Tong- 21st Century Flashcards
Who is the author of tong?
Sionil José
Conrado Lopez fell deeeply in love for tge first time when he was?
Thirty
Alice tan was?
Chinese
She had a complexion as clear as it was?
Fair
He used to?
Trace the blue veins in her arms and blood vessels in her cheeks
Alice tan’s parents used to run a what and where
Small grocery store in Ongpin
Conrado lopez lived with who and where
Her sister remedios in a small house in makati
Where did conrado live?
Small house in makati a sidestreet parallel to rizal avenue
The lower floor is rented by
A lawyer
Conrado finished what course?
Accounting
Where did Conrado finish his studies?
Azcarraga Universities
It started what month and what
March - brownouts
He dashed of where?
Bambang two blocks away to one of electrical shops there
He had passed the?
New life electrical supply
When he saw alice tan, what was she wearing?
Jeans and katsa blouse with a high, lace collar and long sleeves
Alice tan appeared at once?
Regal and demure
The not big shop carried?
Hardware, nails, ropes, flashlights but mostly electrical goods
What did alice tan say he needed?
Rubberized tape and a pair of new fuses
When the covering is worn out, the kines should never?
Get mixed up- alice tan
The lines are like?
Boy and girl
In how many months did conrado lopez learned
Three months
In three months conrado learned about?
Bit of elevtricity and a lot about alice tan
Alice tan was studying in
Recto universities in the morning
In the afternoon, what does alice tan do?
She comes to the shops usually cooked by her aunt (lunch)
At what time in the evening alice tan walks?
8 in the evening
Where does alice tan walk at 8 pm
To avenida for her ride in ongpin
Alice tan shares apartment with her
Brotherx
At sundays alice tan does
Look at televisions or play ping pong in one of the chinese clubs in binondo
In three months too conrado?
Could have opened a small shop for electrical supplies
Why did alice tan not sell to conrado
Because he was buying goods not to use, a lightbulbs bought more than a dozen in a month
I also like collevting lengths of?
Electric wires, sockets, rubber tapes.
Have you heard of? Maybe i am an inventor
Thomas alva edison
Alice tan prefers- before taxis?
Calesa
What does ongpin chinese mean?
Not rich
The rich chinese live in?
Greenhills
Before the war rich chinese lived in?
Sta mesa
He did not like chinese because of their?
Clannishness
People in power are either ? By alice tan
Ilokanos or from leyte
Chinese girls never marry filipino boys, they call them?
Intsik baboy
Does alice tan have parents?
Naur
Alice tan has how many brothers?
3 and she is the youngest
Black mercedes
Meding was how many years older than conrado?
Fifteen years old
The receipt stated what?
Rizal park post office, sunday 4pm
What dies gong mean?
Stupid
Alice tan’s father had to pay how much for his citizenship?
Ten thousand pesos
How many does conrado make money a month?
A thousand a a half from the jib and 400 peso rent from the house
