An occasion like this makes me happy and sad at the same time. I will not enumerate the many reasons because it might bore you. And it's Father's Day.
Pa, I miss you. Until now, I kept repeating that moment with you where we were seated in front of a passenger's jeep:
Me: (I was already in first year college, halfway through the second semester.) Pa, they say a woman can be aroused with her breasts.
Papa: Not only there. But you will get to know that when you get married.
Me: (Silent but was shocked that he did not get angry.)
Are fathers really cool? I remember a portion of Kay's notes in her little diary I 'accidentally' read:
She was so angry while Papa was very cool.
This is when she went to the movies with her friends in high school and an admirer without our permission. :-(
Yesterday afternoon, I heard the little girls (neighbors) talking to each other:
Girl A: (Upon learning that her playmate is going out with her father, and sounds like a little envious.) Ang Papa ko, marami nang napuntahan. Iba-ibang bansa. Sa Singapore, sa Malaysia, basta maraming-marami na. (My father had gone to many places. Different countries. He had gone to Singapore, Malaysia, many, many places.)
Girl B: Ibig mo sabihin, sa buong bansa? (You mean to say, in the entire country?)
Girl A: Oo, maraming-marami. (Yes, many, many places.)
Girl B: Di ba, Papa, nakapunta ka na sa Ilocos? (You have gone to Ilocos, isn't it, Pa?)
(The girl did not get any answer.)
Girl C: (to Girl A) Nakapunta na ba siya sa Bicol? (Did he go to Bicol?)
Girl A: Hindi, kasi panget doon! (No, because it is an ugly place!)
Girl C: Ang ganda nga doon, e! Di mo maintindihan ang salita. (It's beautiful there! You cannot understand a word.)
How these innocent girls speak about their fathers. In their own harmless thoughts, they are proud of their fathers. I guess every little kid feels like this.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL FATHERS OF THE WORLD!
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The trouble with little girls is that, they grow up so fast and become curious...
ReplyDeleteThough for me my father is the best, I never dared asked him anything that deals with sex when I was growing up hehe :) Yours is indeed pretty cool Bing. Belated Happy Father's Day to your hubby and father :)
ReplyDeleteThe little girls were proud of their father, that's really sweet.
ReplyDelete(:
boys can be cheesy too (in a drunk way) and proud of their father. hapi pader's day to all!
ReplyDeleteoo nga, single, little girls really grow so fast! lalo na ngayong mga panahon na ito, maririnig mo na nga lang ang mga 5 to 6-year old na mga girls talking about their crush! Dios mio!
ReplyDeletei was actually testing him, verns. tinitingnan kung hanggang saan siya magagalit. e, hindi nagalit. intelligent man kasi yun, he doesnt react nang di maganda kung di kinakailangan. thank you for the greeting. kay Papsie ko na lang maipaparating he he 'ala na si padir! matagal nang namayapa. :-D
i was laughing hard at their conversation. such innocent thoughts, di ba, kyels?
hmmm... have you told him you are proud of him, badoodles?
What charming innocence,ano? I sometimes like eavesdropping on kids' conversations too. Coz' you never know, you might pick up some life lessons that you only get from the mouth of babes.
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Father's Day to your hubby, Bingskee! =)
ReplyDeletei agree with you, gina., we sometimes pick life's lessons from these little children.
ReplyDeletethank you, HB! :-D