Last August, we received a visit from Gene and Edith Manzano ( formerly Miss Edith Moreno ). Edith, Miguelita and I taught at the same school, the Divine Word Academy, ( DWA )Urdaneta Pangasinan.
It is one of those emotional meetings among friends who never saw each other for decades. In our case, the last time I saw Edith was on a bus station in Manila. She arrived with Miguelita in one of those La mallorca-Pambusco busses..That was in 1971. Edith was still Miss Moreno then. Miguelita and I has just been married.
Edith came to Toronto for a relative's wedding. She, her husband and two grown up children arrived in the house at about mid day. We had a light lunch of Filipino dishes. Then we had a Karaoke session ( one of my favorite happenings ) in our TV room. I did not know Edith could carry a tune, and she does it exceptionally well. It turned out that she was a member of a very popular choral group (a 100-voice choir) at the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus during her college days.
She brought along her Magic Mike ( she never leaves home without it, right Edith? ) a very unique microphone with a built-in circuitry that combines a mixer, pre-amp and a lyrics book that pops the song words on a TV monitor.. Very easy to use. It is now the current fad among Karaoke enthusiasts. In between singing, we would chat and I learned from her that before teaching at the DWA, she taught at the St. Teresa's College in Quezon City and also at Maryknoll. She also holds a Masters Degree from Ateneo. Wow!
Too bad their visit day ended so soon at about 4:00 pm. The singing was getting very exciting! We started to discover excellent titles in the more than a 1000 songs in the mike's memory.. But they had to prepare for a wedding the next day..There are hundreds of things to do in such ocassions and time flies so swiftly when you are in the midst of it.
It was a very happy afternoon. God willing, we will see them again next year in the Divine Word College get together in California.
Thanks for your visit, Edith... It was so good meeting you and your family at long last!
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