O sa .45 pistol. Grub for those lean months is the usual halobaybay (watery fish sauce) as dip for boiled or stewed chilis, eggplants, okra, camote tops. I’ve shared frugal repasts of semi-ripe guavas, rock-salt and rough-milled rice called pinawa with relatives. Tagal also translates as liwag. Ah, my forebears on the maternal side are of the Liwag stock—it’s liwanag (light) with the tiger (or seed word han) untucked.
Hindi naman pala dapat umasa sa PAGASA —mas asenso pa nga ang “ Eat Bulaga ” na may domestic satellite para maikalat at ipaalam saanmang lupalop sa Pilipinas at kanugnog na mga bansa ang wasiwas-balakang at yugyog-niyog ng EB Babes … aba’y makikita halos araw-araw na binabayo yata ng bagyo ang mga naturang tagasayaw.