ALEX's STORY

lest i forget, are we really in section B in our grade
six years? i thought we are in section one. malagip ko gayam pare. naminsan during
the recess, arthur, rudy(yakal), juan, tinong(DECEASED) rudy esperon, rudy dumapias
potso and i went for swimming in pagumpias. it is not a creek nor a river but only a canal.
the water is only half knee so what we did was tinambakan mi diay canal and the water
went above the knee. so we swim and swim not hearing that the bell rang already.
our clothes were left behind and we just noticed mr. santiago was holding them. then we heard him shouting at us.

so we got off from the canal and proceeded towards him. but he kept on walking carrying our clothes. silalabos kami nga simmangpet idiay school but not in the classroom. he handed our clothes before we reached the school. oh what an experience.

imbag la ketdin pare ta saan ka nga naikuyog idin.

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That was a real funny unpublished story, Pare. I am sure the girls in class were looking out of the window laughing their cute asses off!

Those were rough days, I tell ya.Some of our classmates were bullies, some would tease you until you would be in tears..But the funniest incident I witnessed was when this group was sitting on the lawn ( the backyard of Dupac Intermediate school)hours after school, late in the afternoon. Some boys hated to go home, prefering to play after class.. There was this group of about 6 kids. One started telling a "dirty" story. One of the group, )he is older than us so his hormones were already running high) could not help himself so he started jerking off in front of us!!...

Of course I will never tell his name. I do not want to face a law suit!!!
--Vic

IMELDA, BEFORE AND TODAY

Miggie's sister Ellie Hufana Viray posted this photo in her FB account..It shows Imelda Romualdez Marcos during the early days before she became a First Lady..Ellie told me that this picture was taken in Sta. Maria, Pangasinan. The President during that time? Elpidio Quirino.

I remember when Ferdinand , her husband also dropped by our backyard with Dr. F.Vitug. Why? There was this movie house then, the only place where Asinganians could watch a movie. Dr. Vitug, an ardent movie buff, never missed any of the Hollywood movies shown here, rain or shine..

Maybe the Marcoses' visit to Sta. Maria took place before or after their visit to Asingan...

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Ellie's daughter, Eliza also sent me these photos, this time taken just very recently. During a pleasure trip to Laoag, Liza found out that the former First Lady was in the same plane too, together with her daughter Imee.

Eliza said that when all the passengers got down from the plane, some of them started clicking their digital cameras at the First Lady. She posed graciously with the other passengers.

Eliza is shown in the first photo. She is the woman 2nd from the right.

Even today, Imelda can still command the crowd's attention wherever she appears. Amazing!