child labor
once, while we were strolling one of the malls in manila, two women approached us. although they looked friendly, i was wary because just a few minutes before, we were also, er i guess, accosted is the word, by salesmen pushing credit card applications in front of our noses. so i was suspicious, and was ready to say “no” even before the woman uttered a word.
“ma’am, nasaan po ang nanay nya?”, pointing to jan beside me.
eyebrows raised to its limits, i said, “ako, baket?”and refrained from adding, “ano akala mo sa akin, yaya nya?”
they said they were agents looking for print ad models. unfortunately, we were on our last week, so i didn’t even take her calling card. pity, maybe jan could earn his keep on our next visit. heh!
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10 Responses to “child labor”
April 25th, 2006 at
kaw naman. baka akala magkapatid kayo ni Jan! hahaha
April 25th, 2006 at
You know what, you still should have taken the card. You never know, his airfare could maybe be financed by a big Jollibee commercial!
April 26th, 2006 at
Aww how cute. Oh yes a lot of kids get discovered this way. Talent scouts always roam malls and public places. But I also know of “stage mothers” who train their kids to act, sing and dance just in case.
April 26th, 2006 at
Ruth,
I hope it is not the scam of photo studios, taking pics of
the kids, asking you to pay exhorbitant fees and leaving you with a promise that you will be contacted as soon as they
bag a modeling contract for your boy.
April 26th, 2006 at
Sana sinabi mo BAKIT GAGAWIN NIYO MODEL ang NANAY? LOOOL!!! would have been a good reason to take the card
April 26th, 2006 at
hahaha ang taray!sayang naman, siguro dapat sa susunod eh nauuna yung galaan sa mall sa schedule,lol
April 27th, 2006 at
gagawin ngang model kung ganon naman ang approach, forget it…pupunta na lang ako kay kuya germs hahaha
April 27th, 2006 at
AnP: pwede, hehe
pinayhekmi: yeah, i just thought of that when we were already home
noemi, i personally know of a few of that sort. ok lang sana if the interest came from the child talaga… but i can imagine how stressful it can be for a kid.
Ca t, naku, i wouldn’t know anymore, kasi nga I didn’t een bother looking at her card. Our conversation didn’t even last a minute.
jing, haha! ang tanong, model ng ano? bwahaha!
cheH, haha! tip yan when you go visit pinas again!
justice, ok naman ang approach nila… di lang talaga ako interesado…
April 27th, 2006 at
sana sinabi mo, ikaw ang tatay para lalo silang ma impress
May 2nd, 2006 at
bossing talaga, oo!