New York.docx

NEW YORKER IN TONDO

SCRIPT (Marcelino Agana, Jr.)

A Recreation By Emilio Joaquin Flores Directed and Written by Emilio Joaquin Flores Literature 1 Main Characters:

Josiah Macadangdang as Tony Blessie Buligan as Francesca a.k.a Kikay Lester Sestina as Totoy Nea Montalbo as Nena Jecebelle Naurette as Mrs. Mendoza/ Aling Atang Joseph Dichoso as Mr Mendoza/ Mang Roger "Tony" Tony is the sophisticated “Tondo Boy” of the story. He is one of the main characters. He is the lover of Kikay and Nena both, making him a two timer. He is kind, sweet, friendly and caring to his friends Portrayed by Josiah Oswald Macadangdang. "Kikay" “Kikay” or “Francesca” is the New Yorker in Tondo. Originally a Binondo girl but studied at New York to learn more about Beauty and Hair Designs. She is a trying hard american, and forces her Mother to also act like her. Her behavior changed when she came back from New York which her friends find really strange. She is Tony’s Fiance. "Nena" Nena is Kikay’s long term BFF, until Kikay left for New York of course. She is another member of their group, the tomboyish, demure but strong type of girl. She likes Tony but Totoy has a secret crush on her. She is kind and true to her friends. Portrayed by Neya Montalbo. "Totoy" The original kanto/tondo/achupz boulevard boy. The prankster yet sensitive boy that always follows nena where ever she goes. He is Tony’s bestfriend. He is kind, sweet, funny, sensitive, quite idiotic but very loyal and true to his friends. Portrayed by Lester Sestina. "Aling Atang"/Mrs. Mendoza The ever caring Mother of Kikay, she is a true binondo girl and hates the way Kikay wants her to act as a sophisticated american,. Her accent is a trying hard filipino-english accent. She is caring and loving to her daughter and her daughter’s friends.

"Chumba"/Other Dancers The “Kanto boys” of Tondo. They are Aling Atang’s Neighbors also known as the wannabe singers and dancers that appear mostly on serious situations in their life to make their arguments more lively. They are lead by Chumba, a singer and Dancer.

Recurring Characters: Precious Flores as Jeanette (Kikay's Friend from the California) Calvin Jestin as Jamal (Kikay's Friend from California)

Skit Characters: -Binondo people who talk and sing like african americans Marc Caliso as Chumba Singers: Dayjay Dannang Vernie Reyes Ralph Paguio Alejandro Garcia III

Prologue Francesca: All Riiight! Let’sParty! Jeanette: Cesca! Do you really have to go? Francesca: Yes darling, but don’t fret, I’m really going to miss you all! Jeanette: Don’t you ever forget me dear! Jamal: Where is your home again Cesca? Francesca: It”s in Tondo, Manila Jamal: Why do you want to go back? Stay here! Stay with us! Jeanette: What’s the life of a party without our dear Francesca? Right Jamal? Jamal: Were going to miss you Francesca. Francesca: I love you my friends! But for tonight, leet’s partyy!!

Scene 1 The parlor of the Mendoza house in Tondo. Front door is at right. Curtained window is at left. Left side of stage is occupied by a rattan set –sofa and two chairs flanking a table. On the right side of the stage, a cabinet radio stands against a back wall. Open door-way in center, background, leads into the rest of the house. MRS. M: (As she walks toward the door) –Visitors, always visitors. Nothing but visitors all day long. Naku, I’m beginning to feel like Kris Aquino! (She opens door. Tony steps in, carrying a bouquet. Tony is 26, dressed to kill, and is the suave type. Right now, however, he is feeling a trifle nervous. He starts slightly on seeing Mrs. Mendoza.) MRS. M : Oh! Ikaw pala Tony! Akala ko ba nasa probinsya ka? TONY : (Startling) –Ikaw na ba iyan Aling Atang?! MRS. M : ( Laughing) --- Oo naman Iho! Sino bang akala mo? Mukha na ba akong si Sharon Cuneta? TONY : Di kasi kita namukhaan aling atang eh! MRS. M : (shyly touching her boyish bob) – Nagpa salon lang ako, bakit? Pangit ba ang pagkagupit? TONY : Ay hindi po! (Laughs) Akala ko nga ikaw na si Kikay eh. MRS. M : (Playfully slapping his cheek) --- Ay nako Tony, napakapalikero mo parin. Iho, Pumasok ka, anu ka ba naman. (Enter Singers) “WELCOME WELCOME” Chumba: Welcome Welcome! Welcome Welcome! TONY: Sino ba yan sila, aling atang? MRS.M: Hay nako, ang mga kapitbahay na wannabe singers, hayaan mo lang sila. Kumusta na ba ang Nanay mo? TONY : (As he sits down, still holding the bouquet) --- Hayun, Si nanay, namimiss na raw niya ang Tondo. Gusto niyang bumalik rito MRS. M : (Standing beside his chair, putting on an apron) – Eh ilang taon ka bang nawala? TONY : Tatlong Buwan ho.

