TREASURE FIND 8:
Some
say that my small eyes make me look Chinese. In fact, when I was sent
to China for work, some of the locals have always mistaken me to be just
like them. They kept on talking to me in Mandarin :). However,
although my mom's ancestors have a little Spanish lineage as well, I
still consider myself more than100% Filipino. That doesn't mean though
that I don't value the Chinese influence in the Filipino culture. Of
course I do, especially when I took Mandarin classes (although Fookien
is the one most spoken in the Philippines) a few years back when I
finally appreciated the value of their traditions, which I never paid
attention before.
