March 30 to April 5
Fisherboy: Imaginarily Directed By Ishmael
Bernal
A Story by Jonathan Aquino (8 of 11)
The sun was mercilessly hot, like a malignant,
ancient fire god. Jay and Temyong were in the middle of the sea, the boats of
other fishermen within sight like specks around them. The far-away shore seemed
to be a mirage in the shimmering air.
"Time for lunch,
Jay!" said Temyong, opening the wrapped banana leaves. "How
nice!" he exclaimed, pleased. "You'll love Miling's galunggong paksiw!"
He looked up at the sun directly over them. "With this weather," he
joked, the soup should still be hot!"
"Oh, look, Tata
Temyong!" said the boy, happy because he's secretly ravenous. "Nanay Miling
even wrapped us some salted eggs and tomatoes!" Jay was quick to learn to
eat without spoon or fork. He washed his hand in the ocean and began peeling
the violet-purple salted egg. "Tatay Temyong," he asked, "I
heard that the catch is getting fewer lately." He took a bite of tomato
like an apple.
"Yeah," nodded
Temyong, expertly separating the galunggong flesh from the fishbone. "Not
like before. That's why sometimes, we're forced to raise our price by a peso,
or even two." He took a handful of rice, egg and fish, shaking his head as
he chewed. "I remember when I was your age," he continued as he
swallowed. "Our boat would almost sink because of the heavy catch!"
Jay would eat a piece of
egg and a bite of tomato, like a tequila ritual. "How did you become a
fisherman, Tatay Temyong?" he asked.
"How did I-?"
Temyong seemed amused by the question. "My father was a fisherman, so was
my grandfather and his father before him." He chuckled. "How did I
became a fisherman?" he repeated. "I didn't know any other
life!"
Their catch took over half the boat. It was
little, Temyong said, regaling Jay with stories of the post-War golden age of
fishing as they paddled to shore later.
"Are you tired, Jay?" Temyong asked.
"Want to rest?"
"I'm fine,
Tatay Temyong," Jay said, exhausted but trying not to show it.
"What's going
on?" murmured the fisherman, squinting in the late afternoon sun at the
shore. Jay, almost slumped at squiggling
mass of netted fish, looked up and saw the other fishermen at the shore forming
a circle around something they couldn't see. Their voices, not sounding
friendly, drifted in the wind.
"I hope it's not
trouble," Jay said nervously.
Temyong looked at him.
"You're with me, Jay," he assured the boy. "Nobody here would
dare lay a hand on you!" The fishermen saw them and waded to meet their
boat and help pull it towards the sand.
"We've all been waiting
for you, kapitan!" said Sendong, a fisherman who looks like Ketchup
Eusebio in Rakenrol.
"You know Lucio, right?" he added, gesturing towards a
prosperous-looking man on the shore who looks like Christopher De Leon in When
Love Begins.
To Be Continued Next
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(Photos courtesy of thetravelhack.com,crunchyroll.com, celebritypeeps.com)
From The Journal of Jonathan Aquino aka Huggybear
March 18, 2013
12:02 a.m., Monday
I believe in living simply. In simplicity there is truth, beauty and power. Beginning today, there would be only 7 major activies in my life. The only minor thing is my blogging. Everything else would orbit around my ONLY SEVEN
The second is my work as a freelance writer: my latest publication is today, a timeless story on Albert Einstein that appeared in Philippine Panorama
The fifth, sixth and seventh are personal projects that will transform yet again my ever-changing, forward-charging, totally unconventional life. After my expected outcomes, by itself and by extension, I will be "where I belong..."
The second is my work as a freelance writer: my latest publication is today, a timeless story on Albert Einstein that appeared in Philippine Panorama
The fifth, sixth and seventh are personal projects that will transform yet again my ever-changing, forward-charging, totally unconventional life. After my expected outcomes, by itself and by extension, I will be "where I belong..."
"...And I won't look back
I can go the distance!
And I'll stay on track!
No I won't accept defeat!
It's an uphill slope,
But I won't lose hope!
Till I go the distance
And my journey is complete!
"But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart..."
~Michael Bolton
Go The Distance
(Theme from Hercules)
(Huggybear's photo taken March 18, 2013 in Lahug City, Cebu)
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