Lea's Story (Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa?)

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Wait...

Later!

Careful, it'll get crumpled.

Just hold your arm straight.

And now...

Here are the candidates in the talent portion of the competition.

And our first candidate for today is...

Arlina Delos Santos!

Excuse me...

Excuse me...

Have a drink.

Don't be nervous.

Remember, just keep on going.

We're here to have fun.

Remember, it's what's inside you that counts, okay?

Not your looks.

Alright.

Go for it!

Yes, Mommy.

Ma'am, my child is ready! She'll join and sing now.

Just stay over there.

I'll call you when it's her turn.

Stop touching that! For crying out loud!

That gown cost me 2,000 pesos! So, you better win.

Beat all those other kids!

And the next one to present her talent,

is candidate number 7.

She belongs to section Pussycat under Miss Maglinao's kinder class.

She's 7 years old.

And her favorite subject is...

Wow! Math!

Here she is...

Maria Nathalia Bustamante Gascon.

Mommy's tummy was big and round!

What's that?! My brother Ojie pondered.

A ball? A basketball?

No, it's something else.

Maybe a little toy?

No, it's a bundle of joy.

What's inside, Mommy?

A surprise I offer.

The surprise turned out to be me!

How could the ball become a baby?

Mother breaks into joyous laughter.

When you grow a little older...

You will surely discover.

You taught her all that?

My goodness, that will never win!

Hurry up, they're lining up for the graduation march.

What's wrong?

She wants to join the other kids now.

Finally! Then, hurry up.

Let's go, they're about to march.

How about you guys?

Hurry now!

You should have recited another piece.

Because you'll never win with that.

It's not a big deal if you don't make it.

This isn't about looks anyway.

Then why the heck join a beauty contest if you're not being judged for your beauty?

Brother!

Give me that cap so I can finally graduate.

Here are the judges' decision for our Miss Kindergarten contest...

Let's start with our special awards.

The judges have chosen the Best in Costume and Miss Talent.

And the special award for Best in Costume goes to...

Stop complaining.

From Section Elephant under Ms. Zenaida Mendoza...

Candidate number 1, Arlina Delos Santos.

And the Ms. Talent awardee comes from Section Giraffe under Ms. Louie Cruz...

- Candidate number 4... - That must be your lousy poem.

Erika Guevara!

And now ladies and gentlemen...

The winner of the much awaited Ms. Kinder award...

She comes from Section Pussycat.

I'm sure you already know who she is!

Candidate number 7.

Maria Nathalia Bustamante Gascon!

Okay! You did great!

Yes! Yes!

Give me that.

Believe it or not, Maya won by unanimous decision.

She really stood out among the other candidates.

- Ding, get the sauce for that. - Sure, there's some over there.

I'll get the hotdogs.

Excuse me.

Mom, my friends.

Give them something to eat. Feel at home, okay?

Find a spot outside, okay?

Can you bring this outside for the kids? Give me that.

- I'll take care of this. - Okay.

As I was saying...

My mother and my brother's father got married.

Then they split up.

My gosh Maya, that's bad!

My mother says when God joins two people together, no one can break them apart.

How did God get in the picture?

Because it's God who marries people.

That isn't true!

My mother and her husband were married by a town mayor.

The mayor of Abucay. You can even ask my father.

Dad!

Mom and Ojie's father were married by the mayor of Abucay right?

Maya!

I want to sponsor Maya in the Johnson & Johnson's search for the

Prince and Princess of Manila 1998!

- This is a huge deal! - There's no more ice cream, Mom!

- You'll get a lot of money! - I already called the store.

- There's a cash prize! - But that takes time!

- The ice cream will come! - There's an educational plan!

So young and you're already spreading gossip.

But, I'm just telling the truth!

Still, there are things that you can't tell other peope!

You must be ashamed!

Mommy said you shouldn't be ashamed of the truth.

What if you stole something, won't you be ashamed of it?

Mommy said, you should never do what is shameful!

Ding!

Ding!

Your mother's on the phone. She's raving mad.

Maya, be careful!

Let me continue...

For crying out loud, stop it!

So to continue my story...

- My mother and my brother's father split up. - Hello, Ma?

After that...

my mother and my father...

became like this.

Married?

That can't be! She's already married.

Not married!

They're just real tight.

As my father's mother would say...

Married only in bed!

Maya!

Mother wants me to come home.

She's going out of town to look for maids for her agency.

No one will be at the house.

Don't get mad.

Every single time my mother needs me, you get mad.

I'm not angry! See?

That wasn't an angry face!

I'm actually really happy.

You get mad everytime she calls me.

That's not the point.

Your mother calling you doesn't make me angry.

I get angry because she's doing this to prove

that you're at her beck and call.

And I can't do anything about it because we aren't married.

So...

What can you say?

I gotta go.

See you when I see you!

Well...

See yours when I see yours!

All the kids I know only have one father even if they have 10 siblings!

Shouldn't it be that way, Mom?

Not always.

Sometimes, couples break up.

Especially if they fight all the time.

Did you and dad fight all the time?

The truth is...

Your father and I?

No!

Then why?

Because your father was offered a job in Surigao.

He was the senior technician in a mining company.

I didn't go because I had a job here.

Was your job more important than my father?

I wanted to make something of myself, too.

I have my own dreams.

I don't get it.

It's easy, listen...

I'm your mother.

You love me very much.

But you wouldn't like it if I said to you:

"Ojie, you can only love me."

Or "Stop going to school."

Or "Ojie, you can't be with your friends because I'd be alone."

Would you like that?

Of course not!

What about me?

Precisely! What about you?

It's the same with married people.

As much as they love each other...

they have to think of themselves, too.

Don't you love him anymore?

Fool!

Of course I do!

I love Raffy, your father.

I love Ding as well.

It's not easy to understand...

Because sometimes...

Sometimes, when...

It's just the way it is.

It's just how it is?

Do you understand now?

No, I still can't.