Thursday, July 27, 2017
Edmund and I were having late lunch around 3 pm when Antonia approached us saying goodbye. “Sir, Mam, aalis na ako dito. Baka mapasama lang ako sa mga kasamahan ko”. Then she started crying. When we asked why, she said the guards ate her food and finished all the sinaing in the rice cooker.
When she was ready to eat, there was no more rice.
I told her “Antonia naman, ang dami-dami namang pagkain dyan, eh di magsaing ka uli. Pasensyahan mo na sila. Kung ma-ubos eh di magluto ka uli”. Edmund also told her the same thing “Huwag kang masyadong mararamdamin. Kung ayaw mong kainin nila yung pagkain mo, huwag mong ilagay dun sa lamesa nila”.
A—-“Antonia, mababait naman sila, pasensyahan mo na. Malalaki kasi ang katawan kaya malakas sa kanin”.
She understood the situation, stopped crying and started smiling.
