Excerpts from New Yorker in Tondo

By: Marcelino Agana Jr.

Group 2
Anne KirsteenPelingon Sherie Mae Serdea
Charmie Lou Arangote Mary Jane Mariano
Ivy Gregorio Micah Hanna Mae. A. Cazenas
MargielynMadamay Lea Joy Orquejo

Tony: I just came to say hello to Kikay.

Totoy: (As they light the cigarette)
Tony: (Sinking into a chair)
So have I.
Totoy
(Scene)
Totoy: What were you two quarelling about?
Kikay: We were not quarelling. Tony and I just
decided to be good friends and nothing more.
Nena: Tony, is this this true?
Tony: (Shouting) Yes!
Nena: Oh good! Now we can tell them!
Kikay: Tell us what?
Totoy: Whats going on here, uh
Nena: (Taking Tonys hand)
Tony and I are engaged.
Kikay: (Rsing) Engaged!
Totoy: (at the same time) Engaged!
Nena: Yes! Weve been secretly engaged for a
month.
Kikay: A month (Fiercely, to Tony) Why, you
you
Tony: (Backing off)
I did try to tell you KikayI was trying to
tell you
Kikay:You unspeakable cad!
Nena: Hey, Careful there Youre speaking to
my fianc!
Kikay: Hes not your fianc!
Nena: Oh no? And why not, ha?
Kikay: Because he was still engaged to me when
he got engaged to you!
Nena: Well, hes not engaged to you anymore,
you just said yourself.
Kikay: Ah, but I didnt know about all this this
treacherous business!
Oh, the shame of it! Getting engaged to
you when he was still engaged to me!
Do I look like the kind of a girl whod let
a man jilt her! (Moving towards Tony)
Oh, you horrible, horrible monster!
Tony: (Backing off some more)
Now remember, Kikay its uncivilized
to lose ones temper.
People in New York dont lose their
tempers. Not people of the haut monde
anyway!
Kikay: Ive never felt so humiliated in all my life!
Your beast, Ill teach you to humiliate me!
Nena: (Blocking her way)
I told you to leave him alone. Hes my
fianc.
Kikay: And I tell you hes engaged to me until I
release him And I havent released him yet.
Nena: You ought to be ashamed of yourself!
Youre just being a dog in a manger!
Kikay: You ought to be ashamed of yourself
Stealing my man behind my back!
Nena: (Exploring) What! What did you say?
Tony: (Keeping a safe distance)
Totoy, pull them apart!
Kikay: (To Totoy as he approaches)
You keep out of this or Ill knock your
head off!
Totoy:Naku, lumabas din angpagkaTondo!
Nena: Shameless hussy!
Kikay: Man-eater!
(They grapple and stagger. Tony and
Totoy rush forward to separate them
and finally succeed but not before Kikay
has socked Nena. Nena, infuriated,
breaks away from Tony whos dragging
her away and pounces on
Kikay..whomTotoy is holding. Tony
 comes running but it is too late to (Kikay rises and haughtily moves away.
prevent Nena from socking Kikay. Kikay Tony continues on floor, in the attitude
sags down in Totoys arms. Tony pulls Rodins Thinker)
Nena away.)
Nena:Totoy, take me away from here!
Tony: (Furious) How dare you sock her?
Totoy: (Pointing to Tony)
Nena: What? She hit me first
Are you still engaged to him?
Tony: Look what youve done to her!
Nena: I hate him! I never want to see him again
(Totoy has dropped the knocked-out in my life!
Kikay on a chair.)
Totoy: Good! Come on, lets go.
Nena: Are you trying to defend her? You never
defended me! (He takes her arms and propels her
towards the door)
Tony: Shut Up!
Tony: (As they pass behind him)
Nena: I hate you, I hate you!
Hey
Tony: Shut up, or Ill bash your mouth off!
Nena: (Pausing)
Totoy: (Deserting the reviving Kikay)
Dont speak to me you brute!
Hey, dont you talk to Nena that way.
Tony: You keep out of this?
Nena: Hes more of a gentle man than you are,
he defends me!
Totoy: (To Tony)
You take your hands off her!
Tony: I told you to keep out of this!
(Totoy socks Tony. Tony drops to the
floor)
Nena: (Running to Totoy)
Oh Totoy, youve saved mylife.
(Meanwhile, Kikay has to run to Tonys
side.)
Kikay: (Kneeling beside Tony)
Tony, Tony. . . open your eyes!
Tony (sitting up and brushing her hands
away)
Oh, get away from here