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What is this ship? 👀

Interesting.

What's their dynamics?

Wala akong naapakang tao, at hindi rin ako maapakan. Wala ding kasamaan o kabutihan na naidulot sa mundo.

So sad. Wala din chika about me.

Starbucks' are designed for chatting and quick orders. Too many options. Expects one person to order one coffee, so they make people move along. No wifi, no plugs. Get outta here. Sign too obvious from a far.

BO's coffee's are very comfortable. They're designed for people who wish to work. Options are limited but artisanly (local beans) and expensive. Expects one person to order many products in their long stay while completing work. Signs are non existent. You missed the stop? Only means you're not a regular. It's like they don't want to be seen.

Then, my co-worker said: Starbucks is extrovert, whole Bo is introvert. Then proceeded to discuss them as if they were humans.

I suddenly got flashbacks of the great 2016 where we once shipped twinky Jollibee with manly Mcdo. Little Mang Inasal with KFC or whatever.

In a 0.05 seconds, my mind envisioned an extroverted, loud, and pretentious Starbucks. Appears friendly and looks like he's everything you need, but acts high and mighty. Dislikes long-term relationships. A friend to many, and a friend to none. Can only microwave food.

And then there's Bo. Introverted, refined, in-touch with own culture, good work ethic, but also acts high and mighty. High maintenance and high standards. Only keeps a few people close. Can cook. Pasta is his specialty. Backburner. People's second choice when Starbucks got too much in his hands, but people give up eventually because he's too expensive.

Then they... meet?

Before I could even form a story, my co-workers stopped me from my daydreaming and I honestly felt saved.

So I'm not touching that with a 3-meter pole.

I don't know why people are obsessed with showing off that they can afford brands, even when it costs two months of their salary, even when nobody would bat more than two glances on the fact that they 'can afford' it.

There might be people who would judge us for having the cheaper alternatives, but I don't know why I have to care what these people think. I don't know who they are. I don't know how many of them I would meet in a random mall errand. There is no need for me to pay a significant portion of my salary to show off to them when the cheaper alternative works fine.

I don't mind rich people who buy what they want. If they can afford it, then they can. Good for them.

However, I do not see the appeal of me, a simple person, a struggling lower middle class who's one month loss of salary away to being homeless, trying to look like I am one of those rich people.

I do understand that in the first place, we should all afford what we deserve to afford, and if not for the unfair imbalance of the system, there wouldn't be obvious divide on who can afford luxury and quality. But then, I do not understand why there are people who idolize the rich, and must follow their unwritten rules, to be judged by a briefly passing hypothetical stranger. This behavior does not fix anything. We should be working on our rights for better products, not struggling to cross the line to be perceived as rich.

Because honestly, the rich are just deliberately making the line obvious. As soon as majority can afford their trend of luxury, they will make another "rich people trend" to separate from us again. There is an option to not care.

So leave me be with my ukay-ukay clothes. If I can buy a good blouse for 50 pesos, I don't see why I must buy the very same for 1,500 pesos.

I'm not one of them, and I don't try to be.

1. May any running politician who plans on corrupting people's tax just straight up die before they could even campaign.

2. May any individual/entity that plans to negatively shape the minds and culture of a nation for personal gain just straight up die before they could even make any lasting damage.

omg hello!!!!! It would be such a treat to me and now I feel like I don't deserve your efforts.

Uhuhuhu I'm really sorry my readers. I feel like I'm betraying you everyday. I know I haven't updated my latest work, and I was supposed to make a tiktok post about it, but here nalang.

So you know what's happening in the Senate, diba?

Yes, those drama and stuff?

So the thing is, I've prepared the outline of The Capturers last year pa. the main settings will be the Philippine Senate in the New Senate Building (which will complete in 2027, and the story happens in 2031 or something), because Miong is the Senate President.

So ganun yung settings, mga mih. The other settings are 1) The Katipunan in the mountains 2) Drug trades in manila docks 3) Rizal Estate dealing with the corrupt richest families in the country.

Malay ko ba. ha...

Malay ko ba na lalabas lahat ng isyu na ito ngayong taon?

AND THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERED SENSITIVE TOPICS????

AHHHHHHHHH.

What's the point of making a novel as means to escape when it's basically our reality now???

Plus points, though, all my readers (Yes, even the young ones, especially the young ones) can understand the gravity of the issues I will tackle in the story, pero kase nakaka stress kase real-time syang nangyayare 😭

I'm also threading a divinely comedic positon here kase I was gonna go all out on the political issues, and these were all my ORIGINAL ideas! They were supposed to be! Eh naunahan ako ng Senado nayupak yan. Baka sabihin nyo based sa news yung outlines ko. So ayun, nawalan ako ng gana kase dapat original ideas ko yun 😒 Bwisit tong bansa na'to. DAPAT FICTIONAL LANG TONG MGA PANGYAYARING ETO EH!!!

Have you ever wondered why your celebrity obsessed DDS cousins and friends who never cared about politics before, suddenly only post about politics in their feeds? Well, that's because they still only care about the same thing: Celebrities.

No, they don't care about politics. They don't care about the laws. They don't care about their rights being taken. They don't care about the farmers, teachers, healthcare, and public transportation. They don't care about the future of our children. And most importantly, they don't care about researching what's truly happening.

They only care about the personality who's putting on a great show. This personality just happens to be a politician.

And now, they're into deep. They cannot escape the echo chambers they've entered. They will only ever consume scraps of positive information about their celebrity bias, just like how we collected paraphernalia of our Kpop biases when we were in high school.

It's insulting that our country will fall because people cannot separate fandom behavior to our more serious matters like politics and economics. My dear countrymen, politics is supposed to be boring. It's supposed to be filled with people who are doing what they are supposed to do without fanfare. We are supposed to scroll away from political news because it's not as stimulating as the latest celebrity scandals. They're not supposed to make a big deal about staying in their positions, because democratic positions are meant to be passed around. They're supposed to do the boring democratic talks about the economy, and we're just supposed to enjoy this progress, whether we know about it or not.