As soon as I got settled in Manila, I did not waste much time before going back to school. With my little savings, I enrolled in the Phil. School of Business in Santa Cruz, Manila, near the Santa Cruz Bridge. After office hours in the afternoon I biked from Binondo to Santa Cruz for my […]
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1994 Memoir – 65. Transformation To A New Life
The abrupt change in my life from the jungles and primitive life of Kiañgan to a modern civilized life in Manila was just like me reaching heaven. It was indeed a MIRACLE. Only God can do that. Praise the Lord! Thank you, my God — . Compared to my experiences and training as a laborer […]
1994 Memoir – 64. Manila, Here I Come!
I left Kiañgan for Manila in August, 1936. Tata Anton gave me ₱30.00 saved by him from my monthly salary. I bade goodbye to Sobing, who looked very sad, and to my co-soldiers. On my way I passed by Bayombong and saw the Bayabor family occupying the same quarters where we lived when I studied […]
1994 Memoir – 63. As A Solder In Kiañgan
I was enlisted as a private by my uncle on May 18, 1936. Two other recruits, Felix Edrelin and Juanito Pumikie, were enlisted with me. They were both high school graduates but were older than me, bigger, and taller than me. Our instructor was Sgt. Pedro Bonnol, an ex-PMA cadet. He belonged to the Ifugao […]