Your Turn, My Turn!/Transcript

(we see the Karen's World cast at a local meeting)

Mang Kulas: Excuse me, excuse me. What is happening to our barangay? Kulot is the third carabao stolen from us this week!

Mang Ambo: We should put a stop to carabao-napping!

Inggo: Yes, Mang Ambo, ''kawawa naman si Joy! Mahal na mahal naman si Kulot...at kawawa-kawawa si Kulot!'' (cries)

Joy: Kulot, ''bakit ka kinidnap? Sana si Inggo na lang.'' (cries)

Inggo: Joy, kalabaw kinidnap, e.

Joy: Ay, mali. Sorry, ha.

(Karen, Inggo, and Joy all cry)

Karen: Oh, it's alright, Joy. We know how much Kulot means to you in your family. She works all day plowing in your fields! Sh, to lose Kulot...is to lose a part of your family! No, no, no, stop crying.

Inggo: Where is Kapitan? Les us start the meeting now! Baka si Karen na ay sumusunod nila!

Karen: Oh, Inggo, you really care for me! Oh...

Inggo: Those carabao-nappers will not touch even your tail! I promise you, Karen!

Mang ???: Tawagin na si Kapitan Miong.

(blabber and gossip)

Karen: Good morning.

Kapitan Miong: This is a bad way for our barangay, but anyway, the police said...they already have a suspect for the carabao-napper.

(blabber and gossip)

Kapitan Miong: That is why we're having a meeting now.

(blabber and gossip)

Kapitan Miong: HELLO?!

Karen: Oh, dear, we should have order around here. Uh, everyone should speak one at a time!

(blabber and gossip)

(whistles)

Mang Ambo: ''Sige na! Konting katahimikan, ang mga kaibigan.''

Kapitan Miong: Thank you, Mang Ambo.

Mang Ambo: Kapitan!

Kapitan Miong: Friends, we are here to discuss what we should do about the carabao-napping, but before that, we should have rules for our meeting.

(blabber and gossip)

Kapitan Miong: Listen first! ''Ginagawa niyan mo pala itong pulong natin! Wala tayong mapagkakasunduan hangga't sabay-sabay tayong magsasalita.'' We should have rules for this meeting.

(the words 'Rules for This Meeting' appear in yellow)

Kapitan Miong: First Rule: Be quiet.

(the sentence 'First Rule: Be quiet.' appears. with 'Be quiet.' in yellow)

(blabber and gossip)

Kapitan Miong: Ssh, excuse me! First rule! Be quiet! Do you understand?

(blabber and gossip)

Kapitan Miong: Second Rule? Raise your hand when you want to speak.

(the sentence 'Second Rule: Raise your hand if you want to speak.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

(everyone raises their hand, except for Inggo and Joy)

Kapitan Miong: Wait a minute, we're still making the rules of this meeting. No more interruptions please, friends? Third Rule: Speak only when chosen to speak by the...chairperson,

(the sentence 'Third Rule: Speak only when chosen to speak.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

Kapitan Miong: (that's me) so that everybody will have a chance to speak. Fourth Rule: Listen...to the one speaking!

(the sentence 'Fourth Rule: Listen to the person speaking.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

Kapitan Miong: Fifth Rule: Say what you want to say clearly.

(the sentence 'Fifth Rule: Say what you want to say clearly. Do not waste time.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

Kapitan Miong: Go direct to the point, so that we will not waste time. Are we clear on the rules of this meeting?

(blabber and gossip)

(Inggo raises hand)

Kapitan Miong: Yes, Inggo?

Inggo: Thank you, Kapitan. I would like to add a sixth rule: Always be very courteous.

(the sentence 'Sixth Rule: Always be very courteous.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

(Mang Manding raises hand)

Kapitan Miong: Yes, Mang Manding?

Mang Manding: Yes, um, I would like to respectfully suggest that the...barangay tanods control the rice fields night and day.

(blabber and gossip)

Mang Manding: I therefore designate our two barangay tanods and all the men in our barangay to patrol the rice fields day and night.

(blabber and gossip)

(the transition this time is a boy with his cabbage field, transitioning to another image of his farm)

(we see other Mang's blabber and gossip)

(everyone except Karen cry)

Joy: ''Baka kinuha ng ginawa lahat ni Kulot. Baka ang nanay, na!''

Karen: Oh, no, no, no, dear, no, no.

Inggo: Buboy, Dondon, stop it. Crying will not solve anything!

Karen: That is what I am talking about! Let us be positive about this, okay? Positive.

