Ada sedikit pertanyaan yang mengusik di penghujung week end ini. Lebih baik update blog atau update Tax Compliance Check list??? Well, I guess the answer is easy and clear hehehe and here I am ..
Gue pengen cerita sesuatu, tapi agak khawatir kalau memberikan kesan bahwa hidup di Kuwait buat gue sucks banget! hahaha Tapi sepertinya tetap cukup menarik buat di ketengahkan (&^&(*$#@*(*())(&%$#@#).
Beberapa hari lalu, Rabu malam (sejenis Jumat malam buat kalender normal), setelah gagal mengunjungi mall dan di paksa buat masak ama temen gue. (Damn! u’re so manipulative!hehehe), gue pergi hang out di Starbuck di samping Al Kout mall. Yang gue suka dari tempat ini adalah lokasinya yang persis di tepi pantai, jadi ngopi dengan ‘sea view’. Halah !
Belum genap setengah jam duduk, tiba-tiba ada anak ABG local (lengkap dengan gamis putih panjang) datang ke meja kita dan nanya, “Are you two married?”. Secara kita orangnya jujur dan naïf, yah kita senyum aja dan bilang nggak. Waktu kita tanya ngapain dia ke kita, fiktif banget dia bilang dia mau minta maaf karena tadi dia merasa menyinggung kita sebelumnya. Lah, ngeliatin dia juga kaga! Beberapa menit kemudian, dia balik ke groupnya dan kita ngelanjutin obrolan.
Tiba-tiba ABG fiktif itu balik ke meja kita, dan nunjukin gambar-gambar cewek ke temen gue (cowok) dan nanya mana yang lebih cantik. It is indeed very stupid question and rude act, but the thing is that we can’t mess up with the local or we can end up in jail or something. His come and going to our table is repeated every 15th minutes till three times. Knowing something fishy going on, I didn’t even bother to speak to them. My friend is doing all the respond and swallows the anger. But yet, when finally we feel that we can get rid of this bunch of local jerk, the same person came directly to me and give this napkin with a number on it with sweet question, “Can we be friend? Call me at bla bla bla” Gosh!! He's not even looking at muy oor friend. How could they! I didn’t even sit alone or something, I have my male friend accompany me and yet those jerk still got the nerve to bug a lady and treat her like whore looking for a customer!! (just for the record: costume was pretty descent that night) Well i know that somewhere else it will not necessary mean treating a lady like a prostitute when somebody is giving their number, but for sure thats what it meant if that happen in this country.
We were so pissed and amused at the same time… amazed how could a strict Moslem country like this has developed completely jerk young generation like this. I am not expecting them to be a saint, but at least there should be a code of ethic on how to treat other human being. (Now I am being naïve hahaha) Actually this kind of story is not something new, several other Indonesian ladies have experienced it. All Asian ladies is either maid or a prostitute to them. Even there was a time when a colleague of mine took a walk with his wife, a local approach them and bargain the price for this wife!!! Pathetic! And this is happening in a country where we can’t even shake hand with the opposite sex. (may be that's the root cause, dont u think?) Although it's nothing new, it is still a sad sad reality..
Well, that’s I guess the bitter part of living in Kuwait as a female. But if you have your friends around, built your community, having your family or jobs to do, then you shall be fine. A lot of malls, fine dining and nice beach. Hehehe
Gue pengen cerita sesuatu, tapi agak khawatir kalau memberikan kesan bahwa hidup di Kuwait buat gue sucks banget! hahaha Tapi sepertinya tetap cukup menarik buat di ketengahkan (&^&(*$#@*(*())(&%$#@#).
Beberapa hari lalu, Rabu malam (sejenis Jumat malam buat kalender normal), setelah gagal mengunjungi mall dan di paksa buat masak ama temen gue. (Damn! u’re so manipulative!hehehe), gue pergi hang out di Starbuck di samping Al Kout mall. Yang gue suka dari tempat ini adalah lokasinya yang persis di tepi pantai, jadi ngopi dengan ‘sea view’. Halah !
