It's been a long time since I last updated this blog, and now I'm tryin' to continue this orthodox sense towards things that may come in and out.
This post is hauled from my own experiences, and lately, I encountered another pissing scenario in Starbucks which branch is located somewhere in Malolos City, Bulacan. I almost thought that it is the worst branch to ever visit since they've got the most ill-mannered customers. I was having a conversation with my friend in Starbucks and since she's a very close friend of mine since I was teenage, we don't really care at all about the phraseology we are using and we believe that there's no obstruction or restriction of English in Starbucks 'cause obviously the place is designed to be "classy" in the Philippines, and people often go there to spare time relaxing and de-stressing, more likely for office workers, students and other individuals who want to chitchat and talk about their business and other stuff, so we don't need to get surprised if we hear people speaking in English.
In the middle of our conversation, we heard this girl murmured "nasa Pilipinas naman kasi eh." My forehead furrowed when I heard that 'cause I knew that she was referring about our diction as if like hinting us indirectly to speak Tagalog instead and that was very rude to intrude, especially meddling to something that's none of your business so I insinuated "kung di nakakaintindi ng English, wag na lang makinig, nakikikinig na nga lang nagrereklamo pa." Then my friend restrained me from firing back again 'cause she's pretty much aware that if the bombarding proceeds, there'll be an intense argument between the rude girl and our party. I didn't mind the next attack of the girl because I'd appear ungentle to provoke a woman and I know my circumstance that time, we just let her rant on her own facing her girl friend.
After few minutes, we're done with our business in the coffee shop so we stood up and ready to leave. My friend came closer to the girl and she said "miss, kung English man kami magusap, wala ka na dun. Starbucks po 'to, so expect mo na makarinig ng mga nag e-English kasi it's very normal naman in such place like this. Show some respect naman po"
To the girl's surprised, she looked at my friend and said "Bakit? Inaano ba namin kayo?" The other girl isn't saying anything but she looked so embarrassed about her friend's manner. I don't want an intense dispute because my friend is a girl and she's also confronting a girl so I tried to pull my friend from her arm and asked her to leave.
We've shared our cents to them so I guess a cat fight between those girls isn't required at all and we were in public. We're the educated people so it's very neutral to avoid a mediocre or worst, a derp.
With that experience, my notion about social climbing emerged as a serious problem of the society. I defined the girl to be a social climber at its finest 'cause she doesn't know any of the things that go around in the coffee shop. I'm not sure if she's a patron of the shop or just a new one from the mountain trying new stuff. I am fairly alarmed that we were in the right place to speak English which is very innate to us.
What is SOCIAL CLIMBING!
Yung nagfefeeling na mayaman.
Hindi ba sila nahihiya? Tsk
Syempre hindi! Makakapal nga mukha nila eh.
"YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PLEASE THE SOCIETY!" This has been the common quotation we live throughout the day whenever we're distraught, that sometimes we have to do better or have something better to fit in to the society, but the truth is we don't really need to fit in, we just have to learn how to be proud of oneself and not by putting too much comparison towards others.
Minsan, may mga bagay na di mo na dapat pinu-push kasi yun lang talaga ang meron ka. Bakit naghahangad ka ng mga bagay na wala naman sa'yo? Walang masama sa paghahangad kung kayang makuha sa tamang paraan.
Anyway, I made list of these Social Climbers and arrogant people that I happened to see and I've encountered. I'm making this post not to cause harm and fight to anybody, but as a lesson and awareness.
Let's roll it down......
1.) The DSLR Cameras.. I really want to wrap the strap of that camera around your neck and choke you to death!! Camera will always be a camera and not an I.D. okay lang isabit yan sa leeg ninyo, kasi hindi naman yan handy-dandy pero bakit pati sa mall? Sa simbahan? Sa sementeryo? Pati pagbili sa supermarket may nakasabit na DSLR? Ano 'to? Bagong I.D? Wala naman sa mukha mo naka DSLR!
