according to pap, mamang started to labor past midnight. but because she doesn't want to go to the hospital, she stayed at home instead. before 3:00 am, papang went out to fetch the friendly-neighborhood komadrona. but even before they arrive, i was already saying hello to the world! the komadrona had to only cut my umbilical cord and clean me up.
pap said that mam did not feel a lot of pain giving birth to me. she even said "ansarap umere". you see, she seemed just blown a big fart, came out baby me and breathed a sigh of relief...
ayon, i was joking my siblings that "inutot lang pala ako ni mamang". hehe.
me and pap; in fairness, mataba ako nung baby pa, hehe.
if mamang is alive, i would be hearing this story straight from her. and today, i would ask her to tell me that story again. on how she had blown a big fart, came out baby me and breathed a sigh of relief...
okay, okay, no tears today! it's my birthday, ahehe :)
bulilit, bulilit
btw, along with this story is my question to papang "saan galing pangalan ko?" He just shrugged his shoulders and offered the best answer he could think of - from a milk's brand name which was famous back then! Not that i didn't know that. But recently, i stumbled upon a Nora Aunors' movie entitled BONA; incidentally, that film was released in 1981, the year i was born. Hmm, so there goes the inspiration for my name, huh. Maybe that movie made mamang cried a bucket of tears that is why she named me after its protagonist. but ahm... i think id rather be associated with a milk than with ms. nora aunor, ahehe. id rather live with the tagline "batang may laban" than with "walang himala!". lol.