MR. M : Tatlong buwan! Kawawa naman si kumare, sigurado akong inip na inip na yon! Di talaga nagbabago ang mga binondo girls iho. TONY : Alam niyo naman kaming mga Engineers, kapag may trabaho, kunin agad! May proyekto ako sa isang tulay sa Bulacan, pero pag natapos na ako, babalik kami agad dito sa Tondo MRS. M : Dapat makabalik na siya dito agad agad! Matagal-tagal na rin kaming hindi naglalaro ng Pangguingue TONY : (Laughing) --- Namiss na din yan ni nanay MRS. M : Naiintindihan ko siya Tony! Hinding hindi talaga magiging probinsyana si kumare. Once a Tondo girl, always a Tondo girl (She pauses, struck by a thought). Ewan ko lang kung totoo ba iyan. Look at my Kikay; Nasa america siya ng isang taon, and she says that she never, never felt homesick at all! TONY : (Beginning to look nervous again) --- Kailan nga ba siya umuwi Tita? Si Kikay? MRS. M : Noong Lunes Lang. TONY : Hindi ko nga agad nalaman na nakadating na pala si Kikay. Nabasa ko sa newspaper eh. MRS. M : (Plaintively) --- Noong lunes lang siya dumating, Tony and look at what has happened to me! Nung nakita niya ako, napakagalit niya;Dinala niya ako sa isang beauty shop, and look, look what she had done to me! My hair is cut, my eyebrows are shaved, my nails are manicured, and kung pupunta ako sa palengke naka lipstick and make up! Pinagtatawanan ako lahat ng mga kumare ko! Baka kung anu ano na ang maisip nila sa akin! Pero ano na ang magawa ko? Alam mo naman tong si Kikay. At sabi niya kailangan ko raw magmukhang amerikana dahil may anak raw akong americana. Dios mio! Do I look like an American to you?

TONY : (Too worried to pay much attention) --- Maganda ka parin Aling Atang, Asan na siya ngayon? MRS. M : (who’s rather engrossed in her own troubles too) --- Sino? TONY : Si Kikay? Nandito ba siya? MRS. M : (Snorting) --- Oo naman, Hayun, Natutulog pa! TONY : (Glancing at his watch) ---Natutulog?! MRS. M : Sabi niya. (fake american accent) New York people do not wake up before twelve o’clock noon. TONY : (Glancing at his watch once more) --- Eh mag aalas diyes na ah.

MRS. M : Alam mo naman ang batang yun, pag kadating niya dito, Puro nalang Party, Bar, Brewery, Metro.Hybrid! Hay nako. TONY : (Rising disconsolately) --- paki sabihan mo nalang na dumaan ako, at paki bigay nalang din nito MRS. M : (Taking the flowers) --- Bakit? Aalis ka na ba agad? Eh kababata mo yun eh! Sandali lang, gisingin ko lang siya. TONY : Wag nalang ho Aling atang, babalik nalang po ako sa susunod MRS. M : (Moving away) --- Hindi, hintayin mo siya diyan. Sigurado akong masiyahan siya na makita ang kanyang kababata. And she’ll want to thank you in person for these flowers. Napakaganda naman, Tony…. Mahal siguro ito, ano? TONY : (Sitting down again) --- Ay, walang anu man po MRS. M : (Pausing, already at center doorway) --- Oh, Tony … TONY : ho, Aling Atang? MRS. M : You mustn’t call me “Aling Atang.” TONY : Bakit naman ho? MRS. M : Kikay doesn’t like it. She says I must tell people to call me Mrs. Mendoza. She says it’s a more civilized form of address. So … and especially in front of Kikay…. You must call me Mrs. Mendoza. TONY : Opo, Aling … I, mean yes, Mrs. Mendoza. MRS. M : (Turning to go) --- Tatawagin ko na si Kikay TONY : (To himself as he sits down) --- Hah! MRS. M : (Turning around again) ---- Oh, and Tony … TONY : (Jumping up again) --- Ano ho, Aling … I mean yes, Mrs. Mendoza. MRS. M : You must not call Kikay, “Kikay.” TONY : (Blankly) --- Eh anung tatawagin ko sa kanya? MRS. M : You must call her Francesca. TONY : Francisca? MRS. M : Not Francisca … Fran…CES…ca.

