Personal Portrait

Introduction  Born on 12 December 1952 at 4:50 am in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines. Your sun sign is Sagittarius. This is the sign in which the Sun is in your birth chart. Your Ascendant is also in Sagittarius, and your Moon is in Libra. Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Libra This astrological combination confers upon you a fairly strong personality that is charming and friendly. There is awakened ambition and a perpetual desire for self-improvement. Your most conscious objective is attaining wisdom. You have a love of balance and harmony that extends to your treatment of interpersonal relationships. The result of your universal affability is that you are quite popular. In love, you are cooperative and honest, but you find difficulty in fully committing yourself to another. The key to a more harmonious self-lies in allowing the personality characteristics of Libra to more fully equalize and modify the impulses of your Sagittarian individuality. Ascendant in Sagittarius, Jupiter in the Sixth House At the time of your birth, the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius was ascending in the horizon. Its ruler Jupiter is located in the sixth house. Sagittarius rising denotes lives which are very dualistic; situations come and go as if divided into two sides - success and failure. If you are able to raise the interests of your mind from common and trivial things to more profound subjects, your intellect will become very philosophical and attracted by law and peace, and it will be more intuitive than rational. In any case, your life will be colored by impulsive and rather stubborn tendencies on your part, creating some inclination to go to extremes. During the course of your existence, you must try to develop intuition and human understanding so that you may be in a position to assist other people with your advice. Sagittarius gives you a rather strong love of nature and makes you somewhat extroverted, demonstrative and passionate, falling in love frequently and without reservations. You are an intellectual, an intelligent person who has been fortunate enough to be granted also a good development of the emotional functions. Your romantic life will be intense and varied. Your object of love may find you difficult to understand. In one aspect you will appear as passionate and energetic but because of the mutability of the sign you will also have an opposite tendency that will lead you away from involvement in the love affair and the latter impulse will be caused by a more inner trait, which is personal freedom. Generally speaking, the sign of Sagittarius will incline you to exist in environments in which your physical body, emotions, and thoughts are allowed total freedom for development. On a higher intellectual level, you may find yourself inclined to dwell in the deep complexities of philosophy, metaphysics, religion, and law. You are versatile enough to study more than one discipline simultaneously not forgetting to keep your body in the physical movement since you require both intellectual and physical exercise. Jupiter, the ruler of your life events, is located in the sixth house. This is the house of external limitations, restrictions, sickness, and work as a concept of duty. This is not the best position for Jupiter. Its benign character should indicate that your health has excellent possibilities to remain good throughout your life; and at the worst, any ailment you may derive will not be of too serious a nature. As an employee, you are very trustworthy and faithful and you will derive many benefits from satisfied peers. Sun in the First House The Sun is in the first house. You are by nature energetic, proud and self-assertive. You project yourself enthusiastically and energetically into all situations. Your naturally outgoing disposition and personable manner usually make a good impression on people. Your heightened self-perception puts you in touch with a strong sense of will, and you can manipulate your will to suit your aims and desires in life. This position of the Sun gives the capacity for leadership, for you tend to attract people and to have a strong influence on them when they are with you. You do not like to depend on others, but you hold on to your friends, for they are usually pleased to help you when you need it. You are willing to help close friends who are deserving, but only if you know that your efforts will be appreciated. You often prefer to work alone. However, this is not your only choice, for you adapt well to working with people as long as you are free to express yourself. With a first-house Sun, there is a tendency to overestimate your own worth, but through repeated contacts with others you will inevitably come to a more realistic appraisal of your abilities and potential. Mercury Conjunct Ascendant Mercury conjunct the Ascendant shows that you are intensely preoccupied with yourself. You probably start your conversation with I more often than most people do. Your mental faculties are well-developed, and for the most part you are bright and witty so your incessant use of personal pronouns may be tolerated. You are mentally impulsive and rarely give anyone the chance to answer your questions. You are not afraid to speak up when you know you are right, but the fact is, you are not always right. When your views are criticized, you become indignant and argumentative. Venus in the Third House Venus was in the third house of your horoscope at the time of birth. You are keenly interested in the creative arts, and your thoughts and words are surrounded by a halo of beauty, taste, and proportion. Your mind actually feels the emotions connected with nature and the higher aspects of things human. Venus here augurs pleasant and kind relations with members of your family; the disposition of your intellect is congenial, youthful, and attractive. The keys to a better integration of both your mental and emotional functions consist of deepening your personal relationships and of turning the mind inward so that you may be able to know the world better by means of true self-knowledge. Moon in the Eleventh House The Moon was found in the eleventh house at the time of your birth. You should be an individual with many friends and acquaintances, both from within and without your home and domestic circle. You are a person who can make friends in the highest social categories as well as with persons of an inferior status. This position may also increase the possibilities of having a satisfactory family life and a very congenial domestic aspect with the potentiality of easily fraternizing with other people. Saturn in the Eleventh House Saturn was found in the eleventh house at the time of birth. Psychologically, this denotes a rather hidden and limited view of your personal ambitions, your friendships, and of your future. You're very ambitious, cautious, just, patient, responsible, but perhaps, too serious. You're an individual with few friends and even there you may find that some of them will assist you with advice rather than with actual help in times of peril.

