Friday, December 22, 2006
eto ang resulta ng pagbblog hop ko. nice entry. basahin nyo. oh, tamaan na ang tatamaan. HAHA..
That's an excerpt from one of Bob Ong's books and I agree with him.
I only go to Starbucks when I have lots of cash to burn and whenever I feel like I wanna be sosyal for a day. It brings out the social climber in me.
I read a blog a while ago which talked about The Starbucks Invasion in Manila. Yeah, everywhere you go, there's a branch of Starbucks somewhere. In the States, Starbucks means "a Starbucks in front of another Starbucks on the other side of the street." If you've seen Shrek 2, then you probably get the picture.
Frappucinization. A term which is similar to Globalization, only it's about Starbucks. Starbucks is the most famous coffee hub on earth. No wonder it has now become some sort of status quo indicator.
When I was in Starbucks (Katipunan) one time, I noticed some things that sort of made me laugh in disbelief. I noticed that almost everyone were speaking in english. What's funny about it is that, some of them were trying hard.
In one table, there was a group of kikay girls. They all looked so girly in their pink outfits and pearl earrings. It seemed like a scene straight from Mean Girls. Everything would've been okay, except for the way they all spoke that day. I noticed that their vocabulary seemed only to be consisted of "like", "parang", "oh my gosh", and "grabe."
I heard one of the of girls say, "Grabe! This is, like, the best coffee I've ever tasted in, like, my entire life!" and her friend said something like "Oh my gosh! So true! It's parang (emphasis on the 'R' in 'parang') super sarap, like, you knooow." Something like that.
And on one table, a group of guys were talking about their cars, girls, and going to Bora for the summer. "So pare, where are you going this summer?" the other guy answered, "Oh, I'm going to Bora with this girl. But I'm gonna head to the gym first to get my body in shape." and then this other guy said, "Hey, my dad bought me a new Hummer." Conyo boys. Go figure.
When I was in Eastwood, I also went to Starbucks to "socialize" with my friends. I was having my usual tall java chip frap when we all noticed this group of five people. They seemed to be doing okay. But I noticed something that made me think that they were in Starbucks only to look sosyal: There was only one drink on the table. C'mon, group of five and one drink? It's so obvious!
Starbucks is Starbucks. It serves great coffee and it's a nice place to go chillin' with friends. Since everything in Starbucks is so expensive, not all can afford going there. But it gives the person a sense of elitism in himself. It sort of gives you the feeling like you can be rich even you're not. At least, that's how it feels for me.
So yeah, it really does bring out the social climber in one.
CHUCK-ED @ 12:52 PM
