THURSDAY MORNING at this area of the Manila district of Sta. Cruz was no different from the rest of the week. The church grounds teemed with activities of the lowly merchants who eked out a living vending assorted religious and non-religious articles. Some stood on the entrance gate with their wares displayed on crude stands while others hawked ambulatorily, crowding and chasing with adamance the entrants and the exiting church goers...
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Note: Read the complete story in the book "You Filibini?" Stories and Other Writings by Amador F. Brioso, Jr., published May 2010]