How to be a Pinoy Hipster

Note: This is just a repost. you can find sources/links below.

I made this all up and aren’t necessarily factual. I guess I’m just writing what I see. Not in order:

• Watch movies like (500) Days of Summer, Trainspotting, Science of Sleep, French films, Cinemalaya, practically anything that you wouldn’t normally see in the local cinemas.
• Read books like Catcher in the Rye, Perks of Being a Wallflower and other coming of age books.
• When you text, spell everything correctly — ditching the whole text speak language or whatever you call it. Use the taglish dictionary.
• Go to Cubao X as often as possible.
• You must own at least one article of clothing that you bought from a thrift store (ukay-ukay).
• Hang out in a Fully Booked store and never buy a book. You can buy the same book s from Book Sale anyway.
• Be visually apathetic of the government but have your own opinion when asked upon
• Listen only to indie music you’ve torrented. At the same time, buy original OPM CDs because the foreign artists already make enough money.
• Own a camera. It doesn’t matter what. A lomo, digicam, DSLR, SLR, Vivatar, Lumix, etc. Take artsy photos with it.
• Have a project 365 photo album.
• Own a notebook where you write all your thoughts. Have other hipsters write on it. They’ll probably draw, or quote some writer or something.
• Work in the arts. Be in an advertising firm, a production company, whatever. It needs to be in the arts field. If you work in a big, Fortune 500 corporation, tell other hipsters that you’re only in it for the money, then proceed buying beer or coffee for everyone.
• Go to every Meiday gig. Meet other hipsters. Or not. If you’re threading the borders of anti-socialism. Also, always go to the annual Rock the Riles event.
• Blog.
• Be on Tumblr and never tell anyone else that Tumblr exists.

That’s all I could think of right now. Anything else?

Sources:  

incubao

ladyindisguise

blackhoodie

jetaimelamort 

rockbleeder