TONY : Franc- Bakit Francesca? MRS. M : She says that in New York, everybody calls her Fran-CES-ca. Do you know that many people in New York thought she was an Italian…an Italian from California? Wag mong kalimutan Tony; do not call her Kikay, she hates that name … call her Fran-CES-ca. TONY : (Limply, sitting down again) --- Opo, Mrs. Mendoza. MRS. M : (Turning to go again) – Maghintay ka diyan at tatawagin ko na si Fran-CES-ca. (Somebody knocks at the front door. She turns around again.) Aie, Dios mio! TONY : (Jumping up once again) – Ako na ho ang kukuha (He goes to open the door.) MRS. M : (As she exists) --- Sabihin mong mag antay sila iho (Tony opens door and Totoy steps in. Totoy is the same age as Tony and is more clearly a Tondo sheik. The one word that could possibly describe his attire is “spooting”. Both boys extend their arms out wide on beholding each other.) TOTOY : Tony! TONY : Totoy! (They pound each other’s bellies.) TOTOY : Tarantadong Talong! TONY : Itlog Pula! TOTOY : Mayroon ba tayo diyan? TONY : Ikaw pa ang tatanong? Ilang bangko na ba ang na raid mo? TOTOY : Hoy, hoy, dahan dahan ka Tony, baka ikaw ang nang r-raid ng bangko! TONY : Impossible! Nagbago na ako, Goodboy na kaya ito. TOTOY : (Arms around each other’s shoulders, they march across the room) --Make way for the Tondo boys … Bang! Bang! TONY : (Pushing Totoy away and producing a package of cigarettes) Nice! …Oh, Yosi naman diyan. TOTOY : (Taking a cigarette) – Akala ko ba nasa Bulacan ka? TONY : Oo nga, Pumunta ako dito para kay Kikay TOTOY : (As they light cigarette) --- Eh brad, bad news laging naririnig ko sa babaeng yun.

TONY : (Sinking into a chair) --- Ako nga din eh TOTOY : (Sitting down too) --- sabi pa ng mga kapitbahay, Sisang Baliw na yun TONY : Galing siya New York eh TOTOY : Anung Ginawa niya dun? TONY : Oh, nag aral ng Hair culture and beauty science. May diploma pa! TOTOY : Naks naman! Haba ng hair naman ni kikay! TONY : Ah tama, hindi na siya Kikay … she is Fran-CES-ca. TOTOY : Fran-CES-ca? TONY : Miss Tondo has become Miss New York. TOTOY : Kikay, an American? Wag mo nga akong lokohin! Eh kilala na natin yun nung nagbebenta pa siya ng kakanin eh! (Stands up and imitates a girl puto vendor) --- Puto kayo diyan … bili na kayo ng puto. TONY : (Laughing) – Naalala mo ba yung tinulak natin siya sa kanal? TOTOY : Hahaha! Oo! Naalala ko panga hinabol pa niya tayo hanggang kabilang kanto TONY : At ang lakas pang sumuntok! TOTOY : (Fondly) --- Dear old Kikay! (Knocking at the door. Totoy goes to open it. Enter Nena. Nena is a very well possessed young lady of 24. ) NENA : Why, it’s Totoy! TOTOY : (Opening his arms) --- Nena, my loves! NENA : (Brushing him aside as she walks into the room) – and Tony too! Ano to? Empoy at Bobet reunion? TOTOY : (Following behind her) – Nandito kami para kay new Yorker NENA : Ako nga rin, nandito na ba siya? TONY : Gingising pa siya ni Aling Atang NENA : Gisingin? Bakit? Nanaghinip pa ba siya? MRS. M : (Appearing in the center doorway) – Gising na siya, nagbibihis nalang. Good morning, Nena. Good morning, Totoy. (Totoy and Nena are staring speechless. Mrs. Mendoza is carrying a vase in which she has arranged Tony’s flowers. She self-consciously walks into the room and sets the vase on the

table amidst the silence broken only by Totoy’s helpless wolf whistle.) MRS. M : (Having set the vase on the table) –Well, Totoy? Well, Nena? I said good morning. Bat ganyan kayo maka tingin? Chumba: (Singing) Bakit kayo ganyan makatingin, super sexy naman ng ating bituin. Si Aling Atang, pwede bang patikim MRS M: Umalis nga kayo dito! (CHUMBA AND GROUP EXITS) NENA : Ikaw ba yan Aling Atang? TOTOY : Anak ng Tortang Talong! Si Aling Atang! (He collapses into a chair) TONY : To, di na siya si Aling Atang, siya na si Mrs. Mendoza NENA : (Laughing) – Kinukurot kurot niyo po ako, Aling Atang, nung bata pa ako MRS. M : You were a very naughty girl, always fighting with Kikay. You were all very naughty children. (She points at Totoy) – Lalo na itong isang ito, laging nagnanakaw ng mangga sa aming bakuran TOTOY : Nariyan pa ba ang Manggahan? MRS. M : Nandun pa sa likuran. TOTOY : (Jumping up) – Nena! Pumitas tayo ng Mangga! MRS.M : Subukan niyo, pipitasin ko rin yang mga tenga niyo , sige! TOTOY: Joke lang po! MRS. M : Ah Totoy, samahan mo ako sa kusina TOTOY : Bakit?! Anung gagawin mo sa akin aling atang?! MRS. M : G***, magpapatulong ako magdala ng mga gamit (Exits Mrs. Mendoza and Totoy. Left alone, Nena and Tony are silent for a moment. Tony seated; Nena stands behind the sofa.) NENA : Well, Tony? TONY : Bat ka pa pumunta Nena? NENA : Oh, bakit naman hindi? TONY : Wala ko pa nakausap si Kikay.

