RONALDO ROQUE a.k.a. ARDIE

20 January 2001

Talofa to fellow SamCo'ers, and a big Malo to Jebi for taking the initiative and time for maintaining this site.

My sister Ena and I left Samoa June of 1984 to pursue our tertiary education in the Philippines amidst political turmoil of the time. I graduated in 1989 with a BS in Computer Engineering - thanks in part to a very inspiring mid 80s TV sitcom called Whiz Kids and a movie hit War Games.

I married Carol after graduating and moved to Ame rican Samoa November of 1989 where I worked as a sales manager for a computer/print shop business. After 18 months of selling Apples and true blue wannabees, I transferred to a software company where we developed custom written systems for private and go v ernment sectors. I was then enticed in 1993 to try out a career in the government sector where I worked as a Computer Programmer (1993-1995), Systems Analyst (1995-1998) and finally as an Information Systems Manager (1998-2000) for the sole health care provider on the island.

Moving to the states, where I'm currently at is a big step after living the island life for 11 years. I'm happy to say that Carol and I are blessed with four wonderful children ages 11, 10 and 9 (yup, nothing else to do on the island).
"Wait a minute!" you ponder, "Ardie mentioned four kids but I can only count three from the ages he gave! How could this be possible?"

"Read on" I say:

Czarina is now 11 (a splitting image of her mom), my TWIN boys, Robert and Ronald who are 10 (a splitting image of each other), and my youngest daughter, Charlene who is 9 (they say kinda looks like me). Monique can attest to this.

So there, Ardie's life in a coconut shell after Samoa College.