Families don't follow tradition as much as they used to. Family is still important, but many of the customs have fallen to the wayside. Some families… - Jason Tanamor

So the biggest lesson for me was to write what you want. People are going to have their opinions—good and bad. The reality is you're not going to please everyone, and if you attempt to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. If anything, you can have fun doing it.

The most Filipino thing about me is the way I look. Having grown up essentially in American culture, for the longest time I'd identified first as an American and second as a Filipino.

People aren't stupid. They just want to believe in others. They just want to believe that the world isn't coming to an end. And more importantly, they just want to believe in themselves. They want to believe that they can still trust their fellow human being to do the right thing.