Learning Opportunity Directions: Write a précis and paraphrase to extract information from the given text. Travel has become the great Filipino dream. His constant vision is that of himself as a
tourist. Yet having left the Manila International Airport in a pink cloud of despedidas and
sampaguita garlands and pabilin, the dreams turns into a nightmare very quickly. But why?
Because the first bastion of the Filipino spirit was the palate. And in all the palaces and fleshoots
and skyscrapers of that magic world called "abroad" there is no patis to have.
The Filipino may denationalize himself but not his stomach. He may travel over the seven
seas and the five continents and the two hemispheres and lose the savor of home and forget his
identity and believe himself a citizen of the world. But he remains-the gastronomically, at least-
always a Filipino. For, if in no other way, the Filipino loves his country with his stomach.
Where's the Patis by Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil
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