February 2012
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UP-D Eng'g student, brown shirt, CMC Long Island,...
Dear Eng’g Guy, I know I’m an awkward moment too late but: Hi. Sincerely,
The girl who kept “bumping” into you at lunch today.
Anonymous asked: To the peach-cheeked scrubbed-shiny boygirl on the MRT with me that lazy Sunday morning, what was that tattoo on your bicep before you had it lasered off? I'm dying to know.
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ADMIN POST: Hello again!
Hello! We’d like to apologize for the hiatus-turned-vacation-turned-deadening-silence that’s taken over Metro Manila Missed Connections, and we would like to take this opportunity to usher in a brand new era of MMMC.
Every time someone submits a post that should be anonymous, we have to copy-paste the entire entry into a new text post. That was easy when we were getting one or two...
December 2011
3 posts
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Phone call
This is a story about an anonymous person I haven’t met. I can still remember that I was in my cousin’s house and it was three years ago. It was actually a random day.. Lame jigsaw puzzles, browsed random stuff on the internet, teased each other and do what we usually do. After we ate dinner, we headed straight to their library. I found myself staring at my phone and surprisingly my...
Anonymous asked: Guess this site is dead, huh.
November 2011
10 posts
Chucks - w4m - MRT
I’m not much of a commuter. In fact, I’ve probably only used public transport in the most desperate of situations or for out-of-town affairs. Today, I got on the MRT to get to work because I’ve figured it’s about time I got used to it (plus, it’s cheaper than driving to and from Makati). I got in the semi-crowded MRT and stood between a bunch of people for about 50%...
phone call - w4m - prince david, katipunan
It was 11pm, and I had to go home from Katipunan coz I said to my mom that I was going to see some high school friends, but then, I went in another place. I was walking in front of Prince David, and there you were talking to someone on the phone, while I keep my eyes on you. I couldn’t help it. You we’re the type of guy that’d really catch my attention— tall, light...
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Usapang Bastos →
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to introduce another side project but skeevier! Welcome to Usapang Bastos, a sex advice column for the Philippines. Why specifically for the Philippines? Because I got smacked by my teacher when I said “vagina” in class even as my male classmates were calling each other jakolero all the way to the cafeteria. Also, because we still...
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ADMIN POST: TOP THREE MISSED CONNECTIONS
Hello, my missed connections!
Something big is in the works for MCMLA, and without revealing too much, I’d like to ask y’all for your help.
Single out the top three missed connections on this blog, the ones that touched and compelled and enthralled you, and generally blew your mind. Tweet their links to @missedcnnxnsmla and I’ll tally them up at the end of the week.
If all...
Google Superman, Whitespace, Makati - m4m
12 days ago. Youtube-Google after party at Whitespace, Makati. Lots of people from Google/Youtube and advertisers and advertising executives. Lots of them. In the thick merry-making crowd, I saw you standing near the cocktail bar. Talking to a few people. Probably your friends. I was more than intrigued by you and that made me stare at you a lot longer than most polite people would. Was it...
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Pink shirt, office attire, shoulder-length hair,...
You boarded at Araneta station, and I only noticed you because you were looking straight at me. Can I just say I’m sorry? I know it’s rude to stare but I couldn’t help it. You were facing me directly and you were looking at me (straight at me, okay, it was pretty unnerving) and half the time you had your mouth open in this sardonic “oh, you sweet summer child” smile. Was it so obvious that it was...
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our spot - w4? - manila, a couple months ago
We were late for mass, as usual —well, during those days they were— and so i had no choice but to stand along with a couple other people who i’m guessing were late too. i chose to stand by the door, by myself, while my parents stood in front, lined up against the wall.
it didn’t take long for me to notice you, you were standing there just behind my mom actually. i...
From Court to Campus - m4w - Ateneo De Manila...
It was an ordinary Tuesday afternoon. I had to rush from the College Covered Courts to Kostka Hall because I have to be early for my Filipino class. As I was waiting for the bell to ring, I opened my bag, put out a few papers and read the assigned reading for that day. I was outside K-304 then. 10 minutes later, the bell rang. My classmates were not yet there so I didn’t enter the classroom yet. I...
