7/26/2009

1981

I already heard a lot of stories during my entire years of existence - stories that made me laugh and stories that made me cry. but nothing would beat the story i heard just a year ago from my father while exchanging jokes and anecdotes over lunch. it is one story that made me cry and laugh at the same time. it is the story of my mother giving birth to me on the early dawn of july 26, twenty-eight years ago.

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.

2 comments:

ark said...

Idol gud ni mamang si nora aunor kasi pareho sila may nunal! Eh ang abigail saan galing?

Happy birthday!

iceage said...

abigail: "her Father's joy" daw sabi ng wiki, nyahaha.

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