Malabo

Malabo

"MU. Mutual understanding. O malabong usapan."

When I heard DJ Gianna asked it, I can only think of one name.

One girl.

I can't keep my lips to form a small smirk. Remembering the days.

Remembering her.

"Walang commitment."

I tried to look naive. This is a live interview, come on.

"Walang title na BF or GF."

Oops. It was so sapul. Right on the spot.

"Pero ang totoo pareho niyong gustong maging kayo." DJ Gianna ended.

"Wow." Sabi ko na lang.

"Is that a line or is that a paragraph?" I added.

If I can just disappear from this Zoom session dahil sa sobrang sabaw ko, I'd do it talaga.

Why this question. Oh why.

These DJs are talkers. They are both madaldal. Buti na lang.

I can't think of an answer. Or a hugot.

Shit.

I can't give out my own experience.

Hindi pwede.

"We always thought the whole concept of MU here in the Philippines is so interesting."

It's not just interesting, Gianna. Nakaka-stutter pa.

Why all of a sudden di ako mapakali. I kept moving sideways while sitting.

Elmo, ano ba.

Tawa na lang ako while trying to make palusot.

I'll just make sabay na lang sa tawa ni DJ Angelo. I don't know what to say.

"Elmo, whenever you're ready man. You can drop your hugot bar." DJ Angelo said.

Okay sige, smile and then, tingin sa right. And then, sa left.

Tapos, tawa ulit.

"You can sight lyrics too if you like."

He even said na kanina nga I have hugots with my advice.

Bro, that's because it wasn't this topic.

This is hard.

Tawa na lang ako ulit.

"I guess, I wanna start with the...the most obvious one." Oh, shit.

Okay, pause. Tingin sa left.

Konting stutter.

"From my song." Okay, stutter ulit.

"My other song." Reiterate mo pa, Moe.

Major pause. And then, laugh ulit.

Why is it hard?

That's because you don't want them to make hinala. I told myself.

"I'm tryna sing it in my head." Maniwala kayo please.

Okay, isip ulit. And then, stutter ulit.

"Finally at peace with myself. Thought I needed everybody else. All the while I thought I wasn't enough. I was really hurting myself."

Holy shit.

That is so wrong.

How is that a hugot about being MU?