Kalakaran sa Saudi: CityPlaza Boys
(This appeared in pic-link 9th May 2007.)
Once or twice a week he gets 30 riyals for a mobile phone load plus 10 riyals for a taxi to get back to the accommodation just so he spends a night with his secret lover. If he gets lucky, he gets a 29-inch flat colored TV (sometimes with TFC connection) as a gift; or if luckier, a cold cash amounting to 5,000 riyals just for making up stories such as an old uncle died, or that his kid needs medication so he can send to the Philippines.
This is a typical story of a boy working in retail outlets such as food chains and malls in the Middle East. He maintains practicality; otherwise he would not be able to buy the recent model of celfone, signature clothes or eyewear, branded perfumes and the likes with a salary of less than $400 a month.
Consequently, if the secret lover fails to give, he easily moves to the arms of another potential provider.
Meanwhile, another man's heart is broken and left waiting-and-wanting to get even with the boy. This is such a classic line among men in the Middle East. Some with families to support in the Philippines, they live the life in the arid region caught in the mire of emotional rollercoaster of trying to love another man. Sad as it may seem, this has become a cycle for as long as one can remember.
With the mushrooming of malls in the Kingdom, new batches of young men come in, almost in quarterly basis. CityPlaza, (SM's counterpart in ME) the dominant working destination of these people, has established itself as the hub for gays and bisexuals (sometimes even for old maids) on the lookout for fresh 'carte du jour'.
Though the latter claim to have learned their lessons following the effect of the illicit "love" affair on their finances and their family relations in the Philippines, it is still a puzzle why they let themselves succumbed to the charms of these seemingly innocent looking faces.
As an old-timer in Saudi asserts "it is race against time, a hope against all hopes that the next time will be different."
5 comments:
Parang alam ko iyang place na iyan di ba malapit sa Al Tayara Hotel iyan.Madami talaga sa kanila ang mga nagbebenta ng aliw.
hey if you know those names try to publish here in sit names para malaman namin kung totoo yang pinagsasabi mo wag kang matakot hindi kanman nila kilala gusto lang namin malaman kong true yang sinansabi mo bakit naging customer kaba nila?pls answer asap
Are u sure he is from cityplaza not from citymax i know the same name from citymax just want to confirm...
Just only want to confirm if he is from cityplaza or citymax!
Well said.
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