Scripts of My Life (僕の人生の脚本)

Japan is a country of technology.. We all know that.. Gadgets here are cheaper compared to some other countries, specially the Philippines.. Of course, I took advantage of those prices, and bought me some things that I wanted..

In the business world, the best way that a product can be bought is because of the word hearsay, or what we call in tagalog chismis ... Sometimes we hear someone say “Uy, masarap daw dito.. Tara kain tayu..” or something like “sale daw sa SM, tara punta tayu..” Of course, even if we really don’t know if that is real or not, we tend to do those things like eating in a resto because your friend says the food there are delicious, or going to the mall because there are sales.. And sometimes we get disappointed if those were not true, and we swear never to believe that person again.. ehehe…

Another way of selling your product is by the traditional way of Commercials… So these are the normal pamphlets, big bulletins at the highways, segments at TVs, columns at newspapers, and many more… And here in Japan, you will see alot of those commercials on the streets, by means of manpower.. How you ask?? Well, there are people here giving out papers, tissues, and in summer they give away round pamaypay… You can see them early in the morning, under the sun at lunch time, and of course, at night time where most people are on the streets going home.. Even in the Philippines, you can see those kind of people, giving out papers and stuffs.. And one of my highschool teachers told me that they those people (giving out fliers or papers) don’t care what people(those who get the fliers) do with the stuffs.. Even if they just throw it, or crumble it, they don’t care.. The important thing is just to give away everything they have..

Here in Nagoya, I decided to go to the station after work to buy tickets going to Kamakura.. And I was shocked because the moment I stepped outside the company I worked at, I already received a tissue paper.. And then after 7 steps, I received the same tissue paper… And then I thought, why not get tissue from everyone giving them away.. Lakas trip lang…So I guide my way to everyone giving out tissue papers and immediately tucking it inside my bag after receiving it… And here is a picture of the tissues I got that night:

8 pieces of tissues in less than 10 minutes

Believe me, I was not able to get at least 4 more of those… Hehe.. Hard to avoid people going against my way.. And the people giving out the tissue papers are in zigzag patterns… Hehe…

Here are the tissues I collected every morning, while walking to my office:

Black tissue with cute designs

Honestly speaking, I didn’t notice the different designs in those tissue paper covers… ehehe..

And these tissues I got at the intersection across our office:

ECC tissue

And some more tissues that I dont know where I got from:

Random tissue papers

There are still more tissues, I think 5 more, in the kitchen.. 2 in my bag.. 2 at my drawer in the office… ehehe…

So why you say I became addicted to getting tissue papers from the streets?? Well, first of all, naaawa ako sa mga tao na nagpapamigay nyan.. Kasi they spend hours just handing out those kind of stuffs, and some people don’t even get one or don’t even bother to look at them and iniiwasan pa sila.. The second reason is that, I used tissue papers to dry off the oils when I fry my foods… hehe… Then third, so that I just have one in my bag in case of emergency..

I also have collections of pamaypay but I forgot to take some pics of it.. ehehe…

Till then,… Ja ne…