NENA : Wala? Akala ko ba sasabihin mo na kung ano ang nangyari kagabi? TONY : Di ko nakayanan Nena. NENA : Oh, Tony, Tony! TONY : (Irritated, imitating her tone) – Oh, Tony, Tony! Gamitin mo nga ang utak mo Nena! Hindi madaling makipag break sa isang babae na tinanong mo para pakasalan! NENA : (Belligerently) – Ano ba? Si Kikay o Ako? Chumba: (Singing) Sinong pipiliin mo? Si Kikay o Ako... NENA: PWEDE BA?! (EXITS) TONY : Ikaw siyempre. Ikaw ang mahal ko Nena NENA : (Bitterly) –Ako nga ba? At engaged ka kay Kikay? TONY : Matagal na yun Nena! NENA : (Flaring up) – ******* mo Tony! TONY : (Jumping up and following her) – Nena, Nena, you know I love you, only you! NENA : (Whirling around to face him) – Bakit Tony? Bakit Mo ginawang tanungin ako para pakasalan kita habang engaged ka pa kay Kikay? TONY : Sana Hindi ko nalang sinabi sayo! Etong mapapala ko sa pagiging honest! NENA : Honest! You call yourself honest? Getting me to fall in love with you when you still belonged to Kikay? TONY : She loved me at my worst. You had me at my best. Pero Binali wala niya lang yun. She chose to break my heart, Baka kaya tayo iniiwan ng mga mahal natin kasi baka may darating na mas okay. Yung taong hindi tayo sasaktan at paasahin. NENA : (Sarcastically) – Kung hindi ka titigil sa One more chance na linyang yan baka ma sapak kita hanggang mamula yang pisngi mo. TONY : (Miserably) Sorry. NENA : At sinabi mo pang secret ang ating engagement?! TONY : Nalaman ko kasi pagkatapos na darating si Kikay NENA : Pagod na ako sa mga sikreto Tony! Pagod na pagod na ako!

TONY : Hayaan mo munang kausapin ko si Kikay. NENA : Bilisan mo! Di ako makapag antay TONY : Pero, paano ko siya makakausap ngayon? NENA : May problema ba Tony? TONY : Nandito si Totoy at Ikaw. NENA : Gusto mo kaming umalis ni Totoy? TONY : Hindi, hayaan mo lang akong makausap si Kikay ng Mag isa NENA : Ako nang bahala kay Totoy. (Totoy appears in the doorway with tray on his head; glasses and a pitcher are on a tray.) TOTOY : (Sailing in) – Puto kayo diyan, bili na kayo ng puto…! (Mrs. Mendoza appears in the doorway, carrying a plate of sandwiches.) MRS. M : Listen everybody…Nandito na si Kikay…pero tawagin niyo siyang Fran-CES-ca. (She moves away from the doorway and Kikay appears. Kikay is garbed in a trailing gown trimmed with fur at the neck and hemline. From one hand she dangles a large silk handkerchief which she keeps waving about as she walks and talks. In the other hand, she carries a very long cigarette holder with an unlighted cigarette affixed. Kikay’s manner and appearance are …to use a Hollywood expression …”chi-chi mad.”)

KIKAY : (Having paused a long moment in the doorway, hands uplifted in surprise and delight) – Oh, hello, hello… you darling, darling people! (She glides into the room. Everybody else is too astonished to move) Nena, my dear…but how cute you’ve become! (She kisses Nena) And Tony, my little pal of the valley…how are you? (She gives her hand to Tony) and Totoy…my, how ravishing you look. (She walks all around the apprehensive Totoy) goodness, you look like a Tondo super production in Technicolor! But sit down everybody…do sit down and let me look at you. (Her three visitors sit down. She sees the tray with the glasses and pitcher on the table and throws her hands up in amused horror.) Oh, mumsy, mumsy!

