Oct. 20 something, 2015
My uncle, Rico, passed away on Charter Day, Oct. 19. He died right when he arrived at his home, right at the gate. He arrived at the gate and beeped the horn of his car. By the time the gate was opened, he had a difficult time speaking. Since the family was all girls, they had a difficulty transferring their father to the backseat.
At that time, mom had just arrived from a meeting when suddenly, she received a phone call from my uncle's daughter
Bea: Tita Vic! Tita Vic! Gahapo si Doy!
(Tita Vic! Tita Vic! Doy /That's what they call their dad/ is having an asthma attack!)
Mum: ha?! Itawag imo Tito Yong!
(Ha?! Call your Uncle Yong!)
Mum: (my name), diri ka lang, ha?
((My name) you stay here, ok?)
Meh: Ok...ano natabo haw?
(Ok, but what happened?)
Mum: Nahapo imo Tito Ricky! Dasiga na da, Dad! Indi na to siya makahambal kuno!
(Your Tito, Ricky, is having a asthma attack! Hurry up, Dad! They said he's having a hard time talking already!)
Then, they leave. I don't know what happens next since I was left all alone in the house. What I know is that when they got to the hospital, since they were running flat, they tried to revive him for thirty minutes, but, you know...
Oct. 28?, 2015
We walked from the church to place Tito Ricky in his final place. My vision started to get blurry as tears filled my eyes. Father Carmona, who celebrated the mass with us, was walking by me. Tito Yong and Mum accompanied the youngest daughter of my uncle. The older one just carried her teacup poodle in her hands as she cried. I held my Tita Misyelle's hand and she hugged me.
Finally, when we reached my Tito's burial place, we were each given flowers which were dropped into his burial place. When I and my cousins, who are his daughters, threw in our flowers, mine was the only one placed vertically and at the top of his coffin (so unimportant). We then left and proceeded to the reception where we started being happy again and shared random pickup lines, rebus, and riddles. (Even more unimportant)
*sigh*
-FTFPF, stay fab, mah bros.