Anonymous asked: I love this blog! Whoever you are, thank you for putting this up. I hope someone reconnects with his/her missed connection some day. I hope I can read something like that here in the future.
Alfred, Economics dropout - w4m - San...
I was invited by a friend last Friday to attend San Beda’s bonfire/victory party/street party. Just like the previous years, the college won this year’s NCAA basketball championship. ‘Happened last Wednesday which was incidentally my birthday so I figured, it’s just fitting to go. Honestly? I was having a crappy week and I was hoping to have a good time. So, I went and...
October 2011
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Mrazzle Dazzle - m4w - Fully Booked Promenade
You were wearing a white top, shorts and a beautiful head with brown hair. I was in the poetry/lit crit section, and I ended up checking you out while you were checking out the classics section, both of which were along the same wall.
Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess - Live on Earth was playing on the branch’s speakers that day, and I could hear you singing along to the songs as you picked...
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bright eyes - m4w - the hills of antipolo
you sat in front of me. our knees touched. i got electrified. you didn’t know i was clinging on to every moment because i know this is special.
our encounters are short but poignant. well, at least to me. i don’t like to push more than necessary. i feel i need to keep a delicate balance with this connection so i don’t rub you off the wrong way.
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When I tell my children about you, I will begin...
This is a story about my first lost love. I have never loved anybody, but I have had many could-haves and should-haves and out of all these, you are my biggest regret. And you are the one I remember the most. My mind fails me more times than I think it should, so remembering you must mean that my memory of you travelled that great distance between my brain and my heart, lodging itself somewhere...
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Hint of Blue and a Cancer Stick - m4w - NCTS UP...
Isa noong napaka-init na hapon ng Miyerkules, maaliwalas ang parking lot sa likod ng Eng’g at heto ako palakad papuntang NCTS upang maupo at ipahinga ang paa sa bugbog sarado kong Toms.
Nakakadrain yung init sa araw na yun, ‘di ko rin maipaliwanag ang biglang impulse ko sa biglang pagbabay ko mula Engineering patungong AIT. Ayan tuloy, halos kaya ko nang magpakawala ng laser beam mula...
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That Smile Could Light Up The Library - w4m -...
I came into the first floor of the Rizal Library at a sad attempt to get some work done. After a few minutes of getting lost in molecular geometry, my phone lit up with a tweet from you.
“At the first-floor Lib studying Bio. Caffeine keeping me alive.”
Holy flying crap, you’re right here.
I turn around frantically, searching for your face in the dead silence of the library. For a while, you’re...
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Elevator Moment - w4m - Makati
“Third floor, here I come.”
The elevator door opened and boom. There you were - dressed in the usual corporate attire. You looked at me then I looked at you. Or was it the other way around? You had “that questioning look” in your eyes. Were you waiting for me to smile at you? Oh I guess not. But how was I to know? Do you still remember me from that training months ago? We asked each other’s...
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Old Man Who Touched My Heart-w4m-Pasig to...
Naiinis ako sa sarili ko kung bakit hindi ko man lang siya kinausap. Kung bakit pinili ko lang manood ng TV kaysa alamin kung bakit siya napadpad sa bahay namin.
Nagbilin sa akin si Papa na may dadating siyang bisita na taga Pasig. Tawagan ko raw siya agad kapag dumating na siya at may pipirmahan lang daw siyang papeles. Coordinator kasi si Papa.
Dumating na nga yun bisita. Sumilip ako sa labas ng...
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Curious European Dude - w4m - Fort Santiago,...
You were busy taking pictures of our country; seemed like you’re very interested. I noticed your gorgeous disheveled blonde hair. It was just hard to miss. Your cheeks were so red, perhaps because of the harsh Manila heat.
I wanted to have a better look so I tried to approach you, but you saw me. You looked at me. I blushed. So I went to the dungeons instead. You followed me. I smiled. You even...
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same military haircut - m4m - EDSA Starmall
Pauwi ako sa ‘min last Saturday and I was supposed to catch the bus along EDSA that would take me down south. 30 minutes na ang lumipas pero parang naging mailap sa ‘kin yung bus na ‘yun.
Anyway, I decided na maglakad papuntang Starmall. As usual, andaming tao at naipon ang mga buses dun sa side na yun. Then lo and behold, nakasalubong kita. You were wearing shorts and shirt, naka-backpack ka and...
