Actually this scene of cousins playing cards, and then smearing baby powder (or sometimes lipstick) on the loser actually got me emotional.
I've never seen a more viscerally intact representation of my childhood. That was precisely what those sleepovers were like!
THAILAND is not your promised land.
PHILIPPINES is not your promised land.
PALESTINE is not your promised land.
You're creating your own promised land by force, terrorism, and genocide.
#TheWorldHatesZionistIsrael
WELCOME TO MABINI BOTTOM 🇵🇭
A Filipino twist on Bikini Bottom, inspired by our everyday chaos…flooding, packed transport, corruption, and politics.
“Mabini” comes from Apolinario Mabini, one of the Philippines’ national heroes.
Welcome to our side of the ocean.
all this cause US wants to build their AI Data Centers in developing countries knowing they can’t fight back. they’re stealing indigenous people’s ancestral lands. our environment. tas protected pa sila ng mga salot sa gobyerno at police force. mamatay na lang tayo lahat.
they could've gone for the usual postcard philippines: the beaches, islands, & tourist spots we're usually proud to show the world. but they chose the streets, residential communities, public transpo, & ordinary ppl, making it feel less like a destination & more like a home 🥲
It is always beautiful to see protests of ordinary people in BGC because it disrupts the disneyland and "Singapore-like" image that its land developers want to sustain to keep land value high and the upper middle and upper classes insulated.