2.) Texting your friends that you're partying in an exclusive and high-class club, but, you're actually partying in a cheap bar. I don't get these people why they have to brag about it? It wouldn't define your class when you just paid the entrance fee without the cocktails and liquors to haze you out
3.) Memorizing Fashion Designers name and some International brands. You can specify the name of the designer but I'm sure na di ganun ka broad yung knowledge mo sa set of works niya. Kaya if I were you, titigilan ko ang pagtitweet o status sa names nila at other brands kung ayaw mong masabihan na nagfifeeling.
4.) Angular tweets saying "I'M ENJOYING MY STARBUCKS" is lame and fake 'cause he's only sipping a 3-in-1 coffee, really! I mean it, I know some people who do it and has become the mainstream in some coffee shops. Actually, laos at gasgas na ang Starbucks, isip na lang kayo ng mas mamahalin para mainggit sila, kasi wala din naman sa mukha mo yung araw-araw nagi-Starbucks. In addition to this, insert these people taking selfie right next to the Starbucks logo and cups.
5.) Wearing different clothes and labeling it as expensive and prohibitive where in reality you just bought it in Tiangge or Ukay-Ukay. Wag mo lang ipapasilip yung etiketa at baka masapak ka nung taong niloloko mo! You know what? there's nothing wrong on buying and acknowledging bargain courtesies and Ukay-Ukays. Actually, you can find more useful stuff there since it comes with varieties with deflated prices and not to mention that some celebrities have been the patron of such kind.
6.) Posting photos like you're a model when you just used a digital camera with a high mega pixel resolution. And the poorest is, pinangalanan mong "model shoot" yung album mo sa FB. Juice colored! Have a consideration, magkaron ka ng kahihiyan at baka pagtawanan ka pa! In addition again, insert these people who change their occupation as model when you just had a fun shoot, yes, a FUN SHOOT! You ain't out there posing like a real model, mind telling you.
7.) There's nothing more annoying than to hear these inconceivable people saying "I don't want to go in public/wet market, so yucky!" with matching English pa, like conyo. Hindi sana nakakainis kasi talagang ganun ang scene dun, maputik, mabaho, at malansa, but do you think you own any rights to say that if your house is filthier or worse, you're living near the vicinity of squatters and dike? Shame on you!
8.) Claiming yourself as a relative of a celebrity or supermodel.. You don't tell us that you're a cousin of a supermodel and probably, not a super close friend of a local celebrity. Utang na loob! Baka mamaya friends lang kayo nung model sa FB, sinabi mo na agad na friends kayo in real life. Magkaiba yun! Eh baka mamaya ikaw lang nakakaalam na close kayo pero siya ni anino mo di alam na nageexist masabi mo lang na dikit ka sa sikat. Bawas-bawasan din paghithit ng katol minsan.
9.) Hijacking people in a social circle is probably one of the most common and rampant scenarios that a social climber could do especially if the social climber is reckoned by the social. If they see that you're surrounded with such good-looking, famous and rich friends, they will wear your shoes to run around your circle. Di siya titigil hangga't di niya nananakaw yung mga kaibigan mo for his own benefit.
10.) Newly branded boutique just opened with the celebrities' participation which led to torrential people to come for the sake of good publicity. This recently happened when H&M unveiled their emporium in a mall in Mandaluyong. Nakakagulat yung mga dumagsa para lang makapag post sa facebook, instagram at twitter na present sila that day, kahit na kakapiranggot lang na medyas yung binili nila, masabi lang na they purchased an H&M brand. Aba matinde!
11.) Stealing food photos from the internet and posting it on your Instagram account as your own credit just to boast with full force hashtags. This is derp!
12.) Claiming that you're a fan of international tv series and movies when you don't actually put any interest on giving a glance to its numerous series because you don't really understand them. Kung hindi pa dahil sa subtitle at summary plot (thanks to wikipedia) baka bumaha na ng dugo.
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