early xmas shopping
Had an early Christmas shopping this year because ill be leaving on december 6 to join my hubby in singapore...the malls are not busy yet but there were many good deals especially here...however, i find it hard to decide kung ano ibibigay ko sa mga inaanak ko...i always doubt if they will like it OR if they already have it....huhuhu...i told my mom that maybe i should just give them money or a gift certificate! my mom suggested to just buy gifts for my inaanaks and ask the store if they could give me a "gift receipt" and then attached it inside the gift...gift receipts will not show the price of the gift but it will enable you to exchange the item anytime naman...good idea right? so i bought some items at toys r us for my inaanaks...for our ninongs and ninangs sa wedding, i just made a gift basket...and for hubby, family and friends and our dog riley, secret na lang because they might read this post (nakaka-read daw si riley o!)...hehehe...by the way, i also bought a gift for myself! a sudoku video game...LOL
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just have to share you this story.....last week, i came early at work and there was a patient who pointed at me and said "ship her back to China"...i didn't get mad because i know this patient is confused but i've noticed he says that whenever he see me...he is not even mean to any asian workers in the ward but just to me and other chinese workers...in my mind, i want to to tell him that if he wants to insult me at least get it right naman....hehehe....for the nth time, im not from CHINA! this is not the first time someone told me to go back to China...i clearly remember the time when i was new here...when i was in my grace12, my parents only gave me 5bucks/day for fare and food and one time i was waiting for the bus when this drunk guy approached me and asked for toonie...take note, he asked for toonie and not quarter! i only had 2.50 that time and the bus fare is 2bucks so i gave him my 50cents instead....he got mad and told me to go back to China! i was scared because he was drunk that time...huhuhu...good thing, he didnt do anything bad to me...you thought that was bad?! nono, this one is worse....4 years ago when i was working in the information booth in one of the malls here, one guy told my coworker that "yellow people" like me should not be given an opportunity to work in the mall...when i heard that, i got really insulted and cried....my boss was mad and the man was prohibited inside the mall...some people are just plain ignorant and color blind....hehehe...yellow daw ako?
posted by alynn at 2:21 PM
16 Comments:
waaaaaa ang daming gifts madadala moba lahat yan? pag hindi nag kasya, bigay ko adress ko! nyahahha! joke! naiingget nman ako... nag sesenti kc ako eh!
4:41 PM
in a way na-amuse ako sa story mo ... a lot of times ka na pala napagkamalan na Chinese. Ako naman Korean ... sa Laoag lagi ako kinakalabit ng mga Koreano kung san sila pupunta in their language. Hahaha!
Ok lang yun sis ... sa mga experiences na yan ... diyan ka naging successful di ba :) cheer up mwah!
5:06 PM
hay sarap mag-shopping!... ganyan din ang ginagawa ko dito esp if mga bata yong bibigyan. i ask for gift receipt, para if di nila gusto pwedeng palitan.
5:18 PM
buti ka pa nakapag umpisa na magbalot, ako talaga laging last minute ang ginagawa ko kaya napapamahal ako :)
mukha ka ba chinese? just wondering..
10:34 PM
dami mong gifts, meron ba dyan para sa akin, hehe. joke lang. sana ako din magka chance na makabili na para di mahirapan sa december, siguradong maraming tao sa malls...
10:35 PM
ni hao! yan ang kalimitang bati sa akin. parehas pala tayo ng dialogue - im NOT chinese! medyo nd kami masyado nababastos dito kasi sobrang higpit nila with discrimination. pati age discrimintaion meron sila! hahaha!
sige po, give me your contact number para just in case matuloy kami sa singapore, meet tayo =p
take care!
6:33 AM
i'm a chinese, pero never ako nasabihan na "go back to china". :D Sa susunod sabihan ka nang ganyan, ganito dapat ang hirit mo: "go back to the caves!" :D
- wanda (ayaw gumana yun blogger profile ko ah)
8:23 AM
Wow, very organized naman - early xmas shopping! ;)
re: that patient who mistook you as being Chinese - that's so unacceptable! I know you work in the hospital at the 'Peg - isn't that supposed to be dealt with right away!?!? buti na lang you're a very nice person - but sis, don't let them talk down on you. I hope you told your superiors about it.
