I write this at 9:15 PM July 21st as there was no time after the movies of Lady Hamilton and ______. As my vertigo does not seem to disappear (only on sudden head movements) I have cancelled all appointments except urgent ones and devoted myself to planning and...
Marcos Diaries
July 19, 1970
I write this as I wait for the guests to leave from the inner dining room. Guests are Vincent Recto and wife [Offie] and Zita Feliciano. But I continue this at 12:55 AM as I had to project some of the 8 mm. films for them. Spent the whole morning in bed luxuriously...
July 18, 1970
Have started to exercise as I used to except for the jogging as I am still feeling giddy and sudden head movements still bring about dizziness. Spoke before the Radio-TV Broadcasters at DBP [Development Bank of the Philippines] and referred to the Margaret Ravenholt...
July 17, 1970
Feeling much better so I exercised upon waking up at 9:00 AM. But the light-headedness is still there and sudden swift movements of the head specially to the right brings in a wave of dizziness. Met with the ways and means committee of the House under Cong. [Natalio]...
July 16, 1970
Woke up at 5:30 AM but went back to bed as I was still dizzy and I felt sore in all my muscles. So I slept until 9:00 AM. Forced myself to stand up, clean up after the toilet and notwithstanding my soreness, dressed up in a gray suit and rose tie. Attended to my...
July 15, 1970
12:55 AM July 17, 1970 as I could not write at all since I was in bed from 7:00 PM till morning of the 16th Worked hard today. In addition to my regular schedule, met in a luncheon-caucus with the congressmen. Asked for unity and alertness. But they cried appointments...
July 14, 1970
Clark Air Force Base for the awarding of the trophies in the 5th Fighter Wing (Phil. Air Force) under Gen. [Jose] Rancudo and the 405 Fighter Wing, 13th Air Force (U.S.) under Col. Brown. Lt. Gen. [Marvin] McNikle, CG [Commanding General] of the 13th and his Vice...
July 13, 1970
Met Carl Mydans, the war correspondent and photographer, who after the conference on the South Cotabato cultural minority imbroglio (Datu Mafalen and his four wives) said he was touched by the way in which I handled the crisis. He has been here two days with Manda...
July 12, 1970
11:40 AM—I am writing this for July 12th on July 13th because Imelda and I had to talk of our plans after the PIA (Philippine Institute of Architects) at Savoy Went to Laguna on the survey of the South Superhighway, then the possible transfer of the II PC [Philippine...
July 11, 1970
Worked on the details of the four-year development program. Studied the Toyota offer for manufacturing automobile parts here for 60% of the market of 30,000 automobiles annually. Met [Ricardo] Carding Silverio on his logging, Komatsu. Lunch with Vicente Manansala, my...