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Happy Father’s day!

I first saw this moving video in Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV Facebook.

It’s titled “What is that?” It has been viewed over 2 million times.

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35 Comments

  1. sychitpin sychitpin

    very touching, happy father’s day to all good and responsible fathers !

  2. MPRivera MPRivera

    Ano ba ‘yan? Wala akong mapanood.

    Hawa namang IT (Ay, Tange) department namin, eh.

    Puro joy killers.

  3. Happy Father’s Day to all! But, let me ask you this, Who brought their father in school once, when we were still in Elementary or in High School? I bet none of you will admit that you’re ashamed to bring them in school for the confrontation with our teachers when we did something wrong.

    In class our teachers knew us well how literate we are, we sat at arranged rows, I was at the back seat of third or fourth row most of the time and it gave me some advantages to exercise my privilege to take a nap without being scolded by our teachers.I was never been noticed because they’re always busy with their pet students in the front seat of the middle row. I stayed mute and let confident boys and girls do the talking. I still loved the books; how Dr. Jose Rizal made Tagalog a brand-new language, how Francisco Balagtas made me want to dissolve my long flowery sentences into their essential minerals and create art like his. Beyond the resonance of their poetry, I was stumped. The new academic expectations inspired my classmates to make their own literary conquests. One brought in stacks of heavy classics, and tried to engage me in conversation; part compassion, part competition. I invented opinions that sounded right. I tried to keep up by buying Wakasan and Liwayway. The charade was sound, but I was bored and confused, so in the privacy of my own home I would read song hits and try my passion in singing but, music has no passion on me, reclaiming my passion for myself again, but still ashamed of my elementary grasp on literature about the Arabian Night stories.How I wished I’m Ali Baba listening to from my elementary school teacher and commanded–OPEN SISAME.

    Yes, I never brought my father in school, I don’t want my father to find out I was a moron in class.On this father’s day how I wish my father is still alive so that I can tell him the reason why I never gave him the summoned from my teachers for him to attend the PT conference.

    HAPPY FATHER”S DAY TO ALL

  4. sychitpin sychitpin

    blessed are children who have good fathers ………..

    due to breakdown in morality, lack of education and poverty, millions of children do not even have fathers , and were being raised by single mothers ….

  5. I am so lucky to have a father who, unschooled as he is, gave me all the lessons I needed to live my life with all the wisdom, the passion and the sense of responsibility as a father to my sons.

    He usually tells me that I owe him nothing. And, must I insist on paying him back for bringing me up, he never fails to point to his grandsons, my sons, as the rightful beneficiary of whatever I intend to give him.

    I am who I am because my father is my father.

  6. balweg balweg

    Nice naman…nakakatouch, WHAT is THAT?

    HAPIiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…Fatherzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…Daysssssssssssssssss to ALL!

  7. MPRivera MPRivera

    Happy Fathers’ Day sa lahat ng daddy, papa, tatay, ama. Kasama na rin dito ang mga fafa at mga fafing na habang nag-aalaga ng mga anak ay nagmamanikyur at nagba blus-on sa paghanda sa pagtulog. Hindi rin dapat iitsapuwera ang mga kasapi ng Takusa at Yukosa.

    Mabuhay tayong lahat!

  8. sychitpin sychitpin

    # 5: you are a good father to your sons , and a good son to your good father…..

  9. chi chi

    Happy Father’s day to you all!

    Mags, soweee you didn’t see. 🙂

    Cocoy, swerte ng mga anak mo to have a loving father, a driver and a cook all in one, hahaha!

    “He usually tells me that I owe him nothing.”- Ka Enchong

    The mere fact that they gave us their blood we owe them everything…

    Sa inyong lahat, Tongue, Ka Balweg, sychipin…at sa lahat ng tatay….enjoy your special day!

  10. Salamat, sychitpin.

    Kadalasan, hinihintay nating suklian tayo ng mga anak natin sa pagpapalaki natin sa kanila. Madaling limutin na gumaganap lamang tayo sa tungkuling atas ng langit sa atin.

    Nakikita ko mang tama ang pangaral ng ama ko, hindi naman maiaalis sa isang anak na gaya ko ang patuloy na hangaring ibigay sa kanya ang mga mumunting kaligayahang ipinagpakasakit niya habang itinataguyod niya kaming magkakapatid.

    Pareng Magno, Pareng Cocoy (namiss ka namin ah) at sa lahat ng mga ama – Maligayang Araw ng mga Ama!

  11. chi chi

    joeseg, saan ang lakad ninyo ni esmi? 🙂

  12. Mike Mike

    Nakakaloko yung tatay sa video, parang nagaasar. Hehehe 🙂

    Seriously though, this short film makes me teary eyed every time I watched this. I’ve always thought of the day when my boy would become a man and would still be around with his old man and wouldn’t put me in some home for the aged institutions. 😛

    Happy Father’s Day to all daddy’s out there. Day-off natin kaya mag enjoy. Bukas na ulit ipagpatuloy ang paghiwalay ang mga decolor sa puti at pakintabin ang sahig sa pamamagitan ng bunot. 😛

  13. Simple lang di ba, pero may sundot. I felt guilty of the many times that I was impatient with my elders.

  14. Salamat sa mga bumati sa aming mga Ama. Gusto kong batiin ang Daddy ko pero hindi ko alam kung paano.

    Sakaling merong internet diyan sa langit, sana mabaso mo ito. Daddy, Happy Father’s Day po. I love you and miss you.

