Vol 42 Issue 2
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALPHA PHI OMEGA GREATER LOS ANGELES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
February 2022
AN EVERLASTING L OVE LO By Fely Montecillo Shakespeare must have alluded to Brod Tony and Sis Ophel Amon when he wrote Sonnet 116, one of the many sonnets the Bard from Stratford upon Avon had written. I know this is hyperbole but hey! They fulfill all the descriptions about love the great poet has written. The poet says love is unchanging. After 55 years, Brod Tony and Sis Ophel have not changed in their affection for one another. Married in March 5, 1966 at St. Rita’s Parish in Baclaran, they have four offsprings - Bertram, the only son, Daryl Albus, Pamela Ann Hinh, and Angelica Jean Bilich. They now have ten grandchildren. Ka Tony is obviously now a very proud and happy Lolo and father. Ophel too, confesses that, “We feel so fulfilled”.
love is not love Which alters whenit alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove; O no! It is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken, Love is perfect and unchanging, Love is a guiding star, it is not susceptible to time It does not change with hours and weeks, It bears out even to the edge of doom. Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare
Looking back, Brod Tony will never forget the day he met his lady love, Sis Ophel. One day, his friends, the late Brods Dodie Francisco and Boy Jimenez passed by Ka Tony’s family owned grocery and invited him to go with them on a picnic somewhere in Cavite. At the picnic site there he saw the woman who would be his life partner, Sis Ophel. She then invited him to join them in a Barn Party in the residence of the late Brod Dodie Singson. From that time on, he would always be found in the company of APO members. The late Brod Emmy Manlangit was able to convince him to join APO. Thus, started his life long membership to our beloved organization. We can say that their love blossomed in APO and the FEU Campus where Tony was enrolled at the Institute of Technology and Ophel was taking her Business course at the Institute of Business Administration. When they settled down, Brod Tony opened a gasoline station and ran it the best he could. Unfortunately, said business floundered and he had to close it. The end result was a financial problem for the whole family and they were forced to live somewhere in Quiapo under a very tight budget. At that time, he had no job and did not intend to get one until a friend of his convinced him to read a book which focused on getting to know himself better. Brod Tony was now convinced he had to get a job. Difficulties like these happen to families. And those who can’t stand the pressure break up resulting into separation. But not the Amons, Ka Tony was accepted to a pharmaceutical job in Roche where he Continued on page 4