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>A part of me says that I want to learn and become fluent in
>Kapampangan, because i was born in Pampanga, my parents are
>Kapampangan, and Kapampangan was also my language until I
>started going to school. But then again, I think it's now too late to
>change everything, because of how we have been moulded by the
>schools and society. I must say that my nationalism and love for
>Tagalog is now so strong, that I doubt I can still be changed.
>I think, I can't. Yes, I can't because Kapampangan left me when I
>was seven years old. It is like a sweetheart that abandoned me
>and betrayed me. I have to be faithful to the national language just like
>what I have promised in the
>Panatang Makabayan. Sorry, but it's now too late to go back to those
>years before I was seven. I am beyond reform or any kind of change
>as far as language is concerned. I can no longer be rehabilitated.
>And I don't regret it. Kapampangan had its chance on me a long time
>ago during my early years. Why did he give me up for adoption? Where
>was that lovin' feeling? Let's be more realistic: You know what? You,
>just like these Bisayans and other ethnic groups, are just too
>submissive, and maybe cowards as well. You hail your heroes, but
>you're not at all like them. So please, just leave me alone.
>Maricel

>P.S.
>It's not my fault like I say. I did not leave your language at my
>own will; it is your language that left me. But rejoice, because
>at least I still know the language a little bit. You should see my
>younger siblings. Kapampangan is almost totally a stranger to
>them even when they still live there in Pampanga and have not
>moved to Manila for college studies. If they can't speak the
l>anguage at all, I doubt if they can write it like I do. And like I say,
>it's really too late to reconvert me. I am now a Tagalog through and
>through, sa isip, sa salita at sa gawa. My loyalty is now to it and
>there is no turning back. I am like a grown up abandoned by my
>biological mother when I was a baby, and my love is now all
>focused on my adoptive mother that has raised me through the
>difficult years. So, sorry to say this, but it's true. Let's just consider it
>a fact of life, shall we?
>The former Kapampangan and now a Tagalog - and so happy about it,
>Maricel

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