Fallen Comrades
Romy Gabriel called me last night to inform me of the sudden passing of our friend Jing Manalo who was the founder and president of the Christian Youth Development Association (CYDA). Romy, along with Nelson Ganacial and I were co-advisers of this group of Development Communications students of Xavier University (XU). It was a great shock to me. Romy passed the phone to Aida and we talked for a while; a little while later I was able to talk to Juliecar whom I had not seen since those days with CYDA. Romy's wife Sarah was also a co-founder of CYDA.
The last time I was in CDO was in October of last year when I was able to take a few pictures of our classmates. I regret to say that I was not aware of the passing of Enteng Rodriguez sometime this year. Though he was bedridden with one of hi legs amputated when last I saw him, Enteng was in fine spirits and joked a lot when we visited him a couple of times. He shed a tear when Roy Baltazar told him our prayers were with him. I am glad to have had the chance to snap a few photos of him.
Romy Gabriel informs me that he has a new apo. Congratulations Romy and Sarah! Let's go and keep on populating the earth. I have one granddaughter of my own and you can check out her webdite here.
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