this is really sad. i went to school there from 1988-1992 (showing my age!) with the way things are now, I'd think twice before sending my hypothetical kid to study there.

the kid who was held up and stabbed happened a bit later than that. i think around 1994 or 1995.

it's sad because that place used to be pretty OK. those squatters there are all Mathay's fault. he relocated them there when the large tiangge (kung saan nag-simula ang Villman) and squatter area at North/EDSA was demolished to make way for the MRT station.

actually from the MRT you'll see that virtually the entire North Triangle area from Agham to EDSA is covered with those pestilential toadstool squatter shanties.