On stage, she sits and plays away from the frontlines. The crowds cheer and sing while she stays lost in her sound, harmonizing with the music of her band. What matters most to her isn’t the fame, the fans, the persona expected of her, nor the judgment of others—it’s her passion for the craft that…
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Memories are chains for the broken. It’s all in your head. But in Memories of the Alhambra (MotA), the recently-completed drama that saw airtime on Netflix congruent to its weekend release on the Korean cable channel tvN, the haunting images manifest outside of one’s mind, concretized as video game elements in the real world. This,…
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Rant and Rave: Trese
Last year, Netflix announced that Trese, a comic set in a Manila fused with Philippine mythology, would be released as an animated series. But there are those probably wondering what exactly is Trese. Though its story is grounded on Philippine mythology, there is much more to this comic than meets the eye. Dripping in…
“Is it possible for a person to not be romantically attracted to anyone throughout their life?” I asked this to several students of De La Salle University—several, if not most, said no. Miguelito Beato (I, AB-PHM), argues that “humans in general are social beings that are bound to be attracted [to someone else] even [if]…
Bathala’s supremacy as the creator of everything, a sigbin’s blood-sucking malevolence, Dalikamata’s clairvoyant abilities and thousand eyes, a kapre’s enchanted stones and wish-granting promises. Ancient ideas can be reimagined with the aid of technology. Advanced graphics and design software or talented makeup and costume artists can help convert what used to be mere verbal descriptions…
When friends approach you and ask for tikoy, you know it’s that time of the year again. Also called the Lunar New Year, many of the practices done during the holiday are believed to have started when a Chinese village was attacked by a mythical beast called the “Nian”. These practices continued throughout the centuries…
It has long haunted our country. We’ve all heard the numerous urban legends about contaminated needles in dark cinema halls and other tales that took on the form of monsters under our beds. Above it all, the implied shame. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodificiency syndrome (AIDS) was a conversation the Philippines…
To endure the hardships of academics and perceptions toward their identities as student mothers are only some of their challenges they face to take good care of their children.
To love is a fundamental necessity—one that is patent and true. It is what makes people feel at one with life, sparking light in the world even in its most hopeless corners. But to love oneself and all of our parts as a whole is still the ultimate challenge. Each one of us interpret and…
I remember the days when my tiny feet were marching along with people who were dressed in saris, flamencos, kilts, kimonos, cheongsams, and all the other dresses representing the globe; my school called it appreciation of different cultures. I remember the days when my tiny fingers were flipping through pages of history books learning the…