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"Wag ka nang sumayaw-sayaw at magtatalon diyan. Mapupudpod lang yang tsinelas mo, at kakabili ko lang niyan!" The mother mutters, as she talks about the pair she bought last September - it's already April. Apparently, they were poor.

Neneng is the eldest of 5 siblings. Her parents were uneducated, and to survive everyday is a miracle for them. Her parents were not the smartest - in fact, the last born is also named Neneng. They could not think of any other name. Neneng, Ana, Boy, Tina, and Neneng.

Neneng, being the first born of a disfunctional family, witnessed how her parents had sex on the streets. They usually do it around 3 in the morning in deserted alleys. Maybe Neneng was a product of miracle - she's not as foolish as her parents are, she asks, and though does not go to school, she is brilliant enough to ask questions and to learn.

She watched her mom got pregnant and give birth. Her dad administered it with such natural clumsiness, that Neneng thought it's just how life goes.