After reviewing for a while, somebody tapped my shoulder, saying: “What are you doing here, Joe?” I looked around and saw our Chaplain, Capt. Jose Bozor, smiling. I said: “Reviewing for the Bar, Father.” “Come here,” he said, beckoning me toward the altar. We entered his office. Handing me a key, he said: “This key […]
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1994 Memoir – 154. Priestly Intervention
As I knelt at the altar, I said: “Lord, if you will make me a lawyer, I will use my profession to help the poor, the needy, the oppressed, and those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.” Amen. JBS
1994 Memoir – 153. Bar Review and Bar Exams
I was a special candidate, not certified by Arellano College of Law, to take the bar exams because I had not yet taken PROPERTY, a 4-unit subject. And so while reviewing for the Bar, I was also taking Property in the University of Manila to qualify to take the Bar exams. I forfeited my Review […]
1994 Memoir – 152. Our Life in Guipit, Sampaloc
For a time we rented our Pandacan house and lived on Guipit Street, near the Arellano Law College. We rented an apartment, stayed on the second floor, and rented the ground floor to a couple who were both teachers. The place was called Plaza Guipit, with a fountain and a church nearby. My stepmother, Isiong, […]
1994 Memoir – 151. Our Life in Pandacan, Manila
Ours was the only house in that area of Pandacan behind the Zamora Elementary School which was PAINTED! To Pat and me, it was a “dream house,” although it was located in the middle of a swamp full of KANGKONG and GABI plants. I bought a lot of discarded crate boards and used them to […]
1994 Memoir – 150. Our Life in Kamuning, Q.C. (1946–1947)
Our Headquarters was transferred from Lealtad, Sampaloc, to the BBB Building in Colonas, Bulacan, then to the abandoned Quonset Huts in Quezon City, left by American soldiers, near Kamuning, Quezon City. This was quite far from Avenida Rizal and so we joined Mg. Loling and Mg. Pito Rougas in their house in Quezon City. This […]