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 ...