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Beso-beso Swedish style

THE EAR - The Freeman

January 13, 2016 | 9:00am

DREAMS. She never dreamt of being able to travel abroad but when she did she made sure everybody knew she had gone overseas.

SWEDEN. She found a convenient way to tell old Philippines she'd been to Sweden.

KISS. When she came back from that country west of the Baltic Sea where she married her boyfriend, she kissed every friend she met on the cheeks thrice, saying "Swedish yan. (That's the Swedish way of beso-beso)."

ABROAD

BACK

BALTIC

BALTIC SEA

BESO

BOYFRIEND

QUOT

SWEDEN

SWEDISH

WAY

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