I don't think so.... di naman sya pinanganak sa Japan at ang wife nya ay Pinay... OA or katotohanan? hmpft ewan!
After 13 years, deported dad can't speak Filipino
MANILA, Philippines - Thirteen years in Japan made the 36-year-old OFW Arlan Calderon forget to speak in his native tongue.
Calderon, who was deported to Manila on Monday evening along with his wife Sarah, 38, only entertained questions from the Japanese media waiting at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, QTV’s Balitanghali reported.
"I can no longer understand Tagalog," Calderon told reporters in Japanese. “In the 13 years that I lived in Japan I learned a lot of things. I only have Japanese friends."
The Calderon couple entered Japan in the early 90s under false documents to work and ultimately settle there. Their daughter, Noriko, was born there in 1995 and is now studying in a Japanese school.
In 2006, Japan’s Immigration Bureau discovered the couple’s illegal papers and they were forced to leave their 13-year-old daughter in Japan. Noriko is a naturalized Japanese citizen and was the only one allowed to stay.
Calderon, who looks more Japanese than Filipino, said it is important for him to be with his daughter especially since she is still a minor. The Japanese government only allowed the Calderon couple to return to Japan a year after their deportation.
“My daughter is just 13 years old she doesn’t know anything yet. She still can’t protect herself," Calderon said in Japanese.
Sarah spoke only a little Tagalog when asked by the Filipino reporters.
“Masakit para sa magulang [It is very difficult for a parent]," Sarah replied when asked how she feels about the separation with her daughter.
Japan’s Immigration Bureau tends to grant special permission to undocumented families whose children are already in junior high school, as it is considered “inhumane" to deport a child who can only speak the Japanese language and has spent more than six years in the Japan’s education system.
Since 2006, the Filipino family has been asking the Japanese government to let them stay together in the country, but the Supreme Court turned down their plea last September.
According to Japan’s Immigration Bureau, there are about 113,072 illegal foreign residents staying in the country as of January.
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas’ estimate in 2007 showed there were 202,557 Filipinos in Japan, but it did not say how many were undocumented.
In 2007, some 7,388 foreigners received special permission to stay in Japan while 39,382 were deported in 2008. - GMANews.TV
Calderon, who was deported to Manila on Monday evening along with his wife Sarah, 38, only entertained questions from the Japanese media waiting at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, QTV’s Balitanghali reported.
"I can no longer understand Tagalog," Calderon told reporters in Japanese. “In the 13 years that I lived in Japan I learned a lot of things. I only have Japanese friends."
The Calderon couple entered Japan in the early 90s under false documents to work and ultimately settle there. Their daughter, Noriko, was born there in 1995 and is now studying in a Japanese school.
In 2006, Japan’s Immigration Bureau discovered the couple’s illegal papers and they were forced to leave their 13-year-old daughter in Japan. Noriko is a naturalized Japanese citizen and was the only one allowed to stay.
Calderon, who looks more Japanese than Filipino, said it is important for him to be with his daughter especially since she is still a minor. The Japanese government only allowed the Calderon couple to return to Japan a year after their deportation.
“My daughter is just 13 years old she doesn’t know anything yet. She still can’t protect herself," Calderon said in Japanese.
Sarah spoke only a little Tagalog when asked by the Filipino reporters.
“Masakit para sa magulang [It is very difficult for a parent]," Sarah replied when asked how she feels about the separation with her daughter.
Japan’s Immigration Bureau tends to grant special permission to undocumented families whose children are already in junior high school, as it is considered “inhumane" to deport a child who can only speak the Japanese language and has spent more than six years in the Japan’s education system.
Since 2006, the Filipino family has been asking the Japanese government to let them stay together in the country, but the Supreme Court turned down their plea last September.
According to Japan’s Immigration Bureau, there are about 113,072 illegal foreign residents staying in the country as of January.
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas’ estimate in 2007 showed there were 202,557 Filipinos in Japan, but it did not say how many were undocumented.
In 2007, some 7,388 foreigners received special permission to stay in Japan while 39,382 were deported in 2008. - GMANews.TV
Nabasa ko nga to kaninang umaga..
ReplyDeleteParang di naman yata basta basta malilimutan ano kung nagtatagalog pa rin kayo kahit once a week lang :D? Or baka kinalimutan lang sadya?
Hays kawawa naman yung anak.. Naiwan don. Pero mabait pa rin Japan ano? Papayagan silang bumalik after a year of deportation?
agree ako, maaari ngang sadyang kinalimutan.. pero ultimo pag intindi ng Tagalog kaduda naman ata..
