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Pre-reading:The Context of a Filipino Home that is not in the Philippines (based entirely off my own experience)You are greeted with warm smells of fresh rice cooking, canola oil heating, or the distinct smell of a pamunas (cleaning cloth) wiping up post-meal. Before walking into the home, you must put on a pair of tsinelas — slippers or flip flops worn inside the house. There is a selection at the door with varying colours, sizes, quality — you can tell some are obvious favourites based on how they are worn out. A pair is completed when accompanied with the distinct clicking noise of  heels meeting the tsinelas. Above the door is a krusipiho (crucifix), above the table is The Last Supper, and around the table are voices saying grace. Reminders that this is a home of Catholics, and a sign that colonialism digs deep into culture. Sounds of TFC (The Filipino Channel) ring loudly from the living room, maybe a telesarye, Filipino television dramas, a game show, or the news

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