How They Look Now After 30 Years!

Philamlife

@antonbunot my daughter has educational plan with them, good thing I got it there, I got CAP for my son who is now in college before it went kaput, so now I'm suffering to pay tuition when suppose to be they are the ones paying. Should have gotten from Philam

@louievill 35 years ago pre-need companies like PhilamPlans had just started. I think CAP was the first one. Never heard much about Philamlife. The last thing I heard about it was AIG was trying to sell it. Have not visited the Philippines for 25 years . . .

Ah, I saw your photo with your late loving father . . . for sure you were a papa's girl!

@antonbunot Yes, I was.

@toniganzon . . . I was a mama's boy!

@antonbunot Really? Is there no end to your talents??

@jaboUK Hahaha! I was born poor. My late mother was just a housekeeper. My late father was a lowly janitor. My only sister and I had each just a pair of shoes and few clothes to wear when we were in the elementary grades. That may be the reason why I tried to learn things by myself. In high school I learned how to draw and paint by watching a local artist. That was how I learned how to draw and paint and eventually became a sign artist (painting signboards). That helped me a lot financially while in college. I befriended an old professional photographer. After graduating from college (Bachelor of Arts) at age 20, I worked as an office clerk for an insurance company. I bought my first SLR Nikkon camera. Eventually, I bought my first darkroom enlarger and started learning how to develop films and print pictures. When I felt I was ready to start a photo-n-art business, I quit my clerical job. It was a combination of photography and art (photography, painting, signboard-making, and t-shirt printing.) All of these I learned by myself. Maybe if my parents were well-to-do, I would have not have the inclination to learn these things when I was young. God may have given me this artistic talent (painting and photography) because my late mother and father were poor but religious/pious. My late mother used to attend mass everyday. And when we moved to Canada with my young family, I raised our 4 children the way my parents raised me. I was a bit strict on them but showed how much I cared and loved them.

@jaboUK . . I was also a professional photographer when our children were small . . . so, they have lots of pictures when they were kids.

@JudyEv No, if you got married when you were 20, you are just 65 now . . not old!

@JudyEv Thanks, my friend. You have children, too?

@antonbunot We have two sons - one in Melbourne, Australia and one in Ireland. The one in Ireland is married but his wife won't fly and they can't have children. The son in Melbourne is not married. I can't believe they are 44 and 42 - that makes me very old!!!

@brokenbee hehehe! Well, our 4 children are very close to each other. Most likely because their age-gaps are so close. In the lower picture they were 7,6,5, and 3! In fact, the oldest is only 11 months older than the second. Kasla armalite a pomarotopot ti styleko idi! (English translation: I was like an armalite when I was young!)

@brokenbee LOL Almost but No.4 did not push through because my porotopot did not hit the target.

@antonbunot ahahahahaha! You should have made it 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1... LOL

Thank you, @acelawrites . . . you have kids?

@acelawrites Unico hijo? Habla espanggol tambien?! Yo hablo y escribo espanggol consultura. Aprendi el lenguaje en el seminaryo. And here I polished my Spanish by speaking to Spanish and latin co-workers.

@antonbunot yes, only one son! Unico hijo.

@antonbunot he has had his ups and downs but he is good at his job

@Hatley Wow, your son must be very successful in his chosen career!

Thanks!

I also have taken their pictures when they were in their teens . . Let me see if I could find it.

Modesty aside, my wife and I are!

@ElizabethWallace I hope she visits you often. Maybe you have grandchildren. We got 7.

@ElizabethWallace Loving and caring grandma!

@antonbunot She has no money for travel. I have two grandsons. Before they moved away, we saw each other often, and I took them on trips in the summer. Bummer.

@Macarrossel You think so?! hehehe . . O, you look great in your profile photo! I guess the vitamins, minerals, calcium, magnesium, uranium you got from that monkey-meat-adobo, you ate, are still working in your body.

@ridingbet Just one child? O, he must have been pampered when he was small!

@antonbunot he is a Mama's boy. hahahaha! precisely because he is alone.

@miniam . . . July 7 is their mom's birthday . . so, a family reunion is always held on her birthday . . and the greatest show on earth (Stampede) is also held on July here in Calgary.

I was also a professional photographer when our children were young . . that is why they have lots of pictures when they were young.

@sol_cee Thanks!

@shivamani10 Wow!

You love to see the transformation . . .

O, they must be 3 beautiful girls . . . Cebuana ladies are beautiful like Ate Pilita Corrales!