Filipinos have close family ties. ... I have decided to watch a Filipino movie where I can observe some of my native culture and try to relate to them. ... This story was based on a young, whitewashed Filipino American who was reacquainted with his ethnic culture, while dealing with both a tradition-minded father and a romantic infatuation with a classmate. ... Ben and Augusto's pursuit of Annabelle's shows issues of cultural delusion and sexuality among Filipino Americans, not to mention the dual infatuations with the glamorized aspect of American cultu...

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Shyness impacts nearly every single person in the world and half of the world's population describe themselves as being shy, and between seventy-five and ninety-five percent of people have experienced shyness at some point in their lives. (Carducci 4). Many people think that it is not a serious matt...

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