September 11, 2009 10:22 PMPOLLY wrote:
Did you know that an SJT ALUMNA died at the WTC on September 11th, 2001? Yes, my first cousin Jean (Eugenia) Perez McCann who only ten months prior to that horrific day, married Anthony Piantieri. She is a Class of '61, along with my late sister, Kiddie (Catherine Perez), Hope Alvarez Cristobal, Annie Delgado Duenas, Mary Lujan Guard, Vivida Indalecio etc. Please remember her and all the other heroes and victims in your prayers Reply to this
Want to hear something funny about this wonderful news tregarding our dear friend, Louie???
Well, having recently just returned from a 3-week visit to the mainland, I decided to check in on Louie to see if he had returned from his trip to Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu and to check on his results. Lo and behold, he answered his phone, said all went well with his check-up, that he was given a "clean bill of health"...no cancer after all!!! I said, well, that's great news, Louie Baby; let's get together this weekend when dear Ange returns from her trip and celebrate the good news of your good health! We signed off...
Later on in the afternoon, Louie called me back to say he was at Sinajana Payless and was waiting for someone to take his picture because he was told he had won $500,000. He seemed to be rambling on and, of course, I did not take him seriously...plus, I didn't know anything about this so-called "power bingo!" that's been going on. He went on to say that he and Virgie would like to take us out to dinner this coming weekend. I, on the other hand, knowing that Louie Baby really does not have a lot of means to be offering such a thing came back and told him, hey, Ange and I will take you out this weekend! We left it at that...
Then, while relaxing that same evening, just a couple of hours after last talking to Louie, I decided to watch KUAM News. What, to my utter surprise and amazement, the guy really was trying to tell me something earlier during the day...that he had indeed won $500,000! His face was all over the news that night!!! I immediately called him back on his cell phone...told him, you stinker, I wasn't paying attention to what you were trying to tell me earlier...etcetera, etcetera. In any event, he, too, was watching the news clip while we were chatting on the phone about his great luck!!!
It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person! If you know Louie like we do, you would understand he is a man of simple needs, asks for nothing, yet, gives freely of what little he has. He lives off the sea, cooks up a storm with whatever the catch of the day is...mafuti, skip jack, atuli, and makes a mean octopus keleguan (or is it Virgie???) Whatever fresh catch he has for that day, he would call me down to Pago Bay to eat fried fish. And, because his doctor told him to refrain from beer, he has taken on to wine, therefore, wine it is that I bring down to the beach, along with, of course, fresh tortillas!
And, folks, if you think life can't get any better, try sitting on the beach at sunset, sipping wine, eating fresh fish and spicy Octopus keleguan, and just making idle talk with highschool friends- life long friends, having the time of our lives! And, as an added bonus, the moon comes out on a clear and beautiful balmy night, with thousand of stars lighting up the ocean, why, I simply can't help but count my blessings! si Julie Reply to this
August 25, 2009 9:09 PMPOLLY wrote:
Although we are separated by thousands of miles, by land, sea and air, we are only a mouse-click apart, thanks to the worldwide web! Let's stay in touch through this medium, and through prayer. Lots of love todos, si Polly este. Reply to this
Did you know that an SJT ALUMNA died at the WTC on September 11th, 2001? Yes, my first cousin Jean (Eugenia) Perez McCann who only ten months prior to that horrific day, married Anthony Piantieri. She is a Class of '61, along with my late sister, Kiddie (Catherine Perez), Hope Alvarez Cristobal, Annie Delgado Duenas, Mary Lujan Guard, Vivida Indalecio etc. Please remember her and all the other heroes and victims in your prayers
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Now, children, this is what I call "blessings"!!!!
Want to hear something funny about this wonderful news tregarding our dear friend, Louie???
Well, having recently just returned from a 3-week visit to the mainland, I decided to check in on Louie to see if he had returned from his trip to Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu and to check on his results. Lo and behold, he answered his phone, said all went well with his check-up, that he was given a "clean bill of health"...no cancer after all!!! I said, well, that's great news, Louie Baby; let's get together this weekend when dear Ange returns from her trip and celebrate the good news of your good health! We signed off...
Later on in the afternoon, Louie called me back to say he was at Sinajana Payless and was waiting for someone to take his picture because he was told he had won $500,000. He seemed to be rambling on and, of course, I did not take him seriously...plus, I didn't know anything about this so-called "power bingo!" that's been going on. He went on to say that he and Virgie would like to take us out to dinner this coming weekend. I, on the other hand, knowing that Louie Baby really does not have a lot of means to be offering such a thing came back and told him, hey, Ange and I will take you out this weekend! We left it at that...
Then, while relaxing that same evening, just a couple of hours after last talking to Louie, I decided to watch KUAM News. What, to my utter surprise and amazement, the guy really was trying to tell me something earlier during the day...that he had indeed won $500,000! His face was all over the news that night!!! I immediately called him back on his cell phone...told him, you stinker, I wasn't paying attention to what you were trying to tell me earlier...etcetera, etcetera. In any event, he, too, was watching the news clip while we were chatting on the phone about his great luck!!!
It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person! If you know Louie like we do, you would understand he is a man of simple needs, asks for nothing, yet, gives freely of what little he has. He lives off the sea, cooks up a storm with whatever the catch of the day is...mafuti, skip jack, atuli, and makes a mean octopus keleguan (or is it Virgie???) Whatever fresh catch he has for that day, he would call me down to Pago Bay to eat fried fish. And, because his doctor told him to refrain from beer, he has taken on to wine, therefore, wine it is that I bring down to the beach, along with, of course, fresh tortillas!
And, folks, if you think life can't get any better, try sitting on the beach at sunset, sipping wine, eating fresh fish and spicy Octopus keleguan, and just making idle talk with highschool friends- life long friends, having the time of our lives! And, as an added bonus, the moon comes out on a clear and beautiful balmy night, with thousand of stars lighting up the ocean, why, I simply can't help but count my blessings! si Julie
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Although we are separated by thousands of miles, by land, sea and air, we are only a mouse-click apart, thanks to the worldwide web! Let's stay in touch through this medium, and through prayer. Lots of love todos, si Polly este.
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