photos of my friend during her performance, taken by me from my janky digicam :o)

Red Horse, Marlboro Black, pork siomai. Did you know mango graham-flavored vape was a thing?

I went to my friend's first local gig last Saturday at Mow's and I had the best time of my life 🪩🦋🎆

Ang cute talaga ng venue. It was my first time there so I booked an Angkas to head there directly, then my Angkas rider and I spent a full five minutes looking for it because his GPS said that we've already arrived, but there were no signs of Mow's anywhere 😭 Tas ayun, asa baba pala kasi, naknampocha. Literal na underground. The inside looked like a low-ceiling garage haphazardly flipped into a music space (affectionate). I didn't expect it to be so intimate and unpretentious...? Everyone was just feeding off of each other's energy. It was nice and refreshing, especially as someone who's spent too much time feeling othered that I've forgotten the absolute bliss of being surrounded by people who share the same spirit. Like, you don't get it, mom. I long to be like the other girls!

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Coffee and Cigarettes

I’m hooked to their combination

Kinda like how I’m hooked to the thought of us.

I caught a glimpse of you at a coffee shop

In the city of itch, where most people snitch.

You seemed interesting and mysterious

That’s how you got me.

A stranger; we never talked except for that one time you got my order.

Few weeks passed, I saw you again. At a bar up north.

“Restock Girl”, that’s how I addressed you

We got into talking. Exchanged numbers. Hung out.

Then I blow everything by letting you know my real intentions.

Coffee and Cigarettes.

I got addicted to the combination.