Life in the Heart of Manila- My epileptic friend

I still remember a friend when I was a teen ager: He is La-ke,a hardworking and look like my big brother.He used to fetch drinking water and deliver to every household customer in our town in Peñ.N.E.every morning and I was enjoyed to accompanied him in his job.Helping him in pushing the improvised bucket cart or water pumping.And were always together to watch our favorite movies in nearby town in Gapan. Every Monday is a market day in this town and he used to earn a lot of money by loading and dispatched jeepney with passengers and folks going home to Peñaranda.

And so many times I spent my lunch time ,dinner and sleep at night at their home,a few meters away at the back of our house where we live-in.There is a lot of neighbors friends and classmates who used to stand by in the compound of La- ke & Li-it family,because of they are twin and had a too much influenced to us even they cannot attend and completed elem.school.

In High school,I used to pass by to them after my classes in the late afternoon before going home to change my uniform.Until my father have got informed by my auntie-nanang Ligaya about my habit this time and He didn't mind about it but remind me about what happen before to my brother-Gardie: a member of Li-its group who become a suspect in a series of petty crime in our place.

One day,after watching the latest movie in Gapan and were along the way and he was on continous biking,while i was sitting infront of him-La-ke,I've felt that he can't hold the arm controlled of our pedal bike and I try to hold it again until weve lost on our way and goes to ricefield ground and falling down.I did to get up with my friend still sleeping and lie down at the ground.After a few minutes,he was awake and slowly continued to our biking to go home.

Life in the heart of Manila-In the street,..Part 2

Here are the street scenes found in the heart of Manila through the folk song tune in Filipino..daily lifestyle by Mr. H.Bartolome's composition:

Life in the heart of Manila -In the street

In the morning,I used to going down to buy some emergency needs for this time,liked snack foods,drinks,detergent powder,sachet shampoo,toothpaste and foods for lunchtime and it is a per kilo of rice in our neighborhood.We have always a delivery of 1 container of drinking water everyday for 30 ph daily.

This morning,I've a little conversation with the owner of the filling station,a chinese bussinessman in the mid 40 s,he's just calling me as Itay. He said: There is a street trouble last night infront of their shop and disturb them in their early morning sleep,and I recall : There is a drinking session at the downstair of our condo-apt.before it happen,and both are drunks and high in tripping.He mention the name as son in law of our Brgy.chairwoman and friends are the victims in the scenes.

That's the lifestyle here every weekend days. People are drinking in a group beside the street with videoke and they sings in tune until midnight with too much influence to make trouble than going home to sleep and take rest in peace.They don't mean it and become selfish for what others could saying and the most important is for their own happiness or to celebrate a friend's birthday as an occasion, a badge to pleased others saying.

Life in the Heart of Manila -My Wife 57nth Birthday

Last year,we have to celebrate her birthday in our new house in Naic,cavite.It is a moments of being together for my family with my younger brother-Roy; and teen agers -nieces-Anna lou and Norhisa. But after one year, my wife is very excited again for this natal day. She used to go to church in St. Jude for thanksgiving and blessed by the glory of God and Thy righteousness.



She is really a woman, my partner for a lifetime.And I recall the first time I have met her with a sense of humor to make me smile,a fighting spirit in time of unjustice matter and give me hope during my frustrated life before.

In the next afternoon,we have to visit SM-manila for family bonding time and spent our dinner at Pizza Hut as a celebration for my wife's 57th birthday.