Here’s a letter from parents in response to their son’s request . . .
Dear Anak, (trans) dear Son
Naipadala na namin ang 50 thousand pesos na pang-tuition fee mo, pinagbili na namin ang mga kalabaw natin.
(trans) We have sent the P50k for your tuition fee, we have sold our carabaos.
Wala na rin pala tayong mga baboy at naibenta na rin para dun sa sinasabi mong project nyo na NOKIA N75, ang mahal naman ng project na yun, ano? (trans) We no longer have any pigs either. We sold these for your NOKIA N75 project. That’s such an expensive school project, huh?
Kasama na rin ang 7 thousand dun para sa field trip nyo sa MALL OF ASIA, anak malayo ba yun? Mag-iingat ka sa pagbibiyahe mo ha. (trans) This includes the P7k for your class field trip to the MALL OF ASIA, is it that far away?
Isasanla nga pala namin ang palayan natin para mabili mo na yung instrumentong I-POD na kinakailangan mo sa laboratory nyo. (trans) We are also about to hock our ricefields so you can buy that laboratory instrument you call an IPOD.
Anak kamusta na pala yung group project nyo na SANMIG LIGHT napailaw nyo na ba? (trans) Son, how was your group project SANMIG LIGHT? Were you able to light it up?
Mataas ba nakuha nyo na grado dun. Anak sana bago pa maubos ang lahat lahat ng arian natin ay maka gradweyt kana. Walong taon ba talaga ang kurso mong SECRETARIAL? (trans) Did you get good grades in that? Son we hope that you could graduate before we lose everything else. Will that SECRETARIAL course have to go on for 8 years?
Sana pag-graweyt mo makakuha ka agad ng trabaho kagaya ng manager ng kumpanya para mabawi natin ang mga ari-arian nating nasa sanglaan. (trans) When you graduate we hope you can get a job straightaway as a manager of a company so we can recover our property in the pawnshops.
Naaawa nga kami sa iyo kasi sabi mo sa turo-turo ka lang palagi kumakain. Ok ba naman sayo ang mga ulam dyan sa JOLLIBEE, MAK DONALD, KFC at Chowking? Konting tiis at tyaga lang at makakaraos ka rin. (trans) We feel sorry for you because you said you have to eat at street eateries. How is the food at JOLLIBEE, MCDONALD, KFC and CHOWKING? (takeaway places) Just a bit more sacrifice and perseverance and you will get through this.
Anak hanggang dito nalang at sa susunod na naming ipapadala ko sayo ang pera na pambili mo ng ALTIS na gagamitin mo sa VACANT SUBJECT mo. (trans) Son we will send you the money to buy the ALTIS which you will use in your VACANT SUBJECT. (not too sure what this last sentence means)
Ang nagmamahal (trans) Lovingly
Itang at Inang /Dad and Mum
P.S. Anak mag aral ka ng mabuti. (trans) Son study well.
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