3 Responses to “Galo Ador Jr., 1969-2008”

1. jose mari Lee on March 17th, 2008 8:32 pm

   Apparently, Ador was a carnivore and ate meat all the time.
   He was also a chain-smoker (some writers cannot write without smoking) and liked to drink as well. Mahilig daw ito magluto at kumain.

   With a job that keeps you seated at your desk daily for hours on end, a regular exercise daily must be imposed on oneself.
   One-and-a-half hours daily could make a big difference. Specially for writers. In my case, I swim or jog, and while doing this, I can still think of the story I’m writing. In fact, getting out of your desk for a while could trigger more ideas and you get the required oxygenation of your blood at the same time. May not work for someone doing drawings but one should just get up and exercise for 1 or 1 1/2 hours daily for his own good.

   Ador was 28. It is such a shame losing one’s life so early. He could have done more to entertain the masses through his writings.

   Same thing happened to writers and artists before my generation, during my generation, and the same tales are being told now for the present generation.

   We can always learn from the lessons of the previous generations. Let’s pick-up the good ones and discard the bad.

2. Fermin Salvador on March 18th, 2008 9:25 am

   I have worked with Galo during early 1990s when, together with other writers of local romance pocketbooks (including Levy Balgos dela Cruz, Joi Barrios, Nini Matilac, Suzette Doctolero, Carmen Cabling, Olan Santos, etc.) we founded the KMNP or Kapisanan ng mga Manunulat ng Nobelang Popular at the house in Cubao that was being rented then by Lualhati Bautista. I was aware that Galo was a contributing komiks writer at the time just like me but komiks was not the staple topic then during KMNP meetings. He was regularly writing at GASI while I was regular at Atlas. After I have personally registered KMNP as a non-stock corporation at the Securities & Exchange Commission it was able to receive some substantial fundings that it became capable of financing some “worthwhile” projects including live-in writing seminar for a few days held at Titus Brandsma in early 1994. That was perhaps the last time I became physically active in the KMNP, and to have lengthy conversations with Galo, as I was called to become a commissioned officer and immediately dispatched to Mindanao to sort out some troubles in that area. Galo, based from my actual observations, was one energetic fellow who was full of ideas on how to conquer the world (or at least the Philippine writing and entertainmemt field) and he had the verbal capabilities to pursue this. I was able to somewhat follow his career when he shifted most of his time to tv scriptwriting especially soap-opera like his early Tierra Sangre in GMA 7. I have known him to be a chain smoker. But at that time time, most writers I know consume an average of 2 packs a day including Lualhati herself who, as editor of Anvil, rejected one of my pocketbooks manuscripts that has anti-smoking theme. That was before I met her in person and when I did, I understood why.

3. suzette doctolero on August 4th, 2008 10:35 am

   Galo’s a very good friend of mine. I was there at the hospital and i saw him an hr before he died (at the age of 38. hindi 28). The last time i saw him na malusog siya was when he went to my bday party last december. We talked about writing for tv since both of us are both soap writers. He told me that he wanted to write orig stories kesa sa remakes. And I knew he has the talent to do that. But unfortunately hindi na natupad pa ang gusto niya.
   Sayang.
   Dahil isa siya sa magaling na writers sa abs. Too bad, hindi nila nagamit ng husto ang talent ni Galo.