Wednesday, October 19, 2005

bayaw: a manila man in massacusetts

people around me changed from the moment i was in the predeparture area yesterday morning to the bagel shop this morning.

at the predeparture are, i was with fellow pinoys, and a few foreigners. on the plane to japan, the flight attendants were mostly filipino. when we deplaned in nagoya, i was walking around the airport now with a mix of pinoys, japanese, and caucasians. when we got in the plane for the continuation of the flight to detroit, the flight attendants were now either americans or japanese, and the passengers are now mixed. the in-flight announcements were no longer english and filipino, it was now english and japanese.

when i landed in detroit, and got through immigration and customs, there were still asians in the airport, but now we were outnumbered by americans (all kinds of 'em). now i really felt i was in foreign territory.

on the flight to hartford, i was one of only two asians. in the office, i was one of only three. and in this tranquil university town, i am the only bayaw.

mga bayaw, ang lamig dito!

the bayaw adventure will continue!

ehehehe.....

1 comment:

ramblingsoul said...

hehehhe. bayaw in america! dude, let me know if there are good and cheap book buys there. i-budget natin kung affordable.