I gave Sgt. RN 120 pieces of white towels and instructed him to take a tricycle to go to the church in Pila-pila. He was with us during the Holy Wednesday procession so he must know what I was talking about. I told him to give one face towel each to the church marshalls and to distribute the rest to the male devotees wearing white t-shirts waiting to carry the dead Jesus.
A—-“Pumunta ka sa Pila-pila church. Alam mo yun, nadun tayo nung myerkoles. Yung simbahan dun”.
Sgt. RN—- “Yes mam.”
A—-“Sumakay ka ng tricycle sabihin mo sa simbahan sa Pila. O eto one hundred, mura lang bayad sa tricycle.”
To make sure he remembers my instructions, I asked him…
A—“Saan simbahan ka pupunta?”
Sgt RN—–“Sa….san..santa Elena…”
A—-“Ano? Wala naman akong sinabi na Santa Elena.
Wala pang isang minuto nalimutan mo na agad?”
A—-“Anong sasabihin mo sa tricycle driver, saang simbahan ka pupunta?”
Sgt. RN—-“Sa…. Santa…. Magdalena?”
GRABE TALAGA.
A——“My God, I just said it a minute ago…. Santa Elena daw? Tapos si Magdalena?”
Edmund—–“Sabi naman sayo basta marino, sundalo, isang utos lang.”
