From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: God Forbid

Kate: Fin, there's going to be a typhoon on Christmas eve. Santa won't be able to deliver the gifts.
Fin: Simbako! 😧

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Oppo

Me: Is Oppo (mobile phone) a Korean brand?
Fin: Yes. 🎶 Oppo Gangnam style! 🎶

Overheard: Searching

Overheard: Ang cellphone ko always searching.

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Nyan Cat

Fin: Do you know what's a nyan cat?
Me: No.
Fin: It's a cat with a body like a Pop Tart.
Me: *Googles*

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Sunday Animal Lessons

Lesson 1:
Fin, Paupau, and I play Heads Up app. Paupau and I will describe the word and Fin will guess the word.
Category: Animals Gone Wild
Word: Gazelle
Paupau and I: So difficult! Pass!
After a few more words, time runs out. Fin reviews the words and then asks us incredulously, "You don't know what a gazelle is??? It's like a deer!"

Lesson 2:
Fin: You don't know what a narwhal is? You don't know animals?!

Yuan, ang Batang Sungogan

Yuan burst through the door, looked at me, waved a pack of Hany, gave an evil laugh, then went out. Nagpasuya!!!

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Kraken

Fin: I'm going to draw a kraken.
Me: What's a kraken?
Fin: A really big octopus. Bigger than this house!

Smart! I thought cartoon character na ang kraken hahaha

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Key

At a beach resort in Sipalay, Angel couldn't find her key. Fin advised her Tita Angel, "You follow your footprints!"

Conversations with Friends: What Woman?

At the team meeting, assigning tasks:
Jane: Ikaw na sa kits, Khon.
Mabel: Ikaw si Kitwoman, dili Catwoman.

From the Mouths of Six-Year-Olds: No

Fin and Yuan locked themselves in Erick's room.
Me: Open please.
Fin: No.
Me: Why?
Fin and Yuan: Because you are going to kiss us!

Conversations with Friends: Games

Juven (does the three-finger salute):...pina Hunter Games.
Me: Unsa nga games?
Juven: Hunter Games.
Ley: Hunger Games man gud!

Conversations with Friends: Groupfie

Juven while taking a groupfie: Sink in mo tanan, sink in.

Sink in = Compress

Conversations with Friends: Lag

Si Juven nagloading ang utok sa gi-email ni Mabel. Iyang rason nganong galoading siya...
Juven: Pakan-a sa ko uy. Bago ra ko gikan byahe. Na jetlag ko sa jeep (3 rides).
Mabel: Dili na jetlag uy. Jeeplag.

Conversations with Friends: MF

Daily occurrence at the office: free hand massage by Marvin Fornis
Juven: MF (Marvin Fornis) Massage Parlor.
Me: MF...Massage Farlor.

Conversations with Friends: Libro

Rod: Homan na to inyong libro-libro?
Ley: Tinuod sad to na mga libro oi.

Conversations with Friends: Piknik

Dako kaayo na Piknik gikan ni Daidai...
Juven: Dakoa ani uy. Makabuang man ni.
Me: Samot ka'g kabuang, Meong.

Conversations with Friends: Status

Juven: Unsa'y color imong sul-obon ugma, Khon?
Me: Red.
Juven: Unsa diay ang red?
Me: Committed.
Juven: Committed to yourself.

Conversations with Friends: Scribbles

While flipping thru the pages of a book, we noticed the front and back flyleaves are covered with kid's scribbles.
Daidai: Unsay gigamit, lapis or ballpen?
Me: Lapis ra.
Daidai: Aw, okay ra na. Madelete ra na.

Conversations with Friends: Pichi pichi

Daidai to Mabel: Pichi pichi, 'te, sa Don Benitos.
Juven: ♪♫♪ Pichi pichi ya ya da da!

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Traffic

Traffic in the eyes of Fin...

During heavy traffic: "It's paused."
And when we started moving: "It's unpaused."

I like how you think, Fin! :)

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Delivery Guy

Fin: Where's the dimsum (delivery guy)?
Me: Tita Kate went out to buy nalang 'coz dugay kaayo ang delivery.
Fin: He (delivery guy) just walked???

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Clues

Fin reading signs along the road: Max...Kool. Nu...at Thai. That's a massage place!
Me: How do you know?
Fin: Because of the pictures!

Conversations with Friends: Foodies

Robbie: Di ka mosalig ug foodie na naay abs?

Overheard: Booksale

Robbie overheard this when he exited Booksale...

Girl (to friend): Mao ning Booksale? Puro ra lagi ni books?

Conversations with Friends: Break Up

Robbie: Three years siya ga maoy...
Brennan: Mura siya'g Mandaue na traffic, dili ka move on.

On the Radio: Traffic

Jiggy on Y101: Traffic in Cebu is either scholastic or Eucharistic.

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Ice Cream

Fin: There's an iceberg in my ice cream. It's so hard.

From the Mouth of a Six-Year-Old: Forgetful

Me: Fin, you're so forgetful.
Fin: All my memories get lost.

Conversations with Friends: Pregnant

Preggy April: Maayo pa ning break sa relationship kay magsulti pa. Ang sa water, mag guess-guess pa ka.

Conversations with Friends: Jeans

Me: Girlfriend jeans ni (ang style). Naa pud boyfriend jeans.
Kristenne: May pa ang jeans, naay boyfriend.

Conversations with Friends: Lyrics

Juven singing: Nang isilang ka sa Manila Zoo...

Conversations with Friends: Juven's Thesaurus 2

Juven: Kanang mga Bench, Penshoppe, ug Rose Pharmacy mahal kaayo pa-trim.
April: Wala ma'y Penshoppe ug Rose Pharmacy na salon.

–o–o–

Juven: Naa ma'y mga bisexual sa salon, kanang mudawat ug laki ug bae.
Ley: Unisex man gud.

–o–o–

Juven's current status: Present single tense.

–o–o–

Juven: Ochosero kaayo.
Ley: Echosero siguro uy.
Juven: Ochosero ba. Eighty. Ocho ug zero.