Jan.11 - Wednesday
I’m so happy I’m gaining weight! I now weigh 94 lbs. My goal is 102. Just like Nena. We had our High School Assembly this morning. Marina got a merit ribbon for generosity. I guess its because she contributed a case of milk for the poor. Yay. Tomorrow’s Thursday and then one more day till Saturday. Mercy called me this noon to ask me about the practice yesterday. She says Margie’s number is in the program SSC is going to present is the best. She always was a great actress! One thing I’ve noticed while writing in here is that I haven’t got a one track mind. I keep jumping from one subject to another. As ususal, Nacho’s name kept popping up in Marina’s conversation today. His name keeps popping up in my mind too - guilty conscience.
Jan.12 - Thursday
Study, study, study and catch up on paperwork is all I have to do these days. Three exams are coming up and due to my eternal laziness I will be against a dagger and a wall. Phew! That’s my one real predominant fault - laziness! I’m just hopeless. Oh shell. I’m beginning to dislike myself again tonight. My right side has been hurting me these past 2 days. Please I hope its not my appendix. Talked to Mercy over the phone this evening and she says Margie’s little nose has gotten a little higher these days since she’s going to appear on some program at SSC. Oh well, here we go again, ho hum. It seems to me there was another time (April last year) when Margie was like this. Mercy says she’s unbearable!
Jan. 13 - Friday
I felt awful this whole day until now, I feel much better. Didn’t go to school this afternoon. Marina is so nice these days. I guess its when she’s around Nacho its when she becomes, well, changed. Mercy and I talked over the phone this afternoon. She says she read Butch Catala’s letter to Honey and that Butch tells Honey to tell me thank you for my letter and that he’ll write back. If it weren’t for Mercy that Honey would never have told me -darn him. I also talked to Inger today. She leaves for Switzerland tomorrow. Butch is so lucky to have her and vice versa. I want to the ANC tomorrow. I hope I get there. What a dreary day.
About Me
- Lea
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- I was born in a Japanese concentration camp in Los Baños, Laguna in 1944 and raised in Manila. I spent my grade school years in Maryknoll College and high school years at St. Paul's College of Manila. I spent most of my summer leisure time at the Army Navy Club of Manila. I married a nice American man in 1965 and moved to New York. In 1969, I left New York for Barcelona and lived there 8 years. I returned to the States in 1977 and lived there until 2011. I visit Manila and Barcelona as often as I can. I have a lovely daughter and granddaughter.My father, Hal Bowie, died in Manila in 1974, and my mother, who moved back to Barcelona after his death, died in 1995. I retired from Polytechnic University (now NYU-Poly)in 2011 after 27 years! After moving to Florida I returned to NY after 8 years and now am living again in my first home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
