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Life

The case of the insulting pan de sal

First published in Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 2 (July 1988): 4, 5. To get only two pan de sal when others get three is bad enough; to be told that is so “kasi babae ka” is a bit too much. My “cause” for this month has nothing to do with my being Chinese; […]

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Tsinoy Culture

Importance of being singkit

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First published in Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 1 (June 12, 1988): 4, 11. When I was in high school, I was fitted for contact lenses, after wearing eyeglasses since I was in third grade. The day it was accomplished the doctor – a kindly, rather enthusiastic man called me to his desk and […]