Astrological Data used for Short Report - Personal Portrait for Gabriel Comia (male) born on 12 December 1952 local time: 4:50 am in Manila, PHIL U.T.: 20-50 121e00, 14n35 sid. time: 10:16:01 Planetary positions planet sign degree motion Sun Sagittarius 19°46'52 in house 1 direct Moon Libra 15°24'07 in house 11 direct Mercury Sagittarius 0°32'11 end of house 12 direct Venus Aquarius 1°18'17 in house 3 direct Mars Aquarius 15°19'57 in house 3 direct Jupiter Taurus 11°59'39 in house 6 retrograde Saturn Libra 24°45'04 in house 11 direct Uranus Cancer 17°34'11 in house 8 retrograde Neptune Libra 23°20'40 in house 11 direct Pluto Leo 23°11'56 in house 9 retrograde True Node Aquarius 14°00'11 in house 3 retrograde Planets at the end of a house are interpreted in the next house. House positions (Placidus) Ascendant Sagittarius 0°38'27 2nd House Sagittarius 29°42'42 3rd House Capricorn 29°59'44 Imum Coeli Pisces 2°00'32 5th House Aries 4°12'22 6th House Taurus 3°59'11 Descendant Gemini 0°38'27 8th House Gemini 29°42'42 9th House Cancer 29°59'44 Medium Coeli Virgo 2°00'32 11th House Libra 4°12'22 12th House Scorpio 3°59'11

Star Stories in my Life

The Stars that Shape my Character

Polaris in Ursa Minor

Polaris is a distinct yellow star at the end of the tail of the little bear, Ursa Minor, and is today's North Pole star. As the star closest to the North Pole, it has been used as a navigational aid since antiquity. Its very position has meant that peoples of all cultures have seen it as a beacon or pointer, showing a true unswerving path. This has not changed, for Polaris is still, today, the Pole star for the northern hemisphere and as such, contains the symbolic meaning [...]

Being loyal to a cause or a group

This quality of a solid focus is combined with your Venus, your social ideas and attitudes to your personal relationships. In its simplest expression it adds the quality of loyalty to all your friendships and you stick by your friends through thick and thin. 

III. The Stars that Shape my Vocation

The themes of your vocation stars are fundamental to your idea of what you stand for and what is important to you and how you spend your life, far more than just your job or career. It could, however, become your career or surface in your life as your passion or a cause to which you devote your free time. Hence your vocational stars suggest how you can lead a meaningful life. Pursuing the themes suggested by these stars may not bring you riches but they will allow you to feel that you are in your proper place, living a life of purpose. No matter what other paths you take in your life, your vocation stars will always pull you back to their themes.

Sualocin in Delphinus

Sualocin is a small blue-green star in the western side of the dolphin, Delphinus. The Dolphin is a small constellation next to Aquila the Eagle in the northern hemisphere. The Dolphin has maintained its present form and shape for the last two thousand years and its stories are associated with helpfulness and playfulness. Thus the quality of this star gifts you with a natural talent or consummate skill in some area. Such skills develop into hobbies in your younger years [...]

[..] This implies that the star also has an oracular quality, a gift of future vision added to its feature of intelligent playfulness. You experience this side of the star when from time to time you can tap into instinctual knowledge, experienced by you as insights, or insider perspectives that appear 

IV. The Star Stories in Your Life

Your star stories are the narrative which provides the stage for your star qualities and your vocation stars. Some of these stories come from the stars and will make themselves apparent through re-occurring patterns of events. Knowing your star stories enables you to be alert at the beginning of the cycle before you find yourself slipping into old habit patterns with their predictable outcomes.

