no lies

lenten season...  friday...  there's mongo on the dining table...

dad could not make sense of what he's eating...  he says it does not quite taste like the mongo dishes he has had before...

mom laughs:  'it's my first time to cook mongo...'

dad:  'oh...  that's why...'

mom:  'i saw paksiw na lechon on the table...  it's friday, so i cooked mongo...'

dad:  'where's the paksiw?'

mom:  'i set it aside...'

dad:  'let me have some...'

mom:  'it's friday...'

me:  'you're exempted...  it's ok...'

mom brings out the paksiw...

sister:  'what grade would you give for her mongo?'

dad chuckles:  'oh...  not now...'

sister:  'first-timer...  you give her a grade...'

dad:  'no...  don't grade...  not yet...'

sister:  'first attempt...  just give her a grade...'

dad:  'no.'

if you have nothing good to say...

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