User talk:Bobby fernandez

Boston St. September 18,2014. . . . . Boston Steet, Cubao, in Quezon City is located in the Republic of the Philippines. This street was where most of the Fernandez's, Acuna's, de los Santos', Valdez's, Arcegas', Rodriguez', Cuna's, Aguilar's, Tianco's, de Leon's, Ansaldo's, Lim's, Litonjua's, Ordonez's, de Mesas's,   lived not too long ago. Some are still living there.

Our little community had our own Parochial School (ICPS), our own Parish church named the Immaculate Conception Parish Church , our own Department store , Arcegas', our own theater, our own Gasoline station ,  Caltex.

We had two privately owned schools here, the Parochial school and the Holy Spirit. Most of the kids here on Boston St., went to the Parochial school since its much nearer and had more grade levels,  from Kindergarten to 7th grade.

Our streets in the area were named after States and cities in the US. Like Seattle, Vancouver BC, Maryland, Nevada, Manhattan and even New York and so on and so forth. Life growing up in this community was a pleasant, happy one, since most of the kids know each other or is related to someone who went to ICPS. Since I am the youngest in our family of 6, my older sisters and brothers had local friends as well. Greetings like a nod when in church or some place of common interest is one of the common traits of our local people. The Arcegas family who lived just right across our house owned a huge Toy's R Us type of business where they manufacture their own seesaws and slides, monkey bars and the likes. Their house on Boston St. had a back path leading to the store located on Aurora blvd. . Since the backpath had a wire fence you can see workers bringing freshly made toys from the factory, located right beside their residence along Boston St.. The fence was to divide the path from a small sari sari store owned by mr. and mrs. Lim. Mr. Lim was already old when I was growing up there. I presumed he would not live that long, but to my amazement,  he lived longer than that till I left for the US in '84. They would give us cakes during the December months and they were a very precious part of the community. Kudos to the couple. Their children were named Edgar and Edwin Lim and they were almost my age. I just wonder where they are now. Christmas was a delight since everyone had their own trees and high fences where Christmas lights were normally placed for display, parrols or Christmas lanterns made of bamboo and Japanese paper, with different shapes and sizes. My father, since being a lawyer at the DOJ in manila,  would bring home parrols made by inmates in Muntinlupa city. New Year's eve is a different excitement with everyone showing off with their firecrackers, paputok,  for everyone's entertainment. There was a time when my older brother placed all the bags of fire crackers between his legs while sitting on one of the steps on the stairs, that caught fire and created a havoc in the household. No one got hurt since everyone is warned, told before hand, to treat fire crackers as a deadly thing. New Year's really the highlight of Christmas then. The Arcegas' department store building is no longer there and has been destroyed by developers to create probably another structure. At this point I do not really know what the plans are. Its on the corner of Aurora blvd. and Rosario dr. The Caltex gas stations no longer there and has been abandoned for a long, long time but not until 2 years ago when it was acquired renovated and a new gas station was built and formed. It is located also along Aurora Blvd and Boston St. During typhoons, as we always are bombarded by it at least 20 times a year here in the Philippines,  never experienced any flooding for Boston St. is located on higher grounds. The street itself is elevated from the main road which is Aurora blvd. It is truly a nice place to live since it is quiet at night and balmy and peacefull during the day. While growing up here, we never experienced any personal threat to life and limbs, but I heard is no longer true today. By the way, my name is Robert "bobby" Mercado Fernandez and this was my neighborhood where I spent almost half of my happy life,  in this beautiful Republic called the Philippines.