Lola Bats story 10: Nasaan ang pitaka ko?

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When Lola Bats was approaching her centennial year, her Christmas wish was to receive P100 cash gifts from each of her grandchildren. I didn't receive the memo so I ended up giving her a bigger amount when I got back to the Philippines from my Christmas trip to California (somehow, the cousins didn't tell me nor Kuya Jun-jun, so we ended up pitching in more). 

Lola was so elated with her cash gifts that she kept telling us about it. Kuya Eldie, Richelle, and I asked her if she's willing to treat us to dinner in a restaurant. She said yes, so we (along with Mary Ann) went to Mandarin Palace to eat. On the way to the restaurant, Lola asked Richelle to hold her wallet for her. 

In the restaurant, she started worrying about her wallet. She kept asking Nasaan ang pitaka ko? Perhaps, she was concerned that her money might go missing or she didn't have enough money to pay for all the food. We were all laughing because she asked to see her wallet every five minutes once the food started arriving on our table! She must have been so worried!

After I've paid for dinner, we gave the receipt to Lola, jokingly asking her to pay for dinner.  She protested adamantly. Bakit ako?!? Kayo magbayad. May trabaho kayo. When prodded a bit more, she returned to her go-to debate ender with a sweet smile on her face: Ako'y bingi. 

We found it so hilarious especially because her wallet actually did not contain her money (that was already in safekeeping before we left the house). Her wallet only had her senior citizen card.

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