So Into You

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Adolf Filoteo

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Mon, Nov 9, 10:17 AM

Cheantal, your birthday is coming up.
Any plans, anak?

Papa! I don't have plans yet.
Baka birthday dinner with friends na lang po.
I wish andito kayo nila Mama and Kuya with me.

Why not visit us here in Beijing?

I'll try po, Papa.
Our business here is quite demanding.
Ang daming bagong clients and projects po.

That's good, qian jin.
Business here is doing good also.
But I'm not liking what I've heard about you recently.

What's that, Papa?

I've heard rumors you're going out with another man. Care to explain this, young lady?

Oh, that...

Is it true?

Yes, po. I've been going out with someone for more than a year now. I really love this man, Papa.

What about your engagement with Rem, Cheantal?

I'm sorry po.
I know how much you want me
to marry into the Syjucos
but I don't want to marry Rem.
Please, Papa, can we back out
from this arrangement?

What about our traditions, Cheantal?
Don't you value it?
Hindi kita pinalaki ng maayos
para lang talikuran ang mga iyon.

Please Papa?
He's also from a Chinese family.
He's from a respectable family of doctors.
I know kilala mo ang mga Tiongson.
They're influential than the Syjucos.
He's also a licensed Civil Engineer.
Please? I don't want to marry someone I don't love.

But it's not just about a Chinese
for a Chinese, qian jin.
It's about fulfilling a bond. A promise.
If we back out, what does that say about our family?
Do we not have palabra de honor?

What about me, Papa?
Are my feelings not important to you?
Mas mahalaga pa ba yung mga Syjuco
kaysa sarili mong anak?
All my life I devoted it to fulfill
yours and Mama's wishes.
Pwede po ba this time,
ako naman pagbigyan niyo?

I'll let you play your game
for the mean time, Cheantal.
Pag-uusapan natin ito pag-uwi
namin d'yan sa Pilipinas.
But you have to introduce this man to me.
I have to get to know this man na kinababaliwan mo.
Ano bang pinakain sa'yo ng lalaking iyan para
talikuran mo ang nauna nang naplano?

Yes po, Papa. It means a lot already.
I promise magugustuhan mo siya.
He's a kind man and he loves me dearly.
Thank you Papa for the chance!

We'll see, anak.
If he doesn't impress me
at di ko siya magustuhan para sa'yo,
pasensyahan tayo.
The wedding with Rem will push through ASAP.

Yes po, Papa.
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