Remember, remember.

CINCO DE NOVIEMBRE by S.J. RENE B. JAVELLANA
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

5th of November might be different for some countries (and spanish/portuguese-influenced cultures), but we have the OG V-for-Vendetta-gunpowder-treason-and-plot.

We were fighting for our sovereignty! With the magic of imagination and theatrics!

I liked the mixed media art, but most of its expressions are lost in the print. I guess this is what happens when a mixed media got pasted in a paper. Also, this is a remarkable re-telling of our history to the kids. Hopefully may bisaya/ilonggo renditions of this narrative. Or maybe this book was made in English to be saleable overseas.

I went to Mt. Cloud for this book, and yeah, most of the patrons in its partner café named hotcat, are Gen Zs channeling the hipster nuances in bilingual awkwardness. Conversations hovering with the church bells of the Pink Sisters Convent are as follows:

"Let me know what I'm kulang."
"I would like to have a spanish latte po."
"Have you ever been, like, uh—"
"Hindi naman sya Cinnamon latte, like the kick isn't the same."
"Busy? On a Sunday? Uminom kasi?"
"And the—ano—kwan—"

Wala lang, share.
Hipster is the new jeje in this season. Sigh.

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