OFW.. Buhay ni Takaku Lugtu (Herrie "Bok" R.)Aug. 29, 2006
Metung karing pekamasakit a dadalanan ila retang kaklasi tamung kailanganpang magobra king aliwang bansa para adinan dong masanting a bukas rengpamilya ra. Masakit at kasakit ing makawale kerang pamilya, kaulguran atking balen a keragulan. Marakal pin kekatamu ing makalaut reng aliwa"immigrant na la" at reng aliwa talapagobra la o reng awsan tamung OFW.Ining email a ini para kekayu ngan atiyu aliwang bansa.Ing laman na nini basi ya keng delalanan na at patuluy nang dadalanan ningmetung tamung kaklasi ...makakawani karing anak...e miuli at magdililikarin Amerika uling ala yang "choice". Eku magtaka nung reng aliwa kekayutumulu ing luwa yu uling masakit ya rugu delanan karin ing paunakan ku.Lima neng banwa ala ya pang papel at sasalikot yamu karin ban nong apagaral reng 5 nang anak a lalaki. Reng atyu keni, bala da sasaluk yangkwalta karin...nanu ngan gastus at gamit ing pasali ra...
Uling kaklasitaya at close kami....misan akwentu na ing karanasan na!Miras ya karin i Taka uling kinwa ne nitang pisan mi...tiki ne karin bilangyaya na kanu nitang anak na keng pamag tour da Amerika...Karas na America, dinugpa ya Michigan at African American yqa ing amuna...atlu ya anak metung a dalagita, metung a lalaking teen ager at amalati ing negru at metung yang US Army Sargeant in chargerecruitment...ing asawa na naman metung yaring Army nurse magobra ketangArmy hospital.Ing sweldu na megumpisa yang $5.00/hour uling TNT ya anya eman makareklamupero stay in ya.Dininan de mo rugung kwartu a dati garage ya!Sabi ku kaya...sabyan mu kekayu ing dadalanan mu uling karin magastus labalara rugu sasaluk kang pera...ali na kanu bali basta aparalan nong perareng anak na ok mu agyu na ngan in kasakitan...Tune ya ping dakila at bukaling lugud keng pamilya ing magpasikan kaya keng oras ning kasakitan...Kalub na...ana nitang amu nang black American?Are you Japanese...How come your name is Takaku Lugtu? No sir ngana...I amFilipino....Oww ok...let us just call you Mary so as not to confuse thekids...By the way, this is your room....it used to be a garage and as you can seethere are lots of cockroaches....Ser....nganang Taka...me apraid ofkakrowts in Philippines many but kadiri!...What? Anyway...use this chalk(anti insect chalk) to get rid of them... How to use ser? Oww just write onthe wall and it is guaranteed they'll be out of here in a jiffy...Pangabukas.... mipalundag ya itang amu nang Taka anyang i check nengpasibayu ing kwartu nang Taka....keng dingding....kisami ampongtabla...makasulat at ginamit na itang chalk...KAKROWTS..GO AWAY...PAKYU....TSUPI....GO BACK TO YOUR BEGIN ...MAMATAY KAYONG LAHAT ....SHET!Bista man ing mumuna nang kapalpakan....
uling atneng kasipag i Taka,aluguran de reng anak na ning Negro at aisip na na sopan neng milub keng USArmy....Meg pa initial interview ya pamu....Ngan ning mengutang a maputingAmerkanu na kaluguran na naman nitang amu na....For the Marines itis....The Few, the Proud, the Marines....for the Airforce.....it's Aim HighAirforce...what do you think is the motto of the Army....minisip yangmalalam...aganaka ne itang ikit na keng gate na ning kampu at sinagut yangmasikan....NO ID NO ENTRY Sir! Mitda!!!So mibalik nenam keng amu nang Negru at uling aluguran da ne....tinggapreng adwang palad uli namang maragul yang saup karela at kareng anak atinuring na nang tune anak... Misan a aldo...itang dalagita pablasang alalureng pengari na...magpaalam ya kang Taka para lumwal.Nanny Mary...I am going out with my male friends tonight....Owdarling...your parents told me to look after you....I want to know who andwhat you are doing Ok Nanny here goes ngana.....Well....7:00 pm I'm going out with Pete to EAT! 8:00 pm I'm joining Lance to DANCE! 9:00 pm I'm joining CHUCK to....NO NO NO ...anang mipagulisak Taka....STAY IN THE HOUSE YOUNG LADY...kwananmu ku pamu keng tula tula ...balu kune susunud hmmp!
