Father had lots of chickens and raised fighting cocks. He used to ask me to hold the tail of a rooster and face it towards his rooster as we pulled them back when they tried to fight each other. This was done to strengthen their legs, and we did it many times. Then we would […]
1994 Memoir – 27. Bangued Memories – Ping Pong & Pool
PING-PONG We converted our dining table into a ping-pong table by placing a piece of wood in the middle for a net and used paddles home-made out of wooden boxes. Father played with us. He was good. Mother was not interested, saying that she would rather spend her time beating up the laundry with her […]
1994 Memoir – 26. Bangued Memories – Sungka
I was 17 years old when I left Bangued, but before I leave it behind, I would like to recall some unforgettable experiences in my birthplace. My father and mother were uneducated and did not go to school. They learned how to read and write the local Ilocano dialect from their parents. They could not […]
1994 Memoir – 25. Dead-End Situation
After my graduation from high school, my father had to continue paying for my graduation suit by installment. It cost only two pesos ($10.00), but the pay of a laborer then was fifty centavos (₱.50) a day. Hence, my suit was worth 20 days’ labor. It took Father around one month to pay the installments […]
1994 Memoir – 24. Balikbayan in 1993
When I went as Balik Bayan in 1993 to Bangued during the Holy Week, there was a Class Reunion of the Colegio del Sagudo Corazon, New College of the Sacred Heart, High School which I attended. I was the only alumnus alive in my class who was there and, being the oldest alumnus, I was […]
1994 Memoir – 23. Chess With Tata Anton
I remember an incident in Tamag, Vigan, Ilan Sur, where Tata Anton was the C.O. of the P.C.Co. there when he got a chess table and chess set and tried to teach me the game. He said that very few people know chess because it is a game played by Kings and rich, prominent people. […]
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