My vacation during that year 2002 was unlike the past years. My aunts and cousins went to Tuguegarao to have fun and to have free day away from stress. Tuguegarao is the capital of Cagayan where you can feel the extreme hot temperature. I would always remember my first time to ride in an old “kalesa” – it was amazing. I also remember the time slipped on the wet stairs of the crowded and noisy Jollibee because I didn’t read the caution: “Slippery Watch Your Steps.” During the time I was wearing a new-navy blue slippers with flowery paintings. I was shocked for a second.
You might be wondering why I was on my slippers in an exclusive food house. The reason: I was in a hurry because the trip was early in the morning and I overslept. I didn’t manage to change my slippers with a pair of sandals.
After I told my uncle my order, I went to our table. I didn’t notice that one the janitors, wearing blue top and black slacks, was following me. He was mopping the way I passed. I looked back when suddenly I felt that someone was following me around. I was shocked to see a janitor at my back, I thought; “What was he doing? Was he weird?” Upon reaching our table, I sat down next to my sister. I told her about the weird janitor and she laughed as if she was crazy. Then after a minute, she told me the reason. I felt ashamed of myself. After eating my fried chicken, I went to Foot Step to buy a pair of sandals.
From that experience, I learned that when you are in another place do the things they do. That lesson goes with the saying, “Do as the Romans do.”
