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AGE 14 TO 25

WERE YOU ENJOYING YOUR LIFE AT THIS AGE?

Yes! I enjoy life. I reach my high school and graduated at age 18. After graduation I went to Manila. I enrolled at Gregg college of Stenography and typewriting. I did not finish because "Ferrer" your Lolo had been watching me and go with me to school. Sometimes I do not attend class as he would induce me to go with him to the cine. That later on we got married.

DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:

My father died when I was seven years old. My brothers and sister were all married. Mother stayed in the barrio. Sometimes she also stay in the town with my sister. I was not able to live long with my family. At age 22 I was married. We rented a room in a house in Malate. After a year Bob was born. Later we transfer to a bigger house in Lope de Vega. There we live for a year. We went home to Banga and later we return to Manila. We rented a big house and got 5 borders. They are our relatives studying in Manila. Here I got pregnant to my second child now "Buddy your father". Because I do not do anything in the house as we have house maid, so i decided to go to school taking B.S.E. (Bachelor of Science in Education) in National teachers' College near our place. In 1941 war broke out.