I just read an email about the Philippines being a host to pussy ladies who purr and treat the whites as kings. Of course, usually with the hope that these white men would look at them not just at a glance but as potential wives.
Well, I am a person who have some foreigner as friends. I really observed that when i am with them and we go around like in Baguio City or Olongapo City, people would look at me queerly. Their eyes have a slit that i can hardly understand. Sometimes, it occurs to me that maybe it is because i am with a foreigner. judging though from their looks, i see that some see me with the eyes of admiration as if i caught a big fish (i saw that look in olongapo) but others would look at me with (if i would be allowed to interpret their looks) "how were you able to hook him?" or looks like i am with a king. Of course, i'm irritated with it especially with the fact that i am already married to a Filipino who is more gorgeous than any foreigner.
In Baguio, after eating in a restaurant, i opened my wallet and made the waitress bring a question of "why you?" in her eyes. Of course, my foreign friend brought out a bigger bill but i paid the extra.
One time, i have to get boxes of books from an office. It so happened that my American friend who was with other Americans at that time was with me. They offered to help so i said of course since i really needed their help. The people in that office looked with awe at my friends and even scolded me a little for having them carry the heavy boxes.
So many times have i been with my American, German, Korean friends around. In all those trips i tried to show that we need not treat them as kings for they are but normal people like us. They need not be treated with royalty. Of course, we can always do that if that is how we treat all people. I tried to show to all kababayans who see us that foreigners are not royalty in our own country. They are also people like us. We don't look down to them but we also don't need to strain our necks to reach and show them what we are not if we know our own selves.
That is one thing that i like with Sagada, Mountain Province. Locals and foreigners are treated equally. If there are treatments which are otherwise, they are isolated cases. You don't see girls parading around foreigners even if the foreigner is known to be a very eligible bachelor. Nor do you see foreigners treated as royalty. It is in this small town where it is the foreigners who will adjust to the local ways not the other way around. As visitors usually hear from the locals, "if you are in Rome, do what the Romans do," not the Romans to do what the foreigner does. Of course, due to the natural ability of influence, there are some positive and negative changes that they bring.
But i am proud to say that Sagada is still free from negative influences as prostitution which are very common on places where the foreigners usually go.
1 comment:
hello,
sori pro wen i read ur blog about da pussy ladies increasingly w/ our country it made me think na msama ang tingin mo sa bestfren ko?is that wat u mean?i hav a bestfren huz w/ a canadian and my batchmates hu is also married 2 an american but it nver came to my mind to think dat they are wat u called them"pussy".dey luv each other so much and in fact i alredi tok to their boyfrenz tru net and even in da fon.i juz wnt u to know dat not all person lalo nat he/she chooses to fall in luv w/ oder raises dat u wil say them dat they are PUSSY.dis is a free country u knw and we deserve sum1 to luv and respect as.merun nga jan nagpakasal nga sapilitan nman pra lng d masira ang name or procesion nya but d naman mahal ng taong pinilit nya.db very selfish naman yun ganun kramihan tuloy sa atin naghihiwalay o kya pinapalitan ng partner lalo na pag na realize ng taong pinilit nya na hndi tlga mag wrk ang relationship nla.db tama ako?pro i knw my bestfren wil forever b hapi coz pinili nya at pinili cya ng taong mhal nya.
ingat!
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