MRS. M : Ano nanaman iha? KIKAY : How many times must I tell you, mumsy dearest, never, never serve fruit juice in water glasses! MRS. M : Hindi ko mahanap yung mga basong gusto mo iha KIKAY : (Approaching and kissing her mother) – Oh, my poor li’l mumsy…she is so clumsy, no? But never mind, dearest; don’t break your heart about it.

Here sit down. MRS. M : hindi, mamamalengke pa ako. KIKAY : Oh, mumsy, don’t forget my celery. (to her visitors) – I can’t live without celery. I’m like a rabbit…munch, munch all day. MRS. M : Oh aalis na ako. Tony, ipa regards mo nalang ako sa mama mo iho okay? KIKAY : (Gesturing make up) – and remember, mumsy…a little bloom on the lips, a little bloom on the cheeks. MRS. M : Oh, Kikay, kailangan pa ba? KIKAY : Again, mumsy? MRS. M : (Already in the center doorway) – Kailangan ko pa bang pinturahan tong mukhang to Fran-CES-ca? KIKAY : (Breaking into laughter and turning towards the others) – But how dreadfully she puts it! Oh, mumsy, mumsy…what am I going to do with you? MRS. M : (As she exits) – Ayoko na! Di ko na to makaya! KIKAY : (Still laughing) – Poor mumsy, she’s quite a problem. (She waves her cigarette) Oh, does anybody have a light? (Totoy jumps up and gives her a light.) KIKAY : Merci. TOTOY : Huh? Merci? Si Totoy ito Kikay hindi si Mercy. KIKAY : I said merci. That means thank you… in French. TOTOY : (As he sits down) – Merci! (Kikay poses herself on the arm of the sofa where Nena is sitting and sipping orange juice. The two boys, also sipping juice and munching sandwiches, occupying the two chairs) NENA : Kuwento ka naman tungkol sa New York. KIKAY : (Fervently) – Ah, New York, New York! Are ypu ready for the most exciting, amazing and romantic story ever?! Chumba: (ENTERS) Amazing, Exciting, Romantic! (Blows flower petals) TONY : Gaano ka ba katagal dun? KIKAY : (In a trance) – 10 months, 4 days, 7 hours and 21 minutes! TOTOY : (Aside to the others) – Andun pa siya. Actually wala pa siya umalis dun.

KIKAY : (With emotion choking her voice) – Yes, I feel as if I were still there, as though I had never left it, as though I had lived there all my life. But I look around me (She bitterly looks around her at the three gaping visitors) and I realize that no, no I’m not there. I’m not in New York… I’m here, here! KIKAY : (She rises abruptly and goes to window where she stands looking out) I’m home, they tell me. Home! But which is home for me? This cannot be home because my heart aches with home sickness. I feel myself to be an exile…yes, a spiritual exile. My spirit aches for its true home across the sea. Ah, New York! My own dear New York! (She is silent a moment, looking across the horizon, her arms cross over her breast. Her visitors glanced uneasily at each other.) NENA : (To others) – Sa tingin ko dapat umalis na tayo TONY : Oo nga baka nakakadisturbo tayo NENA : (With a languishing gesture) – hayaan natin siyang mag reminisce TONY : (Glancing at the entranced Kikay) – Yan na ba ang babaeng nakasasama nating mag swimming sa putikan noon? TOTOY : (Crossing his arms over his chest) – Ah, New York! My own dear New York! KIKAY : (Whirling around, enraptured) – Listen…oh listen! Now, in New York, it’s springtime…it’s spring in New York! The daisies are just appearing in Central Park and out in Staten Island the grass is green again. (With a little fond laugh) Oh, we have a funny custom in New York…an old, old and very dear custom. When spring comes around each year, we New Yorkers, we make a sort of pilgrimage to an old tree growing down by the Battery. Oh, it’s an old tree. It’s been growing there ever since New York was New York. And we New Yorkers, we call it “Our Tree”. Every spring we go down to say hello to it and to watch its first green leaves coming out. In a way, that tree is our symbol for New York…undying immortal, forever growing and forever green! (She laughs and makes an apologetic gesture) But please, please forgive me! Here I am going sentimental and just mooning away over things you have no idea about. No, you can’t understand this emotion I feel for our dear old tree over there in New York. NENA : Naiintindihan kita Kikay! Ganun rin ang nafefeel ko sa ating tree KIKAY : (Blankly) – Ating tree? NENA : Ang mango tree natin girl! Naalala ko pa inaakyat natin at pinipitas natin ang mga manggang hilaw at sina tony ang kumukuha ng mga mangga at kinain natin hanggang sasakit ang ating mga tiyan! TOTOY : nahuli nga ako ni aling atang eh! Hinubaran niya pa ako ng shorts! NENA : Oo nga eh! Tapos tumatakbo ka sa labas ng naka brief habang sinisigaw: “Ibalik mo shorts ko!” (They were all shaking with laughter except Kikay who is staring blankly at this.)

