Jan. 27 - Friday
My first party in 1961 and it wasn’t very bad at all. Mercy, Margie and I arrived there early. There were only a few girls there and no boys and then POW everyone started arriving. It was the kookiest and the dippiest. Janet Asad is so charming. Paqui and Tony Ortigas are the handsomest and the greatest. Ramon Arnaise says I dance very well and Kenneth Brimo is a creep! The boys were simply dippy. There was Paqui, Tony, Bert, Salvador, June R. Ramon and some other real cool people whom I didn’t know. I danced with Tony, Paqui, Ramon, Kenneth and 2 other guys whose names I didn’t know. Vicky Perez is so nice but the boys there were real gone. It was wonderful.
Jan. 28 - Saturday
I forgot to mention yesterday that Kenneth seemed to be very interested in Mercy - danced with her four or five times and me only 2 times, not that I cared really. This am Mercy and I went to the ANC. I wore my new red sweater and everybody liked it. A guy named Bobby whom we met last night was there and we sat at his table because he invited us. Marina was in a terrible mood this morning. Heaven knows why although I have an idea - 1st, she wasn’t invited to the party and 2nd, Nacho didn’t invite her to Seaman’s Cove. I went to see “Hamlet” at the A de M this pm with Mercy. Rufo Gonzalez acts very, very well.
Jan. 29 - Sunday
Mercy went to Mass with us and I received Communion. We went to the ANC. Mercy hoped Kenneth would be there but he didn’t show up. Mercy has her share of problems with Mari and Chiqui Ramirez poking his head into things. Lita’s grandmother died today. Ate lunch at Marco’s and then Mercy went home. Conchita and I spent the afternoon with nothing to do. Just talked. Arno looked very nice today although I saw him only for a few minutes. I went to the Glee Club Concert this evening with Mom. It was beautiful! There were many more encores.
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.
