Thursday, March 22, 2007

Lost in translation

One of things I miss most about working in Manila is that back home, I can respond to questions with:

Abama. (Aba, malay ko.)

Or respond to good news with:

Ang saya saya!

If the news is really good I exclaim:

Ang ganda! Para kang nagpa-salon! (Actually, no, I don't really say this. But if I wanted too, I could.)

Instead here, if I don't know the answer to something I say:

I'm not too familiar with the facts on that one. Let me double check and get back to you.

If I get good news I say:

That's great.

And if news is very good:

That's really great.

As you can imagine, Ricky Reyes and I are not the happiest of campers.

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