What's in a Name?
I overheard my Team Leader telling one of my officemates the other day
that some people he had met for the first time couldn't believe his
name is "Troy". How's that for pop-culture?
This reminds me of my lola saying one day, "Maganda yung G.E. na FrigidAire."
Which, in turn, although totally unrelated, reminds me of her term for barkada, which is "gang". As in "Are you planning to watch a movie with your gang today?"
Gang. Hehe. I can just imagine a posse of little old ladies rolling-up in one of those bouncing, padoomdoom cadillacs, then stepping-out all slo-mo like wearing bandannas, shiny leather jackets, leather pants, and leather boots, giving passing strangers totally angas looks while circling around them menacingly, going "Wachu lookin' at, esse? Chu gotta problem der, compadre?!" and poking these strangers on the chest with their flowery, old-lady umbrellas.
This reminds me of my lola saying one day, "Maganda yung G.E. na FrigidAire."
Which, in turn, although totally unrelated, reminds me of her term for barkada, which is "gang". As in "Are you planning to watch a movie with your gang today?"
Gang. Hehe. I can just imagine a posse of little old ladies rolling-up in one of those bouncing, padoomdoom cadillacs, then stepping-out all slo-mo like wearing bandannas, shiny leather jackets, leather pants, and leather boots, giving passing strangers totally angas looks while circling around them menacingly, going "Wachu lookin' at, esse? Chu gotta problem der, compadre?!" and poking these strangers on the chest with their flowery, old-lady umbrellas.