El Filibusterismo NOTES Flashcards
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A clean, polished coconut shell, the top cut off, serving as water dipper.
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Tabu
2
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Also known as ‘Batea’.
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Tabu
3
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A warship, the Crucera FIlipina, was constructed in Hong Kong under the supervision of ecclesiastical authorities.
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Ship of State
4
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_ uses it to comment on the state of the Philippine ship of state.
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Rizal
5
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What type of apparatus is a ‘Salambaw’?
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fishing
6
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A ‘Salambaw’ consists of _ , _ , and _.
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- Floating Bamboo Platform
- Bamboo tripod
- a net raised or lowered by pulley
7
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What is a ‘Karihan’?
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An eatery serving Filipino dishes.
8
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According to Judge J. Camus, the ship’s captain pictured by Rizal was his uncle _.
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Manuel
9
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‘Tikines’ are short bamboo poles used to move river craft. (True or False)
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False (True: Long)
10
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Owner of the Teatro Zorrilla.
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Dona Agustina Medel
11
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Don Custodio is based on who?
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Don A.P.C.
12
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Who is Don A.P.C.?
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The one who occupied high posts in the Philippine Colonial Administration.
13
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A character based on several Spanish newspapermen who wrote in the Manila newspapers.
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Ben Zayb
14
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Padre Irene is said to be based on the _ and _ Don E.N.
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Dean and Synodal Examiner
15
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What is Don Tiburcio de Espadana’s real life name?
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Senor Coca
16
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Don Tiburcio de Espadana married who?
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Dona Agustina Medel
17
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A well-known French ethnologist.
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Jean Louis Quatrefages de Breau
18
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A German pathologist and ethnologist, who is also the father of the cellular theory.
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Rudolf Virchow
19
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A bridge constructed by the Franciscan Victoriano del Moral in the town of Majayjay.
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Puente del Capricho
20
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Puente del Capricho, also known as _.
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Tulay ng Pigi
21
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‘Tulay ng Pigi’ literally means _.
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Rump Bridge
22
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Its white porous leaves are made into a kind of pith helmet and used as wicks for coconut oil lamps.
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Tinsin
23
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What is the scientific name of ‘Tinsin’?
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Panicum stagninum
24
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A plan existed to open a wide canal from the Bar of Napindan to the _, which flows into Manila Bay.
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Paranaque River
25
Fourteen days' work without remuneration for all males was called polo, and could be redeemed with money. (True or False)
False (True: Fifteen)
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Through forced labor, there were constructed vacation houses for _ and _.
Priests and Civil Authorities
27
They were the ones who sustained the Spanish government in the Philippines and upheld the prestige of Spain.
Priests
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A Dominican, Vice-rector of the University of Sto. Tomas.
Padre Sibyla
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Because of the conflict with Germany for the possession of the _, a public subscription generated hundreds of thousands of 'duros' for the construction of the Crucera Filipina.
Carolines
30
A fertilized duck's egg incubated 17 to 19 days then boiled.
Balut
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It is considered a native delicacy.
Balut
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Balut is based in _ and _.
Pateros and Pasig
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A rectangular covered basket of wicker, fiber, or palm leaves, used in rural Philippines as a suitcase.
Tampipi
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Seller of 'buyo', the betelnut leaf.
Buyera
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'Capitan' is a term used for the _, the equivalent of what is now the town mayor.
Gobernadorcillo
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A town created by Rizal, believed to be based partly on Calamba and Binan in Laguna, on Malabon in Rizal, and perhaps on Obando in Bulacan.
San Diego
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_ priests were rarely given parishes except those that were poor and could hardly support them, thus where money, or the King's profile on the coin, was hardly known.
Indio
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A popular notion held that the Spaniards were _ and the Filipinos _, action and passivity.
Fire; Water
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A reference to the group of priests headed by Padres Pelaez, Gomez, Burgos, Zamora, Dandan, and the like.
Secular Priests
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_ in real life was known as Pedre Leon Lopez.
Padre Florentino
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Events of 1872, known as _, in which were implicated the priests Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora.
