Found a Founder

Taking my time to my 1200 class at Southwestern College, I stopped walking to see an office I never noticed. The front and back of a SDAFF poster was posted from inside the window, which prevented me from seeing what was inside. But I did notice a name posted in caps top-left of the window:


F. TUYAY


Felix Tuyay? One of the founders of AB Samahan?

I got a little excited and noticed that the bottom of the window had a little card that showed his office hours. I pondered whether I should take a picture of it for future reference and looked at the SDAFF posters at the same time.


"Planning on going to one of those?"

I turned around to see a tall light-skinned Filipino guy. He seemed middle-aged ...considering how he was losing hair above his forehead. "Yeah, I think so. I already have some movies in mind."

"You know some of them are already sold out?"
"What? No way!"

He went on for a few seconds about SDAFF. "Alright," he said as he entered his office. I took a quick glance before the door was about to close to notice how cultural his office looked. Before the door closed I quickly asked, "Um, are you Professor Tuyay?"

He opened the door wide open and took a quick glance at the name I first noticed, "Um, yes I believe so."

"Um... aren't you one of the founders of AB Samahan?"

His face seemed to light up when I asked that question. But he responded in modesty, "Oh no, that's Sal. But I was very involved in Samahan." We spoke about the organization for a bit and I moved my foot cause I realized it was keeping Professor Tuyay from closing the door... I told him that I was the current cultural affairs coordinator thinking he might say something about my position.

He didn't seem to care though, haha. He seemed to care more about high school conference and FCN. And he spoke to me in a casual yet business manner.

Now that I think about it, he was probably rushing the conversation because he might have had another class to teach....

But then he stuck his hand out and asked me for my last name.

My-last-name.

Who ever asks for that first???

Anyway, the whole conversation lasted for about three minutes. He said goodbye and the door closed in front of me. For a second, I stood there in shock. What just happened? Did I just meet one of the founders of SDSU's AB Samahan?

Professor Tuyay teaches a few Asian classes at SWC - one that I may take for kicks next semester (ASIA 115 FILIPINO-AMERICAN CULTURE). Might be useful ;]

If not, there's always interviewing :D