"MISS PHATHUPATS"
(Here is the English translation by Dr. Edna Manlapaz y Zapanta of the prose "I Miss Phathupats" of Juan Crisostomo Sotto) Go back to the original text. Go to Tagalog translation. x------------x MISS PHATHUPATS by Juan Crisostomo Sotto translated in English by Dr. Edna Manlapaz Miss Yeyeng was a young woman who painted a heavy coat of rouge on her face. They say that her parents were born in a corner of Pampanga, in one of the smallest towns of the province. Because of this, Miss Yeyeng was a Filipina from head to foot, a Kapampangan to the very tip of her hair. Her family, being poor, earned its living by peddling food; and Miss Yeyeng was frequently seen selling guinatan or bichu-bichu , which she carried in baskets on top of her head and peddled around gambling places. Up to this time, nothing had changed in the life of this miss. The revolution ended. The American military government opened schools and assigned some soldiers to teach there. It hap...