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My Bet for Employee of the Month – m4m – Mall of...
I had my bulky camera hanging from my neck when I went inside SM Department Store. The bright lights inside initially made my eyes wince and I wished I was wearing my sunglasses, partly because it was a bit too bright for me and mostly because my eyes screamed “sleep deprived”.
The idea of wearing sunglasses floated in my head for a while, but then I resolved it to be too silly. I wouldn’t. No,...
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S.G. something - m4m - MRT Baclaran
“One more station and I’ll rush to the bathroom to puke my guts out.”
The train was approaching Magallanes station. I was starting to hear white noise and everything was zooming in and out. The train arrived at the station and I thought “Fuck it. I can make it to the last station and do whatever I need to do there.”
I wasn’t feeling very well. I don’t...
elevator love letter - w4w - asian hospital
Seven floors and I didn’t even look at you.
Usually that would seem like time wasted, but in hindsight it just looks like the necessary setup for that one moment of discovery: me glancing one last time at the elevator doors, you stepping out with a spark in your eyes that could’ve revived all the patients in that hospital a thousand times over. (Seriously, that look? You could be a...
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CR - w4m - Cubao X
It was last Wednesday night when me and my girl cousin went to Future in Expo for a bucket of beer and a good talk. We didn’t see each other for a long time so we just focused on our conversation and did not care about the people around. We were laughing the whole time, too much laughing that I needed to pee.
Future, I think, has no comfort room. Or it’d take me a long time to find out where it...
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Buzz Cut Guy - w4m - Bus to Lawton
It was Monday and as usual I’m running late. Adding to all the dramas during Mondays is the ‘standing’ on the bus. It was a bit annoying since I had a plan to do my readings seated.
You were behind me when I road the bus so I didn’t get the chance to see where you’re from. I noticed your buzz cut hair and you obviously noticed me too because for a second we held eye contact. I’m a little...
Not a Bad Freshmen Hair Day- w4m - PUP, Sta. Mesa,...
It was the second week of my freshmen year, back in 2008. I had a haircut, and it was the shortest I ever had, but I wanted to shed off my high school security blanket and try that refreshing mature look for a change. I still felt disappointed cutting my hair because it made me feel naked and boyish looking.
The ride to PUP Sta. Mesa from Boni-Edsa takes a 1hour 30 minute jeepney ride, sometimes...
I should have smiled-w4m-McDonald's somewhere in...
This happened shortly after the movie ‘A Walk to Remember’ came out, in 2002.
One day, my mom took me to a McDonald’s. I forgot where, exactly. After eating, I went to the play place and played a bit but after a while I got tired so I just sat in one of the spaces inside. I looked around and saw that nobody was around so I started singing (yes, I sang in McDo Play Places....
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airport literature - w4m - naia terminal 3
you sat across me in the waiting room, reading david nicholls’ one day. you were more than halfway through, though i suspect you bought it at the airport bookstore. i wanted to tell you it’s an easy read and nothing great, and maybe you’d like to check out the borges i brought along. we were headed the same way anyway, right?
nice to see someone reading to pass the time,...
myheadpopups asked: Don't worry about not receiving missed connections. It rained so hard yesterday and people might have been so busy not MISSING the bus. Keep it up!
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Bluemoon at Moonleaf- m4w Diliman
Unang araw noon sa Manila, kababalik ko lamang galing sa halos anim na buwan na travel sa iba’t-ibang probinsya sa Visayas at Mindanao. Dumating ako sa airport ng bandang alas-dose ngunit nakarating ako ng bahay ng mga alas-tres. Hindi na ako sanay sa sobrang bigat ng traffic sa Metro Manila. Nasanay ako na puro tricycle lang ang nakikita ko sa probinsya. Tamang-tama, 5:00pm ang kitain namin...
coffee for two - w4m - Starbucks, SM North
So there’s this man seated at a table a few steps in front of me. I caught him looking at me a few times (and once I caught him smiling at me while I was smiling because of my friend’s funny comment on my blog) I should’ve smiled back but instead, I lowered my head to hide. So there. it was a night of stolen glances in between sips of coffee.
