Portrait of the Arstist as Filipino

With flashy gold and silver trail, splendid ghost will make it foretold, the highest gate may still it stand for its memories as strong as sun, It was the Intramuros, the splendid Intramuros, the old Manila. The center of trade, religion, brotherhood, the home for the royalties, the upper class, the rich ones. It once stood still firm like that of Great Wall of China, its memories will forever remain to people who felt the suffering and pain, this placed marks the history of our very great country. Along the streets of Calle Real there still remain a family whose art is fame, the Marasigan Family.
Candida and Paula the daughters of Don Lorenzo (the artist) remains in the place of Intramuros with their father. Surprisingly, Bitoy the son of their father’s very good friend arrived, Candida and Paula felt so amused with the return of Bitoy. The three then talked about the younger memories they had, how much they adored the Friday “tertulias”, but it was no more. Candida and Paula could hardlyt accept the fact that Bitoy is now a grown up man, who before they only accompany him to the small room, and added by the fact that they already arrived at the very extreme far age. Paula and Candida showed Bitoy the painting of their father, the splendid masterpiece painted by their father for them, the strange thing about the painting is that it shows the burning city of Troy, with a man carrying an old man, on which the two men represents their father, he is carrying himself also, and behind them is the burning city. It was magnificent as Bitoy described it, Candida then told him about the several media men and artist who visit and look at their father’s painting.
Paula then asked if Bitoy is one of them but he admitted it true, but his conscience were clean. Bitoy then talked to Don Lorenzo, but telling him that he just came to visit, that he was not one of the media men who only after’s to buy the painting or ask for an interview. Don Lorenzo was delighted, and he even