Bwaha! I'm back...and it's been a long time since I have blogged here. Ok, what has revived me to do this sort of time-consuming passion? The need to keep an account of present events that I/we may have something notable to dig in to in the future.
My week has been filled with surveying the cultural and historical background of Santa Maria, Laguna. Ate Narlie, a cultural education student of Letran Calamba, invited me to accompany her in her cultural mapping. What a privilege! Even if I'm busy preparing the historical gallery for our church's 59th anniversary (ok, that's another similar and exciting activity), I gave her time. While searching my blog and fb account for photos and articles of the past, I sensed the need to really take account of what happens now. One will never know how important it will be once he/she looks at those writeups in the future.
Here are some spoils of memories from the past:
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| I'm holding a portrait of our former mayor, Benjamin Real. The location of the shot was on our old municipal building. |
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| Again, I have with me an old model of Canon camera owned by Mr. Ruben Vidal, a resident of Bgy. 2, Santa Maria, Laguna |
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| Old teachers at an old building in SMES. At the center (with left hand on his hip) was Mr. Fidel Real, the District Supervisor. |
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| A list of families who originated from our town. |
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| An old phonograph. |
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| Mr. Oscar and Mely Real's stuff. |
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| Former Mayor Benjamin Real standing beside President Marcos. |
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| Mr. Dan Real welcomed us in his abode and showed us a handful of old pictures stacked in his room. |
