• i primarily use he/him pronouns, but she/her & they/them is fine.
• i tweet in both tagalog & english but i can speak hokywanwe, bisaya, and bikolano on a conversational level.
• i'm filipino, living in metro manila.
• i'm a practicing muslim, as well.
• i'm a 2009 liner (sb if uncomfy lol)
• i'm gay (mlm/nbylm)

• fencing
• 中文
• impressionist painting
• اُردُو
• हिंदी
• الفصحى
• guitar
• film theory
• fashion photography
• sports photography
• fashion design
• woodcarving

this list will be updated from time to time

• alexandria... why? directed by youssef chahine
• in the mood for love directed by wong kar-wai
• chungking express directed by wong kar-wai
• a moment of innocence directed by mohsen makhmalbaf
• midnight mass directed by mike flanagan
• gaya sa pelikula directed by jaime p. habac jr.
• i told sunset about you directed by naruebet kuno
• the unseen river directed by phạm ngọc lân
• waiting directed by sayna fardaraghi
• mogul mowgli directed by bassam tariq
• farewell amor directed by ekwa msangi
• eadem cutis: the same skin directed by nina hopf
• moonlight directed by barry jenkins
• the grand budapest hotel directed by wes anderson
• ashes directed by apichatpong weerasethakul
• singapore dreaming directed by colin goh & yen yen woo
• perfect blue directed by satoshi kon
• where is my friend's house? directed by abbas kiarostami
• perfumed nightmare directed by kidlat tahimik
• taipei suicide story directed by keff
• the stranger directed by satyajit ray

• Isaiah Rashad
• MARINA
• Nemahsis
• Rachel Chinouriri
• Riz Ahmed
• Unusual Demont
• Kyle Lux
• Yeek
• binki
• Jelani Aryeh
• dhruv
• Sarah Kang
• Junggigo
• JANNABI
• Shamir Virgo
• lullaboy
• suggi
• Dept
• Rina Sawayama
• JID
• Mereba

• excuse me while i ugly cry written by joya goffney
• ace of spades written by faridah àbíké-íyímídé
• discourse on colonialism written by aimé césaire
• one true loves written by elise bryant
• serenity written by f.s. yousaf
• patron saints of nothing written by randy ribay
• the invisible life of addie larue written by v.e. schwab
• on earth we're briefly gorgeous written by ocean vuong
• it all comes back to you written by farah naz rishi
• mirage duology written by somaiya daud
• me, my dad and the end of the rainbow written by benjamin dean
• the perks of being a wallflower written by stephen chbosky
• entire pjo & hoo series written by rick riordan
• all heartstopper volumes written by alice oseman

this list includes film directors, poets, general authors, mangakas, webtoon artists, etc.

• a.k. ramanujan
• mahmoud darwish
• agha shahid ali
• ocean vuong
• jalal al-din rumi
• kobayashi issa
• matsuo basho
• ai yazawa
• junji ito
• liang azha
• taejun pak
• mo xiang tong xiu
• wong kar-wai
• satyajit ray
• satoshi kon
• frantz fanon
• kwame nkrumah
• akimi yoshida