Chapter 4 (2/2)
”Why not? Do you need a licence, diploh NCEE score to fly?”
”Are you crazy? It's a really big responsibility!”
”That you turn your back to now?”
”You're really an idiot…I'er than other people What do I know aboutup tanks?”
”Who's an idiot now? All I said was to use your strength to help people, I didn't say anything about you copying Might Mouse!”
”But why do I have to use this powers anyway?”
”That's life, Rogelio, even I always ask why do I have to be born looking like JC Bonnin!”
Rogelio is still too troubled to pay attention to Bok-bok
”Think about it, why you lend me your multi-tester, you even teach ht? You help people as Rogelio You share what you have, you do what you can That's what I'! Why do you help the elderly cross the road? Because you can Why do you help a child who fell over? Because you can You have the strength to right the wrongs, to help the weak…”
Rogelio grins, a mix of clarity and annoyance with the fact that in so even frokantada!”
”Nah, it's just so I picked up from Funny Komiks”
”Alright, I want to help people, as long as I could do it,” Rogelio looks at his friend to reinforce what he said ”Only up to what I can do!”
”No proble you could do, fine!” Bok-bok guarantees ”But wait, what can you really do anyway?”
In the uys running as if chasing soelio pokes his head out theand sees a wohbors! Help!”
Rogelio looks back to Bok-bok: the friend nods: ”Game!”
Translators Note:
I don’t know if you’ve noticed by now, but Bob Ong has a habit of dropping references all over his work This is due to the author’s writing style, who pri on references to pop-culture and Philippine life in general For example, his work ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! (yes that’s a real title, which is a play on the previous Philippine alphabet, the abakada Lit Wow, I can actually read now?! I love raphy with a loose narrative Most of it’s cos most students who studied in the PH could relate to, but to a foreigner? Not so much
Captain Who is one of the first (and few) stories by Bob Ong with an actual narrative, and it’s pretty good as well However, even this book is plagued with references galore
Therefore, I won’t be translating most of these references because 1) They don’t really affect the story, and 2) Most of the references this time are beyond me People in their 40s will probably catch them but for someone born in the 90s, I have to look up most of this
So if you ever see things unexplained, it’s probably just unimportant stuff
1 – Most likely talking about the CCP: