LARISSA VIVIEN S. LACAR
BSCS II-A
October 16, 2013
NEW YORKER IN TONDO REACTION PAPER
Taking an opportunity may be the adversity of everything.
This is one of the realization being portrayed in the play.
There was a typical girl who lives in Tondo with big dreams named “Kikay”.
She is a puto vendor who accidentally learned about a scholarship grant to
New York from the Chismosa Ladies in the streets and tried her best to avail it.
Fortunately, Kikay’s petition to study was approved.
It only shows that there’s no harm in trying and in her case, it’s good
because she made it. This means that when opportunity comes, grab it because
it’s elusive enough to be wasted. Who knows? That certain opportunity may be
our most-awaited time and way for making our aspirations come true.
Living to other country with different culture like New York also attests how
strong her personality is and her identity as a Filipino. Meeting and engaging
with the local people there like Alexis, Coreen, Sophia Cassandra, The Image
Stylist Gardo, The Happy Go Lucky Guy Henry and Isabel with other classmates
do influenced Kikay’s view and way of life. She learned and adopted the New
Yorker customs, behavior and lifestyle. This fact eventually turned her into a new
person, far from what she used to be in Tondo.
Considering this fact, the play implicit how can be a person change in the
way she interact and react to an environment she was brought up from the new
ones where many external factors will affect and influence her. This also shows
that