The LaSallianMy 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…
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…
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…
As a Lasallian, I have often wondered how much students empathize with the University’s saint, the patron of all teachers, St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle. Given that majority of the students do not even major in education, and given the fact that theological studies can no longer be taken at the undergraduate level, very…
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…
Almost 10 years ago, economist Winnie Monsod told the media that the automation of vote counting and canvassing makes the typical cadena or electoral fraud syndicates “impossible to operate” while “relegating wholesale cheating – the dagdag-bawas operations of the municipal and provincial canvassing level – to the dustbin of history.” Prior to the automation of…
Election period has always been a time that makes everyone equal. No matter the disposition or socio-economic status of a person, every citizen upholds his or her exclusive right to vote. This year is no exception, and before voting starts tomorrow, it helps to take note of a few things before you have your vote…
A Luzon-wide brownout hit millions of households and commercial establishments in Metro Manila and other provinces in the central and northern Luzon, at exactly 1:51 pm of Wednesday last week. The said outage was caused by the unexpected power shutdown of six major power plants in Luzon. It started with the tripping of the…
“‘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…
Click the corresponding icon for a policy to see who supports it. Filipinos are quick to recognize the names of candidates with namesakes of current and or former political figures – Aquino, Pimentel, Trillanes, Poe – as well as re-electionists like Legarda and Escudero. Other names are familiar to the ears, but the rest remain…
