Footprints

“Nalibot ko na halos ang mundo,” said Fykes, noticeably sounding not too excited about it. He’d been to Europe – England, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, and the Meditteranean; to Africa – Zaire,…

Already in his prime, Eli still wince, a bit modestly, whenever he is addressed ‘Engineer’ by his subordinates in KEPHILCO, a South Korean firm engaged in power generation with its…

He was one of the shortest members among the male batch of class 63-64. Barely reaching five feet on a skinny body, Gabby, together with fellow student commuters from Malaya,…

Our meeting at Lito’s ‘Halamanan’ three days before Christmas of 2002 was the first after an absence that spanned almost four decades. The greetings were restrained, almost cordial. No one…

He barely talked. It was as if a lingering, inward pain washed over his every word. A child, barely 6 years old, cried from a distance, and is distracted or…

With dogged determination, Julito made himself a cut above the rest in the academic world.  He started as a substitute teacher at the Wawa Elementary School in Tanay and remained…

From his flat, he has a good, commanding view of the Palace of Amir in Kuwait. It was, for him, a daily sight commencing from the time in 1996 when…

Hector and Mercy defied conventions love is always there despite the age gap.  By the time they turn 55, most ’64 classmates see themselves grandparents being entertained by the acrobatics…

Coming from Jala Jala where I interviewed a classmate, we found Claudio Altamerano refreshingly napping by the roadside under the cooling shade of a mango tree. Sitio Mabiya in Bo.…

Two of Saudi Arabia’s largest financial institutions, Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund, and Jada have expressed interest in the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), the…