Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Cost of Video Transfer/Digitizing Service
I've done some research on getting all the pictures, videos, film, and slides digitized and it will cost at the least $438.95 to get everything done. I'll keep you posted on how it's going.
Labels:
digitizing,
donations,
ebook,
editor,
pdf
Monday, February 21, 2011
Donation Request and PDF of 1990 Memoirs
Hello everyone. For those of you who are interested, I've created a pdf/ebook of the first set of memoirs that I've transcribed from my grandfather's writings. I'm looking for donations to cover the cost of digitizing the huge stack of pictures, videos, slides, and audio tapes that I mentioned in the previous post. I'm in the middle of figuring out what it costs, but I'm assuming that getting the betamax and the slides converted will be expensive. I'll send a copy of the pdf to anyone who donates anything, from $1 to $100. Just use the donation button at the top left of the screen.
Thanks all.
Thanks all.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thank You From the Sibayan Clan
We buried my grandfather a week and a half ago and I've been busy getting my regular life back on track. It was a beautiful ceremony with family and many old friends coming to pay their respects. My mother, Jocelyn Lontok; my uncle Antonio Sibayan, and myself Christopher Lontok gave the eulogies.
He was buried with full military honors along with a 3-volley salute and the playing of Taps.
I especially want to thank those who took the time to email or message me with their condolences. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all the support for the blog and for encouraging me to keep my grandfather's memory alive.
He was buried with full military honors along with a 3-volley salute and the playing of Taps.
I especially want to thank those who took the time to email or message me with their condolences. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all the support for the blog and for encouraging me to keep my grandfather's memory alive.
Labels:
funeral,
Jose Sibayan
Chapter Titles From the 1994-1998 Memoir
A lot of people have expressed an interest in my grandfather's longer 300+ page memoir. Here are the chapter titles, I just need to go about getting them all transcribed. This is where he goes into detail on his days during WWII, the Bataan Death March, Philippine Military Academy, and his time in Vietnam. There's also more detail on his early life. I've transcribed a handful of entries from here, but most of it is still left to go. This memoir goes up to 1970. There is probably more covering his later life, but I have to locate it.
Also, I came across a milk crate of slides, video tapes, film, and audio recordings that he made that I saved after he moved from the house on Wilsky Blvd. I just need to get all that digitized for posterity. Any help on that would be really appreciated!
Also, I came across a milk crate of slides, video tapes, film, and audio recordings that he made that I saved after he moved from the house on Wilsky Blvd. I just need to get all that digitized for posterity. Any help on that would be really appreciated!
Chapter | Page |
Introduction | 1 |
Story of My Life | 5 |
Our Sleeping Time | 7 |
My Grandfather Gavino Bravo | 9 |
My Grandfather Eleuterio Sibayan (Terio) | 11 |
My Father Florencio Sibayan (Inciong) | 12 |
My Mother Victoriana (Toyang & Idot) | 15 |
Raft Riding Down Abra River | 18 |
Mother’s Misfortune | 20 |
Orphan’s Song | 23 |
Pre School Life | 25 |
Early Primitive Life | 26 |
Early School Experiences | 28 |
The School Teachers | 30 |
Unforgettable School Experiences | 35 |
Big Scar on My Shin | 36 |
Industrial Work | 37 |
My High School Days | 39 |
Second Year H.S. | 40 |
Third Year H.S. | 41 |
Chess With Tata Anton | 44 |
Fourth Year H.S. | 47 |
Balik-Bayan in 1993 | 49 |
Dead-End Situation | 50 |
Bangued Memories | 51 |
Ping-Pong | 52 |
Pool | 53 |
Fighting Cocks & Chickens | 54 |
Page | 57 |
Ambition | 58 |
Garden & Plants | 59 |
Nita | 60 |
Mysterious Fire | 62 |
Moro Moro | 63 |
Sarsuela | 66 |
Cine Hawaii | 67 |
Cine Tuazon | 68 |
Piped Water | 69 |
Electricity | 70 |
Radio | 71 |
Road Asphalting | 72 |
Passenger Buses | 72 |
Kite Flying | 74 |
Marbles | 75 |
Gambling | 75 |
A New Hotel Restaurant | 77 |
Manang Conchang | 78 |
Casamata Hill | 79 |
Calaba River Bank | 80 |
Lagangilang | 81 |
Town Fiesta | 83 |
Women of Bangued; Men of Bangued | 91 |
Social Activities | 105 |
Religious Activities | 107 |
Tennis | 114 |
Jojo of Abra | 116 |
Story About How Jojo Became Miss Red Feather ’70 | 120 |
The Miracle About Jojo’s Money | 127 |
Rehabilitation of a Policeman | 130 |
Life in Kiangan | 140 |
