13 Sept. 67, 4:30 a.m.
Momsette:
Yesterday morning I walked a little more around the city and window-shopped. There are so many beautiful things to see or buy, especially women’s goods. However, I just bought a simple-looking watch, a waterproof Elgin with a day calendar, which cost me $51. You see, I always get […]
Bless this day the joy of life,
The revelation of the flesh,
The paradise of man and wife
Joined to share the gift of bliss.
Bless this day the pain of life,
The passion that redeems the flesh,
The love between a man and wife
Beyond all agony and bliss.
Bless this day the end of life,
The peace within the dying […]
9:00 a.m., 10 Sept. 67
Momsette, Fevi, Boboy:
Kararating ko pa lamang. Kaya lang nakapaligo at nakapaglaba na ako. Hindi na ako nakasulat sa inyo sa Los Angeles. Sandali lamang ako duon dahil sa umalis kaagad ang TWA paglunsad ng UA. Parehong maganda ang mga aeroplanong ito: may in-flight movies. Nakinig lang […]
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Tokyo Hilton
1:30 P.M., 9 Sept.
Momsette:
How did you go home last night? Did you join the group to San Nicolas? How are you, the kids and Inay? Tell Boboy and Fevi that I love them, remember them most of the time and will soon send them anything I can afford. Tell yourself that you should study […]
…while time may prove a balm, somewhat
the void remains there still
I do not remember the habit
until the car rounds the corner.
There,
Within the moon’s gaze,
a corner office
sits in darkness.
Time was when,
coming home from school,
I would routinely peek through the jeep’s window as it passed
– to see,
just in case,
if he was still there
working late as he often did.
In times of leisure
I […]
recognition day with my brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhQ2JwsnWA
In the months preceding his death this was the piece that lulled Dad to sleep night after night. As I no longer stayed at home the only hint of it came from its perennial place in his bedside CD player which I would listen from whenever I came by for a visit. My mom now […]
A school year, what would have been Dad’s last, is coming to a close.
Dad and my family had looked to it probably with much-varied sentiments.
My siblings and I had looked to it as a ‘Finally. ‘
As in ‘Finally Dad won’t have any more excuse to not take his much-deserved, much-needed vacation.’
‘Finally, Dad and our Mom […]