I've always looked at life through the lens of a non-Filipino. - Jason Tanamor

There was an ounce of mystery in his voice, something secretive, dark, almost as if the proverbial can of worms was about to be smashed open.

The stories, they get misconstrued as the facts aren't really facts and the fictions aren't really fictions. Sometimes, the people telling the stories aren't who they appear to be. Sometimes, the voices sound the same and you never really know where they're coming from. And sometimes, the same person just keeps telling the same story, over and over until he's sick in the head.

I considered myself white, having grown up essentially American but with Filipino parents. I don't speak with an accent and I barely speak Tagalog. So, for most of my life, I looked at the world as a 'white' person.