Understanding Culture

last week, i forgot to share one of the WEIRDEST things that i EVER saw in my stay here... i think you would to.

anyway, as i was walking to broadway street, i came across this sign:

yep, its a missing finger all right. i've seen lost dog signs... lost books... lost glasses... lost bags, but a FINGER?! seriously? i dont know if it was true or not, but i just had to take a picture of it. this was AT THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET STOP SIGN POST (and apparently around campus). 

i dont know if i should believe it, if it were true, i hope s/he found her/his lost finger. if this was some scam, well i surely thought it was funny and gross at the same time.

if we were in the Philippines, nobody would put a lost finger sign but a sign like this: BAWAL TUMAWID, MAY NAMATAY NA DITO (saw it in EDSA). 

and this brings me to my restaurant moment. [i dont know how this is connected to my lost finger sign, but somehow it is]

last tuesday, i ate dinner with my friends in some thai restaurant (there's a lot of thai food here but not a lot of thai people-- just an observation)

and as we were done eating, i did the "check please" sign with my hands, like making a receipt thing that filipinos do. anyway, so i did, and the thai guy had this weird face looking at me, and i was like -- CHECKKKKKK please. felt so stupid doing and remembered that i wasnt in the Philippines. hahaha

ohhhh! and i have learned that they dont do takeouts, just take-aways or (doggie bag). 

and BASURA is not TRASH... its

and MAINIT is not HOT (as in mainit na tubig)... its 

so there we have it! 

i need some cooked water for my tea, and throw my rubbish in the rubbish can. : )

P.S. -- to stacy and carlos, i hope you get to read this, cause when i was taking these pictures i remembered you guys and what would be your jokes about it... your longggg, never ending jokes.