During the Christmas Season in the year of 1993 which is twenty eight years ago, my younger sister who is also the youngest sister named Elvah, which is her First Name and Proper Name and not her Nickname, came back with my mother Elisea and her nickname was Esing, to 75 Sampaguita Street where I was told that Elvah had a new job with a Japanese company or firm. After New Year 1994, Elvah went back to Metro Manila to begin her new job, my mother and I moved to my distant Aunt's house in Jan Rey Subdivision, San Jose, Tacloban City, I stayed there for about three months with my mother, the occupants of the house consisted of Floro who was the husband of Caring, which is her nickname and her son Rene. The house was built as a present by our lady cousin who was a doctor working in the United States of America USA, to her mother Caring Parrucho, who was also a former Barangay Captain or Barangay Chairperson or Barangay Chairman, she was a very fierce lady Barangay leader and fearless in enforcing the law. Rene had a Filipino Food eatery or Carinderia business near Divine Word University or Dewu. Afterwards we moved into a dormitory or dorm room, next to Pantranco Provincial Bus Terminal. Elvah and my other sister Elma which is her Proper Name and not her Nickname who is my elder sister had previously sold our house in 75 Sampaguita Street for 800 000 Pesos, but mother or Nanay or Mama or Mommy or Mom or Ma was only given 400 000 Pesos or half the money for the house by Elvah and Elma, I also have a younger brother named Eliseo IV or Eliseo the fourth, his nickname is Elzon.
Mother had a room made in a corner of the large mansion made of plywood, I slept on the top bunk of a double story bed also called a Bunk Bed, like those used in the army. Then two rich ladies who were Filipinas worshipping in an American Missionary Christian Protestant Church borrowed 200 000 Pesos each from Mama, the ladies had the names Janet and Emma, the idea was that they would repay Mama double the amount or with interest like the South Asia Indian business method of 5-6 money lending business in the Philippines. Janet and Emma failed to pay back the money, I could not eat food most of the time, the Barangay I believe let Mama open two different bank accounts with Veteran's Bank which is similar to Land Bank and Coco Planter's Bank, the two bank accounts with two different Pass Books consisted of 6 000 Pesos each, 6 000 Pesos in my mother's bank account under her name and the other bank account was under my name. I spent most of the money on groceries from Gaisano Supermarket for myself, all the money in my 6 000 Pesos bank account was spent for myself only, mostly for my food and me eating all the food I personally bought.
Janet and Emma were Barangay Blotter Complaint by my Mama and even there was verdict and the Barangay Chairman decided to give the case to the police level or RTC Regional Trial Court. The Government ruled that a 500 000 Pesos house and lot be built as part of a new subdivision being built called V and G Subdivision. We moved into the house on New Year's Eve.
The only fear I have of the stay in the dormitory was that I starved for most of 1994 and even in 1992 in Lagro in Metro Manila, where my sisters and brother seemed to not have starved as much as they ate at their Filipino friends' houses, in a photograph you can see how thin I had become in 1992.
