Meet The Thordies!
First of, you may be wondering why we call ourselves "The Thordies". Our patriarch was once part of the population of Overseas Contract Workers (now known as Overseas Filipino Workers) who set out for the Middle East armed with a firm hope of a better future.
Back in the eighties, compact discs were non-existent and the latest techie audio machine was the radio cassette player. Our father had one of those that probably helped ease his loneliness in Libya. He regularly sent recorded voice messages on blank tapes. Being young kids then, it was the next best thing to hear our father's voice compared to expensive overseas phone calls.
Along with these voice recording tapes were his Beatles and Elvis Presley mix tapes. On each side of the tape, he fervently wrote RAFFY THORDY with his signature letter A that looked like a star. He was known as Thordy to his overseas peers.
Fast forward to the nineties....
1996
This picture was taken one night in November while we took a break from our silly scary story telling session. That was also the first time we called ourselves "The Thordies".
I guess we were just so happy with this picture that we still attempt to take a picture of us siblings donning the same pose every Christmas or New Year.
2004
2005
2006
2008 - Lloyd was with our mom in the hospital, looking after our dad.
Gene, Yenne's husband, became the impromptu replacement for his spot.
See how we have changed? We are still a happy family with a bond that became tighter over the yeas. This blog is intended to be one of the elements of this bond. We share a common interest for writing, camera whoring, and the internet. Now with Mom also writing online, we see this site as a melting pot of sorts of the diverse thoughts from our beautiful minds.
Stay tuned for more of our writings. We hope to know more of you, too!
Back in the eighties, compact discs were non-existent and the latest techie audio machine was the radio cassette player. Our father had one of those that probably helped ease his loneliness in Libya. He regularly sent recorded voice messages on blank tapes. Being young kids then, it was the next best thing to hear our father's voice compared to expensive overseas phone calls.
Along with these voice recording tapes were his Beatles and Elvis Presley mix tapes. On each side of the tape, he fervently wrote RAFFY THORDY with his signature letter A that looked like a star. He was known as Thordy to his overseas peers.
Fast forward to the nineties....
1996
This picture was taken one night in November while we took a break from our silly scary story telling session. That was also the first time we called ourselves "The Thordies".
I guess we were just so happy with this picture that we still attempt to take a picture of us siblings donning the same pose every Christmas or New Year.
2004
2005
2006
2008 - Lloyd was with our mom in the hospital, looking after our dad.
Gene, Yenne's husband, became the impromptu replacement for his spot.
See how we have changed? We are still a happy family with a bond that became tighter over the yeas. This blog is intended to be one of the elements of this bond. We share a common interest for writing, camera whoring, and the internet. Now with Mom also writing online, we see this site as a melting pot of sorts of the diverse thoughts from our beautiful minds.
Stay tuned for more of our writings. We hope to know more of you, too!
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