When someone asks you where you live, do you proudly give them the answer to that question or do you take a pause before you do so?
Where I came from, I don't really remember people pausing to give someone the answer as if they're embarrassed or hesitating when asked where they live.
That's not the case here and basically in my experience, the whole EU seems to be having that same problem.
"Status, status, status"... that seems to matter a lot so it seems. The richer the country - the prouder and the quicker people blurt out where they came from. It's the same case when you ask someone here about which city they actually live in. This also exists here in this water world did you notice?
I've been here for a long time but I think I would never get used to that awkwardness someone shows when they say, they're from the East. Worst part .. someone even belittles the very place they're living in saying; " Oh, unfortunately, I live in that tiny town in the East.
Can you imagine hearing someone ask you; "What do you think of our tiny village/ town?" I can't count how often I've experience that in between being served my food. We got lost to this place which has very surprising nooks that would really make you gosh looking for a place closer to where we came for to have dinner. Perhaps, the food I had that day was simple for the others but this... what they call " a tiny town in the East" was pretty intrinsic in a sense that even though it was pretty small, almost every turn we took had wow factors on it.
Across from it, the modernization seems to be busily building "cubic looking like houses" which if you'd ask me, imho, don't have that much character like this "tiny town in the East" does. I wonder how many of the original residents here have already moved there. Although it's their birth right to do so and we are allowed to think and have our own opinions on the value of things and in this case - location ... imho ...
As long as there are people who honor the word "status", this word would always have its power.
Even though, I love the countryside so much, I can't really say that am a country girl because I've lived most of the years of my life in the business center of Makati but every time I find myself lost wandering in what they call "that tiny town in the East", whichever town it is - I can't help but admire the tenacity of beauty and uniqueness they possess.
Seriously what is there to be ashamed of about coming from the East?
I haven't been lost anywhere in the East in the EU and I can't help but wonder, what box of surprises would awe me the moment I get to open them if I ever get a chance to.
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