integral parts of filipino culture

Conversations with filipinos and hotel wedding coordinator: Coordinator: Ok, you'll have the cheese plate during the cocktail hour. Anything else? Moving on to the main course... Filipino #1: Actually, we almost forgot, we're going to bring a roast suckling pig to the cocktail hour. Coordinator: A what? Filipino #1: It will be a small pig. We bring it to every event. You know, it's not a big deal... it's part of every filipino celebration. Coordinator: You want to bring a whole pig to cocktail hour? Filipinos #1,2,3: Yes Filipino #2: The pig is an integral part of our culture, and egg rolls. Filipino #1: Yes, we're bringing egg rolls too. Coordinator (in disbelief): Are you bringing anything else? (Filipinos in thought) Filipino #3: Hmmm, an apple in its mouth.