Inggo: Tama. You are right, my friend. Let us do something positive.

Karen: Yes.

Inggo: Mmm. Let us start our own meeting! Tama 'yun!

Karen: Oh, very good!

Joy: But...why, Inggo? What can we do? We are just...

Inggo: Children? We can help in our own small way. We should think of...ways on how to help our barangay prevent carabao-napping!

Karen: Very good!

Dondon: ''Tama na! Alam ku na! Kukunin ang iyong pala, mo, tapos, sambal...bantay-bantay-''

Inggo: E-e-e-e-e-e! Wait, wait, wait a minute, wait-wait a minute!

Karen: What is the first rule in a meeting?

Pablo&Dondon&Buboy&Joy: Be quiet.

(we see the sentence 'Be quiet.' in yellow)

Karen: Yes!

Inggo: Correct, thank you. Proceed.

Inggo: I just want to remind everyone to...always be very corteous.

(we see the sentence 'Always be very corteous.' in yellow)

Inggo: Wag tayong bastos, ha? We should respect other people's right to speak.

Pablo: Tama yun!

Inggo: Alright, I am now open to any suggestions.

Pablo: ''Ako! Ako! Meron ako! Meron ako!''

Inggo: Joy?

Joy: Let us have a curfew for all carabaos. The carabaos should be brought near their owner's house before...6 in the evening!

Dondon: ''Oo, nga! Tsaka diba noon wala si Kulot...gabi na?''

Joy: Oo nga, no?

Inggo: That is a good suggestion! That is why, Karen, you will not leave...the ponduhan!

Joy: But-But-But, Inggo-

Inggo: No, no, no but-buts. It is for your own good.

Joy: (sighs) Okay.

Dondon: Tama 'yun.

Inggo: Next suggestion!

Pablo: ''Ah, ako! Ako! Meron ako!''

Inggo: Say what you want to say clearly, right away.

(the sentence 'Say what you want to say clearly. Do not waste time.' appears. with the rule in yellow)

Buboy: While we take our carabaos to graze, we should be in groups.

Inggo: That is another good suggestion! The carabao-nappers will think twice, because there are so many of us!

Pablo: Ah, and we should report suspicious-

Inggo: He-he-he-he-he! The second rule is...

Pablo: Nakakainis naman, Inggo! I always raise my hands, but you do not pick me to speak!

(the sentence 'Raise your hand if you want to speak.' appears in yellow)

Inggo: Ep-ep-ep-ep-ep-ep! Rule number three: Speak only when the chairperson-

(the sentence 'Speak only when chosen to speak.' appears in yellow)

Pablo: But, but, but-

Inggo: That is me. Says so.

Pablo: But, but-

Inggo: But-but-but-but-but! Rule number six: Always be very courteous.

(the sentence 'Always be very courteous.' appears in yellow)

Inggo: Are you corteous?

Pablo:  'di.

Inggo: Are you polite?

Pablo:  'di.

Inggo: Are you patient?

Pablo:  'di.

Inggo: You will be given time to speak. Alright.

Pablo: 'Sor-I am sorry, everyone.

Inggo: Alright! You can speak now.

Pablo: We should report suspicious peple roaming in the barangay!

Inggo: Hmm...Alright, Pablo has something to say again.

Pablo: And, also...is there another supertarod in the barangay? Huh? Huh?

Inggo: Well, Mang Tipur is or supertarod...Oh, this, gutum na ako dun, a.

Karen: Inggo!

Inggo: Why do you ask?

Pablo: Because...two hours ago, I saw a supertarod that is not Mang Tipur!

Karen: Inggo, suspicious person? Stranger? Hmm...

Inggo: This is it! He might be...

Everyone: The carabao-napper!

(transition)

Narrator: Iko and two friends a rehaving a meeting to decide what to plant in their garden plot.

Iko: Follow the rules of a meeting, so that there will be order in the proceedings. Be quiet. Raise your hands when you want to speak. Speak only when the chairperson says so, so that everyone will have a chance to say what he or she wants to say. Do not waste time. Go direct to the point. Say what you want to want to say clearly. Listen carefully to the one speaking.

Boy: I suggest that we plant pechay.

(everyone claps)

Narrator: And be corteous. Always respect one another.

(transition)

Inggo: Oh, oh, oh, oh! Wag 'ko' mong paratrasan!

