Chapter 19 (1/1)

KS Chapter 19

Jonyo Sardines on her cheek after hurriedly finishi+ng her dinner and heading straight to the front of the 14-inch Sony Trinitron Jony their kids on their laps—is watching Pinoy Thriller on channel 13, headed by Aling Precious who alins the gauess the products in the commercials The faht; so on the red floorand Johnson's Floor Wax At tis will shout if they are surprised by a scary scene in the shohich leads to Mhe—which often leads to her throwing up her dinner They were in the raency broadcast JB quickly changes the channel to watch LA Law and look at the tireement But in all the stations, only the President's face could be seen, speaking of bad news: The Philippines is closing it's airports to the countries affected with the sickness, and wishes for the families with relatives abroad to pray for theer than five minutes, but the shows on the TV did not return Soency news coverage Pinoy Thriller is no longer on, but the fa Precious is still terrified

The disorder in Pelaez is clear the next day Many are buying rice and canned goods fro The explosive karaoke of Mang Boy is now blaring the noisy news of DZRH The church is open and so despite it not being a Sunday In the priest's sermon, heup on one another, but life in the streets is fast-paced nobody loiters or stops to rest and chat Pelaez is covered in a blanket of fear, not unlike the other parts of the globe And like the other parts of the globe, the feared news finally arrives That night, a 42 year old man in Palawan is reported to have died in an hospital because of hypovoleave up fro The man wasn't all that feverish before he died, but he was positive to the dreaded virus

In the following days, scattered in the sidewalks are vendors selling fabric face ave their eain No one wants to eat out any the virus, nor does anyone take a stroll or watchhours of the LRT² The econoht as well have been Holy Week with all of the television and radio progra out for the repentance ofbut the worries and fears to the ue In only a couple of days, dread enveloped the whole world And then the sickness spread to the province

Translation Notes:

1 – A children’s gaets to “pitik,” or flick the loser’s ears, nose, or forehead

2 – Talking about the Manila Light Rail Transit System, one of the major train systems in the Philippines

3 – Holy Week in the Philippines is a significant matter There are usually no classes froular television progra is replaced by specials, reruns, or Catholic related shows