  15. Hindi ko ma-click e. Kung yan yung may ibong sparrow, nai-share ko na din yan. Kay AT4 ko nga yata na-kopya yun. Napiga ako diyan. Matinding kurot sa puso (pahiram Dennis Garcia).

    Meron pang isa akong video sa FB yung mag-amang sumali sa triathlon pero yung anak na lalaki ay may Down’s Syndrome, kinarga nung ama yung bata sa biking, swimming hanggang marathon para makalagpas sila ng finish line. True story ng Iron Man competition. Hagulgol ako doon.

  16. sychitpin sychitpin

    Maligayang Araw ng mga Ama din sa iyo Ka Enchong !

  17. rose rose

    Happy Father’s Day to all Fathers, grandfathers and godfathers…May I share this song which my Lolo wrote and taught me..
    ..kadungdanan gid sang anak
    nga sa amay magalipay
    kung yara sa kalisud
    agud makapahuway
    kay ang tanan nga iya kar-on
    kag ang iyang madangatan
    madangat gid niya tungud
    sa iyang ginikanan
    busa iabayaw ang kamot
    ang tiil itikang tikang’
    ang hawak iki ay ki ay
    sa dungud sang ginikanan

  18. rose rose

    here’s a loose English translation:
    ..it is the duty of a child
    to please his father
    for when he is tired and sad
    he maybe able to rest
    for what he has now and
    what he will have in the future
    he will achieve,
    because of his father
    so raise your hands
    take a few steps
    and sway your hips
    to please your father.

    Being the eldest grand daughter, I learned this song, maliit pa ako. The last time I sang this was in 1999 when my uncle Benny was still alive and he danced with me…

  19. sychitpin sychitpin

    #21: nice one, however i have one qualification, the father should be a responsible and good father. Nowadays, there are so many irresponsible and bad fathers who do not support and care for his children and even abuse his family.
    Blessed are those who have responsible fathers, and pity those with bad ones.

  20. Re # 18. Yes Tongue, it’s about a sparrow chirping near where they were seated and the father asking “What is that?” several times.

    The son got irritated and snapped at the father for being makulit.

    Hurt, the father stood up and got a diary and let the son read the part when he (the son) as a young boy was asking the father about a sparrow 21 times and he never got tired of answering him.

    I also cant open it fully. The connection probably.

  21. Tongue, if you find the video of the father and son who joined in the triathlon, please forward naman. Thanks.

  22. I hate to spoil the fun, but i think there’s something wrong with the script. The father, isn’t he supposed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s? Wonder how he could yet find his diary and locate exactly the part where the son was still a young boy mouthing the same line. Were I to write the script, I would make the son accidentally find the diary and the lines by himself…

    Ah, but happy father’s day, belated

  23. Ellen, try this:

    Before you watch the video, read the story behind it:

    A son asked his father if he would take part in a marathon with him. The father says “yes” despite having a heart condition and they went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, with the father always saying “Yes” to his son’s request time after time.

    One day, the son asked his father if they could compete in the Ironman together. Without hesitation, the father said “Yes”. For those who don’t know, the Ironman race is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86km) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2km) bike ride, ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195km) marathon along the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.

    Despite all the odds, father and son went on to complete the race together to cheers of joy.

    Now watch this video:

    http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8cf08faca5dd9ea45513

  24. tru blue tru blue

    “Were I to write the script, I would make the son accidentally find the diary and the lines by himself…” ricelander

    I’ll make the story short and not-so-sweet:

    A young man was about to graduate in college and expected his rich father to give him a brand new sports car both had talked about months before. His father told him how proud he was on graduation day and instead gave him a leather-bound Bible. Young man angrily raised his voice to his father and said “with all your money, you’re giving me a Bible?” and he stormed out of the house leaving the bible behind. Many years passed, he became successful and had a family of his own. He thought of visiting his father since he never saw him again since storming out, but before he could make arrangements to pay his dad a visit, he found out he died a few weeks earlier and his father willed all his possessions to him. He went to his dad’s house and sudden sadness and regrets filled his heart. As he searched thru his father’s many important documents, he saw the Bible, still new as he had left it years ago. With tears, he picked it up and began turning the pages when keys dropped from the Bible, with it a tag from the same car dealer who had the sportscar he desired. On the tag, was his graduation date and the words “PAID IN FULL”.

  25. tru blue tru blue

    TonGuE T – first video did not work for me, second was okay.
    Normally, I don’t like watching anything that’s a “heartbreaker”. But since I’m a failure in marathon (quit at 7 mile point), was compelled to see this.

