A 70 yr old 'lolo' from the province was a companied by a grant son to the US Embassy in manila for his VISA interview. The lolo spoke not a word of english so the grandson translate for him.
The consul told the young man to ask his grandfather "why he wanted to go the STATES??". "Bakit daw ho ninyo gustong pumunta ng amerika??" the grandson translated. "Sabihin mo gusto kong makita yung mga anak ko doon." "he said he wants to see his children there".
Fair enough,that's what the lolo's application indicated. The consul had another question "ask him ,why does he have to go there? why can't his children just come and visit him here?" the grandson translated this in tagalog.
LOLO replied:"sabhin mo kasi dito pinanganak yung mga anak ko. nakita na nila ang pilipinas. gusto ko namang makita ang amerika bago ako mamatay." (translation: tell him, my children were born here. they've seen the phillipines already. ijust want to see amerika before i die")
The heartless consul was unimpressed as he declared, devoid of any emotion, that he was rejecting the VISA application because the aplicant was unable to speak a word of english.
"reject daw yung VISA ninyo kasi hindi daw kayo marunong mag salita ng ingles."
The lolo was equally unimpressed."sabihin mo ito sa kanya.. wag mongpapalitan ang sasabihin ko saYo.. p-----ina niya, bakitr siya nandidito eh hindi naman siya marunong mag tagalog." Translated:"he said ur son of a b**** , how you come you are here .... you dont know how to speak in tagalog."
Taken a back, sense of humor still intact, the consul relented and approved lolo's VISA application im pronto...
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:46 am