KIKAY : Wait laang! Ano ba na tree ang pinag uusapan natin? NENA : Our mango tree, Kikay. Yung mango tree sa inyong bakuran. KIKAY : (Flatly) – Oh that tree… TONY : bakit kikay? Hindi ba parehas ang nararamdaman mo para sa tree natin at sa tree mo sa new york? KIKAY : (Tartly) – Of course not! They…they’re completely different! I don’t feel any emotion for this silly old mango tree. It doesn’t awaken any memories for me at all! NENA : (Rising) – Pero para sa amin, napakahalaga ng tree nayun. Lahat ng ka aliwan natin. Lahat ng memories ng ating childhood Kikay! Ang tree na yun ay ang Symbol ng ating Friendship. TNTK? Remember? KIKAY : (Interrupting) – don’t be silly, Nena. TONY : At ang nag salita! KIKAY : (In amused despair) – Oh, you people can’t understand at all! TONY : Of course not. Eh wala pa kami nakapunta sa New York eh. KIKAY : (Earnestly) –- Exactly! Wala pa kayo naka punta sa Newyork! Our special tree over there is very different! KIKAY : It stands for Freedom and for the Manhattan skyline and for the Copacabana and for Coney Island in summer and for Grant’s Tomb on Riverside Drive and for Tuesday nights at Eddie Condons with Wild Bill Davidson working on that trumpet of his and for Saturday nights at Madison Square Garden with the crowds spilling all over the side walk and for the nickel ferry ride to Staten Island and for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Fifth Avenue and for all (She stops, overcome with her memories) Oh, it’s impossible to make you see! TONY : Mas gusto ko parin ang tree natin sa Tondo TOTOY : I second the motion NENA : I move to close the nomination! KIKAY : (Tolerantly, very much the woman of the world) – Oh you funny, funny children! NENA : Mangungumusta lang ako sa tree namin, gusto mo ba akong samahan Kikay? KIKAY : (Laughing) – Of course not, child. Do go. NENA : Eh ikaw totoy?

TOTOY : (Fervently, as he rises) – Of Course my loves! Kahit saan ka man pumunta! NENA : (In the Kikay manner) – No darling…just out to our dear little backyard. TOTOY : (Acting up too) – Oh , the backyard of Tondo, the barong-barongs of Maypaho, the streets of Sibakong… NENA : (In the center doorway) – Hoy chong sasama ka ba o hindi TOTOY : (Following her) – Sabi ko nga! Wait! (Exits Nena and Totoy) KIKAY : (Sitting down on the sofa) – Si Totoy talaga, hanggang ngayon head over heels parin kay nena (Tony is silent) Hoy Tony, BV ka? Ano nanaman yang drama mo? (Tony rises from his chair and sits down beside Kikay on the sofa. He is nervous and cannot speak. Kikay smilingly gazes at him.) TONY : (Finally gathering courage) – Kikay…Di ko alam san magsisimula KIKAY : Just call me Francesca... Okay? TONY : Meron kasi akong gustong sabihin KIKAY : Tony, kalimutan na natin yun, matagal na yun. Please? TONY : Kalimutan? KIKAY : That’s the New York way, Tony. Kalimutan na natin yung past! Move on! Ano ka ba, dapat full ng energy at go lang ng go! Enjoy life okay? TONY : What do you mean Kikay? KIKAY : Tony, bata pa tayo nun. TONY : kailan? KIKAY : Nung na engaged tayo! TONY : Eh last year lang yun ah. KIKAY : Para sa akin isang century na! Oh Tony, gusto ko pang magshare about New York, kung alam mo lang kung gaano ka ganda ang Yankee Stadium! McLaren's Bar! Statue of Liberty! Wow, kung andun ka Tony, ayaw mo na ding umalis sa sobrang ganda TONY : Kikay, Kikay! Ayaw kong pag usapan ang newyork okay? Gusto kong pag usapan ay tayo, ano na ba ang status natin? Tayo pa ba? KIKAY : Tony please ayaw ko na. Ayaw ko nag pag usapan please, madami pa akong

