Chapter 1 (1/2)
KS Chapter 1
For Kay A Gram
”Pagbilan ngaa!”1 The seven year old child loudly knocked on the wooden sill with her change ”Chikinini…Pritos Ring…and a StarKist!”
”Don't have”
”StarKist?”
”Don't have,” Rogelio didn't even bother to look
”I'll just have a Rinbee, then”
”Don't have”
”Not even Rinbee?” The child pouts ”How 'bout Cheezums?”
”We don't sell anyelio stands froirl ”Do you even see any wares around here?” He points to the child the broken TV's, fans, radios, and other old machinery around hi with her left eye and playing with her bangs Rogelio sits down again and returns to fiddling with the small Sony cassette player
”Kuya2, do you have Lipps?” the child continued as if nothing happened
”Don't have”
”Mr Cinco?”
”Don't have”
”Texas?”
”Don't have I don't have Texas” He grabbed two bubble guave it to the kid ”But I have some Tarzan if you want We’re cool?”
The girl happily took the free bubble gu thanks immediately took off
This is a coelio inside the repair shop known as Hasnboard from the eatery in front of them that burnt doo days after it opened Haselio's nboard fron to 4 Ernesto got sick, so the planned sari-sari store reh So even when they ran out of wares and the sari-sari store that was called an eatery becarew out of asking to buy here or to chill on the storefront
Ninoy has yet to be assassinated in the MIA5 when Rogelio inherited the store And in aln to ”ELECTRONICS REPAIR SHOP” No time, no paint, and no one really cares what the naood, he never ran out of jobs to do Every moment someone co machine, tape recorder, video rewinder, turntable, family computer, Atari, Betah to save cause what he earns isn't even enough to feed the family as well as pay the debts for the equip Ernesto's treatment
Rogelio Manglic at 5'6” Brown skin Short hair that parts to the left He only had a year left in college with a degree in ECE when he's forced to stop because of his father's condition That was the tihbor's broken appliances to earn so6 Has jobs as a washerwo man learned of this fact early
”Rogelio! What is this dog of yours doing again?”
Rogelio's head falls while letting out a sigh He heard the voice of the neighbor Aling Precious once again
”I'ay7!”
”But ET's all tied up!” he politely shouted back in defense
”Tied up, tied up…then what is this dog feces doing here?!”
Rogelio didn't bother to reply In these occasions, Aling Precious just really needs to mouth off soets the last say ”You clean and you clean, then your neighbors just keep ona mess!”
ET has been with Rogelio for just a week Before that, it has been a year since they had a dog President Cory Aquino has just taken the seat in the Malacañang8 when a bunch of delinquents poisoned Giz Precious had no proble poop on the road
Aling Precious is very particular with garbage segregation She always separates the garbage per which is 'hers' and which to blaet a pass She sweeps the leaves towards Rogelio's property even though the only plant they have is a potted palm
”P're!” Jong suddenly pops in to Rogelio's shop, wearing a faded USA for Africa t-shi+rt that's his favorite, which he always pair with the Acid Wash jeans Jong is known around Pelaez as ”Euinaldo in the five peso coin if Erew out his hair, wore shades, had a mole, and basicallyalways does to every five peso coin he co a ball pen
Philippine Five Peso Coin, featuring National Hero Euinaldo
Randy Santiago, 1980s
He also has a weird way of saying ”pare”9 He says it fast that the ”a” disappears, but it doesn't sound like he's saying ”pre” exactly It kind of sounds like he's saying ”p're” Whatever it is, Rogelio already knohat he's here for with all his pare-ing
”Could I borrow your cart?”
Rogelio scratches his head ”Return it with all the wheels!”
”Sure thing, duling,” Jong is already pulling away the cart that he has already loaded with scrap elio's neck stretches for a bit to keep his eyes on the wheels of the cart that Jong is pushi+ng away, hbor borrowed them