Hey, joe... wana heb sam pan?


I have never talked to an alien before.

Excluding, of course, that short conversation (as in, very short, with me saying "Hi" and him saying "Hello") with an American blonde named Josh who became my classmate during Grade Six at ICES for about a week, I think. If Im not wrong, I think he sat beside me (Flashback music, please...)

Bwahahaha... Fast forward to today...

For five days, a Chinese-Indian-Filipino medical student born and raised in America named Gene Kwan lived with us at the Silucap BHS. Why? To learn daw. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Can you say, culture shock?! If he wasn't such a "cowboy" and a Boy Scout, I'm sure the whole experience would have been something like joining GMA's Extra Challenge for him... Nice going, Gene. Are you serious?!


He was pretty nice for a foreigner. We all had our own misconceptions of what he'd be like, before he even stepped foot in Silucap. Feel free to match the person with their expectation. The prize?... Don't count on it!

- Janet - Noy - Mae - Ice - Babes - Elgie - Joseph -

a. He's as big as a Refrigerator
b. He's very choosy when it comes to his food. He might not eat rice at all.
c. He looks like William Hung
d. He has polio and he's in a wheelchair
e. He's very cocky. Aren't foreigners overconfident?
f. He's a pervert who likes to fondle women in public
g. He's really cute!!!!

Contrary to what we expected, he was smart, funny, religious, very observant, very stringy when it comes to money, gentleman, very protective and kinda endearing, like an older brother that you had to take care of. He was a little wary at first but he soon warmed up to us. His personality is like a combination between Noy, Doc Lucky and Madz.

He wasn't any of the first six guesses. As for the seventh, kindly ask Allen na lang... Yiheee... Uyyy... Your one week-sary is soon coming up, Len! Saging and Coconut! Hehehe...

One thing you do realize with having a foreigner in the house is that you had to speak in English a lot and it is very difficult to be spontaneous during conversations with him. You have to constantly be thinking of every word that comes out of your mouth. And since we are a bunch who love to tease each other a lot, the thought of having to do so to him in English makes us stop, shut up and be content with listening to the sound of crickets instead.

On his first day alone with us, we ran out of English words to use. Hehehe...