Goa, Camarines Sur. Manoy Emong just passed the board exams for civil enginnering. He became one of the first professionals in the clan. My father was actually the first. He became a Certified Public Acountant (CPA) in the 50's, before I was born.
In this photo (taken in the 60's), Manoy Emong with Papa, Embet (my only brother) and ako. I think this was taken by Kikoy Paronda, one of ONLY two professional photographers in Goa at that time.
There were hardly any consumer-grade cameras then. If you wanted pictures taken, you hired a pro.
Life, then, was that simple.
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We also have this kind of printed picture in my hometown. I can recognize the the texture of the paper used :). I remember my great grandmother saying once that she wanted all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren to be professionals. My father said that back then, it was a measure of success. Then I figured why all houses posted names of their family members who are professionals. Those posted names really caught my eye because I found them to be creepy. I thought those were to commemorate dead people!
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