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Today is my father's 53rd birthday.
Happy birthday Tatay Romer! I wish you long life, happiness and success! Let's celebrate your birthday when we go home soon.
By the way, "tatay" is the cebuano term for "father". It's the simplest term for it. In the Philippines, a father can also be called, " daddy, papa, tatang(from the word, tatay), papang(from the word, papa), etc." It depends upon the status of the family or what the father wants his children to call him. " Daddy" is usually the calling for a rich or famous father; "papa" for the middle class; and, "tatay" for the ordinary one. Yet, status is not the only basis for this. A father is still free to select the calling he wants. Either rich or poor, he still has a freedom to choose what he likes.
In the case of my father, he chose to be called "tatay". When we were younger we called him "papa" but he didn't like it. He insisted to be called "tatay" because according to him, he's only poor and simple. So, from "papa" we changed it to "tatay" later on.
Happy birthday Tatay Romer! I wish you long life, happiness and success! Let's celebrate your birthday when we go home soon.
By the way, "tatay" is the cebuano term for "father". It's the simplest term for it. In the Philippines, a father can also be called, " daddy, papa, tatang(from the word, tatay), papang(from the word, papa), etc." It depends upon the status of the family or what the father wants his children to call him. " Daddy" is usually the calling for a rich or famous father; "papa" for the middle class; and, "tatay" for the ordinary one. Yet, status is not the only basis for this. A father is still free to select the calling he wants. Either rich or poor, he still has a freedom to choose what he likes.
In the case of my father, he chose to be called "tatay". When we were younger we called him "papa" but he didn't like it. He insisted to be called "tatay" because according to him, he's only poor and simple. So, from "papa" we changed it to "tatay" later on.
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