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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, I’m 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
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 : (who’s 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 o’clock 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 she’ll 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 mustn’t call me “Aling Atang.”
TONY : Bakit naman ho?
MRS. M : Kikay doesn’t like it. She says I must tell
people to call me Mrs. Mendoza. She
says it’s 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.
 describe his attire is “spooting”. Both boys
MRS. M : (Turning to go) --- Tatawagin ko na si Kikay extend their arms out wide on beholding each other.)

TONY : (To himself as he sits down) --- Hah! TOTOY : Tony!

MRS. M : (Turning around again) ---- Oh, and Tony … TONY : Totoy! (They pound each other’s bellies.)

TONY : (Jumping up again) --- Ano ho, Aling … I TOTOY : Tarantadong Talong!
mean yes, Mrs. Mendoza.

TONY : Itlog Pula!

MRS. M : You must not call Kikay, “Kikay.”

TOTOY : Mayroon ba tayo diyan?

TONY : (Blankly) --- Eh anung tatawagin ko sa
kanya?
TONY : Ikaw pa ang tatanong? Ilang bangko na ba
ang na raid mo?
MRS. M : You must call her Francesca.

TOTOY : Hoy, hoy, dahan dahan ka Tony, baka ikaw

TONY : Francisca? ang nang r-raid ng bangko!

MRS. M : Not Francisca … Fran…CES…ca. TONY : Impossible! Nagbago na ako, Goodboy na

kaya ito.

TONY : Franc- Bakit Francesca?

TOTOY : (Arms around each other’s shoulders, they
march across the room) ---
MRS. M : She says that in New York, every body calls Make way for the Tondo boys … Bang! Bang!
her Fran-CES-ca.
Do you know that many people in New York thought
she was an Italian…an TONY : (Pushing Totoy away and producing a
Italian from California? Wag mong kalimutan Tony; do package of cigarettes) Nice! …Oh, Yosi naman diyan.
not call her Kikay, she
hates that name … call her Fran-CES-ca.
TOTOY : (Taking a cigarette) – Akala ko ba nasa
Bulacan ka?
TONY : (Limply, sitting down again) --- Opo, Mrs.
Mendoza.
TONY : Oo nga, Pumunta ako dito para kay Kikay

MRS. M : (Turning to go again) – Maghintay ka diyan

at tatawagin ko na si Fran-CES-ca. (Somebody TOTOY : (As they light cigarette) --- Eh brad, bad
knocks at the front door. She turns around again.) news laging naririnig ko sa babaeng yun.
Aie, Dios mio!

TONY : (Jumping up once again) – Ako na ho ang

kukuha
(He goes to open the door.)
TONY : (Sinking into a chair) --- Ako nga din eh

MRS. M : (As she exists) --- Sabihin mong mag antay

sila iho TOTOY : (Sitting down too) --- sabi pa ng mga
(Tony opens door and Totoy steps in. Totoy is the kapitbahay, Sisang Baliw na yun
same age as Tony and is more clearly a
Tondo sheik. The one word that could possibly
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, it’s 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 Tony’s flowers. She self-consciously walks
into the room and sets the vase on the
table amidst the silence broken only by Totoy’s
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 everybody…Nandito na si
Kikay…pero 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. Kikay’s 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 dear…but how
cute
you’ve become! (She kisses Nena)And Tony, my little
pal of the valley…how are
you? (She gives her hand to Tony) and Totoy…my,
how ravishing you look. (She
walks all around the apprehensive Totoy) goodness,
you look like a Tondo super production in Technicolor!
But sit down everybody…do 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 li’l mumsy…she is
so clumsy, no? But never mind, dearest; don’t break
your heart about it.
Here sit down.
MRS. M : hindi, mamamalengke pa ako.
KIKAY : Oh, mumsy, don’t forget my celery. (to her
visitors) – I can’t live without
celery. I’m like a rabbit…munch, 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,
mumsy…a 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, mumsy…what am I going to do
with you?
MRS. M : (As she exits) – Ayoko na! Di ko na to
makaya!
KIKAY : (Still laughing) – Poor mumsy, she’s 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 I’m
not there. I’m not in New York… I’m here, here!
KIKAY : (She rises abruptly and goes to window
where she stands looking out) I’m 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
exile…yes, 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) – Listen…oh
listen! Now, in New York, it’s
springtime…it’s 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 York…an 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, it’s an old tree. It’s
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
York…undying 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
can’t 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! They…they’re
completely different! I don’t feel any
emotion for this silly old mango tree. It doesn’t
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) – don’t be silly, Nena.
TONY : At ang nag salita!
KIKAY : (In amused despair) – Oh, you people can’t
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 Grant’s 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. Patrick’s Day Parade down Fifth
Avenue and for all (She stops,
overcome with her memories) Oh, it’s 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 darling…just 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) – Kikay…Di 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 : That’s 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 don’t 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 Tony’s 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 : I’ve 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 You’re 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!
TOTOY : (To Tony) – Wag mo nga siyang hawakan!

