because one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well

• ma's homeblend ginger and chamomile tea (i'm loved)
• jasmine and green tea (i've grown, i know how to handle my pain)
• hibiscus and peppermint tea
• the first binagoongan i tried (i remember we were at the beach that day)
• what made me love tapsilog?
• starbuck's java chip frappuccino (we headed toward the church after a school day, we ate a lot at shakey's afterwards)
• koomi's i'd cashew if you fall (a reminder; i'm a child, i'm a daughter)
• mix-ins and dutchmills (the start of a friendship)
• tanduay ice opened an inch above the floor, i drank alcohol for the first time (with people who were like family)
• kimbob bibimbap, no explanations, just a default option i will never grow tired of
• one ramen from ramen nagi shared by 3 people (friends)
• yellowcab meal, minutes away from bts' be album release
• cereal and yogurt still on my way in discovering the greatest combination of both ingredients
• pancakes for dinner: a tradition originating from the second decade of the 21st century
• hotdog, tuyo at fried rice para sa mga kagrupong naimbitahan sa bahay
• dunkin donuts, a cheap 50 peso cake,and stick-o together with an uncanny group of friends for ksh's birthday
• ferrero rocher given by a student of mine when i substituted for my english teacher a year before i became a teenager
• goldilock's puto *crickets*
• burger king coupons and toy story 4
• soy in all its form (you are your past and your present and your future, you are endless, you are with love, you are Love)
• that one green mango ice cream i dropped on the escalator (i never even got to lick it more than 2 times)
• chocolate as consolation (you're gonna live forever in me)
• baked tahong with cheese. this is nice, i love being with you. i love eating with you. the table is messy and we are not alone in this house, but i can only feel you, see you. we don't have to say anything else.
• a spilled lunch (you are my first love)
• kfc's tiramisu and mashed potato
• cheesy beef jamaican patty after an hour of play at active fun
• dirty ice cream because happiness can be shared this way
• getting drunk on the last friday of july with old friends i grew up with