Falling down the rabbit hole of a fandom is so easy that, before one even realizes it, one’s feet are no longer on the ground. Exploring the whimsical world of a fandom may be easy enough, but feeling accepted by the community might prove to be a bigger challenge. Especially for newcomers in fandoms, where…
Author: Ronald Manuel Laylo
Music is intangible, yet is closely intertwined with human experience. From the radio tunes kids used to wake up to on Sunday mornings, the playlists that accompany commuters on crowded bus rides, to the certain songs that lull people to sleep at night, music has always been a part of life. Throughout time, it has…
Flight attendants regularly make sure that everything on the flight runs smoothly; they bustle around the plane, guiding clunky carts of food and drinks through narrow aisles, ushering passengers on board to their designated seats, and demonstrating pre-flight safety routines. An entire flight could go by without passengers recognizing and appreciating the work that these…
Good grades, enough sleep, and a sustainable social life; we’ve probably all seen memes with these words plastered onto the corners of a triangle, and some variation of the phrase “Welcome to college: you can only choose two” placed forebodingly at the center. For the most part, this rings true. Student life can often feel…
In the Philippines, to say that the Christmas season is a long-awaited holiday would be an understatement. Filipinos are known to start the all-familiar countdown to Christmas as soon as the “Ber” months begin. For many, the Christmas season is one packed with family get-togethers and parties. This seemingly inherent reverence for the Christmas holidays…
Tattoos have come to take on different meanings throughout history, being one of society’s oldest art forms. Different cultural groups perceive tattoos in different ways. Some cultures didn’t look favorably on tattoos while for others, some tattoos carried deep cultural meanings. In Japan, many places ban entry if one has visible tattoos; some bath houses…
The sting of cold water, the ache of long rides, the heat of summer asphalt—this is the world of the triathlete. Perhaps one of the most punishing race types, the triathlon is comprised of three disciplines: swimming, biking, and running. While requiring a mastery of three sports is already difficult on its own, the distance…
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Animo Rally 2019: #4WARDLASALLE
As the 82nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) tournament begins this September, numerous athletes from various sports donned the jersey of the Green-and-White and presented themselves at the Animo Rally earlier today, August 30, at the Corazon Aquino Democratic Space. Returning for her second stint as the University’s Courtside Reporter,…
Some languages dominate the face of the earth, as alive as the dozens of nations speaking in that tongue. Some rest six feet under, as silent as the people who used them long ago. Others tread somewhere in between—they teeter on the brink of death as less and less individuals use them, or they clamor…