February 3 - Monday
Cliff called.
February 4 - Tuesday
George took me to the movies to see “Take Her She’s Mine.” Saw Mrs. Rindler and Cliff. (George took ME to a movie? By myself??)
February 5 - Wednesday
Talked with Yan and Mitch over the phone.
February 6 - Thursday
MTG at 6:30. (MTG stands for Manila Theater Guild - the drama group at the Army and Navy Club.)
February 8 - Saturday
Went to Elisa Llamoglia’s debut with Honey, Mercy, Yan, Mitch and Nadia. The food was the best I’ve ever eaten yet and we had champagne and Chianti. I was a teeny bit high and Honey looked so handsome in his blue suit. (40 plus years later, Elisa sent me copies of the picture of that prom and I looked pretty good. Honey is sitting beside me at the table. Why I don’t say more about that evening is beyond me but I can see that my long diary entries are over. One liners from here on and sporadic at that.)
February 17 - Monday
After the play I went to the “Woodshed” with Mike. Kim (ugh) and Fifi joined us later. I think Kim is the ikkiest there is! (I'd give anything to remember who Kim was. I know she/he? worked at "Production Associates" with me but I'll be darned if I remember him. I do remember Mike. Gosh, how I wish I hadn't lost my 1963 diary. It would clarify so much!)
February 19 - Wednesday
Today we went to Lido Beach. It was fun except I think I’m terribly jealous of Merche. If I saw Honey talking to her too much I’d suddenly get depressed. Honey looked good enough to eat in black trunks and slightly sun-burned on his face. (Yeah, that would’ve done it for me though saying a guy looked good enough to eat wouldn’t be so innocent said today. In my day planner - Mercy wrote over the entry “BLAST” for this day. I wonder what was going on with her. Obviously I was to engrossed with her brother’s comings and goings to write about hers.)
Once again, I am reminding all that this "diary" was more of notes I wrote on a date-book planner, not a real diary like in the past, hence I've skipped some days. It maddens me that I was not as expansive in explaining events and feelings this year but I was too in a hurry to be an "adult" and get on with life's adventures. Had I only known.....
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.
