Raul Roco, Eddie Chow, The Fallen 44 and Sgt. Leynes

THE other evening, Wednesday, in Club Filipino, we launched “Honorary Woman -- The Life of Raul S. Roco,” on his 10th death anniversary. It was written by wheelchaired Conrad de Quiros, present, not all that well, but in high spirits.

I was a year ahead of Raul in AB and Law in San Beda. Attendance in the Club launch was very good but there was no time for me to say a few words; I had to meet a human rights class. Widow Sonia had invited me to say something, quoting Antoine St. Exupery. But, it was in his Little Prince that I read in 1967 -- do not speak, for words can be the cause of misunderstandings. So I did not speak on the run and instead dashed off to school.