People I Encountered
Our home is the place where our
personality is being formed by our parents, then followed by the education we
got from school which is our second home. Everyone would say that manner and
character of an individual is very important in our daily living because it is
the result of the foundation being created. So now, I am going to enumerate the
attitudes of the people I met in my journey.
I am working in a BPO company for
more than five years now. Since I grew up in the province so at first
everything was a challenge in terms of my manner and character maybe because of
our culture. But as year goes by, I was able to adapt that new environment. But,
when I tried travelling and outdoor activities, everything was changed.
I started mountaineering on April
20, 2012 and my first solo-backpacking was on October 14, 2012. From those
dates, I encountered a lot people with different personalities. Some were
really good and some were not that so good. Then, what are the personalities
that stuck in my mind? The terms/words that I am using here are Filipinoism or
FLI; so, you might not find them in the dictionaries. Check the list below:
1. Mahangin – I encountered these people
mostly during my climb. These are the people who act like they are superb, they
are powerful than the others, they are tenure in the mountaineering world.
Lately, during our Mt. Romelo journey, I noticed an individual who acted this
way. He was from the other group.
2. Pretender
– very self-explanatory. I encountered these people everyday: at work,
backpacking, and during climb. Pretending to be somebody else or pretending to be
superb, this can result to mahangin
sometimes. Honestly speaking, I own this before, but mountaineering changed me.
Mountaineering taught me to find myself. We don’t need to hide ourselves to
others, but we need others to find ourselves.
3. Pakialamera – these are people who
always make comments on what others are doing. They are mostly creating comment
to the event organizers and even other people for some reason. I do understand
that making comments are the best way to learn on the faults we committed, but
that will depend on the way or motives of these people. Remember, to improve
ourselves: feedback is important, but the feedback should be given to specific individual
who needs it. Spreading feedback using
social media is a big NO NO because it can ruin somebody’s life or reputation.
Everything should be done in the nice way.
4. Money really matters – according to
science, we can’t live without oxygen, water and other elements, am I right? And
according to some beauty queens, we need love and respect to live and survive
in this world. But, will you agree if I say MONEY is the most important thing in
the world? I consider mountaineering and travelling are the most expensive
interest today. That’s why organizing an
event is a good business venture. As a result, there are people who are trying
to organize event because they want to earn money. Everyone is free to open a
business, but if others are seeing $ on your eyes (you know what I mean), then
it will not be a successful venture. If mountaineering and travelling are both
in your interest, then why not try solo-backpacking (like what I am doing) or find people which you can trust, I know
some.
5. Loner
– basically, it doesn’t literally mean they are always alone; it just happened
that they found happiness when they are alone. I encountered some loner people
before and I noticed that they will socialize with you if you initiated the
conversation. Like this instance, after my question, he answered, and then mutes!
So I let him in one corner, because I think he’s happy being alone. But during
lunch he offered his food to the group, so I think he’s nice. But, another
thing, there are people who pretend to be a loner because they observe the
group first (I do that sometimes.) I
want to investigate the behaviour of those people which I met for the first
time. I do that because I am noisy and an outspoken person; I don’t want to
offend others because of my behavior.
6. Sensitive
– people that might also be a loner. They separate themselves to others because
they are afraid to be offended by others.
7. Pasikat – these are people who want to
capture other’s attention in different ways. Like during our Mt. Damas
adventure, there was a group arrived and recognized us, then proceeded to their
selected spot. After few minutes, three guys had their nude photo shoot. Their
group were shouting, jumping and exaggerating everything, maybe because they
want to get the spotlight. That’s not the first time I saw nude photo shoot on
the summit, I encountered another group before doing the same thing, shouting
is just a part of it, but they didn’t exaggerated it. So, I think that’s the
difference between two groups with and without the pasikat mode.
I might add something to this
list in the future if I found another type of behavior executed by others. It
can be: during a climb, while at work or during backpacking. This list can
offend others, but take note; these are just based on what I encountered and
NOT for other reason.
