Words from the heart final draft

                                                                  Words from the heart final draft

  On a cool night at a house where there were tables with  food laid out on two impossibly huge tables.I take my uncofortably rough paper plate.I then fill it with a mountain load of food where I take it back to my table where I'm greeted by my sister and parents.I take a bite of my food a tangy taste with shredded pieces of the perfectly orange carrots. I thought why is there a tangy taste in the pancit I then looked around the "food" table an i see a green circular shape when I realized it was calamunuci the exact taste that was in my pancit.

I then hear my name "Tyler can you get me water balong please?" I turn to a familiar face it was my aunty I was a little dumbfounded when she called me "balong" I did'nt know what to do but I did get here water anyway.When I gave a cold and wet bottle of water I went to my mom to immediatly to ask her on what "balong" had meant because I did'nt know what my aunty had said so I got really curious on what "balong had meant.I then get to my mom where she was talking with relitives that came here to visit.After she had seen me she asked "Yes Tyler,Do you need something balong?" I snapped to my senses because she had took a long time and had forgot that I was still standing in front of here like a little weirdo.So I went immediatly and said "Mom you know aunty Anna,"
My mom replied "Yes I do."
I then said "aunty anna called me balong and I don't know what that word means and do you know what that means? "
She replied "It means like nephew in english."
So I said "Oh thanks mom." 

We then finished the night with saying our goodbyes to everyone at the party and went back to our lovely home.

   My mom told me that we use that word because it comes from the language ilocano. She had said that people in our family had used these words because of our family originating in the Philippines.That gave me a happy sensation  that people in my family had called me word a that was part of my Filipino heritage.Also that my mom still uses Ilocano with me and my sister that had made me feel very special to know that my mom is still in touch with her own heritage and still doing it with me.This word had showed me why it's so important to my family because it helps us get closer to our family heritage to those who had not grown up in our homeland the philipines.

    In conclusion my  family word is balong or basang.This had showed me on where I had first encountered balong or basang.Also where my mom had first encountered her memory of balong or basang.