Here in cowtown, there are BIG notices in the hospitals (and public places) about these - racial slurs. It's not being tolerated at all.
But you did us proud by not stooping down to his level. And, big hugs to you for staying professional.
Weng
2:00 PM
Hi Alynn,
wow i admire you for being so nice to those stupid people. estupido talaga sila. they all think ASIA is composed of one country: CHINA. and they all think asians have yellow skin and slit eyes. thats how uneducated they are. ako naman wala pa kong experience na ganyan in those so called developed countries. funny enough, sa China pa mismo ung closest experience ko with discrimination. i was applying for my first job ever--teaching sana in this school in china. nung mag d-demo teach na ko, sabi sakin nung pinaka head principal , if its ok lang ba na sabihin ko im from Peru , not the Phils. sabi ko at bakit?! sabi nya, basta. kasi di daw mabibilib sakin mga students (who are professionals, older than most of us) if they find out im from pinas. well i told them i was from the phils, and im GLAD i did Not get the job! :D
but i really admire you for your patience. siguro kung sakin nangyari un wala rambulan na siguro haha :D
tc and have fun in singapore!
12:05 AM
How can people be so mean? They think they are better than you when in fact mas angat ka naman sa kanila. Kapal talaga ng mga mukha ng mga taong ganyan. Kainis!
Regarding gifts, buti ka pa nakapamili na. Ako wala pa ni isa. I never seem to know what to get for people and I end up buying whatever na lang. How sad!
2:01 AM
TK - i will not bring them to Singapore...nandito lang po mga inaanak ko...hehe
ann - thanks ann! minsan din napagkakamalan ako vietnamese...
nette - sarap nga mag-shopping pero hirap magdecide at the same time...thank God for gift receipts...=)
iskoo - i dont think i look like chinese...di naman ako singkit e pro laki eyebags ko lagi...hahaha!
cruise - start buying now! when i went home last yr cant believe na sobra rami tao sa mall...
rho - sarap nga gumanti kahit kurut man lang...hehehe...
che - dito rin bawal pero meron pa rin iba na di sumusunod...hope you can visit singapore so ill have a shopping buddy...hahaha! =P
wanda - hahaha! cge sis, try ko yan... ;)
weng - pinagbabawal din sya dito winnipeg and i already told the charge nurse about it...yaan ko n lang daw kasi hes confuse naman...=(...how sad no?
jean - naku sobra naman yun, he asked you to lie pa? di ba nya alam mga pinoy magagaling? buti na lang di ka nagwork dun sis...
marj - thats what some people think here, yung mas angat sila sayo...one time nga meron pa nagsabi sa harap ko na bad luck mga asians...
6:45 PM
Oh wow Alynn, you and Jean have such striking stories. Grabe mga tao ngayon anuh?! Oh well, proud pa rin tayong maging Pinoy... bahala sila sa buhay nila di ba?
4:43 PM
At kasama pa sa secret yung kay Riley ha.
Sana sinabi mo basta ba sagutin nila yung plane ticket mo pabalik ng China...hahaha! Pero sa totoo lang nakaka offend talaga yun.
1:52 PM
well mejo chinky-eyed ka ate kaya siguro akala taga china. marami naman kasing foreigner na makakita lang ng singkit, intsik na agad ang naiisip. ako naman vietnamese ang tingin sa akin, mapa porenger man o kapwa pilipino. minsan nakakatawa pero madalas nakaka inis na rin kasi ewan ko..hehehe
11:17 PM
Litzie - sis, mas worse pa nga experiences ng coworkers ko...
ann - nakaka-offend talga and disappointing kasi sa work pa nangyari...
sarubesan - minsan nga, they would talk to be in their native language...hahaha
kadyo - youre right...peo kahit insecure sila, that doesnt mean they have the right to put down people...
8:43 AM
that's kind of racist ano? since that tirade by that richards actor shouting the "N" word at the audience, i've watched a lot of u.s shows making features on the topic. tsk, tsk.
6:27 AM
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