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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

As soon as mail was resumed, I wrote Father in Bangued and invited him to Manila. Right away he came with my stepmother and their son, Vicente (Enty). We all lived in the apartment of Aning and I had to double the Army rations I brought home because food was still very scarce in Manila. […]