The De La Salle University Lady Softbelles opened the team’s campaign in the 75th season of the UAAP with two surprising wins in four games. The team is out to avenge last year’s disappointing campaign, which saw the team fail to record a single victory. The team’s current record has already surpassed the Softbelles’ win…
Both the DLSU Green and Lady Booters experienced struggles in each team’s respective quests for the coveted UAAP football championship. Roller-coaster ride Down, up, repeat. This is the story of the Green Booters in the five games. The IPPCA champion started the season disappointingly with a, 0-3, drubbing by FEU. The Tamaraw Booters gave…
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Struggles in the house of light
As the nights grow longer and the chilly wind blows by us now and then, one can immediately tell what is going on. The sparkling lights that go with the jolly tunes. The colorful garlands hanging around loosely, and the news program announcing the countdown of days – nobody can deny Christmas is coming, although…
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Celebration Day by Led Zeppelin
On December 10 2007, Led Zeppelin, undoubtedly one of the most influential bands of all time, reunited for the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Ertegun, who died months before (incidentally due to injuries sustained at a Rolling Stones concert) was the founder of Atlantic Records, the label which housed the band when it dominated the 1970s…
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iDos! by Green Day
Rating 3.0 As it is very evident from the title of the album, this is the second of the three albums Green Day released this year, with the release of the album Tre! originally set for release on January 2013, although officially launched earlier on Dec 11, 2012. The release of Dos! was somehow short…
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Rant and Rave: Cloud Atlas
Rating 3.5 “If you, dear reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find there is a method to this tale of madness,” writes Cavendish prophetically at the beginning of the movie. He narrates the line as if asking the audience, ‘please give us time to weave this yarn’, a tangled knot…
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The perks of being holes in the walls
For this month, The Menagerie presents you holes. Not just holes, but those holes that hide a little something shiny and valuable in them. Holes in the walls are just that – taken for granted, passed by, skipped over, despite the hidden gems that lay in wait for the enterprising few who would appreciate them…
Money may not buy us happiness, but that does not mean it grows on trees either. Nearly everything in life depends on how we opt to allocate our resources – which groceries to buy, where to go to college, how to afford a house, et cetera. Colored bills and copper coins must be doled out wisely…
It is without a doubt that we aim to take a ride at the superhighways of success and victory. Seeing people achieve incredible things ignites a sensation and transforms us into a different person. In this world, everyone is unique and we all have our chapters to write. During my stay at Don BoscoTarlac, like…
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Minus the cuff links and tie
Last month, I chanced upon a familiar figure, walking along Castro Street. The man was wearing an old plain white shirt, slacks and leather shoes. He was carrying an old overused bag as he went quietly towards Taft Avenue, looking or staring at the ground. I remembered looking the same almost half a decade ago…