Miss Phatuphats

Characters:

Yeyeng – Yeyeng/Bb. Phathupats – punung-puno ng kolorete ang mukha; ipinanganak sa isang sulok ng
Pampanga, sa pinakamaliit na bayan nito. Dahil dito, Pilipina si Bb. Yeyeng mula ulo hanggang paa, at
kahit sa dulo ng kanyang buhok ay Kapampangan siya.

Amerikano – ang suki ni yeyeng , siya ang tumulong kay yeyeng para makapag aral ng wikang ingles

Theme: “Ang hindi marunong magmahal ng sariling wika ay higit pa sa hayop at malansang Isda”

Setting: School, Gambling place

Plot:

-Yeyeng known as Miss Phatuphats was a pure kapampangan and full of accessories, cosmetics on her
face

-Yeyeng is selling kakanin especially at the gambling house

-Yeyeng met an American, the American loves so much the kakanin of yeyeng but they don’t understand
each other because yeyeng speak kapampangan and she doesn’t understand English language.

– The American approached yeyeng to come with him to study English language

-after 8 months of learning, yeyeng is now very good in English language and she suddenly forgot
kapampamngan

– An occasion she attended at bayang X, she uttered that she never know how to speak in
kapampamngan anymore
– All of the crowds judged yeyeng and everyone laughed at her

-Yeyeng cried and when she wiped her tears the real color of her skin revealed
Summary

Yeyeng was came from rural areas and poor that she sells kakanin, Yeyeng was full of make ups on her
face.Yeyeng met an American who always bought her kakanin but because yeyeng doesn’t understand
English language and she speaks kapampamngan they don’t understand each other. The American
teacher was encouraged yeyeng to study English. After learning for 8 months yeyeng was already good
in English speaking. She never speak Kapampangan anymore because she had really forgotten that’s she
said it’s tough on the tongue. For this reason he classified as Miss Phathupats, due to the size of her
waist and squeezed like kakanin on leaf more consistently ridiculed her as well as she’s putting lipstick
on her face just to fit his actions. One day, there is an occasion in Country X, which was attended by Miss
Phathupats and there it whispered in public that she was not intelligent to speak in kapampangan
anymore. Eventually everyone’s laughed at her and because she was so upset she spoke bad words in
Kapampangan. And everyone knew that she was really one of the Kapampangan and those who heard
laughed so hard. Miss Phathupats cried and and when she wiped her face, her natural color revealed
caused more laughter of those who had seen her.

Reflection

“One who never looks back to the beginning will never get to his destination” a quote that is really
connected to the story. It is not bad to learn a new language in fact it gives you some good advantages
because it enables you to communicate with other people. They say that “One language sets you in a
corridor for life; two languages open every door along the way” meaning Knowing a foreign language a
part from your mother tongue represents a huge advantage that can distinguish you from “the crowd”.
But knowing TWO foreign languages clearly differentiates you from all the rest, by reflecting your good
master of language skills and communication. In the side of Miss Phatuphats was showed a bad
influence to others because she forgot her own language she covered up who really she was. On her
other side about putting a lots of make ups on her face was not good it’s better to be simple because
simplicity is beauty. Be natural love what God gave you. Appreciate what you have maybe you can
change everything but not your heart not what you came from.