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Mark Salvatus on Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan

was still studying advertising in college in the early 2000s when, one fateful evening, I decided to go to the opening of an art exhibition with my classmates. The show was for a painting competition in Manila and the award ceremony was that night. We were hanging out at a table with some food and drinks when a man came to us with a plate in his hand. He was tall and had long hair. He asked us. The man was named Alfredo Aquilizan.

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