Edelweiss - Christopher Plummer's own voice

Edelweiss - Sound of Music - Christopher Plummer's own voice from Mark on Vimeo.


Thanks to the Internet - you wonder/wander and you find interesting bits like this.  


I think I like this  better than the sanitized movie version - it is more intimate, reassuring. Just like what a cool father should be.   Which brings me to....


It was my Tatay's birthday last May 29.  Kung hindi siya makulit at tumigil sa pakikipagdate kay Champion na Hope (the cigarette not the Centeno), 82 na sana siya ngayon. 


I miss the fun of having Tatay around.  Corny one liners, crazy admonitions like - Hoy wag kayong maingay magagalit si Panget (my Nanay) - I kept waiting for him to say - magagalit ako, but he never did. Or when he would sheepishly ay - Huli ba? - when he get caught going to Laloma attending his favorite pastime - sabong. How about when he says, Panget (addressing my mom), i-tape mo na lang ang sermon mo. Press rewind ka na lang daily para hindi ka mapagod kasi replay naman yang sinasabi mo. We were never rich but Tatay made sure that our home had lots of laughter. 


For the few times that Tatay gets mad, he would try to raise his voice to feign anger.  In times like that, we, his kids, just laughed it off because we knew he was play-acting. But when he gives us that disappointed/sad look, its time to behave because we knew he'd reached his boiling point already.  Tigil ang kakulitan pag tumahimik si Tatay.


Advance Happy Father's Day and belated happy birthday to you Tatay.  We pray that you continue to RIP wherever you are.  Watch over us as we continue making you proud.  Ayos naman kaming lahat, tanong mo pa ke Eva.  Tama siya na lang tanungin mo o kahit si Meng.  Wag na ako, magugulatin ako, kaw din baka atakihin ako sa puso, gastos sa ospital yan, di naman kita masisingil. Tsaka magagalit si Nanay.


By the way, we have a third Max in the family, Tatay.  Fortunately for him, mas pogi siya sa ating 2. Fortunately for him, uso na ang weird names these days kaya hindi na siya aasarin dahil ang pangalan niya ay Max.  And fortunately for me, di ko na rin siya uutuin at di na rin ako magreresearch ng pampalubag loob para pagaangin ang kanyang loob dahil sa siya ay si Max.


There was never a moment of regret in me having you as my Tatay. For me, you are what a father should be - a reassuring presence in a child's life. Er, I made a mistake.  There was a moment of regret - Tatay, you died too soon, bitin ang tawanan..  Hehehehe, Junior mo nga ako, kasi pareho tayong mais.