The Day Hector Garcia and His Family Helped the Perpetual Village 5 HA President, Louie Eguia
Posted on Monday, 8 February 2016
The
Day Hector Garcia and His Family Helped the
Perpetual
Village 5 HA President, Louie Eguia
By Apolinario Villalobos
When the unpaved roads of the Perpetual
Village 5 was finally completed, courtesy of the City government of Bacoor
City, flaws were discovered such as the low-grade asphalt that was used to fill
the gaps of sections, and which practically cracked and broken into pieces in
time, and the dangerous wide-gapped corners that endanger maneuvering cars,
especially, vans and garbage trucks. Two garbage trucks almost lost their
balance while maneuvering the corner along Fellowship and Unity Streets.
The anticipated dangers due to the
precarious corners were brought to the attention of the contractor when the
project was near completion, but to no avail. Understandably, he was
constrained by the allocated budget that was allowed only for the approved
width, thickness, and length of the roads in the subdivision. Rather than wait
for mishaps to occur, the President of the Perpetual Village 5, Louie Eguia,
decided to make use of the meager fund of the association.
As expected, Hector Garcia and the
available members of his family volunteered to help – his wife Angie, daughter
Mara, son-in-law Jet, and even the latter’s household “stewardess”, Ting. From eight in the morning up to almost noon,
the small group toiled under the searing heat of the sun. Even Mara who was on
day -off and the lean and young “stewardess” Ting, took turns in mixing cement,
gravel, and sand. Jet, who just arrived home from an overnight job also shook
off the fatigue from lack of sleep. With a wheelbarrow, Hector tediously, made
several trips to the Multi-purpose Hall for the pre-mixed cement and gravel,
while Louie, though, suffering from skin allergies from the prickly heat, untiringly
did his part.
I have already blogged the Garcia couple
due to their unselfish “habit”, worthy of emulation. The habit practically runs
in the family which also contaminated their house help, Ting, whom I lovingly
call “the stewardess”. They talk less, but work more, and this habit made them
click with the equally man of few words, Louie, their homeowners’ association
president.
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