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Barangay Macaas, Catmon, Cebu — Night
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I went back to Catmon at night.

Not for the event.
Because something from yesterday didn't make sense.

Everything felt chaotic.
The run.
The food.
The people.
But that night, it didn't.

It was the same place.
Same people.
Same food.
But nothing felt chaotic anymore.

There was no announcement.
No "process tour."
Just quiet repetition.

Boiling.
Cooking.
Wrapping.
Over and over again.

Not rushed.
Not optimized.
Just something they've been doing for years.

Voices from the Field
So I asked again — Why is Budbud Kabog so important here?
"It only exists here."
They continued —
"In Catmon, this is part of who we are."
Why This Matters

That's when it finally connected.
What I thought was chaos…
was just something I didn't understand yet.
What I thought was "an experience"…
was just everyday life.

Budbud kabog isn't something you discover.
It's something that already exists—
whether you notice it or not.

Still learning.
But differently now.

What I'd read as chaos the day before was just something I hadn't understood yet — Budbud Kabog isn't a discovery, it's quiet repetition that already existed here, whether I noticed it or not.

I'm still learning how to tell the difference between "this is confusing" and "this is just a rhythm I haven't learned yet" — Catmon is where that lesson started.

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