church altar covered with lavender curtains...
people going through the stations of the cross...
long church processions with huge holy statues on parade...
voices chanting the pabasa (ng pasyon)...
menu of salted egg, tuyo, daing...
television channels without regular programs on...
hot and humid weather...
ten commandments on tv...
i see moses once every year, during the season of lent. there was one time we even saw this movie on the big screen. when it came to the scene where moses parted the red sea, the audience started clapping.
holy week brings back to mind a lot of memories from my childhood.
"wag kayong maingay, patay ang diyos!" admonished my aunts and uncles playing mahjong.
"wag kayong maliligo paglampas ng alas tres, patay na ang diyos."
"ang lalakas nyong tumawa, para kayong mga hudyo!" continued my aunt while scrambling the mahjong tiles.
my cousins and i talked in hush-hushed whisper and walked in tiptoes lest we be sent off to sleep. we would scurry off and giggle hysterically as soon as we were out of sight, and spend the rest of the afternoon on the roof, talking about nothing in particular. the best part of lent for us kids was easter sunday and my grandmother's guinatang halo-halo, palitaw and other kakanin's. it was a tradition i kept till now.
now going back to moses. i saw the movie the ten commandments this good friday and only after seeing it for the nth time wondered why he--moses would have to hand his rod to aaron and tell him to do this or that.
"aaron, place my stick on the floor..." (moses was just a bend away from the floor while aaron was standing far back in the palace crowd)
"aaron, touch the tip of my rod to the water..." (he--moses, was nearer the water)
i am surprised that he didn't hand aaron the rod and asked him to part the red sea. hmmm...
but my favorite character in the movie was queen nefretiri (played by anne baxter) and the way she said, "oh, moses... moses... moses..."
well... bye for now, moses. next year, my granddaughter will be old enough to watch you part the red sea.
About Me
- a certified nut
- growing up as the only child in a family full of adults, the only playmate i had was a black & white Great Dane who followed me around wherever i went. she wasn't much of a talker so i pretty much talked to myself.
baobab
Legend says that when the Baobab was planted by God, it kept walking and would not stay still, so God pulled it out of the earth and re-planted it upside down which is why they look as if they have their roots sticking up into the air. Whatever blooms from the Baobab tree is given back to the earth because the mighty tree never forgets its roots...
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