Day 101: Credit Terms at the Hardware Store

Dialogue

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   Sir, nakuha ko na po ang una kong three-story na bahay! Puwede po bang animnapung araw ang bayad ko sa materyales?

   Sir, I just landed my first three-story house! Could I pay for the materials in sixty days?

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   Animnapung araw? Iho, sa ganyang tagal, kahit semento tumitigas na, pati ang puso ko.

   Sixty days? Son, in that much time even cement hardens, and so does my heart.

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   Mabuti po 'yon, Sir. Parang semento rin po ang pangako ko: habang tumatagal, lalong tumitibay.

   That's a good thing, Sir. My promise is like cement too: the longer it sets, the stronger it gets.

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   B

   Pangako? Ang pangako, madaling mapako. Tatlong kontratista na ang nangako sa akin, lahat napako.

   Pangako, a promise? Promises get napako, nailed in place and stuck, all too easily. Three contractors have made me promises, and every one got nailed.

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   Hindi po ako pako, Sir, turnilyo po. Kapag iniikot po, humihigpit ang kapit.

   I'm not a nail, Sir, I'm a screw. Turn it, and the grip only gets tighter.

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   B

   Turnilyo nga, kaya magaling magpaikot. 'Yung huling turnilyo rito, pinaikot ako at itinakbo ang otsenta mil.

   A screw, all right, so you're good at giving people the runaround. The last screw in here gave me the runaround and ran off with eighty thousand.

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   Hindi ko po kayo paiikutin. Kalahati po ng downpayment ng may-ari, ibabayad ko sa inyo ngayon din.

   I won't give you the runaround. Half of the owner's down payment, I'll pay you right now.

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   B

   Ngayon din, ha? Sige, tatlumpung araw, hindi animnapu, at may tubo, two percent kada buwan.

   Right now, huh? All right, thirty days, not sixty, and there's tubo, interest, two percent a month.

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   Tubo po? Akala ko po PVC lang ang tubo rito. Payag po ako, pero kailangan ko ang bakal bukas, hindi ako makakapagbuhos nang wala 'yon.

   Tubo? I thought the only tubo here were the PVC pipes. Fine by me, but I need the steel tomorrow, I can't pour without it.

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    Ang tubo ko, iho, tumutubo habang hindi ka nagbabayad. Bukas, alas-siyete, nasa site mo na ang bakal.

    My tubo, son, grows while you're not paying. Tomorrow at seven, the steel will be at your site.

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    Salamat po, Sir! Hulog po kayo ng langit. Sa unang billing po, kayo agad ang babayaran ko.

    Thank you, Sir! You're a hulog ng langit, heaven-sent. When the first billing comes in, you're the first one I'll pay.

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    Hulog? Hulugan na naman ang usapan. Pirmahan mo 'to, iho, at sana ikaw ang unang pangakong hindi napako.

    Hulog? Now we're back to hulugan, installments. Sign this, son, and I hope you'll be the first promise that doesn't get nailed in place.

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