The Boyfriend App
“You know, looks a bit like a Tamagotchi but instead of a pet, you get messages.”
Kate shook her head slowly because she didn’t know what a “tanagozi” was either.
“Okay, how about the song Miss Miss sa Loob ng Jeepney by the Grin Department?”
Mrs. Lapuz started singing the lyrics of the song, humming the parts she didn’t know and singing out the small part around the word “beeper”. Kate only kept looking back at her ma with a blank expression.
“Oh, never mind,” Mrs. Lapuz said with mild irritation. Her body mirrored her resignation as she plopped her head on her pillow and stared at the ceiling decorated with glow-in-the-dark star stickers.