NENA : You Bitch!

TONY : Sabi kong wag kang make alam!

KIKAY : Man-eater! (Totoy socks Tony. Tony drops to the floor.)

SPECIAL SCENE: NENA : (Running to Totoy) – Oh Totoy, you’ve saved

my life.
(EXBF PARODY SONG Nea Montalbo and Blessie
Buligan- XGF by: Spongecola, Chito Miranda and Los (Meanwhile, Kikay has run to Tony’s side.)
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 Tony…who’s
dragging her away. and pounces on Kikay…whom
Totoy is holding. Tony came
running but is too late to prevent Nena from socking
Kikay. Kikay sags down in Totoy’s arms.
Tony pulls Nena away.)
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
Rodin’s “Thinker”.)

TONY : (Furious) – bat mo siya sinaktan! NENA : Totoy, umalis na nga tayo dito

NENA : What? Siya ang nauna eh! TOTOY : (Pointing to Tony) – Engaged ka pa ba sa
kanya?

TONY : Tingnan mo anong ginawa mo!

NENA : Ayaw ko na sa kanya! I hate him! Ayaw ko na
( Totoy has dropped the knocked-out Kikay on a siyang makita ever!
chair.)

TOTOY : Good! Tara na Nena, umalis na tayo

NENA : bat mo siya dinedefend? Bat ka galit sa
akin?! TONY!?

(He takes her arm and propels her to the door.)

TONY : SHUT UP!
TONY : (As they pass him) – Hey!

NENA : I hate you! I hate you!

NENA : (Pausing) – Wag mo nga akong kausapin

TONY : Shut up! Or Ill rip your mouth off!

TONY : (Still sitting on the floor) – Di ikaw ang
kinakausap ko
TOTOY : (Deserting the reviving Kikay) – Hoy Tony!
Wag mong salitaan ng ganyan si Nena
TOTOY : Wag mo rin akong kausapin! Ininsulto mo
ang mahal kong si Nena!
TONY : Wag kang makealam dito chong ha, wala
kang kinalaman dito
NENA : (Beaming up at him) – Totoy? Mahal mo ako?

NENA : Buti pa si Totoy, maalahanin sa akin.

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?
You…have 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
brave…forget…that’s the New York way. Nothing
must ever be too serious, nothing must ever drag on
too long…
KIKAY : Oh Tony, I’ve been such a fool! I’m so sorry,
Tony!
TONY : Ako hindi! Mabuti nalang nalaman kong
anung klaseng tao ka!
KIKAY : (Alarmed, approaching him) – Oh, Tony,
you’re wrong, you’re 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 : It’s true, Tony. I’m Kikay…remember me?
TONY : Kung tama ako, I was engaged to a girl
named Kikay.
KIKAY : Oo! and you’re 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) – Frances…Oh,
Tony, andito ka pa? Francesca,
don’t be angry but I couldn’t 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 Francesca…I’m

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. It’s playing “Say Something)

TONY: Can I have This Dance?

KIKAY: With Pleasure darling

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