American home. Filipino tradition.

At first, I thought someone dropped some dollars on the floor.

As I moved my way up the basement to the ground floor, then the second floor, I realized that the $1 bills were scattered all over the house.

Then it dawned on me.

Just like in our old house in Morato, and our place now in Cubao, it was the "scattered money for good luck." Although in the Philippines, we would scatter coins all over the place. Now, in the US, they're dollar bills! Holla for the dolla!

You can take the Pinoy out of the Philippines, but you can't take the Philippines out of the Pinoy.