News Flash! Pinoys Sighted in Cambridge!
Saturday, March 25th, 2006So Consie and I went up to Boston, MA (thanks for hosting VIkk!) last March to celebrate my getting older once more, and there we had a fun time experiencing the Old World Charm of Boston.
One of the things that stuck out though was our visit to Harvard in Cambridge. We were doing our tourist-shtick, commenting in Filipino, when suddenly this guy goes up to me and says …
" Hey, Filipinos! " (with nary a hint of the home-grown Pinoy accent we all love)
" Kamusta? " he said to us. The turning to his ( I assume spouse) …
" Hey, ‘day! " ( I presume short for Inday): Pinoys, o! "
After a bit of small talk, which was a bit uncomfortable in the predominantly Caucasian throng of people passing by, and we went our separate ways.
It was just so refreshing to meet a Pinoy who was positively elated that they met a fellow Pinoy, what with the semi-hostile, half-sneering looks Pinoys give each other in NJ.
