Plastic or not ?
In France plastic is only a kind of material, in Philippines
it has a totally different meaning.. Ill explain the difference later in this
post be patient, first i need to tell you some stories to illustrate it :p
Tonight i spent a good time again with people i didnt know
before and after coming back home and explaining the drinkin session ‘ambush’
(you know like indians and cowboys) to my girlfriend i realised that this kind
of moment is barely impossible in my country.
I could speak about tonight or many other moments i spent
here with ton of people i never met before.. Like some who invited me and my
girl in their house for christmas for example.. And thank you we really enjoyed
it !
I think im the kind of guy who likes to joke and get jokes
about myself. I am not a gwapo or pangit only someone in the middle, but with a
strong sense of humour about people or myself.
Someone said something like (sorry maybe the quote isnt
accurate) : you have to know how to laugh about yourself before laughing
about someone else.
This is exactly the point of this post, i mean people joking
at me because im getting panot (bald), and its just real, its like this so what
do i have to get mad or anything ? At the same time most of people here
told me that i look younger than my age even im loosing my hair lol.. Its all
true and i get joke and a compliment in the same natural way..
I am trying to explain to filipinos and french people that
this country is unique in asia but i feel like most of the time they dont
understand why.
Most of asians i met from Vietnam and china and most of
people i met from europe are really sensitive to jokes. You really have to care
about what you say, maybe it twill hurt someone and they will take it
personally, even worst if the people knows eachother it will be a chain
reaction .The result when you have a big mouth like me and feel comfortable to
joke at loud, is simply to get a big silence telling you that what you said is
wrong.. Even it wasnt the goal you did hurt someone and then you feel like
everybody wants to make you feel bad about it, with like big silent and looking
at the floor like if you just stabbed someone lol(really lonely moment )..
I think in my whole life the only country i didnt experience
that is Philippines.. People here have sharp sense of humour and what they
expect from you is just some clever joke back, the only silence you get is when
they are waiting for the kick back.
So its time to explain the Plastic meaning and why its so
different from here and people from my own country. Sad to say that but its
true, not for all but honestly most of them..
To be plastic in this country means to be fake, smiling and
think ill backstab you when i can or just to play like friend to use someone or
settle a bad situation between people.. In France and i think most of western
countries people are plastic because the culture is like this. You have to show
what people wants to see, say what people wants to hear. SO most of the time
you have to be fake, if not you’ll feel that you are doing wrong in some way.
To be clear about this, and what ill say include my true friends because we are
real and solid, i just cant act like this so it was always really fast to know
who i have in front of me and make enemy even faster lol..
When i came here i spent two years without any french
friends and i kinda missed it, only to speak the same language and feel a bit
lesser far from home.
Then i changed place from Quezon city to Dasmarinas and
finally met some French speaking people..Most of them are retired people, even
they were double my age (exept one who was the worst weak man and traitor i met
here, but this is another story.. Pangit baboy back staber i know you’ll read
that and recognize yourself .. your karma is around the corner asshole) and i
cant really share with them the way it could be with younger ones but i did
respect them and tried to blend with them. Some of them just always speaking
bad about filipinos even they cant speak english or tagalog after eight years
here.Only judging the whole country and people here in a really bad way araw
araw.. They even had fun about me saying ‘haa Will we know you like them and
you disagree with what we say’..
Good to say filipinos are monkeys and brainless and even
worst.. But as i said before all the troubles with them : i think here if
you get trouble it will be with foreigner not local people.. Maybe i said that
because after four years here i understood that Filipinos and Filipinas arent
Plastic but lots of foreigners are..
Why i got trouble with them really ? I still dont know
now but i think because even i tried to shut up my mouth i finally said the
truth to them and it hurted them.. So as plastic people instead of speaking
back or trying to communicate they kept the bad feelings inside till from
nothing it became a mountain of shit..
Good thing is i am happy without them and ill not have to
listen to their dirty speech about people here, they made me ashamed with their
behaviors here more than once and im happy to get rid of them..
I love this country and most of the time the human contact
is surprising me in the good way.. I want to say thank you to all the people
who accept me in their place, gave me so much hapiness and fun. All with smiles
and NO PLASTIC attitude ! Be blessed all its priceless to have you !!
PS : Sorry for my english ;)
