In going through my PC I found some photos...The two of Rizza I, where I am in a blue short were taken in front of our main mill, as soon as we flew down from Manila, about 6 days after I retired from the IDF, in July of 2007.
The marriage photo is from our civil wedding. I first married her in 1999, when she was 15, in a Jewish religious service. In the Philippines, Christians (and in this case Jews) may only marry at age 18 and above and until age 25 need both parents' permission. Rizza had just turned 18 and we married in the Philippines so that she would be legally married there as well as in Israel. The Mayor of our town San Francisco (San Franz), who at the time was Mayor Lademora Jr (it rotates between him, his sister, and one of Rizza's uncles) performed the ceremony.
The Lademoras aren't Cebuanos like most Bisaya, they are Ilonggos and only came to San Franz in 1988. Carlos Sr, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Constabulary- the now defunct counterinsurgency force- moved to our valley to escape a War Crimes trial for exterminating an entire village (Lieutenant Colonel Carlos "Charlie" Lademora Sr). Listening to his son start whining about Jesus was surreal. There is supposed to be a separation of Church and State here but in reality the separation is non-existent.
The last photo is me during my Winter of 2011 trip to New York City. The difference after the stress of Interferon Treatment and subsequently losing Rizza took a toll on me I suppose. I seem to gave aged 20 years.
The marriage photo is from our civil wedding. I first married her in 1999, when she was 15, in a Jewish religious service. In the Philippines, Christians (and in this case Jews) may only marry at age 18 and above and until age 25 need both parents' permission. Rizza had just turned 18 and we married in the Philippines so that she would be legally married there as well as in Israel. The Mayor of our town San Francisco (San Franz), who at the time was Mayor Lademora Jr (it rotates between him, his sister, and one of Rizza's uncles) performed the ceremony.
The Lademoras aren't Cebuanos like most Bisaya, they are Ilonggos and only came to San Franz in 1988. Carlos Sr, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Constabulary- the now defunct counterinsurgency force- moved to our valley to escape a War Crimes trial for exterminating an entire village (Lieutenant Colonel Carlos "Charlie" Lademora Sr). Listening to his son start whining about Jesus was surreal. There is supposed to be a separation of Church and State here but in reality the separation is non-existent.
The last photo is me during my Winter of 2011 trip to New York City. The difference after the stress of Interferon Treatment and subsequently losing Rizza took a toll on me I suppose. I seem to gave aged 20 years.