Feb 20 - Monday
School, ugh, books, school, ugh, exams, ugh. Nothing very exciting happened today just the usual day in school. I learned from Magu that Nacho went to the Monarchs’ party. ..................Annie, Vicky A, Carlos and Nacho went to Marina’s house yesterday. Good ol Marina fares better than I. I feel about as attractive and useless as a rag mop these days. I look like one too. I’m beginning to sound morbid again.
Feb 21 - Tuesday
Review, review, review that’s all we ever do around school these days but I’ll bear up patiently because there are only 7 more regular days of school left. Exams tomorrow and I’m crossing my fingers, wonder if I’ll live through it??!! Marina likes Nacho so much she even prefers him to that still tops in my list of ultra-nice people - Butch Catala!! No comments on this though. I don’t want to incriminate myself anymore. Dad helped me with my review in Biology.
Feb 22 - Wednesday
I went sailing through my exams today and Biology was a whiz! But tomorrow I’m simply going to flunk out on Tagalog, History and Economics. This evening I went to practice for the Anti-TB. It was fun today. Honey was his nice old self. Tita Maitos might take me for “Estudiantina Portuguesa” and we danced this and you should have seen Rosie turn her charms on for Honey. Going home, Mercy and I went with the boys - Honey, this cute guy, and some other boy. I sat beside the cute one and if I’m not mistaken his name is Jimmy. But like I said “boys, boys everywhere and not a boy for me.” (One of the boys’ names was Dito Guerero)
Feb 23 - Thursday
Exams, exams, exams ugh. I wonder if I got a 50 or a 60 in my exams in Oriental History and Economics. Bahala na...My voice sounds worse than a frog’s today and I have to whisper to talk. Serves me right for talking so much. In spite of this I spent hours talking to good ol Mercy over the phone and we told each other our troubles. Marina and Margotin are so nice these days.
Feb. 24 - Friday
Geometry and Math exams were really sweated through, phew! This afternoon all we did was play records. I could hardly whisper this afternoon. Ay naku, what’s happening to me? My face keeps breaking out, I’ve got scores of little pimples or prickly heat on my back and I lose my voice. What a mess I am. Mommy’s mad at me. Oh boy, the whole world seems to be against me. I went to Mercy’s house this evening. We talked about the good ol days , about Mari, Nacho, Cosme, Carlos, etc. Mercy saw all of HS La Salle this pm. Lucky her! Honey was there for a little while. Mercy is still MY BEST FRIEND. A real good kid.
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.
