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We Filipinos are Mild Drinkers by Alejandro R. Roces | Analysis by Margaret L. Casuncad of AN12B SUMMARY The story is about how Filipinos are ironically ' mild'  drinkers. A 'Joe' (which is what every American was used to be called in the Philippines) asks a Filipino for a nearby bar in which he could get more whiskey. The Filipino replies that a bar doesn't exist in their BARrio (haha unoriginal pun), and they don't drink whiskey; but he said that he could have something to serve him- Lambanog. Ironically, even though the American thought he already had drunk everything from Chanel Number 5 to Shaving Lotions, Joe couldn't handle the " jungle juice", which the Filipino could.  Talk about being m i l d . Let's get some facts in here. FACTS (and opinions) YOU'D WANT TO KNOW (because knowledge is power :0) [CULTURAL CRITICISM: MY TAKE ON IT] [1] “Hello, my little brown brother,” he said patting me on the head. ...

[This blog is informal so that the blogger may express herself more and so that the reader may be a bit entertained while being educated] ^and I say this as if a random student in need of a homework output will be reading my blog which is probably impossible because of how bad this blog may be, I don't know, you judge Mr. Chad. Title How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife "I looked at Maria and she was lovely. She was tall. Beside my brother Leon, she was tall and very still. Then I went out, and in the darkened hall the fragrance of her was like a morning when papayas are in bloom."   -Baldo, Leon's Brother (Arguilla, 1940) Characters Maria- Leon's Wife Leon or Noel- Baldo's brother and son of 'Father' Baldo- Leon's Brother and son of 'Father' Labang- Bull Ca Celin- Owner of Carratela they took Setting Nagrebcan Summary:        In the first part of the story, Leon and Maria got out of a carratela owned by Ca Cel...