Posted in Snippets of Life, tagged carpenter, child, childhood, love, painter on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
made by Mang Jo
Mang Jo started to serve the family when he was hired by Mama Lola to paint the Cruz Building. Mang Jo was a good painter. His paint coatings would be even, smooth, and perfect. I never really got to know him that well. All I remember was that he made my first writing desk, and I loved it. I wrote on that desk for years until I was too tall for that little cute desk.
Posted in Snippets of Life, tagged carpenter, child, childhood, cruz family, fun, Funny, Maid, Sweet potato on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Cruz Family
Ka Remy and Mang Jo served the Cruz family for many years. Mang Jois the family carpenter, and Ka Remyis our maid. They were already working for lola even before I was born, which was before Mang Jo and Ka Remy decided to marry each other. Ka Remy has a unique pet name for Mang Jo, and that is alpahor. It means “sweet potato.” So if other people call their lovers honey, babe, sweetheart, you can start a trend and call each other alpahor.