ReplyDeleteewan ko, for me is parang kumukuha lang sila ng sympathy kaya iniwan nila ang bata.. in the first place illegal migrant sila kaya di ako medyo naaawa heheh =)
ayun mabait ang Japan kahit papaano bingyan sila ng consideration na bumalik pero baka visit visa lang yun..
I was about to create an entry for this.... but I can't start it, so might as well comment na lang ako. :D
ReplyDeletethat's Freaking F*cking impossible. at least for me, although that would be "believable" if he learned any other "language". and did not laddered. Example, Us can fluently speak english and tagalog, let's say he learned nihonggo and used english as the base. and learned another language, and used the same base for learning the language. but... the language he would forget is nihonggo, not the base.
At least my opinion and idea. He's just escaping from reality. maybe he doesn't want to speak or something but that's just plain absurd reason or "palusot" Maybe HE cannot speak fluently, but definitely He can understand. beside, IMHO he's nihonggo is not that good in terms of accent.
And, another thing... the reason they left their child in japan... They're hoping that someday, she can't get them back to japan. and... thinking about that japan's Citizenship law is not "Jus Soli" like in the U.S.A. so that's another mystery to me...
What I meant for those who don't know what Jus Solis is... well just google it. but, In japan, not because you we're born there makes you their citizen. Just like here in the philippines. it's based on the parents. or "Jus Sanguinis" (or something like that.)
Last point, (this is getting too long.) in addition to my Jus Soli argument... I guess that either of the two is NOT her parents. But that's outright accusation on my part. and there's still benefit of the doubt on my part of course.
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The penalty is 5 years, They can't go back to japan in 5 years. At least that's what I know.
hahah natatawa naman ako sa litanya ni mervyn...
ReplyDeletenative tongue mo kasi is like stock knowledge, it will come out naturally grrrr hehehe taena 13 years lang yan sa Japan ha!
meron akong uncle at auntie (couple) TNT din sa Japan for almost 20 years (same fate - deported sila) pero naman ang tatas mag-tagalog malamang tinataasan lang nila ng kilay ngayon yang mga yan har har!
same here in Singapore, hindi automatic ang citizenship ng bata, need to apply for it.
strategy lang nila talaga yun to gain public sympathy, madami na akong nabasang ganyan na novel hehe =)
sorry ate kaye kung napahaba ako dito... :D
ReplyDeleteang first word na pumasok sa isip ko... "katarantaduhan" nung kinuwento ko sa mommy ko. same word. hahaha.'
oh well, some people can't be understand after all. the fact that they left they're own "child" (if it's really theirs) means something already.
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again, benefit of the doubt... another problem IS our local media. Sensationalism at it's best. They should have "censored" the face of the kid. oh well. that's sensationalism for us. sadly.
Naniniwala akong posible na makalimutan mother tongue mo in this situation provided:
ReplyDelete1) he never spoke any Filipino word in that 13 years
2) he never had someone speak Filipino to him for that length of time. He never spoke to his family in the Philippines for that 13 years
3) he never made the effort to seek for Filipino communities in Japan
4) he never sought Filipino online content
hmmm...pakibaba kilay ko...
ReplyDeletebut the wife is pinay e unless talagang kahit hanggang sa kwarto e hapon ang salita nila ahihih
ReplyDeletehahah =)
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ReplyDelete<< ganito na lang talaga reaction ko diyan sa issue na yan... pero thinking about it. di siya nakapasok sa Top Ten News ng TV5 so meaning to say i think di siya ganung ka importanteng balita? hahahah.
If the consequences apply to both then puede. Puede rin kasing hindi sila talaga nagtatagalog sa isa't isa as self preference.
ReplyDeletemaaari nga, kasi base sa balita kahit anak nila e di alam na Pinay sya *kibit balikat na lang*
ReplyDeletei've watched that news sa Channel 5.nagtaka din ako paano both parents eh Pinoy pero ung anak nila ni hindi marunong managalog.and mukhang japanese na rin talaga.ganyan ata pag nag TnT...kelangan nila kalimutan ung sariling wika para hindi mahuli.tsk tsk sad lang kasi though nagsuccess sila na makalimutan (intentional or unintentional) nahuli pa rin sila.
ReplyDeleteah basta ako..naniniwala sa kasabihang:
ReplyDelete"babalik ka rin"
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"ang di marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay di makakarating sa paroroonan"
*bow*
galing talaga mo po talaga ate. simple sentences, but heart pounding, straight to the heart.
ReplyDeletesiguro nga, yung lalaki is just a Tyrant freak to do that. :D
besides, the wife can still speak filipino. so same assumption, He just don't want to be interviewed. but that's just plain absurd reason...
Well let's just hope good for the welfare of the child. right? :D
Even the waters of river Hades cannot erase my breastfed language (Amanung Sisuan)...
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