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72 anyos na lolo, ginagapang ang pag-aaral ng bunsong anak | Motorcycle Diaries

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  • Daily work routine (Lolo Vidal, age 62)

    • Goes to the quarry every morning after breakfast.
    • Works most days, including Sundays, and typically stops mainly when it rains.
    • His quarry routine includes:
      • Driving iron coins (tools) into Adobe stone walls to break stone.
      • Knocking larger rocks into smaller pieces using a mallet, before selling/transport.

  • Long-term livelihood & experience

    • Lolo Vidal started quarrying in the 1970s and formally opened a quarry in 1984.
    • He describes how mining conditions changed over time, including shifts in tools, labor intensity, and costs.

  • Health and safety realities

    • The work involves real risks:
      • Small metal fragments and rock pieces can fly off and hit his body.
      • He warns that edges can break off if cut incorrectly and strike him.
    • Safety is limited:
      • He works barefoot, saying his foot skin has endured the work “by the grace of God” since 1974.
      • He advises extra care so his “weapon”/tools don’t get damaged by rocks.
    • He acknowledges that his body is not as strong as when he was younger.

  • Family support & shared labor

    • Around age 33, he shifted some work to help his son Ricky, who also quarrying stones.
    • Ricky’s family also supports themselves through quarrying.
    • They use a team system to load trucks, with multiple people coordinating to fill and load one truck.

  • Work schedule with transportation

    • Loading/transport happens about twice per week.
    • Trucks pass through Quing to buy/transport stones.
    • When trucks need to be filled:
      • If a truck arrives around 5 PM, they try to finish so the truck isn’t left empty.
      • Sometimes they leave money to cover filling if they can’t finish in time.

  • Food/yard routine

    • When not quarrying, Lolo Vidal handles small responsibilities at home, including:
      • Helping grow food.
      • Feeding animals (for example, caring for a cow).
      • Buying bananas is also mentioned.

  • Education as motivation (Denis / youngest remaining with him)

    • Lolo Vidal’s wife passed away about three years earlier, reportedly due to goitre.
    • He has six children; the youngest, Denis, is the one still living with him.
    • Denis is in the 2nd year of BS Biology.
    • Lolo Vidal pushes for Denis to keep studying, enduring quarry work to support the goal.
    • Denis describes his father as:
      • Hard-working and supportive of his education.
      • Possibly forced to work due to poverty, even at an older age.

  • Purpose and future promise

    • Denis hopes completing his course will “repay” his father’s sacrifice.
    • Both Denis and Lolo Vidal emphasize determination to continue despite age and hardship.
    • Lolo notes he may not last much longer, but he will keep going as long as he can.

  • Closing lifestyle message

    • The narration ends with a theme that life’s journey can start to feel less tiring over time—connected to continuing movement and effort.

Notable locations, people, and items mentioned

  • Locations: Teresa Rizal, Quing
  • People: Lolo Vidal, Ricky (son), Denis (youngest child, BS Biology student)
  • Materials/products: Adobe stone (quarried to support livelihood; used for structures like church walls/dikes)
  • Tools/work terms: iron coins, hammer(s), mallet, quarrying stones, truck hauling
  • Health reference: goitre (cause of wife’s death mentioned)

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