PINE TREES. When a woman took some friends to see her family in Bukidnon she was surprised to find them always looking up at the trees during their long drive to her ancestral home. When she could no longer contain her curiosity she asked her friends what they were looking for. “Nangita mi’g mga pine trees. Diha man na gikan ang mga pineapple di ba?” one of them said matter-of-factly. The woman was able to keep her laughter in check as she explained to her friend that pineapples do not grow on trees but on t
WATCH OUT FOR FALLING PINEAPPLES. When she later told her other friends about this incident a man said he was thankful pineapples do not grow on trees. “Imagina lang atong likay-likay when mamunga na na sila,” he said. “Mora ra gud og nangka, pero mas hait lang,” another remarked.