BACKGROUND

This is how I looked when I was two (2) years old. Very cute, right? hehehe. This picture was taken in 1964, more than a year after my father died in a car accident. We are nine in the family and I am second to the youngest. My Mom was 5 months pregnant when my Dad passed away in 1963. In February 25, 1964, my Mom has given birth to my youngest sister Malou. Our life then was very difficult. My Mom was jobless and she was just a plain housewife when my father died. But thru prayers, sacrfices and help from our relatives, my Mom managed to take care of us all. I grew up with so much hardships around me. I lacked almost everything I need and I never enjoyed my childhood because of my family's situation. But despite of poverty, I tried to move on and looked for a place for me where I can be what I wanted to be someday. It was a long JOURNEY...and a very difficult process but in the end...GOD has guided me in my DESTINY. At age 46 now (upper picture), I am still in difficult situations but these I bear with FAITH, HOPE and LOVE knowing that one day...MEMORIES will be kinder to me. Life must go on. I must live it and enjoy the way this was designed for me.