The Cavite uprising
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Allusion is made to the riches said to have been accumulated in Hong Kong by the _.
Dominican Order
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Fixed parochial fees were decreed by the _ of Manila, which was ignored by priests and charged higher rates.
Archibishop
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The cave so named is now so undermined by water action and buildings that after some years no trace of it may remain.
Dona Jeronima
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_, betrothed of Ibarra, was cloistered in the Santa Clara convent, run by Franciscans, and supervised by _.
Maria Clara; Padre Salvi
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A legend little remembered, which the friar histories then certified as a miracle.
Stone Crocodile
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What are 'Sugay, Sungay'?
Mountains seen in the background as one enters the Laguna de Bay, leaving the Pasig River.
48
The mountain on Talim Island in the Lake, named thus because its peak resembles a maiden's breast.
Susong Dalaga
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A place at the mouth of the Pasig River that opens to Laguna de Bay.
Kinabutasan
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An allusion to Padre Damaso's order to exhume the remains of Ibarra's father and throw them into the _.
Lake
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An allusion to Padre Damaso's order to exhume the remains of Ibarra's father and throw them into the lake.
Father
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The lake of the town of Ba-y, of a perimeter of about 36 leagues, in the middle of which is Talim Island, and around which are the coastal towns of Rizal and Laguna provinces, including Jose Rizal’s Calamba.
Laguna de Bay
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The lawsuit of Cabesang Tales alludes to the one between the land tenants of _ and the Dominican Order.
Hacienda de Calamba
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No such towns exist.
Tiani, San Diego
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They took charge of collecting the taxes or tributes of the families in the barangay.
Cabeza de Barangay
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Young men drafted into the military service had to have _ since it was the custom and regulation at the time.
have their heads shaved
57
A common expression, a contraction of Jesus, Maria y Jose.
Susmariosep
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General Valeriano Weyler issued a decree prohibiting the use and possession of _.
Firearms
59
A game popular among the women which uses Spanish cards.
Panguinguerra
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Established by the Jesuits, originally an orphanage, and also called the Nunnery of St. Ignatius.
Retreat House of the Society
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Who is Maria Clara's father?
Capitan Tiago
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Why did Maria Clara enter the nunnery?
Because she was not allowed to marry Ibarra
63
A piece of cloth, often black, simple or embroidered, worn over the skirt as part of the Filipina dress.
Tapis
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IT was the custom to have a procession leading to the church and ending in Midnight Mass, sometimes as the climax of the _, the Christmas play about the search for an inn.
Panunuluyan
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The cave of _ is in the mountain of Panitan or Panitinan in a town located in Rizal.
San Mateo
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What are 'Huepes'?
Torches made of resin, pure or mixed with sawdust, enclosed in palm leaves or bamboo tubes.
67
What are materials used to make 'Huepes'?
resin, sawdust, and palm leaves or bamboo tubes
68
Those admitted to the Colegio de San Juan de Letran or to the Universidad del Sto. Tomas as servants with the privilege to study were called _.
Capistas
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A college established in 1620 by a Spaniard, don Juan Geronimo Guerrero, and supported by the state and by pious donations for primary instruction.
San Juan de Letran
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In _, San Juan de Letran was converted into a school for secondary education under the administration of Dominican Fathers.
1706
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An encounter where Rizal had a similar experience when he and three other students had an encounter with cadets of the military academy, most of them Spaniards and mestizos, where he was wounded on his forehead by a stone thrown at them.
Partisan Encounter
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The Jesuit school, offering primary and secondary education, in which Rizal was a student.
Ateneo Municipal
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Retana says that the Jesuits, "much smarter than the _, treated all the students with greater consideration, without taking into account the color of their skin..."
friars
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Term used for Dominicans who supervises the examinations of pupils studying in other schools or colleges.
Dominican Judges
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An allusion to the killing of Crispin, Basilio's younger brother, an episode based on an actual incident.
Brother's murder
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The reference is to Elias, who died to save Ibarra.
Noble spirit
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The part of the house contiguous to the kitchen which, in houses of bamboo and light materials, serves as balcony, but also as place for washing dishes.
