Setting: 1992
we're in the philippines. me, maritess, tina, ditchie - young girls who are barely 20... young and beautiful, with their whole lives ahead of them. cousins, bonded as sisters.
we're at a cafe on rizal blvd. in dumaguete
there's a live band taking requests
the boys in the table next to us are tryna to pick us up in 'bisaya'
I scold them for interrupting girl bonding and being so bold
they give me the *side-eye* and reply... ' TALAGA?'
I say, "O O, SYEMPRE" and go back to ignoring them.
they request a song to play for tina and ditchie and not that bruja with an american accent.
*side-eye*
~emma
true story