High Life A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : A Concert, a Kiss Are Moments Worth Reliving

If only you could replay the best moments of your life as easily as you play back a videotape.

How often has this thought crossed your mind, as you wished you could have back a moment, hour or day?

Hot Topics wonders, “If you could relive a moment or experience from your life, what would it be?”

“The night of my first kiss.”

Allison Ngo, 15,

freshman, Ocean View

“It would be when I went to the Cure concert last September and I got to meet the keyboard player and (lead singer) Robert Smith.”

Danielle Gibbons, 16,

sophomore, Rosary

“When I first got to hold my baby sister. She was only a few hours old.”

Angela Bonilla, 18,

senior, Huntington Beach

“The first time I rode a bicycle on my own. It was so awesome. I kept going up a hill that got steeper and steeper, and I didn’t know how to turn around, and I was afraid that if I got off, I couldn’t get back on. Finally, I had to get off and turn around, but I was able to get back on and ride all the way down the hill at top speed.”

Vivian Yang, 18,

senior, Dana Hills

“It would be when my parents went out of town.”

Trina Pereira, 15,

sophomore, Rosary

“The first day of high school, when I made new friends.”

Seema Mehta, 16,

sophomore, Ocean View

“Birth.”

Chris Ewers, 18,

senior, Huntington Beach

“My first fight. I got thoroughly beaten. Boy, I love pain. Or the time I broke my arm. I got to see the inside workings of my wrist.”

Shawn Emery, 16,

junior, Dana Hills

“It would be the first time I went to Disneyland, when I was 6 years old.”

Lisa Archuleta, 16,

sophomore, Rosary

“The day when I was at my dad’s friend’s house and the guy I liked was there.”

Thao Nguyen, 14,

freshman, Ocean View

“The first time my boyfriend told me he loved me.”

Nancy Amato, 18,

senior, Dana Hills

“My recruiting trip to West Point.”

Kevin McAnich, 18,

senior, Huntington Beach

“It would be when I moved to California, because this is where I met all of my friends, especially two of my best friends.”

Johanna Angeles, 15,

sophomore, Rosary

“My sister’s wedding.”

Todd Aubin, 15,

sophomore, Ocean View

“It would have to be the time when I was 13 and had my bar mitzvah.”

Joseph Levin, 15,

sophomore, Huntington Beach

Next Week’s Hot Topic:

How do you show stress and what do you do to relieve it?

Hot Topic responses gathered by Jennifer Dowling (Dana Hills), Jane Wey (Huntington Beach), Felice Wu (Ocean View) and Asra Hashmy (Rosary).