Living Up To the Family Name

Having been part of a very noble and disciplined family is a very big responsibility. You should follow what your family has done well and what they have strictly been following since your ancestors were ever born.
In other words you should “live up to the family name”.
Here is a simple story I wrote about a family, who never thought of losing success in life. Let us see what happens in this simple story I wrote entitled… “LIVING UP TO THE FAMILY NAME”.
Discipline, love and care for their relatives and their people is a family trait that the natives have remembered of a very influential family, the Makalates. They lived in a small but very proud town also named after them (it was named after their first governor, Hon. Andionicio Protenciano Perfecto Makalate Sr.).
The Makalates have reigned this beautiful town for already 5 centuries! They actually had the bloodline of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the successful colonizer and first Governor-general of the Philippines. Due to Spanish influence and blood, the Makalates have governed many different towns and many provinces. But by the time the Spaniards were thrown out of the Philippines, the Makalates were also destroyed and their reputation, devastated. But still, some remained and weren’t affected by the end of the Spanish regime (because of political reasons). And the last of the Makalates, which were one of the remaining family members, who remained only because of corruption, was the family of the present mayor of Makalate, Mayor Andionicio Protenciano Perfecto Makalate III. He had a very very beautiful wife, Madame Menesquieta Nepomucenang R. Makalate.
The town people usually call them, Mayor Andoy and Madame Nenang. The couple accepts what the town people calls them, but only these things. What do I mean by, “but only these things”. The couple were very cruel, they would scold the town people without any reason and accuse them with crimes they didn’t even dare do. The people were treated like vermin ! But actually, only the couple are like these. Their 7 sons and daughters were the other way around. They were very much like their ancestors, well disciplined, cares for other people and most of all loves one another.
Their family owned businesses, most of which involved restaurants and fast food outlets. And the most successful business of theirs, which is their main source of money and income is their very famous restaurant, Italianos de Legaspi.
One day, Mayor Andoy was driving up to their Italianos de Legaspi restaurant. When he reached there, he almost scolded all his people . He asked why the robbers stole all the money in the restaurant including all the valuable utensils and antiques (there was robbery the night before). In my opinion, why would he ask this question to his people when his people do not know what the robber was thinking when he robbed the restaurant. The mayor was so angry that he called for all the police in the town for the immediate search for the robber.
For four months the investigation went on. Mayor Andoy’s money were all used up just for one robbery, I mean, he just wasted his money for one crime?! Suddenly, all pf the Mayor’s money dried up, their restaurant was a wreck and their other businesses turned down to bankruptcy. Their family’s life went into total devastation. In one blink of an eye, all of the Makalate’s savings and possessions went into “sudden death”.
Then, Mayor Andoy was forced to resign because of the town people’s numerous protests about his forced search to all the town people’s houses without any search warrant and many other cruel things that the couple did to their people.
Their family went into serious poverty. All their belongings were confiscated by the government with a reason they did not know. In the end, Mang Andoy and Aling Nenang (former mayor and first lady) , left their sons and daughters to an orphanage, pretending they weren’t alive anymore so that they wouldn’t lose face to the people.
So you see, life could be so challenging. Everyday you face challenges you didn’t ever expect would happen…’til then……………………..BYE!