I am surrounded by IDIOTS!

With technology nowadays, one can be absolutely certain that he won't commit:

1. grammatical
2. spelling

errors. Especially in writing - mailing, making a blog post and/or anything as long as one has a good arsenal to make written things sound and look good.

BUT then again, this would always depend if, the person:

1. knows what to do
2. how to do it

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't know how to use the wonderful things that comes along with the Internet, like for example, again, spell check.

And what's more, there's no known technology that would automatically correct the person whenever he SAYS (yes, as in verbal) something that has/is:

1. wrong - wrong grammar and pronunciation
2. absolutely wrong
3. stupid and super idiotic

I wish the genius people would make something that would literally electrocute someone whenever he says something that's totally WRONG.

Like this morning for example. At four. I went to town because I needed to buy bread and load my phone.

There were a group of people drinking - probably commencing their Friday night. And there were two, one old and one young, who were aliens.

Foreigners.

And by their accents - I could tell they were very far away from home. And no they weren't Americans or Australians or British, more of like people from the heart of Europe - trust me.

As Christians and the number one country who believes in the ALMIGHTY and THE BLESSED VIRGIN, it has been a long tradition to follow every prayer and vigil or practice to the letter. Like October for example - the month of the Rosary. We always observe it, and that's NOT something we learn from school, that's something we learn because our elders taught us, unless ofcourse if you're Muslim.

The old foreigner guy asked (thick European accent) "What are they doing?" (pointing to the parade of people with candles lit and praying and singing for the Virgin Mother and the Holy Rosary)

One of the locals - UNFORTUNATELY A LOCAL OF OUR TOWN - answered: "Ohhhh..It's the AURORA! (Aurora Borealis? The foreigner asked) YES! It's a pagan practice. We worship here during October since November is almost coming and then we commemorate the dead."

When I was but a newbie working in the JUNGLE called Manila - we were always told to THINK IN ENGLISH ALL THE TIME and NEVER translate Tagalog to English.

"Mao na ang Aurora. Sa una pa mi gi tudlo-an ana nga mag procession. Dugay na kaajong panahon. October man lageh unja hapit na ang November, mag hinomdom mi sa mga patay."

Literal translation.

I bet my sweet patootie that THAT sentence in Italics was what the (unfortunately) gay guy was thinking.

This is shameful.

Seriously, it is. What if for example, those two foreigners would come back and bring a lot of friends from their place next year October?

And then we'll be tagged as PAGAN WORSHIPPERS.

Unfortunately, I couldn't do anything. I HELD MY TONGUE for the first time.

Because:

1. They outnumbered me
2. They were under the influence of alcohol
3. I might be pegged for as a crazy person

But oh well, I just proved one thing. THE IDIOTS have totally spread like wild fire in this town.

And unfortunately, MOST unfortunately, the smart ones - the REAL SMART ONES - are gone