Imee and Irene arrived by PAL [Philippine Air Lines] at 8:45 PM from Bangkok and London.
Irene is taller but slimmer. Imee is prettier and more confident. Both are fairer and more demonstrative. They apparently have minds of their own.
Pugger (Snow white), Sue Ann and their three puppies, all be-ribboned, were at the head of the main stairs waiting for them. Of course they looked cute and cuddly.
Imelda and I have certainly missed our children. But the stay in England has done them good.
They are still at the State Dinning Room exchanging stories after trying out the pastries from Fortnum and Mason of London which the children brought home for us. I tried the cinnamon and almonds. Before dinner we heard mass at the chapel below.
Imee says she does not feel like a University in England. Cambridge is for Math and Oxford is for Law. And she does not intend to take up law. But there is a great university, Sussex. Its only drawback is that it is known for drugs.
Mayfield is costlier than Ascot although the latter is more “posh.” And Mayfield looks down on Worth. Bongbong should hear this. “The boys of Worth have good manners. That is all you can say about them,” say the girls of Mayfield.
Worked for five hours straight on the papers piled high on my table (12:00-5:00 PM) so the bedroom would look neat for the children’s arrival.
Imelda has been working on the rooms of the girls for a week touching them up and throwing away the excess collections. The electronic equipment alone of Bongbong and Irene filled the entire long family dining table.
But all the three rooms now look smart and neat.
The typhoon (Oniang) has left the Philippines but another typhoon or tropical storm (anything with winds below 65 kilometers an hour is called a tropical storm and one with winds above that a typhoon).
Gov. [Benjamin] Romualdez is now in Washington without notice to Amb. [Ramon]
No Official Gazette entry for this day.
Nolan and [Ernesto] Lagdameo so that he may work effectively on the sugar quota question now pending with the senate which has through some of its Finance Committee members threatened to farther cut the quota by another 10% from the 10% cut of the House.
Sangley Point development.
Increase in the salaries of Probationary Lieutenants Cadets and Trainees.
Pakistan-Indian conflict on the East Bengal border.
Free Trade Zone.
Kiram heirs.
Political matters including Ilocos Norte.
Speech before the World Congress of University Presidents tomorrow.