12-9-21, ACTUALLY RECONSTRUCTING MY JOURNEY WITH MODEL BOATS ORIGINALLY IN ANOTHER BLOG THAT WAS CLOSED. LOVE AFFAIR WITH MODEL BOATS ---------------------------- I WAS PROBABLY 8 (1958) WHEN MY WE SPENT SUMMER IN CEBU CITY WITH MY COUSINS. THE APARTMENT HAD A SMALL "POOL" AT THE BACK TO HOLD WATER PUMPED FROM THE GROUND. A NEIGHBOR HAD THIS LITTLE TOY BOAT BARELY 8"LONG BUT BATTERY OPERATED. THAT GOT ME. WHEN I RETURNED HOME TO ZAMBOANGA CITY, THAT IMAGE OF A MODEL BOAT RUNNING IN POOL WAS STUCK IN MY MIND. THEN I SAW A TOY BOAT THAT WAS NOT BATTERY OPERATED BUT FRICTION DRIVEN. I BOUGHT IT. A STRING WAS PULLED TO SPIN A FLYWHEEL. I REMEMBER I WENT TO A NEARBY RIVER ALONE AND RUN IT BY THE BANK. THE FIRST HAND CARVED BOAT I BUILT. ---------------------------------- IN 1962, OUR FAMILY MOVED FROM CANELAR-MORET TO A NEW HOUSE ALONG CANELAR STREET. MY MOTHER WAS THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AT BURLEIGH SCHOOL AND EARLIER, I CHANCED UPON AN AMERICAN BOOK, "BOATS