Melanisms

Let’s end the year with a loud bang, courtesy of Miss International titlist Melanie Marquez.

“My brother is not…a book”….and other equally famous quotes:

“I couldn’t care a damn”—(Oo nga)

“What’s your next class before this”—(wait lang…. ok, I get it…No, I don’t)

Can you repeat that for the second time around once more from the top—(nahilo ako. Ano nga uli?)

Don’t touch me not—(ano ba talaga?)

Hello? For a while, please hang yourself-- (*ties telephone cord around neck*)

You! You’re not a man anymore, you’re a boy anymore-- (ang gulo!)

Come, let’s join us-- (uhm, teka. ok)

Hello? My brother is out-of-town. Would you like to wait?-- (grabeh naman)

And of course, that Mare and Pare episode where she defended Joey Marquez, her brother and former Mayor: "Do not judge my brother for he is not a book!