Di Kong Lan Nang Weh! - A Mano Po Sequel

Almost always, I'd hear Pa ranting wanting me to speak the Chinese language. Be it during breakfast, dinner, inside the car, in my room, in his room. In short, Pa's ears are bionic. My Fookien is bad. It's not as good as my Mandarin. Pa speaks good Fookien but not Mandarin. This is where the trouble begins.

The text in italics are the translation for the Chinese text.

me: Pa, alam mo nung isang araw ...
Pa: Meh! Di kong lan nang weh! (Meh, speak Chinese!)

It's such an effort on my part to speak Fookien. I end up resorting to keeping my mouth shut than uttering a single Chinese word. Well of course Pa wanted to hear what I wanted to say so the saga continued.

Pa: Meh, di le kong sia mi? (Meh, what are you saying?)

I look at Pa and instead of saying a word, I chose to move my head from side to side silently communicating that I had nothing to say. That was the easiest way out. Smart kid. (I'm a gana kid, gana grow.) The other day, I wanted to apply for a non-professional driver's license. What I have is a student's permit and since a month has lapsed, I can already apply for one. Pa has connections in the LTO and I didn't want to take the written test and do a test drive.

me: Pa, gusto kong mag apply ng professional driver's license.
Pa: Ano?! Professional driver's license? Kung ako nga di ako makakuha nun, ikaw pa!
me: Ay ay mali. Non-pro pala.
Pa: Naku Meh, masyadong complicated yan. Kailangan mo pa magdala ng car.
me: Pa, may connection ka naman. Sige na suhulan na lang natin. (I hope I'm not breeding corruption in the Philippines.)
Pa: Meh, I'll think about it ok? I'll let you know.
me: Eh Pa, ang dali dali lang mag apply.
Pa: Meh, di kong lan nang weh! (Meh, speak Chinese!)
me: Pa, sabi ko gusto ko mag apply ng driver's license.
Pa: Meh! Di kong lan nang weh! (Meh, speak Chinese!)
me: Pa, gua be (I want to) apply driver's license. Bwahahahaha. (That's what smart kids do. They speak half of the sentence in Chinese and the rest in English. No sweat.)
Pa: Meh, di si siao tsa bo. (Meh, isa kang sira ulong babae.)

Pa left the house and was shaking his head. I think reality hit him that he had a daughter who could hardly speak Chinese and is also driving him crazy.