ilang linggo na ang nakakaraan nang tumawag si tita Papat.. tinanong niya ako kung pwede akong sumama sa kanilang
tapusan.
tapusan - a.k.a. flores de mayo. but the girls in gowns just carry letters which spell AVE MARIA. they'd walk across town and go back to the chapel to offer their styropore letters, flowers and prayers.
so, wala nang posisyon.. walang reyna emperatriz.. reyna sentensyada.. etc.
but then, one of the girls backed out.. and their next candidate was this girl with a twin sister. unfortunately, their mom won't allow her other daughter to miss all the fuss and fun, so she said that they should (our relatives) get the whole package or none at all. and so, they did and, being the last person in the line (im the tallest one there), instead of just carrying the last letter, i carried a cross, walked with a partner, and yes, thus, named
Reyna Elena.

we walked at the side of the road but they realized that we should be at the middle of one lane. so, they shouted..
"sa gitna!! pakiusog naman ang mga dalaga sa gitna!!" .. at pumunta ako sa gitna ng kalsada. hindi sa gitna ng lane... sa gitna ng mismong kalsada! ako lang ang gumawa nun at hindi pa ako sinamahan ng partner ko. salamat sa kahihiyan. haha! buti walang sasakyan nun. napagtawanan tuloy ako ng mga nanunuod.. tae.
masaya naman siya. hindi masyadong malayo ang nilakad. nasa likod namin ang nagbubuhat sa karo na may Mama Mary. eh may part ng road na pataas. so, nung pabalik na kami, pababa na. eh masyado kaming mabilis maglakad so, nahuhuli ang mga matatandang nagdadasal. so kailangang huminto. shet, nakikita ko ung mga mukha ng mga nagbubuhat... sobrang ang asim kase nga ang bigat nun tas pababa pa kami so doble. haha! katawa. :D *sama. :D



all throughout the parade, i kept on laughing. laughing at the situation, at myself even. i just kept on asking what i was doing. parang.. "oh my.. tama ba to?...." but then, i think, i really wanted this. deep inside, i wanted to be the reyna for once. the one who's at the end of the line with the cross, the crown and the partner.
from the mind of prancingpanda :: 10:36 AM :: May 30th, 2005