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 […]
1994 Memoir – 30. Bangued Memories – Ambition
One day my brother and I, on our way to the PAGPARTIAN, or slaughterhouse, were talking about our ambition or what we wanted to be. We discussed about being a Priest, a Doctor, a Lawyer, a Mayor, a Governor, a Soldier, a Teacher, or an Engineer. We did not mention about being a slipper-maker like […]
1994 Memoir – 60. Life In Kiañgan
After my graduation in 1935 from the C.S.C. (Colegio del Sagrabo Corazon) High School, Boys Department, Bangued, Abra, I had no hope of continuing my studies. How I envied my friends and former classmates who had well-to-do parents who could afford to send them to college in Manila. I had a great desire to become […]
1994 Memoir – 59. Rehabilitation Of A Policeman
A drunken policeman threatened to shoot Pat and her friend Carmen (MEN) Gonzales, for staring at him in the Camp Murphy Market, a market where vendors were scared of him. Pat and Men went to see Col. Karingol, Chief of I.C. Police, who ordered that the policeman be disarmed and arrested and suspended, to be […]
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, […]
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