3 Lessons I Learned From Nanay

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Lalo na pag ako'y nabibigyan ng pagkakataong

makapagsalita sa harap ng mga nais makinig.

Una, naalala ko nung ako'y bata pa,

mahilig po ako sumalis sa mga

declamation contest, oratorical contest,

minsan po sa mga amateur singing contests.

Ang parating sinasabi sa mga nais makinig

ay,

Anak, even before a contest begins,

you are my winner.

So ngayon pag binabalikan ko, sabi ko,

paano naman ako matatalo nun?

Baon ko pag dating sa entablado,

mayroon pa rin ako,

mayroon pa rin ako,

mayroon pa rin ako,

mayroon pa rin ako,

mayroon pa rin ako,

dating sa entablado,

panalo na ako kasi sinabi ng pinakamahalagang

tao sa buhay ko,

na bago pa man magsimula ang contest,

ako na yung winner niya.

Nakakatuwa.

Pangalawa,

naalala ko tunong ako'y

papunta ng Maynila para mag-aral.

Kasi elementary sa Borongan,

Eastern Summer naman ako nag-aral,

although yung grade one ko po,

ako'y nag-aral sa Canavib,

Eastern Summer.

High school, I went to the seminary.

So nung ako'y papunta ng Maynila

para mag-aral ng kolehyon,

nanay told me,

again,

in that very, very special way,

na paalala,

pero dinadaan niya sa kwento.

Sabi na sa akin,

kahit anong mangyari,

whether you become successful or not,

iisa lang ang gagawin mo.

Come home.

In Waray, it sounds beautiful.

Sabi na sa akin,

whatever happens,

don't lose your way back home.

At ginawa ko po yan.

Sa dami ng aking pinagdaanan,

mahirap, masaya,

to this very moment,

I know my way back home.

Pangatlo,

I was doing one of my shows.

It was a conversation I did with a politician

kung saan napunta ang aming pag-uusap

sa mga personal na bagay,

katulad na lamang

sa aming mga pamilya.

Akala ko,

dahil matagal na panahon nang lumipas,

it was okay for me to talk about

tatay being born out of wedlock.

So marami kami pinag-usapan,

marami akong sinabi

because I felt I also had to deal with my own demons.

May mga skeleton din ako sa aking closet.

And I wanted to be able to talk about it.

Cathartic kasi yung effect

pag nailalabas mo.

That was the first time I spoke about my father

being born out of wedlock.

Kinaumagahan,

I think we were having breakfast.

Sabi ng nanay,

gusto kitang makausap.

And I said,

Nanay, upo.

Napanood kita kagabi

at ikuinento mo nga

ang buhay ng iyong ama.

Sabi niya,

hindi ko nagustuhan.

Masaktan ako.

And I was deeply affected.

I apologized to my mother

dahil wala akong intensyon

na masaktan ang aking ina.

She was the last person

that I would have wanted to hurt.

But I will not forget what she told me.

Sabi niya,

naiintindihan ko

why you needed to talk about it.

Naiintindihan ko yung sinasabi mo.

You also have to deal with your own story.

Pero sana maalala mo,

hindi lahat ng totoo sinasabi.

Lalo na sa telebisyon.

Lalo lalo na pag alam mo

may nasasaktan ka.

And in that case,

I hurt my mother.

So hindi lahat ng totoo

ay sinasabi.

Lalo lalo na

pag nanay mo ang nasasaktan.

Three lessons

I learned from my mother

that continue

to guide me to this very moment.