Post-Concert Anecdotes

After the Cigarettes After Sex concert (which felt like being serenaded by a ghost in love with you), my friend and I wandered into a place called Fat Cat. The name immediately gave me a good feeling.

The place was upstairs, hidden enough to feel like a secret place. The stairway was lined with stickers like a mosaic. Inside, it was small and cozy, dimly lit in an Instagram-filter way, with soft jazz playing in the background. It’s a nice spot for catching up with friends, especially on a weekday when it’s quiet and not too crowded. I had one drink. Just one. And somehow I was already slightly dizzy. Which is crazy, because I swear I have amazing alcohol tolerance.

We stayed until just before their closing at 1 am, then decided to head toward the nearest McDo which is actually not that near. A minute or two of walking cleared the dizzy spell. We sat there in the fast-food chain, dead-eyed but content, slowly working through our fries while waiting for the first bus to Batangas like we were in the closing scene of some indie coming-of-age movie. Fade to black.

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Solo Date at Elsewhere

Earlier this year, I stumbled upon this hidden cafe in Taft called “Elsewhere.” I mean, what a name. If someone asked me where I was going, I could just say “Elsewhere”. It felt a little mysterious like I was off to some other world. In early January, I went there alone and got lost… I couldn’t find the building it was in, so I ended up going up the stairs beside Starbucks, which was the wrong building. Turns out, the stairs is actually the one right before that, next to Domino’s.

Anyway, I finally made it. Even though the cafe is kinda hidden, there were only a few seats left when I got there. The cafe still had the Christmas vibe and decor which I wasn’t mad about.

Aside from the cafe, there’s also this photobooth and a little shop with stationary, stickers, and random cute stuff. Naturally, I ended up buying some stickers. I saw a frog sticker and a lily of the valley one and literally couldn’t resist.

The photobooth was my main reason for going there. I was so awkward at first cause it was my first time in a photobooth and it’s just me. I did practiced my poses before that, and of course, I completely forgot them as soon as I stepped in.

Can’t remember how many poses the booth made me do but in the end, I had to pick just three from the poses to print. Here’s the final result.

Oh, and I had a slight panic moment before going in because the booth wouldn’t take my new 100 peso bill. Luckily, the person behind me was super nice and lent me their bill, which the machine finally accepted. Apparently, the booth is picky about bills and only wants the old crumpled ones.

Before I proceed to the photobooth I ordered a mango shake and some rice bowl. I can’t remember the name of the rice bowl or much about it either. Though I can remember that the mango shake is definitely just a powdered one.

After my little solo date, I initially planned to walk over to El Poco Cantina nearby for tacos as I was craving it but by the time I was done, it was already dark. So, I decided to save it for another time. Maybe I’ll give it a go when I visit a museum in Taft.

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