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A Glimpse of Living in America…

Something I wrote last November 2006, it’s in my Friendster blog but I am reposting it here…

This is Life in America..

1. When you pay bills, buy food, groceries, you can do it by credit card, debit card or checks, bihira yata ang cash gamitin dito. Pwede ka din bayad online.. or thru phone ..
2. Ang pulubi dito ang tawag “homeless”.. sosyal ang dating di ba?
3. Ang homeless dito ang dala-dala hindi homemade kariton tulad ng mga nasa Pinas, ang dala ng mga homeless dito eh grocery carts ng Safeway, Walmart at kung ano anong carts ng mga tindahan…
4. You have to undergo a credit check when you want to lease a house, buy a car etc..
5. Cable teevee, internet and landline phone can be covered by just one company para isang bill na lang di ba?
6. Kailangan may auto insurance ka just in case mabangga ka or makabangga ka. Karamihan naman meron , bihira lang dito ang walang auto insurance..
7. During elections or if they are promoting something, you can never see any flyers or ads pasted on the fences, walls . They make theirs with a kind of stem or peg so they just kinda “plant” it on the ground. That way madali lang nilang alisin …
8. Apartments are already equipped with a fridge, a stove, a heater, airconditioning unit and a dishwasher… dadalhin mo na lang ang sariling ititira mo dun..
9. Ay naku, bigtime dito ang excuse me, thank you, you’re welcome, ano pa bang mga words of courtesy? basta dapat magalang ka dito , di uubra na iismile ka na lang .. dapat iwords mo talaga, like ” you’re welcome (name) “.
10. Bawal pala dito magcomment - comment kasi baka mademanda ka ng sexual harassment . O di ba , bongga ? Kasama to sa sexual harrassment. Di mo pedeng sabihin na ang pangit naman ng damit mo.. or kahit pabiro di ka pedeng magtanong na ” bakla ba si —– ? ” Kasi di mo alam baka isumbong ka ng kabiruan mo.. true yan ha, believe me, nsa employee handbook namin..
11. Ang pagpabinyag madami pang kuskos balungos, kesyo seminar na apat na session, dapat registered parishioner ka ng church where you will have the christening, dapat yung ninong ninang Catholic , minsan hihingian pa nila ng mga certification from their parishes …
12. Ang mails dito eh nakalagay lang talaga sa mailbox, di ninanakaw. Minsan pag mga boxes or parcels ang delivery, they will just leave it on your porch. If you want to send out mails without going to the post office, you can also do it by just leaving your mail clipped on the outside of your mailbox, meaning it’s for the mailman to pick up..
13. There are no sales clerks to follow you around when you shop.. Kya ayun pag may kailangan ka, todo hanap ka muna or punta ka sa customer service kasi dun mo lang sila makukuha.. Hindi sila dito malambing sa customer… di tulad sa Pinas na kulang na lang eh punasan ka ng pawis or paypayan ka heheheh… tuwang tuwa nga yung kaibigan kong namili nung umuwi sya dyan sa PInas kasi talaga daw na asikasong asikaso sya. Of course naman ganon tayong mga pinoy , talagang customer service in the real sense of the word…
14. Sympre ang daming sales events dito pag may mga holiday, pero almost every weekend yata eh sale dito sa US pero yung talagang mga big sales eh during or after the holidays, like ganitong Thanksgiving, daming sale na naman.. kung mainggitin ka eh malamang maubos ang savings mo kabibili ng kung ano ano..
15. Bawal umihi sa tabi- tabi, please lang madaming restrooms dito since almost all business establishments provide these comforting rooms so if you’re a male and used to peeing just outside of your house (in your part of the world), here you are not allowed to do that except of course if you are stranded in the Mojave desert and there is no restrooms around.
16. Ang soda dito eh free refills lagi kahit ilang ulit kang bumalik balik sa soda fountain or kahit ilang ulit kang mag order, no extra charge yun. Di tulad sa Pinas di ba, pag bottomless may additional charge.
17. In America, even men exchange I love you’s , no kidding here. I know it would seem weird to Filipinos but really they say that to each other like, ” I love you,man!” then they would hug. Aww, aint that sweet ?

Okay next issue naman uli ang iba bago maging mini-novela ang entry ko.

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