Sibling Rivalry: Struggling with the light and the dark 

This is a story of the twins of the heavens. They have many different names but the Greeks knew them as Castor and Pollux, the two brothers that make up the constellation Gemini. They are symbolic of all polarities, the point of balance between black and white, the fragile nature of competition, and the understanding of antithesis. One twin is blessed living an uncomplicated life, never worried by internal conflict and full of self-assurance and optimism. The other twin is destined to wrestle with [...]

It is the reclusive emotional twin that touches your life and its expression is stirred up whenever you feel blocked or restricted in your actions or in your ideas. You understand through limitations the importance of keeping life simple and concrete by focusing on the pragmatic and working hard. You readily

V. Conclusion

In the face of the starry heavens you may feel that you are small, but by understanding your personal relationship with the stars, you can step upon a path that allows you to gain a greater harmony with them. This harmony can give you insights about what it is to be a part of a living cosmos. As you come to understand your stars through this report, go outside on a clear night and learn to see your stars in the night sky. Visually connecting with them can help you to understand their union with your life.

Our Family Tree

Habang naghahanap pa ako ng mga angkan na pinag-simulan ng pamilya ni Cornelio Comia ng Cuenca, Batangas at Maria De Villa ng Taal, ay ito ang naging pamilya niya hanggang  6th generation

CORNELIO COMIA - MARIA DE VILLA

Tatlo ang naging anak ni Cornelio Comia at Maria De Villa na nanirahan sila sa Bayan ng Taal. Si Rafael Comia, Manang Comia at Concepcion Comia. Noong malalaki na ay naging asawa ni Manang Comia si Pere Contreras na Taga Bucal, Bauan, Batangas kaya dito na sila nanira kasama si Rafael at Cepcion.

Naging asawa naman ni Rafael si  Potenciana Acupan samantalang si Cepcion ay tumanda ng dalaga at hindi nagka asawa at nagka anak.

Lima ang naging anak ni Rafael at Potenciana, tatlong lalaki at dalawang babae samantalang si Manang Comia at Pere Contreras ay 6 na babae at 2 lalaki.  Si Cepcion ay walang anak. 

1. Rafael at Potenciana , 3 lalaki, 2 babae {  Gabriel, Felix, Zosimo, Encarnacion, Estrelita}

2. Manang at Pere Contreras, 2 lalaki, 6 babae { Julieng, Apolonio,.  Terya, Natividad, Carmen, Antonia, Tiyang, Libring }

3. Concepcion, walang anak 

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RAFAEL COMIA - POTENCIANA ACUPAN

Ang mga anak ni Rafael at Potenciana.

1. Gabriel  asawa  Anna del Carmen, 5 ang anak { 4 lalaki, 1 babae }

2. Encarnacion asawa Francisco Anglo, 7 ang anak { 4 babae, 3 lalaki }

3. Felix asawa Lucing, 4 ang anak, { 2 lalaki, 2 babae }

4. Zosimo asawa Adorita Marte, 3 ang anak { 2 lalaki, 1 babae }

5. Estrelita asawa Simeon Manalo, { 4 lalaki, 4 babae }

GABRIEL COMIA SR - ANNA DEL CARMEN FAMILY

GABRIEL ACUPAN COMIA

March 25, 1926   -   January 

Farmer, 1945 WWII Veteran Soldier, 158th Regiment Combat Team at the age of 19, fought during the WWII liberation.Liberation Campaign

As part of the Philippines Campaign (1944–45), the liberation begun on January 31, 1945 when elements of the 11th Airborne Division under the US Eighth Army went ashore of the beaches of Nasugbu, Batangas. However, Batangas was not yet the target of the invasion force but instead, most of its units switch north to capture Manila and by March 3, the capital was completely secured. XIV Corps of the US Sixth Army continued its drive south of Luzon and by March 4, the 11th Airborne Division together with 158th Regimental Combat Team (or 158th RCT) were passed under its command. 158th Regimental Combat Team stationed in Nasugbu would have to secure the shores and nearby towns of Balayan and Batangas Bays while the 11th Airborne Division from the Tagaytay Ridge would attack the Japanese defenses north of Taal Lake and by then reaching the Lipa Corridor. The same that day, 158th RCT had captured the town of Balayan and by March 11 had reached Batangas City.

