Word: kalayaan
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Drive along Kalayaan Avenue, home to Filipino-Chinese TV chef Bruce Lim, and you might think you've come to the wrong address: lined with pawnshops, sari-sari (convenience) stores and stalls hawking spit-roasted chickens, the neighborhood is decidedly lacking in the atmosphere you might expect to signal Manila's hottest dining ticket. Nonetheless, it is there - in a nondescript building with a steep bamboo-lined staircase leading up to Chef's Table, instantly recognizable to fans as the rooftop kitchen cum dining room used in Lim's shows. Your visit isn't being filmed, but in this intimate...
...gradually the participants became aware that they were engaged in the largest public demonstration seen in the country since Marcos' imposition of martial law. Groups of youngsters sang folk songs, and as the cortege passed near the Malacariang Palace, the President's official residence, shouts of Democrasya, Kalayaan, Himagsikan! (democracy, freedom, revolution) were heard...
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