The Coño Boy 6: Ten Lifetimes With You

Chapter Fifteen: Vera Santa Cruz

Bahay Francia
Poblacion
San Angel
24 May 2019
9:17 am

Migz: Ito? Article...

He shows Drake a yellowed magazine clipping from a scrapbook.

Drake: From what?

He asks.

Migz scans the bottom of the page for the cutout of the magazine cover's title page.

Migz: Panorama.

He confirms.

Drake: That's the Sunday weekly magazine of Manila Bulletin so put a yellow post-it tab then write 005 in pencil ah.

Migz: Tapos pag newspaper broadsheet or tabloid?

He asks while picking up the neon yellow post-it tabs.

Drake: Green tag.

Drake taps the neon green post-it tabs in front of them with the pencil he's holding.

Migz: Sige.

He answers with a nod.

Migz: Ayos din 'tong system mo ha...

He gives Drake a compliment as he scans writes the 004 using a pencil on the neon yellow post-it tab.

Drake: I need to get all these organized para I know how to use them with the video footage or the text of my thesis.

He says while running his fingers through the text of a newspaper clipping.

Drake: Oh! May kilala ka ba na like local photographers na I can tap para sa actual processions because I may need extra footage and more photos pa.

Migz thinks about Drake's inquiry before responding.

Migz: Siguro tanong natin si Bubbles. Maraming contact yon.

Drake nods.

Drake: Uh yeah, almost forgot. I asked Ate Bibang to call me or you kasi I'm expecting a delivery today via bonded courier.

He explains as he scribbles an additional code to the post-it tab he stuck to scrapboojk page.

Migz: Anong papa-deliver mo?

Migz asks.

Drake: A ringlight and some spare mini LED spotligts and things that I can use sa interviews. I need extra equipment din kasi eh for better video quality and stuff.

He enumerates the items he is expecting.

Drake: Buti nga it's arriving today. I didn't know na iba-iba pala yung groups that come for the novena.

He adds as he closes one scrapbook.

Migz: Ah si Lolo kasi nag-bigay ng system sa mga mandadasal. Kasi mga twenty years ago daw, halos mga manang lang na taga-dasal ang humaharap kay Inang during the novena. Yung mga sasagala parang aattend lang daw ng beauty contest at makikita na lang sa may gabi ng prusisyon. Kaya si Lolo nag-assign ng group per day— required mag attend yung mga particants depends sa araw assigned sa kanila.

Migz explains while double checking the code he has written on the post-it tab.

Drake: I see.

Migz shows Drake a photo of a dark colored cross in one of the albums in front of them.

Migz: Importante yung sa mga magsa-Santacruzan mamaya kasi yung matandang cruz sa may lawa, doon ang unang stop niya sa Casa Arrastia. Kasi 7 nights siyang ini-ikot sa bayan, lipat-lipat ng bahay kada gabi at hinahanap ng mga maliliit na Reyna Elena —parang re-enactment ng paghahanap sa cruz noon.