From Ben Soloria...You make me so proud. By the way, I have just finished reading Yogi's memoirs. I was totally absorbed! His is a very compelling recollection.
It's like a powerful tide that swept me back to a very distant time long gone, so vividly portrayed that I could feel myself in the crowd watching him cheering for him and being amused by his youthful exploits and antics. He is absolutely brilliant!
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Manong Vic, I only now came to know you are a "Falcon" Alum. I went to Adamson after finishing HS in Divine Word Urdaneta. Mama Lita wanted me to be a Chemical Engineer just like my older cousin, Joselito Acosta. I almost did not get to enrol my major subjects since all the classes were all fully booked. My older brother (Rustico, Jr.) pleadings with the University Assistant Director saved the day for me as the short but stocky priest signed off of my enrollment form allowing me to be "chance passenger" on three of my major subjects.
I knew from the get go that Engineering was not to be my destiny. I abhor Chemistry and math. I skipped classes and watched Jai-Alai games at the fronton or watch the Falcons practice in the gym led by the then still unheralded point guard, Joy Dionisio, who went on to shine in the PBA as a top CRISPA cager.
Comment from goyidazi - 20/09/06 1:42 PM
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Small world indeed! I saw you in Asingan maybe just a couple of times.I left DWA in 1970 and came back to claim something, rather somebody which I wanted to be mine. And that was your school librarian. 1971-75 was spent in Los Banios where I honed my craft with words ( and my dexterity with the keyboard by playing nights in various dumps in Bamboo Groove, Los Banios. First I played at La Paz owned by a homosexual who blew most of his his night's earnings on a young guy but sometimes he skipped my salary. I left him and played for Eva Lanes, a better place but still a dump, nonetheless. My day job was editing some forestry periodicals.
I hated also Chemistry when I was studying. Before I became involved with the SCA, my best moments would be sitting in that small snack bar between Jai Alai and the church; they served this sio pao with the most delicious sauce on that side of San Marcelino street. Even if there was a rumour that part of the siopaos filling was made from cat meat still I did not give a s..t because I love the sauce!--#
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