My friend Bee (Pictured to the right) helped me experience Philippine culture Philippino Style. Bee manages the bar at Makati City's TGI Fridays. We arrived at the club just in time for the band to start playing. As we took our seat, both the lead singer and myself realized that I was the only American present. The lead singer of the band picked up the Mic and said "We have a very special guest singer tonight from the USA" everyone including myself started clapping, and then the people sitting near by started pushing me up on stage. I had to dance while singing "Killing Me Softly" before being allowed to take my seat again. Fortunately, the lead singer of the band was there to whisper the words to the song in my ear. Bee later told me that this is a tradition for welcoming new people to town. The manager later gave me a drink on the house. |