Last April 19, Fox announced that Glee has been renewed for two more seasons, a move that surprised many since the most recent season of Glee garnered the lowest ratings since its inception. In the course of four seasons, the musical comedy went from being an Emmy-worthy leviathan to a weekly viewed guilty pleasure; people even cited the habit of watching Glee as “hate-watching”. To…

Photos from Magic Liwanag It was around 7:30 in the evening at the Circuit Makati, and masses of people had just formed in front of the stage, awaiting as Up Dharma Down is about to play their set. Everyone in the crowd could barely breathe from the lack of flowing air, with a downright exhaustion that started building in since the early afternoon. As usual,…

My car kisses the curb of a not too familiar street. Something catches my attention. My eyes drop to the space between the driver’s chair and the center console. A black hole of coins and receipts of things I don’t remember buying. This driver reaches into the space and pulls. A black Blackberry. It is mine. It belongs to me. Where most people had Bolds…

Despite being overshadowed by other forms of media, the radio remains a staple of college life: during morning trips to school, when the mind has yet to regain full functionality, and we need something to sweep away the residue of sleep; during blackouts amidst a storm, and the family gathers around the only connection to the rest of the world, while the mighty television and…

Words can be woven together to produce phrases and expressions with the power to emphasize our complex thoughts and ideas to others. However, some of the expressions that we nonchalantly inject in our daily conversations are becoming overused to the extent that they start to become hollow until they lose all meaning. The constant use of a word or expression, especially in an improper context,…

  Feeling lethargic as you wake, or just can’t find the right way to start your summer morning? Was your usual school day rush habit kicking in, only you had the rest of the day to do anything? Is your energizing playlist full of Avicii or Zedd and yet you find that coffee is not enough to jumpstart your lousy limbs? Why not take out…

  “‘Are you here? I’m home!’ … But the house is vacant. It feels deserted, having been left empty for so long.”   Written by widely acknowledged Korean novelist Shin Kyung-Sook, Please Look After Mom encapsulates the bloody sacrifice of a mother and the tragic human habit of taking things for granted, awaking our anesthetized senses to look at our mothers in a different light.…

  From 35 potential princesses, the stakes are higher as only six of these girls are left. Illea, a post-apocalyptic monarchical version of the United States, almost has its future princess but will Prince Maxon Schreaves, its future leader, make the choice for his heart, for his reputation, or for his country? America Singer is stuck in the whirlwind mess of it all in the…