Dis country ish bawkwords!!
I've noticed several strange/interesting/different/weird/unique things about people here in The Philippines. For instance, their names. I've heard of, met and/or spoken with people sporting the one of the following names:
- Chips (male)
- Burn (male)
- Glorious (male)
- Timboy (male)
- Nips (female)
- Din-Din (female)
- Bong (male)
- Bimbo (male)
- Irish (female)
- Lord Vincent (male)
- Ow (female)
- Wowie (female)
- Lovely (female)
- Hallelujah Joy (male)
- Horny (male)
And I'm not kidding about any of those names!
Another really interesting (and often annoying) thing about some of the people here is that they are ignorant of many of the social niceties that us Canadian's are used to. Not everyone... and not all the time... but if you are at a mall or something, people will elbow through you like nothing to get ahead of you. And we're talking just to make it onto the escalator one full step ahead of you! I think that kind of behaviour is adopted from how everyone drives here. "Get the hell outta my way... I was first!"
No one seems to wait two full seconds for you to exit the elevator before they elbow, barge, bite and nash their way onto the elevator, pushing you all the way to the back. That can get rather frustrating at times. Also something that seems to happen at all the malls when you enter a store just to look around, you've got AT LEAST one store employee clued to your side the whole damn time you're in the store. No matter how many times you say, "I'm fine. I'm just looking around." They never go away... like herpes. After a while, it really makes you pissed off. I mean, I know they think they are being helpful by being available to you, but holy shit man... back off and let me have a look around! Arrrgggghhhh!!
The people who work at the hotel we're staying at are TOO DAMN FRIENDLY!! "Good morning, Sir!", "How are you, Sir?", "Clean your room, Sir?", "Let me get that door for you, Sir!", "Let me push the elevatator button for you, Sir!"... I'm not kidding... it's gets to you after a while. I can open my own damn door and I can certainly press the elevator button all by my lonesome. And here's how it gets excessive... they actually pay someone to stand by the elevators ALL DAY LONG and press the "up" button whenever someone approaches. He doesn't go onto the elevator with you and take you to your floor, like on the TV, but he gets that button pressed for you, that's for damn sure! And when the elevator door opens, he makes sure it stays open for you to get on safe and sound... and he does this with gusto! I shit you not, I've actually been cut off and shoved out of the way by the guy as he scrambled to the door to HOLD IT OPEN FOR ME!!! I was going to make it through the door and safely onto the elevator WAY before him, but he just had to get me the hell out of the way so he could hold that door open for me. How messed up is that?!
Anyways, I'm done ranting for now...