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Good housecleaning needs to be a team effort

Posted by braincontour | Posted in People, Society | Posted on 09-09-2009

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This is my column for the Collegian this week.
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Some of my Filipino friends back home have asked me about how clean Americans are inside the house. I could not answer straight to the point, because the term “clean” is relative: cleanliness in the Filipino perspective could be a far cry from the American viewpoint. If cleanliness is the absence of dirt or offensive odor, then based on the number of American homes I have been into since 2006, Americans do maintain a clean surrounding.