100 Percent Assimilation Is Impossible

摘要

"I've been running this guesthouse for eight years now, but I'm still not entirely confident. The Philippine people are truly robust and shrewd. Following their long history of colonial rule, they suffered greatly in World War II. Due to their historyof recurring sufferings, they could not help but become tough and shrewd." Eijiro Nagura began to talk with a serious look on his deeply suntanned face. Fifteen years of aimless wanderings in the Philippines, followed by eight years of guesthouse management, have left the face of this 68-year-old Japanese carved by both the light and shadow of the Philippines.