Fill in the Blanks Lola Sim's HandkerchiefOnline version Fill in the blanks with the correct words that you study on the previous page by Hazel Jane De Felipe 1 reminiscing upbringing packrat rummage diplomatic appease packrat upbringing floodgates reminisce floodgate appease armoire brood diaspora reminisce brooding upbringing Rummaging armoire 1 . I in my mother's for the Barong Tagalog I wore on International Friendship Day last year . 2 . A self - confessed , my mother would usually hide away our old clothes in her to keep them from being thrown out . 3 . Father is quite the opposite , so my mother would occasionally clean out her wardrobe to him and avoid opening to arguments . 4 . My mother's approach , however , does not keep Father from over the boxes of seemingly useless items in the storeroom . 5 . Being part of the Filipino and my father's in the family that is constantly on the move have made him immune to sentimental thoughts . 6 . The of Filipinos , ironically , has turned my mother into a . 7 . She constantly about her childhood in the Philippines and over the fact that her children in the U . S . have lost touch with their native roots . 8 . through her keepsakes brings back memories of her . 9 . On the downside , her childhood would open the to tears out of the regret that she had to leave her family behind . 10 . To her , we would visit the Philippines at least once a year and afterwards with her the highlights of our visit .