We are so excited – in five days we will fly to the Philippines. Today is our day of packing our things. Actually packing only our clothes would be easy – it is warm in the Philippines. But there is much more to bring. Everybody in our family and all our friends are waiting for a Pasalubong. You do not know that Pasalubong is? Here is what Wikipedia says: Pasalubong (Tagalog, “[something] for when you welcome me”) is the Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts from their destination to people back home. Pasalubong can be any gift or souvenir brought for family or friends after being away for a period of time. It can also be any gift given by someone arriving from a distant place. Pasalubong, in general, is a “gift for a relation or friend brought by a traveler returning from a trip,” and could also refer to “anything given as a gift to someone on the way home to a certain place. It could also mean “homecoming gift” or any present which signifies appreciation to the
