Mar 4 - Saturday
I spent a very nice day. When I woke up I thought it would rain but the saints in Purgatory fixed that. It was a beautiful blue sky and sunny day. I went swimming and even though Nacho was there I wet my hair and I didn’t give a hoot if I looked awful. Speaking of Nacho, when he came in I didn’t even look at him and couldn’t have cared less and seemingly vice-versa. When I got dressed I sat at the table where Nacho, Nena, Maribel and Marina were sitting and we didn’t even say hello but when once our eyes met he looked at me so strangely. Maribel, Lita, Tita Marian and I went shopping for a bathing suit this pm. I finally bought a lovely Jantsen. Nacho makes my heart and pulse pound but then so does Cosme???? and some other people too...
Mar 5 - Sunday
I went swimming this am in my new bathing suit and boy have I got a sunburn. Lita, Maricar, Maribel, Conchita were at the ANC. Arno was there too. I ate lunch there with them and then Nena, Maribel and I went to the Gaiety to see “Oceans 11" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, etc. Mercy and Margie were there too and I didn’t notice them until after Nena told me. After the movie we went back to the ANC. Arno, Nacho were there. I was surprised to see him (Arno). He’s NEVER there on Sunday. Nacho was his old self again. Once I caught him looking at me and we just looked at each other for 4 seconds! It was very disturbing. We had a nice time sitting there at the swimming pool. Nena, Maribel, Nacho, Arno and I laughing, etc. Marina and her sister brought me home. When I later called Mercy she said she saw Cosme, Mari, etc were at the movie and I didn’t even see them. Oh I am so mad......
Mar 6 - Monday
Marina is so crazy over Nacho she now has his picture in her wallet and she fairly breathes Nacho...I passed all tests so far in my prelims except Health. I got 64%..eeeek! Today I wasn’t even listening in Biology and when we had a quiz after the lesson I got 100%. Boy, que chamba! One year ago today Mari Valles asked Mercy to go steady...I’ve just heard the song “El Paso” over the radio and boy doesn’t it bring back memories though I’m not sure of whom - Butch, Cosme? Or just last summer. Nena’s birthday is on Wednesday, the 8th. She’ll be 18!
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.
