Twenty In Tagalog Novels & Stories

he turned it into “Salubong sa Bagong Kabanata” Mulat ang siyang diwa ng bawat isa, Lahat ay may bakas ng ngiti sa mukha, Kapaligiran ay busog sa musika, Bata, matanda, handang-handa na sila, Sa pagsalubong sa bagong kabanata, Tuwa’t galak, bagong taon, parating na. I couldn’t help but to smile as I read the first stanza. I just know that he is good at creating Tagalog poems too. He is always using English as his medium.

They saluted each other before Reid entered the large gate of his school. Wright got into the car when Reid disappeared from his sight. It started the car and we made our way to the school I was teaching. I was surprised when his hand touched my hand that was above my thigh. "I'm not the clutch so take your hand off," I said coldly. He laughed but still didn't remove his hand. "You know when I saw you. Twenty becomes my favourite number." He says. Wait. Is it a pick up-line? "Why?" "Because twenty-ngin on you, I love you even more." His grip tightened on my hand. ("Twenty-ngin" in the Filipino language "Tuwing titingin" in English "Every time I look at you")