July 24, 1944 (Monday)
Busy the whole day finishing my graduation thesis due tomorrow. Working till late tonight and finally finished writing 26 pages.
Busy the whole day finishing my graduation thesis due tomorrow. Working till late tonight and finally finished writing 26 pages.
Submitted our graduation thesis today—On the Japanese Police System and the Future of the Police Administration in the Philippines and My Impressions of the Police
The Koiso-Yonai cabinet is now in the news limelight. Reshuffles in the government are being made, and the whole nation is following with close interest
Visited Miss Yuriko Gō at her home with Quiambao. She showed us her bonseki [tray-landscape] paintings and demonstrated to us how to do it. It
Judo Party. At Pete Sawada’s place at Kōjimachi, there was a judo party for those of us who take lessons at Kōdōkan: Sison, Duque, Sanvictores
Despedida Party. The Nagasakis gave us (Quiambao, Pena and I) a despedida party at their home tonight. A Japanese Jesuit was there, too. Beautiful Japanese
Mass and communion at St. Theresa’s Church. Stayed all morning at home and in the afternoon visited the Masudas and later the Gos.
GRADUATION. At long last, at 10:00 a.m., our graduation ceremonies were held at the Keisatsu Kōshūjo, and we received our “well-earned” but still “unreadable” diplomas.
Woke up this morning early for our trip to Kamakura, exactly one hour from Tokyo Station. Hachimangū Shrine. A police officer in plainclothes from the
General Cleaning. Today is “general cleaning day” in all Tokyo. Cleaned my room, shined my shoes, and washed my clothes the whole morning. After a
Despedidas. Dropped in at the Takamines to attend a despedida lunch. Tonight attended a small but very enjoyable party at the Gōs, Yuriko wore evening
Lunch at the Daitōa Ministry at Daitōa Kaikan. Received lacquer cigarette set as gift. Despedida Visits. Said goodbye to the Masudas, Maruyamas, Nagasakis, Fr. Hoebbels
Woke up at 5:00 and heard the 6:30 o’clock mass at St. Sofia’s. The Nagasakis were there, too, to pray for my safe return home.
Still in the train on the way to Fukuoka. Missed mass and communion. Our train has been delayed 3 hours, and we nearly passed Hiroshima
Waking up early at 5:00 this morning, we started to get ready for our flight home. All dressed up, I weighed 73 kilos (i.e., 13
Waking up early this morning at 5:00, we proceeded to the offices of the Japan Airways, just a few blocks away from our Yamaume Hotel