November 7, 1995 Today I got a new post, at the MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) on Fowler Avenue past USF (University of South Florida). It is a very good, clean, elegant, pleasant place, very much better than the garbage dump on Linebaugh Avenue. Praise the Lord. My hours are from 4:00 to 12:00 […]
1994 Memoir – 81. A Miracle
July 14, 1995 Yesterday I thought my ability to use my right hand was totally gone! A slight touch, a little movement of my wrist gave me almost unbearable pain. I asked Maria to help me; “Do something,” I asked her. Of course, I prayed, took pills, placed holy water from Lourdes (give me by […]
1994 Memoir – 79. A Big Lizard And Guns
While eating our meal under a big tree, I was startled by a noise from dried leaves nearby. I looked around and came face to face with a big forest lizard. I got my rifle and fired at it. This alarmed the whole camp. They traced the shot to me. I got a severe reprimand. […]
1994 Memoir – 78. Our Retreat To Bataan
We spent the whole day loading our truck convoy, consisting of all kinds of vehicles, including old buses commandeered for the trip to Bataan. Manila was declared as an OPEN CITY to free it from all military objectives. And so we had to get out as soon as possible. Our convoy was supposed to start […]
1994 Memoir – 77. World War II Broke Out
Pat’s mother and older sister, Aning, with her two children, Rudy and Ruth, spent their weekend with us from their apartment in Rizal Avenue, Manila. I left them for my work on Monday morning, December 8, 1941, not knowing that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japs. Upon arrival in the Army Headquarters, the […]
1994 Memoir – 76. Life As a Newly Married Couple
Before we got married, I made arrangements with a co-soldier, Pedro Tameray, who was a Corporal like me, for us to live with him and his wife in a small house on Loreto Street, Sampaloc, Manila. The house consisted of two elevated rooms and a kitchen. Pedring and Remy, his wife, occupied the dining room, […]
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