In order to secure the two bays, 158th RCT would have to capture the entire Calumpang Peninsula of the town of Mabini which was still held by some elements of the Japanese 2nd Surface Raiding Base Force. Fighting continued until March 16 when the whole peninsula was finally captured. After that, 158th RCT’s turn northward to meet the Japanese Fuji Force defenses at Mt. Maculot in Cuenca on March 19. Finally, 158th Regimental Combat Team capitulated on March 23 for Bicol Operations and 187th Infantry Task Force of the 11th Airborne Division was assigned to relieve their positions in the mountain.

Another 11th Airborne Division task force, the 188th Infantry was ordered to dispatch their troops around Batangas City and its remaining frontiers. To the northern section, 11th Airborne Division’s 511 Parachute Infantry Regiment positions in Santo Tomas and Tanauan were all relieved by the 1st Cavalry Division. By now, 11th Airborne Division’s 187th and 188th Infantry Task Forces holdingthe southern sector and the 1st Infantry Division to the northern sector were on their way to secure the Lipa Corridor, the last major part of the Province of Batangas to be taken.

ANNA CASTILLO DEL CARMEN - COMIA

December 21, 1928 - 

Public School Teacher, Sta Brigida Elementary School

Sta. Brigida, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro

Ang character ng Sagittarius Dragon

Sagittarius Dragon born si Inay kaya nakatakda sa buhay niya ang pagiging Teacher. Napaka istrikto nya pagdating sa pag-aaral namin na kailangan na lahat kaming mga anak nya ay makatapos sa kolehiyo sa kurso na gusto namin kaya naman suportado sa mga gusto namin na marating sa buhay.

Isang kahanga-hanga ngunit hindi laging magiliw na character ng isang Sagittarius / Dragon  na isang mandirigma sa grand scale. Ang mga taong ito ay kaakit-akit at ambisyoso. Naniniwala ang mga ito sa tagumpay at nangunguna  patungo sa layuning iyon. Hindi kailanman bullish o hotheaded  ang estilo ng character na mga ito.

Sagittarius / Dragons ay hindi natatakot sa panganib. Ang mga dragons na ipinanganak sa Sagittarius kapag nagalit sa kanilang mga kaaway ay itataas ang mga ito sa kanilang sariling direction  at anyayahan sila sa tanghalian sa susunod na araw. Ang tagumpay, pagkatapos ng lahat, ay nanawagan para sa pagdiriwang. 

Ang mga taong ipinanganak sa Sagittarius ang taon ng Dragon ay palaging maasahin. Pinasisigla nila ito sa iba, at nais nilang mabuhay nang aktibo, alerto.

Hindi mo maaaring kunin ang pag-ibig ng Sagittarius Dragon para sa buhay at ambisyon dahil malakas ang mga ito sa loob ng Sagittarian personality.

Ang mga taong ito ay pinalalaki ng anumang bagay at sila ay umaayon sa mga bagong tao at mga bagong sitwasyon na napakadali, tulad ng anumang iba pang mga self-paggalang sa Dragon. Buksan at interesado sa kung ano ang maaaring sabihin ng iba, ang mga taong ito ay hindi nagpapakita ng kanilang extrovert side sa lahat ng oras.

Ang mga Sagittarius Dragons ay mapagparaya at hindi nila napipilitan ang kompromiso kung kailangan sila ng sitwasyon. Gayunpaman, at ito ay isang katangian ng lahat ng Dragons mayroon, 

Ang mga ito ay  may katangian na  gumawa ng anumang bagay upang makatulong sa iyo, at  hindi nila sisirain ang kanilang pangako.

Sila ay matapang kapag ang mga tao ay walang paggalang sa kanila. Ang katotohanan na ipinahayag nila kung ano ang iniisip nila sa tuwiran ay maaaring makakuha ng ilang kaaway.

Hindi naman sila may masamang intensyon, tapat lang sila at hindi sila mabubuhay nang hindi nagsasalita ng kanilang mga isip. Ang Sagittarius Dragons ay makakagawa ng anumang uri ng trabaho at mahusay makisama sa karamihan ng mga tao.

Ang mga ito ay mapagmahal, maaasahan na mga kaibigan at talagang pinahahalagahan nila ang mga tao sa kanilang paligid. Kung ikaw ay may isang Sagittarius Dragon, iwanan mo siya nang mag-isa upang magkaroon ng isang sandali mula sa oras-oras.

