photograph each day 30 June 2005
Lev asked me to
The other day we were having a grand time talking (loudly) during Computer; our professor didn't mind that much since we were very good in class hahaha (and maybe, just maybe, because he has a thing for... hahaha). I was telling Lev about our helper's parents who went to Manila (apparently their first time) a few years back. She was laughing so hard that the prof kept looking in our direction (or was he just smitten by her? haha). And she asked me to post it here. Well.... okay.
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SCENE 1:
The mother approached me and asked if she could use the telephone.
mother: Ah, ne, pwede bang makigamit ng telepono?
me: Sige po. Andun sa may sala.
She brought out a piece of paper and dialed the numbers slowly, making sure she got it right. However, she did not lift the receiver.
mother: Hello? Hello?
me: Ah, iangat nyo po yung receiver.
mother: Ah, ganun pala yun.
She then lifted the receiver.
mother: Hello? Hello?
me: Ah, pagka-angat nyo po, tsaka kayo mag-dial.
mother: Aysus, mga teleponong 'to talaga...
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SCENE 2
My Mom asked them to get dressed because we were bringing them to the mall to watch a movie. Bear in mind that this was their first Manila experience, so everything is special and totally new. We were so surprised when they came out and the father was wearing a barong, while the mother was in an elaborate lace dress.
We watched the movie Dinosaur. While we were watching, I overheard the mother saying to Mommy:
mother: Naku, ganyan pala mga hayop noon noh. Ang gagaling mag-ingles.
mommy: Ah, hindi, pelikula lang yan. Hindi naman totoong nagsasalita sila eh.
She just stared quizically and focused again on the movie.
A few minutes later, she turned back to Mommy and whispered:
mother: Naku, kung ako naman ayaw kong kumain ng mga ganyan. Manok na lang. Eh parang
ang tigas naman ng balat nyang mga dinosaur na yan. Kahit pakuluan mo, mahirap pa rin kagatin.
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SCENE 3
Mommy was cooking in the kitchen when the mother approached her (yet again haha).
mother: Naku, ang yaman nyo naman. Dalawa-dalawa pa tv nyo dito.
mommy: Ha? Anong dalawa? E isa lang naman tv namin, nasa second floor.
mother: Eh ano 'yan? Ito talaga, o. (turns out she was referring to the microwave hehe).
Okay, Lev, you happy now? Haha. And about that thing you told me about earlier, don't mind them. They're not even worth half your time. And they deserve what you did :)
* * * * *
SCENE 1:
The mother approached me and asked if she could use the telephone.
mother: Ah, ne, pwede bang makigamit ng telepono?
me: Sige po. Andun sa may sala.
She brought out a piece of paper and dialed the numbers slowly, making sure she got it right. However, she did not lift the receiver.
mother: Hello? Hello?
me: Ah, iangat nyo po yung receiver.
mother: Ah, ganun pala yun.
She then lifted the receiver.
mother: Hello? Hello?
me: Ah, pagka-angat nyo po, tsaka kayo mag-dial.
mother: Aysus, mga teleponong 'to talaga...
* * * * *
SCENE 2
My Mom asked them to get dressed because we were bringing them to the mall to watch a movie. Bear in mind that this was their first Manila experience, so everything is special and totally new. We were so surprised when they came out and the father was wearing a barong, while the mother was in an elaborate lace dress.
We watched the movie Dinosaur. While we were watching, I overheard the mother saying to Mommy:
mother: Naku, ganyan pala mga hayop noon noh. Ang gagaling mag-ingles.
mommy: Ah, hindi, pelikula lang yan. Hindi naman totoong nagsasalita sila eh.
She just stared quizically and focused again on the movie.
A few minutes later, she turned back to Mommy and whispered:
mother: Naku, kung ako naman ayaw kong kumain ng mga ganyan. Manok na lang. Eh parang
ang tigas naman ng balat nyang mga dinosaur na yan. Kahit pakuluan mo, mahirap pa rin kagatin.
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SCENE 3
Mommy was cooking in the kitchen when the mother approached her (yet again haha).
mother: Naku, ang yaman nyo naman. Dalawa-dalawa pa tv nyo dito.
mommy: Ha? Anong dalawa? E isa lang naman tv namin, nasa second floor.
mother: Eh ano 'yan? Ito talaga, o. (turns out she was referring to the microwave hehe).
Okay, Lev, you happy now? Haha. And about that thing you told me about earlier, don't mind them. They're not even worth half your time. And they deserve what you did :)