Everyone in my mother’s clan lived close to each other in Barangay Calawisan, Lapu-Lapu City so what happens in one house is known by the rest of the families in the entire compound. So when Lola Mikay’s radio blasted off the early morning news, I always had first dibs in knowing who jumped off the […]
Everyone in my mother’s clan lived close to each other in Barangay Calawisan, Lapu-Lapu City so what happens in one house is known by the rest of the families in the entire compound.
We had very little plastic toys save for some items that my maternal grandmother bought for me and my cousins at the Mandaue City Public Market. But the entire barangay was our playground. My cousins and I were free to roam around and play or visit each other’s homes. Despite Maria Elena’s warning, I continued visiting Lola Mikay’s House because it was where I had an invisible all-access pass to listen to the radio.
Maria Elena would be calling my name by then with a hanger or a stick ready to punish me with a whip. I often thought then that I could outsmart her by entering our house through the back door to avoid the whip by the main door.
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