Mark, 23, laughed with his friends when they teased him how – as a young gay boy – his father used to palo (hit) him.
“Concerned lang siya sa akin (He’s just concerned with me),” he justified, adding that he feels no bitterness towards his father now as an adult. In fact, having graduated from college already, he wants to find employment overseas “so I can look after my parents.”
“Is it hard having strict parents?” he was asked.
He was quiet for a while. Then: “Hindi ako masyadong gala (I choose not to go out often),” he said, thinking his choosing not to leave the house won’t aggravate his parents.
“Pero dito sa kalsada, naging siya siya (But here in the streets, he becomes the real him),” a neighbor butted in.
Mark laughed again, and then said: “True!”
source: Speak Carabao
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