Sukiya encounter
Posted on 20. Mar, 2007 by dimaks in Life
After knowing that I got no more meats and veges in my fridge to cook for dinner, I decided to just go to the nearest restaurant and get my hunger addressed ASAP. I only had a brunch so by 7pm, it felt like there is some kind of a riot happening inside my stomach. So off I went to this Chinese restaurant that is around 10 minutes bicycle away from my dormitory. When I arrived, it looked like a group of students happened to book a reservation for a party, so I opted to find another restaurant. My quick choice – Sukiya.
Here’s where an encounter happened. After about 5 minutes of eating my food, a 20ish Japanese guy came, sat on one of the stools and called the waitress for his order. While waiting for his food, I noticed with my peripheral vision that he is looking at me. I didn’t change my angle of site and face direction but I know, he is still looking at me. After a while, he does not seem to take away his stare. He seemed to be looking for something ..I must have stepped onto his shoes somewhere around the university, or I might be using the chop sticks the wrong way and sipping my soup without the disturbing sounds and that makes me look stupid, or maybe this guy is some kind of a gangster – things that were playing in my head.
Until I could not stand it and got tired of holding on to my consciousness that somebody seems to be counting how many or how big my chop sticks can dig from my rice bowl and put it inside my mouth, I suddenly turned my face towards him and stared the way he do. He blinked. I didn’t. I kept on looking at him until he dropped his line of site and started eating his food. You see? he even forgot that his food is already in front of him. What a lamer. He was just waiting for me to look back and stare the way he does. So while we were eating, I decided to maintain a slight silly grin on my face. He never stared back.
I am bound to be friendly in this foreign land but with these kinds of guys, i don’t think so. He could have talked to me or asked me politely and I could even teach him better Engrish. Anyway, he must have been having a bad hair day so maybe that’s why. I kept my cool and did not go beyond the stare. I just tried to scare him and I guess I was successful. And I give due respect to the very good and socially groomed Japanese friends and colleagues I got so far.
And yes, later when I arrived home, I thought of, what if I had the capability of turning my face into like this one? Spawn and Hulk at the same time 
I guess, I could have scared him all the more.
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tina
Mar 20th, 2007
how weird… -_- nyahahhaa. yep it wouldve scared him big time. hehe
sasha
Mar 20th, 2007
Hahahah… you made me laugh with this one, Dimaks! Scared him good ha!
Wil
Mar 20th, 2007
maybe he likes you… inaadmire nya ang mukha mo. hehe
verns
Mar 20th, 2007
hey Hulk! hehe
It’s rude to stare but then again it’s also rude to make sounds while eating your food (but polite in Japan of course) Who knows baka may gusto ngang itanong or something.
Gypsy
Mar 20th, 2007
Hmm….whatta mysterious encounter…baka type ka niya pero shy lang siya?????
dimaks
Mar 20th, 2007
tina & sasha,
joke! baka akalain nila ako si green lantern.
Next time i will paint my face green
Wil,
Naisip ko na rin yan, kaya lang parang galit yung pagkakatitig nya sa akin e.
verns & Gypsy,
Next time I’ll be spidey, lol. re: soup, naimpluwensyahan na yata ako. Siguro nga may gustong itanong at shy lang sya.
annamanila
Mar 20th, 2007
Siguro may kamukha ka. Not necessarily artista — haha. Baka yung teacher nya sa Math na nagbigay ng cinco sa kanya.
mykiru
Mar 20th, 2007
hahaa oo…na starstrucked sya sau
mykiru
Mar 20th, 2007
starstruck pala…not starstrucked
Elaine
Mar 20th, 2007
Ano ba yan… Why do u think did he do that? I’m very curious… talaga.
Anyways, if you noticed, I haven’t commented on some of your posts but I’ve read them all. Promise. Your blog feeds are kept safe at my Google Reader. hehe.
Congrats about the Blog of the Week thing, must’ve been really cool kasi out of all the pinoy blogs, they picked yours and that’s totally awesome. Keep rocking!
rhodora
Mar 20th, 2007
Me too, I do that – when I see someone staring at me, I stare back.. and they stop staring na.. hehehe. Sometimes nga, I even ask.. Yes? Anything? O di ba – an eye for an eye !!….(how literal.. lol)
Elaine
Mar 21st, 2007
an eye for an eye. lol.
a tooth for a tooth… paano yun?? hahah. lol. 
dimaks
Mar 21st, 2007
annamanila,
kawawa naman kung ganun, bumagsak na, tinakot ko pa hehe
mykiru,
baka na-starshocked, lol
Elaine,
It could be attitudinal. I heard Japanese people coming or living in the outskirt cities where the presence of foreigners are not that much, tend to give that kind of treatment. I mean, people residing within the vicinity of the university where interactions with foreigners are frequent usually don’t seem to mind foreigners going around.
Thanks for the patronage and greetings
Keep reading 
rhodora,
Wow, astig
Elaine,
It’s giving the dose of his own medicine.
tina
Mar 23rd, 2007
noo… green goblin!haha