Uncle Porferio

Uncle Porping was the least known uncle of the Rosete grandchildren. I have vague memories of him. He could have been the Jimmy Dean character of the Rosete. Jimmy Dean was the rebel without a cause. He had slick black hair coated with pomade.

Uncle Porping might just be Jimmy Dean. I could barely remember his face but this I know - his daughter Eva is his spitting image. I grew up knowing more of Auntie Virgie, his wife. She was full of stories of Uncle Porping and she gladly passed this on to us. I remember Marianela, their other daughter who was born with a congenital hip dislocation. She had to wear a hip spica cast young as she was then.
The difficult part of reminiscing - I'm left with "could have been, should have been might have been". The beauty of technology especially with the advent of digitals and photoshops. Everything is instantaneous. On the other hand, in the absence of clear proof, i.e. pictures, one is left to imagine and rely on second hand information. Ngem you retain the myth and the mystery of the characters.
Stories about Uncle Porping and the lesser known uncles and aunties will continuously evolve as long as the likes of us will keep on reminiscing. Adda met bassit siguro nga "story telling a lie" ngem kasta latta itti methodology to pass the torch on to the younger set. Aglagip nga pinirmi tapno saan nga malipatan.