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. […]
1994 Memoir – 22. Fourth Year H.S.
When I returned to Bangued from Bayombong, Uncle gave me the bicycle. I was so happy and proud to own one and I used it to commute between Bangued and Palau, where I worked as Public Works laborer, using pick and shovel with a wheelbarrow to widen the road opposite the properties of Fina’s grandparents. […]
1994 Memoir – 21. Third Year H.S.
Tata Anton visited us during summer vacation and suggested to Father that I continue my studies in Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya, his new station as Commanding Officer, Philippine Constabulary. He even advanced my fare for Father to repay with sewed slippers I brought with me for his family. I rode a cargo truck from Bangued belonging […]
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