As a Soldier in Kiangan | 143 |
Manila Here I Come! | 147 |
Transformation to a New Life | 148 |
As a Working Student | 152 |
Birthday in Antipolo | 153 |
As a Student in FEU | 155 |
How Pat & I Fell in Love | 156 |
Life as a Corporal | 159 |
Unusual Incident With Maj. D. D. Eisenhower | 161 |
My Schooling in FEU | 162 |
My Enrollment as Engr. Student | 164 |
My Enrollment as Law Student; My Sacrifices in Life With Pat | 168 |
Life as a Newly Married Couple | 171 |
WWII Broke Out | 173 |
Our Retreat to Bataan | 176 |
A Big Lizard & Guns | 177 |
Memorial Day May 29, 1995 | 178 |
A Miracle | 181 |
MOSI Post | 181 |
Bataan Peninsula | 183 |
Thru a Burning Forest | 191 |
Jap Looters | 192 |
Herded Into the Rice Fields | 193 |
Drinking Muddy Water | 194 |
Turnip & Sugar Canes | 195 |
Inside Hot Warehouse | 196 |
The Good & The Bad People | 197 |
Guards Killing P.O.W.s | 198 |
Marching Under the Rain | 199 |
Arrival in San Fernando | 200 |
A P.O.W. Dies by My Side | 201 |
Life in the P.O.W. Camp | 202 |
Search for Elix | 203 |
Chess Set | 204 |
Body & Beauty Contest | 204 |
Death of Winners | 205 |
Camp Entertainment | 205 |
Shaved Heads | 206 |
Lining Up For Food | 207 |
Unusual Food for P.O.W.s | 208 |
The Miracle of the Grass Detail | 208 |
The Miracle of San Antonio | 210 |
Another Miracle of the Grass Detail | 211 |
P.O.W. From Abra in the CC | 212 |
Saved by Sulphatizol | 212 |
Released Sick P.O.W. | 213 |
Back to Manila as Ex-P.O.W. | 214 |
Tony’s First Steps | 214 |
Life in a War Torn City | 215 |
Days of Recuperation | 216 |
Recuperation, Ruth-Ann Sick, as Gardener, as Cochero | 216 |
Job as Janitor | 217 |
Job as Civil Service Clerk | 218 |
Evacuation to Bayombong | 219 |
Life in the Province | 220 |
Pat’s Mother & Her Cancer | 221 |
Lined Up to be Executed | 222 |
U.S. Planes on Rizal Day | 224 |
Sad New Year | 224 |
Town Bombed | 225 |
Evacuation | 225 |
Our Return to Town | 226 |
Japs in Town | 227 |
Rounding Up Men in Town | 228 |
Execution of Travelers | 229 |
Evacuation to Apad | 230 |
Pat & I Built Our Hut | 231 |
I Got Lost at Night | 231 |
Life of Evacuees | 232 |
Manna From Heaven | 233 |
My Close Encounter With Death | 234 |
Air Raid Scare & Exodus From Bo. Apad | 235 |
The Jap Death March | 236 |
Six Months in Apad as Evacuees | 237 |
Japs in Touch With Us | 238 |
Liberation of Bayombong | 239 |
My Liberation Job as Chief, Philippine Civilian Aid Unit | 240 |
Mopping Up Operation in Town | 241 |
Return to Manila | 242 |
Back to the Army | 243 |
Memories of Legarda Elementary School Building | 244 |
Reunion With My Father and His Family | 245 |
Tommy Tagudar , The Mystery Man | 246 |
Our Life in Kamuning, Quezon City | 247 |
Our Life in Pandacan, Manila | 248 |
Our Life in Guipit | 249 |
Bar Review & Bar Exam | 250 |
Priestly Intervention | 251 |
A Good Dream | 252 |
Asian Flu | 253 |
Rain During Review | 255 |
A “Tip” on Political Law | 256 |
Round of Blowouts & Parties | 257 |
My Return Party in Pandacan | 258 |
The Raagas-Bravo Party | 259 |
Short Lived Glory as Captain-Attorney | 260 |
Job as a Fighting Lawyer | 261 |
Operations on Mount Pinatubo Against the Huks | 262 |
Assigned as S-2, First Battalion Combat Team | 263 |
Return to Camp Crame | 265 |
Life in Camp Crame | 265 |
Tony’s Activities in Crame | 266 |
Betty’s Activities in Crame | 267 |
Bing in Pandacan | 268 |
Jojo in Pandacan and Crame | 269 |
Toots in Crame & Pandacan | 270 |
Bobby in Action | 271 |
Jun-Bun | 272 |
Betty’s Stay in Lucena | 273 |
Tony in Baguio H.S. | 274 |
Tony Back to Crame | 275 |
Duties as Constabulary Officer | 276 |
Constabulary Officers Course | 277 |
Constabulary NCO’s Course | 278 |
Military Affairs Branch, Judge Advocate Service, P.C. | 279 |
Civil & Criminal Cases With Mrs. Flor | 280 |
Termination of Defamation Case | 281 |
Prosecution Case in Lucena, Quezon | 282 |
Transfer From Crame to Baguio | 283 |
Life in Baguio | 284 |
Tony Passed the PMA Exam | 285 |
Transfer to Fort McKinley (Now Fort Bonifacio) | 286 |
Action O, SND | 287 |
My Three Years Stay in Camp Murphy, Quezon City (Now Camp Aguinaldo) | 288 |
Christian Science Involvement | 289 |
Return to Baguio | 290 |
Life in Camp Henry T. Allen | 291 |
Mr. Terte, The Faith Healer | 292 |
Miraculous Healing By Mr. Terte | 293 |
Graduation of Tony in PMA | 294 |
Last Assignment in GHQ, AFP & Last Days in the PMA | 295 |
Retirement Back to Manila | 296 |
Job in Vietnam as ECOI Employee | 297 |
Life in Vietnam | 298 |
Hamlet Community Project | 299 |
Vietnamese Refugees | 300 |
Pat With Me in Vietnam | 301 |
US AID Property Officer | 302 |
Jojo as Miss Red Feather Philippines | 303 |
Victory Parades in Abra | 304 |
Labels:
Jose Sibayan,
memoir
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