Batalan
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A brew of fresh ginger root, sugar and water, traditionally served at Christmas with bibingka.
Salabat
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Padre Clemente, the friar lay brother of the hacienda, who at the time of the narrative was _.
Padre F.G.
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It describes the peaceful life in the countryside, and the agitation in the cities, and propounds the thesis that the Indio needed no mentor but the friar, no companion but his carabao, since learning only led to sin.
Tandang Basio Macunat
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The lawsuit of the tenants against the Hacienda de Calamba was resolved against the _.
plaintiffs
82
What happened to the tenants when they filed a lawsuit against the Hacienda de Calamba?
They were dispossessed of their lands, their houses destroyed, and the lands were given to other who had asked for them.
83
Other word for 'Tribunal'
teniente
84
_ was the deputy of the Gobernadorcillo
Teniente del Barrio
85
The pam the nuts of which are used to prepare buyo for chewing
Bonga
86
Scientific name of 'Bonga'.
Areca catechu
87
Meaning of 'Cuestiones de sumo interes'.
Questions of greatest interest
88
Author of the 'Cuestiones de sumo interes'.
Padre Jose Rodriguez, Augustinian
89
A creature of lower Philippine mythology, believed to appear in different forms, e.g. half man half horse, animal or human with disproportionately large extremities, and to have the power to disorient one and make him lose his way in the forests.
Tikbalang
90
A legendary devotee of the Virgin of Antipolo, publicly proclaimed by the priests as worthy of emulation.
Capitan Ines
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Among the many Calamba neighbors who
suffered more or less as Cabesang Tales did, were Rizal's _ and _.
brother and relatives-in-law
92
Who is the husband of Lucia, Rizal's sister?
Mariano Herbosa
93
How did Mariano Herbosa died?
He caught cholera and died in a fiew hours
94
Its abundant deer and wild boar population made it a favorite hunting ground for the rich and for civil authorities.
Bosoboso
95
A spring, which with the water coming from seven falls, formed a river bed with crystal-clear water, to which many went to battle.
Dampalit
96
A small lake of about two hectares, northeast of the city called Dagatan or _.
Crocodile Lake
97
A Spanish game of cards.
Tresillo
98
The town in the province of Laguna where Rizal was born.
Calamba
99
A small island in Laguna de Bay near and facing the shores of Calamba.
Isle of Calamba or Pulung Calamba
100
What does Rizal refer to Don J.C. y G?
A man of Libreal Ideas
101
Don J.C. y G is a former chief engineer of _.
mines
102
Don J.C. y G was civil governor of Manila when Rizal returned to the country in _.
1887
103
It is believed that Rizal based this noble and just character on Professor M.L.
Padre Fernandez
104
_ was the spouse of the Director of Commerce.
La Condesa
105
They might consist of a table for the teacher and a few benches for the students, but without equipment or teaching aids. Governor General Weyler decreed improvements and approved funds for the buying of teaching materials, but this was hardly implemented.
Schools
106
There was systematic opposition from some religious orders to put them into practice.
Teaching of Spanish
107
A simple and popular card game among young people.
Hunkian
108
A complicated and popular card game among young people.
Revisino
109
The bridge spanning the Pasig River and joining Magallanes with Nueva Street in Binondo. It stood near where Jones Bridge now stands.
Puente de Espana
110
Students of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Letranites
111
The University of Sto. Tomas, founded in _ as the Colegio de Sto. Tomas.
1611
112
A school directed by the Madres de la Caridad (Sisters of Charity) of St. Vincent de Paul, situated in the Plaza de la Fuerza, contiguous to the Fuerza de Santiago (Fort Santiago), then later in Victoria, Intramuros.
Escuela Municipal
113
He who flatters, fawns, is servile.
Barbero
114
The old customs house, later occupied by the old Central Bank, now assigned to the National Archives.
Aduana
115
First rector of the University of Sto. Tomas.
Padre Baltazar
116
Founder of the University of Sto. Tomas.
Fr. MIguel Benavides
117
Professor of Natural History
Padre Castro de Elera
118
Meaning of 'Saragate'.
