From: Ted Acejas [mailto:tacejas@muse.sfusd.k12.ca.us]
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 10:57 AM
To: sja0108@webtv.net; echan1105@aol.com; mvc1105@aol.com; Ate Rosing;
pazanis@aol.com; pucoy@hotmail.com; alex7044@hotmail.com; jenn@hotmail.com
Subject: Final Input
Regarding the activities of our late grandfather - As a salesman, he was
doing his business alone and getting all his merchandise from "Tia Bora"
a relative of our Impo who had a big general merchandise store in
Cabanatuan at the time. I supposed Ate should know this information
or Kaka Ipang Benit. He was getting all his merchandise on credit and
will pay them when he returns to get the same merchandise on the same
term.
He was selling the usual household stuffs, such as petromax, gas, salt,
sugar, mosquito nets, salted fish (bagoong) and other incidental stuffs.
At the time, there was no electric lights, so he was selling mostly
petromax and gas to light.
What was appalling, perhaps, was the fact that he had practically
abandoned, except for occasional visit, his family to the detriment
of the entire family.
This is something not beautiful.. Josie can say, "Think Beautiful:
because her life had been beautiful since she was born. She
was lucky, she came from a wealthy ancestry.
As I have said, we have to junk the whole project. That project
was yours and George idea and we didn't know about until
later.
You and George wanted to have write-ups, well, we can but it
will touch on some controversial matter, like our grandfather
having another family of own. Under no circumstances, can
we do it on selective basis to appease the feeling of others
It got to be whole for the guidance of the future generations
and not for us, the fading generation.
As you said, it is going to be touchy but what can we do? It
is part of our history, the old and even the present. There can't
be any compromise. We should write it the way it happened
and nothing short these will be acceptable.
So, we have to stop it now!
Your Uncle Ted
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