aasikasuhin. TONY : Ano ba kikay? Tayo pa ba? Yes or No? KIKAY : Tony.. Mahirap din mag sabi ng No Tony..... Yung babaeng nakilala mo, Si Kikay yun, Ang babaeng kinakausap mo ngayon ay si Francesca. Ako pa sa iyo Tony, wag ka nang mag muni muni jan, enjoy Life!~ Pero I imagine mo nga, A new yorker marrying a Tondo Boy! Haha! Nakatatawa! TONY : (Blazing) – wait lang ha! Dahan dahan lang kikay.. KIKAY : (Very tolerantly) – Sorry kung na hurt kita okay? Hindi ko lang talaga ma imagine natayong dalawa.. TONY : (Leaping up) – Hindi ako uupo lang dito at insultohin nang ganun! KIKAY : Tony! Relax chill! Breathe In.. Breathe out People in New York don’t lose their temper. TONY : (Shouting) – Ano ba ang gusto mo!? Maging mag kaibigan lang tayo? Hanggang dun lang? KIKAY : Yes, Tony. Friends lang okay? Dont worry, madami pang babae jan sa labas. Malay mo, nariyan lang siya sa Tabi tabi! You know? TONY : (Waving his fist) – Kung hindi ka babae... sus! KIKAY : Oh dahan dahan tony, hinding hindi ka susuntok ng babae. NENA : Ano to? Tony? KIKAY : Ah nena! Wala to, naguusap lg kami ni Tony TOTOY : Ano ba naman yang pinag aawayan niyo? KIKAY : Di kami nag aaway chong! We just decided were good as friends. NENA : Totoo ba ito? TONY : (Shouting) – Oo! NENA : Oh good! Pwede na nating sabihin sa kanila KIKAY : Sabihin na Alin?! TOTOY : Anong ibig sabihin niya Tony? NENA : (Taking Tony’s hand) –Tony and I are engaged. KIKAY : (Rising) – Engaged!?

TOTOY : (At the same time) Engaged!? NENA : Oo! Isang buwan na kaming patagong engaged. In other words, Tony is my Fiancee KIKAY : A month! (Fiercely, to Tony) – Tony? TONY : (Backing off) – Gustong sabihin sayo Kikay.. pero hindi mo ako pinagbigyan. KIKAY : You Asshole! Ipriprito kita! SINUGBANG KABAYO NENA : Hoy Kikay! Dahan dahan ka sa pananalita mo ah! Fiance Ko yan! Akin siya! Akin siya! KIKAY : Walang Sayo Nena, Akin lang ang Fiance ko! NENA : Bakit kayo pa ba?! KIKAY : Engaged pa siya sa akin bago siya naging engaged sayo! Ako Parin ang LEGAL FIANCEE NENA : Hindi na nga kayo diba? Ikaw pa mismo ang nagsabi KIKAY : Pero hindi ko ito alam! Hindi ko alam na meron na palang ahas na naglalandi landi sa aking fiancee habang wala ako! At ikaw! You Bastard! (points at Tony) TONY : (Backing off some more) – Oh remember kikay, Chill lang diba? Yung mga way ng new yorker? KIKAY : I’ve never felt so humiliated in all my life! You sick fuck! Pinahiya mo ako! NENA : (Blocking her way) – Sabi ko wag mo siyang saktan! KIKAY : Wag kang pa hero hero jan nena! Akin parin si Tony, wala ko pa siya pinakawalan! NENA : Mahiya ka naman You’re just being a bitch in the manger! KIKAY : At ako pa ang mahiya?! stealing my man behind my back! NENA : (Exploding) – ANO?! ANONG SABI MO?! Walang hiya ka! TONY : (Keeping a safe distance) – Totoy! Totoy! KIKAY : (To Totoy, as he approaches) – Ikaw Chong! Wag kang pasali sali dito o babatuhan kita! TOTOY : Naku, lumabas din and pagka Tondo! NENA : You B*it*h! KIKAY : Man-eater!

SPECIAL SCENE: (EXBF PARODY SONG Nea Montalbo and Blessie Buligan- XGF by: Spongecola, Chito Miranda and Los Magno) (They grapple and stagger. Tony and Totoy rush forward to separate them and finally succeeded but not before Kikay has socked Nena. Nena, infuriated, breaks away from Tony…who’s dragging her away. and pounces on Kikay…whom Totoy is holding. Tony came running but is too late to prevent Nena from socking Kikay. Kikay sags down in Totoy’s arms. Tony pulls Nena away.) TONY : (Furious) – bat mo siya sinaktan! NENA : What? Siya ang nauna eh! TONY : Tingnan mo anong ginawa mo! ( Totoy has dropped the knocked-out Kikay on a chair.) NENA : bat mo siya dinedefend? Bat ka galit sa akin?! TONY!? TONY : SHUT UP! NENA : I hate you! I hate you! TONY : Shut up! Or Ill rip your mouth off! TOTOY : (Deserting the reviving Kikay) – Hoy Tony! Wag mong salitaan ng ganyan si Nena TONY : Wag kang makealam dito chong ha, wala kang kinalaman dito NENA : Buti pa si Totoy, maalahanin sa akin. TOTOY : (To Tony) – Wag mo nga siyang hawakan! TONY : Sabi kong wag kang make alam! (Totoy socks Tony. Tony drops to the floor.) NENA : (Running to Totoy) – Oh Totoy, you’ve saved my life. (Meanwhile, Kikay has run to Tony’s side.) KIKAY : (Kneeling beside Tony) – Tony, Tony … gumising ka! TONY : (Sitting up and brushing her hands away) – Umalis ka nga (Kikay rises and haughtily moves away. Tony continues to sit on the floor, in the attitude of Rodin’s “Thinker”.)

