Disclaimer In Filipino Novels & Stories

Tumikhim ako at naka isip agad ng idadahilan. "Nasa Pilipinas ako, sa sarili ko pang bansa hindi ba kabastusan naman kung mag i english pa ako kahit na alam ko naman kung paano mag salita ng tagalog?" "Phew! Makabansa ka pala, hindi ako na inform." "Bakit?" "Wala naman, sasabihin ko lang sana sa'yong bukas mag papagawa ako ng tarpaulin na may nakalagay na suportahan ang sariling atin."

Bullshit! "Jack, Jack...I, I'm sorry. Okay, I admit it." Crista abruptly admitted, "Jack, I messed up, I-I knew it was wrong but I did what I did because I love you so much. You have to believe me, Jack. I'm sorry, Jack. I I'm sorry, I really am... It was not my intention to deceive you, Jack. Please forgive me, Jack. I beg you, please..."

SpellingI pummeled to misspell Astrosphinxas statuesque as May I sing with me? Words whiplashed on fire ice jeepneying with Saint Lazarus—the emperor of English over grasslilt parsing poison into ice creampoetry and screaming grammar noir.The narrative of tradition, beer-fellowedby cultural madness to digressand mull over a foamof savory crab fat alongsideour pickled come-what-mays. For this,‘Ikaw’ and ‘Ako’ separately are You and Me in Filipino, that by accident try to understand Taglish as nomadology

I’m going to use Tagalog instead. Nag-iisang pag-ibig ang nais makamit yun ay ikaw Nag-iisang pangako na di magbabago para sayo San ka man sana'y maalala mo Kailan man asahan di mag kalayo Tanging ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin Walang ibang hiling kundi ang yakap mo't halik I looked at him and he did the same but I turned my sight to others. Hindi malilimutan mga araw natin kay sarap balikan

Megan Vee: Eh Megan Vee: I have school again in a few days so comme ci comme ca Logan dela Vega: uhhhh Megan Vee: it’s French Logan dela Vega: IM not Megan Vee: Means so, so 50/50 Megan Vee: knucklehead hahahaha Logan dela Vega: oy may honors kaya ako56 Megan Vee: okay Megan Vee: so?????? Logan dela Vega: gago ka57 Megan Vee: hahahahahahahahaa Megan Vee: So what are you planning to do while the Enchanted trip is pending? Logan dela Vega: Chill Logan dela Vega: say hi to the kambing58 that passes by the back of our house Megan Vee: WOW PROBINSYA59! Logan dela Vega: Probinsya naman talaga60 hahaha

My eyebrows met even more. "I don't even know him." I said because it's true. If Mien hadn't spoken earlier, I wouldn't have remembered her as my blockmate. And especially her boyfriend I just heard the name. "Galvez!" In the quiet room, atty's Diaz's call on my last name echoed. I immediately stood up straight and rested both my hands on either side of me before taking a deep breath. "In the case of people of the Philippines vs. Manaligod in 2018, what was the issue?" He asked seriously as he arranged the index cards in his hand.

pagtatanong ko Bakas sa mukha nya ang nagtataka pero pinili niya pa rin sumagot, “Samahan laban sa Amerikano. Huwag kang mag-alala hindi naman namin kaaway ang iyong ama.” Hindi ko nabasa ang ganito sa libro o napag-aralan ang lugar na San Cabrini ay hindi natalakay. May ganito pa lang lugar sa Pilipinas, sino kaya ang kasalukuyang gobernador sa lugar na ito? “Kung gano'n sino ang iyong tinutukoy na kalaban ninyo?” pagtatanong ko muli.

napangiwi naman ang mga reporter. Ang sakit kaya nung pagsuntok niya sa tiyan ko, salamat nga siya yun lang ang ginawa ko sa kanya, eh. Inilabas ko ang CD, na naglalaman ng ebidensyang wala akong kasalanan hindi naman porque wala akong pakialam sa sasabihin ng ibang tao, ay hahayaan ko silang isiping kriminal ako. "Watch that! Ebidensya yan na wala akong kasalanan" Ako. Kinuha naman nila ang CD.

I said. "Sir, I don't understand ahm... speak English." He replied, D*mn it! nalimutan ko wala pala ako sa pinas, P*nyet*ng! (I forgot I'm not in the Philippines, mother f*cker!)

Could he be a scammer? : Kakaiba ka, hindi ako makapaniwala na makakaramdam ako ng ganito. (You're different, I couldn't believe I could feel this way.) I am shocked that he can speak Tagalog. I didn't think I could talk to anyone else who was good at Tagalog except Fritz, Ev, and my parents. : Are you Filipino? You can speak Tagalog... A few minutes passed without anyone replying so I just put my phone down again and closed my eyes.