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Take a journey among local customs and culture through the eyes of an American expatriate who has lost none of his bewilderment with all things Filipino.
Whether visiting Imelda's shoes, struggling with Tagalog, or wondering why Filipino phrases revolve around food, these 40 essays are... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Ever since I came to the Philippines (about four years ago), people have been trying to teach me Tagalog.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
1. dekafka
suffering from taga-lock? you're not alone!
tulog in, tulog out
may I assist you?
ballroom blitz
where there's smoke, there's new year's in manila
regifting
eating our words
from rags to ... rags
guns r us
snowbound in manila
dekafka
2. strange ephemera and brushes with fame
"where's the amanda page?" a dictionary of showbiz terms
brokedown palace
"you jump, i jump" (and other annoying movie catchphrases)
fiction and lies
why certain actors should never smile
the death of irony
looking for mr. carter
beatles snub marcos!
four heads are better than one
walking in imelda's shoes
my taping with martin
3. comings and goings
who's afraid of the beach?
stairways to heaven
of cairo, cabbies and christians
on holy ground
something about lapalala
holy week, manila style
4. fun, fun, fun
filipino etiquette, anyone?
english spoken here?
dressing up, dressing down
the gutless book of world records
the pied piper of pokemon
surfin' subic bay
the bug that never bit
subtitle this!
fun, fun, fun
the spin doctor is in
pinoys through the hollywood looking glass
bangungot
Authors & Contributors edit
- Scott Garceau (Author)
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