hello jspec!!! I'm a Filipino here in Saudi... since our physical features i.e. the face and posture were alike with other nationalities like malays, indonesians and nepali, maybe you have been mistakenly asked with one of them or maybe he's also a filipino who has the principle of not talking to strangers... i too have that principle in some cases... my apologies to you if that person is a filipino... but please don't generalize that filipinos have this way of treating others... thanks...