NENA : Totoy, umalis na nga tayo dito TOTOY : (Pointing to Tony) – Engaged ka pa ba sa kanya? NENA : Ayaw ko na sa kanya! I hate him! Ayaw ko na siyang makita ever! TOTOY : Good! Tara na Nena, umalis na tayo (He takes her arm and propels her to the door.) TONY : (As they pass him) – Hey! NENA : (Pausing) – Wag mo nga akong kausapin TONY : (Still sitting on the floor) – Di ikaw ang kinakausap ko TOTOY : Wag mo rin akong kausapin! Ininsulto mo ang mahal kong si Nena! NENA : (Beaming up at him) – Totoy? Mahal mo ako? TOTOY : (Shyly) – Well... Yes Nena. Im in love you. I know that love is just a shout out unto that void and oblivion is inevitable, and I am Inlove with you.. NENA: Always? TOTOY: Always. TONY : (Still on the floor) – Congratulations! NENA : (Coldly) – Halika na chong, umalis na tayo ditto.\ (Exit Nena and Totoy. Tony rises and dusts himself. Kikay is on the floor on the other side of the room, her haughty back to him.) TONY : Sinira mo na ang buhay ko. Sana masaya ka na. KIKAY : (Whirling around) – I... have ruined your life? You…have ruined mine! TONY : (Advancing) – Kailangan mo pa ata ng isang sampal ah. KIKAY : (Retreating) – Wag mo akong lapitan, kanto boy! Bat mo yun ginawa? I deserve an Explanation! TONY : You demand? Isang taon kang nawala, nakalimutan mo na ang mga kaibigan mo, I deserve an explanation. I deserve an ACCEPTABLE REASON! KIKAY : TUMIGIL KA NA SA KAKAGAYA MO SA MGA PINOY FILMS! HINDI KA BAGAY! Oo nga, One year. Naghintay rin ako Tony, I believed you! And you backstabbed me like a little bitch! I believed you... (Crying) TONY : What are you crying about? Be brave…forget…that’s the New York way. Nothing

must ever be too serious, nothing must ever drag on too long… KIKAY : Oh Tony, I’ve been such a fool! I’m so sorry, Tony! TONY : Ako hindi! Mabuti nalang nalaman kong anung klaseng tao ka! KIKAY : (Alarmed, approaching him) – Oh, Tony, you’re wrong, you’re wrong! Hindi ako ganung klaseng tao, please maniwala ka Tony. TONY: Nag sasabi ka na ba ng totoo ngayon kikay? KIKAY : Oo Tony, ang babaeng nakausap mo kanina, Si Francesca yun! Ang Bitchy new yorker! Si Kikay na ito Tony, Nag balik na si Kikay... TONY : Kikay? Naka suot ng ganyan? KIKAY : It’s true, Tony. I’m Kikay…remember me? TONY : Kung tama ako, I was engaged to a girl named Kikay. KIKAY : Oo! and you’re still engaged to her, Tony. TONY : Welcome home, Kikay! Kumusta ang trip? KIKAY : Nakakaloka! Hindi ako makapa antay na umuwi! TONY : Nagustuhan mo ba ang Newyork? KIKAY : Uh-Uh! I love Tondo! TONY : Bat d ka mag rep sa mga PM ko sa Fb? Tweets ko sa Twitter? Posts ko sa IG? KIKAY : (After just a wee pause) – Wala ako pina contact ni Francesca sa iyo eh. TONY : That misty girl. Buti nalang wala na yung babaeng iyon (Offstage Mrs. Mendoza is heard calling “ Francesca, Francesca.” Tony and Kikay listen, then burst into laughter.) MRS. M : (Appearing in doorway) – Frances…Oh, Tony, andito ka pa? Francesca, don’t be angry but I couldn’t live without it! TONY : (Moving towards the radio) – Si Francesca ho yun, at Patay na si Francesca. Si Kikay na po yan Aling Atang MRS. M : (Dazed) – Kikay is Francesca… KIKAY : Oh no, Inay. Hindi ako si Francesca…I’m Kikay! MRS. M : (After gazing from on to the other, throwing her hands up.) – I GIVE UP! (Exits) (Tony and Kikay burst into laughter. They have turned on the radio. It’s playing “Say Something)

TONY: Can I have This Dance? KIKAY: With Pleasure darling ----End----