    And for both to compete in the Triathlon with the father’s disability, especially the son’s double work with his father in tow for the three events to me is nothing but greatness and will power. This should be made into a movie.

  26. MPRivera MPRivera

    Nakakainggit ang mga ama at lolong araw araw ay kapiling ang kanilang mga anak at apo. Nakakalaro, nakakasayahan. Mapapalad silang mga anak at apong halos maghapong kahawak kamay ang kanilang mga ama/lolo na hindi na kailangang lumayo upang maghanapbuhay para sa kanilang pangangailangan araw araw.

    Sa mga katulad naming dekada na ang haba ng panahong binibilang sa paglilingkuran dito sa ibayong dagat, ang pagsapit ng ganitong okasyon ay ibayong lungkot ang dulot sapagkat gustuhin man naming makapiling ang aming mahal sa buhay ay hindi agad magawa o hindi magawa dala ng pangangailangan. Ang ilang araw na ililiban sa trabaho ay katumbas din ng ilang araw na paghihigpit ng sinturon ng pinaglalaanan ng pinagpapaguran. Isama na rin ang kailangan pang manikluhod sa pamunuan ng pinaglililingkuran upang makaamot ng pang-unawa at payagang makapagbakasyon ng ilang araw.

    Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit maraming tahanan ang nawawasak kasama na rin ang kinabukasan ng mga anak. Dahil nasa malayo ang ama o inang dapat ay katuwang at karamay, gumagabay at nangangaral kaya nahihikayat ng masamang impluwensiya ang mga anak sa pag-aakalang sila ay pinapabayaan.

    Masakit isipin, subalit walang angkop na hakbang na maaaring gawin sapagkat walang oportunidad sa sariling bansa sa kabila ng pamamarali ng mga namumuno na gumaganda ang ekonomiya gayung nagdudumilat ang mga patunay na palpak at kasinungalingan ang lahat ng magagandang ulat na ipinagmamayabang sa taong bayan.

    Epektibo ang solusyong naisip upang ang mamamayan ay huwag mamalayan ang lahat ng kanilang pagmamalabis at kakulangan ng malasakit at kakayahan. Unang unang sinira ang pundasyon pamayanan – ang pamilya. Isinunod ang pagpapahina at/o pagkakait ng serbisyong ipinangako kasabay ng pangungurakot at pagpapasarap habang nagliliwaliw sa ibang bansa sa kunyaring opisyal na pagbisita.

    Kusabagay ay may makikitang mga pruweba ng mga pagawaing bayan at imprastaktura subalit ang kapalit naman nito ay ang pagkawala ng tirahan ng mga kababayang iskwater sa sariling bansa habang ang mga dayuhan ay inaakit ng mga namumuno upang magkaroon ng pag-aaring lupa.

    Ito ba ang maiiwang napakagandang alaala ng isang nagkunwaring pangulong WALA NAMANG MATINONG GINAWA?

    Ito ba ang katumbas ng pagsasakripisyo ng itinuturing na mga bagong bayaning ang ipinawis ay dugo at walang gabing hindi lumuluha?

  27. baycas2 baycas2

    ricelander – June 21, 2010 9:52 pm
    I hate to spoil the fun, but i think there’s something wrong with the script. The father, isn’t he supposed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s? Wonder how he could yet find his diary and locate exactly the part where the son was still a young boy mouthing the same line. Were I to write the script, I would make the son accidentally find the diary and the lines by himself…
    Ah, but happy father’s day, belated

    “Remote memory is preserved in the early stages of the disease
    Do not conclude by their ability to remember events in the distant past that he/she has no memory problem. This capability is preserved till late in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.”

    From searodotwhodotint

  28. Tama ka diyan, baycas. Yung lola ko sa tuktok (lola ng mommy ko) inabot ko pa hanggang magbinata na ako. 93 years old (estimated) yata namatay at may Alzheimer’s din. Limot niya na ang karamihan ng detalye ng buhay miya maliban nung kabataan niya.

    Pag tinnong mo kung anong birthday niya, ang sagot niya (sa espanyol) ay “Hindi ko alam ang eksaktong petsa, pero kung makukuha mo sa history ay iyon yung araw kung kailan lumusob sa Bombon (in Cam. Sur) si Tenyente Castillo upang sunugin yung mga kabahayang ginawang kampo ng mga Kastila at patayin sa pagtaga ng itak yung mga bantay at yung kapitan del barrio. ” Isa pa, kung magdasal siya ay Latin, yung litanya ay buo at 15 ang misteryo. Memoryado lahat. Pambihira, diba?

    US pensioner yon pero pag hinanap mo ang pera niya, mga ginupit na diyaryo ang nasa ilalim ng kutson ng kama niya. Yung mga apo niyang madalas pumasyal sa bahay namin ang yumayari. Nagtatawanan na lang kami pag gusto niya kaming bigyan ng pera lalo kung pasko o birthday namin.

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