Script

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 Tonys
Fiance.
"Nena"
Nena is Kikays 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 Tonys 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 daughters friends. Despises Totoy for being an imbecile but enjoys his company as well.
Portrayed by Jecebelle Navarette.
"Chumba"/Other Dancers
The Kanto boys of Tondo. They are Aling Atangs 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! Lets Party!
Jeanette: Cesca! Do you really have to go?
Francesca: Yes darling, but dont fret, im really going to miss you all
Jeanette: Dont you ever forget me dear!
Jamal: Where is your home again cesca?
Francesca: Its in Tondo, Manila
Jamal: Why do you want to go back? Stay here! Stay with us!
Jeanette: Whats the life of a party with out our dear francesca? Right Jamal?
Jamal: Were going to miss you Francesca
Francesca: I love you my friends! But for tonight, leets 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, Im 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 american to you?

TONY : (Too worried to pay much attention) --- Maganda ka parin Aling Atang, Asan na siya ngayon?
MRS. M : (whos 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 oclock 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 shell 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 mustnt call me Aling Atang.
TONY : Bakit naman ho?
MRS. M : Kikay doesnt like it. She says I must tell people to call me Mrs. Mendoza. She
says its 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 FranCESca.
TONY : Franc- Bakit Francesca?
MRS. M : She says that in New York, every body calls her Fran-CES-ca.
Do you know that many people in New York thought she was an Italianan
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 others 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 others 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, its 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 Tonys flowers. She self-consciously walks into the room and sets the vase on the
table amidst the silence broken only by Totoys 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 : Gago, 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) Pakshit 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 everybodyNandito na si Kikaypero 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. Kikays 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 dearbut how cute
youve become! (She kisses Nena)And Tony, my little pal of the valleyhow are
you? (She gives her hand to Tony) and Totoymy, how ravishing you look. (She
walks all around the apprehensive Totoy) goodness, you look like a Tondo super production in Technicolor! But
sit down everybodydo 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 lil mumsyshe is
so clumsy, no? But never mind, dearest; dont break your heart about it.
Here sit down.
MRS. M : hindi, mamamalengke pa ako.
KIKAY : Oh, mumsy, dont forget my celery. (to her visitors) I cant live without
celery. Im like a rabbitmunch, 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, mumsya 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, mumsywhat am I going to do with you?
MRS. M : (As she exits) Ayoko na! Di ko na to makaya!
KIKAY : (Still laughing) Poor mumsy, shes 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 newyork
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 Im
not there. Im not in New York Im here, here!
KIKAY : (She rises abruptly and goes to window where she stands looking out) Im 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 exileyes, 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) Listenoh listen! Now, in New York, its
springtimeits 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 Yorkan 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, its an old tree. Its
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
Yorkundying 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
cant 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! Theytheyre completely different! I dont feel any
emotion for this silly old mango tree. It doesnt 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) dont be silly, Nena.

TONY : At ang nag salita!

KIKAY : (In amused despair) Oh, you people cant 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 Grants 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. Patricks Day Parade down Fifth Avenue and for all (She stops,
overcome with her memories) Oh, its 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 darlingjust 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) KikayDi 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 : Thats 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 na tayong 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 dont 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 Tonys 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 : Ive 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 Youre 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 Bitch!
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 Tonywhos dragging
her away. and pounces on Kikaywhom Totoy is holding. Tony came
running but is too late to prevent Nena from socking Kikay. Kikay sags down in Totoys 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, youve saved my life.
(Meanwhile, Kikay has run to Tonys 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
Rodins 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 dito

(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? Youhave 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 braveforgetthats the New York way. Nothing
must ever be too serious, nothing must ever drag on too long
KIKAY : Oh Tony, Ive been such a fool! Im so sorry, Tony!
TONY : Ako hindi! Mabuti nalang nalaman kong anung klaseng tao ka!
KIKAY : (Alarmed, approaching him) Oh, Tony, youre wrong, youre 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 : Its true, Tony. Im Kikayremember me?
TONY : Kung tama ako, I was engaged to a girl named Kikay.
KIKAY : Oo! and youre 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) FrancesOh, Tony, andito ka pa? Francesca,
dont be angry but I couldnt 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) But Kikay is Francesca
KIKAY : Oh no, Inay. Hindi ako si FrancescaIm 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. Its playing Say Something)
TONY: Can I have This Dance?
KIKAY: With Pleasure darling
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