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Article: Ferdie's full house Longtime suburban resident supports struggling Philippine relatives.(Series: The Philippines: Arc of the islanders)(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2005
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Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Staff Writer
CALOOCAN CITY, Philippines - Women and children move excitedly about this two-story yellow house on the outskirts of Manila because Fernando "Ferdie" Aguilar is visiting his childhood home.
He points to a young mother fanning herself on the front porch, his niece, Nadia Tiong.
"She's the comedian in the family," he says.
She takes that as her comic cue, as well as an opportunity to sum up the mood of the house's inhabitants.
"Do you want to come live with us - you will laugh all day long," she says. "We are never serious in this place. That's why we look so young."
But ...