archive of the ‘Baguio Gold’ topic
Today I spent $162 donated from some parishioners of Saint Dominic Parish to buy reference books and story books for Baguio Gold Elementary School in Tuding, Itogon. The principal, Nestor Asiong had written a wish list, and the librarian had phoned me to come to the school to get the list. »→
Charlotte and Rose have been ‘sick for days while I was in Sagada. Six-year-old Rose had chicken pox weeks ago, and missed a week of Kindergarten. Then her eight-year old sister contracted chicken pox. I would have thought that it’d run its course and that they’d be well, but Charlotte’s immune system was weakened, I suppose, and she got influenza then passed that to Rose. Both have been miserable, and I haven’t known. »→
“Saturday… in the park” is a lyric from an old Chicago song that I’ve liked. Today, after lunch in Leah’s home, I rode atop a jeepney to the Monterrazas Village entrance then walked down to Baguio Gold to ask the girls if they’d like to go tricycling in Baguio City’s Burnham Park. »→
Sunday I walked down to Baguio Gold to deliver groceries that I’d bought and refrigerated dishes left-over from Saturday night’s big meal in Leah and Mike’s home. I found that the A-V-C-A family had already eaten lunch, but the folks were grateful for what I’d brought. I heard that 17-year old Pat, who’s been working in a mine in Rino Hill in Baguio Gold had brought 500 pesos of his wages to his grandmother, so the family had dined on fish and rice. »→
This morning, Nick knocked on the apartment door, and I welcomed him in. Then he told me that Mack had kicked their brother Andy this morning and that Andy has returned to his uncle’s home in Aurora Hill. I didn’t ask why Mack had kicked Andy’s chest or abdomen. But I thought, with a big brother like that, who needs enemies? »→
Nick* came to the flat with his sister Rose* in tow, and knocked on the door. I asked why he wasn’t in school, and he replied that his stomach hurt. I asked if he wanted to go to a pharmacy or herbal remedy store or a physician’s office. He wouldn’t express a preference. The quickest and cheapest thing to do is to go to a pharmacy and buy Pepto-Bismol or Maalox or Tums. These can’t be had in grocery stores and convenience stores in the Philippines. »→
When Dominic and I returned from Baguio City, Nick and Rose were waiting in the garden for us. Nick wanted to do research on the internet into nutrition and make a poster for his grade six class. Dominic is using his PC to write articles for his weekly job, so I helped Nick use my Mac and Firefox browser to search for required information. And I got out watercolor pens and paper that I’d bought for such poster projects. »→
I’m really dead tired and don’t want to write. But I didn’t write yesterday. Yesterday we had rain for much of the day and night. My whole body ached; all my joints hurt, my sinuses all felt full and I had a piercing headache. By the way, I’ve been waging war against mold here. I’m allergic to mold.
Today I went into the city to pay in a Union Bank branch for birth certificates for Nick and Rose. I bought five kilos of (bulk) chicken feed for egg-layers and a 1 kg bag of fortified supplementary feed. I bought Flintstones chewable vitamins, two books and modeling clay for Rose, markers for Nick, a sheet of sandpaper and another blue plastic drum -for the the family’s drinking, cooking and dish-washing water. Thanks to Joyce and Quin for covering the cost. »→