Production Notes:
Aim: Show how different I am when in the Philippines
Story: I am walking with her family members in a mall in the Philippines and show how I is different in every way. Show the different experiences that just show that I am way different like buying shoes and shopping at certain stores.
To fully capture the feeling of the situation for me it to first show the crowd of shoppers which are short 5'5'' men and women that are speaking Tagalog and shopping. Then show my cousins and I walking into the mall. The difference between me and my cousins are that I am a foot taller, a darker shade of skin color, am bigger in terms of weight and size. After that scene show how many people have noticed me and are now staring at me as I shop. As I am shopping show how I am bigger in every sense like when I buy shoes my feet are bigger than my cousins, wear larger clothes than them and eat a lot more. Show that I am interested in stores that are not native to the country but are international like Levi's and Gap. Also When I speak Tagalog show that it doesn't sound like any one else because of my American accent.
When I was in the Philippines a couple years ago, I got out of the airport thinking that I would fit in perfectly and not be noticed by the people. I was completely wrong. Once I got out of the plane, everyone looked at me with this gaze that I could not understand. I finally realized why people did. I look really different from other Filipinos there. I am a lot bigger than most people than many Filipinos because I 5'9'' while most of them are about 5'5'' if they are lucky. I have a pointy nose while others have flat noses. I also don't speak the language very well. So there are just many discrepancies and people just notice them. The only way that other people dealt with them is by just staring at me.
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