledges;list of officers; and the unofficial clan directory.

Te Mel Ann (did I spell it right?) still has to send me the link to the youtube video files and Uncle Abel also ows me a list of persons to acknowledge. hehehe.

You may use the comment section below this post for suggestions, file updates, or just plain shout outs

Oh, by the way, in case you wanna share your pictures, kindly e-mail it to me. the address is bendzgerona@gmail.com. You may also post the links to your online albums on the comments section.

I didn’t know anything about a clan reunion until I found myself on the middle of it.

I was sitting in front of my PC waiting for it to boot until I realized there is something terribly wrong with the processor. I may be a self-proclaimed tech whiz but when it comes to defective hardware, the only troubleshooting process I know is to get it replaced. Since I didn’t have the luxury of doing so (read as: I’m broke), I took it as a sign to get my ass off my room and take a much needed vacation.

I went to Buac Gamay, Sogod, Southern Leyte, a place my parents now call their official home. It’s a three hour bus ride away from Maasin City. It’s a small town where people make it a habit to ogle at strangers like they’re some Hollywood actor or actress. It’s far worse than the Amish like community I live in. No kidding!

I never thought everybody was in the middle of preparing for a clan reunion which, according to the streamer that welcomed me, would officially happen the NEXT day. I remember my mom telling me about it weeks ago but I just thought she just made that up just like she makes up all those other stuff that’s supposed to make me consider going to Sogod. I really hate the place. It brings old memories of my grandmother forcing me to eat dried fish and hearing that dreaded “wak-wak” sound.

Being the solitary type of person that I am (or loser, for short), I try to minimize contact with my relatives to avoid getting asked what I ate to grow this huge, why I didn’t finish my degree(s), how old I am, why I don’t have a girlfriend, and what I do for a living. The latter is very hard to explain specially for non-techies. (I was just a professional blogger at that time cause I just started being a call center agent yesterday). It seemed like I’m the odd man out.

Thankfully, uncle Abel put me in charge of documentation and handed me his laptop. I thought I was going to die of tech abstinence! I was also designated the official clan secretary later on. I insist on calling myself a clan chronicler cause it sounds cooler. I wish the clan president, lolo Guin, would allow that.

More on The Reunion on my next posts. Time to make some money hehehe.