Last week's last 4 days was anything but pure rest and lazying around. I was so glad that at least once a year, we get the chance to feel rest like this. And last friday was suppose to be one of our happiest days but turns out to be one of the saddest and stressful days. My sister A was already at the airport, checked-in her baggage, paid her travel tax and airport tax and was queueing at the immigration when I got an sms from her and from my mom who luckily has the patience to wait, that the immigration officer *bitch* didn't allow her to go. Her f****ng reason was that her return ticket (via Tiger) is not the same as her ticket going to singapore (via Jetstar) and they don't know if the Tiger ticket is for real since according to her a lot have been using fake tickets. Why not checked it with the airlines then? I booked her that ticket since it's really cheaper and when i say it's cheaper it's not that cheap to waste that amount of money. She has the EPEC, two valid tickets and God knows why she wasn't allowed to go. In other words, after cursing and reaching the highest level of stress, my sister didn't managed to catch her flight inspite of her pleading and humiliation and money and effort. That conniving son-of-a-b****! Pardon my words. I was just really pissed off. Imagine if I have done this post at that exact moment, I don't know what words I would utter. Sigh!
Anyway, I know I was that mad at that time but I wasn't strong enough not to cry bucket of tears. Partly, it's my fault that my sister had to endure that kind of embarassment. I've been trying to save few bucks and this is what happens. But I didn't know that they had this kind of policy. Been doing it for years. Never heard it happen to anyone. Apparently, this has been their policy for years. I've talked to someone from Jetstar and they said that they don't have any issue if their customer uses any other airlines for their return ticket. I was soooo sad that day. But we just thought that hopefully and maybe there's something bigger for us to thank to. When that happens, I'll send that bitch a cake as a thank you.
You know how sometimes, people do everything they can to crushed other people's dreams and they do it with great delight holding that power granted upon them. I have never had a pleasant experience with any immigration officer in the philippines. I always felt a mixture of hatred and fear everytime I leave the country seeing their straight faces looking tough and asking questions with a palpable hint that you are working outside the country not as a professional. Even so, whatever that person is working as, i thought that people who queue at that line deserves some respect. You've got to learn to respect those kababayans who's trying so hard to be away from their families just to make a living by serving people of not their own race. And at this point, as I see it, you are the one working for us and not the other way around. I'm sorry but I never saw that kind of snooty attitude on immigration officers of other countries. They, who are some had that impression of being a racist. They do not have a friendly facade, all right, but at least they don't show what power they have. I just wish there would be a chance that people itself will change. It's hard to keep peace when people around you doesn't have the same kind of aspiration as you have.