Sibukan na namang magsideline anyang misan para miragdag lang a padala nauling maghighschool....linub yang Caregiver downtown. Keng pamung mumunanang aldo...atin yang akilalang Filipina na ansawng Kanu...atyu nemu homefor the aged anya special ya kaya ita. Pablasang kayan ne anya specialya...Balang abak kukwentuan ne...Malungkut ya kasi uling reng anak napablkasang dagul la Amerika...ede sinese anyang matwa ne....Alam mohija...lahat yan pinalaki ko ng American upbringing kanya ayan...walasilang pusong Pinoy... binreast feed nyo po ba? hindi puro formulatedmilk....Ay kaya po siguro di close sa inyo.... Ako po, napunta ako dito saAmerika kakapanganak ko lang po...di ko na po na breast feed...pero wagmag-alala...ang gatas po nya PROMIL ...para sa MATATAG NA PANGARAP at angasawa ko naman parating umiinom ng Emperador....para sa TOTOONG TAGUMPAY!Bigla neng apansinan nitang matwa itang thermometer makasabit ya balugbugna....Hija...bat may thermometer ka sa tenga? Ay sorry po.....lapis ko palaang nasa pwet nyo.....Can I have my pencil please???ABSENT MINDED!So back to Negro nenaman ing bida tamu....
Mewala yamung mapilan abulan...aro itang sese nang dalagita mebuktut ya....Tatakut ya keng pengarina anya kang Nanny Mary karin namu pegtapat....Ing gewa na kitnan ne...Whodid this? It's my boss who owns the restaurant I work for in my part timejob! He is rich but he is married...you know....SHOCKS!Pekisabyan neng Taka itang salarin...You sir... you are married... what doyou plan to do!!! Kamwa nang TAKA bubusuk ya... Ow ya...I really love herbut I am married...this is the deal...if it is a boy, I'll give her $2M, ifa girl...$1M... Is this ok with you? Hmmmm nganang minisip Taka...just incase she has a miscarriage.....pls gib her anader chans...sayang pin namandeng kwalta...Edi mipatulu ya wawa itang tatang?
Ita namang kadwang anak a lalaki....ene masayadung kasundu kasi kanupanenamung iyang daramdaman mu lagyu kanu....Dad..Nanny Mary always callsmy name...it's kinda getting into my nerves....ngana kano....Paul becarePaul, you might Paul in the swimming Paul...Ow yeah!Atnang kasakit ing makalaut misan a aldo medalumdum ya biye i Taka anyangmaus ya ing asawa na...SWIT...eku na agyu ing problema ku ngana kangTaka....Lab....nganang Taka....problema tamu iyan....abe kata ngan kengsarap ampong problema...pane katang miaantabe..ali siguru ngana kaya..ali...para nanu pang misumpaan kata king pisamban....nanu wari ingproblema....o sige mapilit ka ....abuktut TE i Inday....IKATANGtatang....siguru kalupa TE potang lumwal ya! WAAAAA ga ga nang Taka.Oyni rugu ing kwentu na ning pawnakan ko America. Tune yaping bagong bayani.
BOK
Uling kaklasitaya at close kami....misan akwentu na ing karanasan na!Miras ya karin i Taka uling kinwa ne nitang pisan mi...tiki ne karin bilangyaya na kanu nitang anak na keng pamag tour da Amerika...Karas na America, dinugpa ya Michigan at African American yqa ing amuna...atlu ya anak metung a dalagita, metung a lalaking teen ager at amalati ing negru at metung yang US Army Sargeant in chargerecruitment...ing asawa na naman metung yaring Army nurse magobra ketangArmy hospital.Ing sweldu na megumpisa yang $5.00/hour uling TNT ya anya eman makareklamupero stay in ya.Dininan de mo rugung kwartu a dati garage ya!Sabi ku kaya...sabyan mu kekayu ing dadalanan mu uling karin magastus labalara rugu sasaluk kang pera...ali na kanu bali basta aparalan nong perareng anak na ok mu agyu na ngan in kasakitan...Tune ya ping dakila at bukaling lugud keng pamilya ing magpasikan kaya keng oras ning kasakitan...Kalub na...ana nitang amu nang black American?Are you Japanese...How come your name is Takaku Lugtu? No sir ngana...I amFilipino....Oww ok...let us just call you Mary so as not to confuse thekids...By the way, this is your room....it used to be a garage and as you can seethere are lots of cockroaches....Ser....nganang Taka...me apraid ofkakrowts in Philippines many but kadiri!...What? Anyway...use this chalk(anti insect chalk) to get rid of them... How to use ser? Oww just write onthe wall and it is guaranteed they'll be out of here in a jiffy...Pangabukas.... mipalundag ya itang amu nang Taka anyang i check nengpasibayu ing kwartu nang Taka....keng dingding....kisami ampongtabla...makasulat at ginamit na itang chalk...KAKROWTS..GO AWAY...PAKYU....TSUPI....GO BACK TO YOUR BEGIN ...MAMATAY KAYONG LAHAT ....SHET!Bista man ing mumuna nang kapalpakan....