Kailangan nila ang kanilang pag-iisa at ang mga taong nagmamahal sa kanila ay kailangang maunawaan ito. Mahalaga na ang Sagittarius Dragons pakiramdam kapaki-pakinabang at makakuha ng kasangkot. Gusto nila ito kapag kailangan ng iba sa kanila sa paligid.

US Immigrant

Matagal din nanirahan si Inay sa Amerika. Na petition to become an immigrant hanggang sa umuwi noong nawala na si Delia na hindi na nya ginawang bumalik dahil sa dalawang anak na iniwan ni Delia.

Bida sa Kwetuhan

Likas na sa mga pinanganak na Dragon year ang bumabangka sa kwentuhan. Natatandaan ko marami syang kwento at laging nagbibigay ng advice sa mga kausap kaya naman marami ang nakikinig sa mga kwento.  Para ding ako na Sagittarius Dragon na kapag nakapagsimula ng kwento ay ayaw ng tumigil.

High School 1967-68 at Fabella College, Roxas, Or. Mindoro

Ako yong nasa pinaka taas na half lang ang mukha sa picture.

Habang pinagmamasdan ko ang class picture noong third year high school 1967-68 {courtesy by Venus Correa},  5O years ago, marami akong naaalala noong aking kabataan sa Or. Mindoro.

Sa picture na ito, ako yata yong extreme right sa harap na nakatagilid

Iilan lamang na nasa picture ang may balita ako sa mga buhay nila. Marami din sigurong magaganda at hindi magandang kwento ang mga buhay dahil talaga naman na ganon ang buhay sa mundo lahat ay may aral na pagdadaanan.

May mga lumisan na sa mundo at mayroon din patuloy  nabubuhay para may gampanan na misyon sa buhay. Lahat ay masaya sa tinahak na buhay sapagkat iyon ang nakatakdang kapalaran.

Malaki na ang pinagbago ng buhay. Dati rati kailangan pa ng studio at professional photographer para lamang  magkaroon ng picture at maging remembrance katulad ng nasa itaas na larawan. Hindi katulad ngayon lahat ay may dalang selfie cam na kahit saan at anong oras ay pwede kumuha ng picture.

Limampung taon pa lamang mula ng kuhanin ang picture na ito pero paano na kaya sa loob ng 5O years mula ngayon. Ano na merong teknolohiya ang Artificial Intelligence.

Sa edad na 66 ngayon, nakaka ayang alalahanin ang mga nakaraang panahon na hindi akalain ay ibang iba na ang mundo sa ngayon..moderno ba o pabalik ang takbo ng buhay?

Are we controlled by our own illusion or life is an illusion? Try to imagine the hologram.

A short story of My Life

Pasensya na. Kinanti ang weakness ng pagkatao ko yong ego na masyado na nasaktan dahil sa akusasyon na in-distress na ako.  Magyayabang na ako kung sino ako at kung ano ang buhay ko bago pumasok sa masonerya  sa edad na 50 yrs old noong makilala ko si MW Roberto Q. Pagotan ang pinaka unang mason na nakilala at naging kaibigan ko sa aking buhay masonerya.

Nakatira ako sa  Ayala Alabang Village simula pa noong 1982. Ipinanganak ako ng December 12, 1952, Dragon Year na according to Chinese Annals ay masuswerte ang mga taong ipinanganak sa taon ng mga Dragon.  Ito ang kwento ng buhay ko.

Career

Licensed Civil Engineer ako noong 1976 nang magsimula ang career ko. Nag trabaho ako sa Dept of  Public Works ng isang taon, nagresign at nagtrabaho sa private constrcuction firm na gumawa ng Buendia Overpass. Pagkatapos ng project ay nagresign at lumipat ng construction management and consultancy firm DCCD Engineering Corp as Project Manager at the age of 24 yrs old,  managing high rise building  construction in Makati.

Nag asawa noong 26 yrs old. Young and aggressive ako kaya  mabilis ang asenso sa pagtratrabaho. Kung ang sweldo ng ordinary employee noong 1978 ay  300 pesos/month, ako ang sweldo ko ay P5,000 a month na, may sariling brand new car na mitsubishi dahil madami akong  projects na hinahawakan.

