According to a “peeping tom” lady, the man she saw naked inside his home while brewing coffee is pure indecent exposure. So the lady reported what she saw to the police and the Northern Virginia man, Eric Williamson, is now charged! WTF! Eric Williamson, 29, said he did know he could be seen. “Yes, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Family Bath-time Photos, not allowed in WalMart
September 26th, 2009
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Warning to all those planning to get their family pictures developed in Walmart — Walmart employees are very strict on bath-time photos! Even if the photos are clearly innocent family photos, Walmart employees will look at it as very sexual. This is what happened to a poor couple who took a memory stick to a [...]
Gamecock fights “Sabong” shock and celebrate tradition
September 24th, 2009
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My Collegian column this week. Roosters here are known as gamecocks in the Philippines. Sundays can be celebrated in so many ways by so many common Filipinos living in faraway towns. It is the day off for most house helpers and they usually enjoy their free time at town plazas. It is the day for [...]
Good housecleaning needs to be a team effort
September 9th, 2009
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This is my column for the Collegian this week. *** Some of my Filipino friends back home have asked me about how clean Americans are inside the house. I could not answer straight to the point, because the term “clean” is relative: cleanliness in the Filipino perspective could be a far cry from the American [...]
Racial slur still pains me
September 3rd, 2009
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It has been a while since the racial slur occurred. Yet the incident still continues to torment my days. There are times that I find myself staring blankly at the PC monitor and thinking about the racial discrimination I got because I ordered coffee mocha. Forgetting is not easy since the incident happened in a [...]
Musing over “How are yous” and daily greetings
May 6th, 2007
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I counted the number of “HOW ARE YOUs” I received today. Nine. This doesn’t count the other “how are yous” I heard from students at the Union, the pathways, hallways and other possible places where people meet accidentally or intentionally. I told a friend about this kooky feeling I am having against the greeting. “How [...]
