I Don't Get It. Did You? - Part II

Pardon me for a few days absence online. I just got back last Sunday evening from Iloilo. I'll tell everyone about in a separate blog. As promised, here's the second half of the list of things that I hardly understand.

6. swimming in Manila Bay - During summer, I would usually see groups of people swimming in Manila Bay. Complete with black lifesavers, I would see children happily jumping into the murky waters. I would see them somersaulting and doing a freestyle. It's the cute kind of freestyle where their heads are afloat and turns left and right excessively. I do understand that the weather is scorching hot and swimming is refreshing but Manila Bay? Hmmm. Where again? Manila Bay. Hmmm.

7. pro creation in karitons - I once passed by an alley and there on the side was a kariton. It was pushed by middle aged man with his wife by his side. What surprised me was the number of children inside the kariton. They must have been more than 5. I would say I support the bill being passed in Congress limiting the population explosion in the Philippines. Anyway, going back to the kariton, I was just wondering how one can be intimate inside it most especially when the children are also there asleep. Maybe I'm naive but I'm puzzled. This calls for a job for Superman!

8. bathing by the railroad tracks - When I was younger, my dad would often pass by the railroad tracks going to his office in Quezon City. I would often see men bathing by the tracks. They made it look so fun that I would tell my mom "Ma, tignan mo sila maligo, enjoy na enjoy sila." When I say enjoy, it's more of them happily shampooing their hair and excitedly soaping themselves in front of all motorists. As much as they enjoy taking a bath, I also enjoy watching a public shower show. Hahaha! What a peeping tom.

9. anong message mo - We are a nation of dramatic actors and actresses. We love soap operas and we love it when we cry or see other people shed tears. I find it quite odd when someone is asked for a message on national TV. For example:

Boy Abunda: Gretchen, ano ang message mo kay Tony?
Gretchen: Ang masasabi ko lang is we love each other.
Boy Abunda: Ano naman ang message mo sa mga fans mo?
Gretchen: Kuya Boy, I'd like to thank my fans dahil kung wala kayo, wala rin ako. (Walang kamatayang linya to!)

It's a never ending conversation about messages. I've never seen other nationalities have this kind of discussion. Message to the fans, message to your parents, message to the President, message to the Senators, message to the Congress, message to whoever.

10. men with nail polish - More and more men nowadays are turning into metrosexuals. I understand this level of vanity but nail polish? I don't get it. I find it so off. I mostly see policemen with polished nails and before, I had one former co-worker with nail polish on his toe nails and another someone up there with polished finger nails. Mind you, the latter's nails were a bit long. Ewww.

11. coin inside the ear - Men have a fascination for ears. I sometimes see them with a coin in their ear. It can be a 5 peso coin or a 1 peso coin. Would you even be happy to receive a coin if they took it from their ear? I was thinking they could put the coin in their pocket right but why the ear? Talking about the ear, I had this experience with a former someone up there borrow my black ballpen.

him: Melissaaaaa, pahiram ng ballpen mo.
me: Sure, here.

So he proceeds to write whatever it is on his paper. Everything was perfectly fine until he removed the ballpen cap and used it to scratch his left ear. As if that weren't enough, he returned the cap and told me ...

him: Melissaaaaa, here is your pen. Thank you.
me: Sir, ok lang. May extra pen pa ako. (with a smile so it's not obvious that I dread holding the pen)

Ewww. Talk about freebies but not that way. Please.