Conversations with Friends: Kulang

Juven: Tin, pila'y kulang nako nimo, Tin?
Kristenne: Kuan...pagtagad.

Conversations with Friends: Name your tree

Name your own tree for tree planting. What will you name your tree?
Kristenne: Rico. Para Rico Puno.
Jane: One Two. Para One Two Tree.
Ley: Victor. Para Victor Wood.

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Books

Yuan gazing hard at my shelf.
Yuan: Why do you have so many.....
Me: Books?
Yuan: ....dust on your books?

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Rainmaker

Fin takes my rainmaker.
Fin: I know what's inside! It's rice!
Me: How did you know???
Fin (holds up a grain): It's buslot!

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Goat

Fin: Tita Wena is a goat.
Me: Why?
Fin: Because she does not ligo after swim.

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Puppies

Me: Fin, are you giving away your puppies?
Fin: Yes....but I like the tambok puppies.
Me: Oh, the puppies are tambok?
Fin: Yes, tambok. Like you!

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Comparison

I sit beside Carla so that I am facing Fin...
Fin: Tita Carla, you're tamboker than Tita Khonie.