when friday comes, almost everyone of us makes sure that our phones are loaded with credit because it's 'call philippines' time! it's when rates are 50% off!
people have their own call spots in our villa... the terrace, the room, the garage, the gate, the laundry area... wherever the signal would be good!
as varied as the places are, are the expressions in each ones faces... happy, sad, irritated, angry, laughing, NVR (no visible reaction), in-love, homesick... fridays become the quilt of emotions in our place even for just a few minutes that their dirhams can allow.
many of us working here have our families back home, and our only 'live' lifelines are the Friday calls. i used to call twice a week, but proved it quite costly and defeating the purpose of my coming here by simply making Etisalat richer.
the content of our talks is usually divided into: kumustahan, 20%; financial talks, 50%; tsismis, 20% and iyakan, 10%. to those who have been here for less than 3 months, fridays come in soooo slow.. but for those who has been here for years, fridays seems to come by so quickly...
when the new telecom company comes in, Du, we the consumers will be the winners... maybe i will not need to wait for fridays, nor look at my watch while talking to my mom on the phone...
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