A Wedding Anniversary–48 years (a poignant love and life story)
Posted on August 18, 2007
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Let me share with you, dear Readers, a poignant love and life story of dear friends, Tony Joaquin and his wife, Chita. Tony was a publisher of several trade magazines in Manila during the martial-law years up to the murder of Sen. Benigno Aquino, when he decided to move his family to Daly City, California. He was charter founder and past president of the Philippine Society for Training and Development and considered one of the country’s top experts on human resource development from the seventies and eighties.He was a contributor to the Saturday Mirror Magazine and other weekend supplement magazines in Manila, specializing in tongue-in-cheek essays.Tony is currently an active contributor to Filipino American publications in the San Francisco Bay area. He is the nephew of Nick Joaquin (national artist for literature). He has written an autobiography, “Simple Glories”, which he launched on 11 October 2000. His blog is called, My Family and More.
HAPPY 48TH ANNIVERSARY, dear Tony and Chita.
by Tony Joaqiun“We first met in a classroom back in the late fifties. The school was called Far Eastern University. A remarkable feature of Manila in the late Fifties was the complete positive aura that pervaded the entire City, nay, country.
Stage presentations – both professionals and amateur, schools downtown stage shows, and even visiting classical performers – yes, including Shakespeare groups based in America and Europe treated Manila aficionados with excellent shows. Even Hollywood movies were mostly musicals and little violence, nor gangster flicks.
She was a young 16 year old, slender, and somewhat restless. I was teaching Speech I (subtitled Remedial English for Filipino college students). I had several sections to handle each day – and at the time with seven other fellow instructors, we had our hands full for we had to serve all the institutes.
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Wow! 48th Anniversary. Kinukulit ko husband ko. Dapat kami din. Ahihihihi! Inggitera ako eh.
So romantic! And congrats to both of them!
Wow, an everlasting relationship indeed! Congratulations to the couple!
It’s a good thing that even though the number separated families are growing almost rapidly, there are some who are lasting for long. But I have never seen a couple last for 48 great years. Just now! As I see it, they really love each other and committed to their vow.
Cheers to them! Congratulations!
Congrats to them. Wow. They’re a great example of what a marriage and commitment is all about.
awwwww. a true love story.
such a joyous occasion. in l986, the four of us in Canada took a very memorable trip home, first to witness the wedding of our of twins youngest sisters in Manila and a week after with the whole family, including all the grandchildren from elder siblings (eight in the family) bundled up for a trip to our hometown in Iloilo, to Celebrate our parents Golden (50th) anniversary, solemnized by my mother’s Nephew who did just all family wedding including a special trip to Manila to do my sister’s (bibs’ mom) and that was the visit we all cherished. both my parents passed away now, but theirs was a wonderful life full of sacrifices and fruition of their dreams.
I hope our marriage lasts long too, I imagine myself getting old with my husband.
Congrats to your friends, Dine … wow 48 years. I also posted a comment at Tony’s site which I have visited at least once before. Its a good one.
awww… that is truly a love story.
Wow, truly a lasting marriage…48 years.
Yey, I made it here after all.
Thanks for posting this Sexy Mom! This is truly inspiring. They are one of the living proofs that true love lasts.
Btw, I’ve passed an award to you, the details of the award are in my new blog: http://jayme.passiotive.com. You so deserve it.
See you around!
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