NOT VERY FILIPINO

NOT VERY FILIPINO

Ouch! Tinamaan yata ang aking man size ego. We went to Jawad dome in Budaiya to check out some overpriced Christmas ornaments and decoration ideas at this certain shop. The shop was a high end boutique of unique items, with finely arranged displays. Ang lupit ng mga furnitures nila wala akong masabi. Right after looking at it nainisip ko na ang aming dream house.

We admired everything that the shop has to offer. Sa sobrang tuwa ng biyenan ko at nung bilas ko, they wanted me to take a picture of a bar furniture set and some white feathers. So as a photographer and a blogger, alam mo naman tayo nature na natin magkuha ng picture ng kung anu-ano ang maisusulat natin. I took a picture of the bar furniture set. Click! Then a second after the shot there was this lady who rudely asked me if I have the permission to take pictures. She asked the other Filipina sales lady if she gave permission to take pictures inside the shop. She didn’t hesitate to say NO, she didn’t give any permission and denied that she even saw us taking photos. Although, nakita ko siya na nakatingin sa amin. Then the lady told us in Filipino “Bawal kumuha ng picture. My God! Picture na naman ng furniture!” And then she left to go to the cashier.

Napahiya kami ng todo. Nagkatinginan na lang kami at nag-ngitian. Grabe yun. Kung bawal kumuha ng picture sana naglagay sila ng paskil sa harap na bawal kumuha ng litrato.

Bakit nga ba bawal? It’s on display! I bet you can find that same bar set on the internet, right click and save picture as. Baka akala n’ya makukuha namin yung furniture by taking it’s picture? S’ya ba ang gumawa ang nagdesign ng furniture nay un? Is it that so unique? FBI or NASA specs bay un? OR DID SHE HAVE A STICK UP HER ASS? Oh, btw, there was this pointy-spikey-christmas-ornament that I would have liked to shove up her’s at that time.

Feel ko nilamon ako lupa sa sobrang kahihiyan. Most Filipino’s who are working in the other shops are usually friendly to all kababayan’s. Most of them will let you get away with shit even if they don’t know you basta nakita kang pinoy. Vice versa, I am very nice to Pinoy’s wherever I go. I let most of them get away with shit.

Sabi ko na lang sa sarili ko...maliit lang ang Bahrain. Pinoys have a tight community here, magkikita rin kami. And when we do malalaman n’yo dito sa blog ko. Bwahahahaha!