sidewalks of life..

it was awful at the mall today, some local do-gooders held a gathering where they'd give free lunch and gifts and other dole-outs to cebuano/bisaya-speaking aetas..

1. washroom, in queue with like 6 or 7 of them, the washroom was jammed, but, they all patiently wait for their turn, wut apalled me was the washroom personnel of robinson's place, she would after at least a minute or two knock on each of the cubicle's door and ask each of them people to go out cuz they seemed done.. one older woman didn't even finish zipping up when she was asked to go out, none of them even had the chance to wash their hands.. to think i totally like the idea of that sensored soap dispenser and faucets, and some cute chinese guy thought that robinson's washroom is kewl.. i looked at them helplessly..

2. they all had to pass thru the escalator, each of them did not know how to use it- if i had to put it bluntly.. disgustingly, the guard on the escalator just looked at them, that's when anger boiled up inside me and felt the need to tell the guard that he cannot just look at them like that, already furious, i told him to assist those women and children going down/using the escalator to avoid accident/injury..because i could not do that myself because i am scared that i might end up slipping with them too..

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gawd, am like, eto bah ang pilipinas? when this is supposed to be a Christian nation how the feck can we all just stare and not do anything.. we stare because some people do not dress like we do, or some people's color are way darker than our's..

i never stood up for anything or anyone in my life, and i never felt how colored people are discriminated, altho i have been discriminated by people who never had the idea that the person that they are asking to go thru their isp bills is a college graduate, an asian who knew better than them but, for someone who's kapwa mo pinoy to look down on you and not let you use a public washroom properly, not grudgingly would just stare and grunt cuz you don't know how to use an escalator.. parang, that's too much..

and i hope clubs like the rotaract wutever they are, altho they meant well, should've given clear instructions this way people who are not used to the urban jungle would know how to go about it in a safe, merry way..