Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Connections with old friends!!!!

Well, today was an embarrassment of riches on finding old friends through Facebook and my blog - who knew?!!  Nadia Rindler and I reconnected after more than 45 years of separation.  Which in turn I found my best friend Mercy's youngest son Johann who lives in Australia and then a woman who read my blog and knew many of the main characters from My Diaries who went to the American School the same time that Kathy Bruns and Carlos Garcia and Ginny were there! Her name is Christine Korfhage (don't know if Korfhage is her maiden name) but she has written a book of poems which a lot has to do with our young days in Manila - I found it on Amazon like she suggested and its titled "We Are Who We Are and this world isn't either." I have ordered it and can't wait to see what's its about.  Incidentally, I've never met her but aint the Manila connection wonderful?!!!

I also "found" Danny Hernandez" on Facebook, brother of Marimil and Freddy and though I've contacted him he hasn't confirmed the connection.  Can't win them all I guess.  So, through Lyn Muniosguren I found Nadia and through Nadia I found Johann Gallent....and it goes on.  Also some of the pictures I've posted have brought back good memories to the parties therein so it makes me happy that I've connected to yet more of the great Gang of Manila in the 60s! I have promised to post more pictures of my last stay in Manila but for some reason, this particular Facebook endeavor I haven't mastered yet.  Sometimes I get it and I have a lot of pictures therein and sometimes, it slips by me. 

Margotin (Magu) Ubago Ripoll keeps in touch through the blog too and keeps me grounded to that other great part of my life there - my high school days at St. Paul's.  Also just received Monnette Martinez's SPU newsletter, which honestly, I haven't read yet.  I have to wait to get home to indulge in personal web and email monitoring so I am doing this at 9 pm at night. 

So, I received an email from my cousin in Madrid that the book written by a special man in my life is arriving by Fedex tomorrow - just in time for my Three Kings present.  Can't wait!
Is it just me that can't get over how Tiger Woods mucked up his life?!!  I've always thought that most men are fickle and so far, I haven't been proven wrong but the man had everything going for him and he blows it all on a bit of .....well, you know what I want going to say. The last person I thought that would be caught like this.  Ok, I've gotten that off my chest.

In four days (New York time), Patricia Muniosguren and Anton Yulo will celebrate their wedding in Manila.  How I wish I could be there but then I've haven't attended not one wedding of any of my friends or friends' children.  I little cross to bear and one that saddens me but thank goodness for Facebook, email and the internet.  Pictures will be forthcoming and shared.  Yay!

Alright folks, enough for today.  Keep in touch.  It's not a bad world afer all.