I wish he’d be the one to consider this a missed...
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ADMIN POST:
To the anon who left a message in the MCMLA Ask Box saying hi and using my real name, hello, and be discreet, please!
As for the rest of you, submit.
Love and .gifs, Admin
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Anonymous asked: Tingin ko ikaw rin si admin pogi ng memasabilang dati. Haha. Wala lang.
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Subway Crush. Founded on the same concept but also absolutely and miserably nothing like us.
All we get on the subway is crushed.
Heidi - m4w - De La Salle University-Manila
It was a Monday. I begrudgingly sat myself in queue which was right beside the copy lady’s nook. I found the wait awful, having to watch fingers flip each page aside and press the book against the glass of the scanner in one almost-robotic motion over and over. A horrendously thick stack of references informed me of my time in line. The copy lady’s ardor stretched for more than a while and...
LRT Ayala Bus - m4m - Buendia
At the rarest time, I hopped into that bus, standing inside, not minding the rain and traffic, listening to I. Michaelson’s and Greg Laswell’s music with my phone. I was positioned adjacent to the door, not minding the other people behind me eagerly wanting to get out. As a few strange faces left the bus, I adjusted and went a bit further inside the bus. Then I found you.
It was not...
Anonymous asked: I visit your blog regularly. I read some posts repeatedly, just hoping that maybe someone would write about me. Thank you for feeding my hopeful romanticism.
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i found your wallet - w4w - UPD, December 2010
11:30 AM. I found it in a restroom in CAL. It was a red purse/wallet thing. I opened it and found some cash, lots of receipts, bits of paper, and then voila, your ID card. I didn’t find your personal cellphone number in any of the scribblings on the bits of paper, so I just sent a short message to your mom. [I found your daughter’s wallet.] I didn’t receive a reply, so i figured I should just...
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painter - w4m - mrt
You were in a ratty old pair of jeans, your hands splattered with paint, your shirt dirty. Your eyes tired and weary, must have been a long and hard day at work. We were both on our way home. You were on the phone, maybe it was your mother from the province. You spoke with her in a dialect I knew and loved, Bisaya. You were asking how she was and the rest of the family.
”Ha? P2,000? Kadako, ma....
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5 Seconds – w4m – Pasig
Me and my friend were both taking pictures with just about everyone. There were too many people and at that time, you were just one of the many faces in the crowd. You’re over a foot taller than me. But I remember how you graciously bent your knees as I stood beside you. In those few short seconds, I still remember the way your left hand held my shoulder and how my head slightly leaned towards...
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PBCo - m4w - Katipunan
It was one hour before closing time but you were already busy mopping the floor and scrubbing the tables so you could presumably go back home - to your parents whom you work for, I assume, because you look too young to have kids already - by closing time. I’m really really sorry for interrupting you because I had to go as soon as I could. “Excuse me, miss.” You looked at me from the floor you’re...
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Nag-iisang pasahero - w4m - Sucat, Paranaque
Thirty minutes ang commute mula sa bahay namin hanggang sa school, kaya tanggap ko nang late na ko para sa 6:30am class ko dahil 6:15am na nun. Sumakay ako sa pinaka-unang jeep na nalapitan ko, at jeep niyo ho iyon. Laking pagsisisi ko lang pag andar natin dahil saka ko lang napansin na ako lang pala ang nag-iisa niyong pasahero. Alam kong maghihintay pa kayo ng ibang mga sasakay, at lalo pa akong...
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really tall guy - w4m - DQ Katipunan
It was the Ateneo’s bonfire that night and the streets of Katipunan were packed. I didn’t exactly want to go, but I was desperate for a reason to not study, so I was there, complete with an Ateneo shirt. I decided to drop by Dairy Queen for ice cream, and as expected, it was full of people.
You and I were both waiting for our orders. I don’t exactly remember how you look like — I just remember...
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Umbrella Man - w4m - Katipunan
The night of the victory bonfire, Ateneo set off a bunch of fireworks as a finale. I wasn’t at the bonfire per se, but from where I live I could see them all. They set off car alarms up and down my street, including my own, so I stepped out in the rain to turn it off.
Stood under a nearby tree for shelter while looking at the fireworks. You came along in a blue shirt and a blue umbrella,...