End Notes

[1] Movie Workers Welfare Foundation, Inc. (MOWELFUND). mfi.org.ph

[2] The Palanca Awards or Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature is the Philippines' most prestigious and most enduring literary awards and is dubbed as the "Pulitzer Prize" of the Philippines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanca_Award

[3] Literally means “youth community”

[4] Someone who always needs to be certain and takes no risks.

[5] similar to egg rolls, the turon is a Filipino snack of banana wrapped in lumpia wrapper (a thin "skin" made of flour or cornstarch, eggs and water) and then deep-fried. (http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,7770,3872,00.html)

[6] Filipino comics

[7] Literally means “without a care”