The problem with ‘resibo culture’

May 10, 2026 12:07 am

When every conversation starts feeling like evidence

There was a time when people kept souvenirs.

Love letters folded carefully into drawers. Movie tickets tucked inside books or in memory boxes. Photographs developed, stored and arranged in albums that only resurfaced during reunions or family gatherings with the inevitable “Naalala mo ‘to?”

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When every conversation starts feeling like evidence

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