As for your case, she definitely has no right to shout at you. She could have at least informed you politely. If your kid was playing with the statues of the saints on the top floor, then that would have been a different situation. The Three Jewels of Taoism are compassion, moderation and humility and she obviously failed to have any of these qualities.

“SIGE LANG MO UG SORRY BASI GUSTO NINYO MAKAGAWAS NGA MAY BULAK ANG ILONG”
“HINDI NAMIN KAYO KAILAN DITO, UMALIS KAYO”
- Dina Dy – Manager, Taoist Temple

Thanks Vera for your comment. I’ll ask around and see if I can get your concerns through the management. They need to fix this problem (her). She’s more like the officer in charge of the place but she don’t really get to call the shots in there.

It is all started when I let my son sit on a small fence made of rock to take picture, when suddenly a lady in a uniform shouted and yelling at me saying” KATKAT PA MO DIHA KAY MAKAGAWAS MONG TANAN KARON. I was stunned at the voice and the reprimand she gave me. Instead of feeling excited of seeing the Temple, I feel different at then, I feel embarrassed why on earth this Lady shouted at me.

I learned that she is the Manager of the Taoist Temple, her name is DINA DY. I’m really frustrated of her because of the way she reprimand me and my family. Yes, it is true that it is my fault why I let my son sit on that fence wherein it is prohibited but she has NO RIGHT to shout at me in that way. Yes she is in authority to reprimand us but it should not to the extent of yelling and shouting at us especially if it is the first offense.

What I did when she shouted at me is I said SORRY. I said Sorry even she shouted at me because I accepted that it is my fault and next time I have to read some rules upon entering the Temple. What is worst is when I said sorry to her she talks back and said” SIGE LANG MO UG SORRY BASI GUSTO NINYO MAKAGAWAS NGA MAY BULAK ANG ILONG”.

I did not like the way she talk-back to me even I already ask for Sorry. So I decided to confront her because I don’t like to get back home in Davao with this kind of experience. I told her ” Yes you are in authority to reprimand us but pls. next time don’t shout, makasabot man pud mi ug isa lang ka sulti, we are all professionals here”, its getting worst when she replied ” HINDI NAMIN KAYO KAILAN DITO, UMALIS KAYO”.

So we just decided to get out of the place. I thought that I could have a better view of the Temple and remember it for Good but that is not the way it happened. When we are already outside the temple we meet a group of local tourist from Ilo-Ilo and a foreigner with a Filipino wife has the same resentment with us which we experienced with the same lady DINA DY.

To DINA DY of TAOIST TEMPLE, I want to say this to you.
1. You have NO RIGHT to YELL us.
2. IF you need to reprimand, talk it in a NICE WAY. (it really shows na ang pangit mong ugali lalabas sa iyong pangit na mukha.)

To Taoist Temple Management, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to appreciate your , religion culture & heritage. But sad to say I did not appreciate the way Ms. Dina Dy treat us. KUNG HINDI NYO KAILANGAN ANG MGA TOURISTA GAYA NAMIN that came from different places just to see your Temple, then I suggest that you don’t need to open your temple to the Public para wala nang gulo.