Footprints

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…

The interview lasted longer than expected. Maring knew that he has bared his soul far revealing than he would in a court-martial proceedings. As President of the class, however, he…

On his turn to receive the empty ‘diploma’, Luisito Vidanes, hunchback and with a big bandage, received the wildest cheers! Staring at the big flower pots adorning the altar, Mario…

(FROM THE BOOK FOOTPRINTS, CLASS ’64 BY Atty. Amadeo R. Fulgado) The boys on the front row, unlike those in the back, were altogether, looking proper as they sat statue-like at clear…