Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Meanwhile, back at the airport...

Immigration. The lines were long and there was a merry mix of Filipinos and Tourists queueing to get their passport stamps.

One of the guards goes to the middle and announces: "Counter One is open. Filipino passport holders only."

Since I was so near the counter, I went there to line up. But before I could get 5 feet near it, the guard halts me (and he did that by blocking me with his palm on my chest), looks at me and says: "No Foreigners. Filipino only!"

I brandished my Filipino passport and said: "Pilipino ho ako, ok?!"

The guard takes off his hand, smiles at me sheepishly and says: "Sorry, I thought you're not Filipino."

Makes me wonder, what do I look like?

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