{"id":4118,"date":"2016-08-09T14:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2016-08-09T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:16:08","slug":"4118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/4118\/","title":{"rendered":"9 &#8211; Diksyunaryo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4118]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4120\" src=\"https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-590x394.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-590x394.jpg 590w, https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-950x634.jpg 950w, https:\/\/vladgonzales.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Naipalabas noong Pebrero ang\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/lifestyle.inquirer.net\/225295\/gossipmongers-spunky-titas-and-emotional-wrecks-at-fringe-manila\">We Choose to Go to the Moon<\/a><\/em> para sa Fringe Manila Arts Festival. \u00a0Isa itong proyektong nag-umpisa sa pag-imbita ni Fitz Bitana na mag-devise kami ng isang serye ng vignettes na naghahalukay sa mga relasyong nabubuo at nasisira sa mundo at panahon ng Internet. \u00a0Ang mga naplanong istorya&#8217;y ibinato sa cast, pinag-isipan at sinubukan kung alin ang mga mukhang gagana pag naisaentablado. \u00a0Pag sa tantiya ng grupo&#8217;y mukhang hindi tatalab, kailangang hanapan ng kapalit.<\/p>\n<p>Ang nasa ibaba ay isa doon sa mga ideyang sinubukang gawin pero hindi na muna nailahok sa run nito noong Pebrero. \u00a0Tungkol sa isang single mom na naghahanap ng mapapangasawang foreigner, sa tulong ng kanyang DSL connection at ang handy-dandy na English-Tagalog dictionary. \u00a0Sana&#8217;y may matuwa sa ilang bahagi ng vignette na ito. \u00a0Bahagi ito ng 31-day Writing Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Magsisimula ang eksena sa paghahanda ni Karen na humarap sa videochat. Halata ang kayang kaba at excitement. Makikitang may hawak siyang dictionary, mayamaya\u2019y maglilista ng mga salita. Tumitingin-tingin siya dito habang nakikipag-chat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nThis is tinola. From our neighbor. But this is different tinola. A\u2026variation I guess. No\u2026iteration! Because you know, this tinola has the usual chicken and ginger, and\u2026and\u2026pakshet ano nga ba ang sayote sa English\u2026other vegetables\u2026but my friend\u2026the neighbor\u2026she also put pineapple in the tinola. One of those TV cooking recipes I think. It\u2019s okay naman I guess. It\u2019s\u2026edible, I mean, it\u2019s exquisite. Sorry I\u2019m not used to chatting with Webcam, it\u2019s my first time. You know it\u2019s a Filipino value, being shy type.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nYou\u2019re doing fine. Go on, dear. Say what you want.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7r4uP7jkXA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nThank you. Anyway. I like cooking. And singing. And writing, usually songs, but only before. I like Joey Albert, you know Joey Albert? She has powerful voice, such melody also in her songs. The lyrics are good also, especially that one with the points of view, and also that one about loving the only one. She also had cancer, but now she does not. She beat cancer like three times. Instead of being killed by cancer, she killed cancer. That\u2019s a very Filipino quality e, not killing cancer ha\u2026being a survivor. Foreign artists, I like Mariah. Not just because of singing, but her vocabulary also. She\u2019s like me, always having a dictionary beside when making things. Like for example, instead of \u201csinger,\u201d she says she\u2019s the \u201celusive chanteuse.\u201d I\u2019m like \u201cwow, nosebleed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nNosebleed?<\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nNosebleed, when we read or hear something deep, usually in English. It\u2019s a joke, here in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nYou\u2019re cute.<\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\n(giggles awkwardly) Not really, just a little. Anyway, I like Mariah\u2019s songs, especially the old ones. I mean, she\u2019s not very old. But she has lots of songs already. Vision of Love, Emotions, Hero, all that.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nWell, I think I\u2019m having a vision of love right now.<\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\n(kinikilig) stop that! I\u2019m shy! Stop that already.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nTell me more.<\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nI feel scared. No, terrified. I mean, intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nWhy are you scared, my dear?<\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nMaybe I just feel that when you know me more, maybe you\u2019ll go away. So many things happened already. Maybe you won\u2019t stay.<\/p>\n<p>Francis<br \/>\nEverybody has something to hide. Just go on, no judgments.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mangingiti si Karen. Time lapse, pagpapakita na nagpapatuloy sila sa pag-chat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfMiS-RjOVM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Karen<br \/>\nYou see, I was a teacher, you know, I finished BS Educ Major in Filipino from Calamba State University. But there was no vacancy for Filipino so I became the Math teacher. Pakshet, I said. I was like pasang-awa\u2026am\u2026wait\u2026pasang-awa like\u2026like\u2026barely there\u2026failing almost but not quite. In Math ha. In Filipino I was good. But no more items. Filipino not international daw.<\/p>\n<p>I only taught math for one year. Then, they didn\u2019t need me anymore. Cost-cutting, I think. But the principal said there is vacancy in the admin office. So I became secretary. Then the religion teacher got fired because no more religion needed. No, I did not become a teacher again, but there was a choir\u2026I became choir master.<\/p>\n<p>My first boyfriend, he didn\u2019t like my new job. Or I mean, he didn\u2019t like the payment. So low e. Tapos he said I was so noisy when I practice the choir hymns in our small apartment. He was always drinking. He was always angry. I try to sing, but he doesn\u2019t want noise. No God in the province daw.<\/p>\n<p>But I still sang. I sang \u201cUnto to thee Oh Lord.\u201d It was like concert slash boxing. I sang and he pushed. I sang and he kicked. I sang and he punched. Unto to the oh lord\u2014ouch\u2014do I lift up my soul\u2014aray ano ba&#8212;Unto to thee Oh Lord\u2014pakshet dede ko na iyang sinasapak mo\u2014do I lift up my soul\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Oh my god (Oh my god) I trust in thee (I trust in thee), let me not be ashamed let not my enemies triumph over me. I was so ashamed. I can\u2019t go to school because I look black and blue. I was, you know, how do I say this\u2026devastated. I prayed, I prayed, \u201cLord, please make it stop, make it go away. Take me some place else.\u201d Then one day, it went away. Him. He went away. When my menstruation stopped, he stopped coming home also.<\/p>\n<p>I went home to my Mama. Of course at first it was not okay to them. They called me \u201cdisgrasyada, pokpok,\u201d how do you say this\u2026accident-prone. But later they cooled down. It\u2019s Filipino culture. Forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>I helped them sell palamig and shrimp balls in the church. Palamig, the drink with gulaman, jelly, yes jelly. Oh my Jesus, our shrimp balls, they\u2019re made with real shrimp really ha, not like other balls with many flour. I also tutored Filipino in rich families. Some families, please don\u2019t say I\u2019m rude, but oh my Jesus, the kids sometimes are so idiot in Filipino. And Math! Sometimes I ttutor many subjects at once because the families are rich but so kuripot to hire many people. Kuripot, I mean thrifty. Then my belly got so big. My baby arrived. He looked like an angel. I think he looked a lot like Jesus. I always knew my little Jesus would save me. It\u2019s very Filipino, I think, being faithful and hopeful. 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