 Lolo Goyo went to school with President Manuel L. Quezon. After he started practicing as a physician, he became Quezon’s personal physician and friend. I know that Tita Aurora Limjoco-Pastor
was Quezon’s god-daughter. In fact, she had two Presidents as her Godparents at her baptism. President Quezon and President Jose Laurel, Sr. MY Godparents were the progeny of these two Presidents. Aurora “Baby” Quezon; my Godmother; was the daughter of President Quezon and, my Godfather was the son of President Jose Laurel, Congressman Jose P. Laurel Jr.
Lolo was a good brother and as soon as he could he paid for the schooling of his younger brother Angel Sr., whose son Angel Jr. years later became Securities Exchange Commissioner, of the Philippines, and was also shrewd businessman.
I learned the meaning of “utang na luub” ( gratitude) from the people who came years after his death with gifts of whatever they had, fruits, pigs, chickens, vegetables, food from the sea, because my Lolo had treated their father, or other family members. Even when their own relative was also long dead they felt “utang na luub” towards my Lolo. It was these humble people I learned that term, and pride over his
generosity would spill down to us grandchildren who never knew him. I was always very proud to say that I was Lolo’s granddaughter, though he was dead when I was born.
Even when I was only 9 and 10 I was already asking Lola Feling what he was like. And she would recall that she was so proud to have him as a suitor in those convivial days. She even giggled like a little girl, she was so very proud of him, and apparently he spoiled her whims shamlessly...grin.
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DjL with Aurora Quezon and then Congressman Jose Laurel, Jr. her godparents at baptism.
