My Baby Book, part 3

STILL on the baby book, there was some information on my baptism, and an unusually detailed listing of the gifts that were given to me and by whom.

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I was christened

by: Fr. Dominic Bao, O.P.

church: UST Chapel

place: España, Manila

date: March 5, 1978

My godparents are: Tito Edgar [Guanco]

Tita Pacita [Flores]

What did I get? (on my baptismal day)

GIFTS GIVEN BY

Blue and yellow socks with Lolo and Lola (Sampaloc)

small bells

Two blue plastic panties Tita Ninang

Three sandos and one set Tito Ninong

printed pants and sando

One dinner set Tito Babes, Tita Tis and Atom

Six diapers and six bibs Tito Jun and Tita Tess

One yellow plastic panty Tita Y-dette

One set sweater, socks Raymond and Katherine Factora

and bonnet

One photo album Tita Ayi and Imelda (Mama's officemates)

One set printed sando Tita Nora Javier

and pants

Two sets sando and Tito Noel and Tita Pet Solim[a]n

pants

This beautiful baby book Tita Caring

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The one thing that struck me when reading this was that I received three panties as gifts.  I guess I should be thankful that they at least were not colored pink (2 blue, 1 yellow).  Seriously, I think that was the generic term for underwear at that time.  One of my earliest memories was of Tita Helen telling me, "Tanggalin mo na iyang panty mo at lalabhan ko na!"

A glance at the names of the givers makes me realize how really long ago that event was.  Lolo and Lola Sampaloc were both still alive.  Atom (who was a baby himself back then) was still the only child of Uncle Babes and Tita Lucille.  Tito Jun and Tita Tess were still together, and Jet-jet wasn't even born yet.  I never knew Tito Pax and Tita Dedeth (parents of Raymond and Kitty) sent me gifts.  I guess the extended family links go back a long way.  I still occasionally hear Mama and Papa mentioning the other names in the list, but from what I gather, most of them are already outside of the country.