A Tribute to EDGARDO TABONES Jr.
Yes, he is a real person and yes, he is not a make believe character made from my mind. Who is he? Well, he was a classmate of mine back in first year high school. Many or most of my batchmates in Marist might have already forgotten him. Even I, one of his close friends, before he left Marist, admit that there have been months or even years since I have last thought of him. This blog is dedicated in memory of him.
To give a brief background about him, based on my memory, the earliest I can remember of him was the accident (incident) that happened to him when we are in grade 5. He fell a flight of stairs and landed face first. I forgot if someone had pushed him and who. Anyway, I wasn't able to see the incident. When I arrived at the area, I found out that he was already sent (carried) to the clinic. The only mark recognizable is the pool of red blood on the floor. Later, we learned that he had lost most of his upper front permanent teeth. The only teeth left was his canine teeth.
In first year highschool, I was fortunate to be of close friend to him. He might be the laughing stock of our class, but he didn't care. He even made his misfortune to his side to make friends. Since he is lacking teeths, he would like to imitate Rene Requiestas; his laugh, his expressions, everything. Even though I pity him, he does not fail to make me smile. I'm not sure if he pretends to be slow, or he is really slow. Regarding academics, he was slow enough. He was kicked out of Marist due to his poor grades. Rumors has it that he transferred to Roosevelt College. Since then, I never heard of him.
One morning, during breakfast, out of the blue, I remembered him. Not sure why I come across of thinking of him, but later that day, I would find out. I wonder "musta na kya si Tabones?". Later that morning, during assembly time, our principal announced that a former Marist student passed away. His name was Edgardo Tabones Jr. I wonder if thinking of him earlier that moring was because he was making me feel of his presence or just a very unlikely coincidence.
I am now writing this because, after years of not thinking of him, my mind wondered far again and remembered him. Was I feeling his presence again? I write this so no one would forget him.
"Wishing you happiness in the presence of our Lord"
To give a brief background about him, based on my memory, the earliest I can remember of him was the accident (incident) that happened to him when we are in grade 5. He fell a flight of stairs and landed face first. I forgot if someone had pushed him and who. Anyway, I wasn't able to see the incident. When I arrived at the area, I found out that he was already sent (carried) to the clinic. The only mark recognizable is the pool of red blood on the floor. Later, we learned that he had lost most of his upper front permanent teeth. The only teeth left was his canine teeth.
In first year highschool, I was fortunate to be of close friend to him. He might be the laughing stock of our class, but he didn't care. He even made his misfortune to his side to make friends. Since he is lacking teeths, he would like to imitate Rene Requiestas; his laugh, his expressions, everything. Even though I pity him, he does not fail to make me smile. I'm not sure if he pretends to be slow, or he is really slow. Regarding academics, he was slow enough. He was kicked out of Marist due to his poor grades. Rumors has it that he transferred to Roosevelt College. Since then, I never heard of him.
One morning, during breakfast, out of the blue, I remembered him. Not sure why I come across of thinking of him, but later that day, I would find out. I wonder "musta na kya si Tabones?". Later that morning, during assembly time, our principal announced that a former Marist student passed away. His name was Edgardo Tabones Jr. I wonder if thinking of him earlier that moring was because he was making me feel of his presence or just a very unlikely coincidence.
I am now writing this because, after years of not thinking of him, my mind wondered far again and remembered him. Was I feeling his presence again? I write this so no one would forget him.
"Wishing you happiness in the presence of our Lord"
posted by Duke Xander at 7:53 PM
1 Comments:
hey thanks for posting that, thats my brother your talkin about
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