Mula sa inuupahang  apartment sa Makati ay lumipat na kami ng sariling bahay kasama ang family ko noong 1982 sa Ayala Alabang Village dahil ayaw ko ng nangungupahan.  Maliit lang ang unang bahay ko  na  nasa 25O sqm lot pero kumpleto ito na may three bedrooms.

 Masipag at dedicated  sa trabaho ako kaya isa sa mga naging projects ko ay  bahay ni Imee Marcos at ni Bongbong sa Dasmarinas Village.  Kilala ako ni Imee dahil madalas kameeting  tungkol sa bahay nya. .

Noong 1986 pagkatapos ng Edsa  revolution ay nagresign na ako sa construction management  company  sa pagiging empleyado at nagtayo na ng corporation kasama  ang apat na kaibigan mga taga Ayala Alabang din. Contruction Corporation Contractor ito ng mga industrial plants, mall shops, warehouses, buildings, at mga residential houses.

Lahat ng engineering fields ay kinokontrata namin.  Successful at ang lakas ng kita ng business namin, madami pera at tulad ng mga corporation na equally divided ang shares of stock nagiging greedy na mga partners kapag milyon milyon na ang kinikita.  Napilitan na ako umalis at gumawa ng sarili kong construction company na naging matagumpay naman, taon 1988 .

Kasabay nito ay bumili na ako ng panibagong bahay dahil sa nasisikipan na ako sa maliit na lote kaya bumili at lumipat sa 5OO sqm. lot.  Malaki ang ginawa kong two storey house sa loob pa rin ng Ayala Alabang  Village na  malapit sa St. James Parish Church at community center na may football or soccer field (soccer ang tawag pag American slang).

Si VW Arch Arlen de Guzman ay bakod lang ang pagitan ng bahay namin. Hindi nagtagal lumipat sya ng Valle Verde at binenta na yong bahay nya. Katapat ng bahay namin ay bahay ni Cavdeal Construction na kumpare ko ang kapatid nya na may ari ng Almanza Lumber, kabitbahay na kabilang bakod lang.

My Daughters

May tatlo akong anak na puro babae na magkakasunod, youngest ko 1982 born noong lumipat kami ng Ayala Alabang. Dito na sila lumaki at nagka-isip.  Formative school nila ay all girls Paref Woodrose School  from Grade to High School. Doon sila graduate at dahil opus dei school,  lagi silang may dalang rosary na ewan ko kung ilang ikot nilang ginagawa sa loob ng isang araw.

Catholic reared sila. Obligation na namin ang magsimba every  Sunday 1O o clock mass sa St James the Great Parish dahil Lay Minister ako simula pa noong 1994  na nagbibigay ng hostia samantalang Mother Butler naman ang misis ko.  Lahat ng kaibigan nila ay taga loob ng village din, mga taga Woodrose din na mga anak ng mga who’s  who sa Ayala Alabang ..anak ni  Frank Chavez, apo ni Lobregat, etc..marami.

                Isa sa mga certificates na binibigay ng Archdiocese of Manila starting 1994 - 2002

Hindi nagtatagalog mga anak ko, hindi pilipit na English na may halong tagalog, American accent  sila dahil normal na sa kanila sa school yon pag nag-uusap ng mga friends nila.

Yong magkasunod from youngest ay Soccer players sa Woodrose Soccer team.  Grade 7 pa lang yong youngest ay nakipagcompete na sa Sweden, Norway Gothia Cup under Makati Football team na representative ng Philippines. Mix  ang members ng team, may mga taga Brent School na anak ng mga foreigners, San Agustin, and other exclusive schools. Shoulder ng bawat parent  ang cost ng travel, accomodationss, lahat.

Masweswerte mga anak ko, milyonaryo ang tatay nila mula pagkabata hanggang lumaki.  Naranasan nila ang karanasan ng hindi maranasan ng ordinaryong mga kabataan.  Mga gamit at damit ay mga branded, hindi bumibili ng mura. Bata pa lamang ay kung saan saan parte ng mundo nagpupunta. Normal na yong kapag bakasyon wala na sila sa Pilipinas sa loob ng dalawang buwan. Merong taon iba iba ang pinupuntahan bawat isa..minsan sa condo ni Gov Boying Remulla sa San Francisco magbabarkada lang habang yong isa nasa New York kasama naman barkada. Minsan UK, Paris, Italy, iikutin nila ang Europe. .habang ako minsan imi meet  ko lang sila sa Beverly Hills ng two weeks uwi na ako dahil marami trabaho na inaasikaso.

