Christmas in Barrio Siete

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Barrio Siete Series

Another blog entry that I am bringing with me here is Barrio Siete Christmas Memories which I posted on Banco De Reyna. I have a Barrio Siete Series here and this is part of my compilation. Wag na wag nanakawin ang mga stories na to dahil you have no idea kung pano nire-regla ang Reyna and trust me, you don’t want to see that happen! Grrr! Like those people in some far away lands who were printing magazines, sell them and inside? Alam nyo? Mga OFW and business articles pala ni Reyna taz wa credits to me. Grrr! Kundi pa nagsumbong yong isang Reyna reader, I would have not known. Leche! Hahaha!

Christmas in Barrio Siete

1st day of December na meya meya, not that I’m waiting for Christmas eh kasi di mo naman pedeng i-pospon yan di ba? But I miss Manila during this time of the year. For all of my 20+sum years in the United States, pobrecita pa rin ang lola, I’ve only spent 1 – just one Christmas and New Year in Manila. Of course I had a blast. I was with him, then. But Mary, I didn’t know that it will end that way.

Pasko na (leche! kelan kaya matatapos ang pag-vulcanize nang korona ko! hehehe) and it’s emote season once again. Just total memory recall of everything. Yong iba maganda. Yong iba nakaka-hikbi. One song that goes with my emo, is “Mary, Did you know?“. Mark Lowry wrote the lyrics and Buddy Green wrote the music to this beautiful song. Although I love Kenny Rogers rendition, but I prefer Clay Aiken’s song. Listen.

There’s just too many things I remember about Christmas in Barrio Siete. Maliit pa lang ako, I think I already know na maraming anomalyang nangyayari tuwing sasapit ang pasko.

1. Christmas Tree

Alam mo ba Mary, minsan dalwa lang kaming kaklase kong uma-akyat nang bundok! Pramis, hindi yun hada. Wala pang pornong laman ang utak ko nun. Ewan ko ba kung bakit assignment ko parati ang maghanap nang lecheng kahoy na yan sa bundok for our class Christmas tree! Nakalimutan ko na ang pangalan nang lecheng kahoy na yun! Tatalupan namen yon and bring it in class and that would be our Christmas tree.

2. Subo nang Sabon

Borloloy and everything, the Christmas tree is not complete hanggat di kami nagpapatuyo nang subo ng sabon. Isasabog yun sa kahoy, and Mary, did you know? I never really understand why. Time went by, snow pala yon. Lecheng titser ko! Feeling nasa States kami! Di pa rin ako make-relate, grabe ang init sa ayuf na Marcos-type building! Masasakal ko talaga si Snow White! Ilang beses ako hatsing nang hatsing sa lintek na amoy nang bwisit na sabon!!

3. Santa Claus

Eto pa Mary, sa lahat nang kalechehang panloloko, pinaniwalaan kong merong Santa Claus. Yeap, linsyak na medyas na yan! Minsan nga sako pa ang sinasabit ko Hmpt! Uber write pa kamo si mini-lola ki Santa what I want for Christmas. Taka ako, ba’t wala syang asawa? Sabi ko na nga ba! Baklita den siguro si Santa Claus.

4. Deck the halls

Mary, sa lahat nang Christmas song, etong lecheng deck the whatever and di ako maka-relate. Lecheng poverty, di naman namen kayang bumili nang Christmas lights and everyting. Me kandila kami, pero walang nagsisindi. Para daw sa pyestang patay lang yun.

5. Reindeer

Ang pinagtataka ko Mary, ba’t reindeer? Bakit hindi na lang kalabaw? O kaya, kambing? I mean, anong problema?

6. Exchange gifts

Pero bilib den ako sa mga titsers ko, Mary. They really did a lot para lang lumigaya kami sa pasko in the middle of poverty. Excited kaming lahat sa exchange gifts. Nagbalot ang nanay nang isang bote nang Royal Tru-Orange, pero balot naman nang Christmas wrapper. Ang nakuha ko sa exchange gift? Sabon na safeguard. Leche! Buti kamo, indi sya Perla.

7. Simbang Gabi

Huuus! Alam mo ba Mary ang totoo, kaya lang naman kami pumupunta nang mga barkada sa Simbang Gabi dahil chi-chek nila mga nililigawan nila! Pwede ba! At saan ka nakakita nang nagsisimba nang madaling araw taz andun ka sa gilid nang simbahan sa labas at nag-sisipsipan nang mga bagang, aber?!

Yan ang malungkot na Barrio Siete Christmas life ko mga kunichiwa. Prstt! *hikbi* Simpli lang naman ang kaligayahan ko. Boylets. Kung ayaw nyo, regalo would be good too. Really good. Bibigyan ko kayo nang christmas gift idea. Watch out for my next Christmas entry.

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