Esso Limpin Tribute

I am still in Daly City. I am staying in m.Terry's house since Friday morning. The funeral service was Monday morning, yesterday. Many of Esso's friends and relatives shared their memories of Esso.
It was touching ... really heartfelt testimonies. I shared some of my own as well. I am keeping in my memory all of the impressions that I heard; I shall share them with you soon. This way you will have a glimpse of who Esso was to people he touched during his brief journey on earth. Friends who surf the waves with him for the past 20 years ... fellow workers who worked with him for the past 20 years ... drinking buddies who hangout with him ... cousins .. consoling each other ... it was a heavy feeling... I will tell you more .. God willing I should be back home to Calgary after the
"pa -siyam" on Thursday . God bless you all and let us find comfort with each other who love Esso....but most of all let us find comfort in the peace of God. Esso is with God even when he was on Earth ... He found God in the abundance of God's creation ... the gentle waves of the mighty sea!
Peace man ..... uncle/lolo rodl

I can never forget how at a very young age Esso took care of Troy and Uncle Lambert. We would still be sleeping in our beds in the wee hours of the morning Esso would be downstairs in the hollow blocks washing clothes, and up on the roof of the garage even before the sun was up, to beat Auntie Sabet, who of course only falls off the roof .... to make sampay and get the best spots for their clothes dry. Then off he goes to the gym to play basketball. when he comes back he chases me around with sweaty kili-kili forcing my arm up to wipe it ... eeewww dugyot!!! Esso, you will always be in our hearts.

Yes Tets, I remember vividly. Sometimes I can even feel the Baguio weather. It was during those Charlie's Angels days (i played Sabrina!) that we'd team up and play gun-gun. I had a small paltik (fake of course) and Esso had this big wooden shotgun, that Auntie Sabet uses to pounce on the tails of our little friends. Esso would be the last man standing as he'd be hiding outside the window or climbing who knows what and where!
When Esso'd be a neat freak, he'd be scrubbing the floors in brower and then he'd bend down and check if the floor was evenly scrubbed. haha
But mostly I remember that handsome face, that girls were swooning after ... especially if he had eyeliners on. Thats my guapo insan! - Mia