Belum genap setengah jam duduk, tiba-tiba ada anak ABG local (lengkap dengan gamis putih panjang) datang ke meja kita dan nanya, “Are you two married?”. Secara kita orangnya jujur dan naïf, yah kita senyum aja dan bilang nggak. Waktu kita tanya ngapain dia ke kita, fiktif banget dia bilang dia mau minta maaf karena tadi dia merasa menyinggung kita sebelumnya. Lah, ngeliatin dia juga kaga! Beberapa menit kemudian, dia balik ke groupnya dan kita ngelanjutin obrolan.
Tiba-tiba ABG fiktif itu balik ke meja kita, dan nunjukin gambar-gambar cewek ke temen gue (cowok) dan nanya mana yang lebih cantik. It is indeed very stupid question and rude act, but the thing is that we can’t mess up with the local or we can end up in jail or something. His come and going to our table is repeated every 15th minutes till three times. Knowing something fishy going on, I didn’t even bother to speak to them. My friend is doing all the respond and swallows the anger. But yet, when finally we feel that we can get rid of this bunch of local jerk, the same person came directly to me and give this napkin with a number on it with sweet question, “Can we be friend? Call me at bla bla bla” Gosh!! He's not even looking at muy oor friend. How could they! I didn’t even sit alone or something, I have my male friend accompany me and yet those jerk still got the nerve to bug a lady and treat her like whore looking for a customer!! (just for the record: costume was pretty descent that night) Well i know that somewhere else it will not necessary mean treating a lady like a prostitute when somebody is giving their number, but for sure thats what it meant if that happen in this country.
We were so pissed and amused at the same time… amazed how could a strict Moslem country like this has developed completely jerk young generation like this. I am not expecting them to be a saint, but at least there should be a code of ethic on how to treat other human being. (Now I am being naïve hahaha) Actually this kind of story is not something new, several other Indonesian ladies have experienced it. All Asian ladies is either maid or a prostitute to them. Even there was a time when a colleague of mine took a walk with his wife, a local approach them and bargain the price for this wife!!! Pathetic! And this is happening in a country where we can’t even shake hand with the opposite sex. (may be that's the root cause, dont u think?) Although it's nothing new, it is still a sad sad reality..
Well, that’s I guess the bitter part of living in Kuwait as a female. But if you have your friends around, built your community, having your family or jobs to do, then you shall be fine. A lot of malls, fine dining and nice beach. Hehehe
Life is always about challenge and for sure not always nice. And that’s everywhere. So I guess this all right. Just another spot of time to grin and move on.
*another barbecue party this sunday, that would be lovely...
*another barbecue party this sunday, that would be lovely...
11 comments:
I am sure that the person that you went out with would felt more insulted.
Such pathetic act must have indeed ruin the whole evening mood.
I am sure he might have regreted to suggest the plan in the 1st place.
I wow/pray that his mother or sister falls in the same situation or his wife.
This has portray what kind of family the low morality boys came from.
Their parents must be "PROUD" to teach/guide them in such a early stage in life.
I wounder what the @#$%!! boys will become when they grew up and how they would bring up another generation.
I am sure your friend would feel sorry about all what has happen, having not being able to control anything.
hmmmh.......
Maybe your perfume smells alot stronger than starbucks' cofee aroma..... ;)
Cheers....
ini apa ciihhh...??
may be you dressed up decent... but how do you convey yourself might make a different.. how about your make up???...
Hey Hold on.. Im not the one who's on trial here!!
Thanks for questions, but have you seen most Middle East women make up? It's like everyday prepare for the big show night. Nothing compare lah.. and if u want to throw something here, please identify your self. That would be nice
weeehhh....ada yang sewot ya...hahahahaha
-Kuukie-
I agree, no types of clothes justified that kind of behaviour.
agree with Berly... but again there should be trigger on this... if not this shouldn't happen... maybe at first when they looking at you.. you feel a bit flatter and somehow flirty, which translate by them as an invitation..
It's only in you mind...in your mind... :-)
*Anggun*
Ah, berlebihan...
ow...
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