In 2007 I returned to the Philippines for a reunion with my two sisters. One highlight of the whole trip was a visit to the adjoining island of Guimaras, now a separate province from my home province of Iloilo. This basket of newly caught fish reminded me of the life I used to live before coming to America. Fish and sea food were basic to our diet, cheaper then as now than beef or poultry. Back then people didn't talk of omega fatty acids or organic produce. These were simply part of our "poor," non-industrialized lifestyle, a simple life that feels to me now idyllic.
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