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The Unseen Party Foul: More Than Just a Bitten Tongue in Mindoro
The air in our family’s sari-sari store in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, was thick with the joyful chaos of a town fiesta. Plates were piled high with pancit, lechon kawali, and my Tita Lorna’s famous, extra-chewy kakanin. Laughter and stories flowed as freely as the buko juice.
That’s when we heard a sharp, pained yelp.











