Yesterday night, while I ran for exercise in a beach, a guy approached me in front while mimicking my gesture of running. I ignored him, but he came too close to me. I looked down him, as the road was a downward slope and he was shorter than me. Surprisingly, he was a young caucasian at his 20s. He studied my face within just 1 feet distance. His mates across the road shouted like "Let's go!". Based on their English accent, I guess he was a American. Hilarious and very rude in a foregin country. This kind of act can threaten his life in any foregin country around the world. My country men mimicked me in the back of me, not in the front. Maybe he was drunken, but still a very provocative act, as visitors always tend to be defensive in visiting countries.

Barbie~~

Hilarious and very rude in a foregin country.

Yeah, that sounds like an American tourist, there is a reason that people the world over revile them.  If it's any comfort, and I'm sure it's not, they act just that bad when there are on vacation here too.  Most of the rest of their lives also.

Barbie, I'm beginning to worry about you. Maybe you should start running at the gym instead of in public. A pretty girl has to take certain risks into consideration, you know.

Lyric

Quote from: Lyric on July 03, 2010, 08:18:12 PM
Barbie, I'm beginning to worry about you. Maybe you should start running at the gym instead of in public. A pretty girl has to take certain risks into consideration, you know.

Lylic, thanks for concerning. I like outdoor exercising, and it is safe here because as many as 1 million people visit the beach here for just a single day. Yesterday was Saturday. If that kind of tease is indeed annoying, I can choose a remote area for outdoor running, but I guess it would be more insecure there. And I tone down my appearance: wearing black tees rather than bright ones, a black hat, and a worn-out sack in the waist.

Nowadays I see a lot of beautiful girls in the beach. Yesterday, one girl was as tall as me, wearing hot demini pants and kill heels, and she and her mates studied me while I passed them. I enjoy such attention from grils  .

Barbie~~

they sound like complete ->-bleeped-<-s who had too much to drink. i wouldnt worry about it.. but then again it is still unnerving. im sorry you had that crappy experience..

Nowadays I feel that I tend to get more positive comments.

This weekend, I ran along a hiking course around a small island (but connected to the land) at night. Many people walk there even at mid night.

I could hear some comments by a family behind me. The dad suddenly talked to her daughter at 10s or 20s like "Look at that lady. You have to exercise regularly to have a body shape like hers." Her daughter replied like "Even exercise can not make me have a body shape like hers. In her case, her physical build supports it, but not me". I guess her term of physical build means my height. The whole family kept chatting on me, but I ran faster to avoid any possible embarrassing moment.

Also, in stores, some woman employees easily comment on me like "I thought you were a girl. Your legs are so long and slim!" I reply like "Don't I look like an aged woman?" They always say like "No. You look like a young girl." I thought my biological age should make them call me Mrs., not Miss.

Last week, I had dinner with my male colleague, and he openly talked to the owner of the restaurant that I am a man. But the owner, an aged woman, was so much surprised to comment again and again on me like "Are you really a man? When I saw you entering here, I thought a pretty girl came in. You are so pretty. But frankly speaking, your face is pretty rather than beautiful." I replied like "My mind is more feminine."

And, nowadays, even my mother in law and brothers in law also tend to give positive comments jokingly like "You really look like a girl". And they smile.

I do not know well why attitude of people suddenly changed. My attire? My facial cosmetics? Well... I have to investigate more.

Barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on July 25, 2010, 12:35:14 PM
I do not know well why attitude of people suddenly changed. My attire? My facial cosmetics? Well... I have to investigate more.

Barbie~~

Well, whatever you're doing it's working ^_^