Buhat sa isang henyo…si Levi Celerio
Isa sa mga Pilipinong henyo si Levi Celerio at isa rin idolo. BAsahin nyo maganda ito, from :
http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=2077
May-Upuan Pa Ba-Be Not?
"[Filipino lyricist Levi] Celerio apparently once hopped on a bus in Cubao bound for Monumento after asking the conductor if there were still seats available. Or as he put it in Tagalog, ‘May upuan pa ba?’
"The conductor had said yes, but Celerio, after reaching the rear of the bus, found no empty ones. In fact the bus was crammed full of people. He berated the conductor when the fellow got to him with his ticket.
"’I thought you said there were still seats,’ he said. The conductor, a Pilosopong Tasyo, replied with a laugh, ‘I said there were seats, I did not say they were not taken.’
"After a while they got to Nepa Q Mart, which at that time had a back street. Buses went around it if there were passengers getting off there. The conductor asked loudly if anyone was going there, or as he put it in Tagalog, ‘May dadaan ba rito?’
"Celerio shouted yes, and so the bus took the detour. When they got to the bus stop, Celerio remained on his seat. The conductor, not very amused, shouted at him, ‘I thought you said you were getting off here.’
"Celerio, who was a Pilosopong Tasyo himself, replied, ‘I said I was passing by here, I did not say I was getting off!’"
Celerio, Levi (1911-2002) Filipino artist and acclaimed lyricist [noted for his scores for a nubmer of Filipino films and for such classic songs as "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit," "Saan Ka Man Naroroon," "Lagi Kitang Naaalala," and "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan"]
[Sources: Greg Macabenta, INQ7.com, Apr. 05, 2002]
