Genre:
Romance | Drama | Historical Fiction
1523
What a beautiful sunny day while walking in the street of Binondo. I'm a Filipina and my great grandmother said that I'm partly chinese from the 3rd generation. I'm Jade Uy. My mother said that my name was a green jewel that every chinese women wore as a symbol of luck. I was born and raised here in the Philippines but I can also speak hokkien and mandarin. There's a difference for the two of it, the hokkien is a dialect that was mostly spoke by my fellow chinoys while mandarin was the national language that was used in the mainland China. But I'm more into Filipino language since I really live here and I also have a lot of pinoy friends. "Ang saya kaya mamuhay dito." a friend of mine said and she's Elisia, a pure filipino. Even I have foreign blood, I don't treat her differently because she's so nice.
There's so many people here in the market and my father asked me to buy him ingredients for his Adobo recipe because a visitor from China will be coming to our house.
"Aray!" I feel that I was bumped into someone.
Then I faced to a tall guy.
"Hey! You don look at you wei!!!! (Way)" I can hardly hear his english but his chinese tone was strong.
"度爱不起! (I'm sorry!)" I replied to him and ran. I don't want to have a fight with that guy. I want to go home as fast as I could so that my papa will already cook the meal.
As I finished buying the ingredients, I can go home now.
"Magandang araw anak. Tara saglit. May kailangan akong sabihin sayo." There's an auntie that smiled at me and hold my hand. I don't know her but maybe it's important.
"Ako nga pala ay isang manghuhula. Pwede ko alam kapalaran mo anak." It's just funny that their tagalog is broken but I'm used to it.
"Oh! Darating araw na ikaw daw ay dapat kasal sa lalaki. Pero malaki pagsubok palit." I got nervous but maybe it will happen. I really easily believe on it.
At Home
I put my bayong in our wooden table and hugged my papa. "Papa yan na po yung mga pinapabili niyo. Kumpleto na yan."
"Ang galing naman ng anak ko. Talagang maaasahan ka na."
Then mama walked to me and I bless "mano po ma." (bless is a sign of respect for elders.)
"Anak may bisita tayo mamaya. Pupunta yung Sy family dito. At tsaka may balita kami sayo! Ipapakasal ka namin sa binata nilang anak."
Ano?! So the fortune is real?!
"Ano ma?! Seryoso ka ba?"
"Oo anak! Kasi kailangan talaga natin na hindi mawala sa dugo natin yung lahi natin. At tsaka mayaman sila. Gaganda pa ang buhay mo!" My mother was happy like a young teenager. Seriously?
"Papa payag ka dun?" I asked my father while he was cooking adobo.
"Oo anak. Payag ako dun. Kailangan natin sundin yun yung tradisyon natin!"
This is so cramming. Why now? I'm still enjoying my teenage life!
Afternoon
I was just lying in my bed then I heard a lot people's noises outside.
"Anak lumabas ka na ng kwarto. May bisita tayo." My mother shouted and then I got up while sulking. "Hay! Ano ba tong napasok ko?!" Then I fix myself. I wore a red long silky dress that my auntie gave me. It was imprinted with chinese cicrcle symbol patterns that was like what you see in the temples.
When I got outside, I give them a bow because it's how you can greet them first.
When I look up, I saw the familiar face.
"IKAW!"
"你!" ("Ni" - You!)
Both of our parents got shocked and they asked "kilala niyo yung isa't-isa?!"
"Hindi!" "没有!" ("Meiyou!" - No!)
"Hmm pakunwari ka pa." I whispered.
"Siya nga pala si Ju Wei Sy. At sila auntie Sy Qi Fei and your uncle Sy Zhen Guo mo galing sentro ng Tsina."
ESTÁS LEYENDO
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De TodoHere's a collection of my short stories that I made. These literary works were mostly written in English, Filipino and Taglish. I hope you like it. ♡ - IntrovertFeline
