I'm telling you, KILL ME NOW IF I HAVE BAD FILIPINO GRAMMAR! *bites nails*
another warning... I'M NOT MAKING FILIPINOS LOOK LIKE IDIOTS WHEN IT COMES TO ENGLISH. :P
Just sayin... cuz I'm touchy like that.
TRANSLATIONS BELOW!
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She leans close to his ear and whispers, "Kausapin mo na nga siya. Nosebleed na ko, eh."
He chuckles and cocks an eyebrow at her like he's going to tease her or something. "Bakit ba? Ano'ng problema?"
She scatches her forehead. "Hindi niya yata alam kung saan siya pupunta o kung nasaan siya mismo."
"Weh?" he asks, disbelief coloring his face and his tone. "Pwede ba 'yun, eh, 'di ba, i-na-announce 'yun 'pag landing nila?"
I clear my throat, catching their attention.
He clasps his hand loudly and grins at me as if nothing happened. "Ma'am, welcome to Duty Free, how may I help you?"
I bite my lip, blushing profusely. I have a feeling I sort of know what they were talking about. "I'm so sorry for asking this, but am I in Cebu right now?"
"No, ma'am. We're in Manila," he answers. "Cebu is, ah..." He scratches his head and mouths something to his partner, confusion on his face. I can feel the ends of my eyebrows meeting at the center.
"Down," she murmurs, and he nods back.
"Down, ma'am. Down," he repeats, pointing down. Just then, as if a light bulb turned on in his brain, his face brightens up. "Lower! Cebu is lower. We are above that province, ma'am."
"Ah," I responded, finally understanding what their fuzz is. I feel a little better despite my ignorance about this country because I see them struggling to speak English. No offense, but we're even. "Okay, so I should buy a map for Manila?"
"Oh, sorry. Out of stock," he replies shortly.
My shoulders slump in surrender. "Oh."
"But you can search for the map in the internet, ma'am."
"Oh, okay," I say, chuckling. I knew I should've done that! They both smile at me as I wave goodbye at the two of them. "Goddamn, Google!"
"Kausapin mo na nga siya. Nosebleed na ko, eh." - "CAN YOU TALK TO HER? MY NOSE IS BLEEDING BECAUSE OF HER."
"Bakit ba? Ano'ng problema?" - "WHY? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?"
"Hindi niya yata alam kung saan siya pupunta o kung nasaan siya mismo." - "I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS WHAT PLACE SHE'S HEADING TO OR WHERE SHE EVEN IS RIGHT NOW."
"Weh! Pwede ba 'yun, eh, 'di ba, i-na-announce 'yun 'pag landing nila?" - "WEH! IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? DON'T THEY ANNOUNCE THOSE THINGS AFTER THE PLANE LANDS?"
... I kinda paraphrased it :)
