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- 1. DEAR NANAY By Zarah Gagatiga
- 2. AUTHOR 01
- 3. - A teacher-librarian, storyteller, blogger and award- winning author from the Philippines. - Her first book, Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories (Libraries Unlimited, USA 2011), written in collaboration with international storyteller and award- winning author Dianne de Las Casas, won the 2015 Storytelling Resource Award in 2015. Zarah Gagatiga
- 5. This story didn’t inform where it happened but knowing that this was written and inspired by the author’s life and experienced it happened in the Manila where the author Dear Nanay by Zarah Gagatiga was born 1974. Two years after the declaration of Martial Law.
- 6. THEME 03
- 7. • It is about the long-distance relationship between a little girl and her mother who is an OFW – an Overseas Filipino Worker: a theme that is pertinent to the lives of many Filipino children.
- 9. • Zarah • Mother of Zarah • Father of Zarah • Grandfather • Nanay Leony- Maternal Grandmother
- 10. BY ZARAH GAGATIGA ILLUSTRATIONS BY: LIZA FLORES
- 11. I was born in Manila in 1974. Two years after the declaration of Martial Law. I grew up an only child until I was twelve years old. Our household was small but my aunts and uncles on both sides of the family lived next door so cousins flitted in and out of the family compound. Nanay Leony, my maternal grandmother, ran a sari-sari store that sold everything from safety pins to San Miguel Pale Pilsen. There were also Tagalog comics for rent. I read them after school as part of my recreatory reading list. We had a garden abloom with flowers all year round because Nanay Leony knew what to plant during the dry and the rainy seasons. Her vegetable garden produced root crops, tubers, herbs and spices, and greens that often ended up in a dish on our dinner table. Trees grew in the backyard: coconut, mango, banana, palm, santol, tamarind, camias,star apple, atis, to mention a few.
- 12. Everyone knew everybody in the neighbourhood. I played with my cousins and the neighbourhood kids. I walked with them to school. We heard mass on Sundays. On lazy summer days, my cousins and I would take naps in the afternoon. We would wake up to late noon snacks of ginataan, turon,porridge, kamote fries,or biko , especially cooked by our favourite aunts. There were stories and songs to share until it was time to watch Voltes V and Mazinger Z. We were heartbroken when these TV shows were cancelled. We were too young to understand what it meant.
- 13. When the rains came, we bathed. When big storms brought in the flood, we waited until the water receded. The nearby creek would swell and this gave us a reason to launch our homemade paper boats. Water leaked in easily so we would either swim or catch fish next. We got lucky on some days to bring home gourami and tilapia. No one dared bring home tadpoles since none of us wished to bear the brunt of our grandmother’s wrath. Fishes were alright. Frogs, not so. I could say I had a happy childhood. My world was safe and secure from the violence and horrors of Martial Law. My parents and the adults in my family tried their best to keep life simple yet abundant with laughter, songs, stories and playtime. They surrounded us with the basics, enough space to move about and the freedom to express oneself, though, controlled at times. But unexpected events in life, big or small, can throw anyone off balance.
- 14. The Philippine economy collapsed at the onset of the 80s and this prompted my grandfather to work in Saudi Arabia after an early retirement from the Philippine Navy. A year later, my father, who was at the time an esteemed public school teacher, followed suit. My grandfather and my father became Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW). I wasn’t spared from the effects and repercussions of Martial Law at all. At nine years old, I accepted my mother’s explanation of the situation. Papa will bring home dollars. Savings for a better future. Never mind the long years apart. Sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Nanay Leony who was pragmatic and practical, a survivor of World War II, took it all in her stride. But I got a sense of their longing and loneliness.
- 15. There were nights when my mother cried herself to sleep and Nanay Leony kept singing sad Bicolano songs. It was a confusing time. The Sanrio toys, dolls and cool gadgets from Saudi Arabia did little to justify the empty chairs at the dinner table, especially on birthdays and during Christmas. After two years working abroad, my father decided to come back home for good. This filled me with joy, but it took me a while to reconnect with my father. It is this experience of growing up with an OFW parent that is the backdrop of Dear Nanay (Lampara House, 2013). But it was my trip to Singapore in 2002 that was the lynchpin for the poem that became a narrative in verse and eventually, a picture book for children.
- 17. Biographical criticism focuses on the author’s life. It tries to gain a better understanding of the literary work by understanding the person who wrote it. Typical questions involved in this approach include the following: -What aspects of the author’s life are relevant to understanding the work? -How are the author’s personal beliefs encoded into the work? -Does the work reflect the writer’s personal experiences and concerns? How or how not?
- 18. MORAL LESSONS
- 19. -In every choice there is an outcome. -OFW’s are more than domestic helper. -Sacrifices over economic gains. -Be considerate. -We can overcome distance and separation.