Guatambu Dinning Table

January 19, 1997 (Sunday)

Mir, wife of a worker, brought her new born baby to Panorama to visit us.

The husband is away for 5 days already.

January 21, 1997 (Tuesday)

Bought a Guatambu wooden dining table set with 4 chair this morning at 8:30 AM.

Our newly rented flat has no furniture. 

Graduation from Dressmaking Course

10 January 1997 Friday Graduation from Dressmaking Course

Yenny Barreto, the wife of City Mayor Carlos Barreto gave out the graduation certificates to each graduate student.

One of the effort the local government tried to reduce poverty and increase wealth is encourage ladies perform productive activities such as selling food products, running a convenience store and a newspaper kiosk, selling clothes, operating a hairdressing salon, tailoring and selling school uniforms, etc. This tailoring class is one of the major courses offered by the city government in providing the necessary skill to the female.

Together with  Mirta, I brought Xing around  6:30 P.M to her graduation.

Children are prohibited but Xing stumbled and his lips swollen.

When it was about to start at 8:00 P.M suddenly it rained. The event moved inside.

Shirley has a  photograph with Yenny Barreto, the wife of Intendente Carlos Barreto.

After the graduation we went directly to hospital for check up of Xing.

Edificio Panorama (Panorama Building)

6th January 1997

Today we finalized with Panorama Building at USD450 per month we rent a apartment in this building.

Our office is also in this same building but at 2nd Block. 1st Block is where we stay.

Panorama Building or Edificio Panorama is located at Avda Carlos A. Lopez. Ciudad del Este.

Days earlier on January 04, 1997 (Saturday), we bought an iron tube frame white bed completed with mattress in abasto. Its U.S$ 350.00, expensive but there is not much choice in that furniture shop. The slightly cheaper alternative I does not like is the wooden bed set complete with side cabinet which was Shirley's favorite. But that type of hotel like bed is old fashion, clumsy, and to big a set to occupy most of the room space with unnecessary side drawers and cabinets.

New Year 1997

January 01, 1997 (Wednesday)


It’s New Years Day. we went to Km 34 together with Vilda and Luis, Juliana's family for swimming. We brought cooked food. After rodeo Nilsa came with us to our new flat for the night.

Luis and taxi neighbor sent us to panorama using Quintana's car. On the way we saw a drunken truck driver. His driving is already zigzag and bombing the white car. After that he shoot to the white car and then we saw the white car driving backward and stop on the side waiting for the car to come again.

While passing to their car our driver drive it faster.

January 04, 1997 (Saturday) We bought a white iron fram bed in abasto  U.S$ 350.00.