uling atneng kasipag i Taka,aluguran de reng anak na ning Negro at aisip na na sopan neng milub keng USArmy....Meg pa initial interview ya pamu....Ngan ning mengutang a maputingAmerkanu na kaluguran na naman nitang amu na....For the Marines itis....The Few, the Proud, the Marines....for the Airforce.....it's Aim HighAirforce...what do you think is the motto of the Army....minisip yangmalalam...aganaka ne itang ikit na keng gate na ning kampu at sinagut yangmasikan....NO ID NO ENTRY Sir! Mitda!!!So mibalik nenam keng amu nang Negru at uling aluguran da ne....tinggapreng adwang palad uli namang maragul yang saup karela at kareng anak atinuring na nang tune anak... Misan a aldo...itang dalagita pablasang alalureng pengari na...magpaalam ya kang Taka para lumwal.Nanny Mary...I am going out with my male friends tonight....Owdarling...your parents told me to look after you....I want to know who andwhat you are doing Ok Nanny here goes ngana.....Well....7:00 pm I'm going out with Pete to EAT! 8:00 pm I'm joining Lance to DANCE! 9:00 pm I'm joining CHUCK to....NO NO NO ...anang mipagulisak Taka....STAY IN THE HOUSE YOUNG LADY...kwananmu ku pamu keng tula tula ...balu kune susunud hmmp!
Sibukan na namang magsideline anyang misan para miragdag lang a padala nauling maghighschool....linub yang Caregiver downtown. Keng pamung mumunanang aldo...atin yang akilalang Filipina na ansawng Kanu...atyu nemu homefor the aged anya special ya kaya ita. Pablasang kayan ne anya specialya...Balang abak kukwentuan ne...Malungkut ya kasi uling reng anak napablkasang dagul la Amerika...ede sinese anyang matwa ne....Alam mohija...lahat yan pinalaki ko ng American upbringing kanya ayan...walasilang pusong Pinoy... binreast feed nyo po ba? hindi puro formulatedmilk....Ay kaya po siguro di close sa inyo.... Ako po, napunta ako dito saAmerika kakapanganak ko lang po...di ko na po na breast feed...pero wagmag-alala...ang gatas po nya PROMIL ...para sa MATATAG NA PANGARAP at angasawa ko naman parating umiinom ng Emperador....para sa TOTOONG TAGUMPAY!Bigla neng apansinan nitang matwa itang thermometer makasabit ya balugbugna....Hija...bat may thermometer ka sa tenga? Ay sorry po.....lapis ko palaang nasa pwet nyo.....Can I have my pencil please???ABSENT MINDED!So back to Negro nenaman ing bida tamu....
Mewala yamung mapilan abulan...aro itang sese nang dalagita mebuktut ya....Tatakut ya keng pengarina anya kang Nanny Mary karin namu pegtapat....Ing gewa na kitnan ne...Whodid this? It's my boss who owns the restaurant I work for in my part timejob! He is rich but he is married...you know....SHOCKS!Pekisabyan neng Taka itang salarin...You sir... you are married... what doyou plan to do!!! Kamwa nang TAKA bubusuk ya... Ow ya...I really love herbut I am married...this is the deal...if it is a boy, I'll give her $2M, ifa girl...$1M... Is this ok with you? Hmmmm nganang minisip Taka...just incase she has a miscarriage.....pls gib her anader chans...sayang pin namandeng kwalta...Edi mipatulu ya wawa itang tatang?
Ita namang kadwang anak a lalaki....ene masayadung kasundu kasi kanupanenamung iyang daramdaman mu lagyu kanu....Dad..Nanny Mary always callsmy name...it's kinda getting into my nerves....ngana kano....Paul becarePaul, you might Paul in the swimming Paul...Ow yeah!Atnang kasakit ing makalaut misan a aldo medalumdum ya biye i Taka anyangmaus ya ing asawa na...SWIT...eku na agyu ing problema ku ngana kangTaka....Lab....nganang Taka....problema tamu iyan....abe kata ngan kengsarap ampong problema...pane katang miaantabe..ali siguru ngana kaya..ali...para nanu pang misumpaan kata king pisamban....nanu wari ingproblema....o sige mapilit ka ....abuktut TE i Inday....IKATANGtatang....siguru kalupa TE potang lumwal ya! WAAAAA ga ga nang Taka.Oyni rugu ing kwentu na ning pawnakan ko America. Tune yaping bagong bayani.
BOK
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