Two words. Two cultures. One tee. 👋+🇵🇭

New York has a Filipino community with an address. Woodside in Queens has been called Little Manila for decades, and the reach goes well past it: Jersey City across the water, Bergen County, the nurses who hold up hospitals in every borough, the students, the seafarers, the aunties who have worked the same floor at the same hospital since the eighties.

"Yo" and "Mabuhay" are both about recognition. Neither is a polite formula. Both mean I see you, come here, what's the update. One is delivered at volume on a sidewalk and the other across a room full of relatives, and they are doing exactly the same work.

For Filipino New Yorkers, the Woodside kids, the Jersey side, the night shift, and anyone who has carried a balikbayan box down subway stairs. A good gift for graduations, hospital anniversaries and the cousin who swears the turon on Roosevelt Avenue is the best in the country.

Part of TeaKo's dual-greeting series with What's Up + Mabuhay, Howdy + Mabuhay and Chill + Mabuhay.

Product details: Unisex adult t-shirt in standard men's sizing, sizes S, M, L, XL and 2XL. Available in Black, Navy and Military Green. Soft ring-spun cotton. Direct-to-garment printed on demand. Free shipping. Designed by TeaKo.

Connected Collection has the rest of the Mabuhay pairings.