mura naman o

Every Filipino would know the term nagmumurang kamatis. This is a person of age who intentionally acts or dresses up like someone in their youth. It could but not necessarily be out of midlife crisis, whim or making for loss time.

Clear enough.

But what of nagmumura? The root word is mura which stands for a lot of things.

1. Mura could mean a curse, noun. Or cursing, verb when you put mag-, -in-, -hin at the beginning, middle or end, respectively.

2. Mura could stand for cheap.

So I thought to myself. It can't mean cursing tomatoes. Maybe it is cheap tomatoes. I mean, the overripe ones are sold at a discount to encourage sale because these rot and go to waste.

I was happy with conclusion.

Then I found out that MURA is used to refer specifically for tomatoes, to describe the state when they are close to rotting.

Close enough.

You learn something new everyday.

for moonwalking

Okay, so I bought sneakers.

I know I don't need sneakers as not only do I already have a few, but also I never seem to wear them. The thing is, THE thing is that I like simple things. Basic anything. As an example, plain white shirts. First love.

I however love LOVE love basic things tweaked ingeniously.

Like a shirt with over sized cuffs. Like a black sweater with acid yellow stitching. Like black pumps with red soles.

Like say...a classic pair of basic sneakers with the laces situated off center.

Hello.