May 8, 1918 - January 25, 2011
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
After one year as a student of Stenotype and Bookkeeping, I was undecided about what course I would take in college. I wanted to take medicine, but there was no school for medicine at night then, and only professional students were taking … [Continue reading]
During my stay in Manila, I always celebrated my birthdays in Antipolo, Rizal, where a lot of people went on pilgrimage in the month of May. Scores of buses, cars, jeepneys, and trucks traveled slowly, bumper-to-bumper, up and down the hills to … [Continue reading]
As soon as I got settled in Manila, I did not waste much time before going back to school. With my little savings, I enrolled in the Phil. School of Business in Santa Cruz, Manila, near the Santa Cruz Bridge. After office hours in the … [Continue reading]
The abrupt change in my life from the jungles and primitive life of Kiañgan to a modern civilized life in Manila was just like me reaching heaven. It was indeed a MIRACLE. Only God can do that. Praise the Lord! Thank you, my God … [Continue reading]