Rogue, truenat
119
To play hooky, play truent, not attend classes
Cuacha
120
This refers to the 'Militia Angelica', a student association founded and organized by the Dominican fathers.
Carabineros celestiales
121
A word that means 'Struck by lightning', commonly used as an exclamation or curse
Tinamaan
122
The mark or sign placed on a class list beside the name of a student, indicating absences or faulty recitation.
Raya
123
Courses preparatory to study for higher degrees, especially medicine.
Preparatory classes
124
The domestic or servant given the privilege of studying in the colleges or the University.
Capista
125
Professor in the preparatory course for medicine at the University.
Padre Million
126
Names of authors of textbooks on physics used in the University of Sto. Tomas
Ramos, Ganot
127
Was an Italian Jesuit professor of Astronomy and director of the observatory of the Roman College
Angelo Secchi, S.J.
128
He did several spectrographic and physics experiments on heavenly bodies, and wrote many treatises. When the Jesuits were expelled from Italy in 1870, he retired as director of the observatory.
Angelo Secchi, S.J.
129
A tree of hard wood, fine-grained and dark in color, much appreciated for the making of furniture and artistic objects.
Camagong
130
Per se, in quantum est superficies.
By nature, as much as it is the surface.
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Quae super faciem est, quia vocatur superficies facies ea quae supra videtur.
That which is on top, because surface is what is called the face that is seen on top.
132
A cake made from rice flour, sometimes with coconut milk and sugar. It may also be made from unmilled glutinous rice, or from cassava or other kinds of flour.
Bibingka
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A tagalog word meaning 'struck by lightning'
Linintikan
134
Liber dixit ergo ita es
The book says so, therefore it is
135
Soplado, sopladurias
Corruptions of the Spanish words chiflado (arrogant), chifladuria (arrogance), and used here in a tone of haughty insult.
136
Chiflado
Arrogant
137
Chifladuria
Arrogance
138
Jusito, jusito, senolia
Pigdin Spanish meant to insult the Chinese and the Filipinos, and their way of speaking Spanish
139
Sulung! Apuera la fuerta
An aggressive and coarse way of saying 'Out of here!'
140
What is the meaning of sulung?
Advance, to go
141
Nol
Pigdin contraction of Senor
142
Philophaster
Fake philosopher, here used not only sarcastically, but contemptuously
143
Was known as Casa Tomasina in Sto. Tomas St.
Lodging Houses
144
A game in which a ball made of woven rattan strips is tossed by players with their feet
Sipa
145
What is a BIlao
A round tray-like basket made of fine bamboo strips.
146
A Chinese pastry filled with mashed beans.
Hopia
147
Main reason why the School of Malolos was opposed by Spaniards.
Reasons of morality
148
Created by Royal Decree of April 5, 1889, it was established and inaugurated on October 15, 1890, offering theoretical and practical courses.
School of Arts and Trades
149
A reference to the chain-linked iron rings around the ankles of prisoners.
Decoration on the ankles
150
What is 'Arana'
a vehicle pulled by two horses and guided by the owner, with a cochero seated behind him.
151
Retana calls Quiroga who had in Manila a bazaar for European goods what?
A perfect picture of the Chinaman V
152
A body which had the Governor General as president, the Archbishop of Manila as VP, and seven directors, one of them acting as secretary.
Superior Commission of Primary Instruction
153
A well-known lawyer who is both egoistic and accommodating, never moved a finger to improve the miserable conditions of his countrymen.
Senor Pasta (irl Don C.A.)
154
The character who, in his ideas of opposition, perfectly matched the character and ideas of the author.
Isagani
155
The Filipinos in Europe, who despite limited facilities and resources, actively campaigned for reforms in the colonial administration of the country.
Boys in Madrid
156
A reference to the smuggling of Mexican pesos, from which the Chinese profited greatly by transporting them to China.
Mexican peso affair
157
I love you
I love you too
158
I miss you
I miss you too
159
Simon's favorite spot
Geri's side
160
Simon's love interest
Geri Ianna Alviso-Pedere