               Family picture in front of Harvard in Boston, Massachussets sometime in 1993

Isa pang vacation nila ang  ipinagdrive ko lang sila mula New York hangang Boston para makita ang Harvard tapos wala pa 3 weeks uwi na ako,  iikot lang ako ng Chicago at dadaan ng Las Vegas dahil doon nakatira ang brother ko.

One of the photos in one of the travels.. hindi ko na matandaan kung sa Chicago  o sa Boston,

wearing a Giorgio Armani coat

Noong mag Y2K nag spend kami pamilya ng christmas sa Las Vegas dahil katapusan na daw ng mundo. Ubos namin isang  milyong piso, ok lang mayaman at contractor na maraming pera ako.

Double course lahat tinapos ng mga anak ko. Yong eldest graduate ng college sa Assumption then Law sa San Beda. Yong mga nakapwesto sa gobyerno ngayon ni Pres Duterte ay mga kaklase nya sa law  school. She worked with Ayala Land sa Commercial Centers Division managing Ayala Projects. Nagresign, nag asawa ng  American taga east coast now living on work assignments in Asia based in Singapore, Manila, Japan, India. Para magkita kami para magdinner at magkape ay kailangan lang  mag side trip  ng Manila. She has her own unit in Serendra.

Yong 2^nd daughter, graduate sa La Salle Taft, then schooled in FIDM Los Angeles, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.  Dyan nag aral yong anak ni Napoles.  Deans lister sya nag graduate. Noong nasa California sya, sa Orange County sa Anaheim siya nakatira, nagrerenta ng apartment.  May sariling car sya doon to travel 85 miles every day from house to school. Nag graduate siya after 2 years. Afterwhich, na employ sya  by a fashion firm and sponsored to work in US.

She married the FilAm Varsity player she met while studying in La Salle. The guy 6’6 played with  Ginebra, Talk and Text, Santa Lucia. After stint in PBA umuwi na sa Union City, Bay Area, San Francisco  and now happily living with their 2 boys.

She has her own fashion stuff and online shop , import/export from latin America supplying US including  Philippine  market. The husband, the cager, works as Manager in a Satellite Communication firm. He’s also successful in his career,  both born on 1981. Kilala ni Bro Ali Peek ang manugang ko si Manny Ramos, nakasama niya sa PBA. Nagpupunta sila sa bahay ko sa Ayala Southvale noong araw. Friend ng mga daughters ko si Bro Ali kahit noong hindi pa siya mason.

Yong youngest child  studied in  UP, graduate din sa La Salle in Marketing then studied IT in Singapore, now works in a  multi-national firm  doing ads platform on internet, fb, and other ads sites. Shes a sports buff. Nakikipag compete sa triathlon, bicathlon at nakaka 1^st prize din. Minsan galing ako California recently lang, nag hand carry ako ng “Specialized brand bike regalo ko sa kanya,  tapos pinalitan nya ng upgraded 5OOK worth bike na pang compete. Soccer instructor din sya ng kanilang partnership company, tinuturan mga young girls na  mga taga Forbes. She lives in 3-BR unit in Serendra. Meron din syang 1-BR unit na pinapa rentahan sa Serendra din.

Business minded ito dati nagtayo pa ng  saloon sa Boracay kasama mga friends nya ,  dahil gusto nya lagi doon. Pero wala naman sila problema sa dagat, may private resort house facing the beach silang magkakapatid sa Matabungkay, Lian, Batangas. Mga worth 4OM din yon. May property din sila in one of the villages sa Tagaytay.

My Construction Company

1988 year of the dragon, nagsimula akong magboom. Kaibigan ko si Arch Coscoluela na isa sa mga architect  ni Mr Henry Sy. Si Mr Louie Coson, asawa ni Mrs Tessie Coson ay may pinagawa sa aking mauseleo sa Manila Mermorial Park. Sa kapatid nya na namatay  kaya pinaguhit kay Coscoluela. Marami contractor ayaw gumawa ng related sa  death, ako ginawa ko ito pero  siempre presyo ko.. kaya mahal ako gumawa. Ginawa ko rin musoleo ng nanay ni Mr John Gokongwei  sa Manila Memorial Park din ..maganda siempre presyo ko wala tawad.

