Tuesday, June 20, 2023

MEETUPS WITH MY BROTHER ABROAD

On the occasion of my brother's birthday today. I will recall the times when we met up abroad. He is actually a crew in merchant ships abroad. Morag capitan n man cguro nay ranggo ron sa akong brother. Milaon jud n akong brother lagi kay youngest man. Hehehe. Gioffer jud n sija ni San Agustin lagi kay spoiled man. I remember nga kasab-an n sija ni Lola Senciang when manujo sijas Tubigon. Then every fiesta ni San Agustin sa Libertad, modagkot jud n sila lagi. These days kay morag sa Panglao n sila moadto. Anyway, the first time we met abroad was when their ship Atlantic Spirit docked at the Port of Amsterdam in March 2001. It was supposed to dock at 2pm but nadelay sila lagi maong gabii n sila nakadunggo. I met their ship at the port and gipasaka pud ko nijas ilang barko. Kadyot ra ko kay nagdiskarga man sila lagi ug mga awto. He was in a car ship that time, morag Nissan p gani to. We called up our parents in Tinangnan too when nagkita mis barko. Kadlawon n tos Tinangnan. And upon my return to The Hague that night, I called up Bohol pud. Buntag n didto, Melinda said mamahaw n kuno sila.. The 2nd time we met abroad was in Singapore. Sa Lucky Plaza n lang mi nagkita and I accompanied them back to the Port of Singapore. Buotan p jud ang taxi driver lagi ato kay instead of $12 nga taxi fare, $10 ray ijang gipabayad kay I was very new p man lagi to Singapore that time. Sa Cambodia ra ko niadto nga wa mi magkita sa akong brother. Malooy pud ko nija nga wa kos America kay di sila kagawas lagi. Hangtod Seaman's Club ra man lagi n sila if modunggo silas America. Yet pakuhaon p jud sila ug US vis lagi. Anyway, I greeted him already and thanked him for being a very loving brother to me and to all of us. Commercial building n man pud ng ijang plano ron lagi nga tukuron sa may basakan kilid sa highway nga ijang gipatambakan. Aunty Helen once said that Baloy is little Prudy kuno. True, liwat jud si Dodong ni Papa Prudy ug nawong tinuod. Salig lang tas Ginoo kanunay Dong. Aloha!

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