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Friday, August 12, 2011
Life in a Tailor Shop
Much of who I am and what I have now, I owe to our tailor shop.
When I was a kid we have around four to five tailors in our shop. My parents' own a tailor shop and we cater mostly to the clothing needs of the Americans who are stationed and passing at Olongapo-Subic Naval Base.
I grew up in a not so typical house set-up. Our shop's reception area serves as our living room. This comprise of our sewing machines and the cutter's table. Back then, we have the luxury of having a big receiving area. The rent for the shop is either cheap or my parents are earning that much to cover the rental cost of the building where our shop resides and where our family live in.
Growing in this environment gave me an opportunity to do business at an early age. I was a first year high school student when I started selling ponytails or "scroongie" to my classmates. :) Most of the ponytails I sell I sew myself.
Early on, I and my siblings were exposed to attending to prospective customers. In front of our shop as we play, we call on to passing Americans and say "Sir, buy clothes?" with a smile. :) I guess we got accustomed to facing people of different races and have shed off our shyness during those times.
When I was a kid we have around four to five tailors in our shop. My parents' own a tailor shop and we cater mostly to the clothing needs of the Americans who are stationed and passing at Olongapo-Subic Naval Base.
Growing in this environment gave me an opportunity to do business at an early age. I was a first year high school student when I started selling ponytails or "scroongie" to my classmates. :) Most of the ponytails I sell I sew myself.
Early on, I and my siblings were exposed to attending to prospective customers. In front of our shop as we play, we call on to passing Americans and say "Sir, buy clothes?" with a smile. :) I guess we got accustomed to facing people of different races and have shed off our shyness during those times.
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