For a centenarian who has lived through World War II, the American occupation and martial law, COVID-19 is a “different animal.” | jagoncilloINQ
“I was raised in love. I don’t have enemies. I feel so much love from my family. I receive much love, especially from my grandchildren. I am happy, very happy,” she said.Fashionable ‘lola’
“I always love to fix myself … I want to present my best to the Lord,” she said. She does her own makeup, including her eyebrows. She owns many hats of different colors, most of them gifts from loved ones.During the Japanese occupation, her family enjoyed a sort of immunity as they gave food to the foreign forces. But unknown to the Japanese, they were also feeding the Filipino guerrillas.
During bombings, the family would head down to the basement of their house for shelter. “It was very dark. We only had one candle for light. You would hear airplanes fighting. There’s also what they called shelling. When you get hit, you die.”In 1944, she married a law student from the University of the Philippines. It was also then that Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines to help Filipino troops liberate the country from the Japanese.
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