We subsisted with the small amount of rice and dried fish from the Red Cross and Aning’s earnings as a nightclub entertainer or hostess in Metro Grill Garden, where she and Pat worked before the outbreak of the war. Pat could not work because she had to nurse our baby. My health did not permit […]
1994 Memoir – 116. Life In A War-Torn City
Our first trip the following morning was to the City Hall, where Pat and I reported and registered, I as a released POW, with Pat as my guarantor that I would not join the guerillas. Our next trip was to the Red Cross, where we got some “chupas” of rice, soup, and milk for Tony. […]
1994 Memoir – 108. The Miracle Of San Antonio
(Pat related this story after I got released) When Pat failed to see my name among surrenderers published in the paper and magazine in Manila, she went to the City Hall and to the Red Cross. My name was not in their list of surrenderers. And she started wondering if I and my brother could […]
1994 Memoir – 58. The Miracle About Jojo’s Money
On her way back home after receiving the money for her world tour, Jojo was accosted by a man showing her a precious diamond ring, saying it was worth much money and he was willing to sell it to her for so much. Jojo thought it was a good bargain and gave him her dollars, […]