” neng, tan awa si mamang o,nag kalipay ka-ayo tungod kay nagbalik ka, pagka tinu-ud gyud nga na-a ka diri” lina, and beth were babling to me as we finally arrived at her home and sat down with everyone ” please, translate that to english, pls, pls pls” i was almost beging everyone at the table to please speak english for now. ” i know all of you , with the exeptions of the younger kids, can speak and understand english” I said slowly with a little cheering on to them, just so they don’t take it in a wrong way. ” give me time to re-aquinted with our native language okay? and please forgive me in advance” I pleaded. Everyone started looking at each others with a “gun-shy” expression on their faces. After a long silenced and with their heads down to their plates ” well, what we mean to say is, look how happy our mother as soon as she saw you in person she said she is no longer dreaming, she is very happy that her neneng is finally home” Beth have translated her versions with fluent english.