Marami ako ginawa na mansion sa Forbes at sa Dasma village, bahay ni Mr James Go ng Robinson, mansion ng may ari ng Producers Bank. Dami ako ginawa sa Robinson, sa Robina plant, Preview magazine plant, mga banks nila. Gumawa rin ako sa Metro Bank , RCBC banks pati na mga residential houses na mga mansion ng mga Yuchengco at iba pang mga bank branches.

Marami ako ginawa na BDO,  yong BDO Las Pinas sa harap ng RFC , contractor ako non, sa Binondo, Abad  Sanntos,  at mga fit out ng mga  malls nila, dami ko kinita sa SM. Madami din akong ginawang mga boutique shops. Kilala ako ni Mr Hans Sy. Minsan magkasama kami sa Lear jet nila para sa inspection ng progress ng project sa Baguio. Natatandaan ko pag tumatambay ako at tapos na ang project, tatanong sa akin ..may project ka pa pag sabi ko wala na kasunod non..o gawin mo ito kuhanin mo na ang downpayment.

Madalas ako sa office ni Mr Louie Coson. Kung hindi lang namatay  yon,   ako ang president ng proposed construction company partnership na pinag-usapan namin.  

Maganda ako gumawa ng project at mabilis pero mahal ako sumingil, garantisado naman at on-time ang schedule.

Dami din  ako ginawa  na mga bahay sa Ayala Alabang Village  ng mga kaibigan.  Contractor din ako ng mga bahay ni Donya Trining Roxas, wife ni Pres Roxas at grandmother ni Mar Roxas.

Marami ako engineers at architects, kasama ko sa company ang mga kapatid ko. Sa admin at accounting  kasama ko sister as head of the department.  Sa operation yong kapatid ko na bunso na  architect kaya no problem ang operation ng company . Puro kamag anak ang nasa operation at warehouse division. Kamag-anak din ang mga timekeepers..kaya walang lokohan.  Provided ko sila lahat ng sasakyan sa field.

Operator pa ako ng aircon bus plying Almaza- Lawton saka Pasay Libertad – EDSA-  Monumento.  Pumunta ako ng japan para sa importation ng mga buses na ginamit ko. May kaibigan ako taga Osaka na hapon.

May mga food business din ako na franchise of Pure food products at ice cream soft serve outlets  ang company ko. Diversified ang business ko.

Properties

Madami ako napundar na properties. Natutuwa ako magdesign ng magagandang spaces. Nang gumawa ako another house sa Ayala Southvale ginawa ko ito French style, 75O sqm. lot.  Naliitan pa ako kaya nilagyan ko pa ng basement sa maids and drivers quarters..normal lang ang 5OK meralco bill a month..whole house is  air conditioned ....maluho ang design Italian granite na cut to size ang flooring. Ang window double glass para soundproof  kahit mag party kapitbahay hindi maririnig sa loob. Double Kitchen, 8 car garage, with swimming  pool.

Naging party house ng mga friends ng mga anak ko ang bahay dahil walang neighbor at first few houses lang kami. Isa na si Mr Manotoc, yong balae ni GMA, neighbor ko yon..dami Psg lagi noong in power sila.

For lease na lang Ayala alabang house namin noong mga 1996, May two houses pa rin sa Santa Rosa SRE., Condo sa tabi ng AIM, office condo sa may De la Rosa,

                    Photo: 213 Matabungkay St., Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City

Unang SUV ko Safari Patrol noong 1992 ata yon, lahat ng labas ng Honda bumili kami, CRV, Hatchback, Pajero, Van, Ford F15O, Volvo S4O, meron Mitsubishi at Toyota pero service sa field ng mga tao at engineers.

May mga houses ako  at present na for sale , build and sell projects ..3 houses saka 4 units na townhouse na incomplete pa sa tapat ng Shopwise sa Moowalk.

Sa ngayon, we are also in the process of starting up big  projects in Mindanao  - Marawi Rehabilitation and  Mindanao Electrical Power Generation Plant  using  Hibrid Renewable Energy { solar , wind turbine, hydro, and  oil feed palm oil/ biomas power generation}  in cooperation with PNOC Renewables and Amanah Bank and Indonesian Group, wherein I am the Vice President for Operation of the EPC company.

AYALA SOUTHVALE HOUSE  CONSTRUCTED IN 1996

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