some families, very large by jose dalisay

the father is a big liar! haha. i wonder what was able to sustain that charm with which he ensnared his son. maybe it was that the child was still, after all, a child, and was therefore too trusting and gullible. the father tried to provide for his son, but his efforts were hardly ever enough. there was a time when things were better, as suggested by the television set and the transistor radio, but fate washed away the good times and replaced them with a reason to struggle. the mother, who was active and was used to working, left them. the father continuously lost jobs and money to other gamblers. he was generally a failure. and i don't like it that he was the kind who would formulate excuses as to why he was failing all the time. there were a lot of excuses, but none of them were about his being at fault. surely most of his failures can be attributed to his deficiencies in certain fields. and the son was just like an answering machine that took in everything his father said without questioning. he processed all the information and marveled at the greatness of his father and that was it. such poses a great risk. the boy will be older, and a part of me believes he'll be mad at his father for being a great liar. he maybe he will be like okonkwo from things fall apart and he will dislike his father for being very marginal and for lying and he will aspire to be nothing like him.

and as for the last scene, i guess misery just loves company. both parties were not at a loss that night. the woman needed someone to talk to, and the boys needed money. i guess it went both ways.