Sorbetero: ''Sorbetes! Mga bata! Sorbetes kaya d'yan. O, mga bata! Sorbetes! Halika 'nyo! Tara na! Libo-libo ang mga sorbetes. Kasi hapon na. Baka matunaw 'to. Pero, teka, para pagkatapos 'yung kumuha, uwi agad kayo, ha?''

Buboy&Dondon&Joy: ''Opo! Opo!''

Because there are many carabao-nappers moving about!

Dondon: Ang daming flavor masarap!

Joy:  'yun lang paborito 'ko!

Inggo: Um...Huy! Pablo! Pablo!

Pablo: Baka masarap!

Inggo: What is that...bulging at his waist?

Buboy: Sarap!

Pablo&Inggo: Baril?

Inggo: Umm...(laughs)

Pablo: Ito, ito, ito!

Dondon: Ay,  'yon ang aking- Ang ating-

Inggo: Um, excuse me, excuse me, Manong Sorbetero, uh, hmm, thank you for your free ice cream, but we have to go now. It is time for their dinner. They might ruin their appetite.

Sorbetero: Okay, okay.

Buboy: But-but, Inggo, it's not our dinner time!

Inggo: It is! Let us go!

Joy: But, but-

Inggo: But-but-but-but! I am the chairperson. Huh, remember? And I said...let us go! Manong Sorbetero, thank you very much.

Sorbetero: Thank you.

Inggo: We will see you again. Sa kulungan!

Sorbetero: Uh, I will be here again tommorow! Bye!

Inggo: Bye!

Sorbetero: By the way, be very careful! Please go home now, and stay inside your house, okay?

Inggo: (clears throat) Sige! Mmm, okay! We will do that!

Dondon: Why did you do that, Inggo? The ice cream is free!

Buboy: Oo.

Inggo: Free? Free? All you can think of is ice cream? Did you see the bulge at his waist?

Dondon: What is it?

Inggo&Pablo: Baril!

Everyone: B-Baril?

Inggo: Ssh, ssh, ssh, what is the first rule, ha? What is the first rule of a meeting?

Inggo&Dondon: Be quiet!

(Dondon raises hand)

Inggo: Ssh! Yes, Dondon?

Dondon: Come on, let us report him to the barangay tarod!

Inggo: I...am the barangay tarod. Humingi tayo ng tulong sa barangay tarod.

(they all go offscreen, although the wrong way first)

(Inggo, the tarods, and the Kids hide behind the tree and sign)

Inggo: Let us be cautious! Ingat lang!

Tarod1: (clears throat) Excuse me, mga supertarod. May alam pu naming nakita, a? Maari pu bang nakilala?

Sorbetero: Oy, please...do not bother me, okay?

Tarods: Look for any identification. Boss? ''Nakakap 'pu natin sandali, ha. Tingnan mo. Tingnan mo. Dalihan mo. Sandali, po.''

Sorbetero: Police! Police!

Tarod1: Police nga!

Tarod2: What if he is a fake police?

Tarod1: O, ito ka ng bayan, oh.

Policeman: I know him. He is a policeman, working as an undercover agent.

Sorbetero: I thought you informed the barangay captain about me!

Policeman: We did, but not the children.

Inggo: Umm...umm...umm...We are very sorry, policeman, undercover agent. Yook look so suspicious, so we agreed to report you to the barangay.

Sorbetero: It's alright. You...did a good job. I would have done the same thing!

Tarod2: Ayan pala si kapitan, e!

Kapitan Miong: ''Etong magnanakaw! Huling-huling natin niya hinahatak ang kalabaw ni Tikyo. Dalhin mu, na!''

Sorbetero: You'll stay at the police station!

Kapitan Miong: Oh, children, what are you doing here? It's late! You go home!

Inggo: Salamat, kapitan.

Everyone: Salamat, kapitan.

Inggo: Ay! At least we were courteous with Manong Sorbetero-Ay, this time, Mr. Policeman-Undercover Agent.

Pablo: We're lucky!

Inggo: Karen? Si Karen! Curfew! Let us go home! Curfew! Curfew! Dali!

(transition)

Karen: The police said there might be some carabao-nappers...still roaming around our barangay.

Inggo: Yes, that is why, Karen, I should be alert at all times! (pretends to practice some moves) No one will take you away from me, Karen!

Karen: I can beileve that.

Tarod1: It's going to be a long night watching carabao-nappers.

Inggo: You cannot sleep! Aha! I have a solution for that! Alright! Barangay Tarods, meeting please come to order.

Tarod2: Order? Can I please make my order? My evening salabat? Please?

Inggo: Mmm, that is very nice.