BERNARDO S. JAVATE

Narding as we called him, when we started 1st Year high school at San Agustin Academy in 1955, like every young kid who came from the barrio - was a little bit shy, but self-assured - honed by the challenges of growing into the family that toils the rice field, the only respite is the harvest season and the annual fiestas that most of us enjoyed. We started out with 2 sections (San Agustin Academy) in first year: Section IA - under Miss Pastora Geronimo (the girl & small boys) and IB -under...