Merel Bregante:  

Who am I, really? What a funny question. I am now exactly who I have always been. That being, a hopefully peaceful person that has never lived within the 'box.' It took me a long time to 'join' classmates simply because I have had no desire to revisit SPHS. Don't misunderstand me, when I speak of San Pedro, I tell people that I was born and raised in heaven by two wonderful angels. I LOVED MY HOME TOWN. It's certainly different now - and - when I was a child, San Pedro was the very finest place on earth. It's simply that my time in high school was NOT fun for me. I wasn't cool. I had friends and was then and am now thankful for their laughter. Aside from this, I got through the "Day's of the Living Uncool' simply by staying quiet and doing my thing to the best of my ability...which included my music. A story that sort of puts the whole thing in prespective for me: Not that many years later, after having spent four great years as the drummer in a band called The Sunshine Company, I was performing at The Universal Ampitheater with Loggins and Messina...I was proudly the drummer in that great band it's entire life - both on stage and on the recordings. After the show, I heard my name being called and I looked up to see that the voice belong...Expand for more