After our climb
that morning, we were idle for the whole day.
By evening, we went out to paint the town red.
To be honest,
even if I am a nocturnal person, a night life in a club or a bar is not really
my thing. The rest of them were quite
excited to go out and according to the couple who accommodated us, it has been
a while since their last time in a bar.
And since we were there and they were free, it was the right time to go
out and enjoy.
There are so many
night spots in Baguio city but they prefer to go to Padi’s Point. I’ve been once inside this joint in Manila
and more or less, I already had some ideas what to expect once inside this
place.
The place was
already partying and most of the good spots were already occupied. Several sets of songs were already performed
by two groups who alternately performed that night and one of the lead
performers happened to be a classmate of two of my friends in our group.
As I took out my
cam and started taking pictures of our group, I was approached by the manager
on duty and told me that slr cameras are not allowed inside the bar. I was puzzled because we were only taking
pictures of ourselves and not the bar itself.
The manager told me that it is the policy of their bar not to allow any
camera like my own inside the bar and since we were already having fun, I was
obliged to deposit my camera just to go on with our fun.
We were enjoying
the night and somehow learned to forget about the incident when I happened to
notice a foreigner who took pictures of his group. Given that situation, I approached the
manager and asked him about the case of the other guy who took pictures left
and right. He told me that his camera is
just a pocket camera and mine is slr. I
asked him what was the big deal between the two cameras. He answered back that I might record a video
of the whole place. I educated him that
the pocket camera of the foreigner could also do the same thing. Sensing that I was assertive and he could no
longer reason with me, he gave in.
After having my
slr back, we continued to take more pictures of our group. The moment the lead singer of the group that performed
that night joined us, the manager became lenient with us. When we were invited to the stage and had our
pictures taken, I heard no protest from the manager. With the recording gadgets nowadays and for
being a spy, one will definitely not take out and show his gadget around in
order to take pictures or record videos of another establishment. And for the
case of the manager, I’d rather keep mum about his idea of cameras and the
behavior of people who own one. Or
perhaps, they could post some warning signs about how people with cameras
should behave once inside their establishment.
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