His viewpoint part 3/3
Naging madalang ang pagsama ko sa mga kaibigan at pinsan, kaya napupuno ako ng tukso kapag nakakasama. Bukod kasi sa nag-aaral ako online ng pagtatagalog at malalim na mga salita ay parati ko ring sinusundo si Inocencia sa trabaho at sa kanilang apartment na namamalagi. Kapag nasa trabaho naman siya ay madalas ako sa opisina para magtrabaho rin kahit na wala naman masyadong gawain.
I learned to live a life as her lifestyle to jibe in, kahit na hindi ako sanay sa ibang gawain niyang madalas ay nasasanay ako at natututo sa kanya sa bawat araw na magkasama kami. She taught me so many things in life I didn't expect I would do in every day living, like going to a market and buy my own supplies, tumawad sa palengke upang makamura kahit na hindi ko ginagawa ay alam kong may tulong sa kanya at sa ibang tao na ganoon ang gawain, kumain sa mumurahing kainan dahil pagkain din naman daw iyon at walang pinagkaiba sa mamahalin, parehas lang nakakabusog at nakakatipid pa.
She just relinquished sense to my world and she brought the phenomenon to light with its brass tacks and far-reaching essentials. She really is Bistre my universe, name of the reality. End.
"Uncle Juancho married a young girl..." Mom said with a clue of disappointment.
Nagpatuloy ako sa pagkain ng tahimik at bukas lamang ang isip sa kanilang napiling pag-usapan.
"Dad became my headache these past few years, biruin mo iyong una niyang nobya ang nagpilit na ipakasal ang anak niya kay Dad. Mga walang hiya. Parehas silang mag-ina." Auntie Juliana said.
We're having a dinner tonight with the family of Auntie Juliana. Uno Padrosa cleared his throat, he's Auntie Juliana's eldest son. Matanda lang ng ilang taon sa amin ni Cali.
"Maybe, you should try to talk to Lolo in private." he said fittingly.
Lolo Juancho is my grandmother's brother, Dad's mother. Si Auntie Juliana ang kanyang anak na babae at si Uncle John na naninirahan sa ibang bansa kasama ang pamilya ngayon, Lolo Juancho is a nice grandfather to us.
"We have to talk about this here, I can't really put up with Dad to be deluded by those poor prostitutes!" Auntie spit vulgarly.
Nangunot ang noo ko at sinulyapan ang dalawa babae. Mom looked so disappointed. Bumuntong hininga si Uno at tiningnan ang kanyang ina.
"Ma, you know there's a reason why he married the woman. You don't need to call them with names like that." Uno said dismally.
Right. Even though I was not informed about this, she shouldn't downgrade people around them just because of the frontage. Auntie and Mama are really alike when it comes to proposition like this, they always devalue people. Masyadong mapagmataas at mapangmaliit sa mga tao na nakikita nilang hindi kapantay.
I could still remember what she did to Shell's family two years ago. Now, Cali's gone. He was devastated until now, hindi parin niya natatagpuan si Shell. I know he have ways to make it up to her but maybe he's still trying to find the right time for them. Simula nang mawala si Ashiel ay hindi na bumalik ang pamilya namin sa dati, Cali left our home as well the company he was handling back then. I understand him for being hard to Mom now, kung ako ang nasa kalagayan niya ay hindi ko alam ang magagawa ko.
Inocencia's face flashed in my head like an earthquake just hit my heart hard. Naisip ko agad ang kayang gawin ni Mama oras na makilala niya si Cencia. Wala pa man ay negatibo na ang naiisip ko pagdating sa pamilya namin, low profile won't surpass their taste when it comes to our choices of relationship.
"Altair, my daughter has a friend who wanna meet you tomorrow. Can you come over our house?" si Auntie.
Huminga ako ng malalim. "What time, auntie?'
