On trailblazing and passing the torch on to the next generation
Editor's Note: Below are more exchanges from Ambassador Arizala and Ms. Gloria Ong. There are times when we feel like the Infantahins are taking our blessings for granted. In Ambassador Arizala's words, some have a "padonker-donker" attitudes. Then comes some sentiments from those outside of Infanta, such as those expressed by Ms. Ong, that makes us feel like carrying on and keeping the trailblazing alive.
Dear Ka Gloria:
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, we tried to blaze the trail and it is up for the coming generation to carry on.
Just imagine, the old folks of Infanta only dreamed and petitioned the late Pres Manuel L. Quezon for a "horse trail" across the forbidding Sierra Madre Mountains so that Infanta would have access to the outside world - to Laguna, Rizal provinces and then to Maynila.
Now, Pres Quezon, after constructing a sand and gravel road across the mountains, we have a paved asphlat wide road across that mountains connecting not only Infanta but also Real, General Nakar and even the island of Polillo. (We still have to travel by ferry boat to Polillo Island. But there are now two wharves or "pantalan" where fast and comfortable ferry boats could weigh anchor and depart - at Port Real and Port Dinahican. And Gen. Nakar is now connected with Infanta and Real with a concrete bridge across the wide Agus River.
We shall overcome so long as we have not only "fairy godmothers" like you but also "brainy godmothers" praying and inspiring us.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to you and to ALL MOTHERS and "NURTURERS"- "INSPIRERS" of future generation in the right direction.
Rudy A.
From: Gloria Ong
You should have had them patented, Ka Rudy-- the secrets of the infantahin success. Just kidding. Thanks for sharing them with us. What a collective effort, coming up with two books, offering scholarships in your name and paving the way for the younger generation to carry on. Not every town could have done it in such fashion. I'm pretty sure the roadmap has been established and you can pass on the torch to your daughter and sons and the other young people your town is so lucky to have!
Carry on Ale, Rodo, Octavio, Layla, Shelley Marie, Mila, Prosy and others.
Good luck, mga Infantahin!
GOD be with you in all your endeavors....---g
with Layla, Shelley Marie, Mila, Rolando
"the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
"nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."
(both quotes from edmund burke)------- glo(ria)