dinner

when tita guing came back from cebu, she told us how the trip went really sour. we were talking about it on the dinner table. lola was sitting right in front of me and was adding her own experiences to tita guing's story. tita guing's blood pressure was reaching boiling point when my lola went, "ay! baling layu-a!! init pa kaayo! kapoy sos!" (ay! sobrang layo, ang init pa! nakakapagod, sos!)
i directed my attention to her and i was smiling while she was talking.

when, without any warning, without any apprehension, as if she's just talking about the weather, she quipped, "bryan, kelan ka ba magpapakasal?"

so i looked at tita guing and said, "nge, buti na lang hindi pala ako sumunod, nakapagrelax pa ko!"
it was followed by a record-breaking time of finishing my plate and hurrying to the kitchen.

jusme lola! ha-highblood-in ako sayo! hahahaha.
dear lola, may problema tayo sa tanong mo. sa tingin ko, ang una mo dapat itanong eh kung may girlfriend na ko. dahil dun pa lang, patay na tayo! hahahaha.
pangalawa, yung tanong would mean na may intention akong magpakasal. and lola dear, wala pa po sa isip ko yun. naman! i can barely afford things for myself kaya. hahaha. i'm still a litol boy :-)

haay... i love lola's naïveté -- brutal kung brutal.

LOL!

I'm back in manila. boo.

ciao!