July 14, 1944 (Friday)
Counsellor Lavides left for Fukuoka this morning on his way to the Philippines. I entrusted to him the two pearl rings which I bought at… Read More »July 14, 1944 (Friday)
Counsellor Lavides left for Fukuoka this morning on his way to the Philippines. I entrusted to him the two pearl rings which I bought at… Read More »July 14, 1944 (Friday)
At Baron Masuda’s Place. Tonight I visited Maning Laurel who is boarding at Baron Masuda’s home at Kojimachi. He just left the hospital this morning… Read More »July 13, 1944 (Thursday)
Tokyo Central Wholesale Market (Tokyo-to Chūō Oroshiuri Shijō). At 2:00 p.m. today we visited this huge wholesale market near the Sumida River. Fresh supplies of… Read More »July 12, 1944 (Wednesday)
Went with Pepito A. Santos to Ginza to shop at Mikimoto’s pearl shop where we stayed nearly two hours breaking our heads trying to pick… Read More »July 11, 1944 (Tuesday)
National Library at Ueno. Spent this Sunday morning at the Ueno National Library, going over the rows of index cards to see what English books… Read More »July 9, 1944 (Sunday)
The Japanese evening papers published the news of the bombing of Kyushu by American B-29’s at 2:00 this morning. There was, however, no alert alarm… Read More »July 8, 1944 (Saturday)
Attended class this morning, but my knee was still bad. Visited Felix Marzan, the kababayan, at a downtown Ueno restaurant to talk to him about… Read More »July 7, 1944 (Friday)
Stayed home the whole day still with a bad stomach and a swollen knee. Finished reading Drama of the Pacific and started to read Japanese… Read More »July 6, 1944 (Thursday)
Stayed the whole day in bed sick with a bad stomach and a sprained (or strained) left knee which happened while doing judo the other… Read More »July 5, 1944 (Wednesday)