OUR ARRIVAL IN SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA I cannot exactly remember how many days we walked from Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga, but to me it was like a LIFETIME! We were herded into a school house, where we rested and were served burned rice and hot water! To us this was a real FEAST although […]
1994 Memoir – 11. Mother’s Personality
Just like my father, Mother was a very strict disciplinarian. She would not spare a pinch on the siñgit (groin or inner part of the upper leg) if we did not behave. Very often it was on account of my constant fighting with Elix that we were punished. We were like cats and dogs. If […]